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 20 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 107 117 140
Rank change year-on-year +10 +23 -45
Permanent jobs citing Cisco 2,478 2,970 4,810
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.48% 2.99% 2.95%
As % of the Vendors category 6.79% 7.10% 7.59%
Number of salaries quoted 2,012 1,988 2,863
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 £63,188 £67,500 £66,250
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 36,482 41,804 63,370
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 36.51% 42.03% 38.93%
Number of salaries quoted 24,833 23,990 33,191
10th Percentile £26,702 £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 £45,802 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -8.40% +5.26% +3.62%

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

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Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco over the 6 months to 20 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 20 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 2,253 £50,000 - 532
UK excluding London -3 1,722 £47,500 +5.56% 400
Work from Home -10 770 £52,500 -4.55% 199
London +35 660 £57,500 -4.17% 195
South East +7 510 £49,000 +3.16% 129
North of England +10 440 £45,000 -2.17% 81
Midlands +4 326 £45,000 -0.55% 60
West Midlands +49 246 £45,000 - 37
North West -24 237 £49,250 +4.23% 41
South West +6 213 £49,000 +13.29% 51
Yorkshire +55 149 £47,500 - 33
East of England -16 121 £47,500 -5.00% 37
East Midlands -60 75 £44,225 -6.90% 23
Scotland -111 73 £42,500 +6.25% 40
North East 0 57 £42,328 -0.41% 8
Wales +7 54 £44,886 +5.61% 12
Isle of Man - 10 £50,000 -
Northern Ireland -5 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 (12.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 157 (6.34%) SharePoint
3 44 (1.78%) 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
9 5 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2013
9 5 (0.20%) OpenStack
9 5 (0.20%) WebSphere
10 3 (0.12%) WordPress
11 2 (0.081%) BizTalk Server
11 2 (0.081%) Exchange Server 2003
11 2 (0.081%) Exchange Server 2007
12 1 (0.040%) Apache
12 1 (0.040%) CMS
12 1 (0.040%) SAS
12 1 (0.040%) WebLogic
Applications
1 134 (5.41%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (0.73%) MS Visio
4 16 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.081%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.040%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.16%) Sage 200
3 2 (0.081%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.040%) CA PPM
4 1 (0.040%) HiPortfolio
4 1 (0.040%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 805 (32.49%) Azure
2 664 (26.80%) Microsoft 365
3 314 (12.67%) AWS
4 137 (5.53%) Entra ID
5 95 (3.83%) GCP
6 76 (3.07%) IaaS
7 63 (2.54%) PaaS
8 57 (2.30%) SaaS
9 55 (2.22%) Cloud Computing
10 38 (1.53%) Mimecast
11 37 (1.49%) OneDrive
12 26 (1.05%) Azure DevOps
13 23 (0.93%) Rubrik
14 17 (0.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 15 (0.61%) Dynamics 365
15 15 (0.61%) Nutanix
15 15 (0.61%) OCI
16 13 (0.52%) AWS Direct Connect
16 13 (0.52%) Power Platform
17 12 (0.48%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 1,055 (42.57%) Firewall
2 852 (34.38%) WAN
3 596 (24.05%) LAN
4 464 (18.72%) Wireless
5 427 (17.23%) SD-WAN
6 400 (16.14%) VPN
7 334 (13.48%) Network Security
8 322 (12.99%) Wi-Fi
9 320 (12.91%) DNS
10 280 (11.30%) BGP
11 267 (10.77%) DHCP
12 260 (10.49%) MPLS
13 223 (9.00%) VLAN
14 222 (8.96%) TCP/IP
15 205 (8.27%) OSPF
16 193 (7.79%) Cisco IOS
17 139 (5.61%) Cisco Firepower
18 128 (5.17%) SAN
19 125 (5.04%) Cisco ASA
20 109 (4.40%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (3.47%) SQL Server
2 20 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
3 14 (0.56%) MySQL
4 11 (0.44%) MongoDB
4 11 (0.44%) NoSQL
5 8 (0.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 7 (0.28%) DB2
6 7 (0.28%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (0.20%) InfluxDB
7 5 (0.20%) MariaDB
7 5 (0.20%) Power BI
8 4 (0.16%) Big Data
8 4 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.081%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.081%) Metadata
9 2 (0.081%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.081%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.081%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.081%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 35 (1.41%) JIRA
2 17 (0.69%) 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 (0.081%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.081%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.040%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 628 (25.34%) Social Skills
2 248 (10.01%) Finance
3 172 (6.94%) Analytical Skills
4 155 (6.26%) Telecoms
5 86 (3.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 79 (3.19%) Public Sector
7 76 (3.07%) Law
8 70 (2.82%) Retail
9 54 (2.18%) Legal
10 51 (2.06%) Aerospace
11 49 (1.98%) 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 (0.93%) Games
18 22 (0.89%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 746 (30.10%) Network Engineer
2 436 (17.59%) Senior
3 279 (11.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 240 (9.69%) IT Support
5 230 (9.28%) Support Engineer
6 197 (7.95%) Senior Network Engineer
7 184 (7.43%) Analyst
7 184 (7.43%) IT Engineer
8 160 (6.46%) Architect
9 113 (4.56%) Lead
10 102 (4.12%) Support Specialist
11 92 (3.71%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 92 (3.71%) IT Support Specialist
12 80 (3.23%) IT Manager
13 78 (3.15%) IT Support Engineer
14 72 (2.91%) Cisco Engineer
15 69 (2.78%) Security Engineer
16 68 (2.74%) 3rd Line Support
17 66 (2.66%) Network Manager
18 62 (2.50%) Cisco Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (1.98%) 802.1X
2 23 (0.93%) XML
3 17 (0.69%) LDAP
4 15 (0.61%) 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 (0.081%) Lightning Web Components
13 2 (0.081%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 406 (16.38%) Data Centre
2 157 (6.34%) Video Conferencing
3 133 (5.37%) Driving Licence
4 118 (4.76%) Management Information System
5 95 (3.83%) Public Cloud
6 90 (3.63%) Wiki
7 73 (2.95%) Self-Motivation
8 57 (2.30%) Replication
9 32 (1.29%) CCTV
9 32 (1.29%) Onboarding
10 31 (1.25%) Hybrid Cloud
11 26 (1.05%) IoT
11 26 (1.05%) PKI
12 21 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
13 20 (0.81%) Private Cloud
14 19 (0.77%) Clustering
15 17 (0.69%) Cyber Threat
15 17 (0.69%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
15 17 (0.69%) PMI
16 16 (0.65%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 831 (33.54%) Windows
2 443 (17.88%) Windows Server
3 321 (12.95%) Linux
4 290 (11.70%) Windows 10
5 115 (4.64%) Android
6 98 (3.95%) Windows Server 2016
7 80 (3.23%) Windows Server 2012
8 79 (3.19%) Windows Server 2019
9 55 (2.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 41 (1.65%) Windows 7
11 36 (1.45%) CentOS
11 36 (1.45%) Unix
12 33 (1.33%) Windows Server 2008
13 32 (1.29%) Mac OS
14 20 (0.81%) Mac OS X
15 18 (0.73%) Ubuntu
15 18 (0.73%) VyOS
16 12 (0.48%) Windows XP
17 9 (0.36%) VMS
17 9 (0.36%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 410 (16.55%) ITIL
2 403 (16.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 342 (13.80%) Problem-Solving
4 300 (12.11%) Cybersecurity
5 272 (10.98%) Customer Service
6 207 (8.35%) Project Delivery
7 184 (7.43%) Computer Science
8 182 (7.34%) Project Management
9 171 (6.90%) Disaster Recovery
10 146 (5.89%) Continuous Improvement
11 145 (5.85%) Business Continuity
12 138 (5.57%) Incident Management
13 133 (5.37%) Agile
14 132 (5.33%) Mentoring
15 130 (5.25%) Presales
16 110 (4.44%) Service Delivery
17 108 (4.36%) Time Management
18 107 (4.32%) Network Management
19 106 (4.28%) Network Monitoring
20 105 (4.24%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 187 (7.55%) PowerShell
2 123 (4.96%) Python
3 104 (4.20%) SQL
4 60 (2.42%) Bash
5 28 (1.13%) C#
6 25 (1.01%) Java
6 25 (1.01%) JavaScript
7 16 (0.65%) 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 (0.081%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.081%) R
13 2 (0.081%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.081%) VB
14 1 (0.040%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 777 (31.36%) Cisco Certification
2 490 (19.77%) CCNA
3 474 (19.13%) CCNP
4 469 (18.93%) Security Cleared
5 432 (17.43%) Degree
6 255 (10.29%) SC Cleared
7 169 (6.82%) DV Cleared
8 162 (6.54%) Computer Science Degree
9 127 (5.13%) Master's Degree
10 110 (4.44%) Microsoft Certification
11 84 (3.39%) Azure Certification
12 81 (3.27%) CCIE
13 63 (2.54%) Network+ Certification
14 60 (2.42%) MCSE
15 57 (2.30%) JNCIA
16 40 (1.61%) CISSP
16 40 (1.61%) MCSA
17 35 (1.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 33 (1.33%) A+ Certification
19 30 (1.21%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 122 (4.92%) SLA
2 86 (3.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 61 (2.46%) Cyber Essentials
4 43 (1.74%) GDPR
5 27 (1.09%) NIST
6 20 (0.81%) QA
7 19 (0.77%) 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 (0.081%) GPG for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence
17 2 (0.081%) NIST 800
System Software
1 657 (26.51%) Active Directory
2 389 (15.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 246 (9.93%) Hyper-V
4 189 (7.63%) VMware ESXi
5 104 (4.20%) XenApp
5 104 (4.20%) XenDesktop
6 86 (3.47%) Microsoft App-V
7 57 (2.30%) vSphere
8 37 (1.49%) VMware NSX
9 31 (1.25%) Docker
10 27 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
11 20 (0.81%) Firmware
12 11 (0.44%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 11 (0.44%) KVM
12 11 (0.44%) VMware Workstation
13 8 (0.32%) Terminal Services
13 8 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
13 8 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
14 7 (0.28%) pfSense
15 4 (0.16%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 182 (7.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 154 (6.21%) SCCM
3 129 (5.21%) FortiGate
4 87 (3.51%) AirWatch
5 77 (3.11%) Ansible
6 61 (2.46%) Terraform
7 58 (2.34%) WSUS
8 35 (1.41%) vCenter Server
9 34 (1.37%) Kubernetes
10 31 (1.25%) Puppet
11 30 (1.21%) Stealthwatch
12 24 (0.97%) SCOM
13 23 (0.93%) Cisco CUCM
13 23 (0.93%) ZABBIX
14 22 (0.89%) CASB
14 22 (0.89%) Progress Chef
15 19 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
16 17 (0.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 17 (0.69%) Cisco Prime
17 16 (0.65%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 934 (37.69%) Microsoft
2 641 (25.87%) VMware
3 439 (17.72%) Juniper
4 378 (15.25%) Meraki
5 343 (13.84%) Fortinet
6 334 (13.48%) Palo Alto
7 231 (9.32%) Citrix
8 216 (8.72%) HP
9 198 (7.99%) Aruba
10 149 (6.01%) CheckPoint
11 139 (5.61%) Veeam
12 133 (5.37%) Dell
13 130 (5.25%) SolarWinds
14 98 (3.95%) Apple
15 93 (3.75%) F5
16 90 (3.63%) NetApp
17 77 (3.11%) Ruckus Wireless
18 65 (2.62%) Red Hat
19 58 (2.34%) Google
20 51 (2.06%) Mitel