Cisco Engineer Job Trends in England

Cisco Engineer
UK > England

The median Cisco Engineer salary in England is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 August 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 660 588 687
Rank change year-on-year -72 +99 -44
Permanent jobs requiring a Cisco Engineer 79 55 89
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.084% 0.13% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.089% 0.14% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 69 32 81
10th Percentile £51,250 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £54,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.60% +8.50% -14.89%
75th Percentile £85,000 £65,625 £60,000
90th Percentile - £77,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +15.00% -15.97%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 88,511 39,569 69,008
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.09% 90.62% 94.89%
Number of salaries quoted 62,172 23,929 47,027
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,875 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,754 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.91% - -8.33%

Cisco Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Cisco Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Cisco Engineer job vacancy trend in England

Cisco Engineer
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Cisco Engineer job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Cisco Engineer job vacancies in England

Cisco Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco Engineer in England over the 6 months to 11 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Cisco Engineer in England

Cisco Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 11 August 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
London -16 52 £67,500 -0.74% 9
North West - 11 £57,500 - 4
North of England - 11 £57,500 - 7
West Midlands -29 9 £55,000 -22.54% 1
Midlands -43 9 £55,000 -15.38% 2
South East -43 6 £60,000 +60.00% 2
South West -75 1 - -
Cisco Engineer
UK

Cisco Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 11 August 2026, Cisco Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Cisco Engineer in the job title.

1 79 (100.00%) Cisco
2 42 (53.16%) Firewall
3 34 (43.04%) Azure
4 30 (37.97%) Meraki
5 28 (35.44%) LAN
6 27 (34.18%) Network Security
7 26 (32.91%) Cisco Certification
7 26 (32.91%) WAN
8 23 (29.11%) VPN
9 22 (27.85%) CCNP
9 22 (27.85%) Wi-Fi
10 15 (18.99%) BGP
10 15 (18.99%) OSPF
10 15 (18.99%) SD-WAN
11 14 (17.72%) Zscaler
12 13 (16.46%) Aruba
12 13 (16.46%) CCNA
12 13 (16.46%) HP
12 13 (16.46%) Juniper
13 12 (15.19%) Wireless
14 11 (13.92%) Degree
14 11 (13.92%) Incident Response
14 11 (13.92%) Network Design
14 11 (13.92%) SolarWinds
15 10 (12.66%) Microsoft
15 10 (12.66%) Microsoft 365
15 10 (12.66%) Network Architecture
15 10 (12.66%) Network Segmentation
16 9 (11.39%) Azure Certification
16 9 (11.39%) ISO/IEC 27001

Cisco Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (2.53%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 34 (43.04%) Azure
2 10 (12.66%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (10.13%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 8 (10.13%) Azure Monitor
4 5 (6.33%) AWS
4 5 (6.33%) Entra ID
5 2 (2.53%) AWS Direct Connect
5 2 (2.53%) OneDrive
5 2 (2.53%) SaaS
5 2 (2.53%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (1.27%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.27%) GCP
6 1 (1.27%) Mimecast
6 1 (1.27%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 42 (53.16%) Firewall
2 28 (35.44%) LAN
3 27 (34.18%) Network Security
4 26 (32.91%) WAN
5 23 (29.11%) VPN
6 22 (27.85%) Wi-Fi
7 15 (18.99%) BGP
7 15 (18.99%) OSPF
7 15 (18.99%) SD-WAN
8 12 (15.19%) Wireless
9 8 (10.13%) EIGRP
10 6 (7.59%) Cisco ISE
10 6 (7.59%) Unified Communications
10 6 (7.59%) VXLAN
11 5 (6.33%) Cisco Nexus
11 5 (6.33%) MPLS
11 5 (6.33%) NX-OS
12 4 (5.06%) Cisco ASA
12 4 (5.06%) WLAN
13 3 (3.80%) Multicast
Development Applications
1 2 (2.53%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (1.27%) Git
General
1 9 (11.39%) Social Skills
2 6 (7.59%) Presentation Skills
2 6 (7.59%) Telecoms
3 5 (6.33%) Finance
4 2 (2.53%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (2.53%) Legal
4 2 (2.53%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.27%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.27%) Jinja
1 1 (1.27%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.66%) Data Centre
2 3 (3.80%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.27%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 1 (1.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.27%) Operational Technology
3 1 (1.27%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.80%) Linux
1 3 (3.80%) Windows
1 3 (3.80%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (13.92%) Incident Response
1 11 (13.92%) Network Design
2 10 (12.66%) Network Architecture
2 10 (12.66%) Network Segmentation
3 9 (11.39%) Network Monitoring
3 9 (11.39%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (10.13%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 6 (7.59%) Presales
6 5 (6.33%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (6.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 5 (6.33%) Runbook
7 4 (5.06%) Information Management
7 4 (5.06%) Project Delivery
7 4 (5.06%) Zero Trust
8 3 (3.80%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (3.80%) Infrastructure as Code
8 3 (3.80%) Security Operations
8 3 (3.80%) Technical Leadership
8 3 (3.80%) Validation
9 2 (2.53%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.80%) Python
Qualifications
1 26 (32.91%) Cisco Certification
2 22 (27.85%) CCNP
3 13 (16.46%) CCNA
4 11 (13.92%) Degree
5 9 (11.39%) Azure Certification
6 7 (8.86%) DBS Check
7 6 (7.59%) CCIE
8 3 (3.80%) Security Cleared
9 2 (2.53%) CCIE Data Center
9 2 (2.53%) SC Cleared
10 1 (1.27%) CCIE Service Provider
10 1 (1.27%) CCIP
10 1 (1.27%) CCSA
10 1 (1.27%) CCSE
10 1 (1.27%) CISSP
10 1 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (1.27%) CREST Certified
10 1 (1.27%) DV Cleared
10 1 (1.27%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (1.27%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (11.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (11.39%) NIST
2 8 (10.13%) GDPR
3 1 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 1 (1.27%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (6.33%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.53%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (10.13%) Cisco Prime
2 5 (6.33%) FortiGate
3 4 (5.06%) Ansible
3 4 (5.06%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 79 (100.00%) Cisco
2 30 (37.97%) Meraki
3 14 (17.72%) Zscaler
4 13 (16.46%) Aruba
4 13 (16.46%) HP
4 13 (16.46%) Juniper
5 11 (13.92%) SolarWinds
6 10 (12.66%) Microsoft
7 7 (8.86%) Fortinet
8 5 (6.33%) Palo Alto
9 4 (5.06%) CheckPoint
9 4 (5.06%) VMware
10 3 (3.80%) Arista
11 2 (2.53%) Dynatrace
11 2 (2.53%) ServiceNow
12 1 (1.27%) CrowdStrike
12 1 (1.27%) SonicWALL
12 1 (1.27%) Veeam