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 1 January 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 527 584 553
Rank change year-on-year +57 -31 +316
Permanent jobs requiring a Cisco Engineer 73 92 113
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.14% 0.19% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.20% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 44 81 100
10th Percentile £36,250 £49,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £47,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £67,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% -6.90% +31.82%
75th Percentile £58,250 £76,250 £106,289
90th Percentile £72,750 £91,250 £107,160
UK median annual salary £50,000 £66,250 £72,500
% change year-on-year -24.53% -8.62% +31.82%

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 47,162 46,092 43,112
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.67% 92.95% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 29,558 24,542 33,827
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,205 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%
75th Percentile £75,000 £79,000 £79,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 1 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 1 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 +1 34 £52,500 -29.05%
South East +29 14 £37,500 -37.50% 5
North West +35 13 £50,000 - 1
North of England +33 13 £50,000 - 2
West Midlands +28 11 £55,500 +5.71% 2
Midlands +28 11 £55,500 -3.48% 2
South West - 1 £65,000 -
Cisco Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 73 (100.00%) Cisco
2 63 (86.30%) Firewall
3 46 (63.01%) WAN
4 41 (56.16%) LAN
5 40 (54.79%) Cisco Certification
6 31 (42.47%) Fortinet
7 27 (36.99%) CCNP
8 25 (34.25%) Azure
9 24 (32.88%) CCNA
10 20 (27.40%) Meraki
11 18 (24.66%) AWS
11 18 (24.66%) High Availability
12 17 (23.29%) SD-WAN
12 17 (23.29%) Wi-Fi
13 16 (21.92%) Juniper
14 15 (20.55%) Cisco Firepower
14 15 (20.55%) FortiGate
15 14 (19.18%) Aruba
15 14 (19.18%) CheckPoint
15 14 (19.18%) Cisco ASA
15 14 (19.18%) Presales
16 13 (17.81%) BGP
16 13 (17.81%) JNCIA
17 12 (16.44%) DevOps
17 12 (16.44%) Infrastructure as Code
17 12 (16.44%) SolarWinds
17 12 (16.44%) Terraform
17 12 (16.44%) VMware
17 12 (16.44%) VMware Infrastructure
18 11 (15.07%) CCIE

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 (1.37%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 25 (34.25%) Azure
2 18 (24.66%) AWS
3 9 (12.33%) GitHub
4 5 (6.85%) AWS Direct Connect
5 4 (5.48%) SaaS
5 4 (5.48%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 3 (4.11%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.37%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (1.37%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 63 (86.30%) Firewall
2 46 (63.01%) WAN
3 41 (56.16%) LAN
4 17 (23.29%) SD-WAN
4 17 (23.29%) Wi-Fi
5 15 (20.55%) Cisco Firepower
6 14 (19.18%) Cisco ASA
7 13 (17.81%) BGP
8 11 (15.07%) OSPF
9 10 (13.70%) VPN
10 8 (10.96%) IPsec
10 8 (10.96%) VLAN
11 7 (9.59%) Cisco ISE
11 7 (9.59%) MPLS
12 6 (8.22%) Fibre Channel
12 6 (8.22%) Network Security
12 6 (8.22%) TCP/IP
12 6 (8.22%) Wireless
13 4 (5.48%) NetScaler
13 4 (5.48%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 10 (13.70%) Git
General
1 25 (34.25%) Social Skills
2 16 (21.92%) Finance
3 13 (17.81%) Presentation Skills
4 7 (9.59%) Public Sector
5 4 (5.48%) Retail
6 3 (4.11%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.37%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.37%) Law
7 1 (1.37%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.37%) 802.1X
1 1 (1.37%) Jinja
1 1 (1.37%) NETCONF
1 1 (1.37%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 17 (23.29%) Data Centre
2 10 (13.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 10 (13.70%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.11%) Cloud Native
3 3 (4.11%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (4.11%) Driving Licence
3 3 (4.11%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.37%) e-Health
4 1 (1.37%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.37%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 9 (12.33%) Linux
1 9 (12.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 4 (5.48%) Windows
3 3 (4.11%) Windows Server
3 3 (4.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (24.66%) High Availability
2 14 (19.18%) Presales
3 12 (16.44%) DevOps
3 12 (16.44%) Infrastructure as Code
4 11 (15.07%) Computer Science
5 10 (13.70%) Process Improvement
6 9 (12.33%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (12.33%) Root Cause Analysis
7 6 (8.22%) Containerisation
7 6 (8.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 6 (8.22%) ITIL
8 5 (6.85%) Migration
8 5 (6.85%) Service Delivery
9 4 (5.48%) Cloud Security
9 4 (5.48%) Disaster Recovery
9 4 (5.48%) Kalman Filter
9 4 (5.48%) Mentoring
9 4 (5.48%) Network Segmentation
9 4 (5.48%) Runbook
9 4 (5.48%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 7 (9.59%) Python
Qualifications
1 40 (54.79%) Cisco Certification
2 27 (36.99%) CCNP
3 24 (32.88%) CCNA
4 13 (17.81%) JNCIA
5 11 (15.07%) CCIE
5 11 (15.07%) Degree
6 10 (13.70%) CCSA
6 10 (13.70%) CCSE
6 10 (13.70%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (10.96%) SC Cleared
7 8 (10.96%) Security Cleared
8 4 (5.48%) Azure Certification
9 1 (1.37%) AWS Certification
9 1 (1.37%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.37%) NIST
System Software
1 12 (16.44%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (12.33%) NFS
3 6 (8.22%) vSphere
4 3 (4.11%) Firmware
5 1 (1.37%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (20.55%) FortiGate
2 12 (16.44%) Terraform
3 9 (12.33%) Ansible
3 9 (12.33%) Kubernetes
4 3 (4.11%) Dell DRAC
5 1 (1.37%) CA Spectrum
Vendors
1 73 (100.00%) Cisco
2 31 (42.47%) Fortinet
3 20 (27.40%) Meraki
4 16 (21.92%) Juniper
5 14 (19.18%) Aruba
5 14 (19.18%) CheckPoint
6 12 (16.44%) SolarWinds
6 12 (16.44%) VMware
7 9 (12.33%) Commvault
7 9 (12.33%) Draytek
7 9 (12.33%) Sophos
8 6 (8.22%) Dynatrace
8 6 (8.22%) Microsoft
8 6 (8.22%) Palo Alto
8 6 (8.22%) Pure Storage
8 6 (8.22%) Red Hat
8 6 (8.22%) ServiceNow
9 4 (5.48%) Zscaler
10 3 (4.11%) Dell
10 3 (4.11%) Forcepoint