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 22 May 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
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 26 58
Rank change year-on-year -55 +32 +40
Permanent jobs citing Cisco 33 91 96
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 1.10% 7.95% 3.44%
As % of the Vendors category 4.60% 14.61% 8.70%
Number of salaries quoted 19 64 63
10th Percentile - £35,725 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +14.29% -7.89%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £68,125
90th Percentile £70,750 £76,250 £78,750
West Midlands median annual salary £57,500 £52,387 £45,000
% change year-on-year +9.76% +16.41% -

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 717 623 1,104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 23.99% 54.46% 39.53%
Number of salaries quoted 475 412 893
10th Percentile £34,750 £32,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £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 22 May 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 8 (24.24%) Azure
2 1 (3.03%) Azure ExpressRoute
2 1 (3.03%) Entra ID
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (18.18%) Cisco ISE
2 4 (12.12%) Firewall
3 3 (9.09%) SD-WAN
3 3 (9.09%) VPN
3 3 (9.09%) WAN
4 2 (6.06%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (6.06%) Wireless
5 1 (3.03%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (3.03%) Cisco Firepower
5 1 (3.03%) DNS
5 1 (3.03%) Internet
5 1 (3.03%) LAN
5 1 (3.03%) TCP/IP
5 1 (3.03%) VLAN
5 1 (3.03%) VoIP
5 1 (3.03%) WebEx
5 1 (3.03%) WLAN
General
1 11 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
2 7 (21.21%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.03%) Finance
3 1 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (3.03%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (33.33%) Technical Manager
2 9 (27.27%) Network Engineer
3 4 (12.12%) Designer
3 4 (12.12%) Network Designer
4 3 (9.09%) Network Support
4 3 (9.09%) Network Support Engineer
4 3 (9.09%) Principal Engineer
4 3 (9.09%) Principal Network Engineer
4 3 (9.09%) Support Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) Consultant
5 2 (6.06%) IT Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Network Consultant
6 1 (3.03%) Cisco Specialist
6 1 (3.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) Network Manager
6 1 (3.03%) Network Security Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) Security Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (3.03%) CCTV
2 1 (3.03%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.03%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.03%) Linux
1 1 (3.03%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (36.36%) Network Design
2 11 (33.33%) CRM
3 2 (6.06%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (6.06%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (6.06%) Presales
3 2 (6.06%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (3.03%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (3.03%) Customer Experience
4 1 (3.03%) Customer Requirements
4 1 (3.03%) High Availability
4 1 (3.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (3.03%) Network Architecture
4 1 (3.03%) Network Virtualisation
4 1 (3.03%) Operational Stability
4 1 (3.03%) Product Roadmap
4 1 (3.03%) RBAC
4 1 (3.03%) Roadmaps
4 1 (3.03%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (3.03%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (3.03%) Thought Leadership
Qualifications
1 6 (18.18%) Azure Certification
1 6 (18.18%) CCNA
1 6 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
1 6 (18.18%) Network+ Certification
2 1 (3.03%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (3.03%) Firmware
Vendors
1 10 (30.30%) Microsoft
2 8 (24.24%) Fortinet
3 6 (18.18%) ForeScout
4 2 (6.06%) Aruba
4 2 (6.06%) Meraki
5 1 (3.03%) Ekahau
5 1 (3.03%) Juniper
5 1 (3.03%) Palo Alto
5 1 (3.03%) Zscaler