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 21 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 210 184 227
Rank change year-on-year -26 +43 +41
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 206 245 313
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.19% 1.85% 1.43%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.76% 5.49% 5.21%
Number of salaries quoted 119 175 268
10th Percentile £46,250 £33,420 £46,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £56,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -
75th Percentile £89,375 £85,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £103,750 £95,000 £95,375
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £51,364
% change year-on-year - +16.81% -6.61%

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 4,331 4,462 6,004
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 24.98% 33.78% 27.39%
Number of salaries quoted 2,328 1,982 4,161
10th Percentile £33,750 £41,250 £36,302
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £51,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.70%
75th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £112,500 £118,750 £105,000
England median annual salary £57,014 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.98% +9.09% -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 21 March 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 21 March 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 +13 28 £73,750 +9.26% 18
East London -3 15 - - 2
South London +31 6 - -
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 8 (3.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.43%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.49%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (3.88%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.94%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 69 (33.50%) Azure
2 54 (26.21%) AWS
3 24 (11.65%) GCP
4 22 (10.68%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (4.85%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 9 (4.37%) Entra ID
7 6 (2.91%) AWS Direct Connect
7 6 (2.91%) Azure Monitor
7 6 (2.91%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (2.43%) Mimecast
8 5 (2.43%) OneDrive
9 4 (1.94%) Datadog
9 4 (1.94%) Nutanix
10 3 (1.46%) ChatGPT
10 3 (1.46%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (1.46%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (1.46%) OCI
10 3 (1.46%) Power Platform
10 3 (1.46%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.97%) AWS CloudTrail
Communications & Networking
1 125 (60.68%) Firewall
2 76 (36.89%) WAN
3 60 (29.13%) LAN
4 55 (26.70%) Network Security
5 53 (25.73%) VPN
6 49 (23.79%) SD-WAN
7 44 (21.36%) Wireless
8 39 (18.93%) VLAN
9 34 (16.50%) Wi-Fi
10 31 (15.05%) BGP
10 31 (15.05%) OSPF
11 27 (13.11%) Cisco Firepower
12 24 (11.65%) Cisco Wireless
13 22 (10.68%) Cisco ISE
14 21 (10.19%) Cisco ASA
15 17 (8.25%) MPLS
16 15 (7.28%) TCP/IP
17 14 (6.80%) VoIP
18 13 (6.31%) WLAN
19 10 (4.85%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.97%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 5 (2.43%) JIRA
2 4 (1.94%) Git
3 2 (0.97%) GitLab
3 2 (0.97%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.97%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 69 (33.50%) Social Skills
2 67 (32.52%) Finance
3 29 (14.08%) Banking
4 23 (11.17%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (6.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (6.31%) Retail
6 11 (5.34%) Telecoms
7 9 (4.37%) Law
7 9 (4.37%) Public Sector
8 8 (3.88%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (3.88%) Retail Banking
9 6 (2.91%) Marketing
10 5 (2.43%) Local Government
11 4 (1.94%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.46%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.49%) Advertising
13 1 (0.49%) Games
13 1 (0.49%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.49%) Legal
Job Titles
1 78 (37.86%) Network Engineer
2 34 (16.50%) Architect
3 32 (15.53%) Senior
4 30 (14.56%) Consultant
5 26 (12.62%) Cisco Engineer
5 26 (12.62%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 22 (10.68%) Network Architect
7 21 (10.19%) Azure Engineer
8 19 (9.22%) Network Consultant
8 19 (9.22%) Senior Network Engineer
9 16 (7.77%) WAN Engineer
10 15 (7.28%) AWS Engineer
10 15 (7.28%) LAN Engineer
10 15 (7.28%) LAN/WAN Engineer
11 11 (5.34%) Analyst
12 10 (4.85%) Cisco Consultant
12 10 (4.85%) Cisco Network Consultant
12 10 (4.85%) Security Specialist
13 9 (4.37%) Lead
14 7 (3.40%) Cisco Wireless Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.88%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.94%) OAuth
2 4 (1.94%) OpenID
3 3 (1.46%) REST
4 2 (0.97%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.49%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 61 (29.61%) Data Centre
2 20 (9.71%) Security Posture
3 15 (7.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 10 (4.85%) Cloud Native
5 9 (4.37%) Public Cloud
6 7 (3.40%) Cyber Defence
6 7 (3.40%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.94%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.94%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.94%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.46%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.46%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.46%) PKI
9 2 (0.97%) Operational Technology
10 1 (0.49%) Cloud Security Posture
10 1 (0.49%) Enterprise Storage
10 1 (0.49%) IoT
10 1 (0.49%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.49%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 26 (12.62%) Windows
2 19 (9.22%) Linux
3 11 (5.34%) Windows Server
4 7 (3.40%) Unix
5 4 (1.94%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.97%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.49%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (18.45%) Cybersecurity
2 36 (17.48%) Computer Science
3 35 (16.99%) ITIL
4 33 (16.02%) High Availability
5 31 (15.05%) SIEM
6 30 (14.56%) Problem-Solving
7 27 (13.11%) Incident Response
8 26 (12.62%) Mentoring
8 26 (12.62%) Migration
9 25 (12.14%) AI
10 24 (11.65%) Vulnerability Management
11 21 (10.19%) Technical Leadership
12 20 (9.71%) Kalman Filter
12 20 (9.71%) Roadmaps
12 20 (9.71%) Security Operations
13 19 (9.22%) Information Security
13 19 (9.22%) Network Design
14 18 (8.74%) Presales
14 18 (8.74%) Risk Management
14 18 (8.74%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 33 (16.02%) Python
2 14 (6.80%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.97%) Bash
4 1 (0.49%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 120 (58.25%) CCNP
2 72 (34.95%) CCNA
3 67 (32.52%) Degree
4 64 (31.07%) CCIE
5 44 (21.36%) CISSP
6 41 (19.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 31 (15.05%) Computer Science Degree
8 26 (12.62%) CCSE
9 24 (11.65%) CCSA
9 24 (11.65%) CCSP
10 23 (11.17%) Azure Certification
10 23 (11.17%) CISM
11 20 (9.71%) Network+ Certification
12 13 (6.31%) AWS Certification
12 13 (6.31%) Security Cleared
13 11 (5.34%) GCIH
14 10 (4.85%) JNCIP
14 10 (4.85%) Master's Degree
14 10 (4.85%) Microsoft Certification
15 9 (4.37%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (18.93%) NIST
2 38 (18.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (7.77%) GDPR
4 8 (3.88%) SLA
5 7 (3.40%) QA
6 6 (2.91%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (2.43%) SOC 2
8 4 (1.94%) PCI DSS
9 3 (1.46%) ITGC
9 3 (1.46%) PMO
10 2 (0.97%) GRC
11 1 (0.49%) COBIT
11 1 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.49%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 15 (7.28%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (5.83%) Active Directory
3 10 (4.85%) Firmware
4 6 (2.91%) vSphere
5 3 (1.46%) Docker
6 2 (0.97%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 2 (0.97%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 25 (12.14%) Ansible
2 17 (8.25%) FortiGate
3 15 (7.28%) Terraform
4 8 (3.88%) Check_MK
4 8 (3.88%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (3.40%) Cisco Prime
6 5 (2.43%) Kubernetes
7 4 (1.94%) Nagios
8 3 (1.46%) ArcSight ESM
8 3 (1.46%) QRadar
9 2 (0.97%) CASB
9 2 (0.97%) Cisco CUCM
9 2 (0.97%) Control-M
9 2 (0.97%) VxRail
10 1 (0.49%) Grafana
10 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.49%) OpenView
10 1 (0.49%) SCCM
10 1 (0.49%) Tivoli
10 1 (0.49%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 139 (67.48%) Cisco
2 54 (26.21%) Fortinet
3 43 (20.87%) CheckPoint
4 40 (19.42%) Microsoft
5 32 (15.53%) Palo Alto
6 31 (15.05%) Meraki
6 31 (15.05%) SolarWinds
7 24 (11.65%) Juniper
8 21 (10.19%) Arista
8 21 (10.19%) VMware
9 14 (6.80%) Splunk
10 9 (4.37%) F5
11 8 (3.88%) Zscaler
12 7 (3.40%) Infoblox
13 6 (2.91%) Sophos
14 5 (2.43%) Dell
15 4 (1.94%) ArcSight
15 4 (1.94%) NetApp
15 4 (1.94%) Okta
15 4 (1.94%) Red Hat