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

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 205 188 214
Rank change year-on-year -17 +26 +55
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 201 247 310
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.18% 1.85% 1.42%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.68% 5.53% 5.16%
Number of salaries quoted 118 175 266
10th Percentile £46,250 £33,200 £46,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £56,250 £51,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £85,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £103,750 £96,500 £96,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £51,600
% change year-on-year - +16.28% -6.18%

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 4,291 4,469 6,004
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 25.13% 33.45% 27.45%
Number of salaries quoted 2,311 1,963 4,168
10th Percentile £33,750 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.70%
75th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £88,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £118,750 £107,500
England median annual salary £56,000 £59,430 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.77% +8.05% -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 17 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 17 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 +10 26 £77,500 +10.71% 17
East London 0 15 - - 1
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 (3.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.49%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (3.98%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.99%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 64 (31.84%) Azure
2 51 (25.37%) AWS
3 20 (9.95%) GCP
3 20 (9.95%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (4.98%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 7 (3.48%) Entra ID
6 6 (2.99%) AWS Direct Connect
6 6 (2.99%) Azure Monitor
7 5 (2.49%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (2.49%) OneDrive
8 4 (1.99%) Datadog
8 4 (1.99%) Nutanix
9 3 (1.49%) ChatGPT
9 3 (1.49%) Microsoft Copilot
9 3 (1.49%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (1.49%) Mimecast
9 3 (1.49%) Power Platform
9 3 (1.49%) PowerApps
10 2 (1.00%) GitHub
10 2 (1.00%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 119 (59.20%) Firewall
2 74 (36.82%) WAN
3 57 (28.36%) LAN
4 52 (25.87%) Network Security
5 51 (25.37%) VPN
6 47 (23.38%) SD-WAN
7 41 (20.40%) Wireless
8 39 (19.40%) VLAN
9 34 (16.92%) Wi-Fi
10 32 (15.92%) BGP
10 32 (15.92%) OSPF
11 27 (13.43%) Cisco Firepower
12 24 (11.94%) Cisco Wireless
13 22 (10.95%) Cisco ISE
14 21 (10.45%) Cisco ASA
15 18 (8.96%) MPLS
16 15 (7.46%) TCP/IP
16 15 (7.46%) VoIP
17 13 (6.47%) WLAN
18 11 (5.47%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.00%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 5 (2.49%) JIRA
2 4 (1.99%) Git
3 2 (1.00%) GitLab
3 2 (1.00%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.00%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 67 (33.33%) Finance
1 67 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 28 (13.93%) Banking
3 24 (11.94%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (6.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 13 (6.47%) Retail
5 10 (4.98%) Law
5 10 (4.98%) Telecoms
6 9 (4.48%) Public Sector
7 8 (3.98%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (3.98%) Retail Banking
8 6 (2.99%) Marketing
9 5 (2.49%) Local Government
10 4 (1.99%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.00%) Legal
13 1 (0.50%) Advertising
13 1 (0.50%) Games
13 1 (0.50%) Military
Job Titles
1 78 (38.81%) Network Engineer
2 33 (16.42%) Senior
3 32 (15.92%) Architect
4 28 (13.93%) Consultant
5 27 (13.43%) Cisco Engineer
5 27 (13.43%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 21 (10.45%) Azure Engineer
7 20 (9.95%) Network Architect
8 19 (9.45%) Senior Network Engineer
9 18 (8.96%) Network Consultant
10 17 (8.46%) WAN Engineer
11 15 (7.46%) AWS Engineer
11 15 (7.46%) LAN Engineer
11 15 (7.46%) LAN/WAN Engineer
12 11 (5.47%) Analyst
13 10 (4.98%) Cisco Consultant
13 10 (4.98%) Cisco Network Consultant
14 9 (4.48%) Lead
14 9 (4.48%) Security Specialist
15 8 (3.98%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.48%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.99%) OAuth
2 4 (1.99%) OpenID
3 3 (1.49%) REST
4 1 (0.50%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.50%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 58 (28.86%) Data Centre
2 20 (9.95%) Security Posture
3 15 (7.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 9 (4.48%) Cloud Native
4 9 (4.48%) Public Cloud
5 7 (3.48%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.99%) Cyber Defence
7 4 (1.99%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.99%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.99%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.49%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.49%) PKI
9 2 (1.00%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (1.00%) Operational Technology
10 1 (0.50%) Cloud Security Posture
10 1 (0.50%) CMDB
10 1 (0.50%) e-Health
10 1 (0.50%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.50%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 25 (12.44%) Windows
2 19 (9.45%) Linux
3 10 (4.98%) Windows Server
4 7 (3.48%) Unix
5 4 (1.99%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (1.00%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.50%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (18.41%) Computer Science
2 35 (17.41%) Cybersecurity
3 31 (15.42%) High Availability
4 30 (14.93%) ITIL
4 30 (14.93%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (13.93%) SIEM
6 27 (13.43%) Migration
7 26 (12.94%) AI
7 26 (12.94%) Incident Response
7 26 (12.94%) Mentoring
8 23 (11.44%) Vulnerability Management
9 20 (9.95%) Information Security
9 20 (9.95%) Kalman Filter
9 20 (9.95%) Network Design
10 18 (8.96%) Network Monitoring
10 18 (8.96%) Risk Management
10 18 (8.96%) Roadmaps
10 18 (8.96%) Security Operations
10 18 (8.96%) Technical Leadership
11 17 (8.46%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 31 (15.42%) Python
2 12 (5.97%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.00%) Bash
4 1 (0.50%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 116 (57.71%) CCNP
2 71 (35.32%) CCNA
3 68 (33.83%) Degree
4 61 (30.35%) CCIE
5 44 (21.89%) CISSP
6 41 (20.40%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 32 (15.92%) Computer Science Degree
8 23 (11.44%) CCSE
8 23 (11.44%) CCSP
8 23 (11.44%) CISM
9 21 (10.45%) CCSA
10 20 (9.95%) Network+ Certification
11 19 (9.45%) Azure Certification
12 12 (5.97%) Security Cleared
13 11 (5.47%) GCIH
14 10 (4.98%) Master's Degree
15 9 (4.48%) AWS Certification
15 9 (4.48%) Microsoft Certification
15 9 (4.48%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 8 (3.98%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (18.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 37 (18.41%) NIST
2 17 (8.46%) GDPR
3 8 (3.98%) SLA
4 7 (3.48%) QA
5 5 (2.49%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (1.99%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.99%) SOC 2
7 3 (1.49%) ITGC
7 3 (1.49%) PMO
8 2 (1.00%) GRC
9 1 (0.50%) COBIT
9 1 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.50%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 15 (7.46%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (4.98%) Active Directory
2 10 (4.98%) Firmware
3 6 (2.99%) vSphere
4 3 (1.49%) Docker
5 2 (1.00%) EMC RecoverPoint
5 2 (1.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 23 (11.44%) Ansible
2 17 (8.46%) FortiGate
3 13 (6.47%) Terraform
4 8 (3.98%) Check_MK
5 7 (3.48%) Cisco Prime
5 7 (3.48%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (1.99%) Kubernetes
6 4 (1.99%) Nagios
7 3 (1.49%) ArcSight ESM
7 3 (1.49%) QRadar
8 2 (1.00%) CASB
8 2 (1.00%) Cisco CUCM
8 2 (1.00%) Control-M
8 2 (1.00%) VxRail
9 1 (0.50%) CA Spectrum
9 1 (0.50%) Grafana
9 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.50%) OpenView
9 1 (0.50%) Tivoli
9 1 (0.50%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 134 (66.67%) Cisco
2 50 (24.88%) Fortinet
3 39 (19.40%) CheckPoint
4 38 (18.91%) Microsoft
5 32 (15.92%) SolarWinds
6 31 (15.42%) Meraki
7 29 (14.43%) Palo Alto
8 24 (11.94%) Juniper
9 21 (10.45%) Arista
10 20 (9.95%) VMware
11 12 (5.97%) Splunk
12 9 (4.48%) F5
13 8 (3.98%) Zscaler
14 7 (3.48%) Infoblox
15 5 (2.49%) Dell
15 5 (2.49%) Sophos
16 4 (1.99%) ArcSight
16 4 (1.99%) NetApp
16 4 (1.99%) Red Hat
17 3 (1.49%) LogLogic