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 13 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 194 196 242
Rank change year-on-year +2 +46 +18
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 229 220 304
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.14% 1.78% 1.30%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.39% 5.36% 4.58%
Number of salaries quoted 141 138 268
10th Percentile £60,000 £33,200 £40,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £50,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% - -
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £80,313
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,750
England median annual salary £67,500 £57,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year +17.39% +12.75% -5.99%

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 4,252 4,106 6,636
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 21.09% 33.14% 28.40%
Number of salaries quoted 2,481 1,956 4,258
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £35,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.70% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £115,000 £105,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 13 May 2026.

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 13 May 2026. 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 +19 32 £80,000 +23.08% 15
East London -3 10 - - 8
South London +15 5 - -
West London -22 1 £77,500 +34.78% 3
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 7 (3.06%) Confluence
2 4 (1.75%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.31%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.44%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 13 (5.68%) MS Visio
2 5 (2.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 95 (41.48%) Azure
2 61 (26.64%) AWS
3 31 (13.54%) Microsoft 365
4 29 (12.66%) GCP
5 18 (7.86%) Datadog
6 11 (4.80%) Azure Monitor
7 9 (3.93%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 8 (3.49%) Azure Sentinel
9 7 (3.06%) SaaS
10 6 (2.62%) Entra ID
10 6 (2.62%) Mimecast
10 6 (2.62%) OCI
11 5 (2.18%) ChatGPT
11 5 (2.18%) IaaS
11 5 (2.18%) Microsoft Copilot
11 5 (2.18%) Nutanix
11 5 (2.18%) PaaS
12 4 (1.75%) OneDrive
12 4 (1.75%) Power Platform
12 4 (1.75%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 126 (55.02%) Firewall
2 82 (35.81%) WAN
3 77 (33.62%) Network Security
4 64 (27.95%) SD-WAN
5 63 (27.51%) VPN
6 55 (24.02%) LAN
7 45 (19.65%) Wireless
8 34 (14.85%) Cisco ISE
9 29 (12.66%) Cisco Wireless
10 28 (12.23%) BGP
10 28 (12.23%) Wi-Fi
11 27 (11.79%) VLAN
12 26 (11.35%) OSPF
13 23 (10.04%) Cisco Firepower
14 22 (9.61%) DNS
15 14 (6.11%) Cisco ASA
16 13 (5.68%) VoIP
17 12 (5.24%) HSRP
17 12 (5.24%) Software-Defined Networking
17 12 (5.24%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.49%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.75%) Big Data
3 1 (0.44%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 11 (4.80%) JIRA
2 8 (3.49%) GitLab
3 7 (3.06%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.62%) Git
5 5 (2.18%) Chocolatey
6 4 (1.75%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.87%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 93 (40.61%) Social Skills
2 76 (33.19%) Finance
3 46 (20.09%) Banking
4 36 (15.72%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (10.92%) Retail
6 20 (8.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (6.99%) Local Government
8 13 (5.68%) Telecoms
9 10 (4.37%) Public Sector
10 8 (3.49%) Retail Banking
11 6 (2.62%) Law
11 6 (2.62%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.75%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.75%) Automotive
12 4 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.75%) Electronics
12 4 (1.75%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.75%) Marketing
12 4 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.31%) Legal
Job Titles
1 86 (37.55%) Network Engineer
2 41 (17.90%) Senior
3 36 (15.72%) Architect
4 27 (11.79%) Consultant
5 26 (11.35%) Network Architect
6 25 (10.92%) Senior Network Engineer
7 23 (10.04%) Azure Engineer
8 20 (8.73%) Cisco Engineer
8 20 (8.73%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 17 (7.42%) Lead
10 15 (6.55%) Network Consultant
11 10 (4.37%) AWS Engineer
11 10 (4.37%) LAN Engineer
11 10 (4.37%) LAN/WAN Engineer
11 10 (4.37%) Principal Architect
11 10 (4.37%) Security Specialist
11 10 (4.37%) WAN Engineer
12 9 (3.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 9 (3.93%) IT Engineer
12 9 (3.93%) Lead Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.49%) 802.1X
2 6 (2.62%) OAuth
3 5 (2.18%) OpenID
4 2 (0.87%) ARM Templates
4 2 (0.87%) REST
4 2 (0.87%) SailPoint
4 2 (0.87%) SAML
5 1 (0.44%) EDI
5 1 (0.44%) IDoc
5 1 (0.44%) JWT
5 1 (0.44%) LDAP
5 1 (0.44%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 72 (31.44%) Data Centre
2 41 (17.90%) Security Posture
3 12 (5.24%) PKI
4 10 (4.37%) Cloud Native
4 10 (4.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 8 (3.49%) Cyber Threat
5 8 (3.49%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (3.49%) Public Cloud
6 7 (3.06%) Cyber Defence
6 7 (3.06%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.18%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.75%) Renewable Energy
8 4 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.31%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.31%) Replication
10 2 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.87%) Private Cloud
11 1 (0.44%) Enterprise Storage
11 1 (0.44%) Security Operations Centre
11 1 (0.44%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 42 (18.34%) Windows
2 26 (11.35%) Linux
3 19 (8.30%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (1.31%) Unix
5 2 (0.87%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.87%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.44%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (20.09%) Cybersecurity
2 45 (19.65%) ITIL
3 37 (16.16%) Problem-Solving
4 36 (15.72%) High Availability
5 34 (14.85%) Mentoring
6 33 (14.41%) Incident Response
6 33 (14.41%) Technical Leadership
7 31 (13.54%) Disaster Recovery
8 29 (12.66%) SIEM
9 28 (12.23%) Information Security
9 28 (12.23%) Risk Management
10 27 (11.79%) Computer Science
10 27 (11.79%) Network Monitoring
10 27 (11.79%) Vulnerability Management
11 26 (11.35%) Network Design
11 26 (11.35%) Roadmaps
12 25 (10.92%) Migration
12 25 (10.92%) Security Architecture
13 24 (10.48%) Presales
14 23 (10.04%) AI
Programming Languages
1 41 (17.90%) Python
2 19 (8.30%) PowerShell
3 8 (3.49%) Bash
4 5 (2.18%) Java
5 1 (0.44%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 127 (55.46%) CCNP
2 80 (34.93%) CCNA
3 69 (30.13%) Degree
4 60 (26.20%) CISSP
5 59 (25.76%) CCIE
6 57 (24.89%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 42 (18.34%) Azure Certification
7 42 (18.34%) CISM
8 39 (17.03%) CCSP
9 23 (10.04%) CCSE
10 22 (9.61%) Computer Science Degree
10 22 (9.61%) Master's Degree
11 20 (8.73%) Microsoft Certification
12 19 (8.30%) CCSA
13 17 (7.42%) Network+ Certification
14 15 (6.55%) AWS Certification
14 15 (6.55%) Security Cleared
15 12 (5.24%) JNCIP
16 11 (4.80%) GCIH
16 11 (4.80%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (25.33%) NIST
2 50 (21.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (8.30%) QA
4 15 (6.55%) GDPR
5 14 (6.11%) PCI DSS
5 14 (6.11%) SLA
6 10 (4.37%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (2.62%) SOC 2
8 4 (1.75%) COBIT
9 2 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.44%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.44%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.44%) NCSC
10 1 (0.44%) PMO
10 1 (0.44%) RMADS
System Software
1 24 (10.48%) Active Directory
1 24 (10.48%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (4.37%) Firmware
3 8 (3.49%) vSphere
4 5 (2.18%) Docker
4 5 (2.18%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (1.75%) Squid
5 4 (1.75%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.87%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 2 (0.87%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.87%) VMware Server
7 1 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 40 (17.47%) Ansible
2 27 (11.79%) Terraform
3 17 (7.42%) FortiGate
4 10 (4.37%) Cisco Prime
5 9 (3.93%) Check_MK
6 8 (3.49%) Kubernetes
7 7 (3.06%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (2.62%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (2.62%) SCCM
9 5 (2.18%) ZABBIX
10 4 (1.75%) Nagios
10 4 (1.75%) Packer
11 2 (0.87%) Control-M
11 2 (0.87%) VxRail
12 1 (0.44%) OpenView
12 1 (0.44%) Red Hat Satellite
12 1 (0.44%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 132 (57.64%) Cisco
2 69 (30.13%) Microsoft
3 44 (19.21%) Fortinet
4 42 (18.34%) SolarWinds
5 36 (15.72%) Palo Alto
6 32 (13.97%) CheckPoint
7 31 (13.54%) VMware
8 25 (10.92%) Meraki
8 25 (10.92%) Splunk
9 24 (10.48%) Arista
10 19 (8.30%) F5
11 18 (7.86%) ForeScout
12 14 (6.11%) Infoblox
13 12 (5.24%) Juniper
13 12 (5.24%) Red Hat
13 12 (5.24%) SevOne
14 9 (3.93%) Tenable
15 7 (3.06%) Dynatrace
15 7 (3.06%) Sophos
15 7 (3.06%) Zscaler