Cisco Architect Jobs

Cisco Architect
UK

The median Cisco Architect salary in the UK is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 707 849 931
Rank change year-on-year +142 +82 +280
Permanent jobs requiring a Cisco Architect 5 41 46
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.009% 0.041% 0.046%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.010% 0.043% 0.051%
Number of salaries quoted 5 2 44
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £47,500 £70,000 £77,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £75,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -11.76% +3.03%
75th Percentile £62,500 £80,000 -
90th Percentile £65,500 - £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 - £85,000
% change year-on-year - - +3.03%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 50,683 94,601 90,752
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.72% 94.69% 91.52%
Number of salaries quoted 27,196 67,610 57,343
10th Percentile £29,500 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,320 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.37% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £71,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,564 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +3.13% -5.66% +6.00%

Cisco Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Cisco Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco Architect in the UK

Cisco Architect
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cisco Architect.

Salary trend for Cisco Architect in the UK

Cisco Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco Architect over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cisco Architect in the UK

Cisco Architect
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 19 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
UK excluding London +154 5 £60,000 - 1
England +111 5 £60,000 -20.00% 1
North of England +36 4 £55,000 -
North West -14 4 £55,000 -
Midlands +58 1 £65,000 -
West Midlands +31 1 £65,000 -

Cisco Architect Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 19 May 2025, Cisco Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Cisco Architect in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) LAN
1 5 (100.00%) WAN
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco
1 5 (100.00%) CCNA
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (100.00%) Juniper
2 4 (80.00%) Firewall
2 4 (80.00%) JNCIA
2 4 (80.00%) Fortinet
2 4 (80.00%) Aruba
2 4 (80.00%) Presales
2 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Palo Alto
4 1 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (20.00%) JNCIS
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Junos
4 1 (20.00%) Network Architecture
4 1 (20.00%) Network Design
4 1 (20.00%) IPsec
4 1 (20.00%) MPLS
4 1 (20.00%) BGP
4 1 (20.00%) CCNP
4 1 (20.00%) SLA

Cisco Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) LAN
1 5 (100.00%) WAN
2 4 (80.00%) Firewall
3 1 (20.00%) BGP
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (20.00%) IPsec
3 1 (20.00%) Junos
3 1 (20.00%) MPLS
General
1 4 (80.00%) Presentation Skills
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Presales
2 1 (20.00%) Network Architecture
2 1 (20.00%) Network Design
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) CCNA
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (80.00%) JNCIA
3 1 (20.00%) CCNP
3 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) JNCIS
3 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco
1 5 (100.00%) Juniper
2 4 (80.00%) Aruba
2 4 (80.00%) Fortinet
3 2 (40.00%) Palo Alto