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 29 August 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
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 48 63
Rank change year-on-year -23 +15 +10
Permanent jobs citing Cisco 62 51 68
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 1.78% 4.03% 2.90%
As % of the Vendors category 7.62% 8.37% 8.38%
Number of salaries quoted 41 35 34
10th Percentile - £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,375 £36,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +1.46%
75th Percentile £58,000 £52,500 £59,688
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,350 £82,500
West Midlands median annual salary £54,500 £50,000 £43,227
% change year-on-year +9.00% +15.67% -0.63%

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 814 609 811
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 23.34% 48.18% 34.57%
Number of salaries quoted 598 410 556
10th Percentile £35,350 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,450 £57,434 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.25% +0.76% +3.64%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,450 £83,750 £85,625
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% +5.26% -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 29 August 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:

Applications
1 1 (1.61%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 10 (16.13%) Azure
2 4 (6.45%) Entra ID
2 4 (6.45%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (3.23%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (16.13%) WAN
2 9 (14.52%) LAN
2 9 (14.52%) Network Security
3 8 (12.90%) Firewall
4 7 (11.29%) Cisco ISE
5 6 (9.68%) VLAN
6 5 (8.06%) VoIP
6 5 (8.06%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (6.45%) BGP
7 4 (6.45%) Cisco Nexus
7 4 (6.45%) DNS
7 4 (6.45%) OSPF
7 4 (6.45%) Structured Cabling
7 4 (6.45%) TCP/IP
8 3 (4.84%) DHCP
8 3 (4.84%) VPN
8 3 (4.84%) Wireless
9 2 (3.23%) EIGRP
9 2 (3.23%) VRRP
9 2 (3.23%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 3 (4.84%) JIRA
2 2 (3.23%) Git
2 2 (3.23%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 30 (48.39%) Organisational Skills
2 10 (16.13%) Social Skills
3 5 (8.06%) Public Sector
4 4 (6.45%) Banking
4 4 (6.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (6.45%) Marketing
4 4 (6.45%) Retail
4 4 (6.45%) Telecoms
5 2 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.61%) Finance
6 1 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 33 (53.23%) Technical Manager
2 13 (20.97%) Network Engineer
3 5 (8.06%) Designer
3 5 (8.06%) IT Manager
3 5 (8.06%) Network Designer
4 3 (4.84%) E-Commerce Manager
4 3 (4.84%) Principal Engineer
4 3 (4.84%) Principal Network Engineer
4 3 (4.84%) Project Manager
4 3 (4.84%) Technical Project Manager
5 2 (3.23%) Architect
5 2 (3.23%) Data Centre Engineer
5 2 (3.23%) Data Network Engineer
5 2 (3.23%) Senior
5 2 (3.23%) Senior Network Engineer
5 2 (3.23%) Technical Architect
6 1 (1.61%) Lead
6 1 (1.61%) Lead Architect
6 1 (1.61%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (1.61%) Network Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.23%) Terraform
1 2 (3.23%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 33 (53.23%) Self-Motivation
2 10 (16.13%) Data Centre
3 3 (4.84%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (4.84%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.61%) CCTV
4 1 (1.61%) IVR
4 1 (1.61%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (8.06%) Windows
2 1 (1.61%) Linux
2 1 (1.61%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (48.39%) CRM
2 14 (22.58%) Network Design
3 8 (12.90%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (12.90%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (11.29%) Migration
5 6 (9.68%) Disaster Recovery
5 6 (9.68%) Project Delivery
6 5 (8.06%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (8.06%) Mentoring
7 4 (6.45%) Agile
7 4 (6.45%) AI
7 4 (6.45%) Business Continuity
7 4 (6.45%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (6.45%) Change Control
7 4 (6.45%) Change Management
7 4 (6.45%) Coaching
7 4 (6.45%) Data Management
7 4 (6.45%) E-Commerce
7 4 (6.45%) ITIL
7 4 (6.45%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.45%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (16.13%) CCNA
1 10 (16.13%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (9.68%) Azure Certification
2 6 (9.68%) Network+ Certification
3 3 (4.84%) CCNP
3 3 (4.84%) PMP
4 1 (1.61%) CISSP
4 1 (1.61%) CWNA
4 1 (1.61%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.61%) RIBA
4 1 (1.61%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.61%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.61%) Accessibility
1 1 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.61%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.61%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.61%) Firmware
1 1 (1.61%) Hyper-V
1 1 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (3.23%) Ansible
2 1 (1.61%) FortiGate
2 1 (1.61%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 12 (19.35%) Microsoft
2 9 (14.52%) Fortinet
3 6 (9.68%) ForeScout
4 5 (8.06%) Meraki
5 2 (3.23%) Aruba
6 1 (1.61%) Avaya
6 1 (1.61%) Genesys
6 1 (1.61%) SonicWALL
6 1 (1.61%) Sophos
6 1 (1.61%) Veeam
6 1 (1.61%) VMware
6 1 (1.61%) WatchGuard