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 23 October 2024, 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
23 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 104 74 153
Rank change year-on-year -30 +79 -15
Permanent jobs citing Cisco 1,793 2,421 3,584
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.37% 4.07% 2.55%
As % of the Vendors category 7.33% 9.72% 6.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,082 1,780 2,700
10th Percentile £32,525 £31,975 £30,825
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £52,500 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.81% +0.96% +9.47%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £68,625
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,548 £83,750
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 24,446 24,905 55,942
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.31% 41.89% 39.81%
Number of salaries quoted 12,032 17,966 30,925
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £56,392 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.08% -0.19% +2.73%
75th Percentile £76,000 £73,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,975 £91,250 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +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 23 October 2024.

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 23 October 2024. 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 -34 1,692 £55,000 +7.87% 466
UK excluding London -41 1,191 £50,000 +5.26% 349
London -29 566 £70,000 +7.85% 154
Work from Home -75 473 £55,000 +4.76% 486
South East -24 392 £52,500 +8.25% 110
Midlands -28 285 £47,500 +1.60% 60
North of England -79 208 £50,000 +11.11% 66
West Midlands -22 205 £47,500 +2.15% 39
South West -34 139 £43,000 -9.47% 44
North West -47 123 £47,500 -5.00% 42
East of England -67 88 £46,250 -22.92% 38
East Midlands -43 80 £47,500 - 21
Yorkshire -56 61 £57,500 +27.78% 17
Wales -1 41 £48,000 +10.34% 10
Scotland -47 39 £40,000 -23.08% 27
North East -46 24 £50,000 +25.00% 7
Channel Islands -5 4 - -
Northern Ireland 0 2 £52,500 +10.53% 7

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
1 112 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 96 (5.35%) SharePoint
3 17 (0.95%) SharePoint 2013
4 16 (0.89%) SharePoint 2010
5 11 (0.61%) IIS
6 5 (0.28%) nginx
7 4 (0.22%) Apache
8 3 (0.17%) IBM Notes
9 2 (0.11%) SAS
10 1 (0.056%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.056%) Confluence
10 1 (0.056%) Mattermost
10 1 (0.056%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.056%) WordPress
Applications
1 86 (4.80%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (1.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (0.73%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.056%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.056%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.056%) Revit
Business Applications
1 8 (0.45%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.11%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.11%) HiPortfolio
3 2 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.11%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.056%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 502 (28.00%) Azure
2 341 (19.02%) Microsoft 365
3 221 (12.33%) AWS
4 103 (5.74%) Entra ID
5 84 (4.68%) SaaS
6 61 (3.40%) GCP
7 47 (2.62%) IaaS
8 37 (2.06%) Cloud Computing
9 33 (1.84%) PaaS
10 32 (1.78%) Mimecast
11 31 (1.73%) Google Workspace
12 28 (1.56%) OneDrive
13 26 (1.45%) Power Platform
14 16 (0.89%) OpenShift
15 15 (0.84%) Nutanix
16 11 (0.61%) Azure ExpressRoute
17 10 (0.56%) Dynamics 365
18 9 (0.50%) Cloudflare
19 8 (0.45%) Azure DevOps
20 5 (0.28%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 686 (38.26%) Firewall
2 481 (26.83%) WAN
3 406 (22.64%) Network Security
4 350 (19.52%) LAN
5 297 (16.56%) BGP
6 278 (15.50%) OSPF
7 250 (13.94%) VPN
8 246 (13.72%) SD-WAN
9 223 (12.44%) WLAN
10 206 (11.49%) Internet
11 194 (10.82%) DNS
12 189 (10.54%) TCP/IP
13 183 (10.21%) Wireless
14 175 (9.76%) VLAN
15 147 (8.20%) MPLS
16 145 (8.09%) Cisco Firepower
17 143 (7.98%) DHCP
18 142 (7.92%) Cisco ASA
18 142 (7.92%) Wi-Fi
19 97 (5.41%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (4.52%) SQL Server
2 16 (0.89%) MySQL
3 14 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
4 13 (0.73%) Oracle Database
5 11 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (0.39%) Power BI
6 7 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (0.28%) Big Data
7 5 (0.28%) Metadata
8 4 (0.22%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.22%) MariaDB
9 2 (0.11%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.11%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.11%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.056%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.056%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.056%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.056%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 13 (0.73%) Oracle Forms
2 9 (0.50%) JIRA
3 3 (0.17%) Axure RP
3 3 (0.17%) MSI
3 3 (0.17%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (0.17%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.11%) Git
5 1 (0.056%) Jenkins
General
1 411 (22.92%) Social Skills
2 187 (10.43%) Finance
3 128 (7.14%) Telecoms
4 82 (4.57%) Analytical Skills
5 61 (3.40%) Banking
6 60 (3.35%) Retail
7 54 (3.01%) Law
8 49 (2.73%) Public Sector
9 47 (2.62%) Organisational Skills
10 40 (2.23%) Legal
11 31 (1.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 28 (1.56%) Manufacturing
13 26 (1.45%) Aerospace
13 26 (1.45%) Automotive
14 21 (1.17%) Documentation Skills
15 19 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
16 15 (0.84%) Military
17 13 (0.73%) Marketing
18 11 (0.61%) Local Government
18 11 (0.61%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 568 (31.68%) Network Engineer
2 306 (17.07%) Senior
3 261 (14.56%) IT Engineer
4 256 (14.28%) Support Engineer
5 214 (11.94%) IT Support
6 182 (10.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 159 (8.87%) IT Support Engineer
8 154 (8.59%) Senior Network Engineer
9 128 (7.14%) Cisco Engineer
10 108 (6.02%) Lead
11 107 (5.97%) Analyst
12 103 (5.74%) Architect
13 86 (4.80%) Consultant
14 73 (4.07%) Network Specialist
15 70 (3.90%) Network Consultant
16 58 (3.23%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 58 (3.23%) Support Analyst
17 51 (2.84%) Lead Cisco Engineer
18 50 (2.79%) Network Architect
18 50 (2.79%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (3.18%) 802.1X
2 23 (1.28%) XMPP
3 13 (0.73%) JSON
4 12 (0.67%) YAML
5 5 (0.28%) REST
6 4 (0.22%) Node-RED
7 3 (0.17%) Web Services
8 2 (0.11%) HTML
8 2 (0.11%) SAML
9 1 (0.056%) AngularJS
9 1 (0.056%) CSS
9 1 (0.056%) HTML5
9 1 (0.056%) Kafka
9 1 (0.056%) LDAP
9 1 (0.056%) Node.js
9 1 (0.056%) RFC 2544
9 1 (0.056%) SOAP
9 1 (0.056%) Software Packaging
9 1 (0.056%) TAPI
9 1 (0.056%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 273 (15.23%) Data Centre
2 198 (11.04%) Driving Licence
3 75 (4.18%) Onboarding
4 67 (3.74%) Management Information System
5 60 (3.35%) Video Conferencing
6 54 (3.01%) Self-Motivation
7 34 (1.90%) Hybrid Cloud
8 30 (1.67%) Replication
9 23 (1.28%) IoT
10 21 (1.17%) CMDB
10 21 (1.17%) Smartphone
11 18 (1.00%) Public Cloud
12 15 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
13 13 (0.73%) Enterprise Cloud
13 13 (0.73%) Linux Command Line
14 11 (0.61%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 11 (0.61%) Enterprise Software
14 11 (0.61%) Security Posture
15 10 (0.56%) Clustering
16 9 (0.50%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 580 (32.35%) Windows
2 316 (17.62%) Linux
3 257 (14.33%) Windows Server
4 133 (7.42%) Windows 10
5 92 (5.13%) Windows Server 2019
6 73 (4.07%) Windows Server 2016
7 40 (2.23%) Windows Server 2012
8 30 (1.67%) Mac OS
9 29 (1.62%) Ubuntu
10 24 (1.34%) Mac OS X
11 19 (1.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 18 (1.00%) Android
13 13 (0.73%) CentOS
14 12 (0.67%) Windows Server 2008
15 11 (0.61%) Unix
16 5 (0.28%) MVS
17 4 (0.22%) Debian
18 3 (0.17%) Kali Linux
18 3 (0.17%) SUSE
19 2 (0.11%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 374 (20.86%) Problem-Solving
2 360 (20.08%) ITIL
3 244 (13.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 218 (12.16%) Mentoring
5 216 (12.05%) Network Management
6 199 (11.10%) Computer Science
7 162 (9.04%) Asset Management
8 149 (8.31%) Customer Service
9 143 (7.98%) Cybersecurity
10 141 (7.86%) IT Asset Management
11 109 (6.08%) Agile
11 109 (6.08%) Network Design
12 103 (5.74%) Network Monitoring
13 101 (5.63%) Continuous Improvement
14 99 (5.52%) Migration
15 94 (5.24%) Disaster Recovery
16 92 (5.13%) Service Delivery
17 89 (4.96%) Project Management
18 86 (4.80%) Time Management
19 85 (4.74%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 129 (7.19%) PowerShell
2 95 (5.30%) SQL
3 87 (4.85%) Python
4 15 (0.84%) Bash
5 13 (0.73%) Java
6 8 (0.45%) C
7 6 (0.33%) VB
8 2 (0.11%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.11%) PHP
8 2 (0.11%) Rust
9 1 (0.056%) Bicep
9 1 (0.056%) C++
9 1 (0.056%) JSX
9 1 (0.056%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.056%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.056%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 684 (38.15%) Cisco Certification
2 473 (26.38%) CCNP
3 439 (24.48%) CCNA
4 340 (18.96%) Degree
5 338 (18.85%) Security Cleared
6 242 (13.50%) Microsoft Certification
7 198 (11.04%) MCSE
8 194 (10.82%) SC Cleared
9 184 (10.26%) Computer Science Degree
10 151 (8.42%) DV Cleared
11 147 (8.20%) MCP
12 134 (7.47%) LPIC
13 96 (5.35%) CCIE
14 39 (2.18%) Azure Certification
15 31 (1.73%) JNCIP
16 29 (1.62%) JNCIA
17 24 (1.34%) MCSA
18 22 (1.23%) MCITP
19 21 (1.17%) CCSE
19 21 (1.17%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (4.91%) SLA
2 61 (3.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 33 (1.84%) Cyber Essentials
4 32 (1.78%) PCI DSS
5 18 (1.00%) NIST
6 15 (0.84%) GDPR
7 12 (0.67%) QA
8 11 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 10 (0.56%) COBIT
10 8 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (0.28%) NCSC
12 4 (0.22%) COSO
12 4 (0.22%) Government Security Classifications
13 3 (0.17%) Accessibility
13 3 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 3 (0.17%) SOC 2
14 1 (0.056%) GRC
14 1 (0.056%) GxP
System Software
1 331 (18.46%) Active Directory
2 277 (15.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 149 (8.31%) Hyper-V
4 65 (3.63%) vSphere
5 59 (3.29%) VMware NSX
6 49 (2.73%) VMware ESXi
7 26 (1.45%) XenDesktop
8 21 (1.17%) XenApp
9 15 (0.84%) Firmware
9 15 (0.84%) Virtual Servers
10 14 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
11 13 (0.73%) Docker
12 12 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
13 10 (0.56%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 6 (0.33%) NFS
15 5 (0.28%) Terminal Server
15 5 (0.28%) VMware Workstation
16 4 (0.22%) Ceph
16 4 (0.22%) pfSense
16 4 (0.22%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 135 (7.53%) FortiGate
2 102 (5.69%) Ansible
3 101 (5.63%) Microsoft Intune
4 70 (3.90%) Terraform
5 69 (3.85%) SCCM
6 38 (2.12%) WSUS
7 35 (1.95%) vCenter Server
8 27 (1.51%) Kubernetes
9 22 (1.23%) Stealthwatch
10 19 (1.06%) Cisco CUCM
11 16 (0.89%) ZABBIX
12 14 (0.78%) Puppet
13 13 (0.73%) Nagios
14 12 (0.67%) Nessus
14 12 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
15 10 (0.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 9 (0.50%) McAfee ePO
16 9 (0.50%) VxRail
17 7 (0.39%) Cisco Prime
17 7 (0.39%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 683 (38.09%) Microsoft
2 402 (22.42%) VMware
3 346 (19.30%) Juniper
4 268 (14.95%) Fortinet
5 239 (13.33%) Meraki
6 229 (12.77%) Palo Alto
7 149 (8.31%) Dell
8 145 (8.09%) HP
9 125 (6.97%) F5
10 122 (6.80%) SolarWinds
11 120 (6.69%) Citrix
12 118 (6.58%) Aruba
13 114 (6.36%) CheckPoint
14 79 (4.41%) Veeam
15 68 (3.79%) Google
16 64 (3.57%) Apple
17 53 (2.96%) Red Hat
18 48 (2.68%) Zscaler
19 39 (2.18%) NetApp
20 33 (1.84%) Ubiquiti