Cisco Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Cisco
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 122 99 75
Rank change year-on-year -23 -24 +28
Permanent jobs citing Cisco 44 83 134
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.09% 2.45% 3.37%
As % of the Vendors category 3.15% 7.26% 8.24%
Number of salaries quoted 37 50 111
10th Percentile £32,000 £31,238 £36,500
25th Percentile £35,750 £38,844 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £61,250 £92,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +10.20% +3.16%

All Vendors
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,398 1,143 1,626
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 34.68% 33.78% 40.85%
Number of salaries quoted 590 536 1,219
10th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £30,300
25th Percentile £34,000 £37,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +5.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £75,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -4.76%

Cisco
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Cisco job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Cisco
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Cisco.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Cisco

Cisco
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Salary histogram for Cisco in the Thames Valley

Cisco
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco within the Thames Valley 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
Berkshire -32 27 £42,500 -15.00% 29
Oxfordshire +11 9 £35,000 -51.72% 2
Buckinghamshire +3 8 £24,570 -45.40% 9
Cisco
South East

Cisco
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 4 (9.09%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.55%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (6.82%) InDesign
1 3 (6.82%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (6.82%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (6.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 12 (27.27%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (18.18%) Azure
3 5 (11.36%) Google Workspace
4 4 (9.09%) AWS
5 3 (6.82%) SaaS
6 1 (2.27%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 17 (38.64%) Firewall
2 6 (13.64%) WAN
2 6 (13.64%) Wireless
3 5 (11.36%) LAN
3 5 (11.36%) VoIP
4 3 (6.82%) BGP
4 3 (6.82%) TCP/IP
4 3 (6.82%) Unified Communications
4 3 (6.82%) VPN
5 2 (4.55%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (4.55%) DHCP
5 2 (4.55%) DNS
5 2 (4.55%) Network Security
6 1 (2.27%) BIG-IP
6 1 (2.27%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (2.27%) Cisco Firepower
6 1 (2.27%) IPsec
6 1 (2.27%) NGFW
6 1 (2.27%) OSPF
6 1 (2.27%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.55%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.27%) JIRA
1 1 (2.27%) Subversion
General
1 11 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (22.73%) Organisational Skills
3 5 (11.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (11.36%) Marketing
4 4 (9.09%) Retail
5 2 (4.55%) Finance
6 1 (2.27%) Law
Job Titles
1 13 (29.55%) Field Engineer
2 11 (25.00%) Cisco Engineer
3 8 (18.18%) Cisco Field Engineer
3 8 (18.18%) Network Engineer
4 6 (13.64%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 6 (13.64%) Senior
5 5 (11.36%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 5 (11.36%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
5 5 (11.36%) Field Service Engineer
5 5 (11.36%) IT Engineer
5 5 (11.36%) Technical Manager
6 3 (6.82%) Audio Visual Engineer
6 3 (6.82%) Cabling Engineer
6 3 (6.82%) Installations Engineer
6 3 (6.82%) Marketing Executive
6 3 (6.82%) Network Field Engineer
6 3 (6.82%) Senior Marketing Executive
7 2 (4.55%) Infrastructure Manager
7 2 (4.55%) IT Sales Executive
7 2 (4.55%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (18.18%) Social Media
2 5 (11.36%) Driving Licence
3 4 (9.09%) Data Centre
4 3 (6.82%) Onboarding
4 3 (6.82%) Video Conferencing
4 3 (6.82%) Web Conferencing
5 2 (4.55%) Clustering
5 2 (4.55%) Replication
6 1 (2.27%) IPTV
Operating Systems
1 8 (18.18%) Windows
1 8 (18.18%) Windows Server
2 2 (4.55%) Linux
3 1 (2.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (18.18%) CRM
2 7 (15.91%) Customer Service
3 6 (13.64%) AI
3 6 (13.64%) Network Management
3 6 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (11.36%) Customer Experience
4 5 (11.36%) Data Protection
4 5 (11.36%) ITIL
4 5 (11.36%) Mentoring
4 5 (11.36%) Presales
4 5 (11.36%) Process Improvement
4 5 (11.36%) Root Cause Analysis
4 5 (11.36%) Service Delivery
5 4 (9.09%) Break/Fix
5 4 (9.09%) Collaborative Culture
5 4 (9.09%) Project Delivery
5 4 (9.09%) Project Planning
5 4 (9.09%) Requirements Gathering
5 4 (9.09%) Risk Analysis
6 3 (6.82%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.55%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (15.91%) Security Cleared
2 5 (11.36%) DBS Check
2 5 (11.36%) DV Cleared
2 5 (11.36%) SC Cleared
3 3 (6.82%) Degree
4 2 (4.55%) CCNA
4 2 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.27%) HP APS
5 1 (2.27%) ISTQB
5 1 (2.27%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.82%) ISO 9001
1 3 (6.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 8 (18.18%) Active Directory
2 4 (9.09%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (4.55%) Docker
3 2 (4.55%) Hyper-V
3 2 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (2.27%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 5 (11.36%) Jamf Pro
1 5 (11.36%) Microsoft Intune
1 5 (11.36%) SmoothWall
2 2 (4.55%) Failover Clustering
2 2 (4.55%) FortiGate
3 1 (2.27%) SCCM
3 1 (2.27%) SCOM
Vendors
1 15 (34.09%) Meraki
2 13 (29.55%) Draytek
3 12 (27.27%) Sophos
4 9 (20.45%) Microsoft
5 6 (13.64%) Juniper
6 5 (11.36%) Fortinet
6 5 (11.36%) Google
6 5 (11.36%) VMware
7 4 (9.09%) Aruba
8 3 (6.82%) Adobe
8 3 (6.82%) Forcepoint
8 3 (6.82%) Zoho
9 2 (4.55%) Dell
10 1 (2.27%) F5
10 1 (2.27%) HP
10 1 (2.27%) McAfee
10 1 (2.27%) Palo Alto
10 1 (2.27%) Peplink
10 1 (2.27%) ServiceNow
10 1 (2.27%) Ubiquiti