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 April 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 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 21 64
Rank change year-on-year -67 +43 +27
Permanent jobs citing Cisco 19 114 87
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 0.74% 8.60% 3.35%
As % of the Vendors category 2.82% 17.12% 8.26%
Number of salaries quoted 12 75 62
10th Percentile - £43,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,000 £64,600 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.48% +17.45% +2.33%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £67,813
90th Percentile £73,375 £72,750 £78,750
West Midlands median annual salary £56,900 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +8.38% +16.67% -1.12%

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 673 666 1,053
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 26.09% 50.23% 40.55%
Number of salaries quoted 439 420 873
10th Percentile £34,561 £34,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,206 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £80,000
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 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Cisco in Birmingham

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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 (5.26%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (26.32%) Azure
2 1 (5.26%) Azure ExpressRoute
2 1 (5.26%) Entra ID
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (42.11%) Firewall
2 7 (36.84%) Wireless
3 6 (31.58%) WAN
4 5 (26.32%) SD-WAN
4 5 (26.32%) WebEx
5 3 (15.79%) LAN
5 3 (15.79%) VPN
6 2 (10.53%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (10.53%) WLAN
7 1 (5.26%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (5.26%) Cisco Firepower
7 1 (5.26%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (5.26%) DNS
7 1 (5.26%) Internet
7 1 (5.26%) Network Security
7 1 (5.26%) VoIP
General
1 4 (21.05%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.79%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (10.53%) Retail
4 1 (5.26%) Finance
4 1 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (31.58%) Network Engineer
2 4 (21.05%) Designer
2 4 (21.05%) Lead
2 4 (21.05%) Lead Designer
2 4 (21.05%) Network Designer
3 3 (15.79%) Network Support
3 3 (15.79%) Network Support Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) Support Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) Technical Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Consultant
4 2 (10.53%) Network Consultant
5 1 (5.26%) Cisco Specialist
5 1 (5.26%) Field Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) IT Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Network Security Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Security Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (5.26%) CCTV
2 1 (5.26%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.26%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.26%) Linux
1 1 (5.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (26.32%) Network Design
2 4 (21.05%) Presales
3 3 (15.79%) CRM
3 3 (15.79%) Customer Experience
3 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (10.53%) Collaborative Culture
4 2 (10.53%) Customer Requirements
4 2 (10.53%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (10.53%) Risk Management
5 1 (5.26%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (5.26%) High Availability
5 1 (5.26%) Line Management
5 1 (5.26%) Operational Stability
5 1 (5.26%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (5.26%) Product Roadmap
5 1 (5.26%) RBAC
5 1 (5.26%) Requirements Gathering
5 1 (5.26%) Service Design
5 1 (5.26%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (5.26%) Thought Leadership
Qualifications
1 4 (21.05%) CCNA
1 4 (21.05%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (15.79%) Azure Certification
2 3 (15.79%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (5.26%) CISSP
3 1 (5.26%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) Hyper-V
1 1 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 10 (52.63%) Microsoft
2 9 (47.37%) Fortinet
3 6 (31.58%) Aruba
4 5 (26.32%) Juniper
5 3 (15.79%) ForeScout
6 2 (10.53%) Extreme Networks
7 1 (5.26%) Dell
7 1 (5.26%) Ekahau
7 1 (5.26%) Meraki
7 1 (5.26%) Palo Alto
7 1 (5.26%) VMware
7 1 (5.26%) Zscaler