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

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 191 208 240
Rank change year-on-year +17 +32 +7
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 250 205 304
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.18% 1.68% 1.25%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.88% 5.39% 4.54%
Number of salaries quoted 159 116 256
10th Percentile £59,500 £33,200 £38,750
25th Percentile £63,750 £47,188 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £61,750 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +21.46% -1.20% -3.85%
75th Percentile £88,750 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £103,750 £92,500 £95,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £55,000 £51,182
% change year-on-year +22.73% +7.46% -6.94%

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 3,806 6,693
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 20.01% 31.16% 27.43%
Number of salaries quoted 2,654 1,814 4,136
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,903 £36,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,000 £47,543
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.70% -
75th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £101,825 £110,000 £102,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,800
% change year-on-year +9.09% +0.36% -8.67%

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 11 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 11 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 +11 30 £80,000 +26.98% 13
East London 0 9 £70,000 +124.00% 4
South London +20 4 - - 2
West London -10 3 £77,500 +6.90% 2
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 (2.80%) Confluence
2 4 (1.60%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.80%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 15 (6.00%) MS Visio
2 7 (2.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.80%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 112 (44.80%) Azure
2 71 (28.40%) AWS
3 38 (15.20%) Microsoft 365
4 34 (13.60%) GCP
5 22 (8.80%) Datadog
6 11 (4.40%) Azure Monitor
6 11 (4.40%) Azure Sentinel
7 10 (4.00%) SaaS
8 9 (3.60%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 9 (3.60%) Entra ID
9 8 (3.20%) OCI
10 7 (2.80%) IaaS
10 7 (2.80%) Nutanix
10 7 (2.80%) PaaS
11 6 (2.40%) ChatGPT
11 6 (2.40%) Microsoft Copilot
11 6 (2.40%) Mimecast
12 4 (1.60%) AWS KMS
12 4 (1.60%) Power Platform
12 4 (1.60%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 135 (54.00%) Firewall
2 96 (38.40%) WAN
3 87 (34.80%) Network Security
4 83 (33.20%) VPN
5 69 (27.60%) SD-WAN
6 62 (24.80%) LAN
7 49 (19.60%) Wireless
8 38 (15.20%) Cisco ISE
9 37 (14.80%) BGP
10 34 (13.60%) OSPF
11 33 (13.20%) VLAN
11 33 (13.20%) Wi-Fi
12 30 (12.00%) DNS
13 29 (11.60%) Cisco Wireless
14 25 (10.00%) Cisco Firepower
15 17 (6.80%) TCP/IP
16 16 (6.40%) SSL
16 16 (6.40%) VXLAN
17 15 (6.00%) VoIP
18 14 (5.60%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.20%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.60%) Big Data
3 2 (0.80%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 13 (5.20%) JIRA
2 8 (3.20%) GitLab
3 7 (2.80%) Chocolatey
3 7 (2.80%) Jenkins
4 5 (2.00%) Git
5 4 (1.60%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 109 (43.60%) Social Skills
2 74 (29.60%) Finance
3 47 (18.80%) Banking
4 43 (17.20%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (9.60%) Retail
6 18 (7.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (6.40%) Local Government
7 16 (6.40%) Telecoms
8 10 (4.00%) Public Sector
9 8 (3.20%) Retail Banking
10 6 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (2.00%) Law
11 5 (2.00%) Marketing
12 4 (1.60%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.60%) Automotive
12 4 (1.60%) Electronics
12 4 (1.60%) Legal
12 4 (1.60%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.60%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 91 (36.40%) Network Engineer
2 50 (20.00%) Senior
3 40 (16.00%) Architect
4 29 (11.60%) Consultant
5 28 (11.20%) Network Architect
6 27 (10.80%) Senior Network Engineer
7 24 (9.60%) Azure Engineer
8 20 (8.00%) Lead
9 18 (7.20%) Cisco Engineer
9 18 (7.20%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 17 (6.80%) Network Consultant
11 14 (5.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 12 (4.80%) Principal Architect
12 12 (4.80%) Security Engineer
12 12 (4.80%) Security Specialist
13 10 (4.00%) Analyst
13 10 (4.00%) Network Security Specialist
13 10 (4.00%) Network Specialist
14 9 (3.60%) Lead Network Engineer
14 9 (3.60%) Principal Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.20%) 802.1X
2 7 (2.80%) OAuth
3 5 (2.00%) OpenID
4 4 (1.60%) REST
5 3 (1.20%) SAML
6 2 (0.80%) ARM Templates
6 2 (0.80%) EDI
6 2 (0.80%) IDoc
6 2 (0.80%) JSON
6 2 (0.80%) JWT
6 2 (0.80%) LDAP
6 2 (0.80%) OAuth2
6 2 (0.80%) RESTful
6 2 (0.80%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 89 (35.60%) Data Centre
2 44 (17.60%) Security Posture
3 15 (6.00%) PKI
4 13 (5.20%) Cloud Native
5 11 (4.40%) Cyber Threat
5 11 (4.40%) Management Information System
6 8 (3.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 8 (3.20%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (3.20%) Public Cloud
7 7 (2.80%) Cyber Defence
7 7 (2.80%) Onboarding
8 5 (2.00%) Replication
8 5 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.60%) Private Cloud
9 4 (1.60%) Renewable Energy
10 3 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.80%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.80%) Enterprise Software
12 1 (0.40%) Home Automation
12 1 (0.40%) IPTV
Operating Systems
1 54 (21.60%) Windows
2 32 (12.80%) Linux
3 27 (10.80%) Windows Server
4 5 (2.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.20%) Unix
6 2 (0.80%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.80%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.40%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (22.40%) ITIL
2 51 (20.40%) Cybersecurity
2 51 (20.40%) Problem-Solving
3 41 (16.40%) Roadmaps
4 40 (16.00%) High Availability
5 39 (15.60%) Incident Response
6 38 (15.20%) Disaster Recovery
6 38 (15.20%) Technical Leadership
7 36 (14.40%) Information Security
7 36 (14.40%) Security Architecture
8 33 (13.20%) Computer Science
8 33 (13.20%) Mentoring
8 33 (13.20%) Network Design
8 33 (13.20%) Network Monitoring
9 32 (12.80%) AI
10 30 (12.00%) SIEM
11 29 (11.60%) Project Delivery
12 28 (11.20%) Presales
13 27 (10.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 27 (10.80%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 47 (18.80%) Python
2 24 (9.60%) PowerShell
3 10 (4.00%) Bash
4 6 (2.40%) Java
5 2 (0.80%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (0.80%) Search Processing Language
6 1 (0.40%) Bicep
6 1 (0.40%) C
6 1 (0.40%) SQL
Qualifications
1 140 (56.00%) CCNP
2 91 (36.40%) CCNA
3 76 (30.40%) Degree
4 64 (25.60%) CISSP
5 63 (25.20%) CCIE
6 58 (23.20%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 54 (21.60%) Azure Certification
8 43 (17.20%) CISM
9 42 (16.80%) CCSP
10 29 (11.60%) Computer Science Degree
11 26 (10.40%) Microsoft Certification
12 22 (8.80%) CCSE
12 22 (8.80%) Master's Degree
13 18 (7.20%) AWS Certification
13 18 (7.20%) CCSA
14 16 (6.40%) Security Cleared
15 14 (5.60%) MCSE
15 14 (5.60%) Network+ Certification
16 13 (5.20%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 12 (4.80%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (24.40%) NIST
2 47 (18.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (9.20%) QA
4 19 (7.60%) SLA
5 18 (7.20%) GDPR
5 18 (7.20%) PCI DSS
6 11 (4.40%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (2.80%) SOC 2
8 5 (2.00%) COBIT
9 4 (1.60%) Accessibility
9 4 (1.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.80%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.40%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.40%) NCSC
11 1 (0.40%) PMO
11 1 (0.40%) RMADS
System Software
1 34 (13.60%) Active Directory
2 31 (12.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (3.20%) vSphere
4 7 (2.80%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (2.40%) Firmware
6 5 (2.00%) Docker
6 5 (2.00%) VMware NSX
7 4 (1.60%) Squid
8 3 (1.20%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 3 (1.20%) VMware Server
9 2 (0.80%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.40%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 41 (16.40%) Ansible
2 31 (12.40%) Terraform
3 16 (6.40%) FortiGate
4 11 (4.40%) Kubernetes
4 11 (4.40%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (4.00%) Cisco Prime
6 9 (3.60%) Check_MK
7 8 (3.20%) SCCM
8 7 (2.80%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (2.00%) Control-M
9 5 (2.00%) ZABBIX
10 4 (1.60%) Nagios
10 4 (1.60%) Packer
11 3 (1.20%) VxRail
12 2 (0.80%) OpenView
12 2 (0.80%) Red Hat Satellite
12 2 (0.80%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 138 (55.20%) Cisco
2 82 (32.80%) Microsoft
3 50 (20.00%) Palo Alto
4 48 (19.20%) SolarWinds
5 46 (18.40%) Fortinet
6 40 (16.00%) VMware
7 33 (13.20%) CheckPoint
8 32 (12.80%) Arista
8 32 (12.80%) Splunk
9 24 (9.60%) Meraki
10 21 (8.40%) ForeScout
11 19 (7.60%) F5
12 15 (6.00%) Infoblox
12 15 (6.00%) SevOne
13 14 (5.60%) Red Hat
13 14 (5.60%) Tenable
14 10 (4.00%) Zscaler
15 9 (3.60%) Dynatrace
15 9 (3.60%) Sophos
16 8 (3.20%) Juniper