Cisco Jobs 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 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 87 110
Rank change year-on-year +34 +23 -69
Permanent jobs citing Cisco 311 332 283
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.48% 2.84% 2.96%
As % of the Vendors category 14.04% 7.76% 6.69%
Number of salaries quoted 158 270 154
10th Percentile £30,875 £30,000 £33,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £38,263
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,650 £45,000 £45,512
Median % change year-on-year +14.78% -1.12% +1.14%
75th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £54,688
90th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £71,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -

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 2,215 4,276 4,230
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 31.89% 36.63% 44.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1,388 3,219 2,208
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £36,594
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -10.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,125 £63,750
90th Percentile £72,875 £72,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £56,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -11.50% +2.73%

Cisco
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Cisco in the Midlands

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Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Cisco in the Midlands

Cisco
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cisco in the Midlands

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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 1 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
West Midlands +33 249 £52,500 +16.67% 38
East Midlands +36 62 £37,500 -15.21% 24
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 16 (5.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (2.89%) Skype for Business
3 2 (0.64%) SharePoint
Applications
1 18 (5.79%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (4.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.96%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 57 (18.33%) Azure
2 40 (12.86%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (8.04%) AWS
4 15 (4.82%) Azure Sentinel
4 15 (4.82%) Google Workspace
5 4 (1.29%) Cloudflare
6 2 (0.64%) Entra ID
6 2 (0.64%) OneDrive
6 2 (0.64%) SaaS
7 1 (0.32%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (0.32%) IaaS
7 1 (0.32%) Mimecast
7 1 (0.32%) Nutanix
7 1 (0.32%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 114 (36.66%) Network Security
2 109 (35.05%) WLAN
3 100 (32.15%) WAN
4 95 (30.55%) Internet
5 81 (26.05%) Firewall
6 53 (17.04%) LAN
7 37 (11.90%) SD-WAN
8 36 (11.58%) VLAN
9 32 (10.29%) BGP
10 24 (7.72%) DNS
10 24 (7.72%) VPN
11 23 (7.40%) MPLS
12 22 (7.07%) DHCP
13 19 (6.11%) Cisco Firepower
13 19 (6.11%) TCP/IP
14 18 (5.79%) OSPF
14 18 (5.79%) Wi-Fi
15 17 (5.47%) IPsec
16 14 (4.50%) Junos
16 14 (4.50%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.32%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.32%) GitLab
1 1 (0.32%) Robot Framework
General
1 54 (17.36%) Social Skills
2 24 (7.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 17 (5.47%) Retail
4 15 (4.82%) Automotive
5 13 (4.18%) Finance
6 8 (2.57%) Public Sector
7 7 (2.25%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (1.29%) Police
8 4 (1.29%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.64%) Advertising
9 2 (0.64%) Legal
9 2 (0.64%) Marketing
10 1 (0.32%) Electronics
10 1 (0.32%) German Language
10 1 (0.32%) Law
10 1 (0.32%) Local Government
10 1 (0.32%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 125 (40.19%) Support Engineer
2 114 (36.66%) IT Support
3 111 (35.69%) IT Engineer
4 92 (29.58%) IT Support Engineer
5 54 (17.36%) Architect
6 53 (17.04%) Network Architect
7 35 (11.25%) Network Engineer
8 25 (8.04%) Designer
8 25 (8.04%) Network Designer
9 22 (7.07%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 20 (6.43%) 3rd Line Support
10 20 (6.43%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 16 (5.14%) 2nd Line Support
12 15 (4.82%) Systems Engineer
13 13 (4.18%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
13 13 (4.18%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
13 13 (4.18%) Senior
14 11 (3.54%) Cisco Engineer
15 10 (3.22%) Senior Network Engineer
16 9 (2.89%) Collaboration Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.32%) Jinja
1 1 (0.32%) OpenConfig
1 1 (0.32%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 96 (30.87%) Driving Licence
2 17 (5.47%) Management Information System
3 15 (4.82%) Onboarding
3 15 (4.82%) Smartphone
4 11 (3.54%) Data Centre
5 10 (3.22%) Video Conferencing
6 9 (2.89%) Digital Signage
7 2 (0.64%) CCTV
7 2 (0.64%) NHS
7 2 (0.64%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.32%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.32%) EMC VNX
8 1 (0.32%) PKI
8 1 (0.32%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.32%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 168 (54.02%) Windows
2 124 (39.87%) Linux
3 41 (13.18%) Windows Server
4 33 (10.61%) Windows Server 2016
4 33 (10.61%) Windows Server 2019
5 18 (5.79%) Windows 10
6 16 (5.14%) Ubuntu
7 15 (4.82%) Mac OS X
8 13 (4.18%) Mac OS
9 10 (3.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.32%) CentOS
10 1 (0.32%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (42.12%) Network Management
2 124 (39.87%) Problem-Solving
3 116 (37.30%) Mentoring
4 110 (35.37%) ITIL
5 107 (34.41%) Computer Science
6 96 (30.87%) Asset Management
7 92 (29.58%) IT Asset Management
8 31 (9.97%) Network Design
9 23 (7.40%) Cybersecurity
10 22 (7.07%) Customer Service
11 19 (6.11%) Network Monitoring
12 17 (5.47%) Systems Engineering
13 16 (5.14%) Technical Leadership
14 15 (4.82%) Business Case
14 15 (4.82%) Continuous Improvement
14 15 (4.82%) Infrastructure Management
14 15 (4.82%) Performance Tuning
15 14 (4.50%) Data Security
16 13 (4.18%) Service Delivery
17 11 (3.54%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 33 (10.61%) PowerShell
2 16 (5.14%) SQL
3 2 (0.64%) PHP
4 1 (0.32%) Bash
4 1 (0.32%) Python
Qualifications
1 141 (45.34%) Cisco Certification
2 129 (41.48%) CCNP
3 126 (40.51%) CCNA
4 119 (38.26%) Degree
5 108 (34.73%) Microsoft Certification
6 107 (34.41%) Computer Science Degree
6 107 (34.41%) MCSE
7 96 (30.87%) Security Cleared
8 92 (29.58%) LPIC
8 92 (29.58%) MCP
9 83 (26.69%) SC Cleared
10 18 (5.79%) JNCIS
11 15 (4.82%) HNC
11 15 (4.82%) HND
12 13 (4.18%) CCIE
13 11 (3.54%) Network+ Certification
14 8 (2.57%) A+ Certification
15 4 (1.29%) CISA
15 4 (1.29%) CISM
15 4 (1.29%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (6.75%) SLA
2 6 (1.93%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 4 (1.29%) QA
4 3 (0.96%) GRC
4 3 (0.96%) JSP 440
4 3 (0.96%) NCSC
5 2 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.32%) GDPR
6 1 (0.32%) ISO 9000
6 1 (0.32%) NIST
System Software
1 60 (19.29%) Active Directory
2 32 (10.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (4.50%) XenApp
4 6 (1.93%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.61%) Firmware
6 3 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.32%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.32%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 17 (5.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (2.25%) Ansible
2 7 (2.25%) FortiGate
3 3 (0.96%) Nessus
3 3 (0.96%) SCCM
4 2 (0.64%) Cisco CUCM
4 2 (0.64%) Terraform
5 1 (0.32%) WSUS
Vendors
1 146 (46.95%) Microsoft
2 89 (28.62%) Juniper
3 42 (13.50%) VMware
4 34 (10.93%) Fortinet
5 31 (9.97%) Meraki
6 23 (7.40%) Dell
7 19 (6.11%) CheckPoint
8 16 (5.14%) Citrix
9 15 (4.82%) Apple
9 15 (4.82%) Google
9 15 (4.82%) Palo Alto
9 15 (4.82%) SolarWinds
9 15 (4.82%) Ubiquiti
10 14 (4.50%) SonicWALL
11 13 (4.18%) Aruba
11 13 (4.18%) HP
12 11 (3.54%) SevOne
13 10 (3.22%) Mitel
13 10 (3.22%) Red Hat
14 9 (2.89%) Polycom