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 18 September 2025, 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
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 61 66
Rank change year-on-year +10 +5 -2
Permanent jobs citing Cisco 49 66 46
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 4.08% 2.86% 3.31%
As % of the Vendors category 8.66% 8.09% 7.01%
Number of salaries quoted 32 26 41
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £40,938 £43,983 £44,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% -6.67%
75th Percentile £55,625 £66,125 £82,500
90th Percentile £77,475 £82,500 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £48,800 £44,750
% change year-on-year +2.46% +9.05% -10.50%

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 566 816 656
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 47.17% 35.32% 47.16%
Number of salaries quoted 382 478 550
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +5.26%

Cisco
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Cisco 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

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Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco in Birmingham over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Cisco in Birmingham

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 9 (18.37%) Skype for Business
2 7 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 3 (6.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.04%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 11 (22.45%) Azure
2 10 (20.41%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (6.12%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (6.12%) Power Platform
4 2 (4.08%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (4.08%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 24 (48.98%) WAN
2 21 (42.86%) Firewall
3 19 (38.78%) LAN
4 15 (30.61%) DNS
5 13 (26.53%) SD-WAN
6 11 (22.45%) DHCP
6 11 (22.45%) Wireless
7 10 (20.41%) Unified Communications
7 10 (20.41%) VPN
8 9 (18.37%) Skype
9 6 (12.24%) TCP/IP
10 5 (10.20%) MPLS
10 5 (10.20%) Network Security
10 5 (10.20%) VLAN
11 4 (8.16%) BGP
11 4 (8.16%) OSPF
11 4 (8.16%) SAN
11 4 (8.16%) WLAN
12 3 (6.12%) IPsec
12 3 (6.12%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.12%) Power BI
2 1 (2.04%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (2.04%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 15 (30.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 8 (16.33%) Social Skills
3 6 (12.24%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (10.20%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (8.16%) Manufacturing
6 3 (6.12%) Public Sector
7 2 (4.08%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (4.08%) Finance
7 2 (4.08%) Legal
7 2 (4.08%) Telecoms
8 1 (2.04%) Advertising
8 1 (2.04%) Law
8 1 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (20.41%) Support Engineer
2 9 (18.37%) Collaboration Specialist
3 8 (16.33%) Network Engineer
4 6 (12.24%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 6 (12.24%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 5 (10.20%) 2nd Line Support
5 5 (10.20%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 5 (10.20%) Architect
5 5 (10.20%) Network Architect
5 5 (10.20%) Technical Manager
6 4 (8.16%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
6 4 (8.16%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
6 4 (8.16%) 3rd Line Support
6 4 (8.16%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 4 (8.16%) WAN Engineer
7 3 (6.12%) Cisco Engineer
7 3 (6.12%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 3 (6.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (6.12%) Senior
7 3 (6.12%) Systems Manager
Miscellaneous
1 9 (18.37%) Data Centre
1 9 (18.37%) Digital Signage
1 9 (18.37%) Video Conferencing
2 6 (12.24%) Onboarding
3 3 (6.12%) Driving Licence
3 3 (6.12%) Public Cloud
4 2 (4.08%) CCTV
4 2 (4.08%) Cloud Native
4 2 (4.08%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (4.08%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.04%) FMCG
5 1 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 16 (32.65%) Windows
2 8 (16.33%) Windows Server
3 6 (12.24%) Linux
3 6 (12.24%) Windows Server 2016
3 6 (12.24%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (4.08%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (2.04%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (18.37%) Mentoring
1 9 (18.37%) Network Design
1 9 (18.37%) User Experience
2 8 (16.33%) CRM
3 6 (12.24%) Data Security
3 6 (12.24%) Infrastructure Management
3 6 (12.24%) ITIL
3 6 (12.24%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (10.20%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (10.20%) Process Improvement
5 4 (8.16%) Artificial Intelligence
5 4 (8.16%) Customer Experience
5 4 (8.16%) ERP
5 4 (8.16%) Network Architecture
5 4 (8.16%) Network Monitoring
5 4 (8.16%) Security Monitoring
6 3 (6.12%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (6.12%) High Availability
6 3 (6.12%) Migration
6 3 (6.12%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 6 (12.24%) PowerShell
2 3 (6.12%) SQL
3 2 (4.08%) PHP
4 1 (2.04%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (12.24%) CCNP
2 6 (12.24%) SC Cleared
2 6 (12.24%) Security Cleared
3 3 (6.12%) Degree
3 3 (6.12%) DV Cleared
3 3 (6.12%) Network+ Certification
4 2 (4.08%) Azure Certification
4 2 (4.08%) CCNA
4 2 (4.08%) Chartered Engineer
5 1 (2.04%) CCIE
5 1 (2.04%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.04%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (2.04%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.12%) ISO 9000
2 2 (4.08%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (26.53%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (22.45%) Active Directory
3 6 (12.24%) XenApp
4 3 (6.12%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (6.12%) vSphere
5 2 (4.08%) Firmware
6 1 (2.04%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 8 (16.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (6.12%) Terraform
3 2 (4.08%) Cisco CUCM
3 2 (4.08%) Dell DRAC
3 2 (4.08%) Endace
3 2 (4.08%) FortiGate
3 2 (4.08%) Nagios
4 1 (2.04%) Ansible
Vendors
1 14 (28.57%) VMware
2 13 (26.53%) Meraki
3 9 (18.37%) Microsoft
3 9 (18.37%) Mitel
3 9 (18.37%) Polycom
3 9 (18.37%) ShoreTel
4 7 (14.29%) Fortinet
4 7 (14.29%) SonicWALL
5 6 (12.24%) CheckPoint
5 6 (12.24%) Citrix
6 5 (10.20%) Juniper
6 5 (10.20%) SolarWinds
7 3 (6.12%) Ubiquiti
7 3 (6.12%) Veeam
8 2 (4.08%) Aruba
8 2 (4.08%) Dell
8 2 (4.08%) Fujitsu
8 2 (4.08%) Palo Alto
8 2 (4.08%) Zscaler
9 1 (2.04%) HP