Cisco Certification Job Trends in London

Cisco Certification
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Cisco Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 221 158 174
Rank change year-on-year -63 +16 +121
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 164 336 321
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.20% 2.12% 1.82%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.08% 6.71% 6.75%
Number of salaries quoted 96 223 257
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,800 £47,500
25th Percentile £61,875 £57,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -
75th Percentile £90,625 £85,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £126,875 £97,500 £97,500
England median annual salary £55,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.50% +9.09% +1.38%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

Cisco Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,021 5,010 4,756
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 29.36% 31.60% 27.00%
Number of salaries quoted 2,111 2,076 3,449
10th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £39,085
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.71%
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £116,875 £112,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -

Cisco Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cisco Certification relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Cisco Certification job vacancy trend in London

Cisco Certification
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Cisco Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Cisco Certification

Cisco Certification
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco Certification in London over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Cisco Certification in London

Cisco Certification
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Certification within the London region over the 6 months to 31 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London -17 15 £75,000 -1.96% 24
East London -3 12 - - 3
West London - 4 £58,000 - 2
South London +28 3 - - 1
North London - 1 £32,500 - 1
Cisco Certification
England

Cisco Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 9 (5.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.83%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.61%) CMS
3 1 (0.61%) Confluence
Applications
1 17 (10.37%) MS Visio
2 11 (6.71%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.22%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 56 (34.15%) Azure
2 43 (26.22%) AWS
3 14 (8.54%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (4.88%) Entra ID
4 8 (4.88%) GCP
5 5 (3.05%) Azure Sentinel
5 5 (3.05%) Microsoft Purview
6 4 (2.44%) AWS Direct Connect
6 4 (2.44%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 3 (1.83%) Cloudflare
7 3 (1.83%) Mimecast
8 2 (1.22%) OneDrive
8 2 (1.22%) Rubrik
8 2 (1.22%) SecurityScorecard
9 1 (0.61%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 1 (0.61%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (0.61%) Datadog
9 1 (0.61%) Dropbox
9 1 (0.61%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.61%) Stackdriver
Communications & Networking
1 90 (54.88%) Firewall
2 55 (33.54%) LAN
3 45 (27.44%) WAN
4 39 (23.78%) VPN
4 39 (23.78%) Wireless
5 35 (21.34%) Network Security
5 35 (21.34%) Wi-Fi
6 33 (20.12%) VLAN
7 30 (18.29%) BGP
7 30 (18.29%) OSPF
8 21 (12.80%) Cisco Wireless
9 18 (10.98%) Cisco ASA
10 17 (10.37%) MPLS
10 17 (10.37%) SD-WAN
11 15 (9.15%) Cisco Firepower
11 15 (9.15%) DNS
12 14 (8.54%) TCP/IP
13 13 (7.93%) EIGRP
14 11 (6.71%) Cisco Nexus
15 10 (6.10%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.44%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.83%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 3 (1.83%) Burp Suite
1 3 (1.83%) Git
1 3 (1.83%) Metasploit
1 3 (1.83%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (0.61%) JIRA
General
1 51 (31.10%) Finance
2 48 (29.27%) Social Skills
3 22 (13.41%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (7.93%) Banking
4 13 (7.93%) Documentation Skills
5 12 (7.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (6.10%) Law
6 10 (6.10%) Telecoms
7 8 (4.88%) Marketing
8 6 (3.66%) Legal
9 5 (3.05%) Retail
10 3 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.83%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.22%) Advertising
11 2 (1.22%) Mandarin Language
12 1 (0.61%) Aviation
12 1 (0.61%) Fire and Rescue
12 1 (0.61%) French Language
12 1 (0.61%) Games
12 1 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 80 (48.78%) Network Engineer
2 44 (26.83%) Senior
3 24 (14.63%) Senior Network Engineer
4 16 (9.76%) Cisco Engineer
4 16 (9.76%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 15 (9.15%) Consultant
6 14 (8.54%) AWS Engineer
7 12 (7.32%) WAN Engineer
8 11 (6.71%) Azure Engineer
9 10 (6.10%) Analyst
9 10 (6.10%) Cisco Consultant
9 10 (6.10%) Cisco Network Consultant
9 10 (6.10%) LAN Engineer
9 10 (6.10%) LAN/WAN Engineer
9 10 (6.10%) Network Consultant
9 10 (6.10%) Security Engineer
9 10 (6.10%) Security Manager
10 7 (4.27%) Architect
10 7 (4.27%) Firewall Consultant
10 7 (4.27%) Network Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.66%) 802.1X
2 3 (1.83%) REST
3 2 (1.22%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 43 (26.22%) Data Centre
2 10 (6.10%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 9 (5.49%) Security Posture
4 7 (4.27%) Cloud Native
5 5 (3.05%) Virtual Team
6 4 (2.44%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 4 (2.44%) Low-Code
6 4 (2.44%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.44%) Public Cloud
6 4 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.44%) Web3
7 3 (1.83%) Cloud Security Posture
7 3 (1.83%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.83%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.83%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.22%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (1.22%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.22%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.22%) PKI
9 1 (0.61%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 18 (10.98%) Linux
2 17 (10.37%) Windows
3 8 (4.88%) Windows Server
4 7 (4.27%) Unix
5 2 (1.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (20.73%) Computer Science
2 27 (16.46%) Load Balancing
3 26 (15.85%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (14.02%) High Availability
4 23 (14.02%) Information Security
5 22 (13.41%) Change Control
6 21 (12.80%) AI
6 21 (12.80%) Cybersecurity
6 21 (12.80%) Migration
6 21 (12.80%) Vulnerability Management
7 20 (12.20%) Kalman Filter
7 20 (12.20%) Low Latency
7 20 (12.20%) SIEM
8 17 (10.37%) Change Management
8 17 (10.37%) ITIL
9 16 (9.76%) Zero Trust
10 14 (8.54%) DevOps
10 14 (8.54%) Disaster Recovery
10 14 (8.54%) Incident Response
10 14 (8.54%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 46 (28.05%) Python
2 15 (9.15%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.83%) Bash
4 2 (1.22%) VB
5 1 (0.61%) Go
5 1 (0.61%) PromQL
5 1 (0.61%) SQL
Qualifications
1 100 (60.98%) CCNP
2 66 (40.24%) Degree
3 56 (34.15%) CCIE
4 52 (31.71%) CCNA
5 33 (20.12%) CISSP
6 32 (19.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 30 (18.29%) Computer Science Degree
8 21 (12.80%) CCSA
9 20 (12.20%) CCSE
10 17 (10.37%) Network+ Certification
11 16 (9.76%) CCSP
11 16 (9.76%) CISM
12 10 (6.10%) GCIH
12 10 (6.10%) Microsoft Certification
13 9 (5.49%) CISA
13 9 (5.49%) Security Cleared
14 8 (4.88%) AWS Certification
14 8 (4.88%) Azure Certification
14 8 (4.88%) GIAC
15 6 (3.66%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (17.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (12.20%) GDPR
3 19 (11.59%) NIST
4 6 (3.66%) PMO
5 5 (3.05%) SLA
6 4 (2.44%) SOC 2
7 3 (1.83%) ITGC
8 2 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (1.22%) GRC
8 2 (1.22%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.61%) QA
9 1 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 12 (7.32%) Active Directory
2 10 (6.10%) Firmware
2 10 (6.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (4.27%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (3.05%) vSphere
5 4 (2.44%) pfSense
5 4 (2.44%) ProxySG
6 2 (1.22%) Docker
6 2 (1.22%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 2 (1.22%) Squid
7 1 (0.61%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.61%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 36 (21.95%) Ansible
2 15 (9.15%) Terraform
3 13 (7.93%) FortiGate
4 6 (3.66%) CASB
4 6 (3.66%) Grafana
4 6 (3.66%) Kubernetes
5 5 (3.05%) Cisco CUCM
5 5 (3.05%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.83%) ArcSight ESM
6 3 (1.83%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (1.83%) Nagios
6 3 (1.83%) Nmap
6 3 (1.83%) QRadar
7 2 (1.22%) CA Spectrum
7 2 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (1.22%) VxRail
8 1 (0.61%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.61%) Kibana
8 1 (0.61%) vRealize Orchestrator
8 1 (0.61%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 118 (71.95%) Cisco
2 46 (28.05%) Fortinet
3 40 (24.39%) CheckPoint
4 28 (17.07%) Meraki
5 27 (16.46%) Juniper
6 25 (15.24%) Microsoft
7 23 (14.02%) Palo Alto
8 22 (13.41%) Arista
9 18 (10.98%) F5
10 16 (9.76%) VMware
11 15 (9.15%) SolarWinds
12 8 (4.88%) Infoblox
13 7 (4.27%) Splunk
14 6 (3.66%) Motorola
15 5 (3.05%) Zscaler
16 4 (2.44%) Blue Coat
16 4 (2.44%) Dell
16 4 (2.44%) LogicMonitor
16 4 (2.44%) ServiceNow
17 3 (1.83%) Citrix