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 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 97 61 64
Rank change year-on-year -36 +3 +42
Permanent jobs citing Cisco 215 394 336
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 2.07% 4.39% 3.82%
As % of the Vendors category 6.65% 11.81% 9.82%
Number of salaries quoted 172 296 277
10th Percentile £24,570 £36,250 £25,850
25th Percentile £33,750 £47,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +9.18% +3.16%
75th Percentile £63,750 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £65,000 £73,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £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 3,233 3,337 3,421
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 31.15% 37.17% 38.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1,797 1,744 2,611
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,750 £61,375
90th Percentile £78,500 £80,875 £73,750
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 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 January 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 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
Hampshire -14 112 £53,750 +1.42% 17
Thames Valley -28 44 £42,500 -15.00% 45
Surrey +14 32 £57,500 -11.54% 16
Berkshire -33 27 £42,500 -15.00% 30
Kent 0 23 £36,250 -44.23% 11
Oxfordshire +6 9 £35,000 -58.82% 4
Buckinghamshire +6 8 £24,570 -45.40% 11
Sussex -8 2 £42,500 -22.73% 1
Cisco
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 14 (6.51%) SharePoint
2 13 (6.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.33%) WordPress
4 3 (1.40%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (4.19%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.40%) InDesign
2 3 (1.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.93%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 42 (19.53%) Azure
2 31 (14.42%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (5.58%) AWS
4 10 (4.65%) Entra ID
5 5 (2.33%) Google Workspace
6 4 (1.86%) SaaS
7 2 (0.93%) IaaS
8 1 (0.47%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.47%) Nutanix
8 1 (0.47%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.47%) PaaS
8 1 (0.47%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 80 (37.21%) Firewall
2 58 (26.98%) VPN
3 54 (25.12%) LAN
4 48 (22.33%) WAN
5 36 (16.74%) BGP
6 27 (12.56%) Wi-Fi
7 26 (12.09%) Wireless
8 25 (11.63%) VLAN
9 22 (10.23%) OSPF
10 20 (9.30%) Junos
10 20 (9.30%) SD-WAN
10 20 (9.30%) TCP/IP
11 19 (8.84%) VoIP
12 18 (8.37%) MPLS
13 17 (7.91%) Cisco IOS
14 16 (7.44%) Cisco ISE
14 16 (7.44%) Cisco Nexus
15 14 (6.51%) Cisco Firepower
15 14 (6.51%) DHCP
15 14 (6.51%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.40%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.47%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.47%) JIRA
1 1 (0.47%) Subversion
General
1 80 (37.21%) Social Skills
2 54 (25.12%) Marketing
3 14 (6.51%) Telecoms
4 11 (5.12%) Organisational Skills
5 10 (4.65%) Finance
6 8 (3.72%) Legal
6 8 (3.72%) Retail
7 6 (2.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (2.79%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.86%) Banking
10 3 (1.40%) Electronics
11 2 (0.93%) Military
12 1 (0.47%) Advertising
12 1 (0.47%) Analytical Skills
12 1 (0.47%) Law
12 1 (0.47%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 65 (30.23%) Network Engineer
2 47 (21.86%) Sales Executive
3 45 (20.93%) Corporate Sales Executive
4 22 (10.23%) Senior
5 21 (9.77%) IT Support
6 18 (8.37%) Cloud Engineer
7 16 (7.44%) Field Engineer
7 16 (7.44%) Senior Network Engineer
8 14 (6.51%) Cisco Engineer
8 14 (6.51%) Lead
9 13 (6.05%) Consultant
10 12 (5.58%) Network Team Leader
10 12 (5.58%) Team Leader
11 10 (4.65%) Design Engineer
11 10 (4.65%) Network Design Engineer
12 9 (4.19%) 2nd Line Support
12 9 (4.19%) 3rd Line Support
12 9 (4.19%) Cisco Network Engineer
12 9 (4.19%) Network Consultant
12 9 (4.19%) Senior Network Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.26%) REST
2 5 (2.33%) CSS
2 5 (2.33%) HTML
3 1 (0.47%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 27 (12.56%) Data Centre
2 11 (5.12%) Driving Licence
3 10 (4.65%) PKI
4 8 (3.72%) Social Media
5 7 (3.26%) Operational Technology
6 5 (2.33%) Security Posture
7 4 (1.86%) Video Conferencing
8 3 (1.40%) Digital Media
8 3 (1.40%) Home Automation
8 3 (1.40%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.40%) Smart Home
8 3 (1.40%) Web Conferencing
9 2 (0.93%) CCTV
9 2 (0.93%) Clustering
9 2 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.93%) Enterprise Storage
9 2 (0.93%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (0.93%) Replication
10 1 (0.47%) IPTV
Operating Systems
1 34 (15.81%) Windows
2 24 (11.16%) Windows Server
3 10 (4.65%) Windows 10
4 9 (4.19%) Linux
5 2 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.47%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.47%) Unix
6 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (24.19%) AI
2 50 (23.26%) Customer Experience
3 47 (21.86%) Email Marketing
4 46 (21.40%) IT Strategy
4 46 (21.40%) Technology Strategy
5 24 (11.16%) Problem-Solving
6 22 (10.23%) Service Management
7 19 (8.84%) ITSM
7 19 (8.84%) Requirements Gathering
8 18 (8.37%) High Availability
8 18 (8.37%) Network Design
8 18 (8.37%) Project Delivery
9 17 (7.91%) Customer Service
9 17 (7.91%) ITIL
9 17 (7.91%) Root Cause Analysis
10 16 (7.44%) Change Management
10 16 (7.44%) Network Management
10 16 (7.44%) Problem Management
11 15 (6.98%) Data Protection
12 14 (6.51%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 7 (3.26%) Python
2 5 (2.33%) JavaScript
2 5 (2.33%) PHP
2 5 (2.33%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.47%) Bash
3 1 (0.47%) SQL
Qualifications
1 57 (26.51%) Cisco Certification
2 55 (25.58%) CCNP
3 51 (23.72%) Security Cleared
4 42 (19.53%) DV Cleared
5 34 (15.81%) SC Cleared
6 23 (10.70%) CCNA
7 21 (9.77%) Degree
8 10 (4.65%) JNCIS
9 9 (4.19%) Master's Degree
10 8 (3.72%) Azure Certification
10 8 (3.72%) JNCIA
11 7 (3.26%) AWS Certification
11 7 (3.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 7 (3.26%) PMI Certification
11 7 (3.26%) PMP
12 6 (2.79%) DBS Check
13 4 (1.86%) CCIE
14 3 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
15 2 (0.93%) MCSA
15 2 (0.93%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.26%) NIST
2 6 (2.79%) GDPR
3 4 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.40%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.93%) Def Stans
6 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.47%) SLA
System Software
1 26 (12.09%) Active Directory
2 15 (6.98%) Hyper-V
2 15 (6.98%) VMware NSX
3 12 (5.58%) Firmware
3 12 (5.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.86%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.93%) Docker
5 2 (0.93%) KVM
5 2 (0.93%) RHEV
5 2 (0.93%) Xen
6 1 (0.47%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 20 (9.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (8.37%) FortiGate
3 10 (4.65%) vCenter Server
4 8 (3.72%) Ansible
5 6 (2.79%) Jamf Pro
6 5 (2.33%) Endace
6 5 (2.33%) SmoothWall
7 2 (0.93%) Failover Clustering
7 2 (0.93%) Nagios
7 2 (0.93%) Proxmox
7 2 (0.93%) SCCM
7 2 (0.93%) SCOM
8 1 (0.47%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.47%) Dell DRAC
8 1 (0.47%) OpenView
8 1 (0.47%) Terraform
8 1 (0.47%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 84 (39.07%) Microsoft
2 49 (22.79%) Juniper
2 49 (22.79%) Meraki
3 48 (22.33%) Dell
4 38 (17.67%) Fortinet
5 17 (7.91%) VMware
6 16 (7.44%) SolarWinds
7 13 (6.05%) Draytek
7 13 (6.05%) Palo Alto
7 13 (6.05%) Sophos
8 12 (5.58%) Aruba
9 10 (4.65%) F5
10 9 (4.19%) Broadcom
11 8 (3.72%) CheckPoint
12 7 (3.26%) Veeam
13 6 (2.79%) HP
14 5 (2.33%) Google
15 4 (1.86%) Ubiquiti
16 3 (1.40%) Adobe
16 3 (1.40%) Zoho