Cisco Job Trends in South Wales

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Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in South Wales 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 13 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
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 26 35
Rank change year-on-year -27 +9 +36
Permanent jobs citing Cisco 10 41 35
As % of all permanent jobs in South Wales 1.29% 6.51% 5.69%
As % of the Vendors category 3.88% 16.53% 13.26%
Number of salaries quoted 2 30 14
10th Percentile £33,625 £36,475 £31,000
25th Percentile £37,188 £42,000 £35,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,750 £49,875 £39,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.28% +27.88% -9.30%
75th Percentile £49,688 £55,000 £57,063
90th Percentile £52,875 £65,000 £66,663
Wales median annual salary £43,750 £49,104 £42,000
% change year-on-year -10.90% +16.91% -2.33%

All Vendors
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 258 248 264
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 33.33% 39.37% 42.93%
Number of salaries quoted 180 150 182
10th Percentile £21,620 £27,000 £33,025
25th Percentile £25,087 £37,500 £40,193
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £56,345 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,790 £74,144 £73,750
Wales median annual salary £35,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -30.00% +11.11% +3.07%

Cisco
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Cisco job vacancy trend in South Wales

Cisco
Salary Trend in South Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Cisco.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Cisco

Cisco
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco in South Wales over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Cisco in South Wales

Cisco
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 13 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
Newport -17 7 - - 6
Cardiff +8 2 £43,750 -12.50% 7
Glamorgan 0 1 - - 4
Cisco
Wales

Cisco
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Google Workspace
1 4 (40.00%) SurveyMonkey
2 3 (30.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (50.00%) Firewall
2 4 (40.00%) Bluetooth
2 4 (40.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 4 (40.00%) Modbus
2 4 (40.00%) Network Security
2 4 (40.00%) TCP/IP
2 4 (40.00%) VLAN
2 4 (40.00%) Wireshark
2 4 (40.00%) ZigBee
3 1 (10.00%) SD-WAN
3 1 (10.00%) Unified Communications
3 1 (10.00%) WAN
3 1 (10.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Burp Suite
1 4 (40.00%) Metasploit
General
1 4 (40.00%) Aerospace
1 4 (40.00%) Law
1 4 (40.00%) Manufacturing
2 3 (30.00%) Back Office
2 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 3 (30.00%) Desktop Support
1 3 (30.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 3 (30.00%) Site Engineer
1 3 (30.00%) Support Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Network Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Communications Assistant
3 1 (10.00%) Junior
3 1 (10.00%) Senior
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) CAN bus
1 4 (40.00%) Cyber Threat
1 4 (40.00%) IoT
1 4 (40.00%) Operational Technology
1 4 (40.00%) SCADA
2 1 (10.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Android
1 4 (40.00%) Kali Linux
1 4 (40.00%) Linux
1 4 (40.00%) Ubuntu
2 3 (30.00%) Windows
2 3 (30.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (40.00%) AI
2 4 (40.00%) Cognitive Science
2 4 (40.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (40.00%) Cryptography
2 4 (40.00%) Data Science
2 4 (40.00%) Decision-Making
2 4 (40.00%) Ergonomics
2 4 (40.00%) Human Factors
2 4 (40.00%) Innovative Thinking
2 4 (40.00%) ITIL
2 4 (40.00%) Machine Learning
2 4 (40.00%) Prototyping
2 4 (40.00%) Psychology
2 4 (40.00%) Risk Management
2 4 (40.00%) Security Architecture
2 4 (40.00%) Security Monitoring
2 4 (40.00%) Statistics
2 4 (40.00%) User Experience
2 4 (40.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) C++
1 4 (40.00%) Java
1 4 (40.00%) Python
1 4 (40.00%) R
1 4 (40.00%) Rust
Qualifications
1 7 (70.00%) Degree
1 7 (70.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (70.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (40.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 4 (40.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (30.00%) CTC Cleared
4 2 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (10.00%) CCNA
5 1 (10.00%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 4 (40.00%) Nessus
1 4 (40.00%) Nmap
2 1 (10.00%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Google
1 4 (40.00%) Qualtrics
1 4 (40.00%) Red Hat
1 4 (40.00%) Splunk
2 1 (10.00%) Aruba
2 1 (10.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (10.00%) Juniper
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (10.00%) SolarWinds
2 1 (10.00%) Zscaler