Cisco Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Cisco
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 February 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 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 66 94
Rank change year-on-year -55 +28 +27
Permanent jobs citing Cisco 742 1,245 1,468
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.57% 3.80% 2.96%
As % of the Vendors category 5.63% 10.29% 7.85%
Number of salaries quoted 461 755 1,268
10th Percentile £27,900 £32,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +8.16% +13.95%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £71,400 £67,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,121 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.00% +12.24% -

All Vendors
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 13,168 12,105 18,692
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 27.79% 36.99% 37.65%
Number of salaries quoted 7,072 5,963 14,835
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,750 £37,742 £31,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% -5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,206 £61,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £73,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +12.75% -11.30%

Cisco
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cisco relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Cisco job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Cisco
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Cisco.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Cisco

Cisco
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Cisco in the UK excluding London

Cisco
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 February 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
South East -50 199 £52,500 -0.94% 133
North of England -25 167 £50,000 -5.66% 80
Midlands -86 130 £52,500 -8.70% 62
North West -11 97 £50,000 - 46
Scotland +40 87 £53,750 +29.52% 23
South West -15 81 £52,750 +5.50% 43
West Midlands -81 81 £58,250 +1.30% 42
Yorkshire -44 48 £45,000 -35.71% 27
East Midlands -47 48 £35,000 -40.17% 20
East of England -19 43 £46,160 -19.72% 50
Northern Ireland +7 27 £33,575 -36.05% 3
North East -3 22 £33,500 -24.72% 7
Wales -30 10 £43,750 -10.90% 9
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Cisco
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 37 (4.99%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (3.37%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.08%) Confluence
4 4 (0.54%) IIS
5 2 (0.27%) FactoryTalk
5 2 (0.27%) WinCC
6 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 87 (11.73%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (2.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (1.48%) MS Visio
4 7 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.81%) InDesign
6 4 (0.54%) CATIA
7 2 (0.27%) Acrobat
7 2 (0.27%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 3 (0.40%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.27%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 175 (23.58%) Microsoft 365
2 172 (23.18%) Azure
3 80 (10.78%) Entra ID
4 54 (7.28%) AWS
5 11 (1.48%) Google Workspace
5 11 (1.48%) SaaS
6 9 (1.21%) Azure Sentinel
7 7 (0.94%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (0.81%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (0.81%) IaaS
9 4 (0.54%) GCP
9 4 (0.54%) SurveyMonkey
10 3 (0.40%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 3 (0.40%) Mimecast
10 3 (0.40%) Nutanix
10 3 (0.40%) OpenShift
11 2 (0.27%) Amazon EC2
11 2 (0.27%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Purview
11 2 (0.27%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 289 (38.95%) Firewall
2 224 (30.19%) WAN
3 198 (26.68%) LAN
4 123 (16.58%) VPN
5 102 (13.75%) SD-WAN
6 96 (12.94%) Wireless
7 84 (11.32%) BGP
8 80 (10.78%) VLAN
9 78 (10.51%) Network Security
10 57 (7.68%) OSPF
11 52 (7.01%) DNS
12 50 (6.74%) Wi-Fi
13 48 (6.47%) TCP/IP
14 47 (6.33%) VoIP
15 45 (6.06%) Cisco ASA
16 42 (5.66%) DHCP
17 40 (5.39%) MPLS
18 36 (4.85%) Wireshark
19 35 (4.72%) Cisco ISE
19 35 (4.72%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (1.62%) SQL Server
2 8 (1.08%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (0.81%) GIS
4 2 (0.27%) Metadata
5 1 (0.13%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 11 (1.48%) Burp Suite
1 11 (1.48%) Metasploit
2 8 (1.08%) JIRA
3 5 (0.67%) Git
3 5 (0.67%) GitLab
4 3 (0.40%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.27%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.27%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.27%) Subversion
6 1 (0.13%) Jenkins
General
1 317 (42.72%) Social Skills
2 93 (12.53%) Finance
3 69 (9.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 64 (8.63%) Marketing
5 60 (8.09%) Back Office
5 60 (8.09%) Telecoms
6 56 (7.55%) Analytical Skills
7 32 (4.31%) Organisational Skills
8 29 (3.91%) Public Sector
9 28 (3.77%) Retail
10 24 (3.23%) Law
10 24 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
11 19 (2.56%) Manufacturing
12 17 (2.29%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (0.94%) Automotive
13 7 (0.94%) Legal
14 5 (0.67%) Aerospace
14 5 (0.67%) Electronics
15 4 (0.54%) Banking
16 3 (0.40%) Military
Job Titles
1 185 (24.93%) Network Engineer
2 117 (15.77%) Support Engineer
3 83 (11.19%) Senior
4 65 (8.76%) Desktop Support
5 61 (8.22%) Desktop Engineer
5 61 (8.22%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 60 (8.09%) Senior Network Engineer
7 56 (7.55%) Site Engineer
8 50 (6.74%) Sales Executive
9 49 (6.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 47 (6.33%) Corporate Sales Executive
10 47 (6.33%) IT Support
11 41 (5.53%) Analyst
11 41 (5.53%) Cisco Engineer
12 37 (4.99%) IT Engineer
13 31 (4.18%) Lead
14 30 (4.04%) Firewall Engineer
15 26 (3.50%) WAN Engineer
16 25 (3.37%) Project Manager
17 24 (3.23%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (1.62%) REST
2 9 (1.21%) FreeSWITCH
3 5 (0.67%) Jinja
4 4 (0.54%) JSON
4 4 (0.54%) YANG
5 3 (0.40%) NETCONF
6 2 (0.27%) Apache NiFi
6 2 (0.27%) Middleware
6 2 (0.27%) YAML
7 1 (0.13%) 802.1X
7 1 (0.13%) CSS
7 1 (0.13%) HTML
7 1 (0.13%) LDAP
7 1 (0.13%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 85 (11.46%) Data Centre
2 37 (4.99%) Driving Licence
3 19 (2.56%) Management Information System
3 19 (2.56%) Social Media
4 17 (2.29%) e-Learning
4 17 (2.29%) Onboarding
5 15 (2.02%) PKI
6 12 (1.62%) Security Posture
6 12 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
7 11 (1.48%) Operational Technology
8 7 (0.94%) Insider Threat
8 7 (0.94%) Replication
8 7 (0.94%) SCADA
8 7 (0.94%) Web Conferencing
9 6 (0.81%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (0.81%) iPhone
9 6 (0.81%) Video Conferencing
10 5 (0.67%) CCTV
10 5 (0.67%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 200 (26.95%) Windows
2 72 (9.70%) Windows 10
3 69 (9.30%) Windows Server
4 51 (6.87%) Linux
5 19 (2.56%) Android
6 10 (1.35%) Unix
7 9 (1.21%) Ubuntu
8 8 (1.08%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (1.08%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (0.67%) Mac OS
10 4 (0.54%) Debian
10 4 (0.54%) Kali Linux
11 3 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.27%) CentOS
13 1 (0.13%) OpenWrt
13 1 (0.13%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (22.91%) ITIL
2 146 (19.68%) Customer Service
3 129 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
4 120 (16.17%) Customer Experience
5 117 (15.77%) Analytics
6 113 (15.23%) Continuous Improvement
7 106 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
8 99 (13.34%) Mentoring
9 76 (10.24%) Patch Management
10 74 (9.97%) AI
11 73 (9.84%) Coaching
12 65 (8.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 63 (8.49%) Software Deployment
14 61 (8.22%) Root Cause Analysis
15 60 (8.09%) Customer Acquisition
15 60 (8.09%) Ticket Management
16 58 (7.82%) IT Strategy
17 56 (7.55%) High Availability
18 55 (7.41%) Service Delivery
19 51 (6.87%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 44 (5.93%) Python
2 43 (5.80%) PowerShell
3 17 (2.29%) Bash
4 14 (1.89%) SQL
5 4 (0.54%) C++
5 4 (0.54%) Java
5 4 (0.54%) R
5 4 (0.54%) Rust
6 2 (0.27%) Bicep
6 2 (0.27%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.13%) PHP
7 1 (0.13%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 214 (28.84%) Security Cleared
2 210 (28.30%) Cisco Certification
3 172 (23.18%) SC Cleared
4 152 (20.49%) Degree
5 132 (17.79%) CCNP
6 120 (16.17%) CCNA
7 65 (8.76%) CTC Cleared
7 65 (8.76%) DV Cleared
8 38 (5.12%) Microsoft Certification
9 30 (4.04%) DBS Check
10 27 (3.64%) JNCIA
11 20 (2.70%) CCIE
12 17 (2.29%) BPSS Clearance
12 17 (2.29%) MCSE
13 16 (2.16%) Azure Certification
13 16 (2.16%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 15 (2.02%) CompTIA Security+
14 15 (2.02%) Computer Science Degree
14 15 (2.02%) Network+ Certification
15 11 (1.48%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (12.40%) SLA
2 18 (2.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (1.21%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (1.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 8 (1.08%) ISO 9001
4 8 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 7 (0.94%) Actionable Recommendations
5 7 (0.94%) GDPR
6 5 (0.67%) PMO
7 4 (0.54%) NIST
7 4 (0.54%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.40%) QA
9 2 (0.27%) Def Stans
System Software
1 99 (13.34%) Active Directory
2 67 (9.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (5.39%) Hyper-V
4 26 (3.50%) Firmware
5 21 (2.83%) VMware NSX
6 10 (1.35%) vSphere
7 6 (0.81%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.67%) ProxySG
9 4 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (0.54%) XenApp
10 3 (0.40%) Docker
11 2 (0.27%) iptables
11 2 (0.27%) KVM
11 2 (0.27%) RHEV
11 2 (0.27%) Terminal Server
11 2 (0.27%) Xen
11 2 (0.27%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 51 (6.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 31 (4.18%) FortiGate
3 22 (2.96%) Ansible
4 20 (2.70%) Cisco CUCM
5 14 (1.89%) vCenter Server
6 12 (1.62%) Jamf Pro
7 11 (1.48%) Nagios
7 11 (1.48%) Nmap
7 11 (1.48%) Terraform
8 9 (1.21%) SCCM
9 7 (0.94%) Endace
10 6 (0.81%) SmoothWall
11 4 (0.54%) Backup Exec
11 4 (0.54%) Dell DRAC
11 4 (0.54%) Nessus
11 4 (0.54%) NetBackup
12 3 (0.40%) SCOM
13 2 (0.27%) AssetCenter
13 2 (0.27%) Kubernetes
13 2 (0.27%) VxRail
Vendors
1 320 (43.13%) Microsoft
2 121 (16.31%) Juniper
3 115 (15.50%) Meraki
4 109 (14.69%) Fortinet
5 97 (13.07%) VMware
6 81 (10.92%) Dell
7 75 (10.11%) Palo Alto
8 73 (9.84%) SolarWinds
9 57 (7.68%) CheckPoint
10 48 (6.47%) Salesforce
11 45 (6.06%) Aruba
12 33 (4.45%) F5
13 31 (4.18%) HP
14 30 (4.04%) Veeam
15 18 (2.43%) Citrix
16 16 (2.16%) SonicWALL
17 15 (2.02%) Zscaler
18 14 (1.89%) Oracle
19 13 (1.75%) Red Hat
19 13 (1.75%) Splunk