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

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 207 190 213
Rank change year-on-year -17 +23 +51
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 207 241 316
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.14% 1.88% 1.41%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.71% 5.55% 5.13%
Number of salaries quoted 119 172 270
10th Percentile £46,250 £34,225 £45,750
25th Percentile £61,250 £57,188 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -
75th Percentile £89,375 £85,250 £78,938
90th Percentile £102,950 £95,000 £93,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year - +17.65% -5.99%

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 4,393 4,343 6,158
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 24.24% 33.82% 27.56%
Number of salaries quoted 2,372 2,013 4,226
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.70%
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £112,375 £118,500 £105,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.86% +5.45% -4.35%

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 2 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 2 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 +20 27 £80,000 +23.08% 20
East London -4 13 - - 3
South London +34 6 - -
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 4 (1.93%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (1.93%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.97%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (3.38%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 73 (35.27%) Azure
2 53 (25.60%) AWS
3 22 (10.63%) GCP
3 22 (10.63%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (4.83%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 8 (3.86%) Azure Monitor
6 7 (3.38%) Datadog
7 6 (2.90%) Azure Sentinel
7 6 (2.90%) Entra ID
8 5 (2.42%) Mimecast
8 5 (2.42%) Nutanix
9 4 (1.93%) AWS Direct Connect
9 4 (1.93%) ChatGPT
9 4 (1.93%) Microsoft Copilot
9 4 (1.93%) OCI
9 4 (1.93%) OneDrive
9 4 (1.93%) Power Platform
9 4 (1.93%) PowerApps
9 4 (1.93%) SaaS
10 3 (1.45%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 126 (60.87%) Firewall
2 73 (35.27%) WAN
3 58 (28.02%) Network Security
4 57 (27.54%) LAN
5 55 (26.57%) VPN
6 48 (23.19%) SD-WAN
7 44 (21.26%) Wireless
8 40 (19.32%) VLAN
9 34 (16.43%) Wi-Fi
10 28 (13.53%) BGP
10 28 (13.53%) OSPF
11 25 (12.08%) Cisco Firepower
12 24 (11.59%) Cisco Wireless
13 22 (10.63%) Cisco ISE
14 19 (9.18%) Cisco ASA
15 16 (7.73%) MPLS
16 15 (7.25%) TCP/IP
17 13 (6.28%) WLAN
18 11 (5.31%) VoIP
19 10 (4.83%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.93%) Big Data
1 4 (1.93%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.48%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 6 (2.90%) JIRA
2 4 (1.93%) Git
3 3 (1.45%) Chocolatey
4 2 (0.97%) GitLab
4 2 (0.97%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.97%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 70 (33.82%) Social Skills
2 64 (30.92%) Finance
3 35 (16.91%) Banking
4 26 (12.56%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (7.25%) Retail
6 13 (6.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (6.28%) Telecoms
7 11 (5.31%) Public Sector
8 8 (3.86%) Law
8 8 (3.86%) Marketing
8 8 (3.86%) Retail Banking
9 6 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (2.42%) Local Government
10 5 (2.42%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.93%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.48%) Fire and Rescue
12 1 (0.48%) Games
12 1 (0.48%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.48%) Military
Job Titles
1 77 (37.20%) Network Engineer
2 34 (16.43%) Architect
3 33 (15.94%) Consultant
4 31 (14.98%) Senior
5 25 (12.08%) Cisco Engineer
5 25 (12.08%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 24 (11.59%) Azure Engineer
7 23 (11.11%) Network Architect
8 19 (9.18%) Network Consultant
8 19 (9.18%) Senior Network Engineer
9 13 (6.28%) AWS Engineer
9 13 (6.28%) LAN Engineer
9 13 (6.28%) LAN/WAN Engineer
9 13 (6.28%) WAN Engineer
10 12 (5.80%) Lead
11 11 (5.31%) Analyst
12 10 (4.83%) Cisco Consultant
12 10 (4.83%) Cisco Network Consultant
12 10 (4.83%) Security Specialist
13 9 (4.35%) Solutions Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.86%) 802.1X
2 5 (2.42%) OAuth
2 5 (2.42%) OpenID
3 3 (1.45%) REST
4 2 (0.97%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.48%) LDAP
5 1 (0.48%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 58 (28.02%) Data Centre
2 20 (9.66%) Security Posture
3 13 (6.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 10 (4.83%) Public Cloud
5 8 (3.86%) Cloud Native
6 7 (3.38%) Cyber Defence
6 7 (3.38%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.93%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.93%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.45%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.45%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.45%) PKI
8 3 (1.45%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.48%) Digital Media
10 1 (0.48%) Enterprise Storage
10 1 (0.48%) Hedge funds
10 1 (0.48%) IoT
10 1 (0.48%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 29 (14.01%) Windows
2 21 (10.14%) Linux
3 10 (4.83%) Windows Server
4 7 (3.38%) Unix
5 2 (0.97%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.97%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.48%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (19.32%) ITIL
2 38 (18.36%) Cybersecurity
3 33 (15.94%) Computer Science
4 32 (15.46%) Problem-Solving
5 30 (14.49%) High Availability
6 29 (14.01%) Incident Response
7 28 (13.53%) SIEM
8 26 (12.56%) Migration
9 25 (12.08%) Mentoring
9 25 (12.08%) Roadmaps
9 25 (12.08%) Vulnerability Management
10 23 (11.11%) AI
10 23 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
11 22 (10.63%) Presales
12 21 (10.14%) Security Operations
13 20 (9.66%) Kalman Filter
14 19 (9.18%) Network Design
14 19 (9.18%) Risk Management
15 18 (8.70%) Network Monitoring
16 17 (8.21%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 33 (15.94%) Python
2 12 (5.80%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.97%) Bash
4 1 (0.48%) Bicep
4 1 (0.48%) Java
Qualifications
1 121 (58.45%) CCNP
2 75 (36.23%) CCNA
3 65 (31.40%) Degree
4 62 (29.95%) CCIE
5 45 (21.74%) CISSP
6 41 (19.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 29 (14.01%) Computer Science Degree
8 28 (13.53%) Azure Certification
9 26 (12.56%) CCSE
10 25 (12.08%) CCSP
10 25 (12.08%) CISM
11 22 (10.63%) CCSA
11 22 (10.63%) Network+ Certification
12 13 (6.28%) Security Cleared
13 11 (5.31%) GCIH
13 11 (5.31%) JNCIP
13 11 (5.31%) Microsoft Certification
14 10 (4.83%) Master's Degree
14 10 (4.83%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 9 (4.35%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (19.32%) NIST
2 39 (18.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (8.21%) GDPR
4 11 (5.31%) SLA
5 7 (3.38%) QA
6 6 (2.90%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (2.42%) SOC 2
8 4 (1.93%) PCI DSS
9 3 (1.45%) ITGC
9 3 (1.45%) PMO
10 2 (0.97%) GRC
10 2 (0.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.48%) COBIT
11 1 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.48%) HIPAA
System Software
1 19 (9.18%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (7.73%) Active Directory
3 10 (4.83%) Firmware
4 5 (2.42%) vSphere
5 3 (1.45%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.97%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 2 (0.97%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.48%) Docker
7 1 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 24 (11.59%) Ansible
2 15 (7.25%) FortiGate
2 15 (7.25%) Terraform
3 9 (4.35%) Cisco Prime
3 9 (4.35%) Single Sign-On
4 8 (3.86%) Check_MK
5 4 (1.93%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.93%) Nagios
5 4 (1.93%) SCCM
6 3 (1.45%) ArcSight ESM
6 3 (1.45%) Kubernetes
6 3 (1.45%) QRadar
7 2 (0.97%) CASB
7 2 (0.97%) Control-M
7 2 (0.97%) VxRail
8 1 (0.48%) Grafana
8 1 (0.48%) OpenView
8 1 (0.48%) Red Hat Satellite
8 1 (0.48%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.48%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 139 (67.15%) Cisco
2 54 (26.09%) Fortinet
3 42 (20.29%) CheckPoint
3 42 (20.29%) Microsoft
4 33 (15.94%) Meraki
5 32 (15.46%) Palo Alto
5 32 (15.46%) SolarWinds
6 24 (11.59%) Juniper
6 24 (11.59%) VMware
7 22 (10.63%) Arista
8 15 (7.25%) Splunk
9 10 (4.83%) F5
10 7 (3.38%) Infoblox
10 7 (3.38%) Zscaler
11 6 (2.90%) Sophos
11 6 (2.90%) Tenable
12 5 (2.42%) Dell
12 5 (2.42%) Dynatrace
12 5 (2.42%) ForeScout
12 5 (2.42%) Red Hat