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 25 January 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 533 590 651
Rank change year-on-year +57 +61 +223
Permanent jobs requiring a Cisco Engineer 84 87 85
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.15% 0.18% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.20% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 53 77 76
10th Percentile £37,250 £49,700 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £71,500 £51,300
Median % change year-on-year -30.07% +39.38% -6.73%
75th Percentile £58,250 £76,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £76,000 £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 50,189 43,775 56,417
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.96% 92.07% 95.06%
Number of salaries quoted 31,901 22,794 44,874
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.30%

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 25 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 25 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 +19 39 £74,000 - 7
North West +32 20 £50,000 - 2
North of England +22 20 £50,000 - 2
West Midlands +38 12 £55,500 +5.71% 2
South East +33 12 £37,500 -31.82% 4
Midlands +18 12 £55,500 -14.62% 2
South West - 1 £47,500 - 2
Cisco Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 25 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 84 (100.00%) Cisco
2 73 (86.90%) Firewall
3 57 (67.86%) WAN
4 50 (59.52%) Cisco Certification
5 49 (58.33%) LAN
6 41 (48.81%) Fortinet
7 33 (39.29%) CCNA
8 31 (36.90%) CCNP
9 27 (32.14%) Azure
10 23 (27.38%) Juniper
10 23 (27.38%) Wi-Fi
11 22 (26.19%) AWS
11 22 (26.19%) SD-WAN
12 21 (25.00%) Aruba
12 21 (25.00%) High Availability
13 20 (23.81%) Meraki
13 20 (23.81%) Presales
14 19 (22.62%) JNCIA
15 18 (21.43%) BGP
15 18 (21.43%) CheckPoint
15 18 (21.43%) Cisco ASA
15 18 (21.43%) Cisco Firepower
16 17 (20.24%) FortiGate
17 15 (17.86%) SolarWinds
18 14 (16.67%) Degree
18 14 (16.67%) OSPF
19 13 (15.48%) CCIE
19 13 (15.48%) Computer Science
20 12 (14.29%) CCSA
20 12 (14.29%) 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 (1.19%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 27 (32.14%) Azure
2 22 (26.19%) AWS
3 6 (7.14%) AWS Direct Connect
4 5 (5.95%) GitHub
4 5 (5.95%) SaaS
4 5 (5.95%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 3 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (2.38%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (1.19%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (1.19%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 73 (86.90%) Firewall
2 57 (67.86%) WAN
3 49 (58.33%) LAN
4 23 (27.38%) Wi-Fi
5 22 (26.19%) SD-WAN
6 18 (21.43%) BGP
6 18 (21.43%) Cisco ASA
6 18 (21.43%) Cisco Firepower
7 14 (16.67%) OSPF
8 12 (14.29%) VPN
9 11 (13.10%) Cisco ISE
10 10 (11.90%) IPsec
10 10 (11.90%) MPLS
11 8 (9.52%) VLAN
12 7 (8.33%) Network Security
12 7 (8.33%) Wireless
13 5 (5.95%) Cisco IOS
13 5 (5.95%) NetScaler
13 5 (5.95%) VXLAN
13 5 (5.95%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 8 (9.52%) Git
General
1 32 (38.10%) Social Skills
2 19 (22.62%) Presentation Skills
3 16 (19.05%) Finance
4 9 (10.71%) Public Sector
5 4 (4.76%) Retail
6 3 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (3.57%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.19%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.19%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.57%) Jinja
1 3 (3.57%) NETCONF
1 3 (3.57%) YANG
2 1 (1.19%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 20 (23.81%) Data Centre
2 12 (14.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 9 (10.71%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.57%) Cloud Native
4 3 (3.57%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (3.57%) Social Media
5 2 (2.38%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.19%) e-Health
6 1 (1.19%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.19%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.95%) Linux
1 5 (5.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (2.38%) Windows
3 1 (1.19%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.19%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (25.00%) High Availability
2 20 (23.81%) Presales
3 13 (15.48%) Computer Science
4 12 (14.29%) Process Improvement
5 9 (10.71%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (9.52%) DevOps
6 8 (9.52%) Infrastructure as Code
6 8 (9.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 6 (7.14%) Migration
7 6 (7.14%) Network Segmentation
7 6 (7.14%) Root Cause Analysis
8 5 (5.95%) Cloud Security
8 5 (5.95%) Kalman Filter
8 5 (5.95%) Runbook
8 5 (5.95%) Zero Trust
9 4 (4.76%) Agile
9 4 (4.76%) Containerisation
9 4 (4.76%) ITIL
9 4 (4.76%) Network Design
9 4 (4.76%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 7 (8.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 50 (59.52%) Cisco Certification
2 33 (39.29%) CCNA
3 31 (36.90%) CCNP
4 19 (22.62%) JNCIA
5 14 (16.67%) Degree
6 13 (15.48%) CCIE
7 12 (14.29%) CCSA
7 12 (14.29%) CCSE
7 12 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (10.71%) SC Cleared
8 9 (10.71%) Security Cleared
9 5 (5.95%) Azure Certification
10 1 (1.19%) AWS Certification
10 1 (1.19%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (2.38%) NIST
2 1 (1.19%) GDPR
System Software
1 8 (9.52%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (5.95%) NFS
3 4 (4.76%) vSphere
4 3 (3.57%) Firmware
5 1 (1.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (20.24%) FortiGate
2 8 (9.52%) Terraform
3 5 (5.95%) Ansible
3 5 (5.95%) Kubernetes
4 3 (3.57%) Dell DRAC
5 1 (1.19%) CA Spectrum
5 1 (1.19%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 84 (100.00%) Cisco
2 41 (48.81%) Fortinet
3 23 (27.38%) Juniper
4 21 (25.00%) Aruba
5 20 (23.81%) Meraki
6 18 (21.43%) CheckPoint
7 15 (17.86%) SolarWinds
8 9 (10.71%) Palo Alto
9 8 (9.52%) Dynatrace
9 8 (9.52%) ServiceNow
9 8 (9.52%) VMware
10 7 (8.33%) Draytek
10 7 (8.33%) Sophos
11 5 (5.95%) Commvault
11 5 (5.95%) Microsoft
12 4 (4.76%) Pure Storage
12 4 (4.76%) Red Hat
12 4 (4.76%) Zscaler
13 3 (3.57%) Dell
14 2 (2.38%) Forcepoint