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

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 197 207 231
Rank change year-on-year +10 +24 -17
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 268 199 256
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.15% 1.61% 1.31%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.72% 5.59% 4.73%
Number of salaries quoted 170 102 203
10th Percentile £52,500 £33,200 £40,000
25th Percentile £64,063 £45,000 £49,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.17% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £91,000 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £89,875 £100,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +30.00% -9.09% -

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 4,688 3,557 5,407
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 20.07% 28.82% 27.62%
Number of salaries quoted 2,808 1,985 2,948
10th Percentile £41,000 £40,000 £36,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £49,607
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £68,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -1.46% -2.14%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £111,250 £101,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 3 August 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 3 August 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 +6 23 £72,500 +15.08% 7
East London -9 3 £70,000 +124.00% 1
West London -29 3 £77,500 -11.43% 2
South London -1 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 12 (4.48%) Confluence
2 4 (1.49%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.75%) Cloud Foundry
3 2 (0.75%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (4.85%) MS Visio
2 5 (1.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 120 (44.78%) Azure
2 87 (32.46%) AWS
3 44 (16.42%) Microsoft 365
4 35 (13.06%) GCP
5 22 (8.21%) Datadog
6 13 (4.85%) OpenShift
6 13 (4.85%) SaaS
7 11 (4.10%) Azure Monitor
8 10 (3.73%) Entra ID
8 10 (3.73%) IaaS
8 10 (3.73%) PaaS
9 9 (3.36%) Nutanix
10 8 (2.99%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 8 (2.99%) Azure Sentinel
10 8 (2.99%) OCI
11 6 (2.24%) Mimecast
12 5 (1.87%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 5 (1.87%) AWS KMS
12 5 (1.87%) Cloud Computing
12 5 (1.87%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 133 (49.63%) Firewall
2 108 (40.30%) Network Security
3 106 (39.55%) WAN
4 98 (36.57%) VPN
5 74 (27.61%) SD-WAN
6 70 (26.12%) LAN
7 45 (16.79%) BGP
7 45 (16.79%) DNS
8 44 (16.42%) Wireless
9 43 (16.04%) Cisco ISE
10 41 (15.30%) OSPF
11 38 (14.18%) VLAN
12 32 (11.94%) Wi-Fi
13 30 (11.19%) TCP/IP
14 24 (8.96%) Cisco Wireless
15 21 (7.84%) DHCP
16 20 (7.46%) VXLAN
17 16 (5.97%) Cisco Firepower
18 15 (5.60%) Software-Defined Networking
18 15 (5.60%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (6.72%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.24%) Big Data
3 5 (1.87%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 20 (7.46%) JIRA
2 9 (3.36%) Chocolatey
3 8 (2.99%) GitLab
3 8 (2.99%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.87%) Git
5 4 (1.49%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 125 (46.64%) Social Skills
2 68 (25.37%) Finance
3 50 (18.66%) Banking
4 44 (16.42%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (9.70%) Retail
5 26 (9.70%) Telecoms
6 18 (6.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (5.97%) Local Government
8 14 (5.22%) Public Sector
9 9 (3.36%) Legal
9 9 (3.36%) Marketing
10 8 (2.99%) Mandarin Language
10 8 (2.99%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (2.61%) Law
12 6 (2.24%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (2.24%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.87%) Digital Health
13 5 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.87%) Retail Banking
14 4 (1.49%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 82 (30.60%) Network Engineer
2 46 (17.16%) Senior
3 40 (14.93%) Architect
4 30 (11.19%) Consultant
5 28 (10.45%) Lead
6 27 (10.07%) Network Architect
7 24 (8.96%) Security Specialist
8 22 (8.21%) Senior Network Engineer
9 21 (7.84%) Network Specialist
10 20 (7.46%) Network Security Specialist
11 19 (7.09%) Azure Engineer
11 19 (7.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 15 (5.60%) Network Consultant
13 13 (4.85%) Cisco Engineer
13 13 (4.85%) Cisco Network Engineer
13 13 (4.85%) Security Engineer
14 12 (4.48%) Principal Architect
15 10 (3.73%) Analyst
15 10 (3.73%) IT Engineer
15 10 (3.73%) Solutions Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.24%) LDAP
2 5 (1.87%) 802.1X
2 5 (1.87%) OAuth
3 4 (1.49%) REST
3 4 (1.49%) SAML
4 3 (1.12%) ARM Templates
4 3 (1.12%) JWT
4 3 (1.12%) OAuth2
4 3 (1.12%) OpenID
5 2 (0.75%) EDI
5 2 (0.75%) IDoc
5 2 (0.75%) JSON
5 2 (0.75%) RESTful
6 1 (0.37%) Jinja
6 1 (0.37%) NETCONF
6 1 (0.37%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.37%) YAML
6 1 (0.37%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 87 (32.46%) Data Centre
2 49 (18.28%) Security Posture
3 14 (5.22%) Cyber Threat
4 13 (4.85%) PKI
5 12 (4.48%) Cloud Native
6 10 (3.73%) Management Information System
6 10 (3.73%) Onboarding
6 10 (3.73%) Public Cloud
7 9 (3.36%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (2.61%) Cyber Defence
8 7 (2.61%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (2.61%) Private Cloud
9 5 (1.87%) Replication
9 5 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.49%) Renewable Energy
10 4 (1.49%) Video Conferencing
11 3 (1.12%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 3 (1.12%) Driving Licence
11 3 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
12 2 (0.75%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 63 (23.51%) Windows
2 38 (14.18%) Linux
3 35 (13.06%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.12%) Unix
5 3 (1.12%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.75%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.75%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.37%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.37%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (24.25%) Cybersecurity
2 62 (23.13%) Problem-Solving
3 59 (22.01%) ITIL
4 58 (21.64%) Roadmaps
5 53 (19.78%) Incident Response
6 49 (18.28%) Information Security
7 45 (16.79%) Disaster Recovery
7 45 (16.79%) Technical Leadership
8 42 (15.67%) Mentoring
9 41 (15.30%) Network Design
10 40 (14.93%) Security Architecture
11 37 (13.81%) SIEM
12 36 (13.43%) High Availability
12 36 (13.43%) Infrastructure as Code
12 36 (13.43%) Network Monitoring
12 36 (13.43%) Project Delivery
13 35 (13.06%) Cloud Security
13 35 (13.06%) Presales
14 34 (12.69%) Risk Management
15 33 (12.31%) AI
Programming Languages
1 48 (17.91%) Python
2 29 (10.82%) PowerShell
3 10 (3.73%) Bash
4 9 (3.36%) Java
5 2 (0.75%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (0.75%) Search Processing Language
6 1 (0.37%) C
6 1 (0.37%) SQL
Qualifications
1 153 (57.09%) CCNP
2 92 (34.33%) CCNA
3 81 (30.22%) CISSP
4 79 (29.48%) Degree
5 64 (23.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 59 (22.01%) Azure Certification
7 54 (20.15%) CCIE
7 54 (20.15%) CCSP
8 47 (17.54%) CISM
9 28 (10.45%) AWS Certification
10 27 (10.07%) Computer Science Degree
11 25 (9.33%) Microsoft Certification
12 24 (8.96%) Master's Degree
13 16 (5.97%) CCSE
14 15 (5.60%) Security Cleared
15 14 (5.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 13 (4.85%) MCSE
17 12 (4.48%) CompTIA Security+
17 12 (4.48%) RHCSA
18 11 (4.10%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (24.25%) NIST
2 54 (20.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (8.58%) GDPR
4 22 (8.21%) QA
5 19 (7.09%) PCI DSS
6 18 (6.72%) SLA
7 13 (4.85%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (2.99%) SOC 2
9 7 (2.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 6 (2.24%) COBIT
11 4 (1.49%) Accessibility
12 3 (1.12%) GRC
12 3 (1.12%) NIST 800
13 1 (0.37%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 1 (0.37%) ISO 31000
13 1 (0.37%) JSP 440
13 1 (0.37%) NCSC
13 1 (0.37%) PMO
13 1 (0.37%) RMADS
System Software
1 44 (16.42%) Active Directory
2 42 (15.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (3.36%) Virtual Desktop
4 8 (2.99%) vSphere
5 7 (2.61%) VMware NSX
6 5 (1.87%) Docker
6 5 (1.87%) Hyper-V
6 5 (1.87%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.49%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 4 (1.49%) Squid
8 3 (1.12%) VMware Server
9 1 (0.37%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.37%) Firmware
9 1 (0.37%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 40 (14.93%) Ansible
2 35 (13.06%) Terraform
3 19 (7.09%) Kubernetes
4 16 (5.97%) FortiGate
5 12 (4.48%) Microsoft Intune
6 10 (3.73%) SCCM
7 9 (3.36%) Cisco Prime
8 6 (2.24%) Check_MK
8 6 (2.24%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (1.87%) Control-M
9 5 (1.87%) Red Hat Satellite
9 5 (1.87%) ZABBIX
10 4 (1.49%) Packer
10 4 (1.49%) VxRail
11 2 (0.75%) Nagios
11 2 (0.75%) OpenView
11 2 (0.75%) Tivoli
12 1 (0.37%) CASB
12 1 (0.37%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 131 (48.88%) Cisco
2 87 (32.46%) Microsoft
3 68 (25.37%) Palo Alto
4 52 (19.40%) VMware
5 46 (17.16%) Fortinet
6 38 (14.18%) SolarWinds
7 34 (12.69%) CheckPoint
7 34 (12.69%) Splunk
8 33 (12.31%) Arista
9 28 (10.45%) F5
9 28 (10.45%) Zscaler
10 26 (9.70%) Meraki
11 21 (7.84%) Tenable
12 19 (7.09%) ForeScout
13 16 (5.97%) Red Hat
14 14 (5.22%) Sophos
15 13 (4.85%) Infoblox
15 13 (4.85%) SevOne
16 9 (3.36%) AppDynamics
16 9 (3.36%) Qualys