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 17 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 226 169 175
Rank change year-on-year -57 +6 +123
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 164 337 325
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.22% 2.08% 1.83%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.06% 6.78% 6.87%
Number of salaries quoted 94 225 264
10th Percentile £40,000 £43,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -
75th Percentile £88,438 £85,250 £83,125
90th Percentile £126,875 £98,400 £97,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 4,036 4,969 4,729
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 30.03% 30.68% 26.66%
Number of salaries quoted 2,118 2,121 3,470
10th Percentile £31,500 £41,250 £39,085
25th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.94%
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £115,000 £112,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,430 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.45% +3.36% -

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 17 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 17 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 -9 14 £73,750 -3.59% 9
East London -5 10 - - 6
West London - 5 £30,500 -
South London +34 2 - - 2
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 18 (10.98%) MS Visio
2 12 (7.32%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.22%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 61 (37.20%) Azure
2 45 (27.44%) AWS
3 15 (9.15%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (6.10%) Entra ID
5 9 (5.49%) GCP
6 7 (4.27%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (3.05%) AWS Direct Connect
7 5 (3.05%) Microsoft Purview
7 5 (3.05%) Mimecast
8 4 (2.44%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 3 (1.83%) Cloudflare
9 3 (1.83%) Dropbox
9 3 (1.83%) Google Workspace
10 2 (1.22%) OneDrive
10 2 (1.22%) Rubrik
10 2 (1.22%) SecurityScorecard
10 2 (1.22%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 1 (0.61%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 1 (0.61%) Azure Key Vault
11 1 (0.61%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 89 (54.27%) Firewall
2 58 (35.37%) LAN
3 47 (28.66%) WAN
4 42 (25.61%) VPN
5 39 (23.78%) Wireless
6 37 (22.56%) Network Security
7 34 (20.73%) BGP
7 34 (20.73%) OSPF
7 34 (20.73%) VLAN
7 34 (20.73%) Wi-Fi
8 21 (12.80%) Cisco Wireless
9 19 (11.59%) MPLS
9 19 (11.59%) SD-WAN
10 17 (10.37%) Cisco ASA
10 17 (10.37%) DNS
11 15 (9.15%) TCP/IP
12 13 (7.93%) Cisco Firepower
12 13 (7.93%) EIGRP
13 10 (6.10%) Cisco Nexus
13 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
2 2 (1.22%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.61%) JIRA
General
1 47 (28.66%) Finance
1 47 (28.66%) Social Skills
2 21 (12.80%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (8.54%) Documentation Skills
4 12 (7.32%) Banking
4 12 (7.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (6.71%) Law
5 11 (6.71%) Telecoms
6 8 (4.88%) Marketing
7 6 (3.66%) Legal
8 5 (3.05%) Retail
9 3 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.83%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.22%) Advertising
10 2 (1.22%) Mandarin Language
11 1 (0.61%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.61%) French Language
11 1 (0.61%) Games
11 1 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 80 (48.78%) Network Engineer
2 40 (24.39%) Senior
3 22 (13.41%) Senior Network Engineer
4 15 (9.15%) Cisco Engineer
4 15 (9.15%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 14 (8.54%) Consultant
6 13 (7.93%) AWS Engineer
7 12 (7.32%) Analyst
8 11 (6.71%) Security Engineer
9 10 (6.10%) Security Manager
9 10 (6.10%) WAN Engineer
10 9 (5.49%) Azure Engineer
10 9 (5.49%) Cisco Consultant
10 9 (5.49%) Cisco Network Consultant
10 9 (5.49%) Network Consultant
11 8 (4.88%) Architect
11 8 (4.88%) LAN Engineer
11 8 (4.88%) LAN/WAN Engineer
12 7 (4.27%) Network Deployment Engineer
12 7 (4.27%) Wireless Network Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.66%) 802.1X
2 2 (1.22%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (1.22%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 44 (26.83%) Data Centre
2 9 (5.49%) Security Posture
3 8 (4.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 7 (4.27%) Cloud Native
5 5 (3.05%) Onboarding
5 5 (3.05%) Virtual Team
6 4 (2.44%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 4 (2.44%) Low-Code
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%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.83%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.83%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.22%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (1.22%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.22%) PKI
9 1 (0.61%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 19 (11.59%) Windows
2 18 (10.98%) Linux
3 8 (4.88%) Windows Server
4 7 (4.27%) Unix
5 2 (1.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (18.90%) Computer Science
2 29 (17.68%) Load Balancing
3 26 (15.85%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (14.02%) Information Security
5 22 (13.41%) High Availability
5 22 (13.41%) Migration
6 20 (12.20%) Low Latency
7 19 (11.59%) Change Control
7 19 (11.59%) Cybersecurity
7 19 (11.59%) ITIL
7 19 (11.59%) SIEM
8 18 (10.98%) AI
8 18 (10.98%) Kalman Filter
9 17 (10.37%) Change Management
9 17 (10.37%) Vulnerability Management
10 16 (9.76%) DevOps
10 16 (9.76%) Zero Trust
11 14 (8.54%) Incident Response
11 14 (8.54%) Inventory Management
11 14 (8.54%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 45 (27.44%) Python
2 16 (9.76%) 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
1 101 (61.59%) CCNP
2 69 (42.07%) Degree
3 55 (33.54%) CCIE
4 53 (32.32%) CCNA
5 30 (18.29%) CISSP
6 29 (17.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 28 (17.07%) Computer Science Degree
8 20 (12.20%) CCSA
9 19 (11.59%) CCSE
10 16 (9.76%) CCSP
11 14 (8.54%) CISM
11 14 (8.54%) Network+ Certification
12 13 (7.93%) Microsoft Certification
13 11 (6.71%) Security Cleared
14 10 (6.10%) AWS Certification
14 10 (6.10%) GCIH
15 9 (5.49%) Azure Certification
15 9 (5.49%) MCSA
16 8 (4.88%) GIAC
16 8 (4.88%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (18.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (12.20%) GDPR
2 20 (12.20%) NIST
3 6 (3.66%) PMO
4 4 (2.44%) SLA
4 4 (2.44%) SOC 2
5 3 (1.83%) ITGC
6 2 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.22%) GRC
6 2 (1.22%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (0.61%) QA
7 1 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 14 (8.54%) Active Directory
2 11 (6.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (5.49%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (3.66%) Firmware
5 5 (3.05%) vSphere
6 4 (2.44%) pfSense
6 4 (2.44%) ProxySG
7 3 (1.83%) BitLocker
7 3 (1.83%) Hyper-V
8 2 (1.22%) Docker
8 2 (1.22%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 2 (1.22%) Squid
9 1 (0.61%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 35 (21.34%) Ansible
2 17 (10.37%) Terraform
3 10 (6.10%) FortiGate
4 7 (4.27%) Grafana
5 6 (3.66%) CASB
5 6 (3.66%) Kubernetes
5 6 (3.66%) Prometheus
6 5 (3.05%) Cisco CUCM
6 5 (3.05%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (1.83%) ArcSight ESM
7 3 (1.83%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (1.83%) Nagios
7 3 (1.83%) Nmap
7 3 (1.83%) QRadar
8 2 (1.22%) CA Spectrum
8 2 (1.22%) Kibana
8 2 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (1.22%) VxRail
9 1 (0.61%) vRealize Orchestrator
9 1 (0.61%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 117 (71.34%) Cisco
2 42 (25.61%) Fortinet
3 41 (25.00%) CheckPoint
4 29 (17.68%) Meraki
5 26 (15.85%) Microsoft
6 24 (14.63%) Juniper
6 24 (14.63%) Palo Alto
7 22 (13.41%) Arista
8 20 (12.20%) F5
9 17 (10.37%) SolarWinds
9 17 (10.37%) VMware
10 8 (4.88%) Infoblox
10 8 (4.88%) Splunk
11 6 (3.66%) Motorola
11 6 (3.66%) Zscaler
12 5 (3.05%) ServiceNow
13 4 (2.44%) Citrix
13 4 (2.44%) Dell
13 4 (2.44%) LogicMonitor
13 4 (2.44%) NetApp