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 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 89 112 117
Rank change year-on-year +23 +5 -52
Permanent jobs citing Cisco 1,099 1,767 1,810
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.98% 2.51% 2.95%
As % of the Vendors category 8.64% 7.03% 6.96%
Number of salaries quoted 793 1,479 1,122
10th Percentile £31,000 £29,950 £29,775
25th Percentile £37,750 £36,250 £35,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £57,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £71,000 £66,250 £68,700
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 12,724 25,146 26,002
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 34.55% 35.76% 42.35%
Number of salaries quoted 7,965 17,442 13,328
10th Percentile £25,500 £25,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,875 £36,250
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 £76,250 £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 1 May 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 1 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
South East +29 372 £51,500 +5.10% 191
Midlands +34 311 £51,650 +14.78% 65
West Midlands +33 249 £52,500 +16.67% 37
North of England -22 245 £47,500 +5.56% 108
North West -50 123 £53,000 +6.00% 63
Yorkshire +36 111 £32,500 -31.58% 37
East of England +6 67 £55,000 +15.79% 37
South West -8 66 £50,000 +2.04% 70
East Midlands +36 62 £37,500 -15.21% 23
Wales +13 23 £49,104 +9.40% 8
Scotland +67 13 £55,000 +22.22% 36
North East +5 11 £55,000 +29.41% 11
Northern Ireland +34 1 £57,500 - 9
Isle of Man +6 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 67 (6.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 41 (3.73%) SharePoint
3 18 (1.64%) Skype for Business
4 8 (0.73%) Confluence
4 8 (0.73%) IIS
5 7 (0.64%) IBM Domino
6 6 (0.55%) Apache
7 5 (0.45%) WordPress
8 3 (0.27%) nginx
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 50 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (1.91%) MS Visio
3 15 (1.36%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 3 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
1 3 (0.27%) Sage 50
2 2 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.091%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 231 (21.02%) Azure
2 171 (15.56%) Microsoft 365
3 85 (7.73%) AWS
4 35 (3.18%) Entra ID
5 27 (2.46%) SaaS
6 20 (1.82%) Azure Sentinel
7 17 (1.55%) Mimecast
8 16 (1.46%) Google Workspace
9 13 (1.18%) Power Platform
10 10 (0.91%) Amazon EC2
10 10 (0.91%) GCP
10 10 (0.91%) Microsoft Purview
11 9 (0.82%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 8 (0.73%) Amazon S3
12 8 (0.73%) Nutanix
13 7 (0.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 7 (0.64%) OneDrive
14 6 (0.55%) PaaS
15 5 (0.45%) GitHub
16 4 (0.36%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 363 (33.03%) Firewall
2 303 (27.57%) WAN
3 230 (20.93%) Network Security
4 212 (19.29%) LAN
5 163 (14.83%) BGP
6 139 (12.65%) OSPF
7 128 (11.65%) VPN
8 123 (11.19%) Internet
8 123 (11.19%) WLAN
9 102 (9.28%) DNS
10 89 (8.10%) Wireless
11 87 (7.92%) EIGRP
11 87 (7.92%) SD-WAN
12 76 (6.92%) Cisco IOS
13 75 (6.82%) DHCP
14 73 (6.64%) MPLS
15 72 (6.55%) Wi-Fi
16 70 (6.37%) Cisco Firepower
16 70 (6.37%) TCP/IP
17 69 (6.28%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (2.64%) SQL Server
2 13 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (0.45%) DB2
3 5 (0.45%) 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 14 (1.27%) JIRA
2 11 (1.00%) Sonatype Nexus
3 8 (0.73%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.45%) 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
1 274 (24.93%) Social Skills
2 88 (8.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 62 (5.64%) Finance
4 41 (3.73%) Analytical Skills
5 40 (3.64%) Law
6 38 (3.46%) Retail
7 29 (2.64%) Presentation Skills
8 27 (2.46%) Automotive
9 25 (2.27%) Legal
10 23 (2.09%) Manufacturing
11 22 (2.00%) Public Sector
12 21 (1.91%) Telecoms
13 20 (1.82%) Marketing
14 15 (1.36%) Organisational Skills
15 12 (1.09%) Advertising
15 12 (1.09%) Banking
15 12 (1.09%) Police
16 11 (1.00%) Documentation Skills
17 9 (0.82%) Aerospace
18 8 (0.73%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 264 (24.02%) Network Engineer
2 194 (17.65%) Support Engineer
3 177 (16.11%) IT Support
4 145 (13.19%) IT Engineer
5 127 (11.56%) Architect
6 114 (10.37%) IT Support Engineer
7 90 (8.19%) Network Architect
8 87 (7.92%) Senior
9 68 (6.19%) Designer
9 68 (6.19%) Network Designer
10 55 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 50 (4.55%) Security Engineer
12 46 (4.19%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 46 (4.19%) Analyst
13 41 (3.73%) Senior Network Engineer
14 40 (3.64%) Lead
14 40 (3.64%) Technical Support
15 39 (3.55%) 3rd Line Support
16 38 (3.46%) 2nd Line Support
17 35 (3.18%) Network Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (1.00%) 802.1X
2 8 (0.73%) React
3 6 (0.55%) CSS
3 6 (0.55%) LDAP
4 5 (0.45%) HTML
4 5 (0.45%) REST
5 3 (0.27%) JSON
5 3 (0.27%) YAML
6 2 (0.18%) Middleware
7 1 (0.091%) Jinja
7 1 (0.091%) Kafka
7 1 (0.091%) Microsoft Graph
7 1 (0.091%) OpenConfig
7 1 (0.091%) RabbitMQ
7 1 (0.091%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 124 (11.28%) Driving Licence
2 75 (6.82%) Data Centre
3 32 (2.91%) Video Conferencing
4 28 (2.55%) Management Information System
5 25 (2.27%) Onboarding
6 19 (1.73%) Digital Signage
7 16 (1.46%) Smartphone
8 15 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
9 14 (1.27%) Enterprise Cloud
9 14 (1.27%) Replication
10 9 (0.82%) Cyber Threat
10 9 (0.82%) PMI
11 8 (0.73%) Cloud Native
12 7 (0.64%) CCTV
12 7 (0.64%) Product Ownership
13 6 (0.55%) Hybrid Cloud
13 6 (0.55%) Private Cloud
13 6 (0.55%) Public Cloud
13 6 (0.55%) Virtual Team
14 5 (0.45%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 351 (31.94%) Windows
2 215 (19.56%) Linux
3 107 (9.74%) Windows Server
4 51 (4.64%) Windows 10
5 42 (3.82%) Windows Server 2019
6 41 (3.73%) Windows Server 2016
7 37 (3.37%) Mac OS X
8 32 (2.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 25 (2.27%) Mac OS
10 24 (2.18%) Android
11 23 (2.09%) Ubuntu
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%) OpenBSD
15 1 (0.091%) Windows 7
15 1 (0.091%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 251 (22.84%) Problem-Solving
2 217 (19.75%) Network Management
3 206 (18.74%) ITIL
4 162 (14.74%) Mentoring
5 134 (12.19%) Computer Science
6 103 (9.37%) Asset Management
7 99 (9.01%) Customer Service
8 95 (8.64%) IT Asset Management
9 81 (7.37%) Cybersecurity
10 69 (6.28%) Network Design
11 64 (5.82%) Presales
12 59 (5.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 57 (5.19%) Migration
14 55 (5.00%) Service Delivery
15 49 (4.46%) Network Monitoring
16 46 (4.19%) Infrastructure Management
17 40 (3.64%) Roadmaps
18 39 (3.55%) Continuous Improvement
19 36 (3.28%) Project Management
19 36 (3.28%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 65 (5.91%) PowerShell
2 52 (4.73%) Python
3 45 (4.09%) SQL
4 14 (1.27%) JavaScript
5 11 (1.00%) Bash
5 11 (1.00%) Java
6 9 (0.82%) 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
1 363 (33.03%) Cisco Certification
2 339 (30.85%) Security Cleared
3 282 (25.66%) CCNA
4 262 (23.84%) SC Cleared
5 248 (22.57%) CCNP
6 218 (19.84%) Degree
7 162 (14.74%) Microsoft Certification
8 140 (12.74%) DV Cleared
9 128 (11.65%) Computer Science Degree
9 128 (11.65%) MCSE
10 99 (9.01%) MCP
11 95 (8.64%) LPIC
12 42 (3.82%) JNCIA
13 40 (3.64%) JNCIS
14 36 (3.28%) CCIE
15 26 (2.37%) MCSA
16 25 (2.27%) Network+ Certification
17 16 (1.46%) HND
18 15 (1.36%) CISSP
18 15 (1.36%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (3.82%) SLA
2 20 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials
3 17 (1.55%) GDPR
4 15 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (1.09%) NIST
6 11 (1.00%) QA
7 10 (0.91%) PCI DSS
8 6 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 5 (0.45%) Accessibility
9 5 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
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
1 196 (17.83%) Active Directory
2 131 (11.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 53 (4.82%) Hyper-V
4 15 (1.36%) VMware ESXi
4 15 (1.36%) XenApp
5 14 (1.27%) VMware NSX
6 10 (0.91%) Virtual Desktop
6 10 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (0.73%) Docker
7 8 (0.73%) Firmware
8 5 (0.45%) Terminal Services
8 5 (0.45%) vSphere
9 2 (0.18%) BitLocker
9 2 (0.18%) KVM
9 2 (0.18%) NFS
9 2 (0.18%) pfSense
9 2 (0.18%) PowerHA
9 2 (0.18%) SRDF
9 2 (0.18%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 2 (0.18%) Xen
Systems Management
1 62 (5.64%) Ansible
2 57 (5.19%) Microsoft Intune
3 51 (4.64%) FortiGate
4 27 (2.46%) Terraform
5 15 (1.36%) SCCM
6 10 (0.91%) vCenter Server
7 9 (0.82%) Jamf Pro
7 9 (0.82%) Kubernetes
7 9 (0.82%) Puppet
8 6 (0.55%) SmoothWall
8 6 (0.55%) WSUS
9 5 (0.45%) Cisco CUCM
9 5 (0.45%) VxRail
10 4 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.36%) Nessus
10 4 (0.36%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.36%) Proxmox
10 4 (0.36%) QRadar
10 4 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.27%) Avamar
Vendors
1 361 (32.85%) Microsoft
2 326 (29.66%) Juniper
3 204 (18.56%) Fortinet
4 194 (17.65%) VMware
5 115 (10.46%) Meraki
6 102 (9.28%) Palo Alto
7 82 (7.46%) Aruba
8 64 (5.82%) Dell
9 55 (5.00%) SolarWinds
10 51 (4.64%) CheckPoint
11 47 (4.28%) Citrix
11 47 (4.28%) SevOne
12 45 (4.09%) HP
13 30 (2.73%) F5
14 29 (2.64%) Red Hat
15 28 (2.55%) SonicWALL
16 23 (2.09%) Mitel
17 22 (2.00%) Google
18 21 (1.91%) Apple
19 19 (1.73%) Veeam