Cisco Job Trends in the North West

Cisco
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 January 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
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 99 80
Rank change year-on-year +3 -19 +30
Permanent jobs citing Cisco 95 114 133
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 1.49% 2.26% 2.97%
As % of the Vendors category 5.86% 6.25% 9.04%
Number of salaries quoted 49 88 122
10th Percentile £35,447 £32,350 £31,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £61,250 £57,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £65,750 £63,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -

All Vendors
North West

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 North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,622 1,824 1,471
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 25.46% 36.09% 32.85%
Number of salaries quoted 1,024 905 1,240
10th Percentile £25,913 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £66,778
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,000 £84,056
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -4.35%

Cisco
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Cisco job vacancy trend in the North West

Cisco
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Cisco.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Cisco

Cisco
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco in the North West over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Cisco in the North West

Cisco
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco within the North West region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Manchester +34 65 £47,500 +11.76% 24
Lancashire +7 20 £50,000 -5.66% 18
Cheshire -44 5 £62,500 +31.58% 3
Cumbria +11 4 £57,500 +6.48% 7
Merseyside -5 1 £65,000 -18.75% 4
Cisco
England

Cisco
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 2 (2.11%) FactoryTalk
1 2 (2.11%) SharePoint
1 2 (2.11%) WinCC
2 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (2.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (10.53%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (8.42%) Azure
3 3 (3.16%) AWS
3 3 (3.16%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.11%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 28 (29.47%) Firewall
2 27 (28.42%) LAN
2 27 (28.42%) WAN
3 16 (16.84%) WebEx
4 15 (15.79%) VoIP
5 14 (14.74%) Telepresence
5 14 (14.74%) Unified Communications
6 5 (5.26%) SD-WAN
7 4 (4.21%) Cisco ISE
8 3 (3.16%) BGP
8 3 (3.16%) Cisco ASA
8 3 (3.16%) Cisco Firepower
8 3 (3.16%) EIGRP
8 3 (3.16%) HSRP
8 3 (3.16%) IPsec
8 3 (3.16%) OSPF
8 3 (3.16%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (2.11%) Ethernet
9 2 (2.11%) Network Security
9 2 (2.11%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.11%) Metadata
1 2 (2.11%) SQL Server
General
1 35 (36.84%) Social Skills
2 30 (31.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 20 (21.05%) Finance
4 19 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
5 15 (15.79%) Telecoms
6 9 (9.47%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (3.16%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (3.16%) Law
7 3 (3.16%) Manufacturing
7 3 (3.16%) Marketing
8 2 (2.11%) Legal
8 2 (2.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 18 (18.95%) Cisco Engineer
1 18 (18.95%) Firewall Engineer
1 18 (18.95%) Juniper Engineer
1 18 (18.95%) LAN Engineer
1 18 (18.95%) LAN/WAN Engineer
1 18 (18.95%) Presales Engineer
1 18 (18.95%) WAN Engineer
2 14 (14.74%) Support Engineer
2 14 (14.74%) Voice Engineer
2 14 (14.74%) Voice Support Engineer
3 13 (13.68%) Analyst
4 12 (12.63%) Network Engineer
4 12 (12.63%) Project Manager
5 11 (11.58%) Business Analyst
6 7 (7.37%) Senior
6 7 (7.37%) Senior Network Engineer
6 7 (7.37%) Technical Manager
7 6 (6.32%) IT Manager
8 5 (5.26%) Help Desk Manager
8 5 (5.26%) Infrastructure Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.21%) Social Media
2 2 (2.11%) e-Learning
2 2 (2.11%) iPhone
2 2 (2.11%) Operational Technology
2 2 (2.11%) SCADA
2 2 (2.11%) Security Posture
3 1 (1.05%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.05%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (13.68%) Windows
2 7 (7.37%) Windows Server
3 5 (5.26%) Linux
4 3 (3.16%) Windows 10
5 2 (2.11%) Android
6 1 (1.05%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (29.47%) Coaching
2 23 (24.21%) Analytics
2 23 (24.21%) Mentoring
2 23 (24.21%) Software Engineering
3 22 (23.16%) AI
4 19 (20.00%) Presales
4 19 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (15.79%) Root Cause Analysis
6 14 (14.74%) Network Management
7 9 (9.47%) Customer Experience
8 7 (7.37%) ITIL
9 6 (6.32%) Patch Management
9 6 (6.32%) Server Management
10 5 (5.26%) CRM
10 5 (5.26%) Customer Service
10 5 (5.26%) People Management
10 5 (5.26%) Process Improvement
10 5 (5.26%) Regulatory Compliance
10 5 (5.26%) Service Delivery
11 4 (4.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.21%) SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (26.32%) CCNA
1 25 (26.32%) Cisco Certification
2 18 (18.95%) JNCIA
3 9 (9.47%) DBS Check
4 7 (7.37%) Degree
5 4 (4.21%) CCNP
6 3 (3.16%) Azure Certification
6 3 (3.16%) CCIE
6 3 (3.16%) SC Cleared
6 3 (3.16%) Security Cleared
7 1 (1.05%) MCSA
7 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 13 (13.68%) Active Directory
2 5 (5.26%) Firmware
3 2 (2.11%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.05%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 14 (14.74%) Cisco CUCM
2 5 (5.26%) Jamf Pro
2 5 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (2.11%) AssetCenter
3 2 (2.11%) SCCM
3 2 (2.11%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 33 (34.74%) Microsoft
2 23 (24.21%) Salesforce
3 21 (22.11%) Fortinet
4 20 (21.05%) Aruba
4 20 (21.05%) Juniper
5 14 (14.74%) Oracle
6 9 (9.47%) VMware
7 8 (8.42%) Palo Alto
8 6 (6.32%) Meraki
9 3 (3.16%) CheckPoint
9 3 (3.16%) Dell
10 2 (2.11%) Extreme Networks
10 2 (2.11%) iManage
10 2 (2.11%) Kepware
10 2 (2.11%) Rockwell
10 2 (2.11%) ServiceNow
10 2 (2.11%) Siemens
10 2 (2.11%) Veeam
10 2 (2.11%) Zerto
11 1 (1.05%) Ubiquiti