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

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 201 187 223
Rank change year-on-year -14 +36 +57
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 222 240 313
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.13% 1.86% 1.34%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.93% 5.52% 4.75%
Number of salaries quoted 132 160 274
10th Percentile £50,000 £33,695 £40,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £51,750 £50,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £62,750
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +3.59% -3.46%
75th Percentile £88,750 £84,125 £78,750
90th Percentile £102,725 £95,400 £95,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% +17.65% -3.77%

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 4,502 4,349 6,589
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 22.92% 33.79% 28.27%
Number of salaries quoted 2,438 2,041 4,278
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £49,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.70% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £116,250 £105,000
England median annual salary £59,490 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.46% +4.55% -4.81%

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 25 April 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 25 April 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 +14 28 £80,000 +25.49% 15
East London -3 11 - - 6
South London +19 6 - -
West London -21 1 £77,500 +34.78% 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 5 (2.25%) Confluence
2 4 (1.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.80%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (4.50%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 83 (37.39%) Azure
2 57 (25.68%) AWS
3 27 (12.16%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (10.36%) GCP
5 14 (6.31%) Datadog
6 11 (4.95%) Azure Monitor
7 9 (4.05%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 7 (3.15%) Azure Sentinel
9 6 (2.70%) Entra ID
9 6 (2.70%) Mimecast
9 6 (2.70%) SaaS
10 5 (2.25%) IaaS
10 5 (2.25%) Nutanix
10 5 (2.25%) PaaS
11 4 (1.80%) ChatGPT
11 4 (1.80%) Microsoft Copilot
11 4 (1.80%) OCI
11 4 (1.80%) OneDrive
11 4 (1.80%) Power Platform
11 4 (1.80%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 127 (57.21%) Firewall
2 76 (34.23%) WAN
3 67 (30.18%) Network Security
4 59 (26.58%) VPN
5 55 (24.77%) SD-WAN
6 54 (24.32%) LAN
7 45 (20.27%) Wireless
8 36 (16.22%) VLAN
9 31 (13.96%) Wi-Fi
10 28 (12.61%) Cisco ISE
11 27 (12.16%) BGP
11 27 (12.16%) Cisco Wireless
11 27 (12.16%) OSPF
12 24 (10.81%) Cisco Firepower
13 18 (8.11%) DNS
14 15 (6.76%) Cisco ASA
15 13 (5.86%) WLAN
16 12 (5.41%) MPLS
16 12 (5.41%) VoIP
17 11 (4.95%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.15%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.80%) Big Data
3 1 (0.45%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 9 (4.05%) JIRA
2 7 (3.15%) Git
3 6 (2.70%) GitLab
3 6 (2.70%) Jenkins
4 5 (2.25%) Chocolatey
5 3 (1.35%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.90%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 81 (36.49%) Social Skills
2 71 (31.98%) Finance
3 42 (18.92%) Banking
4 31 (13.96%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (9.01%) Retail
6 18 (8.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (6.31%) Telecoms
8 11 (4.95%) Public Sector
9 10 (4.50%) Local Government
10 8 (3.60%) Retail Banking
11 7 (3.15%) Law
12 6 (2.70%) Marketing
12 6 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (1.35%) Aerospace
15 3 (1.35%) Automotive
15 3 (1.35%) Electronics
15 3 (1.35%) Manufacturing
16 2 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 82 (36.94%) Network Engineer
2 39 (17.57%) Senior
3 33 (14.86%) Architect
4 31 (13.96%) Consultant
5 24 (10.81%) Azure Engineer
5 24 (10.81%) Network Architect
5 24 (10.81%) Senior Network Engineer
6 23 (10.36%) Cisco Engineer
6 23 (10.36%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 17 (7.66%) Network Consultant
8 16 (7.21%) Lead
9 11 (4.95%) AWS Engineer
9 11 (4.95%) LAN Engineer
9 11 (4.95%) LAN/WAN Engineer
9 11 (4.95%) WAN Engineer
10 10 (4.50%) Security Specialist
11 9 (4.05%) Lead Cisco Engineer
11 9 (4.05%) Lead Network Engineer
11 9 (4.05%) Solutions Consultant
12 8 (3.60%) Principal Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.60%) 802.1X
2 5 (2.25%) OAuth
2 5 (2.25%) OpenID
3 3 (1.35%) REST
4 2 (0.90%) ARM Templates
4 2 (0.90%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.45%) LDAP
5 1 (0.45%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 65 (29.28%) Data Centre
2 29 (13.06%) Security Posture
3 11 (4.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 9 (4.05%) Cloud Native
4 9 (4.05%) Public Cloud
5 8 (3.60%) PKI
6 7 (3.15%) Cyber Defence
6 7 (3.15%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (3.15%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.25%) Cyber Threat
7 5 (2.25%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.80%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.35%) Renewable Energy
10 2 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.90%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.90%) Virtual Team
11 1 (0.45%) Enterprise Storage
11 1 (0.45%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 37 (16.67%) Windows
2 22 (9.91%) Linux
3 17 (7.66%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.35%) Unix
5 2 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.90%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.90%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.45%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (20.27%) ITIL
2 41 (18.47%) Cybersecurity
3 37 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 32 (14.41%) Incident Response
5 31 (13.96%) High Availability
6 29 (13.06%) Mentoring
6 29 (13.06%) Migration
6 29 (13.06%) Technical Leadership
7 28 (12.61%) SIEM
8 27 (12.16%) Computer Science
9 26 (11.71%) Disaster Recovery
9 26 (11.71%) Vulnerability Management
10 25 (11.26%) Roadmaps
11 24 (10.81%) Network Design
11 24 (10.81%) Network Monitoring
12 23 (10.36%) AI
12 23 (10.36%) Risk Management
13 22 (9.91%) Presales
14 21 (9.46%) Security Operations
15 20 (9.01%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 37 (16.67%) Python
2 17 (7.66%) PowerShell
3 6 (2.70%) Bash
4 4 (1.80%) Java
5 1 (0.45%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 127 (57.21%) CCNP
2 82 (36.94%) CCNA
3 63 (28.38%) Degree
4 57 (25.68%) CCIE
5 50 (22.52%) CISSP
6 47 (21.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 36 (16.22%) Azure Certification
8 33 (14.86%) CISM
9 29 (13.06%) CCSP
10 23 (10.36%) CCSE
10 23 (10.36%) Computer Science Degree
11 21 (9.46%) Network+ Certification
12 19 (8.56%) CCSA
13 17 (7.66%) Microsoft Certification
14 16 (7.21%) Security Cleared
15 15 (6.76%) Master's Degree
16 12 (5.41%) AWS Certification
16 12 (5.41%) GCIH
17 11 (4.95%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
18 10 (4.50%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (22.07%) NIST
2 44 (19.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (7.66%) GDPR
4 14 (6.31%) SLA
5 13 (5.86%) QA
6 9 (4.05%) PCI DSS
7 7 (3.15%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (2.70%) SOC 2
9 3 (1.35%) COBIT
9 3 (1.35%) ITGC
10 2 (0.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.45%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.45%) NCSC
11 1 (0.45%) PMO
11 1 (0.45%) RMADS
System Software
1 23 (10.36%) Active Directory
1 23 (10.36%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (4.50%) Firmware
3 8 (3.60%) vSphere
4 5 (2.25%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (1.80%) Docker
6 3 (1.35%) Squid
6 3 (1.35%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.90%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 2 (0.90%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.45%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 33 (14.86%) Ansible
2 21 (9.46%) Terraform
3 16 (7.21%) FortiGate
4 10 (4.50%) Cisco Prime
5 9 (4.05%) Check_MK
6 7 (3.15%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (2.70%) Kubernetes
7 6 (2.70%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (2.70%) SCCM
8 4 (1.80%) Nagios
8 4 (1.80%) ZABBIX
9 3 (1.35%) ArcSight ESM
9 3 (1.35%) Packer
9 3 (1.35%) QRadar
10 2 (0.90%) Control-M
10 2 (0.90%) VxRail
11 1 (0.45%) OpenView
11 1 (0.45%) Red Hat Satellite
11 1 (0.45%) Tivoli
11 1 (0.45%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 138 (62.16%) Cisco
2 60 (27.03%) Microsoft
3 47 (21.17%) Fortinet
4 38 (17.12%) SolarWinds
5 34 (15.32%) CheckPoint
6 32 (14.41%) Meraki
6 32 (14.41%) Palo Alto
7 30 (13.51%) VMware
8 23 (10.36%) Splunk
9 22 (9.91%) Arista
10 19 (8.56%) Juniper
11 16 (7.21%) F5
12 14 (6.31%) ForeScout
13 10 (4.50%) Infoblox
14 9 (4.05%) Red Hat
14 9 (4.05%) Tenable
15 8 (3.60%) SevOne
16 7 (3.15%) Dynatrace
16 7 (3.15%) Sophos
16 7 (3.15%) Zscaler