Cisco Job Trends in Scotland

Cisco
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 9 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
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 118 205
Rank change year-on-year +58 +87 -84
Permanent jobs citing Cisco 89 13 76
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 2.71% 0.67% 1.20%
As % of the Vendors category 8.86% 1.95% 3.61%
Number of salaries quoted 27 8 62
10th Percentile £27,500 £34,750 £29,225
25th Percentile £36,625 £43,750 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £61,250 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year -34.69% +40.00% +16.67%
75th Percentile £60,625 £74,250 £52,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £58,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.43% +6.00% -

All Vendors
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,004 665 2,103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 30.52% 34.09% 33.21%
Number of salaries quoted 309 327 757
10th Percentile £25,675 £25,500 £24,875
25th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £74,674 £71,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,750 £93,778 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -13.04%

Cisco
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Cisco job vacancy trend in Scotland

Cisco
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Cisco.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Cisco

Cisco
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco in Scotland over the 6 months to 9 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Cisco in Scotland

Cisco
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 9 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
Glasgow -4 19 £60,000 -11.11% 7
Edinburgh +17 17 £38,000 -25.85% 16
South Lanarkshire - 9 £28,000 - 2
North Lanarkshire - 8 - -
Renfrewshire - 7 £42,500 -
Aberdeen -11 6 - - 3
Dundee - 6 - - 2
Highlands - 4 £36,000 -
North Ayrshire - 2 - -
East Ayrshire - 2 - -
West Dunbartonshire - 2 - -
Stirling - 2 - -
Ayrshire - 2 - -
Lanarkshire - 2 - - 3
Cisco
UK

Cisco
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Applications
1 37 (41.57%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 53 (59.55%) Microsoft 365
2 35 (39.33%) Entra ID
3 34 (38.20%) Azure
4 2 (2.25%) Azure AKS
4 2 (2.25%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (2.25%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (1.12%) AWS
5 1 (1.12%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 15 (16.85%) Firewall
2 9 (10.11%) WAN
3 8 (8.99%) DNS
4 6 (6.74%) DHCP
4 6 (6.74%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (6.74%) Wireless
5 5 (5.62%) LAN
5 5 (5.62%) Network Security
5 5 (5.62%) SD-WAN
5 5 (5.62%) VoIP
6 4 (4.49%) VPN
7 3 (3.37%) Cisco Wireless
8 2 (2.25%) BGP
8 2 (2.25%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (2.25%) MPLS
8 2 (2.25%) VLAN
9 1 (1.12%) BIG-IP
9 1 (1.12%) EIGRP
9 1 (1.12%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (1.12%) OSPF
Development Applications
1 5 (5.62%) JIRA
General
1 63 (70.79%) Social Skills
2 35 (39.33%) Back Office
3 8 (8.99%) Manufacturing
4 3 (3.37%) Retail
5 2 (2.25%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.12%) Finance
6 1 (1.12%) Legal
Job Titles
1 40 (44.94%) Support Engineer
2 35 (39.33%) Desktop Engineer
2 35 (39.33%) Desktop Support
2 35 (39.33%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 32 (35.96%) Network Engineer
3 32 (35.96%) Site Engineer
4 6 (6.74%) 3rd Line Support
4 6 (6.74%) IT Engineer
5 5 (5.62%) IT Support
5 5 (5.62%) IT Support Engineer
6 4 (4.49%) Lead
6 4 (4.49%) Network Manager
7 2 (2.25%) Senior
8 1 (1.12%) Cloud Engineer
8 1 (1.12%) Cloud Network Engineer
8 1 (1.12%) Data Engineer
8 1 (1.12%) Network Operations Engineer
8 1 (1.12%) Operations Engineer
8 1 (1.12%) Project Engineer
8 1 (1.12%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.62%) FMCG
2 3 (3.37%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (2.25%) Cloud Native
3 2 (2.25%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.25%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.25%) Robotics
3 2 (2.25%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (1.12%) CCTV
4 1 (1.12%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.12%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.12%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 52 (58.43%) Windows
2 40 (44.94%) Windows 10
3 9 (10.11%) Windows Server
4 6 (6.74%) Linux
5 3 (3.37%) Ubuntu
6 1 (1.12%) CentOS
6 1 (1.12%) Rocky
6 1 (1.12%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (1.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (51.69%) ITIL
2 38 (42.70%) Continuous Improvement
3 37 (41.57%) Customer Service
3 37 (41.57%) Cybersecurity
3 37 (41.57%) Patch Management
4 35 (39.33%) Analytics
4 35 (39.33%) Customer Acquisition
4 35 (39.33%) Customer Experience
4 35 (39.33%) Software Deployment
4 35 (39.33%) Ticket Management
5 11 (12.36%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (10.11%) Mentoring
7 8 (8.99%) Change Management
7 8 (8.99%) Root Cause Analysis
8 5 (5.62%) Supply Chain Management
9 4 (4.49%) Logistics
9 4 (4.49%) Roadmaps
10 3 (3.37%) Incident Response
10 3 (3.37%) Network Segmentation
10 3 (3.37%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 9 (10.11%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.12%) Python
Qualifications
1 38 (42.70%) SC Cleared
1 38 (42.70%) Security Cleared
2 37 (41.57%) Degree
3 35 (39.33%) Cisco Certification
3 35 (39.33%) CTC Cleared
4 33 (37.08%) CCNA
5 29 (32.58%) Network+ Certification
6 24 (26.97%) Azure Certification
7 4 (4.49%) CCNP
8 2 (2.25%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (1.12%) CCIE
9 1 (1.12%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (1.12%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (44.94%) SLA
2 2 (2.25%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (2.25%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.12%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.12%) iptables
2 1 (1.12%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (1.12%) VMware NSX
2 1 (1.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (5.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.25%) Ansible
2 2 (2.25%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.12%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 68 (76.40%) Microsoft
2 24 (26.97%) ForeScout
3 3 (3.37%) Fortinet
3 3 (3.37%) Meraki
3 3 (3.37%) Palo Alto
4 2 (2.25%) Arista
4 2 (2.25%) CheckPoint
4 2 (2.25%) F5
4 2 (2.25%) Juniper
4 2 (2.25%) VMware
5 1 (1.12%) Aruba
5 1 (1.12%) Red Hat
5 1 (1.12%) SolarWinds