Cisco Jobs 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 21 April 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
21 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 114 123
Rank change year-on-year +26 +9 -56
Permanent jobs citing Cisco 1,097 1,760 1,766
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.00% 2.54% 2.82%
As % of the Vendors category 8.43% 7.04% 6.64%
Number of salaries quoted 801 1,483 1,133
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,251 £48,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.67% +7.78% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £57,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £71,000 £66,250 £67,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -

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 13,009 24,984 26,599
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.62% 36.05% 42.55%
Number of salaries quoted 7,840 17,467 13,595
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,500 £31,750 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £77,715
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% +4.55%

Cisco
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Cisco as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco in the UK excluding London

Cisco
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cisco in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Cisco in the UK excluding London

Cisco
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 21 April 2025.

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 21 April 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
South East +35 369 £52,500 +7.14% 211
Midlands +46 320 £52,387 +16.41% 64
West Midlands +30 258 £53,844 +19.65% 26
North of England -22 237 £47,500 +2.15% 124
North West -50 122 £50,000 - 83
Yorkshire +30 102 £32,500 -31.58% 28
East of England +21 68 £55,000 +15.79% 98
South West -1 63 £50,000 +2.04% 61
East Midlands +53 62 £41,250 -6.73% 37
Wales +17 24 £49,104 +9.40% 9
Scotland +62 14 £55,000 +22.22% 38
North East +5 13 £44,500 +4.71% 16
Northern Ireland +39 1 £57,500 - 11
Isle of Man +5 1 £34,500 -31.00% 4
Cisco
UK

Cisco
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 66 (6.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 43 (3.92%) SharePoint
3 18 (1.64%) Skype for Business
4 9 (0.82%) IIS
5 8 (0.73%) Confluence
6 7 (0.64%) IBM Domino
7 6 (0.55%) Apache
8 3 (0.27%) nginx
8 3 (0.27%) WordPress
9 2 (0.18%) SAS
9 2 (0.18%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.18%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.18%) WebSphere Application Server
10 1 (0.091%) Exchange Server 2003
10 1 (0.091%) Exchange Server 2007
10 1 (0.091%) Exchange Server 2010
10 1 (0.091%) Exchange Server 2013
10 1 (0.091%) SharePoint 2010
10 1 (0.091%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 51 (4.65%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (1.82%) MS Visio
3 17 (1.55%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 4 (0.36%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.27%) Sage 50
3 2 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.091%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 238 (21.70%) Azure
2 170 (15.50%) Microsoft 365
3 89 (8.11%) AWS
4 39 (3.56%) Entra ID
5 30 (2.73%) SaaS
6 20 (1.82%) Azure Sentinel
7 19 (1.73%) Mimecast
8 18 (1.64%) Google Workspace
9 16 (1.46%) Power Platform
10 10 (0.91%) GCP
10 10 (0.91%) Microsoft Purview
11 9 (0.82%) Amazon EC2
12 8 (0.73%) OneDrive
12 8 (0.73%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 7 (0.64%) Amazon S3
13 7 (0.64%) IaaS
13 7 (0.64%) Nutanix
13 7 (0.64%) PaaS
14 6 (0.55%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 6 (0.55%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 368 (33.55%) Firewall
2 294 (26.80%) WAN
3 235 (21.42%) Network Security
4 212 (19.33%) LAN
5 165 (15.04%) BGP
6 141 (12.85%) OSPF
7 127 (11.58%) WLAN
8 126 (11.49%) VPN
9 125 (11.39%) Internet
10 106 (9.66%) DNS
11 89 (8.11%) EIGRP
12 87 (7.93%) Wireless
13 82 (7.47%) SD-WAN
14 80 (7.29%) DHCP
15 77 (7.02%) TCP/IP
15 77 (7.02%) Wi-Fi
16 75 (6.84%) MPLS
17 71 (6.47%) Cisco Firepower
17 71 (6.47%) Cisco IOS
17 71 (6.47%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (2.64%) SQL Server
2 13 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (0.46%) DB2
3 5 (0.46%) Power BI
4 4 (0.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (0.27%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.18%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.18%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (0.18%) MySQL
7 1 (0.091%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.091%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 13 (1.19%) JIRA
2 11 (1.00%) Sonatype Nexus
3 8 (0.73%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.46%) Git
5 4 (0.36%) GitLab
6 3 (0.27%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.091%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.091%) Selenium
7 1 (0.091%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.091%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 262 (23.88%) Social Skills
2 81 (7.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 58 (5.29%) Finance
4 43 (3.92%) Analytical Skills
5 41 (3.74%) Law
6 38 (3.46%) Retail
7 30 (2.73%) Presentation Skills
8 29 (2.64%) Automotive
9 25 (2.28%) Public Sector
10 24 (2.19%) Manufacturing
11 23 (2.10%) Legal
12 18 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
12 18 (1.64%) Telecoms
13 16 (1.46%) Marketing
14 13 (1.19%) Police
15 12 (1.09%) Banking
16 11 (1.00%) Documentation Skills
17 10 (0.91%) Advertising
17 10 (0.91%) Military
18 9 (0.82%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 270 (24.61%) Network Engineer
2 189 (17.23%) Support Engineer
3 169 (15.41%) IT Support
4 145 (13.22%) IT Engineer
5 131 (11.94%) Architect
6 112 (10.21%) IT Support Engineer
7 93 (8.48%) Network Architect
8 88 (8.02%) Senior
9 70 (6.38%) Designer
9 70 (6.38%) Network Designer
10 62 (5.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 53 (4.83%) Security Engineer
12 46 (4.19%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 46 (4.19%) Analyst
13 40 (3.65%) Senior Network Engineer
14 39 (3.56%) Lead
15 37 (3.37%) 3rd Line Support
15 37 (3.37%) Network Security Engineer
16 35 (3.19%) Technical Support
17 34 (3.10%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (0.73%) 802.1X
2 7 (0.64%) React
3 6 (0.55%) LDAP
4 5 (0.46%) REST
5 4 (0.36%) CSS
6 3 (0.27%) HTML
6 3 (0.27%) YAML
7 2 (0.18%) JSON
7 2 (0.18%) Middleware
8 1 (0.091%) Jinja
8 1 (0.091%) Kafka
8 1 (0.091%) Microsoft Graph
8 1 (0.091%) OpenConfig
8 1 (0.091%) RabbitMQ
8 1 (0.091%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 124 (11.30%) Driving Licence
2 84 (7.66%) Data Centre
3 33 (3.01%) Video Conferencing
4 31 (2.83%) Management Information System
5 27 (2.46%) Onboarding
6 19 (1.73%) Digital Signage
7 18 (1.64%) Smartphone
8 17 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
9 15 (1.37%) Replication
10 14 (1.28%) Enterprise Cloud
11 10 (0.91%) Cyber Threat
12 8 (0.73%) Cloud Native
12 8 (0.73%) PMI
13 7 (0.64%) CCTV
13 7 (0.64%) Operational Technology
13 7 (0.64%) Public Cloud
14 6 (0.55%) Clustering
14 6 (0.55%) PKI
14 6 (0.55%) Product Ownership
15 5 (0.46%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 343 (31.27%) Windows
2 216 (19.69%) Linux
3 112 (10.21%) Windows Server
4 54 (4.92%) Windows 10
5 43 (3.92%) Windows Server 2019
6 42 (3.83%) Windows Server 2016
7 39 (3.56%) Mac OS X
8 32 (2.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 25 (2.28%) Ubuntu
10 23 (2.10%) Mac OS
11 20 (1.82%) Android
12 10 (0.91%) Windows Server 2012
13 8 (0.73%) CentOS
14 2 (0.18%) Solaris
14 2 (0.18%) SUSE
14 2 (0.18%) VMS
15 1 (0.091%) Debian
15 1 (0.091%) MVS
15 1 (0.091%) OpenBSD
15 1 (0.091%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 247 (22.52%) Problem-Solving
2 217 (19.78%) Network Management
3 201 (18.32%) ITIL
4 158 (14.40%) Mentoring
5 136 (12.40%) Computer Science
6 102 (9.30%) Asset Management
7 95 (8.66%) IT Asset Management
8 92 (8.39%) Customer Service
9 73 (6.65%) Cybersecurity
10 70 (6.38%) Network Design
11 66 (6.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 64 (5.83%) Presales
13 58 (5.29%) Service Delivery
14 57 (5.20%) Migration
15 51 (4.65%) Network Monitoring
16 46 (4.19%) Infrastructure Management
17 38 (3.46%) Project Management
17 38 (3.46%) Roadmaps
18 37 (3.37%) Project Delivery
19 35 (3.19%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 71 (6.47%) PowerShell
2 49 (4.47%) Python
3 48 (4.38%) SQL
4 11 (1.00%) Bash
4 11 (1.00%) JavaScript
5 10 (0.91%) Java
6 7 (0.64%) PHP
7 3 (0.27%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.091%) Perl
8 1 (0.091%) Progress 4GL
8 1 (0.091%) R
8 1 (0.091%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.091%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 366 (33.36%) Cisco Certification
2 350 (31.91%) Security Cleared
3 288 (26.25%) CCNA
4 270 (24.61%) SC Cleared
5 254 (23.15%) CCNP
6 219 (19.96%) Degree
7 168 (15.31%) Microsoft Certification
8 146 (13.31%) DV Cleared
9 132 (12.03%) MCSE
10 130 (11.85%) Computer Science Degree
11 100 (9.12%) MCP
12 95 (8.66%) LPIC
13 40 (3.65%) JNCIA
13 40 (3.65%) JNCIS
14 36 (3.28%) CCIE
15 26 (2.37%) MCSA
16 24 (2.19%) Network+ Certification
17 18 (1.64%) HND
18 17 (1.55%) HNC
19 13 (1.19%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (3.92%) SLA
2 21 (1.91%) Cyber Essentials
3 18 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (1.37%) GDPR
5 13 (1.19%) NIST
6 11 (1.00%) PCI DSS
7 10 (0.91%) QA
8 6 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 5 (0.46%) Accessibility
9 5 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.36%) Def Stans
10 4 (0.36%) HIPAA
10 4 (0.36%) ISO 9000
10 4 (0.36%) NCSC
11 3 (0.27%) Government Security Classifications
11 3 (0.27%) GRC
11 3 (0.27%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.27%) JSP 440
System Software
1 199 (18.14%) Active Directory
2 137 (12.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 56 (5.10%) Hyper-V
4 21 (1.91%) VMware NSX
5 16 (1.46%) VMware ESXi
6 15 (1.37%) XenApp
7 12 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
8 10 (0.91%) Virtual Desktop
9 9 (0.82%) Docker
9 9 (0.82%) Firmware
10 5 (0.46%) Terminal Services
10 5 (0.46%) vSphere
11 2 (0.18%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 2 (0.18%) KVM
11 2 (0.18%) NFS
11 2 (0.18%) pfSense
11 2 (0.18%) PowerHA
11 2 (0.18%) SRDF
11 2 (0.18%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 2 (0.18%) Xen
Systems Management
1 63 (5.74%) Ansible
2 54 (4.92%) Microsoft Intune
3 51 (4.65%) FortiGate
4 27 (2.46%) Terraform
5 18 (1.64%) vCenter Server
6 14 (1.28%) SCCM
7 9 (0.82%) Jamf Pro
7 9 (0.82%) Kubernetes
7 9 (0.82%) Puppet
8 8 (0.73%) WSUS
9 7 (0.64%) VxRail
10 6 (0.55%) Nagios
10 6 (0.55%) SmoothWall
11 5 (0.46%) Cisco CUCM
12 4 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.36%) Failover Clustering
12 4 (0.36%) Nessus
12 4 (0.36%) Progress Chef
12 4 (0.36%) QRadar
12 4 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 363 (33.09%) Microsoft
2 331 (30.17%) Juniper
3 203 (18.51%) VMware
4 202 (18.41%) Fortinet
5 117 (10.67%) Meraki
6 102 (9.30%) Palo Alto
7 83 (7.57%) Aruba
8 66 (6.02%) Dell
9 58 (5.29%) SolarWinds
10 52 (4.74%) CheckPoint
11 48 (4.38%) Citrix
12 47 (4.28%) HP
12 47 (4.28%) SevOne
13 29 (2.64%) F5
13 29 (2.64%) Red Hat
14 27 (2.46%) SonicWALL
15 23 (2.10%) Apple
15 23 (2.10%) Google
15 23 (2.10%) Mitel
16 20 (1.82%) Veeam