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 14 May 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
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 70 125
Rank change year-on-year +18 +55 -79
Permanent jobs citing Cisco 188 248 162
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 4.38% 3.37% 2.53%
As % of the Vendors category 12.67% 9.04% 5.52%
Number of salaries quoted 121 185 124
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,400 £33,950
25th Percentile £42,500 £32,750 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,887 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.30% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £58,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £69,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £53,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.00% - -

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 1,484 2,744 2,933
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 34.55% 37.24% 45.76%
Number of salaries quoted 897 2,169 1,580
10th Percentile £28,822 £25,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £47,500 £50,024
Median % change year-on-year +8.42% -5.05% +7.58%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £64,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -12.28% +3.64%

Cisco
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

Cisco
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 14 May 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 14 May 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 +31 98 £60,000 +14.29% 25
Warwickshire +7 34 £49,443 -14.01% 18
Staffordshire +4 18 £35,000 +7.69% 12
Solihull +17 14 £60,000 -4.00% 3
Worcestershire +17 4 - - 2
Coventry -23 3 £53,500 +9.18% 8
Herefordshire - 3 £52,500 - 1
Wolverhampton +12 1 - - 3
Sutton Coldfield +5 1 - -
Wednesbury +1 1 £45,000 +50.00%
Willenhall - 1 - -
Tipton - 1 - -
Kingswinford - 1 - -
Rowley Regis - 1 - -
Smethwick - 1 - -
Bilston - 1 - -
Cisco
England

Cisco
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 15 (7.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (4.79%) Skype for Business
3 1 (0.53%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (8.51%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (7.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.06%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.53%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 44 (23.40%) Azure
2 24 (12.77%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (7.98%) Azure Sentinel
4 14 (7.45%) Google Workspace
5 12 (6.38%) AWS
6 2 (1.06%) Cloudflare
7 1 (0.53%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.53%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.53%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 91 (48.40%) WAN
2 62 (32.98%) Firewall
3 45 (23.94%) LAN
4 40 (21.28%) Network Security
5 37 (19.68%) WLAN
6 33 (17.55%) VLAN
7 31 (16.49%) BGP
8 26 (13.83%) SD-WAN
9 23 (12.23%) Internet
10 22 (11.70%) DNS
10 22 (11.70%) MPLS
11 19 (10.11%) DHCP
11 19 (10.11%) VPN
12 18 (9.57%) TCP/IP
13 17 (9.04%) OSPF
14 16 (8.51%) IPsec
15 15 (7.98%) Wireless
16 13 (6.91%) Cisco IOS
16 13 (6.91%) Junos
17 12 (6.38%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.53%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.53%) GitLab
1 1 (0.53%) Robot Framework
General
1 31 (16.49%) Social Skills
2 20 (10.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 16 (8.51%) Retail
4 14 (7.45%) Automotive
4 14 (7.45%) Finance
5 7 (3.72%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (2.66%) Public Sector
7 4 (2.13%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.60%) Police
9 2 (1.06%) Advertising
9 2 (1.06%) Legal
9 2 (1.06%) Marketing
10 1 (0.53%) Electronics
10 1 (0.53%) German Language
10 1 (0.53%) Law
10 1 (0.53%) Local Government
10 1 (0.53%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 48 (25.53%) Architect
1 48 (25.53%) Support Engineer
2 47 (25.00%) Network Architect
3 39 (20.74%) IT Engineer
4 29 (15.43%) Network Engineer
5 24 (12.77%) IT Support
6 23 (12.23%) IT Support Engineer
7 20 (10.64%) Designer
7 20 (10.64%) Network Designer
8 14 (7.45%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 14 (7.45%) Systems Engineer
9 13 (6.91%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
9 13 (6.91%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
9 13 (6.91%) 3rd Line Support
9 13 (6.91%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 10 (5.32%) Senior
11 9 (4.79%) Collaboration Specialist
12 8 (4.26%) Senior Network Engineer
13 6 (3.19%) Technical Engineer
13 6 (3.19%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.53%) Jinja
1 1 (0.53%) OpenConfig
1 1 (0.53%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (13.30%) Driving Licence
2 16 (8.51%) Onboarding
3 15 (7.98%) Management Information System
4 14 (7.45%) Smartphone
5 9 (4.79%) Digital Signage
5 9 (4.79%) Video Conferencing
6 8 (4.26%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.06%) CCTV
7 2 (1.06%) NHS
8 1 (0.53%) PKI
8 1 (0.53%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.53%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 70 (37.23%) Windows
2 42 (22.34%) Linux
3 33 (17.55%) Windows Server
4 30 (15.96%) Windows Server 2016
4 30 (15.96%) Windows Server 2019
5 16 (8.51%) Windows 10
6 14 (7.45%) Mac OS X
6 14 (7.45%) Ubuntu
7 2 (1.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (32.45%) Network Management
2 41 (21.81%) Problem-Solving
3 39 (20.74%) Mentoring
4 38 (20.21%) ITIL
5 37 (19.68%) Computer Science
6 31 (16.49%) Network Design
7 26 (13.83%) Asset Management
8 22 (11.70%) IT Asset Management
9 19 (10.11%) Network Monitoring
10 16 (8.51%) Infrastructure Management
10 16 (8.51%) Technical Leadership
11 15 (7.98%) Data Security
12 14 (7.45%) Business Case
12 14 (7.45%) Performance Tuning
12 14 (7.45%) Systems Engineering
13 13 (6.91%) Continuous Improvement
14 11 (5.85%) Cybersecurity
14 11 (5.85%) Service Delivery
15 10 (5.32%) SIEM
16 9 (4.79%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 31 (16.49%) PowerShell
2 15 (7.98%) SQL
3 2 (1.06%) PHP
4 1 (0.53%) Python
Qualifications
1 86 (45.74%) Security Cleared
2 73 (38.83%) SC Cleared
3 47 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 47 (25.00%) Degree
4 45 (23.94%) CCNP
5 42 (22.34%) CCNA
6 37 (19.68%) Computer Science Degree
6 37 (19.68%) Microsoft Certification
7 36 (19.15%) MCSE
8 22 (11.70%) LPIC
8 22 (11.70%) MCP
9 17 (9.04%) JNCIS
10 14 (7.45%) HNC
10 14 (7.45%) HND
11 4 (2.13%) CISA
11 4 (2.13%) CISM
11 4 (2.13%) CISSP
11 4 (2.13%) GIAC
11 4 (2.13%) ISACA
11 4 (2.13%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (10.64%) SLA
2 6 (3.19%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 4 (2.13%) QA
4 3 (1.60%) GRC
4 3 (1.60%) JSP 440
4 3 (1.60%) NCSC
5 2 (1.06%) ISO 9000
6 1 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 42 (22.34%) Active Directory
2 29 (15.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (7.98%) XenApp
4 4 (2.13%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.06%) Firmware
5 2 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.53%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 18 (9.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.66%) FortiGate
3 3 (1.60%) Ansible
3 3 (1.60%) Nessus
4 2 (1.06%) Cisco CUCM
4 2 (1.06%) SCCM
5 1 (0.53%) Nagios
5 1 (0.53%) WSUS
Vendors
1 79 (42.02%) Juniper
2 48 (25.53%) Microsoft
3 38 (20.21%) VMware
4 24 (12.77%) Fortinet
5 22 (11.70%) Meraki
6 21 (11.17%) Dell
7 19 (10.11%) CheckPoint
8 17 (9.04%) Citrix
9 16 (8.51%) SolarWinds
10 15 (7.98%) SonicWALL
11 14 (7.45%) Apple
11 14 (7.45%) Google
11 14 (7.45%) Ubiquiti
12 11 (5.85%) SevOne
13 10 (5.32%) Mitel
14 9 (4.79%) Polycom
14 9 (4.79%) ShoreTel
15 6 (3.19%) Avaya
15 6 (3.19%) McAfee
15 6 (3.19%) Zscaler