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 8 August 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 662 579 662
Rank change year-on-year -83 +83 -34
Permanent jobs requiring a Cisco Engineer 77 54 89
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.083% 0.12% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.088% 0.14% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 67 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 £81,000 £65,625 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £77,500
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 87,841 39,513 68,517
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.13% 90.67% 94.85%
Number of salaries quoted 61,676 23,901 47,109
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,250 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £96,250 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% 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 8 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 8 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 -21 50 £67,500 -0.74% 9
North West - 11 £57,500 - 5
North of England - 11 £57,500 - 7
West Midlands -16 9 £55,000 -22.54% 1
Midlands -23 9 £55,000 -15.38% 2
South East -42 6 £60,000 +60.00% 2
South West -74 1 - -
Cisco Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 8 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 77 (100.00%) Cisco
2 42 (54.55%) Firewall
3 33 (42.86%) Azure
4 29 (37.66%) Meraki
5 28 (36.36%) LAN
6 27 (35.06%) Network Security
7 26 (33.77%) WAN
8 25 (32.47%) Cisco Certification
9 23 (29.87%) VPN
10 22 (28.57%) Wi-Fi
11 21 (27.27%) CCNP
12 15 (19.48%) SD-WAN
13 14 (18.18%) BGP
13 14 (18.18%) OSPF
14 13 (16.88%) Aruba
14 13 (16.88%) CCNA
14 13 (16.88%) Juniper
14 13 (16.88%) Zscaler
15 12 (15.58%) HP
15 12 (15.58%) Wireless
16 11 (14.29%) Degree
16 11 (14.29%) Incident Response
16 11 (14.29%) SolarWinds
17 10 (12.99%) Microsoft
17 10 (12.99%) Microsoft 365
17 10 (12.99%) Network Architecture
17 10 (12.99%) Network Design
17 10 (12.99%) Network Segmentation
18 9 (11.69%) Azure Certification
18 9 (11.69%) 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 (2.60%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (2.60%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 33 (42.86%) Azure
2 10 (12.99%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (10.39%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 8 (10.39%) Azure Monitor
4 5 (6.49%) AWS
4 5 (6.49%) Entra ID
5 2 (2.60%) AWS Direct Connect
5 2 (2.60%) OneDrive
5 2 (2.60%) SaaS
5 2 (2.60%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (1.30%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.30%) GCP
6 1 (1.30%) Mimecast
6 1 (1.30%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 42 (54.55%) Firewall
2 28 (36.36%) LAN
3 27 (35.06%) Network Security
4 26 (33.77%) WAN
5 23 (29.87%) VPN
6 22 (28.57%) Wi-Fi
7 15 (19.48%) SD-WAN
8 14 (18.18%) BGP
8 14 (18.18%) OSPF
9 12 (15.58%) Wireless
10 8 (10.39%) EIGRP
11 6 (7.79%) Cisco ISE
11 6 (7.79%) Unified Communications
12 5 (6.49%) VXLAN
13 4 (5.19%) Cisco ASA
13 4 (5.19%) Cisco Nexus
13 4 (5.19%) MPLS
13 4 (5.19%) NX-OS
13 4 (5.19%) WLAN
14 3 (3.90%) Cisco Firepower
Development Applications
1 1 (1.30%) Git
1 1 (1.30%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 8 (10.39%) Social Skills
2 6 (7.79%) Presentation Skills
2 6 (7.79%) Telecoms
3 5 (6.49%) Finance
4 2 (2.60%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (2.60%) Legal
4 2 (2.60%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.30%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.30%) Jinja
1 1 (1.30%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.69%) Data Centre
2 3 (3.90%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.30%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 1 (1.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (1.30%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.30%) Operational Technology
3 1 (1.30%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.90%) Linux
1 3 (3.90%) Windows
1 3 (3.90%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (14.29%) Incident Response
2 10 (12.99%) Network Architecture
2 10 (12.99%) Network Design
2 10 (12.99%) Network Segmentation
3 9 (11.69%) Network Monitoring
3 9 (11.69%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (10.39%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 6 (7.79%) Presales
6 5 (6.49%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (6.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 5 (6.49%) Runbook
7 4 (5.19%) Information Management
7 4 (5.19%) Zero Trust
8 3 (3.90%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (3.90%) Project Delivery
8 3 (3.90%) Security Operations
9 2 (2.60%) Asset Management
9 2 (2.60%) Kalman Filter
9 2 (2.60%) Statistics
9 2 (2.60%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.60%) Python
Qualifications
1 25 (32.47%) Cisco Certification
2 21 (27.27%) CCNP
3 13 (16.88%) CCNA
4 11 (14.29%) Degree
5 9 (11.69%) Azure Certification
6 7 (9.09%) DBS Check
7 5 (6.49%) CCIE
8 3 (3.90%) Security Cleared
9 2 (2.60%) SC Cleared
10 1 (1.30%) CCIE Data Center
10 1 (1.30%) CCIE Service Provider
10 1 (1.30%) CCIP
10 1 (1.30%) CCSA
10 1 (1.30%) CCSE
10 1 (1.30%) CISSP
10 1 (1.30%) CREST Certified
10 1 (1.30%) DV Cleared
10 1 (1.30%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (1.30%) Server+ Certification
10 1 (1.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (11.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (11.69%) NIST
2 8 (10.39%) GDPR
3 1 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 1 (1.30%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (6.49%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.60%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (10.39%) Cisco Prime
2 5 (6.49%) FortiGate
3 4 (5.19%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (3.90%) Ansible
5 1 (1.30%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.30%) Terraform
Vendors
1 77 (100.00%) Cisco
2 29 (37.66%) Meraki
3 13 (16.88%) Aruba
3 13 (16.88%) Juniper
3 13 (16.88%) Zscaler
4 12 (15.58%) HP
5 11 (14.29%) SolarWinds
6 10 (12.99%) Microsoft
7 7 (9.09%) Fortinet
8 5 (6.49%) Palo Alto
9 4 (5.19%) CheckPoint
9 4 (5.19%) VMware
10 2 (2.60%) Arista
10 2 (2.60%) Dynatrace
10 2 (2.60%) ServiceNow
11 1 (1.30%) CrowdStrike
11 1 (1.30%) SonicWALL
11 1 (1.30%) Veeam