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 16 December 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
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 55 50
Rank change year-on-year -17 -5 +14
Permanent jobs citing Cisco 31 77 56
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 1.89% 4.04% 4.98%
As % of the Vendors category 5.50% 10.00% 10.11%
Number of salaries quoted 25 35 53
10th Percentile £41,750 £44,750 £41,900
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.67% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £66,050 £91,500
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% +5.26% -

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 564 770 554
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 34.45% 40.40% 49.24%
Number of salaries quoted 370 381 476
10th Percentile £32,400 £36,250 £30,340
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £88,750 £83,500
West Midlands median annual salary £52,500 £52,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +0.96% +9.47% -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 16 December 2025.

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (3.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (9.68%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (19.35%) Azure
2 3 (9.68%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (9.68%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (9.68%) Power Platform
3 2 (6.45%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (6.45%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 18 (58.06%) Firewall
2 16 (51.61%) WAN
3 13 (41.94%) LAN
4 12 (38.71%) SD-WAN
5 10 (32.26%) VPN
6 9 (29.03%) DHCP
6 9 (29.03%) DNS
7 6 (19.35%) Network Security
7 6 (19.35%) Wireless
8 5 (16.13%) BGP
8 5 (16.13%) OSPF
8 5 (16.13%) VLAN
8 5 (16.13%) WLAN
9 4 (12.90%) IPsec
9 4 (12.90%) WebEx
9 4 (12.90%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (9.68%) Cisco Nexus
10 3 (9.68%) NAS
10 3 (9.68%) SAN
10 3 (9.68%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.68%) Power BI
2 1 (3.23%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 9 (29.03%) Social Skills
2 7 (22.58%) Documentation Skills
3 5 (16.13%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (12.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (9.68%) Manufacturing
6 2 (6.45%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (6.45%) Retail
7 1 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (3.23%) Finance
7 1 (3.23%) Law
7 1 (3.23%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (22.58%) Network Engineer
2 5 (16.13%) Architect
2 5 (16.13%) Network Architect
2 5 (16.13%) Technical Manager
3 4 (12.90%) Cisco Engineer
3 4 (12.90%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 4 (12.90%) Designer
3 4 (12.90%) Lead
3 4 (12.90%) Lead Designer
3 4 (12.90%) Network Designer
3 4 (12.90%) Senior
4 3 (9.68%) Consultant
4 3 (9.68%) Systems Manager
5 2 (6.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (6.45%) Network Consultant
5 2 (6.45%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (6.45%) Senior Network Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) Field Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) IT Manager
6 1 (3.23%) VoIP Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (35.48%) Data Centre
2 3 (9.68%) Cloud Native
2 3 (9.68%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (6.45%) Public Cloud
3 2 (6.45%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (3.23%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.68%) Windows
2 2 (6.45%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (3.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (25.81%) CRM
2 6 (19.35%) Customer Experience
2 6 (19.35%) ITIL
3 5 (16.13%) Network Design
3 5 (16.13%) Presales
4 4 (12.90%) AI
4 4 (12.90%) Process Improvement
4 4 (12.90%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (9.68%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (9.68%) Change Control
5 3 (9.68%) Data Protection
5 3 (9.68%) DevOps
5 3 (9.68%) ERP
5 3 (9.68%) High Availability
5 3 (9.68%) Infrastructure as Code
5 3 (9.68%) SIEM
6 2 (6.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (6.45%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (6.45%) Requirements Gathering
6 2 (6.45%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.68%) SQL
2 1 (3.23%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (29.03%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (25.81%) CCNP
3 4 (12.90%) Azure Certification
4 3 (9.68%) DV Cleared
4 3 (9.68%) SC Cleared
4 3 (9.68%) Security Cleared
5 2 (6.45%) CCNA
6 1 (3.23%) CCIE
6 1 (3.23%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (3.23%) Degree
6 1 (3.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (3.23%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (3.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.23%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (25.81%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (12.90%) Active Directory
3 3 (9.68%) Firmware
3 3 (9.68%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (9.68%) vSphere
4 2 (6.45%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (12.90%) Terraform
2 3 (9.68%) Dell DRAC
3 2 (6.45%) Endace
4 1 (3.23%) Ansible
4 1 (3.23%) FortiGate
4 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (3.23%) Nagios
Vendors
1 12 (38.71%) Fortinet
2 9 (29.03%) Microsoft
3 8 (25.81%) VMware
4 7 (22.58%) Aruba
4 7 (22.58%) Juniper
4 7 (22.58%) Meraki
5 5 (16.13%) SolarWinds
6 4 (12.90%) Dell
6 4 (12.90%) Palo Alto
6 4 (12.90%) Zscaler
7 3 (9.68%) Extreme Networks
7 3 (9.68%) Ubiquiti
7 3 (9.68%) Veeam
8 1 (3.23%) HP
8 1 (3.23%) SonicWALL