Cisco Certification
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Cisco Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 26 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 236 242 228
Rank change year-on-year +6 -14 -10
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 1,265 1,526 3,018
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.24% 1.56% 1.84%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.58% 4.69% 6.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,061 1,130 1,503
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,450 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,364 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.61% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,000 £46,868 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -6.26% +2.25%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

Cisco Certification is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,600 32,565 44,636
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.09% 33.20% 27.14%
Number of salaries quoted 17,220 14,707 19,112
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,956 £30,932
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,228 £40,853
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -

Cisco Certification
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Cisco Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco Certification in the UK

Cisco Certification
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cisco Certification.

Salary trend for Cisco Certification in the UK

Cisco Certification
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco Certification over the 6 months to 26 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cisco Certification in the UK

Cisco Certification
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Certification within the UK over the 6 months to 26 May 2024. 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
England +17 1,120 £51,000 -6.42% 299
UK excluding London +14 915 £49,000 +4.55% 235
Work from Home -41 429 £55,000 -4.35% 158
London +8 297 £62,500 -3.85% 138
South East -13 273 £49,000 +3.16% 82
North of England +75 252 £47,500 +5.56% 38
Midlands +26 153 £49,000 +8.89% 27
North West +49 151 £45,000 - 19
West Midlands +25 115 £49,000 +3.73% 18
Yorkshire +94 88 £53,750 +13.16% 17
South West -41 81 £50,000 -0.99% 27
East of England +21 62 £45,000 -9.09% 23
Scotland -63 48 £52,500 +29.63% 33
East Midlands +1 38 £50,000 +17.65% 8
Wales +34 34 £40,500 -4.71% 12
North East -23 13 £70,000 +64.71% 4
Isle of Man - 12 £43,750 -
Northern Ireland +16 3 £32,500 -27.78% 4

Cisco Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 64 (5.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 39 (3.08%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.11%) Confluence
4 8 (0.63%) IIS
5 5 (0.40%) CMS
6 2 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.079%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.079%) SAS
Applications
1 40 (3.16%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.24%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.079%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.079%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.079%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.079%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 432 (34.15%) Azure
2 217 (17.15%) AWS
3 211 (16.68%) Microsoft 365
4 49 (3.87%) GCP
5 39 (3.08%) Entra ID
6 37 (2.92%) PaaS
7 35 (2.77%) Cloud Computing
8 33 (2.61%) IaaS
9 23 (1.82%) SaaS
10 19 (1.50%) Azure DevOps
11 17 (1.34%) Microsoft Purview
12 15 (1.19%) Azure Sentinel
13 12 (0.95%) AWS Direct Connect
13 12 (0.95%) OCI
14 11 (0.87%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 8 (0.63%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 8 (0.63%) OneDrive
16 5 (0.40%) Azure Stack
16 5 (0.40%) WhatsApp
17 2 (0.16%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 528 (41.74%) Firewall
2 455 (35.97%) WAN
3 322 (25.45%) LAN
4 248 (19.60%) SD-WAN
5 217 (17.15%) VPN
6 214 (16.92%) Network Security
7 208 (16.44%) Wireless
8 203 (16.05%) BGP
9 185 (14.62%) TCP/IP
10 160 (12.65%) MPLS
11 156 (12.33%) OSPF
12 147 (11.62%) DHCP
13 145 (11.46%) DNS
14 134 (10.59%) Wi-Fi
15 119 (9.41%) VLAN
16 109 (8.62%) Cisco Firepower
17 89 (7.04%) SAN
18 84 (6.64%) Internet
19 70 (5.53%) WLAN
20 66 (5.22%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (2.45%) SQL Server
2 17 (1.34%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (1.26%) MySQL
4 5 (0.40%) Big Data
4 5 (0.40%) NoSQL
5 4 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.16%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.079%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.079%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 24 (1.90%) JIRA
2 13 (1.03%) Bitbucket
3 12 (0.95%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.47%) Rational DOORS
5 4 (0.32%) Git
6 3 (0.24%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.16%) GitLab
7 2 (0.16%) Hudson
8 1 (0.079%) Selenium
8 1 (0.079%) Snyk
8 1 (0.079%) Vagrant
General
1 350 (27.67%) Social Skills
2 145 (11.46%) Analytical Skills
3 133 (10.51%) Finance
4 73 (5.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 57 (4.51%) Public Sector
6 55 (4.35%) Retail
7 52 (4.11%) Telecoms
8 33 (2.61%) Manufacturing
9 28 (2.21%) Law
9 28 (2.21%) Organisational Skills
10 23 (1.82%) Legal
11 22 (1.74%) Presentation Skills
12 19 (1.50%) Aerospace
13 16 (1.26%) Games
14 15 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
14 15 (1.19%) Electronics
15 12 (0.95%) Banking
16 11 (0.87%) Marketing
17 10 (0.79%) Local Government
18 9 (0.71%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 456 (36.05%) Network Engineer
2 232 (18.34%) Senior
3 176 (13.91%) Architect
4 115 (9.09%) Analyst
5 108 (8.54%) Security Architect
6 100 (7.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 89 (7.04%) Lead
7 89 (7.04%) Support Engineer
8 87 (6.88%) Senior Network Engineer
9 84 (6.64%) IT Engineer
10 73 (5.77%) Network Analyst
11 66 (5.22%) Senior Architect
12 58 (4.58%) IT Support
13 57 (4.51%) Security Engineer
14 51 (4.03%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 45 (3.56%) 3rd Line Support
16 44 (3.48%) Cisco Architect
17 42 (3.32%) Senior Cisco Architect
18 40 (3.16%) Consultant
19 38 (3.00%) Senior Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (3.24%) 802.1X
2 9 (0.71%) HTML
3 7 (0.55%) XML
4 5 (0.40%) ADO
4 5 (0.40%) XMPP
5 4 (0.32%) Akka
5 4 (0.32%) Elastic Stack
6 3 (0.24%) OAuth
7 2 (0.16%) EDI
7 2 (0.16%) OpenID
7 2 (0.16%) SAML
7 2 (0.16%) Web Services
8 1 (0.079%) ADSI
8 1 (0.079%) ARM Templates
8 1 (0.079%) NETCONF
8 1 (0.079%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 236 (18.66%) Data Centre
2 96 (7.59%) Management Information System
3 65 (5.14%) Driving Licence
4 59 (4.66%) Security Posture
5 45 (3.56%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 37 (2.92%) Public Cloud
7 28 (2.21%) Replication
7 28 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
8 23 (1.82%) PKI
9 22 (1.74%) Cyber Threat
10 21 (1.66%) Hybrid Cloud
11 19 (1.50%) CCTV
12 17 (1.34%) Security Operations Centre
13 14 (1.11%) Cloud Security Posture
13 14 (1.11%) IoT
14 13 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
15 11 (0.87%) Cloud Native
15 11 (0.87%) Onboarding
16 10 (0.79%) Operational Technology
16 10 (0.79%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 317 (25.06%) Windows
2 180 (14.23%) Linux
3 152 (12.02%) Windows Server
4 36 (2.85%) Windows Server 2016
5 34 (2.69%) Windows 10
6 32 (2.53%) Windows Server 2019
7 29 (2.29%) Windows Server 2012
8 26 (2.06%) Android
9 25 (1.98%) Apple iOS
10 24 (1.90%) Mac OS
11 18 (1.42%) VyOS
12 16 (1.26%) Unix
13 12 (0.95%) Windows XP
14 11 (0.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 7 (0.55%) Windows Vista
16 6 (0.47%) Debian
17 5 (0.40%) CentOS
17 5 (0.40%) Mac OS X
17 5 (0.40%) Ubuntu
18 3 (0.24%) CatOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 244 (19.29%) Cybersecurity
2 240 (18.97%) ITIL
3 213 (16.84%) Problem-Solving
4 161 (12.73%) Information Security
5 158 (12.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 149 (11.78%) Customer Service
7 142 (11.23%) Project Delivery
8 123 (9.72%) Mentoring
9 116 (9.17%) Project Management
10 102 (8.06%) Computer Science
11 97 (7.67%) Disaster Recovery
12 82 (6.48%) Network Monitoring
12 82 (6.48%) Roadmaps
13 78 (6.17%) Cloud Security
13 78 (6.17%) Service Delivery
14 70 (5.53%) Presales
14 70 (5.53%) Security Architecture
15 69 (5.45%) Time Management
16 68 (5.38%) Network Architecture
17 66 (5.22%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 96 (7.59%) PowerShell
2 82 (6.48%) Python
3 28 (2.21%) Bash
3 28 (2.21%) SQL
4 10 (0.79%) JavaScript
5 6 (0.47%) C#
6 5 (0.40%) Java
7 4 (0.32%) C
7 4 (0.32%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.16%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 767 (60.63%) CCNA
2 603 (47.67%) CCNP
3 328 (25.93%) Degree
4 220 (17.39%) Security Cleared
5 204 (16.13%) CISSP
6 166 (13.12%) Microsoft Certification
7 158 (12.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 149 (11.78%) CCSP
9 131 (10.36%) CCIE
10 114 (9.01%) SC Cleared
11 107 (8.46%) Azure Certification
12 106 (8.38%) MCSE
13 92 (7.27%) Network+ Certification
14 90 (7.11%) Computer Science Degree
15 79 (6.25%) AWS Certification
16 77 (6.09%) CISM
17 64 (5.06%) DV Cleared
18 59 (4.66%) CCDP
18 59 (4.66%) JNCIA
19 54 (4.27%) CCSK
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (7.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 100 (7.91%) NIST
3 55 (4.35%) SLA
4 50 (3.95%) Cyber Essentials
5 35 (2.77%) PCI DSS
6 24 (1.90%) GDPR
7 17 (1.34%) QA
8 16 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 9 (0.71%) NIST 800
10 8 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 8 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 8 (0.63%) SOC 2
11 7 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 5 (0.40%) IASME
12 5 (0.40%) NCSC
13 3 (0.24%) GRC
13 3 (0.24%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 2 (0.16%) GPG for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence
14 2 (0.16%) ISO 22301
14 2 (0.16%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 192 (15.18%) Active Directory
2 185 (14.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 120 (9.49%) Hyper-V
4 40 (3.16%) VMware ESXi
5 35 (2.77%) Docker
6 23 (1.82%) VMware NSX
7 17 (1.34%) Firmware
7 17 (1.34%) vSphere
8 15 (1.19%) Virtual Desktop
9 7 (0.55%) Terminal Services
10 5 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (0.32%) vCloud
12 3 (0.24%) KVM
12 3 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
13 2 (0.16%) VMware Workstation
14 1 (0.079%) LXC
14 1 (0.079%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 63 (4.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 49 (3.87%) FortiGate
3 43 (3.40%) Single Sign-On
4 42 (3.32%) Ansible
5 40 (3.16%) Kubernetes
6 29 (2.29%) Stealthwatch
7 27 (2.13%) SCCM
7 27 (2.13%) Terraform
8 23 (1.82%) CASB
9 21 (1.66%) vCenter Server
10 17 (1.34%) Cisco CUCM
10 17 (1.34%) WSUS
11 16 (1.26%) Nmap
12 13 (1.03%) SCOM
12 13 (1.03%) ServiceCenter
13 12 (0.95%) EMC NetWorker
13 12 (0.95%) NetBackup
14 10 (0.79%) Cisco Prime
15 9 (0.71%) Puppet
16 7 (0.55%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 769 (60.79%) Cisco
2 422 (33.36%) Microsoft
3 256 (20.24%) VMware
4 194 (15.34%) Juniper
5 175 (13.83%) Palo Alto
6 161 (12.73%) Meraki
7 136 (10.75%) Fortinet
8 76 (6.01%) CheckPoint
9 59 (4.66%) Veeam
10 57 (4.51%) HP
11 51 (4.03%) Aruba
12 50 (3.95%) Apple
12 50 (3.95%) Citrix
13 49 (3.87%) F5
14 48 (3.79%) SolarWinds
15 45 (3.56%) Ruckus Wireless
16 44 (3.48%) Adobe
17 36 (2.85%) Dell
18 35 (2.77%) Nokia
19 24 (1.90%) Oracle