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 18 May 2024 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 106 118 138
Rank change year-on-year +12 +20 -43
Permanent jobs citing Cisco 2,487 2,949 4,760
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.49% 2.97% 2.96%
As % of the Vendors category 6.81% 7.07% 7.60%
Number of salaries quoted 2,018 1,977 2,827
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £39,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
75th Percentile £63,563 £67,500 £66,125
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% - -

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 36,536 41,710 62,618
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 36.57% 42.06% 38.96%
Number of salaries quoted 24,889 23,890 32,938
10th Percentile £26,742 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +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 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cisco in the UK

Cisco
Top 19 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 18 May 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 +24 2,261 £50,000 - 498
UK excluding London -3 1,726 £47,500 +5.56% 383
Work from Home -11 773 £52,500 -4.55% 185
London +43 663 £57,500 -4.17% 175
South East +5 509 £49,000 +3.16% 120
North of England +8 440 £45,000 -2.17% 82
Midlands +5 327 £45,000 -0.55% 55
West Midlands +45 247 £45,000 - 33
North West -19 237 £49,250 +4.23% 41
South West +8 215 £49,000 +13.29% 47
Yorkshire +57 149 £47,500 - 34
East of England -18 122 £47,500 -5.00% 36
East Midlands -50 75 £44,225 -6.90% 22
Scotland -113 74 £42,500 +6.25% 41
North East -5 57 £42,328 -0.41% 8
Wales +3 54 £44,886 +5.61% 11
Isle of Man - 10 £50,000 -
Northern Ireland -15 2 - - 4
Channel Islands - 1 £50,000 -

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
1 302 (12.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 157 (6.31%) SharePoint
3 44 (1.77%) Skype for Business
4 27 (1.09%) IIS
5 13 (0.52%) SharePoint 2013
6 12 (0.48%) SharePoint 2010
7 11 (0.44%) Exchange Server 2010
8 6 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2000
8 6 (0.24%) OpenStack
9 5 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2013
9 5 (0.20%) WebSphere
10 3 (0.12%) WordPress
11 2 (0.080%) BizTalk Server
11 2 (0.080%) CMS
11 2 (0.080%) Exchange Server 2003
11 2 (0.080%) Exchange Server 2007
12 1 (0.040%) Apache
12 1 (0.040%) SAS
12 1 (0.040%) WebLogic
Applications
1 135 (5.43%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (0.76%) MS Visio
4 16 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.080%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.040%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.16%) Sage 200
3 2 (0.080%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.040%) CA PPM
4 1 (0.040%) HiPortfolio
4 1 (0.040%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 809 (32.53%) Azure
2 667 (26.82%) Microsoft 365
3 316 (12.71%) AWS
4 137 (5.51%) Entra ID
5 95 (3.82%) GCP
6 77 (3.10%) IaaS
7 64 (2.57%) PaaS
8 58 (2.33%) SaaS
9 57 (2.29%) Cloud Computing
10 38 (1.53%) Mimecast
11 37 (1.49%) OneDrive
12 26 (1.05%) Azure DevOps
13 22 (0.88%) Rubrik
14 18 (0.72%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 15 (0.60%) Dynamics 365
15 15 (0.60%) Nutanix
15 15 (0.60%) OCI
16 13 (0.52%) AWS Direct Connect
16 13 (0.52%) Power Platform
17 11 (0.44%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1,058 (42.54%) Firewall
2 858 (34.50%) WAN
3 602 (24.21%) LAN
4 466 (18.74%) Wireless
5 429 (17.25%) SD-WAN
6 401 (16.12%) VPN
7 332 (13.35%) Network Security
8 324 (13.03%) Wi-Fi
9 321 (12.91%) DNS
10 284 (11.42%) BGP
11 267 (10.74%) DHCP
12 262 (10.53%) MPLS
13 224 (9.01%) TCP/IP
13 224 (9.01%) VLAN
14 208 (8.36%) OSPF
15 195 (7.84%) Cisco IOS
16 139 (5.59%) Cisco Firepower
17 129 (5.19%) SAN
18 128 (5.15%) Cisco ASA
19 109 (4.38%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (3.46%) SQL Server
2 20 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
3 15 (0.60%) MySQL
4 11 (0.44%) MongoDB
4 11 (0.44%) NoSQL
5 8 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (0.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 7 (0.28%) DB2
7 6 (0.24%) InfluxDB
7 6 (0.24%) MariaDB
8 5 (0.20%) Power BI
9 4 (0.16%) Big Data
9 4 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (0.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.080%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.080%) Metadata
10 2 (0.080%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.080%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.080%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.080%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 35 (1.41%) JIRA
2 17 (0.68%) GitLab
3 8 (0.32%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.28%) Rational DOORS
5 6 (0.24%) Git
5 6 (0.24%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.080%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.080%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.040%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 629 (25.29%) Social Skills
2 248 (9.97%) Finance
3 173 (6.96%) Analytical Skills
4 155 (6.23%) Telecoms
5 87 (3.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 80 (3.22%) Public Sector
7 76 (3.06%) Law
8 70 (2.81%) Retail
9 54 (2.17%) Legal
10 51 (2.05%) Aerospace
11 49 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
12 38 (1.53%) Automotive
13 34 (1.37%) Banking
14 33 (1.33%) Manufacturing
14 33 (1.33%) Marketing
14 33 (1.33%) Pharmaceutical
15 25 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
16 24 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
17 23 (0.92%) Games
18 22 (0.88%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 749 (30.12%) Network Engineer
2 437 (17.57%) Senior
3 279 (11.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 240 (9.65%) IT Support
5 229 (9.21%) Support Engineer
6 198 (7.96%) Senior Network Engineer
7 184 (7.40%) IT Engineer
8 183 (7.36%) Analyst
9 159 (6.39%) Architect
10 115 (4.62%) Lead
11 102 (4.10%) Support Specialist
12 92 (3.70%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 92 (3.70%) IT Support Specialist
13 80 (3.22%) IT Manager
14 78 (3.14%) IT Support Engineer
15 74 (2.98%) Cisco Engineer
16 69 (2.77%) Security Engineer
17 68 (2.73%) 3rd Line Support
18 66 (2.65%) Network Manager
19 64 (2.57%) Cisco Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (2.01%) 802.1X
2 23 (0.92%) XML
3 17 (0.68%) LDAP
4 15 (0.60%) JSON
5 13 (0.52%) YAML
6 12 (0.48%) HTML
6 12 (0.48%) NETCONF
7 11 (0.44%) REST
7 11 (0.44%) RESTCONF
7 11 (0.44%) SOAP
7 11 (0.44%) YANG
8 9 (0.36%) XMPP
9 7 (0.28%) Web Services
10 5 (0.20%) SAML
10 5 (0.20%) WebSphere MQ
11 4 (0.16%) Akka
11 4 (0.16%) RESTful
12 3 (0.12%) ARM Templates
13 2 (0.080%) Lightning Web Components
13 2 (0.080%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 408 (16.41%) Data Centre
2 158 (6.35%) Video Conferencing
3 132 (5.31%) Driving Licence
4 119 (4.78%) Management Information System
5 96 (3.86%) Public Cloud
6 90 (3.62%) Wiki
7 73 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
8 57 (2.29%) Replication
9 32 (1.29%) CCTV
9 32 (1.29%) Onboarding
10 31 (1.25%) Hybrid Cloud
11 27 (1.09%) PKI
12 25 (1.01%) IoT
13 21 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
14 20 (0.80%) Private Cloud
15 19 (0.76%) Clustering
16 17 (0.68%) Cyber Threat
16 17 (0.68%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
16 17 (0.68%) PMI
17 16 (0.64%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 834 (33.53%) Windows
2 443 (17.81%) Windows Server
3 322 (12.95%) Linux
4 291 (11.70%) Windows 10
5 115 (4.62%) Android
6 100 (4.02%) Windows Server 2016
7 81 (3.26%) Windows Server 2012
8 80 (3.22%) Windows Server 2019
9 56 (2.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 41 (1.65%) Windows 7
11 37 (1.49%) CentOS
12 36 (1.45%) Unix
13 33 (1.33%) Windows Server 2008
14 32 (1.29%) Mac OS
15 20 (0.80%) Mac OS X
16 18 (0.72%) Ubuntu
16 18 (0.72%) VyOS
17 12 (0.48%) Windows XP
18 9 (0.36%) VMS
18 9 (0.36%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 414 (16.65%) ITIL
2 404 (16.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 346 (13.91%) Problem-Solving
4 302 (12.14%) Cybersecurity
5 272 (10.94%) Customer Service
6 207 (8.32%) Project Delivery
7 184 (7.40%) Computer Science
8 182 (7.32%) Project Management
9 170 (6.84%) Disaster Recovery
10 148 (5.95%) Continuous Improvement
11 144 (5.79%) Business Continuity
12 140 (5.63%) Incident Management
13 133 (5.35%) Agile
14 131 (5.27%) Mentoring
15 130 (5.23%) Presales
16 112 (4.50%) Service Delivery
17 108 (4.34%) Time Management
18 107 (4.30%) Network Management
18 107 (4.30%) Network Monitoring
19 106 (4.26%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 187 (7.52%) PowerShell
2 123 (4.95%) Python
3 105 (4.22%) SQL
4 60 (2.41%) Bash
5 28 (1.13%) C#
6 25 (1.01%) Java
6 25 (1.01%) JavaScript
7 16 (0.64%) Perl
8 13 (0.52%) VBScript
9 11 (0.44%) Shell Script
10 7 (0.28%) C++
11 6 (0.24%) C
12 4 (0.16%) Lua
12 4 (0.16%) Ruby
12 4 (0.16%) Tcl
13 2 (0.080%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.080%) R
13 2 (0.080%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.080%) VB
14 1 (0.040%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 783 (31.48%) Cisco Certification
2 493 (19.82%) CCNA
3 478 (19.22%) CCNP
4 474 (19.06%) Security Cleared
5 433 (17.41%) Degree
6 258 (10.37%) SC Cleared
7 167 (6.71%) DV Cleared
8 162 (6.51%) Computer Science Degree
9 127 (5.11%) Master's Degree
10 111 (4.46%) Microsoft Certification
11 84 (3.38%) Azure Certification
11 84 (3.38%) CCIE
12 63 (2.53%) Network+ Certification
13 60 (2.41%) MCSE
14 58 (2.33%) JNCIA
15 40 (1.61%) CISSP
15 40 (1.61%) MCSA
16 36 (1.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 33 (1.33%) A+ Certification
18 30 (1.21%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (4.87%) SLA
2 87 (3.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 61 (2.45%) Cyber Essentials
4 43 (1.73%) GDPR
5 27 (1.09%) NIST
6 20 (0.80%) QA
7 19 (0.76%) PCI DSS
8 14 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 13 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 11 (0.44%) Accessibility
11 9 (0.36%) COSHH
11 9 (0.36%) ISO 9001
12 8 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 7 (0.28%) NCSC
14 6 (0.24%) SOC 2
15 5 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 5 (0.20%) SOC 1
16 4 (0.16%) PMO
17 2 (0.080%) GPG for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence
17 2 (0.080%) NIST 800
System Software
1 658 (26.46%) Active Directory
2 391 (15.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 246 (9.89%) Hyper-V
4 190 (7.64%) VMware ESXi
5 104 (4.18%) XenApp
5 104 (4.18%) XenDesktop
6 86 (3.46%) Microsoft App-V
7 60 (2.41%) vSphere
8 37 (1.49%) VMware NSX
9 31 (1.25%) Docker
10 26 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
11 21 (0.84%) Firmware
12 12 (0.48%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 11 (0.44%) KVM
13 11 (0.44%) VMware Workstation
14 9 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
15 8 (0.32%) Terminal Services
15 8 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
16 7 (0.28%) pfSense
17 4 (0.16%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 183 (7.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 153 (6.15%) SCCM
3 129 (5.19%) FortiGate
4 87 (3.50%) AirWatch
5 77 (3.10%) Ansible
6 62 (2.49%) Terraform
7 59 (2.37%) WSUS
8 36 (1.45%) vCenter Server
9 34 (1.37%) Kubernetes
10 31 (1.25%) Puppet
11 30 (1.21%) Stealthwatch
12 24 (0.97%) SCOM
13 23 (0.92%) Cisco CUCM
13 23 (0.92%) ZABBIX
14 22 (0.88%) CASB
14 22 (0.88%) Progress Chef
15 19 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
16 17 (0.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 17 (0.68%) Cisco Prime
17 16 (0.64%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 938 (37.72%) Microsoft
2 644 (25.89%) VMware
3 440 (17.69%) Juniper
4 381 (15.32%) Meraki
5 346 (13.91%) Fortinet
6 335 (13.47%) Palo Alto
7 232 (9.33%) Citrix
8 215 (8.64%) HP
9 200 (8.04%) Aruba
10 149 (5.99%) CheckPoint
11 138 (5.55%) Veeam
12 133 (5.35%) Dell
13 129 (5.19%) SolarWinds
14 98 (3.94%) Apple
15 92 (3.70%) F5
16 90 (3.62%) NetApp
17 77 (3.10%) Ruckus Wireless
18 66 (2.65%) Red Hat
19 58 (2.33%) Google
20 51 (2.05%) Mitel