Cisco Engineer Job Trends in England

Cisco Engineer
UK > England

The median Cisco Engineer salary in England is £51,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 November 2025.

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

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 546 609 573
Rank change year-on-year +63 -36 +295
Permanent jobs requiring a Cisco Engineer 61 117 109
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.13% 0.20% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.21% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 38 103 98
10th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £44,688 £49,375 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.54% -3.70% +30.81%
75th Percentile £59,563 £75,750 £106,289
90th Percentile £71,250 £77,250 -
UK median annual salary £51,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.00% -4.00% +21.36%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 42,555 56,380 43,393
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.71% 94.17% 95.22%
Number of salaries quoted 27,452 31,519 33,742
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,560 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.45% -4.07% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -

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 28 November 2025.

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 28 November 2025. 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 +11 28 £52,500 -27.84% 1
South East +42 14 £37,500 -37.50%
Midlands +72 10 £55,500 +3.26%
West Midlands +68 10 £55,500 +5.71%
North West +52 5 £50,000 - 3
North of England +31 5 £50,000 - 3
South West +15 3 £65,000 +44.44% 1
East of England +23 1 £55,000 +22.22%
Cisco Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 28 November 2025, 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 61 (100.00%) Cisco
2 50 (81.97%) Firewall
3 32 (52.46%) WAN
4 29 (47.54%) Cisco Certification
5 27 (44.26%) LAN
6 23 (37.70%) CCNP
7 22 (36.07%) Azure
8 20 (32.79%) Meraki
9 17 (27.87%) Fortinet
10 16 (26.23%) DevOps
10 16 (26.23%) VMware
10 16 (26.23%) VMware Infrastructure
11 15 (24.59%) Infrastructure as Code
11 15 (24.59%) Terraform
12 14 (22.95%) CCNA
13 13 (21.31%) Ansible
14 12 (19.67%) Commvault
14 12 (19.67%) Git
14 12 (19.67%) GitHub
14 12 (19.67%) High Availability
14 12 (19.67%) Kubernetes
14 12 (19.67%) Linux
14 12 (19.67%) NFS
14 12 (19.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 12 (19.67%) SD-WAN
15 11 (18.03%) AWS
15 11 (18.03%) Microsoft
15 11 (18.03%) Root Cause Analysis
16 10 (16.39%) FortiGate
16 10 (16.39%) SolarWinds

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 (1.64%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.64%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 22 (36.07%) Azure
2 12 (19.67%) GitHub
3 11 (18.03%) AWS
4 4 (6.56%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (3.28%) AWS Direct Connect
5 2 (3.28%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.64%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (1.64%) IaaS
6 1 (1.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 50 (81.97%) Firewall
2 32 (52.46%) WAN
3 27 (44.26%) LAN
4 12 (19.67%) SD-WAN
5 10 (16.39%) VPN
6 9 (14.75%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (13.11%) BGP
7 8 (13.11%) Cisco Firepower
7 8 (13.11%) VLAN
8 7 (11.48%) Cisco ASA
8 7 (11.48%) Fibre Channel
8 7 (11.48%) Network Security
8 7 (11.48%) OSPF
8 7 (11.48%) TCP/IP
9 6 (9.84%) Wireless
10 5 (8.20%) IPsec
10 5 (8.20%) MPLS
11 4 (6.56%) Cisco Wireless
11 4 (6.56%) DHCP
11 4 (6.56%) DNS
Development Applications
1 12 (19.67%) Git
2 1 (1.64%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 17 (27.87%) Social Skills
2 12 (19.67%) Finance
3 6 (9.84%) Public Sector
4 5 (8.20%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (6.56%) Retail
6 3 (4.92%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.64%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.64%) Law
7 1 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.64%) 802.1X
1 1 (1.64%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 10 (16.39%) Data Centre
2 7 (11.48%) Management Information System
3 5 (8.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 5 (8.20%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (4.92%) Cloud Native
4 3 (4.92%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (4.92%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.64%) e-Health
5 1 (1.64%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.64%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.64%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 12 (19.67%) Linux
1 12 (19.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 8 (13.11%) Windows
3 6 (9.84%) Windows Server
4 5 (8.20%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (1.64%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (26.23%) DevOps
2 15 (24.59%) Infrastructure as Code
3 12 (19.67%) High Availability
4 11 (18.03%) Root Cause Analysis
5 8 (13.11%) ITIL
6 7 (11.48%) Containerisation
6 7 (11.48%) Presales
6 7 (11.48%) Process Improvement
7 6 (9.84%) Computer Science
7 6 (9.84%) Disaster Recovery
7 6 (9.84%) Incident Response
7 6 (9.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 5 (8.20%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (8.20%) Mentoring
8 5 (8.20%) Migration
8 5 (8.20%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (8.20%) Service Delivery
9 3 (4.92%) Change Control
9 3 (4.92%) Collaborative Working
9 3 (4.92%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.84%) Python
Qualifications
1 29 (47.54%) Cisco Certification
2 23 (37.70%) CCNP
3 14 (22.95%) CCNA
4 8 (13.11%) SC Cleared
4 8 (13.11%) Security Cleared
5 7 (11.48%) CCIE
5 7 (11.48%) Degree
6 6 (9.84%) CCSA
6 6 (9.84%) CCSE
7 5 (8.20%) Azure Certification
7 5 (8.20%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (8.20%) JNCIA
8 2 (3.28%) AWS Certification
9 1 (1.64%) CCDA
9 1 (1.64%) CCDP
9 1 (1.64%) DV Cleared
9 1 (1.64%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.64%) NIST
System Software
1 16 (26.23%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (19.67%) NFS
3 7 (11.48%) vSphere
4 3 (4.92%) Firmware
5 1 (1.64%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (24.59%) Terraform
2 13 (21.31%) Ansible
3 12 (19.67%) Kubernetes
4 10 (16.39%) FortiGate
5 3 (4.92%) Dell DRAC
6 1 (1.64%) CA Spectrum
6 1 (1.64%) CASB
6 1 (1.64%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (1.64%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 61 (100.00%) Cisco
2 20 (32.79%) Meraki
3 17 (27.87%) Fortinet
4 16 (26.23%) VMware
5 12 (19.67%) Commvault
6 11 (18.03%) Microsoft
7 10 (16.39%) SolarWinds
8 9 (14.75%) Draytek
8 9 (14.75%) Juniper
8 9 (14.75%) Sophos
9 7 (11.48%) Pure Storage
9 7 (11.48%) Red Hat
10 6 (9.84%) Aruba
10 6 (9.84%) CheckPoint
11 5 (8.20%) Palo Alto
12 4 (6.56%) Zscaler
13 3 (4.92%) Dell
13 3 (4.92%) Dynatrace
13 3 (4.92%) Forcepoint
13 3 (4.92%) ServiceNow