Cisco Engineer Job Trends in England

Cisco Engineer
UK > England

The median Cisco Engineer salary in England is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 January 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 521 580 632
Rank change year-on-year +59 +52 +220
Permanent jobs requiring a Cisco Engineer 85 88 83
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.16% 0.18% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.20% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 52 78 74
10th Percentile £36,250 £49,775 £40,375
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £43,429
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £70,750 £51,300
Median % change year-on-year -29.33% +37.91% -6.73%
75th Percentile £58,250 £76,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £75,900 £91,250 £115,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £67,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -25.93% +22.73% -

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 49,294 44,074 53,052
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.01% 92.41% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 31,230 22,993 41,992
10th Percentile £28,750 £33,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% -8.80%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,097
% change year-on-year -8.33% +8.90% -8.17%

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 21 January 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 21 January 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 +32 40 £64,500 -12.84% 5
North West +39 20 £50,000 - 1
North of England +32 20 £50,000 - 1
South East +30 13 £37,500 -34.78% 5
West Midlands +36 12 £55,500 +5.71% 1
Midlands +29 12 £55,500 -14.62% 1
Cisco Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 21 January 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 85 (100.00%) Cisco
2 73 (85.88%) Firewall
3 57 (67.06%) WAN
4 50 (58.82%) LAN
5 49 (57.65%) Cisco Certification
6 41 (48.24%) Fortinet
7 32 (37.65%) CCNA
8 30 (35.29%) CCNP
9 27 (31.76%) Azure
10 23 (27.06%) Juniper
11 22 (25.88%) AWS
12 21 (24.71%) Aruba
12 21 (24.71%) High Availability
12 21 (24.71%) SD-WAN
12 21 (24.71%) Wi-Fi
13 20 (23.53%) Presales
14 19 (22.35%) JNCIA
14 19 (22.35%) Meraki
15 17 (20.00%) BGP
15 17 (20.00%) CheckPoint
15 17 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
15 17 (20.00%) Cisco Firepower
15 17 (20.00%) FortiGate
16 14 (16.47%) SolarWinds
17 13 (15.29%) CCIE
17 13 (15.29%) Computer Science
17 13 (15.29%) Degree
17 13 (15.29%) OSPF
18 12 (14.12%) CCSA
18 12 (14.12%) CCSE

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 1 (1.18%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 27 (31.76%) Azure
2 22 (25.88%) AWS
3 7 (8.24%) GitHub
4 6 (7.06%) AWS Direct Connect
5 5 (5.88%) SaaS
5 5 (5.88%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 3 (3.53%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.18%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (1.18%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 73 (85.88%) Firewall
2 57 (67.06%) WAN
3 50 (58.82%) LAN
4 21 (24.71%) SD-WAN
4 21 (24.71%) Wi-Fi
5 17 (20.00%) BGP
5 17 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
5 17 (20.00%) Cisco Firepower
6 13 (15.29%) OSPF
7 11 (12.94%) Cisco ISE
7 11 (12.94%) VPN
8 10 (11.76%) MPLS
9 9 (10.59%) IPsec
10 8 (9.41%) VLAN
11 7 (8.24%) Wireless
12 6 (7.06%) Network Security
13 5 (5.88%) Cisco IOS
13 5 (5.88%) Fibre Channel
13 5 (5.88%) NetScaler
13 5 (5.88%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 10 (11.76%) Git
General
1 32 (37.65%) Social Skills
2 19 (22.35%) Presentation Skills
3 17 (20.00%) Finance
4 8 (9.41%) Public Sector
5 4 (4.71%) Retail
6 3 (3.53%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (3.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (3.53%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.18%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.18%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.53%) Jinja
1 3 (3.53%) NETCONF
1 3 (3.53%) YANG
2 1 (1.18%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 20 (23.53%) Data Centre
2 12 (14.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 10 (11.76%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.53%) Cloud Native
4 3 (3.53%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (3.53%) Driving Licence
4 3 (3.53%) Social Media
5 2 (2.35%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.18%) e-Health
6 1 (1.18%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (8.24%) Linux
1 7 (8.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 3 (3.53%) Windows
3 2 (2.35%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.35%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (24.71%) High Availability
2 20 (23.53%) Presales
3 13 (15.29%) Computer Science
4 12 (14.12%) Process Improvement
5 10 (11.76%) DevOps
5 10 (11.76%) Infrastructure as Code
6 9 (10.59%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (9.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 8 (9.41%) Root Cause Analysis
8 6 (7.06%) Migration
9 5 (5.88%) Cloud Security
9 5 (5.88%) Containerisation
9 5 (5.88%) ITIL
9 5 (5.88%) Kalman Filter
9 5 (5.88%) Network Segmentation
9 5 (5.88%) Runbook
9 5 (5.88%) Zero Trust
10 4 (4.71%) Agile
10 4 (4.71%) Mentoring
10 4 (4.71%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 8 (9.41%) Python
Qualifications
1 49 (57.65%) Cisco Certification
2 32 (37.65%) CCNA
3 30 (35.29%) CCNP
4 19 (22.35%) JNCIA
5 13 (15.29%) CCIE
5 13 (15.29%) Degree
6 12 (14.12%) CCSA
6 12 (14.12%) CCSE
6 12 (14.12%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (10.59%) SC Cleared
7 9 (10.59%) Security Cleared
8 4 (4.71%) Azure Certification
9 1 (1.18%) AWS Certification
9 1 (1.18%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.18%) NIST
System Software
1 10 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (8.24%) NFS
3 5 (5.88%) vSphere
4 3 (3.53%) Firmware
5 1 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (20.00%) FortiGate
2 10 (11.76%) Terraform
3 7 (8.24%) Ansible
3 7 (8.24%) Kubernetes
4 3 (3.53%) Dell DRAC
5 1 (1.18%) CA Spectrum
Vendors
1 85 (100.00%) Cisco
2 41 (48.24%) Fortinet
3 23 (27.06%) Juniper
4 21 (24.71%) Aruba
5 19 (22.35%) Meraki
6 17 (20.00%) CheckPoint
7 14 (16.47%) SolarWinds
8 10 (11.76%) VMware
9 8 (9.41%) Draytek
9 8 (9.41%) Dynatrace
9 8 (9.41%) Palo Alto
9 8 (9.41%) ServiceNow
9 8 (9.41%) Sophos
10 7 (8.24%) Commvault
11 6 (7.06%) Microsoft
12 5 (5.88%) Pure Storage
12 5 (5.88%) Red Hat
13 4 (4.71%) Zscaler
14 3 (3.53%) Dell
14 3 (3.53%) Forcepoint