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

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 183 205 241
Rank change year-on-year +22 +36 +5
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 244 205 298
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.16% 1.70% 1.24%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.60% 5.34% 4.49%
Number of salaries quoted 154 115 255
10th Percentile £60,000 £33,200 £38,500
25th Percentile £64,063 £47,638 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £88,438 £83,750 £80,625
90th Percentile £102,675 £92,500 £96,500
England median annual salary £67,500 £55,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +22.73% +7.84% -7.27%

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 4,358 3,839 6,632
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 20.69% 31.88% 27.66%
Number of salaries quoted 2,616 1,809 4,143
10th Percentile £41,000 £40,903 £35,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.70% -
75th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £86,938
90th Percentile £102,500 £110,000 £102,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,700
% change year-on-year +9.09% +0.55% -8.83%

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 5 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 5 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 +8 31 £80,000 +26.98% 17
East London +1 9 £70,000 +124.00% 6
South London +12 4 - - 3
West London -16 2 £77,500 +34.78% 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 6 (2.46%) Confluence
2 4 (1.64%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.82%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 15 (6.15%) MS Visio
2 7 (2.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 107 (43.85%) Azure
2 66 (27.05%) AWS
3 37 (15.16%) Microsoft 365
4 33 (13.52%) GCP
5 22 (9.02%) Datadog
6 11 (4.51%) Azure Monitor
6 11 (4.51%) Azure Sentinel
7 10 (4.10%) SaaS
8 9 (3.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 8 (3.28%) Entra ID
10 7 (2.87%) IaaS
10 7 (2.87%) OCI
10 7 (2.87%) PaaS
11 6 (2.46%) ChatGPT
11 6 (2.46%) Microsoft Copilot
11 6 (2.46%) Mimecast
11 6 (2.46%) Nutanix
12 4 (1.64%) OneDrive
12 4 (1.64%) Power Platform
12 4 (1.64%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 131 (53.69%) Firewall
2 90 (36.89%) WAN
3 86 (35.25%) Network Security
4 76 (31.15%) VPN
5 66 (27.05%) SD-WAN
6 58 (23.77%) LAN
7 47 (19.26%) Wireless
8 38 (15.57%) Cisco ISE
9 32 (13.11%) BGP
10 31 (12.70%) Wi-Fi
11 30 (12.30%) OSPF
11 30 (12.30%) VLAN
12 29 (11.89%) Cisco Wireless
13 28 (11.48%) DNS
14 23 (9.43%) Cisco Firepower
15 16 (6.56%) SSL
16 15 (6.15%) VoIP
17 14 (5.74%) VXLAN
18 13 (5.33%) TCP/IP
19 12 (4.92%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.92%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.64%) Big Data
3 1 (0.41%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 12 (4.92%) JIRA
2 8 (3.28%) GitLab
3 7 (2.87%) Chocolatey
3 7 (2.87%) Jenkins
4 5 (2.05%) Git
5 4 (1.64%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 105 (43.03%) Social Skills
2 75 (30.74%) Finance
3 47 (19.26%) Banking
4 41 (16.80%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (10.25%) Retail
6 19 (7.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (6.56%) Local Government
8 15 (6.15%) Telecoms
9 10 (4.10%) Public Sector
10 8 (3.28%) Retail Banking
11 6 (2.46%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (2.05%) Law
13 4 (1.64%) Aerospace
13 4 (1.64%) Automotive
13 4 (1.64%) Electronics
13 4 (1.64%) Legal
13 4 (1.64%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.64%) Marketing
13 4 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 86 (35.25%) Network Engineer
2 46 (18.85%) Senior
3 39 (15.98%) Architect
4 27 (11.07%) Consultant
4 27 (11.07%) Network Architect
5 24 (9.84%) Azure Engineer
5 24 (9.84%) Senior Network Engineer
6 19 (7.79%) Lead
7 18 (7.38%) Cisco Engineer
7 18 (7.38%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 15 (6.15%) Network Consultant
9 14 (5.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 12 (4.92%) Security Specialist
11 11 (4.51%) Principal Architect
11 11 (4.51%) Security Engineer
12 9 (3.69%) IT Engineer
12 9 (3.69%) Lead Cisco Engineer
12 9 (3.69%) Lead Network Engineer
12 9 (3.69%) Network Security Specialist
12 9 (3.69%) Network Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.28%) 802.1X
2 7 (2.87%) OAuth
3 5 (2.05%) OpenID
4 4 (1.64%) REST
5 3 (1.23%) SAML
6 2 (0.82%) ARM Templates
6 2 (0.82%) EDI
6 2 (0.82%) IDoc
6 2 (0.82%) JSON
6 2 (0.82%) JWT
6 2 (0.82%) OAuth2
6 2 (0.82%) RESTful
6 2 (0.82%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.41%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 83 (34.02%) Data Centre
2 45 (18.44%) Security Posture
3 15 (6.15%) PKI
4 14 (5.74%) Cloud Native
5 11 (4.51%) Cyber Threat
6 10 (4.10%) Management Information System
7 8 (3.28%) Cyber Defence
7 8 (3.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 8 (3.28%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (3.28%) Public Cloud
8 7 (2.87%) Onboarding
9 5 (2.05%) Replication
9 5 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.64%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.64%) Renewable Energy
11 3 (1.23%) Greenfield Project
12 2 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
12 2 (0.82%) Enterprise Software
13 1 (0.41%) Home Automation
13 1 (0.41%) IPTV
Operating Systems
1 52 (21.31%) Windows
2 31 (12.70%) Linux
3 25 (10.25%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.23%) Unix
6 2 (0.82%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.82%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.41%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (21.72%) ITIL
2 52 (21.31%) Cybersecurity
3 46 (18.85%) Problem-Solving
4 40 (16.39%) Incident Response
5 38 (15.57%) Disaster Recovery
5 38 (15.57%) High Availability
6 36 (14.75%) Technical Leadership
7 35 (14.34%) Information Security
7 35 (14.34%) Roadmaps
8 34 (13.93%) Mentoring
8 34 (13.93%) Security Architecture
9 33 (13.52%) SIEM
10 32 (13.11%) Computer Science
11 31 (12.70%) Network Design
11 31 (12.70%) Network Monitoring
12 28 (11.48%) AI
13 27 (11.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 27 (11.07%) Presales
13 27 (11.07%) Risk Management
14 25 (10.25%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 44 (18.03%) Python
2 23 (9.43%) PowerShell
3 10 (4.10%) Bash
4 5 (2.05%) Java
5 2 (0.82%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (0.82%) Search Processing Language
6 1 (0.41%) Bicep
6 1 (0.41%) C
6 1 (0.41%) SQL
Qualifications
1 133 (54.51%) CCNP
2 86 (35.25%) CCNA
3 74 (30.33%) Degree
4 66 (27.05%) CISSP
5 61 (25.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 59 (24.18%) CCIE
7 52 (21.31%) Azure Certification
8 44 (18.03%) CISM
9 43 (17.62%) CCSP
10 27 (11.07%) Computer Science Degree
11 25 (10.25%) Microsoft Certification
12 23 (9.43%) Master's Degree
13 21 (8.61%) CCSE
14 17 (6.97%) CCSA
15 16 (6.56%) AWS Certification
15 16 (6.56%) Security Cleared
16 14 (5.74%) Network+ Certification
17 13 (5.33%) MCSE
17 13 (5.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
18 12 (4.92%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (25.41%) NIST
2 49 (20.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (8.61%) QA
4 18 (7.38%) PCI DSS
4 18 (7.38%) SLA
5 17 (6.97%) GDPR
6 12 (4.92%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (2.46%) SOC 2
8 5 (2.05%) COBIT
9 3 (1.23%) Accessibility
9 3 (1.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.41%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.41%) NCSC
10 1 (0.41%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.41%) PMO
10 1 (0.41%) RMADS
System Software
1 31 (12.70%) Active Directory
2 30 (12.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (3.28%) vSphere
4 7 (2.87%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (2.46%) Firmware
6 5 (2.05%) Docker
7 4 (1.64%) Squid
7 4 (1.64%) VMware NSX
8 3 (1.23%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 3 (1.23%) VMware Server
9 2 (0.82%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.41%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 39 (15.98%) Ansible
2 30 (12.30%) Terraform
3 16 (6.56%) FortiGate
4 11 (4.51%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (4.10%) Cisco Prime
5 10 (4.10%) Kubernetes
6 9 (3.69%) Check_MK
7 8 (3.28%) SCCM
8 7 (2.87%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (2.05%) ZABBIX
10 4 (1.64%) Control-M
10 4 (1.64%) Nagios
10 4 (1.64%) Packer
11 3 (1.23%) VxRail
12 2 (0.82%) OpenView
12 2 (0.82%) Tivoli
13 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 133 (54.51%) Cisco
2 81 (33.20%) Microsoft
3 47 (19.26%) SolarWinds
4 44 (18.03%) Palo Alto
5 43 (17.62%) Fortinet
6 38 (15.57%) VMware
7 31 (12.70%) CheckPoint
7 31 (12.70%) Splunk
8 30 (12.30%) Arista
9 24 (9.84%) Meraki
10 21 (8.61%) ForeScout
11 17 (6.97%) F5
12 15 (6.15%) Infoblox
12 15 (6.15%) SevOne
13 13 (5.33%) Red Hat
14 12 (4.92%) Tenable
15 9 (3.69%) Dynatrace
15 9 (3.69%) Sophos
15 9 (3.69%) Zscaler
16 8 (3.28%) Juniper