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 8 January 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
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 47 44
Rank change year-on-year -27 -3 +17
Permanent jobs citing Cisco 29 84 61
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 1.66% 4.57% 4.74%
As % of the Vendors category 4.98% 10.59% 10.82%
Number of salaries quoted 23 42 52
10th Percentile £43,500 £47,050 £41,575
25th Percentile £49,375 £51,563 £44,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,000 £64,600 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.57% +7.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £83,125
90th Percentile £77,500 £66,050 £86,125
West Midlands median annual salary £55,500 £51,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year +7.77% +5.10% +3.16%

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 582 793 564
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 33.26% 43.12% 43.79%
Number of salaries quoted 383 377 478
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £29,700
25th Percentile £44,986 £45,000 £40,263
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £84,125
West Midlands median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +10.53% -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 8 January 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (3.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (17.24%) Azure
2 3 (10.34%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (10.34%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (10.34%) Power Platform
3 2 (6.90%) PowerApps
4 1 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 16 (55.17%) Firewall
2 15 (51.72%) WAN
3 12 (41.38%) LAN
4 11 (37.93%) SD-WAN
5 8 (27.59%) VPN
6 7 (24.14%) DHCP
6 7 (24.14%) DNS
7 6 (20.69%) Wireless
8 5 (17.24%) BGP
8 5 (17.24%) Network Security
8 5 (17.24%) WLAN
9 4 (13.79%) IPsec
9 4 (13.79%) OSPF
9 4 (13.79%) WebEx
9 4 (13.79%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (10.34%) Cisco Nexus
10 3 (10.34%) NAS
10 3 (10.34%) SAN
10 3 (10.34%) VLAN
10 3 (10.34%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.34%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 9 (31.03%) Social Skills
2 7 (24.14%) Documentation Skills
3 5 (17.24%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (13.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (10.34%) Manufacturing
6 2 (6.90%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (6.90%) Retail
7 1 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (3.45%) Law
7 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (20.69%) Network Engineer
2 5 (17.24%) Architect
2 5 (17.24%) Network Architect
2 5 (17.24%) Technical Manager
3 4 (13.79%) Cisco Engineer
3 4 (13.79%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 4 (13.79%) Designer
3 4 (13.79%) Lead
3 4 (13.79%) Lead Designer
3 4 (13.79%) Network Designer
4 3 (10.34%) Consultant
4 3 (10.34%) Senior
4 3 (10.34%) Systems Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Network Consultant
5 2 (6.90%) Senior Network Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Analyst
6 1 (3.45%) Field Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) IT Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Network Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 10 (34.48%) Data Centre
2 3 (10.34%) Cloud Native
2 3 (10.34%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (6.90%) Public Cloud
3 2 (6.90%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (3.45%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.90%) Windows
1 2 (6.90%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (27.59%) CRM
2 6 (20.69%) Customer Experience
2 6 (20.69%) ITIL
3 5 (17.24%) Network Design
3 5 (17.24%) Presales
4 4 (13.79%) AI
4 4 (13.79%) Process Improvement
4 4 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (10.34%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (10.34%) Change Control
5 3 (10.34%) Data Protection
5 3 (10.34%) DevOps
5 3 (10.34%) ERP
5 3 (10.34%) High Availability
5 3 (10.34%) Infrastructure as Code
5 3 (10.34%) SIEM
6 2 (6.90%) Collaborative Culture
6 2 (6.90%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (6.90%) Requirements Gathering
6 2 (6.90%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.34%) SQL
2 1 (3.45%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (31.03%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (27.59%) CCNP
3 4 (13.79%) Azure Certification
4 3 (10.34%) DV Cleared
4 3 (10.34%) SC Cleared
4 3 (10.34%) Security Cleared
5 2 (6.90%) CCNA
6 1 (3.45%) CCIE
6 1 (3.45%) Degree
6 1 (3.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (3.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.45%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (24.14%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (10.34%) Active Directory
2 3 (10.34%) Firmware
2 3 (10.34%) VMware ESXi
2 3 (10.34%) vSphere
3 1 (3.45%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (13.79%) Terraform
2 3 (10.34%) Dell DRAC
3 2 (6.90%) Endace
4 1 (3.45%) Ansible
4 1 (3.45%) FortiGate
4 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (3.45%) Nagios
Vendors
1 12 (41.38%) Fortinet
2 8 (27.59%) Microsoft
3 7 (24.14%) Juniper
3 7 (24.14%) VMware
4 6 (20.69%) Aruba
4 6 (20.69%) Meraki
5 5 (17.24%) SolarWinds
6 4 (13.79%) Dell
6 4 (13.79%) Palo Alto
6 4 (13.79%) Zscaler
7 3 (10.34%) Extreme Networks
7 3 (10.34%) Ubiquiti
8 2 (6.90%) Veeam