Cisco Engineer Job Trends in England

Cisco Engineer
UK > England

The median Cisco Engineer salary in England is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 March 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 559 558 713
Rank change year-on-year -1 +155 +148
Permanent jobs requiring a Cisco Engineer 91 65 67
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.14% 0.17% 0.090%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.19% 0.095%
Number of salaries quoted 56 57 63
10th Percentile - £48,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £55,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £65,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% +30.00% -13.79%
75th Percentile £76,375 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £65,000 £51,300
% change year-on-year -19.23% +26.71% -11.17%

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 60,858 34,668 70,561
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.92% 90.35% 94.43%
Number of salaries quoted 39,701 21,008 55,609
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,500 £28,501
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 18 March 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 18 March 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 +24 57 £75,000 - 4
North West +1 20 £50,000 -
North of England -27 20 £50,000 - 1
South East -5 8 £40,000 -22.33% 5
West Midlands +3 5 £55,500 -22.11% 2
Midlands -25 5 £55,500 -14.62% 2
South West -28 1 £47,500 -26.92% 1
Cisco Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 March 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 91 (100.00%) Cisco
2 76 (83.52%) Firewall
3 59 (64.84%) WAN
4 51 (56.04%) Cisco Certification
5 50 (54.95%) LAN
6 47 (51.65%) Fortinet
7 41 (45.05%) CCNA
8 40 (43.96%) Azure
9 34 (37.36%) Wi-Fi
10 32 (35.16%) CCNP
11 28 (30.77%) AWS
11 28 (30.77%) Meraki
12 25 (27.47%) CheckPoint
12 25 (27.47%) Cisco ASA
12 25 (27.47%) Cisco Firepower
12 25 (27.47%) SD-WAN
13 24 (26.37%) Juniper
14 23 (25.27%) FortiGate
15 22 (24.18%) Aruba
15 22 (24.18%) Degree
16 21 (23.08%) Presales
16 21 (23.08%) SolarWinds
17 20 (21.98%) High Availability
18 19 (20.88%) BGP
18 19 (20.88%) JNCIA
19 17 (18.68%) Cisco ISE
19 17 (18.68%) VPN
20 16 (17.58%) CCIE
20 16 (17.58%) Computer Science
20 16 (17.58%) OSPF

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:

Cloud Services
1 40 (43.96%) Azure
2 28 (30.77%) AWS
3 10 (10.99%) AWS Direct Connect
4 9 (9.89%) SaaS
4 9 (9.89%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 7 (7.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 6 (6.59%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 76 (83.52%) Firewall
2 59 (64.84%) WAN
3 50 (54.95%) LAN
4 34 (37.36%) Wi-Fi
5 25 (27.47%) Cisco ASA
5 25 (27.47%) Cisco Firepower
5 25 (27.47%) SD-WAN
6 19 (20.88%) BGP
7 17 (18.68%) Cisco ISE
7 17 (18.68%) VPN
8 16 (17.58%) OSPF
9 14 (15.38%) Network Security
10 12 (13.19%) MPLS
11 11 (12.09%) IPsec
12 10 (10.99%) WLAN
13 9 (9.89%) NetScaler
13 9 (9.89%) NX-OS
13 9 (9.89%) VXLAN
14 8 (8.79%) Wireless
15 6 (6.59%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 3 (3.30%) Git
General
1 30 (32.97%) Social Skills
2 21 (23.08%) Presentation Skills
3 16 (17.58%) Finance
4 5 (5.49%) Public Sector
5 3 (3.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (3.30%) Retail
5 3 (3.30%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.10%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.30%) Jinja
1 3 (3.30%) NETCONF
1 3 (3.30%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 25 (27.47%) Data Centre
2 15 (16.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 9 (9.89%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.30%) Social Media
5 1 (1.10%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.10%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.10%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (23.08%) Presales
2 20 (21.98%) High Availability
3 16 (17.58%) Computer Science
4 15 (16.48%) Network Segmentation
4 15 (16.48%) Process Improvement
5 12 (13.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 12 (13.19%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (9.89%) Cloud Security
6 9 (9.89%) Kalman Filter
6 9 (9.89%) Runbook
6 9 (9.89%) Zero Trust
7 6 (6.59%) Incident Response
7 6 (6.59%) Network Architecture
7 6 (6.59%) Network Monitoring
7 6 (6.59%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 5 (5.49%) Migration
9 3 (3.30%) Agile
9 3 (3.30%) Network Design
9 3 (3.30%) Service Delivery
9 3 (3.30%) Threat Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.30%) Python
Qualifications
1 51 (56.04%) Cisco Certification
2 41 (45.05%) CCNA
3 32 (35.16%) CCNP
4 22 (24.18%) Degree
5 19 (20.88%) JNCIA
6 16 (17.58%) CCIE
7 15 (16.48%) CCSA
7 15 (16.48%) CCSE
7 15 (16.48%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (9.89%) Azure Certification
9 6 (6.59%) SC Cleared
9 6 (6.59%) Security Cleared
10 1 (1.10%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (7.69%) NIST
2 6 (6.59%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (1.10%) Firmware
1 1 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 23 (25.27%) FortiGate
2 6 (6.59%) Cisco Prime
3 1 (1.10%) Dell DRAC
3 1 (1.10%) Terraform
Vendors
1 91 (100.00%) Cisco
2 47 (51.65%) Fortinet
3 28 (30.77%) Meraki
4 25 (27.47%) CheckPoint
5 24 (26.37%) Juniper
6 22 (24.18%) Aruba
7 21 (23.08%) SolarWinds
8 12 (13.19%) Dynatrace
8 12 (13.19%) ServiceNow
9 10 (10.99%) Palo Alto
10 3 (3.30%) Draytek
10 3 (3.30%) Microsoft
10 3 (3.30%) Sophos
11 2 (2.20%) F5
12 1 (1.10%) Dell
12 1 (1.10%) Ekahau
12 1 (1.10%) VMware
12 1 (1.10%) Zscaler