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 10 August 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
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 92 105
Rank change year-on-year -34 +13 -12
Permanent jobs citing Cisco 1,605 1,651 1,946
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.52% 3.31% 2.34%
As % of the Vendors category 6.03% 7.86% 7.12%
Number of salaries quoted 923 993 1,492
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,800 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,750 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.58% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £63,750 £62,813
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +17.65% -10.53% +1.06%

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 26,607 21,004 27,322
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.13% 42.07% 32.90%
Number of salaries quoted 16,308 11,633 17,035
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £39,750 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.65% -0.95% -8.70%
75th Percentile £77,063 £71,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £44,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +13.64% -7.37% -5.00%

Cisco
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Cisco job vacancy trend in the UK

Cisco
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Cisco.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Cisco

Cisco
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco over the 6 months to 10 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Cisco in the UK

Cisco
Top 17 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 10 August 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
England -39 1,478 £55,000 +15.79% 749
UK excluding London -38 1,166 £50,000 +17.65% 611
London -12 398 £70,000 +3.70% 261
Work from Home -90 384 £60,000 +20.00% 158
South East -26 332 £50,000 +7.53% 148
North of England -61 324 £50,000 +53.85% 163
Midlands +22 235 £45,000 +12.50% 77
Yorkshire -14 164 £45,000 +40.63% 64
West Midlands +22 157 £54,500 +9.00% 40
South West -58 136 £37,500 -21.05% 92
North West -77 134 £55,000 +39.24% 77
East Midlands -1 78 £41,000 +49.09% 37
East of England -7 68 £52,500 -4.55% 68
Scotland +45 62 £39,500 -21.00% 37
Wales -23 35 £48,500 -2.51% 24
North East -69 26 £46,500 +60.34% 22
Northern Ireland -67 8 £52,500 -8.70% 14

Cisco
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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
1 114 (7.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 99 (6.17%) SharePoint
3 11 (0.69%) Confluence
4 9 (0.56%) IIS
5 7 (0.44%) Skype for Business
6 6 (0.37%) SAS
7 1 (0.062%) OpenStack
Applications
1 43 (2.68%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (1.25%) MS Visio
3 18 (1.12%) Chatbot
4 16 (1.00%) PlantUML
5 14 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
6 10 (0.62%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.062%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.062%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 1 (0.062%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (0.50%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.12%) Infor CloudSuite
2 2 (0.12%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
2 2 (0.12%) Sage 200
2 2 (0.12%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 750 (46.73%) Azure
2 262 (16.32%) Microsoft 365
3 185 (11.53%) AWS
4 144 (8.97%) Entra ID
5 45 (2.80%) Google Workspace
6 40 (2.49%) OneDrive
7 33 (2.06%) GCP
8 26 (1.62%) Mimecast
9 23 (1.43%) IaaS
10 22 (1.37%) Azure Sentinel
10 22 (1.37%) SaaS
11 21 (1.31%) PaaS
12 16 (1.00%) OpenShift
13 15 (0.93%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 14 (0.87%) Datadog
15 13 (0.81%) Cloud Computing
15 13 (0.81%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 12 (0.75%) Microsoft Copilot
16 12 (0.75%) Microsoft Purview
17 11 (0.69%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 576 (35.89%) Firewall
2 407 (25.36%) WAN
3 345 (21.50%) LAN
4 290 (18.07%) Network Security
5 284 (17.69%) VPN
6 206 (12.83%) Wireless
7 203 (12.65%) SD-WAN
8 186 (11.59%) VLAN
9 183 (11.40%) DNS
10 165 (10.28%) Wi-Fi
11 151 (9.41%) BGP
12 137 (8.54%) DHCP
13 123 (7.66%) OSPF
14 107 (6.67%) TCP/IP
15 102 (6.36%) VoIP
16 98 (6.11%) Cisco ISE
17 92 (5.73%) Cisco Nexus
18 70 (4.36%) Cisco ASA
18 70 (4.36%) MPLS
19 69 (4.30%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (2.31%) SQL Server
2 11 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (0.44%) MySQL
4 6 (0.37%) Big Data
4 6 (0.37%) Power BI
5 2 (0.12%) GIS
5 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.062%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.062%) KDB
6 1 (0.062%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.062%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.062%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 42 (2.62%) JIRA
2 16 (1.00%) Git
3 12 (0.75%) GitLab
4 6 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
5 3 (0.19%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.062%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.062%) Metasploit
7 1 (0.062%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.062%) Subversion
General
1 710 (44.24%) Social Skills
2 130 (8.10%) Finance
3 82 (5.11%) Analytical Skills
4 81 (5.05%) Organisational Skills
5 80 (4.98%) Telecoms
6 70 (4.36%) Marketing
7 61 (3.80%) Public Sector
8 53 (3.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 43 (2.68%) Law
10 41 (2.55%) Documentation Skills
11 37 (2.31%) Manufacturing
12 34 (2.12%) Presentation Skills
13 33 (2.06%) Retail
14 29 (1.81%) Banking
15 26 (1.62%) Legal
16 22 (1.37%) Military
17 16 (1.00%) Aerospace
18 14 (0.87%) Influencing Skills
19 9 (0.56%) Advertising
20 6 (0.37%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 705 (43.93%) Network Engineer
2 232 (14.45%) Senior
3 137 (8.54%) IT Support
4 113 (7.04%) Architect
5 109 (6.79%) Senior Network Engineer
6 108 (6.73%) Support Engineer
7 98 (6.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 91 (5.67%) IT Engineer
9 79 (4.92%) Cisco Engineer
10 73 (4.55%) Lead
11 71 (4.42%) Consultant
12 69 (4.30%) Cisco Network Engineer
13 65 (4.05%) Analyst
14 63 (3.93%) IT Support Engineer
15 48 (2.99%) Network Architect
16 47 (2.93%) Security Engineer
17 41 (2.55%) Sales Executive
18 40 (2.49%) Corporate Sales Executive
19 39 (2.43%) 2nd Line Support
19 39 (2.43%) Network Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.00%) 802.1X
2 15 (0.93%) JSON
3 14 (0.87%) Jinja
4 13 (0.81%) ModSecurity
4 13 (0.81%) YAML
5 12 (0.75%) OAuth
5 12 (0.75%) SAML
5 12 (0.75%) XMPP
6 10 (0.62%) REST
7 5 (0.31%) A2A Protocol
7 5 (0.31%) Model Context Protocol
7 5 (0.31%) XML
7 5 (0.31%) YANG
8 4 (0.25%) Web Services
9 3 (0.19%) Apache NiFi
9 3 (0.19%) ARM Templates
9 3 (0.19%) Middleware
9 3 (0.19%) Node.js
10 2 (0.12%) JWT
10 2 (0.12%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 188 (11.71%) Data Centre
2 87 (5.42%) Driving Licence
3 81 (5.05%) Onboarding
4 59 (3.68%) Self-Motivation
5 54 (3.36%) Security Posture
6 44 (2.74%) Hybrid Cloud
7 38 (2.37%) Video Conferencing
8 28 (1.74%) IVR
9 27 (1.68%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 27 (1.68%) Management Information System
10 24 (1.50%) Enterprise Cloud
11 23 (1.43%) Cloud Native
11 23 (1.43%) Public Cloud
12 22 (1.37%) CCTV
12 22 (1.37%) PKI
13 19 (1.18%) Replication
13 19 (1.18%) Smart Home
14 16 (1.00%) CMDB
14 16 (1.00%) iPhone
15 14 (0.87%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 322 (20.06%) Windows
2 171 (10.65%) Windows Server
3 138 (8.60%) Linux
4 43 (2.68%) Mac OS
5 32 (1.99%) Windows 10
6 28 (1.74%) Windows Server 2019
7 19 (1.18%) Windows Server 2016
8 17 (1.06%) Android
9 11 (0.69%) Ubuntu
10 6 (0.37%) Unix
11 4 (0.25%) Solaris
11 4 (0.25%) VMS
11 4 (0.25%) Windows 7
11 4 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 2 (0.12%) Debian
13 2 (0.12%) tvOS
14 1 (0.062%) CentOS
14 1 (0.062%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 198 (12.34%) Cybersecurity
2 187 (11.65%) Disaster Recovery
3 184 (11.46%) Problem-Solving
4 164 (10.22%) Continuous Improvement
5 157 (9.78%) ITIL
6 136 (8.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 136 (8.47%) Project Delivery
7 113 (7.04%) AI
8 105 (6.54%) SIEM
9 102 (6.36%) Mentoring
10 101 (6.29%) Network Design
11 100 (6.23%) Presales
12 94 (5.86%) High Availability
13 85 (5.30%) Business Continuity
14 84 (5.23%) Customer Service
15 82 (5.11%) Incident Response
15 82 (5.11%) Roadmaps
16 79 (4.92%) Technical Leadership
17 78 (4.86%) Network Monitoring
18 76 (4.74%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 126 (7.85%) PowerShell
2 125 (7.79%) Python
3 30 (1.87%) SQL
4 23 (1.43%) Bash
5 14 (0.87%) Ruby
6 9 (0.56%) Bicep
7 5 (0.31%) JavaScript
8 4 (0.25%) Java
8 4 (0.25%) Kusto Query Language
8 4 (0.25%) Perl
9 2 (0.12%) C#
9 2 (0.12%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.12%) VBA
10 1 (0.062%) C
Qualifications
1 663 (41.31%) Cisco Certification
2 467 (29.10%) CCNA
3 395 (24.61%) Azure Certification
4 359 (22.37%) Network+ Certification
5 251 (15.64%) CCNP
6 190 (11.84%) Degree
7 139 (8.66%) Security Cleared
8 91 (5.67%) SC Cleared
9 70 (4.36%) CCIE
10 56 (3.49%) DV Cleared
11 52 (3.24%) Microsoft Certification
12 43 (2.68%) Computer Science Degree
13 35 (2.18%) CISSP
14 24 (1.50%) AWS Certification
14 24 (1.50%) CompTIA Security+
15 21 (1.31%) DBS Check
16 18 (1.12%) MCSA
17 17 (1.06%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
18 16 (1.00%) CCSE
19 13 (0.81%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (5.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 62 (3.86%) SLA
3 53 (3.30%) NIST
4 47 (2.93%) Cyber Essentials
5 41 (2.55%) GDPR
6 32 (1.99%) PCI DSS
7 16 (1.00%) Accessibility
8 14 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 14 (0.87%) QA
9 12 (0.75%) ISO 9001
10 9 (0.56%) PMO
11 8 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 8 (0.50%) NCSC
12 6 (0.37%) GRC
13 4 (0.25%) HIPAA
13 4 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 1 (0.062%) COSHH
14 1 (0.062%) Data Quality
14 1 (0.062%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 1 (0.062%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 207 (12.90%) Active Directory
2 181 (11.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 104 (6.48%) Hyper-V
4 36 (2.24%) vSphere
5 30 (1.87%) VMware NSX
6 25 (1.56%) Firmware
7 17 (1.06%) Virtual Servers
8 16 (1.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 16 (1.00%) VMware ESXi
9 10 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
10 8 (0.50%) ProxySG
10 8 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
11 6 (0.37%) Docker
12 4 (0.25%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 3 (0.19%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 3 (0.19%) Terminal Services
14 2 (0.12%) BitLocker
14 2 (0.12%) UAG
15 1 (0.062%) Ceph
15 1 (0.062%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 100 (6.23%) Ansible
2 94 (5.86%) Microsoft Intune
3 80 (4.98%) Terraform
4 74 (4.61%) FortiGate
5 28 (1.74%) Jamf Pro
6 18 (1.12%) Cisco CUCM
7 17 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
8 15 (0.93%) CASB
9 14 (0.87%) Kubernetes
10 12 (0.75%) Grafana
11 11 (0.69%) Autotask
12 10 (0.62%) Cisco Prime
12 10 (0.62%) VxRail
13 8 (0.50%) WSUS
14 6 (0.37%) Packer
15 5 (0.31%) Check_MK
16 4 (0.25%) NetBackup
16 4 (0.25%) Puppet
16 4 (0.25%) ServiceCenter
16 4 (0.25%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 812 (50.59%) Microsoft
2 342 (21.31%) ForeScout
3 252 (15.70%) Palo Alto
4 241 (15.02%) Fortinet
5 226 (14.08%) VMware
6 223 (13.89%) Meraki
7 139 (8.66%) Aruba
8 116 (7.23%) Juniper
9 94 (5.86%) Dell
10 85 (5.30%) HP
11 77 (4.80%) CheckPoint
12 66 (4.11%) F5
13 62 (3.86%) SolarWinds
13 62 (3.86%) Zscaler
14 50 (3.12%) Google
15 47 (2.93%) Arista
16 46 (2.87%) Veeam
17 43 (2.68%) Qualys
17 43 (2.68%) Splunk
18 41 (2.55%) ServiceNow