Cisco Jobs in the Thames Valley

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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 12 May 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
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 92 102
Rank change year-on-year +5 +10 -8
Permanent jobs citing Cisco 95 175 180
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.80% 2.60% 3.02%
As % of the Vendors category 8.02% 6.73% 6.96%
Number of salaries quoted 70 145 129
10th Percentile £31,950 £33,500 £24,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,000 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £42,500 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.47% +3.66% -16.33%
75th Percentile £64,688 £59,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £76,375 £75,250 £70,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £49,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +2.04% +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 1,185 2,601 2,588
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 34.92% 38.69% 43.42%
Number of salaries quoted 592 1,827 1,469
10th Percentile £28,525 £28,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £35,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £49,976
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -9.96% -1.38%
75th Percentile £67,313 £58,750 £66,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £70,250 £77,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -

Cisco
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Cisco as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco in the Thames Valley

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Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cisco in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Cisco in the Thames Valley

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Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cisco in the Thames Valley

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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 12 May 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 -11 54 £57,500 +15.00% 56
Buckinghamshire +21 30 £37,000 -7.50% 11
Oxfordshire +28 11 £42,500 -10.53% 19
Cisco
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (8.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (6.32%) IBM Domino
3 3 (3.16%) IIS
3 3 (3.16%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.05%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (1.05%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (1.05%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (1.05%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 18 (18.95%) Azure
2 10 (10.53%) AWS
2 10 (10.53%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (3.16%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.11%) SaaS
5 1 (1.05%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.05%) IaaS
5 1 (1.05%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.05%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (36.84%) WAN
2 21 (22.11%) LAN
3 17 (17.89%) Firewall
4 15 (15.79%) Cisco ISE
5 11 (11.58%) DNS
6 10 (10.53%) BGP
6 10 (10.53%) Cisco IOS
6 10 (10.53%) VPN
7 9 (9.47%) IPsec
8 8 (8.42%) DHCP
8 8 (8.42%) MPLS
9 7 (7.37%) SD-WAN
10 6 (6.32%) Cisco Firepower
10 6 (6.32%) TCP/IP
11 5 (5.26%) Cisco ASA
11 5 (5.26%) Cisco Nexus
11 5 (5.26%) Junos
11 5 (5.26%) Network Security
11 5 (5.26%) OSPF
11 5 (5.26%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.16%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.05%) JIRA
General
1 20 (21.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 13 (13.68%) Social Skills
3 6 (6.32%) Marketing
4 5 (5.26%) Finance
5 4 (4.21%) Advertising
6 2 (2.11%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.11%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.11%) Retail
7 1 (1.05%) Automotive
7 1 (1.05%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.05%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (16.84%) Architect
2 14 (14.74%) Network Architect
3 12 (12.63%) Lead
3 12 (12.63%) Support Engineer
4 11 (11.58%) Network Engineer
5 9 (9.47%) Designer
5 9 (9.47%) Network Designer
6 8 (8.42%) Senior
7 7 (7.37%) Infrastructure Manager
8 6 (6.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (6.32%) Marketing Executive
8 6 (6.32%) Platform Engineer
8 6 (6.32%) Platform Support Engineer
8 6 (6.32%) Senior Marketing Executive
8 6 (6.32%) Team Leader
9 5 (5.26%) IT Support
9 5 (5.26%) Security Engineer
9 5 (5.26%) WAN Engineer
10 4 (4.21%) Desktop Engineer
10 4 (4.21%) Desktop Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.21%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 11 (11.58%) Data Centre
2 5 (5.26%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (4.21%) Video Conferencing
4 3 (3.16%) Clustering
4 3 (3.16%) Replication
5 2 (2.11%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.05%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.05%) PKI
6 1 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 26 (27.37%) Windows
2 10 (10.53%) Windows Server
3 9 (9.47%) Mac OS
4 8 (8.42%) Linux
5 6 (6.32%) Android
6 2 (2.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (1.05%) OpenBSD
7 1 (1.05%) Windows 10
7 1 (1.05%) Windows 7
7 1 (1.05%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.05%) Windows Vista
7 1 (1.05%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (28.42%) Customer Service
2 17 (17.89%) Network Management
3 14 (14.74%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (12.63%) IT Strategy
5 10 (10.53%) Customer-Centricity
6 9 (9.47%) Network Monitoring
6 9 (9.47%) Server Management
7 8 (8.42%) Customer Experience
8 7 (7.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 7 (7.37%) Strategic Thinking
9 6 (6.32%) Artificial Intelligence
9 6 (6.32%) B2B
9 6 (6.32%) B2B Marketing
9 6 (6.32%) Network Design
9 6 (6.32%) Platform Engineering
9 6 (6.32%) Project Management
9 6 (6.32%) Strategic Planning
9 6 (6.32%) Technology Strategy
9 6 (6.32%) User Experience
10 5 (5.26%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 7 (7.37%) PowerShell
2 4 (4.21%) Python
3 1 (1.05%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 33 (34.74%) Security Cleared
2 23 (24.21%) SC Cleared
3 14 (14.74%) Cisco Certification
4 12 (12.63%) CCNP
5 10 (10.53%) CCNA
6 6 (6.32%) JNCIS
7 3 (3.16%) DV Cleared
8 2 (2.11%) CISSP
8 2 (2.11%) Degree
8 2 (2.11%) MCSE
8 2 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (2.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (1.05%) CCSE
9 1 (1.05%) CCSM
9 1 (1.05%) JNCIA
9 1 (1.05%) MCSA
9 1 (1.05%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.26%) SLA
2 4 (4.21%) Accessibility
3 3 (3.16%) NIST
4 1 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.05%) ISO 9000
4 1 (1.05%) NCSC
System Software
1 19 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 12 (12.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (6.32%) Hyper-V
4 4 (4.21%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (2.11%) VMware NSX
6 1 (1.05%) Docker
6 1 (1.05%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (1.05%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (4.21%) Ansible
1 4 (4.21%) Terraform
1 4 (4.21%) vCenter Server
1 4 (4.21%) WSUS
2 3 (3.16%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (1.05%) Grafana
3 1 (1.05%) PowerCLI
3 1 (1.05%) vRealize
3 1 (1.05%) VxRail
3 1 (1.05%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 32 (33.68%) Juniper
2 24 (25.26%) Microsoft
3 21 (22.11%) VMware
4 13 (13.68%) Dell
5 12 (12.63%) Palo Alto
6 11 (11.58%) SevOne
7 8 (8.42%) Fortinet
8 6 (6.32%) NetApp
9 5 (5.26%) Aruba
10 4 (4.21%) F5
10 4 (4.21%) Mellanox
10 4 (4.21%) NVIDIA
11 3 (3.16%) ADVA
11 3 (3.16%) ServiceNow
12 2 (2.11%) Meraki
12 2 (2.11%) Red Hat
13 1 (1.05%) Apple
13 1 (1.05%) CheckPoint
13 1 (1.05%) Nokia
13 1 (1.05%) Sophos