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 13 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 215 176 179
Rank change year-on-year -39 +3 +159
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 181 330 341
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.41% 1.90% 1.80%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.62% 6.77% 6.89%
Number of salaries quoted 92 214 267
10th Percentile £37,750 £41,888 £42,743
25th Percentile £57,063 £52,500 £54,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -
75th Percentile £88,750 £82,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £126,875 £98,550 £97,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 3,918 4,876 4,949
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 30.61% 28.11% 26.06%
Number of salaries quoted 2,086 2,132 3,605
10th Percentile £33,500 £40,000 £39,085
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,384 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.88% - +3.70%
75th Percentile £90,000 £88,750 £90,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £110,900 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.17% +0.87% +4.55%

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 13 November 2025.

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 13 November 2025. 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 -4 20 £70,000 -3.31% 37
East London -9 7 - - 4
West London - 7 £59,000 - 2
South London +22 1 - - 1
North London - 1 £32,500 - 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 11 (6.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.21%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.10%) nginx
4 1 (0.55%) CMS
Applications
1 19 (10.50%) MS Visio
2 12 (6.63%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.21%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.66%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.55%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 1 (0.55%) NetSuite
1 1 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 73 (40.33%) Azure
2 49 (27.07%) AWS
3 19 (10.50%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (7.73%) GCP
5 12 (6.63%) Entra ID
6 7 (3.87%) Azure Sentinel
7 6 (3.31%) IaaS
7 6 (3.31%) Mimecast
8 5 (2.76%) AWS Direct Connect
8 5 (2.76%) Microsoft Purview
8 5 (2.76%) Rubrik
9 4 (2.21%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 4 (2.21%) Dropbox
9 4 (2.21%) Google Workspace
10 3 (1.66%) Cloudflare
11 2 (1.10%) OneDrive
11 2 (1.10%) OpenShift
11 2 (1.10%) SaaS
11 2 (1.10%) SecurityScorecard
11 2 (1.10%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 96 (53.04%) Firewall
2 70 (38.67%) LAN
3 60 (33.15%) WAN
4 56 (30.94%) VPN
5 46 (25.41%) BGP
6 44 (24.31%) Network Security
6 44 (24.31%) OSPF
7 41 (22.65%) Wireless
8 37 (20.44%) VLAN
8 37 (20.44%) Wi-Fi
9 26 (14.36%) MPLS
10 23 (12.71%) SD-WAN
11 22 (12.15%) TCP/IP
12 20 (11.05%) Cisco Wireless
12 20 (11.05%) DNS
13 16 (8.84%) EIGRP
14 14 (7.73%) Cisco ASA
15 12 (6.63%) Cisco Nexus
15 12 (6.63%) HSRP
16 11 (6.08%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.21%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.66%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 5 (2.76%) Git
2 3 (1.66%) Burp Suite
2 3 (1.66%) Jenkins
2 3 (1.66%) Metasploit
3 2 (1.10%) GitLab
4 1 (0.55%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 62 (34.25%) Social Skills
2 54 (29.83%) Finance
3 31 (17.13%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (13.81%) Banking
5 19 (10.50%) Documentation Skills
6 17 (9.39%) Telecoms
7 11 (6.08%) Law
8 10 (5.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (4.42%) Marketing
10 7 (3.87%) Retail
11 6 (3.31%) Legal
12 5 (2.76%) Local Government
13 3 (1.66%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (1.66%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (1.10%) Advertising
14 2 (1.10%) French Language
14 2 (1.10%) Mandarin Language
14 2 (1.10%) Military
14 2 (1.10%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 88 (48.62%) Network Engineer
2 43 (23.76%) Senior
3 21 (11.60%) Senior Network Engineer
4 15 (8.29%) Analyst
4 15 (8.29%) Cisco Engineer
5 14 (7.73%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 12 (6.63%) Consultant
7 11 (6.08%) Architect
7 11 (6.08%) AWS Engineer
7 11 (6.08%) Security Engineer
8 8 (4.42%) Deployment Engineer
8 8 (4.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 8 (4.42%) Security Architect
9 7 (3.87%) Azure Engineer
9 7 (3.87%) Network Analyst
9 7 (3.87%) Network Deployment Engineer
9 7 (3.87%) Network Support
9 7 (3.87%) Operations Engineer
9 7 (3.87%) WAN Engineer
10 6 (3.31%) Wireless Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.87%) 802.1X
2 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (1.10%) REST
3 1 (0.55%) Jinja
3 1 (0.55%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.55%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 54 (29.83%) Data Centre
2 12 (6.63%) Security Posture
3 6 (3.31%) Management Information System
3 6 (3.31%) Public Cloud
3 6 (3.31%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (2.76%) Cloud Native
4 5 (2.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 5 (2.76%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.21%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 4 (2.21%) Driving Licence
5 4 (2.21%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (2.21%) Low-Code
5 4 (2.21%) Virtual Team
5 4 (2.21%) Web3
6 3 (1.66%) Cloud Security Posture
6 3 (1.66%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.66%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.10%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.10%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 32 (17.68%) Windows
2 23 (12.71%) Linux
3 18 (9.94%) Windows Server
4 7 (3.87%) Unix
5 2 (1.10%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (1.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (20.99%) Problem-Solving
2 31 (17.13%) High Availability
3 29 (16.02%) ITIL
4 28 (15.47%) Computer Science
5 27 (14.92%) Load Balancing
6 25 (13.81%) Information Security
7 24 (13.26%) Migration
8 21 (11.60%) Low Latency
9 20 (11.05%) DevOps
10 19 (10.50%) AI
10 19 (10.50%) Cybersecurity
11 18 (9.94%) Disaster Recovery
12 17 (9.39%) Incident Response
13 16 (8.84%) Change Management
14 15 (8.29%) Mentoring
14 15 (8.29%) Risk Management
14 15 (8.29%) Roadmaps
14 15 (8.29%) Zero Trust
15 14 (7.73%) Inventory Management
15 14 (7.73%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 50 (27.62%) Python
2 20 (11.05%) PowerShell
3 7 (3.87%) Bash
4 3 (1.66%) Go
5 2 (1.10%) R
5 2 (1.10%) VB
6 1 (0.55%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.55%) PromQL
6 1 (0.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 112 (61.88%) CCNP
2 73 (40.33%) Degree
3 72 (39.78%) CCNA
4 56 (30.94%) CCIE
5 27 (14.92%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 26 (14.36%) CISSP
7 25 (13.81%) Computer Science Degree
8 17 (9.39%) CCSA
8 17 (9.39%) Microsoft Certification
9 16 (8.84%) CCSE
9 16 (8.84%) CCSP
10 15 (8.29%) Azure Certification
11 14 (7.73%) CISM
11 14 (7.73%) Network+ Certification
12 10 (5.52%) AWS Certification
12 10 (5.52%) GIAC
12 10 (5.52%) MCSA
12 10 (5.52%) Security Cleared
13 9 (4.97%) CISA
13 9 (4.97%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (15.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (11.60%) NIST
3 20 (11.05%) GDPR
4 9 (4.97%) SLA
5 6 (3.31%) PMO
6 5 (2.76%) QA
7 3 (1.66%) ITGC
7 3 (1.66%) SOC 2
8 2 (1.10%) GRC
8 2 (1.10%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 22 (12.15%) Active Directory
2 16 (8.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (5.52%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (2.76%) EMC RecoverPoint
4 5 (2.76%) vSphere
5 4 (2.21%) BitLocker
5 4 (2.21%) Hyper-V
5 4 (2.21%) pfSense
5 4 (2.21%) ProxySG
6 2 (1.10%) Docker
6 2 (1.10%) Squid
6 2 (1.10%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 34 (18.78%) Ansible
2 22 (12.15%) Terraform
3 9 (4.97%) Cisco CUCM
4 8 (4.42%) FortiGate
4 8 (4.42%) Kubernetes
5 7 (3.87%) Grafana
6 6 (3.31%) CASB
6 6 (3.31%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (3.31%) Prometheus
7 5 (2.76%) Nagios
7 5 (2.76%) VxRail
8 4 (2.21%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (1.66%) ArcSight ESM
9 3 (1.66%) Nmap
9 3 (1.66%) QRadar
10 2 (1.10%) CA Spectrum
10 2 (1.10%) Kibana
10 2 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.55%) vRealize Orchestrator
11 1 (0.55%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 126 (69.61%) Cisco
2 43 (23.76%) CheckPoint
3 37 (20.44%) Fortinet
4 33 (18.23%) Microsoft
5 31 (17.13%) Meraki
6 27 (14.92%) Palo Alto
7 25 (13.81%) Arista
8 23 (12.71%) F5
8 23 (12.71%) VMware
9 22 (12.15%) Juniper
9 22 (12.15%) SolarWinds
10 11 (6.08%) Splunk
11 8 (4.42%) Zscaler
12 7 (3.87%) ServiceNow
13 6 (3.31%) Google
13 6 (3.31%) Infoblox
13 6 (3.31%) Motorola
14 5 (2.76%) Citrix
14 5 (2.76%) Oracle
14 5 (2.76%) Sophos