Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 21 October 2018

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Cisco products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cisco over the 6 months to 21 October 2018 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within Cisco Systems, Inc.

Cisco
North West > Manchester
6 months to
21 Oct 2018		 Same period 2017 Same period 2016
Rank 51 55 51
Rank change year-on-year +4 -4 +25
Permanent jobs citing Cisco 398 425 362
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester 5.50% 5.48% 4.93%
As % of the Vendors category 12.77% 11.77% 11.54%
Number of salaries quoted 324 401 311
Manchester median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £38,000
Median salary % change year-on-year +6.67% -1.32% -5.00%
10th Percentile £21,250 £21,500 £26,000
90th Percentile £59,625 £58,750 £55,000
North West median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% - -6.25%

Cisco is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services advertised in Manchester.

All Vendors
Manchester
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 3,117 3,612 3,137
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester 43.09% 46.54% 42.69%
Number of salaries quoted 2,544 2,895 2,620
Manchester median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £41,500
Median salary % change year-on-year +5.88% +2.41% +3.75%
10th Percentile £23,750 £23,750 £25,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £66,750 £61,250
North West median annual salary £43,750 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +2.94% +6.25% -

Cisco
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Cisco as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco in Manchester

Cisco
Salary Trend in Manchester

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Cisco in Manchester.

Salary trend for Cisco in Manchester

Cisco
Salary Histogram in Manchester

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Cisco in Manchester over the 6 months to 21 October 2018.

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 21 October 2018. 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
Job
Vacancies
Stockport +10 35 £22,500 -47.67% 3
Wigan - 31 £37,500 -
Cheadle +15 18 £25,000 -41.86% 2
Rochdale +2 17 £34,500 -13.75% 1
Bolton +24 15 £25,000 -41.18% 3
Salford -9 12 £23,750 -28.03% 8
Heywood - 5 £26,250 -
Bury -8 2 £37,500 +53.06% 1
Oldham 0 1 £35,500 -4.53% 1
Altrincham -10 1 - -
Cisco
North West

For the 6 months to 21 October 2018, IT jobs citing Cisco also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Manchester region with a requirement for Cisco.

1 206 (51.76%) Windows
1 206 (51.76%) VMware
2 158 (39.70%) Microsoft
3 135 (33.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 131 (32.91%) Firewall
5 125 (31.41%) Cisco Certification
6 103 (25.88%) Linux
7 100 (25.13%) CCNA
8 96 (24.12%) ITIL
8 96 (24.12%) Wi-Fi
8 96 (24.12%) Network Security
9 95 (23.87%) Active Directory
10 90 (22.61%) Windows Server
11 87 (21.86%) SQL
12 83 (20.85%) Office 365
13 81 (20.35%) Disaster Recovery
14 79 (19.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
15 76 (19.10%) PCI DSS
16 74 (18.59%) Finance
17 71 (17.84%) WAN
18 69 (17.34%) Information Security
18 69 (17.34%) GDPR
19 68 (17.09%) Mentoring
20 66 (16.58%) Business Continuity
20 66 (16.58%) Penetration Testing
20 66 (16.58%) LAN
20 66 (16.58%) CISSP
20 66 (16.58%) SAN
21 65 (16.33%) Wireless
21 65 (16.33%) Vulnerability Management

Cisco
Co-occurring IT Skills in Manchester by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 60 (15.08%) MS Exchange
2 28 (7.04%) Exchange Server 2010
3 21 (5.28%) Exchange Server 2013
4 17 (4.27%) SharePoint
5 8 (2.01%) IIS
6 6 (1.51%) Apache
6 6 (1.51%) Skype for Business
7 4 (1.01%) Exchange Server 2003
8 3 (0.75%) Exchange Server 2007
8 3 (0.75%) SharePoint 2010
9 2 (0.50%) nginx
10 1 (0.25%) CMS
10 1 (0.25%) Drupal
10 1 (0.25%) SAS
10 1 (0.25%) SharePoint 2013
10 1 (0.25%) WordPress
Applications
1 61 (15.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 18 (4.52%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.01%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 83 (20.85%) Office 365
2 53 (13.32%) Microsoft Azure
3 21 (5.28%) Amazon AWS
4 8 (2.01%) SaaS
5 6 (1.51%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (1.01%) Azure Active Directory
6 4 (1.01%) IaaS
7 3 (0.75%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (0.75%) Amazon S3
7 3 (0.75%) PaaS
8 2 (0.50%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.25%) Google Cloud Platform
Communications & Networking
1 131 (32.91%) Firewall
2 96 (24.12%) Network Security
2 96 (24.12%) Wi-Fi
3 71 (17.84%) WAN
4 66 (16.58%) LAN
4 66 (16.58%) SAN
5 65 (16.33%) Wireless
6 54 (13.57%) VoIP
7 49 (12.31%) MPLS
8 47 (11.81%) Cisco ASA
9 43 (10.80%) DNS
10 33 (8.29%) BGP
11 31 (7.79%) VPN
12 30 (7.54%) Cisco Nexus
13 28 (7.04%) Ethernet
14 24 (6.03%) DHCP
15 23 (5.78%) VLAN
16 21 (5.28%) TCP/IP
17 19 (4.77%) Internet
18 18 (4.52%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.26%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.76%) MySQL
3 5 (1.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.50%) Apache Cassandra
5 2 (0.50%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.50%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle Database 10g
Development Applications
1 2 (0.50%) Git (software)
1 2 (0.50%) Travis CI
2 1 (0.25%) JIRA
General
1 74 (18.59%) Finance
2 64 (16.08%) Legal
2 64 (16.08%) Telecoms
3 24 (6.03%) Retail
4 9 (2.26%) Marketing
5 7 (1.76%) Manufacturing
6 6 (1.51%) Local Government
7 3 (0.75%) Advertising
7 3 (0.75%) Games
8 2 (0.50%) Banking
8 2 (0.50%) International Banking
9 1 (0.25%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 127 (31.91%) Analyst
2 76 (19.10%) IT Analyst
3 66 (16.58%) Security Analyst
4 65 (16.33%) IT Security Analyst
4 65 (16.33%) Senior Analyst
4 65 (16.33%) Senior IT Security Analyst
4 65 (16.33%) Senior Security Analyst
5 62 (15.58%) Network Engineer
6 50 (12.56%) Cisco Engineer
7 43 (10.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 41 (10.30%) Service Analyst
9 34 (8.54%) Service Desk Analyst
10 28 (7.04%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 26 (6.53%) Architect
12 23 (5.78%) Support Analyst
13 22 (5.53%) Consultant
14 21 (5.28%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 21 (5.28%) Cisco Consultant
14 21 (5.28%) Server Analyst
14 21 (5.28%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.02%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.01%) Web Services
3 2 (0.50%) .NET
3 2 (0.50%) Elastic Stack
3 2 (0.50%) Kafka
3 2 (0.50%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.25%) CSS
4 1 (0.25%) HTML
4 1 (0.25%) Node.js
4 1 (0.25%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 63 (15.83%) Management Information System
2 61 (15.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 43 (10.80%) Data Centre
4 23 (5.78%) Self-Motivation
5 16 (4.02%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (3.27%) Driving Licence
7 10 (2.51%) Replication
8 7 (1.76%) Enterprise Storage
9 5 (1.26%) Computer Science
10 4 (1.01%) EMC VNX
11 3 (0.75%) Video Conferencing
12 2 (0.50%) PKI
12 2 (0.50%) Public Cloud
12 2 (0.50%) Virtual Team
13 1 (0.25%) Clustering
13 1 (0.25%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 1 (0.25%) Enterprise Cloud
13 1 (0.25%) Handset
13 1 (0.25%) Life Science
13 1 (0.25%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 206 (51.76%) Windows
2 103 (25.88%) Linux
3 90 (22.61%) Windows Server
4 64 (16.08%) Windows Server 2012
5 60 (15.08%) Windows Server 2008
6 43 (10.80%) Windows 7
7 37 (9.30%) Windows 10
8 16 (4.02%) Windows 8
9 6 (1.51%) Mac OS X
9 6 (1.51%) Windows Server 2003
10 4 (1.01%) Android
11 3 (0.75%) DC/OS
11 3 (0.75%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.50%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.25%) Debian
13 1 (0.25%) Fedora
13 1 (0.25%) SUSE
13 1 (0.25%) Unix
13 1 (0.25%) Windows Vista
13 1 (0.25%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (24.12%) ITIL
2 81 (20.35%) Disaster Recovery
3 69 (17.34%) Information Security
4 68 (17.09%) Mentoring
5 66 (16.58%) Business Continuity
5 66 (16.58%) Penetration Testing
6 65 (16.33%) Vulnerability Management
6 65 (16.33%) Web Development
7 63 (15.83%) Data Protection
8 62 (15.58%) Risk Analysis
8 62 (15.58%) Threat Analysis
9 61 (15.33%) Due Diligence
9 61 (15.33%) Scenario Testing
9 61 (15.33%) SIEM
10 51 (12.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 47 (11.81%) Incident Management
12 44 (11.06%) Problem Management
13 43 (10.80%) Service Management
14 38 (9.55%) IT Strategy
15 34 (8.54%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 87 (21.86%) SQL
2 17 (4.27%) PowerShell
3 11 (2.76%) PHP
4 10 (2.51%) Python
5 6 (1.51%) Perl
6 5 (1.26%) T-SQL
7 4 (1.01%) C
8 3 (0.75%) Bash Shell
8 3 (0.75%) C#
8 3 (0.75%) Java
9 2 (0.50%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.25%) Apple Swift
10 1 (0.25%) Go
Qualifications
1 125 (31.41%) Cisco Certification
2 100 (25.13%) CCNA
3 66 (16.58%) CISSP
4 65 (16.33%) CREST Certified
4 65 (16.33%) SANS
5 64 (16.08%) CCNP
6 31 (7.79%) Network+ Certification
7 26 (6.53%) Microsoft Certification
8 23 (5.78%) Degree
9 18 (4.52%) MCP
10 16 (4.02%) ITIL Certification
11 14 (3.52%) CCIE
11 14 (3.52%) MCSE
12 10 (2.51%) MCSA
12 10 (2.51%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 9 (2.26%) Security Cleared
14 8 (2.01%) CCDP
14 8 (2.01%) SC Cleared
15 5 (1.26%) CCENT
15 5 (1.26%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (19.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 76 (19.10%) PCI DSS
3 69 (17.34%) GDPR
4 27 (6.78%) SLA
5 13 (3.27%) PMO
6 5 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.50%) QA
9 1 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 135 (33.92%) VMware Infrastructure
2 95 (23.87%) Active Directory
3 42 (10.55%) Hyper-V
4 21 (5.28%) Virtual Servers
5 14 (3.52%) VMware ESXi
6 11 (2.76%) vSphere
7 10 (2.51%) XenApp
8 9 (2.26%) Terminal Services
9 5 (1.26%) Terminal Server
9 5 (1.26%) XenDesktop
10 4 (1.01%) Docker
10 4 (1.01%) ProxySG
11 2 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
11 2 (0.50%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.50%) Xen
12 1 (0.25%) Firmware
12 1 (0.25%) Kamailio
12 1 (0.25%) NFS
12 1 (0.25%) vCloud
12 1 (0.25%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 25 (6.28%) SCCM
2 14 (3.52%) Stealthwatch
3 12 (3.02%) FortiGate
4 9 (2.26%) Backup Exec
4 9 (2.26%) vCenter Server
5 8 (2.01%) Nagios
5 8 (2.01%) SCOM
6 6 (1.51%) Failover Clustering
7 5 (1.26%) Cacti
7 5 (1.26%) Opscode Chef
7 5 (1.26%) Puppet
7 5 (1.26%) SmoothWall
8 4 (1.01%) OpenNMS
8 4 (1.01%) vRealize
9 3 (0.75%) Ansible
9 3 (0.75%) DameWare
9 3 (0.75%) SCOrch
9 3 (0.75%) WSUS
10 2 (0.50%) Mesos
10 2 (0.50%) RANCID
Vendors
1 206 (51.76%) VMware
2 158 (39.70%) Microsoft
3 58 (14.57%) Citrix
3 58 (14.57%) Fortinet
3 58 (14.57%) Juniper
4 37 (9.30%) Huawei
5 30 (7.54%) Meraki
6 28 (7.04%) HP
7 27 (6.78%) NetApp
8 25 (6.28%) Veeam
9 23 (5.78%) CheckPoint
9 23 (5.78%) Palo Alto
10 16 (4.02%) Nimble Storage
11 15 (3.77%) Aruba
11 15 (3.77%) Dell
11 15 (3.77%) F5
11 15 (3.77%) IronPort
12 11 (2.76%) Apple
12 11 (2.76%) EMC
12 11 (2.76%) Ericsson