Cisco Jobs 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 11 May 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
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 83 71 120
Rank change year-on-year -12 +49 -36
Permanent jobs citing Cisco 87 183 134
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 3.83% 3.52% 2.74%
As % of the Vendors category 9.49% 10.25% 6.02%
Number of salaries quoted 30 164 109
10th Percentile £31,600 £35,750 £34,250
25th Percentile £40,500 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% - +19.05%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £73,000
North West median annual salary £52,500 £48,500 £46,500
% change year-on-year +8.25% +4.30% +3.33%

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 917 1,785 2,226
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 40.36% 34.36% 45.54%
Number of salaries quoted 518 1,316 1,114
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,000 £30,250
25th Percentile £38,500 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,778 £68,750
90th Percentile £93,778 £82,500 £81,250
North West median annual salary £50,055 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.38% -5.00% +5.26%

Cisco
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Cisco in Manchester

Cisco
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cisco in Manchester.

Salary trend for Cisco in Manchester

Cisco
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco in Manchester over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

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 11 May 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
Bolton -11 3 £34,000 -24.44% 10
Wigan - 3 £41,000 - 1
Cheadle +3 1 - -
Bury -5 1 - - 3
Altrincham - 1 - - 3
Ashton-under-Lyne - 1 - - 3
Dukinfield - 1 - -
Heywood - 1 - -
Oldham - 1 - -
Sale - 1 - -
Stalybridge - 1 - -
Stockport - 1 - - 6
Cisco
North West

Cisco
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 9 (10.34%) Skype for Business
2 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.15%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 16 (18.39%) Azure
2 14 (16.09%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (4.60%) AWS
3 4 (4.60%) Nutanix
4 2 (2.30%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.15%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 26 (29.89%) VPN
2 24 (27.59%) Firewall
3 22 (25.29%) Cisco IOS
4 16 (18.39%) WAN
5 14 (16.09%) LAN
6 13 (14.94%) Wireless
7 11 (12.64%) Unified Communications
8 9 (10.34%) Skype
9 8 (9.20%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (6.90%) DNS
10 6 (6.90%) SD-WAN
11 5 (5.75%) Cisco Firepower
11 5 (5.75%) IPsec
11 5 (5.75%) Network Security
12 4 (4.60%) BGP
12 4 (4.60%) Cisco ASA
12 4 (4.60%) EIGRP
12 4 (4.60%) HTTP
12 4 (4.60%) OSPF
12 4 (4.60%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.15%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (4.60%) Git
1 4 (4.60%) JIRA
General
1 40 (45.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 23 (26.44%) Social Skills
3 20 (22.99%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (13.79%) Legal
5 10 (11.49%) Law
6 3 (3.45%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.30%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.30%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.30%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.15%) Finance
8 1 (1.15%) Marketing
8 1 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (19.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 12 (13.79%) Cisco Specialist
3 9 (10.34%) Architect
3 9 (10.34%) Collaboration Specialist
3 9 (10.34%) Network Engineer
4 7 (8.05%) Azure Specialist
4 7 (8.05%) Cloud Specialist
4 7 (8.05%) Infrastructure Specialist
5 6 (6.90%) Consultant
5 6 (6.90%) Network Architect
6 4 (4.60%) IT Support
6 4 (4.60%) Senior
7 3 (3.45%) Administrator
7 3 (3.45%) Cloud Infrastructure Manager
7 3 (3.45%) Infrastructure Manager
7 3 (3.45%) Junior
7 3 (3.45%) Network Consultant
7 3 (3.45%) Presales Consultant
7 3 (3.45%) Systems Administrator
8 2 (2.30%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (19.54%) Elastic Stack
2 4 (4.60%) LDAP
3 2 (2.30%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 17 (19.54%) Cyberattack
2 10 (11.49%) Enterprise Cloud
3 9 (10.34%) Digital Signage
3 9 (10.34%) Video Conferencing
4 4 (4.60%) Anti-Spyware
5 2 (2.30%) CCTV
5 2 (2.30%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.30%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.30%) Social Media
6 1 (1.15%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 25 (28.74%) Windows
2 21 (24.14%) Android
3 17 (19.54%) Linux
4 3 (3.45%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.15%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.15%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (29.89%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (20.69%) Risk Management
2 18 (20.69%) Storage Management
2 18 (20.69%) Task Automation
3 17 (19.54%) DevOps
3 17 (19.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 17 (19.54%) ITIL
3 17 (19.54%) Line Management
3 17 (19.54%) Mathematics
3 17 (19.54%) Platform Engineering
4 12 (13.79%) Customer Engagement
5 10 (11.49%) User Experience
6 9 (10.34%) Mentoring
7 8 (9.20%) Presales
7 8 (9.20%) Roadmaps
8 7 (8.05%) Capacity Planning
8 7 (8.05%) Coaching
8 7 (8.05%) Customer Service
9 6 (6.90%) Information Security
10 5 (5.75%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 18 (20.69%) PowerShell
2 17 (19.54%) Bash
2 17 (19.54%) Python
3 2 (2.30%) PHP
Qualifications
1 11 (12.64%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (9.20%) CCNP
2 8 (9.20%) Degree
3 7 (8.05%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (6.90%) CCNA
5 4 (4.60%) CCIE
6 3 (3.45%) JNCIA
6 3 (3.45%) SC Cleared
6 3 (3.45%) Security Cleared
7 2 (2.30%) Chartered Engineer
7 2 (2.30%) CISSP
7 2 (2.30%) DBS Check
8 1 (1.15%) CCSA
8 1 (1.15%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (12.64%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (2.30%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.15%) GDPR
System Software
1 18 (20.69%) Hyper-V
2 17 (19.54%) Docker
2 17 (19.54%) VMware NSX
2 17 (19.54%) vSphere
3 10 (11.49%) Active Directory
4 6 (6.90%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (1.15%) Firmware
5 1 (1.15%) RHEV
5 1 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 21 (24.14%) Ansible
2 17 (19.54%) Terraform
3 4 (4.60%) Jamf Pro
3 4 (4.60%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (3.45%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (2.30%) Cisco CUCM
5 2 (2.30%) SCCM
6 1 (1.15%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 26 (29.89%) Juniper
2 18 (20.69%) Microsoft
3 17 (19.54%) 3PAR
3 17 (19.54%) Splunk
4 9 (10.34%) Aruba
4 9 (10.34%) Fortinet
4 9 (10.34%) Mitel
4 9 (10.34%) Polycom
4 9 (10.34%) ShoreTel
5 7 (8.05%) Palo Alto
5 7 (8.05%) VMware
6 5 (5.75%) CheckPoint
6 5 (5.75%) Meraki
7 4 (4.60%) Okta
7 4 (4.60%) Perforce
7 4 (4.60%) ServiceNow
8 1 (1.15%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (1.15%) ESET
8 1 (1.15%) Netskope
8 1 (1.15%) Zscaler