Cisco Job Trends in Wales

Cisco
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 16 June 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
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 48 66
Rank change year-on-year -21 +18 +6
Permanent jobs citing Cisco 32 9 48
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 1.65% 1.69% 2.20%
As % of the Vendors category 6.77% 3.78% 6.95%
Number of salaries quoted 12 6 27
10th Percentile £35,000 £33,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £44,375 £34,188 £38,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £37,617 £44,886
Median % change year-on-year +46.21% -16.20% +5.61%
75th Percentile £75,000 £54,875 £55,625
90th Percentile - £62,625 £57,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,193 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.38% +4.39% -

All Vendors
Wales

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 in Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 473 238 691
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 24.34% 44.82% 31.65%
Number of salaries quoted 247 168 515
10th Percentile £25,000 £24,600 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £25,087 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £38,094 £44,886
Median % change year-on-year +18.13% -15.13% +3.75%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £56,999
90th Percentile £79,274 £70,600 £68,750
UK median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.64% +10.00% -13.04%

Cisco
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Cisco job vacancy trend in Wales

Cisco
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Cisco.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Cisco

Cisco
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco in Wales over the 6 months to 16 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Cisco in Wales

Cisco
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco within the Wales region over the 6 months to 16 June 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
South Wales -20 22 £67,500 +40.63% 18
West Wales -25 7 £69,973 +95.09% 2
North Wales - 3 £35,000 - 3
Cisco
UK

Cisco
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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 3 (9.38%) Confluence
2 1 (3.13%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 20 (62.50%) Azure
2 4 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.13%) AWS
3 1 (3.13%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 10 (31.25%) Firewall
2 7 (21.88%) LAN
2 7 (21.88%) WAN
3 5 (15.63%) MPLS
3 5 (15.63%) VoIP
3 5 (15.63%) VPN
4 4 (12.50%) BGP
4 4 (12.50%) DHCP
4 4 (12.50%) DNS
4 4 (12.50%) HSRP
4 4 (12.50%) SD-WAN
4 4 (12.50%) VPLS
4 4 (12.50%) VRRP
5 2 (6.25%) Converged Networks
5 2 (6.25%) Network Security
5 2 (6.25%) VLAN
5 2 (6.25%) WebEx
5 2 (6.25%) Wireless
5 2 (6.25%) WLAN
6 1 (3.13%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.38%) MySQL
1 3 (9.38%) SQL Server
General
1 21 (65.63%) Social Skills
2 4 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (3.13%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 24 (75.00%) Network Engineer
2 5 (15.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 5 (15.63%) Senior
2 5 (15.63%) Senior Network Engineer
3 4 (12.50%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (12.50%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (9.38%) IT Engineer
5 2 (6.25%) IT Support
5 2 (6.25%) IT Support Engineer
5 2 (6.25%) Support Engineer
6 1 (3.13%) Analyst
6 1 (3.13%) Architect
6 1 (3.13%) Consultant
6 1 (3.13%) Infrastructure Consultant
6 1 (3.13%) IT Security Analyst
6 1 (3.13%) Lead Architect
6 1 (3.13%) Presales Consultant
6 1 (3.13%) Security Analyst
6 1 (3.13%) Technical Consultant
6 1 (3.13%) Technical Presales Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (12.50%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.75%) Data Centre
2 4 (12.50%) CMDB
3 2 (6.25%) Raspberry Pi
4 1 (3.13%) IVR
4 1 (3.13%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.50%) Linux
1 4 (12.50%) Windows
2 3 (9.38%) Ubuntu
3 2 (6.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (18.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (15.63%) High Availability
2 5 (15.63%) ITIL
2 5 (15.63%) Service Management
2 5 (15.63%) SIEM
3 4 (12.50%) Boundary Protection
3 4 (12.50%) Computer Science
3 4 (12.50%) Customer-Centricity
4 2 (6.25%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (6.25%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 2 (6.25%) Network Architecture
4 2 (6.25%) Network Management
4 2 (6.25%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (3.13%) Agile
5 1 (3.13%) Data Protection
5 1 (3.13%) Information Security
5 1 (3.13%) ITSM
5 1 (3.13%) Service Delivery
5 1 (3.13%) Technical Architecture
5 1 (3.13%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.50%) PowerShell
1 4 (12.50%) Python
2 3 (9.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
2 20 (62.50%) CCNA
3 18 (56.25%) Azure Certification
3 18 (56.25%) Network+ Certification
4 8 (25.00%) Degree
5 7 (21.88%) SC Cleared
5 7 (21.88%) Security Cleared
6 4 (12.50%) CCIE
6 4 (12.50%) CCNP
6 4 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (12.50%) DV Cleared
7 2 (6.25%) HNC
7 2 (6.25%) HND
8 1 (3.13%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (3.13%) CTC Cleared
8 1 (3.13%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (18.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (12.50%) NIST
3 1 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (3.13%) GDPR
3 1 (3.13%) GRC
3 1 (3.13%) NEBOSH
3 1 (3.13%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 4 (12.50%) VMware NSX
3 3 (9.38%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (9.38%) vSphere
4 1 (3.13%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (12.50%) Ansible
Vendors
1 25 (78.13%) Microsoft
2 18 (56.25%) ForeScout
3 8 (25.00%) VMware
4 3 (9.38%) Synology
4 3 (9.38%) Veeam
5 2 (6.25%) Meraki
6 1 (3.13%) Genesys
6 1 (3.13%) Verint