Cisco Job Trends in the Midlands

Cisco
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 17 May 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
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 59 87
Rank change year-on-year -45 +28 +37
Permanent jobs citing Cisco 198 236 326
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.51% 4.57% 2.75%
As % of the Vendors category 6.82% 9.98% 7.77%
Number of salaries quoted 106 153 262
10th Percentile £35,875 £26,950 £30,000
25th Percentile £44,375 £33,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,784 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.57% +11.11% -1.12%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £58,438
90th Percentile £71,250 £67,500 £68,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £52,692 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.87% +5.38% -

All Vendors
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 2,904 2,364 4,198
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 22.15% 45.76% 35.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,526 1,346 3,186
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £65,640 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £72,500
England median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.82% +10.00% -12.76%

Cisco
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Cisco job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Cisco
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Cisco.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Cisco

Cisco
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco in the Midlands over the 6 months to 17 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Cisco in the Midlands

Cisco
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 17 May 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
West Midlands -51 131 £57,500 +10.91% 43
East Midlands -19 66 £45,000 +28.57% 20
Cisco
England

Cisco
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 9 (4.55%) SharePoint
2 7 (3.54%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.01%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (2.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 117 (59.09%) Azure
2 23 (11.62%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (10.10%) AWS
4 17 (8.59%) Entra ID
5 15 (7.58%) Azure Sentinel
6 8 (4.04%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (1.01%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.51%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (0.51%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.51%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.51%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.51%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 62 (31.31%) WAN
2 47 (23.74%) Firewall
3 34 (17.17%) LAN
3 34 (17.17%) SD-WAN
4 28 (14.14%) VPN
5 22 (11.11%) VLAN
6 16 (8.08%) Wireless
7 14 (7.07%) Network Security
7 14 (7.07%) Wi-Fi
8 12 (6.06%) BGP
8 12 (6.06%) Cisco ASA
9 10 (5.05%) DNS
9 10 (5.05%) EIGRP
9 10 (5.05%) OSPF
10 9 (4.55%) DHCP
11 6 (3.03%) Wireshark
12 5 (2.53%) Cisco ISE
12 5 (2.53%) Intrusion Detection
13 4 (2.02%) TCP/IP
13 4 (2.02%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.04%) GIS
Development Applications
1 6 (3.03%) JIRA
2 4 (2.02%) Burp Suite
2 4 (2.02%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.51%) Git
General
1 94 (47.47%) Social Skills
2 13 (6.57%) Law
2 13 (6.57%) Public Sector
3 12 (6.06%) Organisational Skills
4 9 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (4.55%) Telecoms
5 8 (4.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (3.54%) Retail
7 6 (3.03%) Finance
8 4 (2.02%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (2.02%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.01%) Automotive
9 2 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 107 (54.04%) Network Engineer
2 21 (10.61%) Senior
3 19 (9.60%) Support Engineer
4 14 (7.07%) Senior Network Engineer
4 14 (7.07%) Technical Engineer
4 14 (7.07%) Technical Support
4 14 (7.07%) Technical Support Engineer
5 10 (5.05%) Architect
5 10 (5.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 9 (4.55%) Technical Manager
7 8 (4.04%) Digital Architect
7 8 (4.04%) IT Engineer
7 8 (4.04%) IT Support
8 6 (3.03%) Firewall Specialist
8 6 (3.03%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
8 6 (3.03%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (3.03%) Operations Engineer
8 6 (3.03%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 6 (3.03%) Senior Technical Specialist
8 6 (3.03%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.01%) Middleware
2 1 (0.51%) Jinja
2 1 (0.51%) NETCONF
2 1 (0.51%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 18 (9.09%) Data Centre
2 14 (7.07%) Driving Licence
3 9 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (3.03%) Security Posture
5 5 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (2.02%) CCTV
6 4 (2.02%) Insider Threat
7 3 (1.52%) Social Media
8 2 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.51%) EPoS
9 1 (0.51%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.51%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.51%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.51%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 23 (11.62%) Windows
2 3 (1.52%) Linux
3 1 (0.51%) Solaris
3 1 (0.51%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.51%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (16.16%) Continuous Improvement
2 30 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
3 28 (14.14%) ITIL
4 26 (13.13%) Network Monitoring
5 21 (10.61%) Service Management
6 19 (9.60%) ITSM
7 15 (7.58%) Disaster Recovery
7 15 (7.58%) Proactive Monitoring
8 14 (7.07%) SIEM
9 13 (6.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 13 (6.57%) Network Design
9 13 (6.57%) Service Delivery
10 12 (6.06%) Supplier Management
11 11 (5.56%) Migration
12 10 (5.05%) Root Cause Analysis
12 10 (5.05%) Technical Leadership
13 9 (4.55%) CRM
13 9 (4.55%) High Availability
14 8 (4.04%) Logistics
14 8 (4.04%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 7 (3.54%) PowerShell
1 7 (3.54%) Python
2 1 (0.51%) SQL
Qualifications
1 89 (44.95%) Cisco Certification
2 75 (37.88%) CCNA
3 67 (33.84%) Azure Certification
3 67 (33.84%) Network+ Certification
4 37 (18.69%) Degree
5 28 (14.14%) Security Cleared
6 25 (12.63%) SC Cleared
7 17 (8.59%) CCNP
8 11 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (4.04%) DBS Check
10 7 (3.54%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (3.03%) CISSP
12 5 (2.53%) CompTIA Security+
12 5 (2.53%) CTC Cleared
13 4 (2.02%) CREST Certified
13 4 (2.02%) GPEN
13 4 (2.02%) MCSE
13 4 (2.02%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 4 (2.02%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.58%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 14 (7.07%) SLA
3 7 (3.54%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (3.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (3.54%) QA
4 6 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 5 (2.53%) ISO 9001
6 4 (2.02%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (1.01%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 24 (12.12%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (7.07%) Active Directory
3 4 (2.02%) Firmware
4 1 (0.51%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 8 (4.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (2.02%) Nmap
3 2 (1.01%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (1.01%) Nagios
Vendors
1 100 (50.51%) Microsoft
2 66 (33.33%) ForeScout
3 27 (13.64%) Meraki
4 25 (12.63%) VMware
5 20 (10.10%) Juniper
6 17 (8.59%) SolarWinds
7 16 (8.08%) Dell
7 16 (8.08%) Zscaler
8 14 (7.07%) Avaya
8 14 (7.07%) McAfee
9 9 (4.55%) Fortinet
10 8 (4.04%) HP
11 3 (1.52%) Aruba
11 3 (1.52%) Palo Alto
12 2 (1.01%) CheckPoint
12 2 (1.01%) Epicor
12 2 (1.01%) Google
12 2 (1.01%) TP-LINK
13 1 (0.51%) F5
13 1 (0.51%) ServiceNow