Cisco
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Cisco products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cisco over the 6 months to 10 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 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 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 76 131 141
Rank change year-on-year +55 +10 -56
Permanent jobs citing Cisco 2,041 3,259 3,470
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.90% 2.67% 2.73%
As % of the Vendors category 9.30% 6.49% 6.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,612 2,558 2,701
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,825 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,000 £36,813 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £67,406 £69,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £84,875 £83,750 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,000 £43,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +10.34% -3.33% -

All Vendors
UK

Cisco is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 21,950 50,228 49,937
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 41.99% 41.09% 39.30%
Number of salaries quoted 16,048 29,606 33,465
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £39,742 £41,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £91,934 £95,000 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +3.26%

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 10 December 2023.

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 10 December 2023. 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 +64 1,847 £52,000 +4.00% 665
UK excluding London +58 1,323 £48,000 +10.34% 468
Work from Home +53 724 £55,000 +2.80% 251
London +80 655 £65,000 +13.04% 210
South East +72 388 £48,000 +1.05% 141
North of England +66 288 £45,000 +5.88% 110
Midlands +27 233 £47,500 - 94
South West +72 212 £49,000 +11.36% 65
West Midlands +27 183 £47,500 - 72
Yorkshire +88 143 £46,500 +12.73% 47
North West +37 116 £50,000 +17.65% 55
East of England +20 104 £60,000 +50.00% 51
Wales +64 78 £42,000 -2.34% 8
Scotland +17 52 £55,000 +26.44% 17
East Midlands +26 48 £47,500 +5.56% 22
North East +45 44 £41,000 +9.33% 11
Northern Ireland +35 15 £57,500 +17.95% 3
Channel Islands +9 2 £52,500 +5.00%

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
1 168 (8.23%) MS Exchange
2 102 (5.00%) SharePoint
3 44 (2.16%) Confluence
4 21 (1.03%) IIS
5 17 (0.83%) OpenStack
6 11 (0.54%) Apache
7 9 (0.44%) Skype for Business
8 8 (0.39%) Exchange Server 2010
9 4 (0.20%) nginx
10 3 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2013
11 2 (0.098%) SharePoint 2010
11 2 (0.098%) SharePoint 2013
12 1 (0.049%) CMS
12 1 (0.049%) Exchange Server 2000
12 1 (0.049%) Exchange Server 2003
12 1 (0.049%) Exchange Server 2007
12 1 (0.049%) Gunicorn
12 1 (0.049%) uWSGI
Applications
1 87 (4.26%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (0.83%) MS Visio
3 14 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.15%) 1Password
6 1 (0.049%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (0.20%) SAP ERP
2 3 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.098%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.098%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.049%) Magento
4 1 (0.049%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.049%) PlanetPress Connect
4 1 (0.049%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 619 (30.33%) Azure
2 538 (26.36%) Microsoft 365
3 209 (10.24%) AWS
4 134 (6.57%) Entra ID
5 80 (3.92%) IaaS
6 61 (2.99%) SaaS
7 46 (2.25%) PaaS
8 39 (1.91%) GCP
9 37 (1.81%) Mimecast
10 33 (1.62%) Cloud Computing
11 25 (1.22%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 25 (1.22%) Nutanix
12 23 (1.13%) WhatsApp
13 20 (0.98%) OneDrive
14 16 (0.78%) Azure Sentinel
15 15 (0.73%) Rubrik
16 12 (0.59%) Azure DevOps
16 12 (0.59%) Power Platform
17 11 (0.54%) Power Automate
18 10 (0.49%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 937 (45.91%) Firewall
2 791 (38.76%) WAN
3 544 (26.65%) LAN
4 480 (23.52%) Wireless
5 450 (22.05%) VPN
6 399 (19.55%) SD-WAN
7 327 (16.02%) DNS
8 313 (15.34%) Network Security
9 293 (14.36%) BGP
10 291 (14.26%) DHCP
11 251 (12.30%) TCP/IP
12 237 (11.61%) OSPF
13 230 (11.27%) Cisco IOS
13 230 (11.27%) Wi-Fi
14 219 (10.73%) MPLS
15 210 (10.29%) Cisco ASA
16 173 (8.48%) VLAN
17 161 (7.89%) Cisco Nexus
18 160 (7.84%) Cisco Firepower
19 153 (7.50%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (3.04%) SQL Server
2 46 (2.25%) Amazon RDS
3 14 (0.69%) MongoDB
3 14 (0.69%) MySQL
4 12 (0.59%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (0.49%) Power BI
6 8 (0.39%) GIS
7 6 (0.29%) InfluxDB
7 6 (0.29%) MariaDB
8 4 (0.20%) SAP HANA
9 3 (0.15%) Metadata
9 3 (0.15%) NonStop SQL
10 2 (0.098%) Azure SQL Database
11 1 (0.049%) BigQuery
11 1 (0.049%) Geospatial Data
11 1 (0.049%) OpenStack Swift
11 1 (0.049%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 51 (2.50%) JIRA
2 22 (1.08%) Sonatype Nexus
3 7 (0.34%) Git
4 4 (0.20%) Jenkins
General
1 502 (24.60%) Social Skills
2 221 (10.83%) Finance
3 187 (9.16%) Telecoms
4 159 (7.79%) Analytical Skills
5 120 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 95 (4.65%) Public Sector
7 74 (3.63%) Banking
8 73 (3.58%) Legal
9 71 (3.48%) Law
10 65 (3.18%) Retail
11 39 (1.91%) Games
12 31 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
13 28 (1.37%) Marketing
14 27 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
15 22 (1.08%) Back Office
16 21 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
17 20 (0.98%) Manufacturing
18 19 (0.93%) Aerospace
19 17 (0.83%) Financial Institution
19 17 (0.83%) Police
Job Titles
1 625 (30.62%) Network Engineer
2 337 (16.51%) Senior
3 248 (12.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 190 (9.31%) IT Support
5 170 (8.33%) Analyst
6 162 (7.94%) Senior Network Engineer
7 150 (7.35%) Support Engineer
8 139 (6.81%) Architect
9 127 (6.22%) Cisco Engineer
10 125 (6.12%) IT Engineer
11 110 (5.39%) Support Specialist
12 102 (5.00%) IT Support Specialist
13 89 (4.36%) Network Architect
14 85 (4.16%) Security Engineer
15 81 (3.97%) Cisco Network Engineer
16 77 (3.77%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 77 (3.77%) Lead
17 75 (3.67%) Consultant
18 58 (2.84%) Network Security Engineer
19 56 (2.74%) Network Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (2.16%) LDAP
2 28 (1.37%) Spine.js
3 25 (1.22%) 802.1X
4 16 (0.78%) JSON
5 15 (0.73%) SAML
6 11 (0.54%) HTML
6 11 (0.54%) XMPP
7 9 (0.44%) Elastic Stack
7 9 (0.44%) Kafka
8 7 (0.34%) XML
9 6 (0.29%) Apache NiFi
10 5 (0.24%) OLE
11 4 (0.20%) .NET
11 4 (0.20%) CSS
11 4 (0.20%) REST
12 3 (0.15%) FHIR
12 3 (0.15%) LAMP
12 3 (0.15%) ServiceStack
13 2 (0.098%) ARM Templates
13 2 (0.098%) LEMP Stack
Miscellaneous
1 352 (17.25%) Data Centre
2 144 (7.06%) Video Conferencing
3 104 (5.10%) Wiki
4 58 (2.84%) PKI
5 54 (2.65%) Management Information System
6 44 (2.16%) Driving Licence
7 42 (2.06%) Cyber Threat
8 34 (1.67%) Public Cloud
9 32 (1.57%) Onboarding
9 32 (1.57%) Security Operations Centre
10 31 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
11 30 (1.47%) Cloud Native
12 26 (1.27%) Virtual Team
13 24 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
14 20 (0.98%) Clustering
15 17 (0.83%) Replication
16 16 (0.78%) CMDB
17 15 (0.73%) Hedge funds
17 15 (0.73%) Hybrid Cloud
17 15 (0.73%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 708 (34.69%) Windows
2 366 (17.93%) Windows Server
3 265 (12.98%) Windows 10
4 217 (10.63%) Linux
5 174 (8.53%) Android
6 122 (5.98%) Windows Server 2019
7 114 (5.59%) Windows Server 2016
8 95 (4.65%) Windows Server 2012
9 19 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 19 (0.93%) Windows 7
10 17 (0.83%) Unix
11 13 (0.64%) Ubuntu
12 12 (0.59%) Debian
12 12 (0.59%) Mac OS X
13 10 (0.49%) Windows Server 2008
14 8 (0.39%) VMS
15 7 (0.34%) CentOS
16 6 (0.29%) Mac OS
16 6 (0.29%) Windows Server 2003
17 5 (0.24%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 373 (18.28%) ITIL
2 293 (14.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 289 (14.16%) Problem-Solving
4 237 (11.61%) Cybersecurity
5 157 (7.69%) Customer Service
6 146 (7.15%) Computer Science
7 138 (6.76%) Business Continuity
8 126 (6.17%) Network Design
8 126 (6.17%) Network Monitoring
9 117 (5.73%) Mobile Device Management
10 110 (5.39%) Project Delivery
11 109 (5.34%) Disaster Recovery
12 108 (5.29%) Contract Negotiation
13 106 (5.19%) SIEM
14 104 (5.10%) BCP
14 104 (5.10%) Business Continuity Planning
15 96 (4.70%) Service Delivery
16 94 (4.61%) Load Balancing
17 92 (4.51%) Application Virtualisation
18 89 (4.36%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 202 (9.90%) PowerShell
2 171 (8.38%) Python
3 102 (5.00%) SQL
4 43 (2.11%) Bash
5 17 (0.83%) Perl
6 12 (0.59%) C#
7 6 (0.29%) Java
7 6 (0.29%) JavaScript
8 5 (0.24%) C
8 5 (0.24%) PHP
9 4 (0.20%) Go
9 4 (0.20%) VBScript
10 3 (0.15%) COBOL
11 2 (0.098%) Ruby
12 1 (0.049%) Bicep
12 1 (0.049%) C++
12 1 (0.049%) Clojure
12 1 (0.049%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.049%) VB
12 1 (0.049%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 738 (36.16%) Cisco Certification
2 436 (21.36%) CCNP
3 392 (19.21%) CCNA
4 362 (17.74%) Degree
5 357 (17.49%) Security Cleared
6 204 (10.00%) SC Cleared
7 126 (6.17%) Computer Science Degree
8 120 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
9 112 (5.49%) DV Cleared
10 105 (5.14%) Master's Degree
11 96 (4.70%) CCIE
12 50 (2.45%) Azure Certification
13 33 (1.62%) MCSE
14 32 (1.57%) Network+ Certification
15 28 (1.37%) ITIL Certification
15 28 (1.37%) MCITP
15 28 (1.37%) MCSA
16 27 (1.32%) JNCIA
17 26 (1.27%) CCDP
17 26 (1.27%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 119 (5.83%) SLA
2 73 (3.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 58 (2.84%) Cyber Essentials
4 28 (1.37%) NIST
5 20 (0.98%) GDPR
6 17 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 15 (0.73%) PCI DSS
8 13 (0.64%) NCSC
9 8 (0.39%) QA
10 7 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 6 (0.29%) PMO
12 4 (0.20%) Accessibility
12 4 (0.20%) RMADS
13 3 (0.15%) DICOM
13 3 (0.15%) HL7
14 2 (0.098%) COBIT
14 2 (0.098%) GRC
14 2 (0.098%) ISO 9001
14 2 (0.098%) NIST 800
15 1 (0.049%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 528 (25.87%) Active Directory
2 313 (15.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 163 (7.99%) VMware ESXi
4 144 (7.06%) Hyper-V
5 112 (5.49%) XenApp
6 111 (5.44%) XenDesktop
7 106 (5.19%) Microsoft App-V
8 56 (2.74%) vSphere
9 40 (1.96%) VMware NSX
10 37 (1.81%) Virtual Machines
11 36 (1.76%) Firmware
12 26 (1.27%) Virtual Desktop
13 16 (0.78%) Docker
13 16 (0.78%) Virtual Servers
14 13 (0.64%) vCloud
15 5 (0.24%) KVM
15 5 (0.24%) Terminal Services
15 5 (0.24%) VMware Workstation
16 4 (0.20%) Ceph
16 4 (0.20%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 214 (10.49%) FortiGate
2 172 (8.43%) SCCM
3 164 (8.04%) Microsoft Intune
4 141 (6.91%) Ansible
5 114 (5.59%) Terraform
6 95 (4.65%) AirWatch
7 63 (3.09%) Puppet
8 58 (2.84%) Cisco CUCM
9 39 (1.91%) SCOM
10 25 (1.22%) Cisco Prime
11 23 (1.13%) Nessus
12 21 (1.03%) Kubernetes
12 21 (1.03%) WSUS
13 20 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
14 19 (0.93%) Cisco UCCX
15 15 (0.73%) Failover Clustering
16 14 (0.69%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
16 14 (0.69%) Stealthwatch
17 13 (0.64%) Grafana
17 13 (0.64%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 695 (34.05%) Microsoft
2 469 (22.98%) VMware
3 390 (19.11%) Juniper
4 326 (15.97%) Palo Alto
5 306 (14.99%) Meraki
6 292 (14.31%) CheckPoint
6 292 (14.31%) Fortinet
7 235 (11.51%) Citrix
8 197 (9.65%) F5
9 184 (9.02%) Aruba
10 138 (6.76%) HP
11 121 (5.93%) SolarWinds
12 92 (4.51%) Veeam
13 89 (4.36%) Dell
14 68 (3.33%) ServiceNow
15 47 (2.30%) Splunk
16 45 (2.20%) Apple
17 41 (2.01%) Riverbed
18 40 (1.96%) Oracle
19 39 (1.91%) Google