Cisco Job Trends in the East Midlands

Cisco
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands 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 11 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
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 92 112
Rank change year-on-year -5 +20 -17
Permanent jobs citing Cisco 66 41 75
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 1.45% 2.24% 1.77%
As % of the Vendors category 5.50% 5.39% 5.24%
Number of salaries quoted 28 33 75
10th Percentile £25,500 - £32,550
25th Percentile £33,375 £26,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £35,000 £44,225
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -20.86% -6.90%
75th Percentile £53,951 £62,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £62,875 £67,500 £68,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.21% +6.00% -

All Vendors
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,199 761 1,432
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 26.37% 41.54% 33.85%
Number of salaries quoted 522 450 1,013
10th Percentile £27,765 £26,250 £24,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £28,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% -15.79%
75th Percentile £63,938 £55,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £65,125 £67,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -12.28%

Cisco
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Cisco job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

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Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Cisco.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Cisco

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Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 11 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Cisco in the East Midlands

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Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 May 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
Leicestershire -20 20 £45,000 -23.40% 7
Nottinghamshire +6 18 £38,904 +11.15% 4
Lincolnshire - 10 £35,000 - 6
Northamptonshire -1 9 £70,000 +16.67% 5
Derbyshire -23 7 - - 3
Cisco
England

Cisco
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.52%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 49 (74.24%) Azure
2 8 (12.12%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (6.06%) AWS
4 2 (3.03%) Entra ID
4 2 (3.03%) Google Workspace
5 1 (1.52%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.52%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.52%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.52%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (12.12%) Firewall
2 5 (7.58%) WAN
3 4 (6.06%) VPN
4 3 (4.55%) LAN
4 3 (4.55%) TCP/IP
4 3 (4.55%) Wireless
5 2 (3.03%) BGP
5 2 (3.03%) DHCP
5 2 (3.03%) DNS
5 2 (3.03%) MPLS
5 2 (3.03%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (3.03%) SD-WAN
5 2 (3.03%) VoIP
6 1 (1.52%) 4G
6 1 (1.52%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (1.52%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (1.52%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (1.52%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (1.52%) IOS XR
6 1 (1.52%) VXLAN
Development Applications
1 6 (9.09%) JIRA
2 4 (6.06%) Burp Suite
2 4 (6.06%) Metasploit
3 1 (1.52%) Git
General
1 46 (69.70%) Social Skills
2 6 (9.09%) Law
3 4 (6.06%) Retail
4 3 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (4.55%) Telecoms
5 2 (3.03%) Automotive
5 2 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.52%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 39 (59.09%) Network Engineer
2 8 (12.12%) IT Support
3 7 (10.61%) Senior
4 6 (9.09%) 2nd Line Support
4 6 (9.09%) Firewall Specialist
4 6 (9.09%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 6 (9.09%) Senior Technical Specialist
4 6 (9.09%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
4 6 (9.09%) Technical Specialist
5 4 (6.06%) Security Specialist
5 4 (6.06%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
6 3 (4.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (3.03%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 2 (3.03%) Field Engineer
7 2 (3.03%) Field Support Engineer
7 2 (3.03%) IT Engineer
7 2 (3.03%) IT Manager
7 2 (3.03%) IT Support Engineer
7 2 (3.03%) Service Desk Engineer
7 2 (3.03%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.03%) Middleware
2 1 (1.52%) Jinja
2 1 (1.52%) NETCONF
2 1 (1.52%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.06%) Insider Threat
1 4 (6.06%) Security Posture
2 3 (4.55%) Social Media
3 2 (3.03%) CCTV
3 2 (3.03%) Data Centre
3 2 (3.03%) Driving Licence
3 2 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.52%) Low-Code
4 1 (1.52%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.52%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (10.61%) Windows
2 1 (1.52%) Linux
2 1 (1.52%) Solaris
2 1 (1.52%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (13.64%) ITIL
3 8 (12.12%) Service Management
4 7 (10.61%) Computer Science
5 6 (9.09%) Task Automation
6 4 (6.06%) Actionable Insight
6 4 (6.06%) Anomaly Detection
6 4 (6.06%) Decision-Making
6 4 (6.06%) Ethical Hacking
6 4 (6.06%) Information Security
6 4 (6.06%) Offensive Security
6 4 (6.06%) Open Source
6 4 (6.06%) Penetration Testing
6 4 (6.06%) Red Team
6 4 (6.06%) Root Cause Analysis
6 4 (6.06%) Threat Intelligence
7 3 (4.55%) Agile
7 3 (4.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 3 (4.55%) Logistics
7 3 (4.55%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.09%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.52%) Python
2 1 (1.52%) SQL
Qualifications
1 42 (63.64%) CCNA
1 42 (63.64%) Cisco Certification
2 36 (54.55%) Azure Certification
2 36 (54.55%) Network+ Certification
3 13 (19.70%) Degree
4 6 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (7.58%) SC Cleared
5 5 (7.58%) Security Cleared
6 4 (6.06%) CEH
6 4 (6.06%) CISMP
6 4 (6.06%) CISSP
6 4 (6.06%) CompTIA Security+
6 4 (6.06%) CREST Certified
6 4 (6.06%) GIAC
6 4 (6.06%) GPEN
6 4 (6.06%) MCSE
6 4 (6.06%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (6.06%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 4 (6.06%) OSCP
7 2 (3.03%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.06%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 5 (7.58%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.52%) BitLocker
3 1 (1.52%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (6.06%) Nmap
2 2 (3.03%) Jamf Pro
2 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.03%) Nagios
Vendors
1 47 (71.21%) Microsoft
2 36 (54.55%) ForeScout
3 10 (15.15%) Meraki
4 3 (4.55%) VMware
5 2 (3.03%) CheckPoint
5 2 (3.03%) Epicor
5 2 (3.03%) Google
5 2 (3.03%) SolarWinds
5 2 (3.03%) TP-LINK
6 1 (1.52%) Aruba
6 1 (1.52%) F5
6 1 (1.52%) Fortinet
6 1 (1.52%) ServiceNow