Cisco
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Cisco products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cisco over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within Cisco Systems, Inc.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 107 113 142
Rank change year-on-year +6 +29 -44
Permanent jobs citing Cisco 2,479 2,985 4,840
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.42% 3.07% 2.90%
As % of the Vendors category 6.75% 7.33% 7.46%
Number of salaries quoted 2,014 1,961 2,880
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,377 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £39,500 £37,655
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £66,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% -2.17% +2.22%

All Vendors
UK

Cisco is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 36,727 40,716 64,919
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.79% 41.82% 38.88%
Number of salaries quoted 24,890 23,574 33,282
10th Percentile £26,700 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% +5.26% +3.26%

Cisco
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Cisco in the UK

Cisco
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Cisco in the UK

Cisco
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cisco in the UK

Cisco
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 within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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 +15 2,256 £50,000 - 481
UK excluding London -7 1,743 £47,500 +5.56% 369
Work from Home -20 778 £54,000 +2.86% 199
London +25 641 £57,500 -4.17% 164
South East +9 532 £50,000 +5.26% 111
North of England +1 441 £45,000 -2.17% 67
Midlands +7 331 £45,000 - 48
West Midlands +45 250 £45,000 - 33
North West -16 239 £50,000 +5.26% 39
South West +1 208 £49,000 +14.62% 52
Yorkshire +43 150 £47,500 - 22
East of England -23 122 £47,500 -5.00% 42
East Midlands -65 76 £44,225 -6.90% 15
Scotland -110 72 £42,500 +13.33% 41
Wales +2 55 £44,886 +5.61% 20
North East -1 55 £41,500 -2.35% 7
Isle of Man - 10 £50,000 -
Northern Ireland -17 2 - - 5

Cisco
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
1 286 (11.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 158 (6.37%) SharePoint
3 44 (1.77%) Skype for Business
4 26 (1.05%) IIS
5 14 (0.56%) SharePoint 2013
6 13 (0.52%) SharePoint 2010
7 10 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2010
8 6 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2000
9 5 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2013
9 5 (0.20%) OpenStack
9 5 (0.20%) WebSphere
10 3 (0.12%) WordPress
11 2 (0.081%) BizTalk Server
11 2 (0.081%) Exchange Server 2003
11 2 (0.081%) Exchange Server 2007
12 1 (0.040%) Apache
12 1 (0.040%) CMS
12 1 (0.040%) SAS
12 1 (0.040%) WebLogic
Applications
1 131 (5.28%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (1.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (0.77%) MS Visio
4 16 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.081%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.040%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.16%) Sage 200
3 2 (0.081%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.040%) CA PPM
4 1 (0.040%) HiPortfolio
4 1 (0.040%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 812 (32.76%) Azure
2 650 (26.22%) Microsoft 365
3 319 (12.87%) AWS
4 137 (5.53%) Entra ID
5 100 (4.03%) GCP
6 80 (3.23%) IaaS
7 66 (2.66%) PaaS
8 62 (2.50%) SaaS
9 57 (2.30%) Cloud Computing
10 41 (1.65%) Mimecast
11 38 (1.53%) OneDrive
12 26 (1.05%) Azure DevOps
13 23 (0.93%) Rubrik
14 18 (0.73%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 15 (0.61%) Dynamics 365
15 15 (0.61%) Nutanix
15 15 (0.61%) OCI
16 13 (0.52%) AWS Direct Connect
16 13 (0.52%) Power Platform
17 12 (0.48%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 1,062 (42.84%) Firewall
2 851 (34.33%) WAN
3 591 (23.84%) LAN
4 450 (18.15%) Wireless
5 428 (17.27%) SD-WAN
6 397 (16.01%) VPN
7 340 (13.72%) Network Security
8 328 (13.23%) Wi-Fi
9 319 (12.87%) DNS
10 283 (11.42%) BGP
11 266 (10.73%) DHCP
12 263 (10.61%) MPLS
13 223 (9.00%) VLAN
14 222 (8.96%) TCP/IP
15 207 (8.35%) OSPF
16 173 (6.98%) Cisco IOS
17 142 (5.73%) Cisco Firepower
18 129 (5.20%) Cisco ASA
19 127 (5.12%) SAN
20 100 (4.03%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (3.55%) SQL Server
2 19 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
3 15 (0.61%) MySQL
4 11 (0.44%) MongoDB
4 11 (0.44%) NoSQL
5 9 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
6 8 (0.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 7 (0.28%) DB2
8 6 (0.24%) MariaDB
9 5 (0.20%) InfluxDB
9 5 (0.20%) Power BI
10 4 (0.16%) Big Data
10 4 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.12%) Relational Database
12 2 (0.081%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.081%) Metadata
12 2 (0.081%) Oracle Database
12 2 (0.081%) RDBMS
12 2 (0.081%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 35 (1.41%) JIRA
2 17 (0.69%) GitLab
3 8 (0.32%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.28%) Git
4 7 (0.28%) Rational DOORS
5 6 (0.24%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.081%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.081%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.040%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 617 (24.89%) Social Skills
2 247 (9.96%) Finance
3 171 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
4 159 (6.41%) Telecoms
5 86 (3.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 76 (3.07%) Law
7 73 (2.94%) Public Sector
8 70 (2.82%) Retail
9 54 (2.18%) Aerospace
10 52 (2.10%) Legal
11 48 (1.94%) Organisational Skills
12 38 (1.53%) Automotive
13 33 (1.33%) Banking
13 33 (1.33%) Pharmaceutical
14 32 (1.29%) Manufacturing
14 32 (1.29%) Marketing
15 26 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
16 25 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
17 24 (0.97%) Games
18 22 (0.89%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 744 (30.01%) Network Engineer
2 439 (17.71%) Senior
3 281 (11.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 232 (9.36%) Support Engineer
5 230 (9.28%) IT Support
6 198 (7.99%) Senior Network Engineer
7 187 (7.54%) IT Engineer
8 185 (7.46%) Analyst
9 164 (6.62%) Architect
10 119 (4.80%) Lead
11 93 (3.75%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 88 (3.55%) Support Specialist
13 80 (3.23%) IT Support Engineer
14 79 (3.19%) Cisco Engineer
15 78 (3.15%) IT Manager
15 78 (3.15%) IT Support Specialist
16 71 (2.86%) Security Engineer
17 68 (2.74%) 3rd Line Support
18 67 (2.70%) Consultant
19 64 (2.58%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (1.98%) 802.1X
2 23 (0.93%) XML
3 17 (0.69%) LDAP
4 15 (0.61%) JSON
5 13 (0.52%) YAML
6 12 (0.48%) NETCONF
7 11 (0.44%) HTML
7 11 (0.44%) REST
7 11 (0.44%) RESTCONF
7 11 (0.44%) SOAP
7 11 (0.44%) YANG
8 9 (0.36%) XMPP
9 7 (0.28%) Web Services
10 5 (0.20%) SAML
10 5 (0.20%) WebSphere MQ
11 4 (0.16%) Akka
11 4 (0.16%) RESTful
12 2 (0.081%) TAPI
12 2 (0.081%) V-Ray
12 2 (0.081%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 414 (16.70%) Data Centre
2 142 (5.73%) Video Conferencing
3 133 (5.37%) Driving Licence
4 117 (4.72%) Management Information System
5 93 (3.75%) Public Cloud
6 76 (3.07%) Wiki
7 71 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
8 57 (2.30%) Replication
9 32 (1.29%) CCTV
9 32 (1.29%) Onboarding
10 30 (1.21%) Hybrid Cloud
11 28 (1.13%) IoT
12 25 (1.01%) PKI
13 21 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
14 20 (0.81%) Private Cloud
15 19 (0.77%) Clustering
16 17 (0.69%) PMI
17 16 (0.65%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
18 15 (0.61%) Virtual Team
19 14 (0.56%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 818 (33.00%) Windows
2 444 (17.91%) Windows Server
3 322 (12.99%) Linux
4 276 (11.13%) Windows 10
5 101 (4.07%) Android
6 97 (3.91%) Windows Server 2016
7 82 (3.31%) Windows Server 2019
8 76 (3.07%) Windows Server 2012
9 53 (2.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 39 (1.57%) Windows 7
11 37 (1.49%) CentOS
11 37 (1.49%) Unix
12 33 (1.33%) Windows Server 2008
13 32 (1.29%) Mac OS
14 18 (0.73%) Mac OS X
14 18 (0.73%) Ubuntu
14 18 (0.73%) VyOS
15 12 (0.48%) Windows XP
16 9 (0.36%) VMS
16 9 (0.36%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 409 (16.50%) ITIL
2 408 (16.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 343 (13.84%) Problem-Solving
4 302 (12.18%) Cybersecurity
5 269 (10.85%) Customer Service
6 209 (8.43%) Project Delivery
7 179 (7.22%) Project Management
8 172 (6.94%) Computer Science
9 169 (6.82%) Disaster Recovery
10 147 (5.93%) Continuous Improvement
11 142 (5.73%) Incident Management
12 137 (5.53%) Agile
13 136 (5.49%) Mentoring
14 133 (5.37%) Presales
15 132 (5.32%) Business Continuity
16 113 (4.56%) Time Management
17 108 (4.36%) Network Management
17 108 (4.36%) Service Delivery
18 107 (4.32%) Network Design
18 107 (4.32%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 187 (7.54%) PowerShell
2 122 (4.92%) Python
3 104 (4.20%) SQL
4 58 (2.34%) Bash
5 27 (1.09%) C#
6 25 (1.01%) Java
6 25 (1.01%) JavaScript
7 16 (0.65%) Perl
8 13 (0.52%) VBScript
9 11 (0.44%) Shell Script
10 7 (0.28%) C++
11 6 (0.24%) C
12 4 (0.16%) Lua
12 4 (0.16%) Ruby
12 4 (0.16%) Tcl
13 2 (0.081%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.081%) R
13 2 (0.081%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.081%) VB
14 1 (0.040%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 765 (30.86%) Cisco Certification
2 485 (19.56%) CCNA
3 471 (19.00%) CCNP
4 468 (18.88%) Security Cleared
5 427 (17.22%) Degree
6 261 (10.53%) SC Cleared
7 163 (6.58%) DV Cleared
8 149 (6.01%) Computer Science Degree
9 113 (4.56%) Master's Degree
10 109 (4.40%) Microsoft Certification
11 85 (3.43%) Azure Certification
12 79 (3.19%) CCIE
13 60 (2.42%) MCSE
13 60 (2.42%) Network+ Certification
14 57 (2.30%) JNCIA
15 40 (1.61%) CISSP
15 40 (1.61%) MCSA
16 35 (1.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 33 (1.33%) A+ Certification
18 30 (1.21%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (5.00%) SLA
2 86 (3.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 63 (2.54%) Cyber Essentials
4 44 (1.77%) GDPR
5 28 (1.13%) NIST
6 20 (0.81%) QA
7 18 (0.73%) PCI DSS
8 14 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 13 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 11 (0.44%) Accessibility
11 9 (0.36%) COSHH
11 9 (0.36%) ISO 9001
12 8 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 7 (0.28%) NCSC
14 6 (0.24%) SOC 2
15 5 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 5 (0.20%) SOC 1
16 4 (0.16%) PMO
17 3 (0.12%) COBIT
18 2 (0.081%) JSP 440
System Software
1 640 (25.82%) Active Directory
2 392 (15.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 247 (9.96%) Hyper-V
4 172 (6.94%) VMware ESXi
5 91 (3.67%) XenApp
5 91 (3.67%) XenDesktop
6 72 (2.90%) Microsoft App-V
7 59 (2.38%) vSphere
8 39 (1.57%) VMware NSX
9 32 (1.29%) Docker
10 27 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
11 20 (0.81%) Firmware
12 11 (0.44%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 11 (0.44%) KVM
12 11 (0.44%) VMware Workstation
13 9 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
14 8 (0.32%) pfSense
15 7 (0.28%) Terminal Services
15 7 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
16 4 (0.16%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 183 (7.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 143 (5.77%) SCCM
3 134 (5.41%) FortiGate
4 77 (3.11%) Ansible
5 73 (2.94%) AirWatch
6 62 (2.50%) Terraform
7 56 (2.26%) WSUS
8 35 (1.41%) Kubernetes
9 34 (1.37%) vCenter Server
10 32 (1.29%) Stealthwatch
11 31 (1.25%) Puppet
12 24 (0.97%) ZABBIX
13 23 (0.93%) CASB
13 23 (0.93%) Progress Chef
13 23 (0.93%) SCOM
14 22 (0.89%) Cisco CUCM
15 18 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
16 17 (0.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 17 (0.69%) Cisco Prime
17 16 (0.65%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 927 (37.39%) Microsoft
2 643 (25.94%) VMware
3 443 (17.87%) Juniper
4 385 (15.53%) Meraki
5 354 (14.28%) Fortinet
6 337 (13.59%) Palo Alto
7 218 (8.79%) Citrix
7 218 (8.79%) HP
8 197 (7.95%) Aruba
9 150 (6.05%) CheckPoint
10 139 (5.61%) Veeam
11 136 (5.49%) Dell
12 135 (5.45%) SolarWinds
13 99 (3.99%) Apple
13 99 (3.99%) F5
14 90 (3.63%) NetApp
15 76 (3.07%) Ruckus Wireless
16 64 (2.58%) Red Hat
17 59 (2.38%) Google
18 51 (2.06%) Mitel