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 19 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 204 208 245
Rank change year-on-year +4 +37 -9
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 242 201 311
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.12% 1.65% 1.26%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.63% 5.34% 4.64%
Number of salaries quoted 153 113 259
10th Percentile £60,000 £33,200 £39,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £88,750 £83,750 £81,875
90th Percentile £103,750 £88,500 £97,500
England median annual salary £67,500 £53,719 £51,850
% change year-on-year +25.65% +3.60% -5.73%

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 4,296 3,766 6,706
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 19.94% 30.91% 27.15%
Number of salaries quoted 2,671 1,839 4,120
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,981 £36,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £69,384 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.89% +2.79% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £86,063
90th Percentile £102,500 £110,000 £101,275
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,099
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.66% -9.83%

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 19 June 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 19 June 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 £75,000 +15.38% 9
East London 0 8 £70,000 +124.00% 2
South London +23 4 - - 2
West London -18 3 £77,500 +6.90%
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 (2.89%) Confluence
2 4 (1.65%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.83%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 15 (6.20%) MS Visio
2 7 (2.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.83%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 110 (45.45%) Azure
2 72 (29.75%) AWS
3 38 (15.70%) Microsoft 365
4 33 (13.64%) GCP
5 22 (9.09%) Datadog
6 11 (4.55%) Azure Monitor
7 10 (4.13%) Azure Sentinel
7 10 (4.13%) Entra ID
7 10 (4.13%) SaaS
8 9 (3.72%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 8 (3.31%) OCI
10 7 (2.89%) IaaS
10 7 (2.89%) PaaS
11 6 (2.48%) ChatGPT
11 6 (2.48%) Microsoft Copilot
11 6 (2.48%) Mimecast
11 6 (2.48%) Nutanix
12 5 (2.07%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 5 (2.07%) AWS KMS
12 5 (2.07%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 130 (53.72%) Firewall
2 97 (40.08%) WAN
3 88 (36.36%) Network Security
4 83 (34.30%) VPN
5 70 (28.93%) SD-WAN
6 60 (24.79%) LAN
7 48 (19.83%) Wireless
8 38 (15.70%) Cisco ISE
9 35 (14.46%) BGP
10 34 (14.05%) VLAN
11 33 (13.64%) DNS
12 32 (13.22%) OSPF
12 32 (13.22%) Wi-Fi
13 29 (11.98%) Cisco Wireless
14 24 (9.92%) Cisco Firepower
15 19 (7.85%) TCP/IP
16 16 (6.61%) SSL
17 15 (6.20%) VoIP
18 14 (5.79%) Software-Defined Networking
18 14 (5.79%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.37%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.65%) Big Data
3 2 (0.83%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 13 (5.37%) JIRA
2 8 (3.31%) GitLab
3 7 (2.89%) Chocolatey
3 7 (2.89%) Jenkins
4 5 (2.07%) Git
5 4 (1.65%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 108 (44.63%) Social Skills
2 69 (28.51%) Finance
3 46 (19.01%) Banking
4 41 (16.94%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (9.50%) Retail
6 17 (7.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (6.61%) Local Government
7 16 (6.61%) Telecoms
8 10 (4.13%) Public Sector
9 8 (3.31%) Retail Banking
10 6 (2.48%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (2.07%) Law
11 5 (2.07%) Marketing
12 4 (1.65%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.65%) Automotive
12 4 (1.65%) Electronics
12 4 (1.65%) Legal
12 4 (1.65%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.24%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 86 (35.54%) Network Engineer
2 48 (19.83%) Senior
3 39 (16.12%) Architect
4 28 (11.57%) Consultant
4 28 (11.57%) Network Architect
5 24 (9.92%) Senior Network Engineer
6 23 (9.50%) Azure Engineer
7 21 (8.68%) Lead
8 17 (7.02%) Cisco Engineer
8 17 (7.02%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 16 (6.61%) Network Consultant
10 14 (5.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 12 (4.96%) Principal Architect
11 12 (4.96%) Security Engineer
11 12 (4.96%) Security Specialist
12 11 (4.55%) Network Security Specialist
12 11 (4.55%) Network Specialist
13 10 (4.13%) Analyst
14 9 (3.72%) Lead Network Engineer
14 9 (3.72%) Principal Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.31%) 802.1X
2 7 (2.89%) OAuth
3 5 (2.07%) OpenID
4 3 (1.24%) REST
4 3 (1.24%) SAML
5 2 (0.83%) ARM Templates
5 2 (0.83%) EDI
5 2 (0.83%) IDoc
5 2 (0.83%) JSON
5 2 (0.83%) JWT
5 2 (0.83%) LDAP
5 2 (0.83%) OAuth2
5 2 (0.83%) RESTful
5 2 (0.83%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 88 (36.36%) Data Centre
2 45 (18.60%) Security Posture
3 15 (6.20%) PKI
4 14 (5.79%) Cloud Native
5 11 (4.55%) Cyber Threat
5 11 (4.55%) Management Information System
6 8 (3.31%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (3.31%) Public Cloud
7 7 (2.89%) Cyber Defence
7 7 (2.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (2.07%) Onboarding
8 5 (2.07%) Replication
8 5 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.65%) Private Cloud
9 4 (1.65%) Renewable Energy
10 3 (1.24%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.83%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
12 1 (0.41%) Home Automation
12 1 (0.41%) IPTV
Operating Systems
1 54 (22.31%) Windows
2 31 (12.81%) Linux
3 27 (11.16%) Windows Server
4 5 (2.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.24%) Unix
6 2 (0.83%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.83%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.41%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (23.14%) ITIL
2 50 (20.66%) Cybersecurity
2 50 (20.66%) Problem-Solving
3 43 (17.77%) Roadmaps
4 41 (16.94%) High Availability
5 39 (16.12%) Incident Response
5 39 (16.12%) Technical Leadership
6 38 (15.70%) Disaster Recovery
7 37 (15.29%) Information Security
8 36 (14.88%) Security Architecture
9 35 (14.46%) Network Design
10 34 (14.05%) Computer Science
10 34 (14.05%) Mentoring
11 32 (13.22%) Network Monitoring
12 30 (12.40%) AI
13 29 (11.98%) SIEM
14 28 (11.57%) Project Delivery
15 27 (11.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 27 (11.16%) Presales
16 26 (10.74%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 42 (17.36%) Python
2 24 (9.92%) PowerShell
3 10 (4.13%) Bash
4 6 (2.48%) Java
5 2 (0.83%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (0.83%) Search Processing Language
6 1 (0.41%) Bicep
6 1 (0.41%) C
6 1 (0.41%) SQL
Qualifications
1 135 (55.79%) CCNP
2 90 (37.19%) CCNA
3 75 (30.99%) Degree
4 63 (26.03%) CISSP
5 60 (24.79%) CCIE
6 56 (23.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 54 (22.31%) Azure Certification
8 43 (17.77%) CISM
9 41 (16.94%) CCSP
10 30 (12.40%) Computer Science Degree
11 26 (10.74%) Microsoft Certification
12 21 (8.68%) AWS Certification
12 21 (8.68%) CCSE
12 21 (8.68%) Master's Degree
13 17 (7.02%) CCSA
14 15 (6.20%) Security Cleared
15 14 (5.79%) MCSE
16 12 (4.96%) CompTIA Security+
16 12 (4.96%) Network+ Certification
16 12 (4.96%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (24.79%) NIST
2 46 (19.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (9.09%) QA
4 19 (7.85%) SLA
5 18 (7.44%) GDPR
5 18 (7.44%) PCI DSS
6 12 (4.96%) Cyber Essentials
7 8 (3.31%) SOC 2
8 5 (2.07%) COBIT
9 4 (1.65%) Accessibility
9 4 (1.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.83%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.41%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.41%) NCSC
11 1 (0.41%) PMO
11 1 (0.41%) RMADS
System Software
1 34 (14.05%) Active Directory
2 30 (12.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (3.31%) vSphere
4 7 (2.89%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (2.07%) Docker
5 5 (2.07%) VMware NSX
6 4 (1.65%) Squid
7 3 (1.24%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 3 (1.24%) VMware Server
8 2 (0.83%) Firmware
8 2 (0.83%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.41%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 36 (14.88%) Ansible
2 31 (12.81%) Terraform
3 14 (5.79%) FortiGate
4 12 (4.96%) Kubernetes
5 11 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
6 10 (4.13%) Cisco Prime
7 9 (3.72%) Check_MK
8 8 (3.31%) SCCM
9 7 (2.89%) Single Sign-On
10 5 (2.07%) Control-M
10 5 (2.07%) ZABBIX
11 4 (1.65%) Packer
12 3 (1.24%) VxRail
13 2 (0.83%) Nagios
13 2 (0.83%) OpenView
13 2 (0.83%) Red Hat Satellite
13 2 (0.83%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 129 (53.31%) Cisco
2 82 (33.88%) Microsoft
3 53 (21.90%) Palo Alto
4 46 (19.01%) SolarWinds
5 39 (16.12%) Fortinet
6 38 (15.70%) VMware
7 32 (13.22%) CheckPoint
7 32 (13.22%) Splunk
8 30 (12.40%) Arista
9 23 (9.50%) Meraki
10 21 (8.68%) F5
10 21 (8.68%) ForeScout
11 15 (6.20%) Infoblox
11 15 (6.20%) SevOne
11 15 (6.20%) Tenable
12 13 (5.37%) Red Hat
13 11 (4.55%) Zscaler
14 9 (3.72%) Dynatrace
14 9 (3.72%) Sophos
15 7 (2.89%) AppDynamics