Cisco Certification Job Trends in Staffordshire

Cisco Certification
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Staffordshire with a requirement for Cisco Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 43 18
Rank change year-on-year -29 -25 +44
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 5 23 29
As % of all permanent jobs in Staffordshire 0.50% 4.14% 7.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.99% 11.92% 24.17%
Number of salaries quoted 3 9 25
10th Percentile - £31,250 £34,000
25th Percentile - £47,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £51,251 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +5.67% +15.13%
75th Percentile £53,625 £53,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £61,200 - £57,500
West Midlands median annual salary £62,500 £52,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year +19.05% +8.25% +2.11%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Staffordshire

Cisco Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Staffordshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 504 193 120
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 50.81% 34.77% 29.85%
Number of salaries quoted 84 110 112
10th Percentile £26,375 £30,000 £21,606
25th Percentile £27,750 £32,500 £26,942
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £50,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.39% +11.67% +5.88%
75th Percentile £64,063 £54,313 £53,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £63,775 £58,750
West Midlands median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% +2.04%

Cisco Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

Cisco Certification job vacancy trend in Staffordshire

Cisco Certification
Salary Trend in Staffordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Cisco Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Cisco Certification

Cisco Certification
Salary Histogram in Staffordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco Certification in Staffordshire over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Cisco Certification in Staffordshire

Cisco Certification
Job Locations in Staffordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Certification within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 1 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
Stoke-on-Trent +17 3 £41,000 -21.90% 4
Cisco Certification
West Midlands

Cisco Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) Azure Key Vault
2 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (20.00%) AWS
3 1 (20.00%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (20.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) VPN
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 2 (40.00%) Firewall
2 2 (40.00%) LAN
2 2 (40.00%) WAN
2 2 (40.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) IT Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) IT Security Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Network Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) DevOps
2 2 (40.00%) High Availability
2 2 (40.00%) Network Monitoring
2 2 (40.00%) SIEM
2 2 (40.00%) Task Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Information Assurance
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) Python
2 2 (40.00%) Bash
2 2 (40.00%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 3 (60.00%) CCSP
1 3 (60.00%) CISSP
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) CCNA
2 2 (40.00%) CCNP
2 2 (40.00%) CISM
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (20.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (40.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco
2 2 (40.00%) Exabeam
2 2 (40.00%) Fortinet
2 2 (40.00%) Juniper
2 2 (40.00%) Meraki
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft