Cisco Job Trends in Hampshire

Cisco
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Hampshire 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 31 December 2025, 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
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 18 46
Rank change year-on-year -12 +28 +16
Permanent jobs citing Cisco 110 256 77
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 4.38% 9.30% 4.36%
As % of the Vendors category 15.07% 21.23% 11.74%
Number of salaries quoted 80 222 57
10th Percentile - £42,500 £39,500
25th Percentile £24,570 £47,500 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,875 £54,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.23% +12.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £65,000 £59,875 £61,700
90th Percentile £77,500 £62,500 £72,700
South East median annual salary £47,500 £54,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -12.04% +10.20% +3.16%

All Vendors
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 730 1,206 656
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 29.08% 43.81% 37.15%
Number of salaries quoted 501 781 499
10th Percentile £26,250 £32,000 £27,900
25th Percentile £30,000 £45,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% +15.79% -5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £78,500 £78,750 £73,750
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -4.76%

Cisco
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Cisco job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Cisco
Salary Trend in Hampshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Cisco.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Cisco

Cisco
Salary Histogram in Hampshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco in Hampshire over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Cisco in Hampshire

Cisco
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 31 December 2025. 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
Basingstoke -5 43 £58,000 +9.43% 8
Southampton -25 7 £75,000 +66.67% 10
Fareham - 4 £45,000 -
Farnborough -10 3 £54,000 -1.82% 1
Fleet - 3 - -
Winchester +4 2 - -
Portsmouth -8 1 £70,000 +16.67% 13
Hook - 1 - -
Cisco
South East

Cisco
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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 (0.91%) IIS
1 1 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.82%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (4.55%) Azure
2 4 (3.64%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (2.73%) AWS
4 2 (1.82%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (0.91%) GCP
5 1 (0.91%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 37 (33.64%) Firewall
2 34 (30.91%) VPN
3 32 (29.09%) LAN
4 28 (25.45%) WAN
5 22 (20.00%) Junos
6 19 (17.27%) BGP
7 17 (15.45%) Cisco IOS
8 15 (13.64%) MPLS
9 14 (12.73%) Cisco ISE
10 13 (11.82%) Cisco Firepower
11 10 (9.09%) OSPF
12 9 (8.18%) Network Security
12 9 (8.18%) NX-OS
12 9 (8.18%) Wi-Fi
13 8 (7.27%) Cisco ASA
13 8 (7.27%) IPsec
13 8 (7.27%) SD-WAN
13 8 (7.27%) Wireless
14 6 (5.45%) Intrusion Detection
15 5 (4.55%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.91%) SQL Server
General
1 53 (48.18%) Social Skills
2 45 (40.91%) Marketing
3 7 (6.36%) Finance
4 5 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (3.64%) Public Sector
5 4 (3.64%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.82%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (1.82%) Banking
6 2 (1.82%) Electronics
6 2 (1.82%) Military
6 2 (1.82%) Retail
7 1 (0.91%) Advertising
7 1 (0.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.91%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 43 (39.09%) Corporate Sales Executive
1 43 (39.09%) Sales Executive
2 38 (34.55%) Network Engineer
3 16 (14.55%) Cloud Engineer
4 12 (10.91%) Senior
5 11 (10.00%) Consultant
5 11 (10.00%) Senior Network Engineer
6 10 (9.09%) Design Engineer
6 10 (9.09%) Network Design Engineer
7 9 (8.18%) Senior Design Engineer
7 9 (8.18%) Senior Network Design Engineer
8 8 (7.27%) Architect
9 7 (6.36%) Network Architect
9 7 (6.36%) Network Consultant
10 5 (4.55%) Cisco Consultant
10 5 (4.55%) Cisco Network Consultant
10 5 (4.55%) Support Engineer
10 5 (4.55%) WAN Consultant
11 4 (3.64%) Technical Consultant
12 3 (2.73%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.55%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 18 (16.36%) Data Centre
2 9 (8.18%) PKI
3 4 (3.64%) Security Posture
4 2 (1.82%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (0.91%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.91%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (0.91%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (6.36%) Linux
1 7 (6.36%) Windows
2 3 (2.73%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.91%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.91%) Unix
4 1 (0.91%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (40.91%) IT Strategy
1 45 (40.91%) Technology Strategy
2 43 (39.09%) AI
2 43 (39.09%) Customer Experience
2 43 (39.09%) Email Marketing
3 16 (14.55%) Network Design
3 16 (14.55%) Requirements Gathering
4 12 (10.91%) Project Delivery
5 11 (10.00%) ITSM
6 10 (9.09%) High Availability
6 10 (9.09%) Technical Leadership
7 9 (8.18%) Change Management
7 9 (8.18%) Service Management
8 8 (7.27%) Network Management
9 7 (6.36%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (6.36%) Requirements Management
10 6 (5.45%) Decision-Making
10 6 (5.45%) Network Segmentation
10 6 (5.45%) Programme Management
11 5 (4.55%) Customer Requirements
Programming Languages
1 7 (6.36%) Python
2 3 (2.73%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.82%) Bash
4 1 (0.91%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (0.91%) SQL
4 1 (0.91%) VB
Qualifications
1 43 (39.09%) Security Cleared
2 38 (34.55%) DV Cleared
3 28 (25.45%) SC Cleared
4 26 (23.64%) CCNP
4 26 (23.64%) Cisco Certification
5 20 (18.18%) CCNA
6 10 (9.09%) JNCIS
7 9 (8.18%) JNCIA
8 4 (3.64%) Degree
9 2 (1.82%) CCIE
9 2 (1.82%) CISSP
9 2 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.82%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.91%) CEH
10 1 (0.91%) CISM
10 1 (0.91%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.91%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.91%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.91%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.82%) Def Stans
2 1 (0.91%) GDPR
2 1 (0.91%) HIPAA
2 1 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.91%) NIST
System Software
1 12 (10.91%) VMware NSX
2 9 (8.18%) Firmware
3 6 (5.45%) Active Directory
3 6 (5.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.82%) KVM
4 2 (1.82%) RHEV
4 2 (1.82%) Xen
5 1 (0.91%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.91%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 10 (9.09%) FortiGate
1 10 (9.09%) vCenter Server
2 6 (5.45%) Ansible
3 5 (4.55%) Endace
4 2 (1.82%) Nagios
4 2 (1.82%) Proxmox
4 2 (1.82%) SCCM
4 2 (1.82%) SCOM
5 1 (0.91%) AirWatch
5 1 (0.91%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.91%) OpenView
5 1 (0.91%) QRadar
5 1 (0.91%) Terraform
5 1 (0.91%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 52 (47.27%) Microsoft
2 45 (40.91%) Juniper
3 43 (39.09%) Dell
4 13 (11.82%) SolarWinds
5 12 (10.91%) Fortinet
6 9 (8.18%) Broadcom
7 7 (6.36%) F5
7 7 (6.36%) Meraki
7 7 (6.36%) VMware
8 6 (5.45%) Aruba
8 6 (5.45%) CheckPoint
9 5 (4.55%) Palo Alto
10 3 (2.73%) Citrix
10 3 (2.73%) HP
10 3 (2.73%) Ubiquiti
11 2 (1.82%) Veeam
12 1 (0.91%) ArcSight
12 1 (0.91%) ExtraHop
12 1 (0.91%) Riverbed
12 1 (0.91%) Splunk