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 November 2025, 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 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 125 95 45
Rank change year-on-year -30 -50 +52
Permanent jobs citing Cisco 57 111 172
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.58% 2.58% 5.12%
As % of the Vendors category 3.65% 7.60% 11.76%
Number of salaries quoted 49 64 111
10th Percentile £35,400 £31,250 £36,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,125 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £51,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.86% +2.00% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,563 £62,500
90th Percentile £67,750 £85,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £48,290 £55,000 £48,000
% change year-on-year -12.20% +14.58% +1.05%

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 1,561 1,461 1,462
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 43.40% 33.91% 43.54%
Number of salaries quoted 638 634 1,119
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £29,735
25th Percentile £33,563 £38,750 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £52,293
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.38% -1.33%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,230 £77,500
South East median annual salary £42,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -22.73% +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 November 2025.

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 November 2025. 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 -29 39 £47,500 -5.00% 38
Buckinghamshire +2 10 £38,750 -8.82% 16
Oxfordshire +9 8 £52,750 -21.27% 15
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 6 (10.53%) SharePoint
2 5 (8.77%) IIS
3 3 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (7.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (5.26%) InDesign
2 3 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 10 (17.54%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (10.53%) Azure
3 5 (8.77%) AWS
4 3 (5.26%) SaaS
5 1 (1.75%) GCP
5 1 (1.75%) Google Workspace
5 1 (1.75%) OCI
5 1 (1.75%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 22 (38.60%) Firewall
2 11 (19.30%) VPN
3 10 (17.54%) WAN
4 8 (14.04%) LAN
5 7 (12.28%) DNS
6 5 (8.77%) DHCP
6 5 (8.77%) TCP/IP
6 5 (8.77%) Wireless
7 3 (5.26%) Network Security
7 3 (5.26%) SD-WAN
7 3 (5.26%) Unified Communications
7 3 (5.26%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (3.51%) Junos
9 1 (1.75%) BGP
9 1 (1.75%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.51%) SQL Server
General
1 14 (24.56%) Social Skills
2 7 (12.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 6 (10.53%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (8.77%) Marketing
5 4 (7.02%) Finance
5 4 (7.02%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (19.30%) Cisco Engineer
2 10 (17.54%) Field Engineer
3 9 (15.79%) Technical Manager
4 8 (14.04%) Cisco Field Engineer
5 7 (12.28%) Lead
5 7 (12.28%) Network Engineer
6 6 (10.53%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 5 (8.77%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 5 (8.77%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
7 5 (8.77%) Field Service Engineer
7 5 (8.77%) Infrastructure Manager
8 4 (7.02%) Network Field Engineer
8 4 (7.02%) Senior
9 3 (5.26%) Analyst
9 3 (5.26%) Architect
9 3 (5.26%) Cabling Engineer
9 3 (5.26%) Marketing Executive
9 3 (5.26%) Network Architect
9 3 (5.26%) Senior Marketing Executive
10 2 (3.51%) Logistics Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.75%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.53%) Data Centre
2 4 (7.02%) Driving Licence
2 4 (7.02%) Social Media
3 3 (5.26%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (5.26%) Onboarding
3 3 (5.26%) Web Conferencing
4 2 (3.51%) Clustering
4 2 (3.51%) Replication
4 2 (3.51%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.75%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.75%) IPTV
Operating Systems
1 10 (17.54%) Windows
2 6 (10.53%) Linux
2 6 (10.53%) Windows Server
3 3 (5.26%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (3.51%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (15.79%) Mentoring
2 8 (14.04%) CRM
2 8 (14.04%) Project Delivery
3 7 (12.28%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (12.28%) Service Delivery
4 6 (10.53%) AI
4 6 (10.53%) ITIL
4 6 (10.53%) Requirements Gathering
5 5 (8.77%) Customer Experience
5 5 (8.77%) GTM Strategy
5 5 (8.77%) Presales
5 5 (8.77%) Process Improvement
5 5 (8.77%) Service Management
6 4 (7.02%) Break/Fix
6 4 (7.02%) ITSM
6 4 (7.02%) Project Planning
6 4 (7.02%) Risk Analysis
6 4 (7.02%) Strategic Planning
7 3 (5.26%) Computer Science
7 3 (5.26%) Product Marketing
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.51%) PowerShell
1 2 (3.51%) Python
2 1 (1.75%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (26.32%) Security Cleared
2 13 (22.81%) SC Cleared
3 7 (12.28%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (8.77%) CCNA
5 4 (7.02%) CCNP
5 4 (7.02%) Degree
6 3 (5.26%) DV Cleared
7 2 (3.51%) JNCIA
8 1 (1.75%) CCIE
8 1 (1.75%) CISSP
8 1 (1.75%) DBS Check
8 1 (1.75%) HP APS
8 1 (1.75%) MCSE
8 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.75%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (5.26%) ISO 9001
2 3 (5.26%) SLA
3 1 (1.75%) GDPR
3 1 (1.75%) PMO
System Software
1 6 (10.53%) Active Directory
2 4 (7.02%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (3.51%) Docker
4 2 (3.51%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (5.26%) Ansible
1 3 (5.26%) Terraform
2 2 (3.51%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (1.75%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.75%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.75%) SCOM
3 1 (1.75%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 18 (31.58%) Microsoft
2 13 (22.81%) Draytek
3 12 (21.05%) Meraki
3 12 (21.05%) Sophos
4 11 (19.30%) Juniper
5 8 (14.04%) VMware
6 7 (12.28%) Aruba
6 7 (12.28%) Fortinet
7 3 (5.26%) Adobe
7 3 (5.26%) Dell
7 3 (5.26%) Forcepoint
7 3 (5.26%) Palo Alto
7 3 (5.26%) Zoho
8 2 (3.51%) HP
8 2 (3.51%) Mellanox
8 2 (3.51%) NVIDIA
9 1 (1.75%) Citrix
9 1 (1.75%) ConnectWise
9 1 (1.75%) Google
9 1 (1.75%) Oracle