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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 188 191 243
Rank change year-on-year +3 +52 +16
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 238 220 302
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.15% 1.79% 1.29%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.50% 5.45% 4.54%
Number of salaries quoted 148 132 265
10th Percentile £60,000 £33,200 £40,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £50,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £66,000 £63,264
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +4.32% -2.67%
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £102,575 £95,000 £96,500
England median annual salary £67,500 £57,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year +17.39% +12.75% -6.42%

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 4,330 4,040 6,648
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 20.89% 32.92% 28.38%
Number of salaries quoted 2,542 1,924 4,230
10th Percentile £41,000 £41,250 £35,631
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £48,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.70% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £87,000
90th Percentile £102,725 £112,500 £103,750
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 21 May 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 May 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 +9 32 £80,000 +23.08% 11
East London -3 10 - - 5
South London +12 4 - -
West London -17 1 £77,500 +34.78% 3
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 (2.94%) Confluence
2 4 (1.68%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.84%) Cloud Foundry
3 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (5.04%) MS Visio
2 6 (2.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.84%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 102 (42.86%) Azure
2 67 (28.15%) AWS
3 34 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
4 33 (13.87%) GCP
5 19 (7.98%) Datadog
6 11 (4.62%) Azure Monitor
7 9 (3.78%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 9 (3.78%) Azure Sentinel
7 9 (3.78%) SaaS
8 7 (2.94%) Entra ID
8 7 (2.94%) OCI
9 6 (2.52%) ChatGPT
9 6 (2.52%) IaaS
9 6 (2.52%) Microsoft Copilot
9 6 (2.52%) Mimecast
9 6 (2.52%) PaaS
10 5 (2.10%) Nutanix
11 4 (1.68%) OneDrive
11 4 (1.68%) Power Platform
11 4 (1.68%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 130 (54.62%) Firewall
2 84 (35.29%) WAN
3 80 (33.61%) Network Security
4 66 (27.73%) VPN
5 65 (27.31%) SD-WAN
6 56 (23.53%) LAN
7 46 (19.33%) Wireless
8 34 (14.29%) Cisco ISE
9 30 (12.61%) BGP
9 30 (12.61%) Wi-Fi
10 29 (12.18%) Cisco Wireless
10 29 (12.18%) VLAN
11 28 (11.76%) OSPF
12 24 (10.08%) Cisco Firepower
13 23 (9.66%) DNS
14 14 (5.88%) Cisco ASA
14 14 (5.88%) VoIP
15 13 (5.46%) HSRP
15 13 (5.46%) Software-Defined Networking
16 12 (5.04%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.78%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.68%) Big Data
3 1 (0.42%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 12 (5.04%) JIRA
2 8 (3.36%) GitLab
3 7 (2.94%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.52%) Chocolatey
4 6 (2.52%) Git
5 4 (1.68%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.84%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 99 (41.60%) Social Skills
2 76 (31.93%) Finance
3 46 (19.33%) Banking
4 38 (15.97%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (10.50%) Retail
6 20 (8.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (6.72%) Local Government
8 13 (5.46%) Telecoms
9 10 (4.20%) Public Sector
10 8 (3.36%) Retail Banking
11 6 (2.52%) Law
11 6 (2.52%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.68%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.68%) Automotive
12 4 (1.68%) Electronics
12 4 (1.68%) Legal
12 4 (1.68%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.68%) Marketing
12 4 (1.68%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 86 (36.13%) Network Engineer
2 42 (17.65%) Senior
3 40 (16.81%) Architect
4 28 (11.76%) Consultant
4 28 (11.76%) Network Architect
5 25 (10.50%) Senior Network Engineer
6 24 (10.08%) Azure Engineer
7 20 (8.40%) Cisco Engineer
7 20 (8.40%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 18 (7.56%) Lead
9 16 (6.72%) Network Consultant
10 11 (4.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 11 (4.62%) Principal Architect
11 10 (4.20%) AWS Engineer
11 10 (4.20%) IT Engineer
11 10 (4.20%) LAN Engineer
11 10 (4.20%) LAN/WAN Engineer
11 10 (4.20%) Security Specialist
11 10 (4.20%) WAN Engineer
12 9 (3.78%) Lead Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.36%) 802.1X
2 7 (2.94%) OAuth
3 5 (2.10%) OpenID
4 3 (1.26%) REST
4 3 (1.26%) SAML
5 2 (0.84%) ARM Templates
5 2 (0.84%) EDI
5 2 (0.84%) IDoc
5 2 (0.84%) JWT
5 2 (0.84%) OAuth2
5 2 (0.84%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.42%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 77 (32.35%) Data Centre
2 41 (17.23%) Security Posture
3 13 (5.46%) Cloud Native
4 12 (5.04%) PKI
5 10 (4.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 9 (3.78%) Cyber Threat
7 8 (3.36%) Cyber Defence
7 8 (3.36%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (3.36%) Public Cloud
8 7 (2.94%) Management Information System
8 7 (2.94%) Onboarding
9 5 (2.10%) Replication
9 5 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.68%) Renewable Energy
11 3 (1.26%) Greenfield Project
12 2 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
12 2 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
12 2 (0.84%) Private Cloud
13 1 (0.42%) Enterprise Storage
13 1 (0.42%) IPTV
Operating Systems
1 45 (18.91%) Windows
2 29 (12.18%) Linux
3 20 (8.40%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.26%) Unix
6 2 (0.84%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.84%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.42%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (20.59%) ITIL
2 48 (20.17%) Cybersecurity
3 41 (17.23%) Problem-Solving
4 38 (15.97%) High Availability
5 35 (14.71%) Incident Response
6 34 (14.29%) Mentoring
6 34 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
7 33 (13.87%) Disaster Recovery
7 33 (13.87%) SIEM
8 31 (13.03%) Roadmaps
9 30 (12.61%) Information Security
10 29 (12.18%) Computer Science
10 29 (12.18%) Vulnerability Management
11 28 (11.76%) Network Design
11 28 (11.76%) Network Monitoring
11 28 (11.76%) Risk Management
11 28 (11.76%) Security Architecture
12 26 (10.92%) Migration
13 25 (10.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 25 (10.50%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 42 (17.65%) Python
2 19 (7.98%) PowerShell
3 8 (3.36%) Bash
4 5 (2.10%) Java
5 1 (0.42%) Bicep
5 1 (0.42%) C
Qualifications
1 130 (54.62%) CCNP
2 83 (34.87%) CCNA
3 71 (29.83%) Degree
4 64 (26.89%) CISSP
5 61 (25.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 61 (25.63%) CCIE
6 46 (19.33%) Azure Certification
7 43 (18.07%) CISM
8 42 (17.65%) CCSP
9 24 (10.08%) Computer Science Degree
10 23 (9.66%) CCSE
11 22 (9.24%) Master's Degree
12 21 (8.82%) Microsoft Certification
13 19 (7.98%) CCSA
14 17 (7.14%) AWS Certification
15 16 (6.72%) Network+ Certification
16 15 (6.30%) Security Cleared
17 13 (5.46%) JNCIP
18 12 (5.04%) GCIH
18 12 (5.04%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (24.79%) NIST
2 51 (21.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (8.40%) QA
4 16 (6.72%) GDPR
5 15 (6.30%) SLA
6 14 (5.88%) PCI DSS
7 11 (4.62%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (2.94%) SOC 2
9 4 (1.68%) COBIT
10 3 (1.26%) Accessibility
10 3 (1.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.42%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.42%) NCSC
11 1 (0.42%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.42%) PMO
11 1 (0.42%) RMADS
System Software
1 26 (10.92%) VMware Infrastructure
2 25 (10.50%) Active Directory
3 10 (4.20%) Firmware
4 8 (3.36%) vSphere
5 6 (2.52%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (2.10%) Docker
7 4 (1.68%) Squid
7 4 (1.68%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.84%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 2 (0.84%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.84%) VMware Server
9 1 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 41 (17.23%) Ansible
2 28 (11.76%) Terraform
3 17 (7.14%) FortiGate
4 10 (4.20%) Cisco Prime
5 9 (3.78%) Check_MK
6 8 (3.36%) Kubernetes
7 7 (2.94%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (2.94%) SCCM
7 7 (2.94%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (2.10%) ZABBIX
9 4 (1.68%) Nagios
9 4 (1.68%) Packer
10 2 (0.84%) Control-M
10 2 (0.84%) VxRail
11 1 (0.42%) OpenView
11 1 (0.42%) Red Hat Satellite
11 1 (0.42%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 134 (56.30%) Cisco
2 73 (30.67%) Microsoft
3 46 (19.33%) Fortinet
4 42 (17.65%) SolarWinds
5 39 (16.39%) Palo Alto
6 33 (13.87%) VMware
7 32 (13.45%) CheckPoint
8 26 (10.92%) Arista
9 25 (10.50%) Meraki
9 25 (10.50%) Splunk
10 18 (7.56%) F5
10 18 (7.56%) ForeScout
11 14 (5.88%) Infoblox
12 13 (5.46%) Red Hat
13 12 (5.04%) Juniper
13 12 (5.04%) SevOne
14 11 (4.62%) Tenable
15 8 (3.36%) Dynatrace
16 7 (2.94%) Sophos
16 7 (2.94%) Zscaler