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 14 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
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 92 100
Rank change year-on-year +19 +8 -59
Permanent jobs citing Cisco 238 328 294
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 3.41% 2.76% 3.17%
As % of the Vendors category 10.34% 7.72% 7.12%
Number of salaries quoted 155 265 163
10th Percentile £29,850 £30,000 £33,800
25th Percentile £35,875 £35,000 £38,276
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £58,750 £55,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £68,500
England median annual salary £53,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.00% - -

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 2,301 4,251 4,131
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 33.01% 35.82% 44.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1,360 3,191 2,196
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -12.28% +3.64%

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

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Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco in the Midlands over the 6 months to 14 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 14 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 +18 188 £51,887 +15.30% 73
East Midlands +8 50 £36,250 -18.03% 38
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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 17 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (3.78%) Skype for Business
3 3 (1.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (6.72%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.84%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.42%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 60 (25.21%) Azure
2 43 (18.07%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (6.72%) AWS
4 15 (6.30%) Azure Sentinel
5 14 (5.88%) Google Workspace
6 4 (1.68%) Cloudflare
7 2 (0.84%) Entra ID
7 2 (0.84%) OneDrive
7 2 (0.84%) SaaS
8 1 (0.42%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (0.42%) IaaS
8 1 (0.42%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.42%) Nutanix
8 1 (0.42%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 102 (42.86%) WAN
2 80 (33.61%) Firewall
3 54 (22.69%) LAN
4 46 (19.33%) Network Security
5 42 (17.65%) WLAN
6 37 (15.55%) SD-WAN
7 36 (15.13%) VLAN
8 31 (13.03%) BGP
8 31 (13.03%) VPN
9 28 (11.76%) Internet
10 27 (11.34%) DNS
11 22 (9.24%) DHCP
11 22 (9.24%) MPLS
12 21 (8.82%) Cisco IOS
13 20 (8.40%) TCP/IP
14 18 (7.56%) Cisco Firepower
15 17 (7.14%) OSPF
16 16 (6.72%) IPsec
17 15 (6.30%) Wireless
18 14 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.42%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.42%) GitLab
1 1 (0.42%) Robot Framework
General
1 55 (23.11%) Social Skills
2 30 (12.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 16 (6.72%) Retail
4 15 (6.30%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (5.88%) Automotive
5 14 (5.88%) Finance
6 5 (2.10%) Public Sector
7 4 (1.68%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.26%) Police
9 2 (0.84%) Advertising
9 2 (0.84%) Legal
9 2 (0.84%) Marketing
10 1 (0.42%) Billing
10 1 (0.42%) Electronics
10 1 (0.42%) German Language
10 1 (0.42%) Law
10 1 (0.42%) Local Government
10 1 (0.42%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 63 (26.47%) Support Engineer
2 48 (20.17%) Architect
3 47 (19.75%) IT Engineer
3 47 (19.75%) Network Architect
4 46 (19.33%) IT Support
5 33 (13.87%) Network Engineer
6 29 (12.18%) IT Support Engineer
7 23 (9.66%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 21 (8.82%) 3rd Line Support
8 21 (8.82%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 20 (8.40%) Designer
9 20 (8.40%) Network Designer
10 19 (7.98%) 2nd Line Support
11 15 (6.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 14 (5.88%) Systems Engineer
13 13 (5.46%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
13 13 (5.46%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
13 13 (5.46%) Senior
14 11 (4.62%) Cisco Engineer
15 10 (4.20%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.36%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (0.42%) Jinja
2 1 (0.42%) OpenConfig
2 1 (0.42%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 33 (13.87%) Driving Licence
2 16 (6.72%) Onboarding
3 15 (6.30%) Management Information System
4 14 (5.88%) Smartphone
5 11 (4.62%) Data Centre
6 10 (4.20%) Video Conferencing
7 9 (3.78%) Digital Signage
8 8 (3.36%) Cyberattack
9 2 (0.84%) CCTV
9 2 (0.84%) NHS
9 2 (0.84%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.42%) Client/Server
10 1 (0.42%) PKI
10 1 (0.42%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 107 (44.96%) Windows
2 60 (25.21%) Linux
3 41 (17.23%) Windows Server
4 33 (13.87%) Windows Server 2016
4 33 (13.87%) Windows Server 2019
5 17 (7.14%) Windows 10
6 15 (6.30%) Ubuntu
7 14 (5.88%) Mac OS
7 14 (5.88%) Mac OS X
8 8 (3.36%) Android
9 4 (1.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.42%) CentOS
10 1 (0.42%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 66 (27.73%) Network Management
3 46 (19.33%) Mentoring
4 44 (18.49%) ITIL
5 42 (17.65%) Computer Science
6 31 (13.03%) Asset Management
6 31 (13.03%) Network Design
7 27 (11.34%) IT Asset Management
8 25 (10.50%) Cybersecurity
9 19 (7.98%) Network Monitoring
10 17 (7.14%) Customer Service
11 16 (6.72%) Infrastructure Management
11 16 (6.72%) Technical Leadership
12 15 (6.30%) Continuous Improvement
12 15 (6.30%) Data Security
12 15 (6.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 14 (5.88%) Business Case
13 14 (5.88%) Performance Tuning
13 14 (5.88%) Systems Engineering
14 13 (5.46%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 41 (17.23%) PowerShell
2 15 (6.30%) SQL
3 9 (3.78%) Python
4 8 (3.36%) Bash
5 2 (0.84%) PHP
Qualifications
1 86 (36.13%) Security Cleared
2 73 (30.67%) SC Cleared
3 66 (27.73%) Cisco Certification
4 60 (25.21%) CCNP
5 52 (21.85%) Degree
6 51 (21.43%) CCNA
7 42 (17.65%) Computer Science Degree
7 42 (17.65%) Microsoft Certification
8 41 (17.23%) MCSE
9 27 (11.34%) LPIC
9 27 (11.34%) MCP
10 17 (7.14%) JNCIS
11 14 (5.88%) HNC
11 14 (5.88%) HND
12 11 (4.62%) CCIE
13 5 (2.10%) Network+ Certification
14 4 (1.68%) CISA
14 4 (1.68%) CISM
14 4 (1.68%) CISSP
14 4 (1.68%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (9.24%) SLA
2 6 (2.52%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 4 (1.68%) QA
4 3 (1.26%) GRC
4 3 (1.26%) JSP 440
4 3 (1.26%) NCSC
5 2 (0.84%) ISO 9000
5 2 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.42%) GDPR
6 1 (0.42%) NIST
System Software
1 62 (26.05%) Active Directory
2 32 (13.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (6.30%) Hyper-V
3 15 (6.30%) XenApp
4 8 (3.36%) Docker
4 8 (3.36%) VMware NSX
4 8 (3.36%) vSphere
5 3 (1.26%) Firmware
5 3 (1.26%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.42%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 19 (7.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (5.04%) Ansible
3 8 (3.36%) Terraform
4 7 (2.94%) FortiGate
5 4 (1.68%) SCCM
6 3 (1.26%) Nessus
7 2 (0.84%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.42%) Autotask
8 1 (0.42%) Nagios
8 1 (0.42%) WSUS
Vendors
1 87 (36.55%) Juniper
2 77 (32.35%) Microsoft
3 42 (17.65%) VMware
4 34 (14.29%) Fortinet
5 32 (13.45%) Meraki
6 22 (9.24%) Dell
7 20 (8.40%) CheckPoint
8 17 (7.14%) Citrix
9 16 (6.72%) SolarWinds
10 15 (6.30%) SonicWALL
11 14 (5.88%) Apple
11 14 (5.88%) Google
11 14 (5.88%) HP
11 14 (5.88%) Palo Alto
11 14 (5.88%) Ubiquiti
12 13 (5.46%) Aruba
13 11 (4.62%) SevOne
14 10 (4.20%) Mitel
15 9 (3.78%) Polycom
15 9 (3.78%) ShoreTel