Cisco
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 30 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
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 99 123
Rank change year-on-year +7 +24 +8
Permanent jobs citing Cisco 1,532 2,564 2,938
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.94% 2.61% 2.82%
As % of the Vendors category 7.99% 7.04% 6.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,126 2,077 2,015
10th Percentile £31,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,283 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £75,000 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -

All Vendors
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 19,185 36,439 43,331
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 36.78% 37.05% 41.66%
Number of salaries quoted 11,735 25,145 24,687
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,700 £31,000
25th Percentile £37,574 £36,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,600 £68,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +5.26%

Cisco
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Cisco as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco in the UK

Cisco
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Cisco in the UK

Cisco
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Cisco in the UK

Cisco
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco within the UK over the 6 months to 30 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
England +12 1,465 £55,000 +10.00% 585
UK excluding London +20 1,094 £50,000 +5.26% 412
London -20 373 £70,000 +16.67% 216
South East +26 369 £51,500 +5.10% 123
Work from Home -1 368 £55,000 +4.76% 288
Midlands +32 311 £51,843 +15.21% 64
West Midlands +29 249 £53,688 +19.31% 37
North of England -26 244 £47,500 +5.56% 91
North West -55 122 £53,000 +6.00% 50
Yorkshire +35 111 £32,500 -31.58% 33
South West +3 67 £50,000 +2.04% 60
East of England +4 65 £55,000 +15.79% 25
East Midlands +36 62 £37,500 -15.21% 25
Wales +9 23 £49,104 +9.40% 7
Scotland +61 13 £55,000 +22.22% 34
North East +7 11 £55,000 +29.41% 11
Northern Ireland +35 1 £57,500 - 9
Isle of Man +6 1 £34,500 -31.00% 4

Cisco
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:

Application Platforms
1 120 (7.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 68 (4.44%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.24%) IIS
4 18 (1.17%) Skype for Business
5 10 (0.65%) WordPress
6 8 (0.52%) Confluence
7 7 (0.46%) Apache
7 7 (0.46%) IBM Domino
8 4 (0.26%) nginx
9 2 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2010
9 2 (0.13%) SAS
9 2 (0.13%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.13%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.13%) WebSphere Application Server
10 1 (0.065%) Exchange Server 2003
10 1 (0.065%) Exchange Server 2007
10 1 (0.065%) Exchange Server 2013
10 1 (0.065%) Office Communications Server
10 1 (0.065%) SharePoint 2010
10 1 (0.065%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 98 (6.40%) Microsoft Office
2 44 (2.87%) MS Visio
3 34 (2.22%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 4 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.13%) InDesign
6 2 (0.13%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 6 (0.39%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.20%) Fidessa
2 3 (0.20%) Sage 50
3 2 (0.13%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.065%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.065%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.065%) Eikon
4 1 (0.065%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 457 (29.83%) Azure
2 314 (20.50%) Microsoft 365
3 174 (11.36%) AWS
4 94 (6.14%) Entra ID
5 59 (3.85%) SaaS
6 47 (3.07%) GCP
7 33 (2.15%) IaaS
8 31 (2.02%) PaaS
9 28 (1.83%) Azure Sentinel
9 28 (1.83%) Google Workspace
10 27 (1.76%) Mimecast
11 17 (1.11%) Power Platform
12 15 (0.98%) Microsoft Purview
13 14 (0.91%) Amazon EC2
14 13 (0.85%) Cloud Computing
15 12 (0.78%) Amazon S3
15 12 (0.78%) OneDrive
16 10 (0.65%) Azure DevOps
16 10 (0.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 8 (0.52%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 581 (37.92%) Firewall
2 447 (29.18%) WAN
3 332 (21.67%) LAN
4 305 (19.91%) Network Security
5 237 (15.47%) BGP
6 226 (14.75%) VPN
7 200 (13.05%) OSPF
8 179 (11.68%) SD-WAN
9 165 (10.77%) DNS
10 151 (9.86%) WLAN
11 142 (9.27%) Wireless
12 135 (8.81%) Wi-Fi
13 133 (8.68%) Internet
14 128 (8.36%) DHCP
15 123 (8.03%) Cisco ISE
16 122 (7.96%) MPLS
17 109 (7.11%) TCP/IP
18 108 (7.05%) VLAN
19 106 (6.92%) Cisco IOS
20 98 (6.40%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (3.07%) SQL Server
2 13 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (0.59%) Amazon RDS
4 6 (0.39%) Metadata
4 6 (0.39%) Power BI
5 5 (0.33%) DB2
5 5 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (0.20%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (0.20%) Big Data
6 3 (0.20%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.13%) Crystal Reports
7 2 (0.13%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.13%) MySQL
8 1 (0.065%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.065%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 21 (1.37%) Sonatype Nexus
2 19 (1.24%) JIRA
3 9 (0.59%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.39%) GitLab
5 5 (0.33%) Git
6 3 (0.20%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.065%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.065%) Selenium
7 1 (0.065%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.065%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 399 (26.04%) Social Skills
2 170 (11.10%) Finance
3 114 (7.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 76 (4.96%) Analytical Skills
5 59 (3.85%) Telecoms
6 58 (3.79%) Retail
7 52 (3.39%) Law
8 46 (3.00%) Banking
9 42 (2.74%) Legal
10 40 (2.61%) Presentation Skills
11 33 (2.15%) Public Sector
12 28 (1.83%) Automotive
12 28 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
13 27 (1.76%) Marketing
14 26 (1.70%) Documentation Skills
15 25 (1.63%) Manufacturing
16 12 (0.78%) Advertising
16 12 (0.78%) Aerospace
16 12 (0.78%) Police
17 10 (0.65%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 381 (24.87%) Network Engineer
2 226 (14.75%) Support Engineer
3 203 (13.25%) IT Support
4 179 (11.68%) Senior
5 174 (11.36%) Architect
6 166 (10.84%) IT Engineer
7 131 (8.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 128 (8.36%) IT Support Engineer
9 124 (8.09%) Network Architect
10 74 (4.83%) Designer
11 73 (4.77%) Analyst
12 72 (4.70%) Network Designer
12 72 (4.70%) Senior Network Engineer
13 69 (4.50%) Consultant
14 60 (3.92%) Lead
15 59 (3.85%) Security Engineer
16 58 (3.79%) Cisco Engineer
17 50 (3.26%) Support Analyst
18 48 (3.13%) 3rd Line Engineer
19 46 (3.00%) Network Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (2.02%) 802.1X
2 29 (1.89%) JSON
3 8 (0.52%) React
4 7 (0.46%) YAML
5 6 (0.39%) CSS
5 6 (0.39%) LDAP
6 5 (0.33%) HTML
6 5 (0.33%) REST
7 2 (0.13%) Middleware
7 2 (0.13%) SAML
8 1 (0.065%) .NET
8 1 (0.065%) cloud-init
8 1 (0.065%) EDI
8 1 (0.065%) Jinja
8 1 (0.065%) Kafka
8 1 (0.065%) Microsoft Graph
8 1 (0.065%) OpenConfig
8 1 (0.065%) RabbitMQ
8 1 (0.065%) RESTful
8 1 (0.065%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 182 (11.88%) Data Centre
2 145 (9.46%) Driving Licence
3 62 (4.05%) Management Information System
4 50 (3.26%) Public Cloud
5 37 (2.42%) Video Conferencing
6 33 (2.15%) Onboarding
7 21 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
8 20 (1.31%) Replication
9 19 (1.24%) Digital Signage
10 18 (1.17%) Smartphone
11 17 (1.11%) Hybrid Cloud
12 15 (0.98%) Enterprise Cloud
12 15 (0.98%) Private Cloud
13 12 (0.78%) CCTV
14 11 (0.72%) Clustering
15 10 (0.65%) Cloud Native
15 10 (0.65%) Cyber Threat
16 9 (0.59%) Client/Server
16 9 (0.59%) iPhone
16 9 (0.59%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 500 (32.64%) Windows
2 272 (17.75%) Linux
3 195 (12.73%) Windows Server
4 123 (8.03%) Windows 10
5 58 (3.79%) Windows Server 2016
6 52 (3.39%) Windows Server 2019
7 46 (3.00%) Android
8 41 (2.68%) Mac OS X
9 39 (2.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 32 (2.09%) Mac OS
11 26 (1.70%) Ubuntu
12 11 (0.72%) Windows Server 2012
13 10 (0.65%) AIX
14 8 (0.52%) CentOS
15 6 (0.39%) Windows Server 2008
16 4 (0.26%) VMS
17 3 (0.20%) Unix
18 2 (0.13%) Solaris
18 2 (0.13%) SUSE
18 2 (0.13%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 346 (22.58%) Problem-Solving
2 269 (17.56%) ITIL
3 267 (17.43%) Network Management
4 189 (12.34%) Mentoring
5 154 (10.05%) Computer Science
6 147 (9.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 132 (8.62%) Customer Service
8 103 (6.72%) Asset Management
8 103 (6.72%) Cybersecurity
9 95 (6.20%) IT Asset Management
10 89 (5.81%) Network Monitoring
11 84 (5.48%) Network Design
12 81 (5.29%) Presales
13 76 (4.96%) Service Delivery
14 75 (4.90%) Migration
15 70 (4.57%) Disaster Recovery
16 67 (4.37%) Change Management
17 66 (4.31%) Continuous Improvement
18 64 (4.18%) Project Management
18 64 (4.18%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 125 (8.16%) PowerShell
2 111 (7.25%) Python
3 64 (4.18%) SQL
4 21 (1.37%) Bash
5 16 (1.04%) JavaScript
6 12 (0.78%) Java
7 9 (0.59%) PHP
8 3 (0.20%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.13%) R
9 2 (0.13%) Ruby
10 1 (0.065%) C#
10 1 (0.065%) Perl
10 1 (0.065%) Progress 4GL
10 1 (0.065%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.065%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 508 (33.16%) Cisco Certification
2 376 (24.54%) Security Cleared
3 361 (23.56%) CCNA
4 342 (22.32%) CCNP
5 307 (20.04%) Degree
6 288 (18.80%) SC Cleared
7 191 (12.47%) Microsoft Certification
8 148 (9.66%) DV Cleared
9 142 (9.27%) Computer Science Degree
10 133 (8.68%) MCSE
11 102 (6.66%) MCP
12 95 (6.20%) LPIC
13 63 (4.11%) CCIE
14 45 (2.94%) JNCIA
14 45 (2.94%) Network+ Certification
15 40 (2.61%) JNCIS
16 31 (2.02%) MCSA
17 26 (1.70%) CISSP
18 23 (1.50%) Azure Certification
19 20 (1.31%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (4.57%) SLA
2 38 (2.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (1.63%) Cyber Essentials
4 24 (1.57%) GDPR
5 19 (1.24%) NIST
6 13 (0.85%) QA
7 12 (0.78%) PCI DSS
8 8 (0.52%) Accessibility
9 7 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 6 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 5 (0.33%) ISO 9001
11 5 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.26%) Def Stans
12 4 (0.26%) HIPAA
12 4 (0.26%) ISO 9000
12 4 (0.26%) NCSC
12 4 (0.26%) SOC 2
13 3 (0.20%) Government Security Classifications
13 3 (0.20%) GRC
13 3 (0.20%) JSP 440
System Software
1 323 (21.08%) Active Directory
2 217 (14.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 100 (6.53%) Hyper-V
4 49 (3.20%) VMware ESXi
5 46 (3.00%) VMware NSX
6 30 (1.96%) Virtual Desktop
7 23 (1.50%) Firmware
8 19 (1.24%) Virtual Machines
8 19 (1.24%) XenApp
9 14 (0.91%) vSphere
10 13 (0.85%) Docker
11 5 (0.33%) Terminal Services
11 5 (0.33%) XenDesktop
12 3 (0.20%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 3 (0.20%) VMware Workstation
13 2 (0.13%) KVM
13 2 (0.13%) pfSense
13 2 (0.13%) PowerHA
13 2 (0.13%) Veritas Cluster Server
13 2 (0.13%) Xen
Systems Management
1 123 (8.03%) Ansible
2 117 (7.64%) Microsoft Intune
3 90 (5.87%) FortiGate
4 87 (5.68%) Terraform
5 67 (4.37%) SCCM
6 25 (1.63%) WSUS
7 24 (1.57%) Kubernetes
8 15 (0.98%) Jamf Pro
8 15 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
8 15 (0.98%) vCenter Server
9 13 (0.85%) Cisco CUCM
9 13 (0.85%) Puppet
10 11 (0.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 8 (0.52%) Graylog
11 8 (0.52%) Nagios
11 8 (0.52%) SCOM
12 7 (0.46%) Progress Chef
13 6 (0.39%) SmoothWall
13 6 (0.39%) VxRail
14 4 (0.26%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 545 (35.57%) Microsoft
2 367 (23.96%) Juniper
3 322 (21.02%) VMware
4 274 (17.89%) Fortinet
5 203 (13.25%) Meraki
6 180 (11.75%) Palo Alto
7 139 (9.07%) CheckPoint
8 106 (6.92%) Citrix
9 102 (6.66%) SolarWinds
10 92 (6.01%) F5
11 91 (5.94%) Aruba
12 88 (5.74%) Dell
13 66 (4.31%) HP
14 61 (3.98%) Google
15 49 (3.20%) SevOne
16 45 (2.94%) Veeam
17 44 (2.87%) Red Hat
18 40 (2.61%) Arista
19 36 (2.35%) Apple
20 34 (2.22%) Zscaler