Cisco Job Trends in County Antrim

Cisco
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in County Antrim 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 1 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
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 - 28
Rank change year-on-year - - +52
Permanent jobs citing Cisco 22 0 14
As % of all permanent jobs in County Antrim 6.03% - 5.19%
As % of the Vendors category 17.46% - 13.46%
Number of salaries quoted 20 0 13
10th Percentile - - £32,125
25th Percentile £30,750 - £35,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,625 - £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +18.92%
75th Percentile £38,750 - £68,500
90th Percentile £58,825 - £69,800
Northern Ireland median annual salary £35,625 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -32.14% -4.55% +10.00%

All Vendors
County Antrim

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 County Antrim.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 126 110 104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in County Antrim 34.52% 33.74% 38.52%
Number of salaries quoted 54 37 83
10th Percentile £30,750 £42,200 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,081 £46,713 £35,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £52,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.14% +16.67% -7.22%
75th Percentile £58,750 £74,144 £69,650
90th Percentile £78,375 £90,000 £83,750
Northern Ireland median annual salary £43,500 £52,500 £46,000
% change year-on-year -17.14% +14.13% +2.22%

Cisco
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cisco relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in County Antrim.

Cisco job vacancy trend in County Antrim

Cisco
Salary Trend in County Antrim

Salary distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Cisco.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Cisco

Cisco
Salary Histogram in County Antrim

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco in County Antrim over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Cisco in County Antrim

Cisco
Job Locations in County Antrim

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Belfast - 21 £35,625 - 5
Cisco
Northern Ireland

Cisco
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in County Antrim 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 6 (27.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (18.18%) MS Visio
3 3 (13.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.09%) AWS
1 2 (9.09%) Azure
1 2 (9.09%) GCP
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 12 (54.55%) Firewall
2 10 (45.45%) LAN
3 8 (36.36%) WAN
4 6 (27.27%) ADSL
4 6 (27.27%) Ethernet
5 4 (18.18%) MPLS
5 4 (18.18%) WLAN
6 3 (13.64%) Cisco Wireless
6 3 (13.64%) Wireless
7 2 (9.09%) Internet
7 2 (9.09%) SD-WAN
7 2 (9.09%) SNA
7 2 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (4.55%) Broadband
8 1 (4.55%) PSTN
8 1 (4.55%) VoIP
General
1 14 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 6 (27.27%) Law
3 1 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (50.00%) NOC Engineer
2 6 (27.27%) Network Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) IT Support
4 2 (9.09%) Account Manager
4 2 (9.09%) Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) IT Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) IT Support Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) Senior
4 2 (9.09%) Senior Network Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Support Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Field Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Field Service Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Field Support Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) IT Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) IT Support Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.09%) Public Cloud
1 2 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
1 2 (9.09%) Virtual Team
2 1 (4.55%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 15 (68.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (63.64%) ITIL
2 10 (45.45%) Customer Service
3 8 (36.36%) Service Delivery
4 6 (27.27%) High Availability
4 6 (27.27%) Network Optimisation
5 4 (18.18%) Change Control
5 4 (18.18%) Time Management
6 3 (13.64%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (13.64%) Project Delivery
7 2 (9.09%) B2B
7 2 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (9.09%) CRM
7 2 (9.09%) Customer Engagement
7 2 (9.09%) Knowledge Transfer
7 2 (9.09%) Logistics
7 2 (9.09%) Mentoring
7 2 (9.09%) Network Management
7 2 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (9.09%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (31.82%) CCNA
2 7 (31.82%) Security Cleared
3 4 (18.18%) CCNP
4 2 (9.09%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (27.27%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (4.55%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (9.09%) Ansible
1 2 (9.09%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 15 (68.18%) Juniper
2 7 (31.82%) SolarWinds
3 6 (27.27%) Microsoft
3 6 (27.27%) Remedy
4 4 (18.18%) Fortinet
5 2 (9.09%) Aruba
5 2 (9.09%) Dell
5 2 (9.09%) HP
6 1 (4.55%) Meraki