Cisco Job Trends in the East of England

Cisco
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 21 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
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 108 114
Rank change year-on-year -21 +6 -8
Permanent jobs citing Cisco 54 65 121
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.86% 2.21% 1.96%
As % of the Vendors category 3.58% 5.08% 5.69%
Number of salaries quoted 17 48 104
10th Percentile £34,900 £32,533 £30,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,160 £53,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.72% +12.63% -5.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £50,250
90th Percentile £61,500 £80,000 £67,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% +5.00% -

All Vendors
East of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,509 1,279 2,125
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 24.00% 43.49% 34.41%
Number of salaries quoted 748 715 1,630
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,250 £34,625 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +20.69% -13.00%
75th Percentile £70,313 £66,212 £57,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £70,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £56,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.73% +10.00% -12.40%

Cisco
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Cisco job vacancy trend in the East of England

Cisco
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Cisco.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Cisco

Cisco
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco in the East of England over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Cisco in the East of England

Cisco
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco within the East of England region over the 6 months to 21 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
Cambridgeshire -26 19 £46,250 -26.00% 5
Essex -14 11 £45,000 - 6
Norfolk -13 8 - - 14
Suffolk +17 7 £55,000 - 4
Hertfordshire -45 6 £50,580 -13.91% 7
Bedfordshire +8 3 £41,000 +14.88% 15
Cisco
England

Cisco
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 6 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (9.26%) SharePoint
3 2 (3.70%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.70%) SOLIDWORKS
3 1 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (3.70%) Infor CloudSuite
1 2 (3.70%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
Cloud Services
1 36 (66.67%) Azure
2 14 (25.93%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (18.52%) AWS
4 5 (9.26%) Entra ID
5 2 (3.70%) Power Automate
5 2 (3.70%) Power Platform
5 2 (3.70%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 21 (38.89%) Firewall
2 14 (25.93%) VPN
3 12 (22.22%) WAN
4 10 (18.52%) LAN
5 9 (16.67%) Network Security
6 8 (14.81%) Wireless
7 6 (11.11%) DNS
7 6 (11.11%) VLAN
8 5 (9.26%) DHCP
8 5 (9.26%) TCP/IP
9 4 (7.41%) WLAN
10 3 (5.56%) SD-WAN
10 3 (5.56%) VoIP
11 2 (3.70%) Cisco ISE
11 2 (3.70%) Ethernet
11 2 (3.70%) Intranet
11 2 (3.70%) Modbus
11 2 (3.70%) OSPF
11 2 (3.70%) POP3
11 2 (3.70%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (3.70%) JIRA
General
1 34 (62.96%) Social Skills
2 7 (12.96%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (7.41%) Manufacturing
5 3 (5.56%) Law
6 2 (3.70%) Finance
6 2 (3.70%) Games
6 2 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.85%) Advertising
7 1 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 38 (70.37%) Network Engineer
2 5 (9.26%) IT Support
3 4 (7.41%) Senior
3 4 (7.41%) Senior Network Engineer
4 3 (5.56%) Analyst
4 3 (5.56%) Security Engineer
5 2 (3.70%) 3rd Line Support
5 2 (3.70%) Coordinator
5 2 (3.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (3.70%) Infrastructure Team Leader
5 2 (3.70%) IT Support Analyst
5 2 (3.70%) Lead
5 2 (3.70%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (3.70%) Network Systems Engineer
5 2 (3.70%) Presales Engineer
5 2 (3.70%) Support Analyst
5 2 (3.70%) Systems Engineer
5 2 (3.70%) Team Leader
5 2 (3.70%) Technical Leader
5 2 (3.70%) Technical Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.41%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (5.56%) Onboarding
2 3 (5.56%) Operational Technology
3 2 (3.70%) Driving Licence
3 2 (3.70%) Fibre Optics
3 2 (3.70%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.85%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (1.85%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.85%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 10 (18.52%) Windows
2 7 (12.96%) Windows Server
3 2 (3.70%) Linux
3 2 (3.70%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (1.85%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (24.07%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (18.52%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (14.81%) Network Monitoring
5 5 (9.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 5 (9.26%) ITIL
5 5 (9.26%) Network Management
6 4 (7.41%) Customer Service
6 4 (7.41%) Preventative Maintenance
6 4 (7.41%) Time Management
7 3 (5.56%) High Availability
7 3 (5.56%) Network Segmentation
7 3 (5.56%) Presales
8 2 (3.70%) Customer Requirements
8 2 (3.70%) Multi-Factor Authentication
8 2 (3.70%) Order to Cash
8 2 (3.70%) Resource Allocation
8 2 (3.70%) Security Hardening
8 2 (3.70%) Task Automation
8 2 (3.70%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.70%) SQL
1 2 (3.70%) VBA
Qualifications
1 35 (64.81%) CCNA
1 35 (64.81%) Cisco Certification
2 26 (48.15%) Azure Certification
2 26 (48.15%) Network+ Certification
3 9 (16.67%) CCNP
4 7 (12.96%) Security Cleared
5 5 (9.26%) Degree
6 4 (7.41%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (7.41%) DBS Check
7 2 (3.70%) A+ Certification
7 2 (3.70%) AWS Certification
7 2 (3.70%) CISSP
7 2 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (3.70%) SC Cleared
8 1 (1.85%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (1.85%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.56%) SLA
2 1 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 10 (18.52%) Active Directory
2 5 (9.26%) Hyper-V
3 4 (7.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 2 (3.70%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (3.70%) vSphere
5 1 (1.85%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (3.70%) FortiGate
1 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 44 (81.48%) Microsoft
2 24 (44.44%) ForeScout
3 11 (20.37%) Fortinet
4 8 (14.81%) Aruba
4 8 (14.81%) Palo Alto
5 6 (11.11%) Meraki
5 6 (11.11%) VMware
6 4 (7.41%) CheckPoint
6 4 (7.41%) CrowdStrike
6 4 (7.41%) Veeam
7 3 (5.56%) F5
7 3 (5.56%) SolarWinds
7 3 (5.56%) Sophos
8 2 (3.70%) Blue Coat
8 2 (3.70%) Infor
8 2 (3.70%) Ruckus Wireless
8 2 (3.70%) SonicWALL
9 1 (1.85%) Darktrace
9 1 (1.85%) LogRhythm
9 1 (1.85%) Splunk