Cisco Job Trends in Birmingham

Cisco
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring knowledge or experience of Cisco products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cisco over the 6 months leading up to 5 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

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

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 33 58
Rank change year-on-year -43 +25 +45
Permanent jobs citing Cisco 42 79 99
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 1.40% 6.84% 3.28%
As % of the Vendors category 5.71% 12.58% 8.62%
Number of salaries quoted 27 57 64
10th Percentile - £33,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £66,250 £65,000 £69,063
90th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £81,375
West Midlands median annual salary £56,900 £51,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +10.48% +14.44% -

All Vendors
Birmingham

Cisco falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 735 628 1,148
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 24.50% 54.37% 38.09%
Number of salaries quoted 501 417 916
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,400 £54,794
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% +2.93% -0.37%
75th Percentile £73,750 £68,750 £68,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £78,750 £82,500
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £51,887 £47,500
% change year-on-year +6.00% +9.23% -5.00%

Cisco
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cisco relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Cisco job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Cisco
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Cisco.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Cisco

Cisco
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco in Birmingham over the 6 months to 5 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Cisco in Birmingham

Cisco
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Cloud Services
1 10 (23.81%) Azure
2 1 (2.38%) AWS
2 1 (2.38%) Azure ExpressRoute
2 1 (2.38%) Entra ID
2 1 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (19.05%) Cisco ISE
2 6 (14.29%) Firewall
3 4 (9.52%) VPN
3 4 (9.52%) Wireless
4 3 (7.14%) SD-WAN
4 3 (7.14%) WAN
5 2 (4.76%) Cisco Firepower
5 2 (4.76%) DNS
5 2 (4.76%) Network Security
5 2 (4.76%) TCP/IP
5 2 (4.76%) VLAN
5 2 (4.76%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (2.38%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (2.38%) Cisco Wireless
6 1 (2.38%) DHCP
6 1 (2.38%) Internet
6 1 (2.38%) LAN
6 1 (2.38%) VoIP
6 1 (2.38%) WebEx
6 1 (2.38%) WLAN
General
1 16 (38.10%) Organisational Skills
2 8 (19.05%) Social Skills
3 2 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.38%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.38%) Finance
4 1 (2.38%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (38.10%) Technical Manager
2 11 (26.19%) Network Engineer
3 5 (11.90%) Designer
3 5 (11.90%) Network Designer
4 3 (7.14%) Network Support
4 3 (7.14%) Network Support Engineer
4 3 (7.14%) Principal Engineer
4 3 (7.14%) Principal Network Engineer
4 3 (7.14%) Support Engineer
5 2 (4.76%) Consultant
5 2 (4.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (4.76%) IT Manager
5 2 (4.76%) Network Consultant
5 2 (4.76%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (4.76%) Security Engineer
6 1 (2.38%) Cisco Specialist
6 1 (2.38%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
6 1 (2.38%) Network Manager
6 1 (2.38%) Network Security Engineer
6 1 (2.38%) Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 16 (38.10%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (4.76%) Data Centre
2 2 (4.76%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (2.38%) CCTV
3 1 (2.38%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.76%) Windows
2 1 (2.38%) Linux
2 1 (2.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (38.10%) CRM
2 13 (30.95%) Network Design
3 3 (7.14%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (4.76%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (4.76%) Customer Experience
4 2 (4.76%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (4.76%) High Availability
4 2 (4.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (4.76%) Migration
4 2 (4.76%) Presales
4 2 (4.76%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (2.38%) Customer Requirements
5 1 (2.38%) Infrastructure Maintenance
5 1 (2.38%) Line Management
5 1 (2.38%) Mentoring
5 1 (2.38%) Network Virtualisation
5 1 (2.38%) Performance Analysis
5 1 (2.38%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (2.38%) Service Design
5 1 (2.38%) Virtual Environments
Qualifications
1 6 (14.29%) Azure Certification
1 6 (14.29%) CCNA
1 6 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
1 6 (14.29%) Network+ Certification
2 1 (2.38%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (2.38%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.38%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.38%) Firmware
1 1 (2.38%) Hyper-V
1 1 (2.38%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (2.38%) FortiGate
1 1 (2.38%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 12 (28.57%) Fortinet
2 11 (26.19%) Microsoft
3 6 (14.29%) ForeScout
4 4 (9.52%) Meraki
5 3 (7.14%) Aruba
6 1 (2.38%) Ekahau
6 1 (2.38%) Juniper
6 1 (2.38%) Palo Alto
6 1 (2.38%) SonicWALL
6 1 (2.38%) Sophos
6 1 (2.38%) Veeam
6 1 (2.38%) VMware
6 1 (2.38%) WatchGuard
6 1 (2.38%) Zscaler