Cisco Jobs in the West Midlands

Cisco
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 35 64 129
Rank change year-on-year +29 +65 -82
Permanent jobs citing Cisco 249 253 163
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 5.58% 3.49% 2.45%
As % of the Vendors category 16.47% 9.23% 5.35%
Number of salaries quoted 125 192 117
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,000 £32,600
25th Percentile £46,250 £32,750 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,688 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.31% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £58,750 £57,000
90th Percentile £68,250 £68,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -

All Vendors
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,512 2,740 3,045
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 33.86% 37.85% 45.69%
Number of salaries quoted 921 2,175 1,598
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,470 £47,500 £50,024
Median % change year-on-year +10.46% -5.05% +5.31%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £75,463 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £56,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -11.50% +2.73%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Cisco as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco in the West Midlands

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Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Cisco in the West Midlands

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Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Cisco in the West Midlands

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Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco within the West Midlands region 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
Birmingham +36 108 £64,600 +23.05% 20
Warwickshire +7 48 £49,443 -14.01% 7
Staffordshire +6 24 £35,000 +3.70% 8
Solihull +15 16 £60,000 -4.00% 2
Worcestershire +22 11 - -
Coventry -23 4 £53,500 +9.18% 4
Herefordshire - 4 £52,500 - 2
Wolverhampton +16 2 - - 1
Wednesbury +2 2 £45,000 +50.00%
Sutton Coldfield +1 2 - -
Tipton - 2 - -
Walsall - 2 - -
Willenhall - 2 - -
Bilston - 2 - -
Kingswinford - 2 - -
Rowley Regis - 2 - -
Smethwick - 2 - -
Halesowen +10 1 - -
Brierley Hill +7 1 - -
Dudley -1 1 - -
West Bromwich - 1 - -
Stourbridge - 1 - -
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 14 (5.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (3.61%) Skype for Business
3 1 (0.40%) SharePoint
Applications
1 19 (7.63%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (6.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 42 (16.87%) Azure
2 23 (9.24%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (6.43%) AWS
3 16 (6.43%) Google Workspace
4 15 (6.02%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (0.80%) Cloudflare
6 1 (0.40%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.40%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.40%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 94 (37.75%) Network Security
2 91 (36.55%) WLAN
3 88 (35.34%) WAN
4 76 (30.52%) Internet
5 66 (26.51%) Firewall
6 45 (18.07%) LAN
7 35 (14.06%) VLAN
8 33 (13.25%) BGP
9 24 (9.64%) MPLS
9 24 (9.64%) SD-WAN
10 20 (8.03%) DHCP
10 20 (8.03%) DNS
10 20 (8.03%) VPN
11 19 (7.63%) OSPF
12 18 (7.23%) TCP/IP
13 17 (6.83%) IPsec
14 14 (5.62%) Junos
14 14 (5.62%) Wireless
15 13 (5.22%) Cisco IOS
15 13 (5.22%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.40%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.40%) GitLab
1 1 (0.40%) Robot Framework
General
1 32 (12.85%) Social Skills
2 23 (9.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 18 (7.23%) Retail
4 16 (6.43%) Automotive
5 13 (5.22%) Finance
6 9 (3.61%) Public Sector
7 7 (2.81%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (1.61%) Police
8 4 (1.61%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.80%) Legal
9 2 (0.80%) Marketing
10 1 (0.40%) Advertising
10 1 (0.40%) Electronics
10 1 (0.40%) German Language
10 1 (0.40%) Law
10 1 (0.40%) Local Government
10 1 (0.40%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 95 (38.15%) Support Engineer
2 90 (36.14%) IT Engineer
3 73 (29.32%) IT Support
4 72 (28.92%) IT Support Engineer
5 55 (22.09%) Architect
6 54 (21.69%) Network Architect
7 31 (12.45%) Network Engineer
8 25 (10.04%) Designer
8 25 (10.04%) Network Designer
9 16 (6.43%) Systems Engineer
10 14 (5.62%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 13 (5.22%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
11 13 (5.22%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
11 13 (5.22%) 3rd Line Support
11 13 (5.22%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 10 (4.02%) Senior
13 9 (3.61%) Collaboration Specialist
14 8 (3.21%) Senior Network Engineer
15 6 (2.41%) Technical Engineer
15 6 (2.41%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.40%) Jinja
1 1 (0.40%) OpenConfig
1 1 (0.40%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 74 (29.72%) Driving Licence
2 18 (7.23%) Management Information System
3 16 (6.43%) Smartphone
4 15 (6.02%) Onboarding
5 9 (3.61%) Digital Signage
5 9 (3.61%) Video Conferencing
6 8 (3.21%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.20%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.80%) CCTV
8 2 (0.80%) NHS
9 1 (0.40%) PKI
9 1 (0.40%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 118 (47.39%) Windows
2 91 (36.55%) Linux
3 35 (14.06%) Windows Server
4 31 (12.45%) Windows Server 2016
4 31 (12.45%) Windows Server 2019
5 18 (7.23%) Windows 10
6 16 (6.43%) Mac OS X
6 16 (6.43%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (44.58%) Network Management
2 90 (36.14%) Problem-Solving
3 89 (35.74%) ITIL
4 88 (35.34%) Computer Science
4 88 (35.34%) Mentoring
5 76 (30.52%) Asset Management
6 72 (28.92%) IT Asset Management
7 31 (12.45%) Network Design
8 19 (7.63%) Network Monitoring
8 19 (7.63%) Systems Engineering
9 16 (6.43%) Business Case
9 16 (6.43%) Performance Tuning
9 16 (6.43%) Technical Leadership
10 15 (6.02%) Infrastructure Management
11 14 (5.62%) Data Security
12 13 (5.22%) Continuous Improvement
13 12 (4.82%) Service Delivery
14 10 (4.02%) SIEM
15 9 (3.61%) Requirements Gathering
15 9 (3.61%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 32 (12.85%) PowerShell
2 17 (6.83%) SQL
3 2 (0.80%) PHP
4 1 (0.40%) Python
Qualifications
1 103 (41.37%) Cisco Certification
2 100 (40.16%) CCNP
2 100 (40.16%) Degree
3 98 (39.36%) CCNA
4 93 (37.35%) Security Cleared
5 89 (35.74%) Microsoft Certification
6 88 (35.34%) Computer Science Degree
6 88 (35.34%) MCSE
7 80 (32.13%) SC Cleared
8 72 (28.92%) LPIC
8 72 (28.92%) MCP
9 18 (7.23%) JNCIS
10 16 (6.43%) HNC
10 16 (6.43%) HND
11 5 (2.01%) CCIE
12 4 (1.61%) CISA
12 4 (1.61%) CISM
12 4 (1.61%) CISSP
12 4 (1.61%) GIAC
12 4 (1.61%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.63%) SLA
2 6 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 4 (1.61%) QA
4 3 (1.20%) GRC
4 3 (1.20%) JSP 440
4 3 (1.20%) NCSC
5 1 (0.40%) ISO 9000
5 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 43 (17.27%) Active Directory
2 29 (11.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (5.62%) XenApp
4 4 (1.61%) Firmware
4 4 (1.61%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.40%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 17 (6.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (2.81%) Ansible
3 5 (2.01%) FortiGate
4 3 (1.20%) Nessus
4 3 (1.20%) Terraform
5 2 (0.80%) Cisco CUCM
5 2 (0.80%) SCCM
6 1 (0.40%) WSUS
Vendors
1 99 (39.76%) Microsoft
2 89 (35.74%) Juniper
3 38 (15.26%) VMware
4 25 (10.04%) Fortinet
5 23 (9.24%) Dell
6 22 (8.84%) Meraki
7 18 (7.23%) CheckPoint
8 16 (6.43%) Apple
8 16 (6.43%) Citrix
8 16 (6.43%) Google
8 16 (6.43%) Ubiquiti
9 15 (6.02%) SolarWinds
10 14 (5.62%) SonicWALL
11 11 (4.42%) SevOne
12 10 (4.02%) Mitel
13 9 (3.61%) Polycom
13 9 (3.61%) ShoreTel
14 6 (2.41%) Avaya
14 6 (2.41%) F5
14 6 (2.41%) McAfee