Cisco Job Trends in the South East

Cisco
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 March 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 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 45 78
Rank change year-on-year -64 +33 +23
Permanent jobs citing Cisco 198 373 494
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.62% 5.21% 3.46%
As % of the Vendors category 5.85% 13.44% 8.87%
Number of salaries quoted 152 319 449
10th Percentile £24,570 £36,250 £27,450
25th Percentile £35,563 £45,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £53,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% +8.16% +3.16%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £66,250 £70,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +10.00% -

All Vendors
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 3,382 2,775 5,567
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 27.66% 38.73% 39.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,975 1,665 4,328
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,125 £41,000 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +15.79% -5.00%
75th Percentile £63,625 £70,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £78,421 £82,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +15.00% -13.04%

Cisco
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Cisco job vacancy trend in the South East

Cisco
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Cisco.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Cisco

Cisco
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco in the South East over the 6 months to 14 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Cisco in the South East

Cisco
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco within the South East region over the 6 months to 14 March 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
Hampshire -27 99 £53,750 +1.42% 34
Thames Valley -37 53 £47,500 -17.39% 44
Berkshire -21 31 £47,500 -17.39% 20
Surrey -11 26 £57,500 +3.60% 4
Oxfordshire -7 14 £35,000 -41.67% 7
Kent -24 10 £50,000 +5.26% 4
Buckinghamshire -8 8 £51,000 +13.33% 17
East Sussex -5 6 £32,500 -40.91% 3
Sussex -9 2 £42,500 -
West Sussex -15 1 - - 3
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England

Cisco
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 10 (5.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.53%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.52%) IIS
4 1 (0.51%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (2.53%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.52%) InDesign
2 3 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 42 (21.21%) Azure
2 27 (13.64%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (8.08%) AWS
4 10 (5.05%) OpenShift
5 7 (3.54%) Entra ID
6 5 (2.53%) Apigee
6 5 (2.53%) Google Workspace
6 5 (2.53%) Kong
6 5 (2.53%) SaaS
7 3 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.52%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 3 (1.52%) IaaS
8 2 (1.01%) PaaS
9 1 (0.51%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.51%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.51%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 68 (34.34%) Firewall
2 40 (20.20%) BGP
3 37 (18.69%) WAN
4 36 (18.18%) LAN
5 35 (17.68%) VPN
6 25 (12.63%) Wireless
7 21 (10.61%) Cisco Firepower
8 19 (9.60%) MPLS
9 18 (9.09%) OSPF
9 18 (9.09%) VLAN
10 17 (8.59%) Cisco Nexus
11 16 (8.08%) Cisco ISE
12 15 (7.58%) Cisco IOS
12 15 (7.58%) Junos
13 14 (7.07%) Cisco ASA
14 13 (6.57%) SD-WAN
14 13 (6.57%) TCP/IP
15 12 (6.06%) VoIP
16 10 (5.05%) NX-OS
17 9 (4.55%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.53%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.01%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.51%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (5.05%) GitLab
2 5 (2.53%) Git
3 3 (1.52%) JIRA
3 3 (1.52%) Subversion
General
1 85 (42.93%) Social Skills
2 55 (27.78%) Marketing
3 17 (8.59%) Telecoms
4 10 (5.05%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (5.05%) Finance
4 10 (5.05%) Organisational Skills
5 9 (4.55%) Retail
6 7 (3.54%) Public Sector
7 6 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (2.02%) Banking
8 4 (2.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.52%) Electronics
9 3 (1.52%) Military
10 2 (1.01%) Legal
10 2 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.51%) Advertising
11 1 (0.51%) Aviation
11 1 (0.51%) Law
11 1 (0.51%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 61 (30.81%) Network Engineer
2 44 (22.22%) Corporate Sales Executive
2 44 (22.22%) Sales Executive
3 19 (9.60%) Senior
4 18 (9.09%) Cloud Engineer
5 17 (8.59%) IT Support
6 14 (7.07%) IT Engineer
7 13 (6.57%) Lead
8 12 (6.06%) Network Team Leader
8 12 (6.06%) Team Leader
9 11 (5.56%) Consultant
9 11 (5.56%) Support Engineer
10 10 (5.05%) Automation Engineer
10 10 (5.05%) Telecoms Engineer
11 9 (4.55%) Cisco Engineer
11 9 (4.55%) Field Engineer
11 9 (4.55%) Security Engineer
11 9 (4.55%) Senior Network Engineer
12 8 (4.04%) Architect
12 8 (4.04%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (6.57%) JSON
1 13 (6.57%) REST
2 10 (5.05%) Jinja
2 10 (5.05%) YAML
3 5 (2.53%) XML
3 5 (2.53%) YANG
4 1 (0.51%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.51%) CSS
4 1 (0.51%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (10.10%) Data Centre
2 17 (8.59%) PKI
3 8 (4.04%) Social Media
4 6 (3.03%) iPhone
4 6 (3.03%) Replication
4 6 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (2.53%) Security Posture
6 4 (2.02%) Driving Licence
6 4 (2.02%) Video Conferencing
6 4 (2.02%) Web Conferencing
7 3 (1.52%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.01%) CCTV
8 2 (1.01%) Clustering
8 2 (1.01%) Enterprise Storage
8 2 (1.01%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (1.01%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.51%) FMCG
9 1 (0.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 1 (0.51%) IPTV
9 1 (0.51%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 30 (15.15%) Windows
2 18 (9.09%) Windows Server
3 13 (6.57%) Linux
4 6 (3.03%) Android
4 6 (3.03%) Mac OS
4 6 (3.03%) Unix
5 4 (2.02%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (1.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.51%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (24.75%) AI
2 48 (24.24%) IT Strategy
2 48 (24.24%) Technology Strategy
3 44 (22.22%) Customer Experience
3 44 (22.22%) Email Marketing
4 18 (9.09%) Change Management
4 18 (9.09%) Customer Service
5 16 (8.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 16 (8.08%) Service Management
6 15 (7.58%) Project Delivery
7 14 (7.07%) ITIL
7 14 (7.07%) Root Cause Analysis
8 13 (6.57%) Infrastructure as Code
8 13 (6.57%) Network Design
8 13 (6.57%) Network Management
8 13 (6.57%) Problem-Solving
8 13 (6.57%) Requirements Gathering
9 12 (6.06%) ITSM
10 10 (5.05%) Problem Management
10 10 (5.05%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 18 (9.09%) Python
2 11 (5.56%) PowerShell
3 6 (3.03%) JavaScript
4 5 (2.53%) SQL
5 3 (1.52%) Bicep
6 1 (0.51%) Bash
6 1 (0.51%) PHP
Qualifications
1 48 (24.24%) Security Cleared
2 42 (21.21%) Cisco Certification
3 39 (19.70%) CCNP
4 34 (17.17%) SC Cleared
5 33 (16.67%) DV Cleared
6 13 (6.57%) CCNA
7 11 (5.56%) Degree
8 6 (3.03%) DBS Check
9 5 (2.53%) JNCIS
9 5 (2.53%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (2.02%) CCIE
11 3 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (1.52%) ISTQB
11 3 (1.52%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (1.01%) Azure Certification
12 2 (1.01%) JNCIA
12 2 (1.01%) MCSA
12 2 (1.01%) MCSE
13 1 (0.51%) CCDA
13 1 (0.51%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (1.52%) ISO 9001
2 3 (1.52%) NIST
3 2 (1.01%) Def Stans
3 2 (1.01%) GDPR
3 2 (1.01%) SLA
4 1 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 22 (11.11%) Active Directory
2 15 (7.58%) VMware NSX
3 14 (7.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (6.06%) Firmware
5 11 (5.56%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.52%) Terminal Server
7 2 (1.01%) Docker
8 1 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 15 (7.58%) FortiGate
2 11 (5.56%) vCenter Server
3 9 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (4.04%) Ansible
4 8 (4.04%) Endace
5 6 (3.03%) Jamf Pro
6 5 (2.53%) SmoothWall
7 4 (2.02%) Backup Exec
7 4 (2.02%) SCCM
7 4 (2.02%) SCOM
8 2 (1.01%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (1.01%) OpenView
8 2 (1.01%) Tivoli
9 1 (0.51%) AirWatch
9 1 (0.51%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 85 (42.93%) Microsoft
2 51 (25.76%) Dell
3 45 (22.73%) Juniper
4 42 (21.21%) Meraki
5 35 (17.68%) Fortinet
6 26 (13.13%) Palo Alto
7 18 (9.09%) VMware
8 17 (8.59%) F5
9 15 (7.58%) SolarWinds
10 13 (6.57%) CheckPoint
11 11 (5.56%) Red Hat
12 10 (5.05%) Broadcom
12 10 (5.05%) Veeam
13 8 (4.04%) Splunk
14 7 (3.54%) Draytek
14 7 (3.54%) LogRhythm
14 7 (3.54%) Tenable
15 6 (3.03%) Sophos
16 5 (2.53%) Adobe
16 5 (2.53%) Google