Cisco Job Trends in Manchester

Cisco
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 4 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
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 109 73
Rank change year-on-year +30 -36 +81
Permanent jobs citing Cisco 62 50 83
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 2.23% 1.85% 3.54%
As % of the Vendors category 7.71% 4.84% 10.59%
Number of salaries quoted 20 32 80
10th Percentile £24,551 £29,700 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,143 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £42,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.82% -10.53% +11.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £53,750 £64,688
90th Percentile £68,750 £62,500 £96,539
North West median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +16.28%

All Vendors
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 804 1,032 784
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 28.88% 38.12% 33.42%
Number of salaries quoted 522 437 671
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,729 £70,000 £72,216
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,000 £90,000
North West median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -

Cisco
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Cisco job vacancy trend in Manchester

Cisco
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Cisco.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Cisco

Cisco
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco in Manchester over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Cisco in Manchester

Cisco
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 4 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
Bolton +15 4 £32,188 -32.24% 2
Cisco
North West

Cisco
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 2 (3.23%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.61%) FactoryTalk
2 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.61%) WinCC
Applications
1 3 (4.84%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (8.06%) Azure
2 4 (6.45%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (3.23%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.61%) Amazon EC2
4 1 (1.61%) AWS
4 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 17 (27.42%) WebEx
2 15 (24.19%) VoIP
3 14 (22.58%) Telepresence
3 14 (22.58%) Unified Communications
4 8 (12.90%) LAN
4 8 (12.90%) WAN
5 5 (8.06%) SD-WAN
6 4 (6.45%) Cisco ISE
6 4 (6.45%) Firewall
7 2 (3.23%) BGP
7 2 (3.23%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (3.23%) Cisco Firepower
7 2 (3.23%) EIGRP
7 2 (3.23%) HSRP
7 2 (3.23%) IPsec
7 2 (3.23%) OSPF
7 2 (3.23%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (1.61%) DHCP
8 1 (1.61%) Ethernet
8 1 (1.61%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.84%) Metadata
General
1 27 (43.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 15 (24.19%) Finance
2 15 (24.19%) Telecoms
3 9 (14.52%) Organisational Skills
4 8 (12.90%) Social Skills
5 3 (4.84%) Law
5 3 (4.84%) Legal
5 3 (4.84%) Marketing
6 2 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (22.58%) Support Engineer
1 14 (22.58%) Voice Engineer
1 14 (22.58%) Voice Support Engineer
2 11 (17.74%) Analyst
3 10 (16.13%) Business Analyst
3 10 (16.13%) Project Manager
4 7 (11.29%) Network Engineer
4 7 (11.29%) Technical Manager
5 4 (6.45%) Senior
5 4 (6.45%) Senior Network Engineer
6 3 (4.84%) IT Trainer
6 3 (4.84%) Legal IT Trainer
6 3 (4.84%) Sales Executive
6 3 (4.84%) Trainer
7 2 (3.23%) 1st Line Engineer
7 2 (3.23%) Corporate Sales Executive
7 2 (3.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (3.23%) Service Desk Engineer
8 1 (1.61%) IT Engineer
8 1 (1.61%) Telecoms Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.45%) Social Media
2 3 (4.84%) e-Learning
2 3 (4.84%) iPhone
3 1 (1.61%) Operational Technology
3 1 (1.61%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 7 (11.29%) Windows
2 4 (6.45%) Windows 10
3 3 (4.84%) Android
4 1 (1.61%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.61%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (35.48%) AI
2 20 (32.26%) Analytics
2 20 (32.26%) Coaching
2 20 (32.26%) Mentoring
2 20 (32.26%) Software Engineering
3 17 (27.42%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (24.19%) Root Cause Analysis
5 14 (22.58%) Network Management
6 9 (14.52%) Customer Experience
7 5 (8.06%) CRM
7 5 (8.06%) Customer Service
7 5 (8.06%) ITIL
7 5 (8.06%) Process Improvement
8 3 (4.84%) Document Management
8 3 (4.84%) Email Marketing
8 3 (4.84%) Expense Management
8 3 (4.84%) IT Strategy
8 3 (4.84%) Metadata Management
8 3 (4.84%) Workflow
8 3 (4.84%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.61%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (8.06%) Degree
2 4 (6.45%) DBS Check
3 3 (4.84%) CCNA
3 3 (4.84%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (3.23%) CCIE
4 2 (3.23%) CCNP
4 2 (3.23%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.23%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.61%) MCSA
5 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 5 (8.06%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.61%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.61%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 14 (22.58%) Cisco CUCM
2 4 (6.45%) Jamf Pro
2 4 (6.45%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (3.23%) SmoothWall
4 1 (1.61%) AssetCenter
4 1 (1.61%) SCCM
Vendors
1 30 (48.39%) Microsoft
2 20 (32.26%) Salesforce
3 14 (22.58%) Oracle
4 4 (6.45%) Meraki
4 4 (6.45%) Palo Alto
5 3 (4.84%) Dell
5 3 (4.84%) Fortinet
5 3 (4.84%) iManage
5 3 (4.84%) VMware
6 2 (3.23%) CheckPoint
6 2 (3.23%) Extreme Networks
7 1 (1.61%) Apple
7 1 (1.61%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (1.61%) HP
7 1 (1.61%) Juniper
7 1 (1.61%) Rockwell
7 1 (1.61%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.61%) Siemens
7 1 (1.61%) Ubiquiti
7 1 (1.61%) Zscaler