Cisco Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Cisco
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire 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 13 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
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 55 27
Rank change year-on-year -3 -28 +8
Permanent jobs citing Cisco 32 46 49
As % of all permanent jobs in Hertfordshire 1.90% 3.85% 6.03%
As % of the Vendors category 8.53% 8.32% 12.16%
Number of salaries quoted 31 30 39
10th Percentile £39,250 £41,250 £33,760
25th Percentile £42,382 £45,313 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £58,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.15% -2.08% +71.43%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,875 -
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £63,900
East of England median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +2.80% +42.67%

All Vendors
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 375 553 403
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 22.24% 46.24% 49.57%
Number of salaries quoted 238 211 308
10th Percentile £28,716 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £61,875 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
East of England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +5.26%

Cisco
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Cisco job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Cisco
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Cisco.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Cisco

Cisco
Salary Histogram in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Cisco in Hertfordshire

Cisco
Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 13 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
Watford +7 7 £40,000 -38.46% 2
Stevenage -15 4 £57,500 -2.13% 7
Hatfield - 3 £55,000 - 3
Hitchin +11 2 £29,248 +23.54%
Hemel Hempstead +6 2 £66,750 +48.33% 3
Cisco
East of England

Cisco
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 5 (15.63%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (15.63%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (9.38%) InDesign
2 3 (9.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (15.63%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (6.25%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 14 (43.75%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (34.38%) Azure
3 9 (28.13%) SaaS
4 3 (9.38%) Entra ID
5 2 (6.25%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 17 (53.13%) Firewall
2 8 (25.00%) WAN
3 7 (21.88%) IP Telephony
3 7 (21.88%) LAN
3 7 (21.88%) Network Security
3 7 (21.88%) SAN
3 7 (21.88%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (18.75%) VLAN
5 4 (12.50%) VPN
6 3 (9.38%) Cisco ISE
6 3 (9.38%) DNS
6 3 (9.38%) Internet
6 3 (9.38%) SSL
6 3 (9.38%) TCP/IP
6 3 (9.38%) Unified Communications
7 2 (6.25%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (6.25%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (6.25%) IPsec
7 2 (6.25%) SNMP
7 2 (6.25%) Spanning Tree
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.50%) GIS
General
1 9 (28.13%) Social Skills
2 4 (12.50%) Law
3 3 (9.38%) Finance
3 3 (9.38%) Marketing
3 3 (9.38%) Telecoms
4 2 (6.25%) Legal
4 2 (6.25%) Public Sector
4 2 (6.25%) Retail
5 1 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.13%) Military
Job Titles
1 14 (43.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 12 (37.50%) Network Engineer
3 9 (28.13%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
4 7 (21.88%) Senior
5 5 (15.63%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 5 (15.63%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (12.50%) Consultant
6 4 (12.50%) Security Engineer
6 4 (12.50%) Senior Network Engineer
6 4 (12.50%) ServiceNow Consultant
6 4 (12.50%) Technical Consultant
7 3 (9.38%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
7 3 (9.38%) Administrator
7 3 (9.38%) Core Network Engineer
7 3 (9.38%) IT Administrator
7 3 (9.38%) Marketing Executive
7 3 (9.38%) Network Administrator
7 3 (9.38%) Senior Marketing Executive
7 3 (9.38%) Support Consultant
7 3 (9.38%) Technical Support Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (12.50%) CSS
1 4 (12.50%) HTML
1 4 (12.50%) JSON
1 4 (12.50%) XML
2 1 (3.13%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.50%) Data Centre
2 3 (9.38%) iPad
2 3 (9.38%) Onboarding
2 3 (9.38%) Social Media
2 3 (9.38%) Web Conferencing
3 1 (3.13%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (3.13%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (3.13%) e-Learning
3 1 (3.13%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 11 (34.38%) Windows
1 11 (34.38%) Windows Server
2 5 (15.63%) Android
2 5 (15.63%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 9 (28.13%) ITSM
3 8 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (21.88%) ITIL
5 6 (18.75%) Network Design
6 5 (15.63%) Incident Management
6 5 (15.63%) Information Security
6 5 (15.63%) IT Strategy
6 5 (15.63%) Task Automation
7 4 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (12.50%) Roadmaps
7 4 (12.50%) Service Management
7 4 (12.50%) Storage Management
8 3 (9.38%) Collaborative Culture
8 3 (9.38%) Commercial Awareness
8 3 (9.38%) GTM Strategy
8 3 (9.38%) Incident Response
8 3 (9.38%) Lead Generation
8 3 (9.38%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (9.38%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 7 (21.88%) PowerShell
2 4 (12.50%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 12 (37.50%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (34.38%) Security Cleared
3 8 (25.00%) CCNA
4 6 (18.75%) Degree
4 6 (18.75%) SC Cleared
5 5 (15.63%) DBS Check
5 5 (15.63%) DV Cleared
6 3 (9.38%) Azure Certification
7 1 (3.13%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.38%) ISO 9001
1 3 (9.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 11 (34.38%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.25%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (21.88%) Microsoft Intune
1 7 (21.88%) SCCM
2 2 (6.25%) Nagios
2 2 (6.25%) NetBackup
3 1 (3.13%) Endace
Vendors
1 17 (53.13%) Microsoft
2 9 (28.13%) ServiceNow
3 6 (18.75%) Juniper
4 5 (15.63%) Apple
4 5 (15.63%) Remedy
4 5 (15.63%) VMware
5 4 (12.50%) Fortinet
6 3 (9.38%) Adobe
6 3 (9.38%) Blue Coat
6 3 (9.38%) CheckPoint
6 3 (9.38%) F5
6 3 (9.38%) HP
6 3 (9.38%) Palo Alto
6 3 (9.38%) Zoho
7 2 (6.25%) Darktrace
7 2 (6.25%) LogRhythm
7 2 (6.25%) Sage
7 2 (6.25%) SAP
7 2 (6.25%) SolarWinds
7 2 (6.25%) Splunk