Cisco Engineer Job Trends in England

Cisco Engineer
UK > England

The median Cisco Engineer salary in England is £55,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 October 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 561 622 585
Rank change year-on-year +61 -37 +332
Permanent jobs requiring a Cisco Engineer 58 109 130
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.14% 0.17% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.18% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 32 96 118
10th Percentile £36,250 - £40,350
25th Percentile £49,750 £45,000 £46,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £60,000 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% -5.88% +27.50%
75th Percentile £65,625 £75,000 £82,548
90th Percentile £79,750 £77,250 £106,289
UK median annual salary £55,500 £55,000 £61,250
% change year-on-year +0.91% -10.20% +22.50%

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 38,652 59,407 48,336
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.68% 95.19% 95.54%
Number of salaries quoted 23,299 34,065 37,318
10th Percentile £28,238 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,750 £42,500 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £56,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% -6.67% -

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 October 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 18 October 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 +35 33 £75,000 +2.74% 2
Midlands +46 10 £55,500 +0.91% 2
South East +25 10 £37,500 -37.50% 5
West Midlands - 10 £55,500 - 2
South West +41 4 £58,750 +30.56% 1
East of England +4 1 £55,000 +22.22% 1
Cisco Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 October 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 58 (100.00%) Cisco
2 45 (77.59%) Firewall
3 35 (60.34%) WAN
4 29 (50.00%) LAN
5 24 (41.38%) Azure
6 22 (37.93%) Cisco Certification
6 22 (37.93%) DevOps
7 21 (36.21%) Meraki
7 21 (36.21%) VMware
7 21 (36.21%) VMware Infrastructure
8 20 (34.48%) CCNP
8 20 (34.48%) Terraform
9 19 (32.76%) Ansible
10 18 (31.03%) Infrastructure as Code
11 17 (29.31%) Commvault
11 17 (29.31%) Git
11 17 (29.31%) GitHub
11 17 (29.31%) Kubernetes
11 17 (29.31%) Linux
11 17 (29.31%) NFS
11 17 (29.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 17 (29.31%) SD-WAN
12 16 (27.59%) VPN
13 15 (25.86%) Fortinet
13 15 (25.86%) SolarWinds
14 14 (24.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 14 (24.14%) Microsoft
14 14 (24.14%) Windows
15 13 (22.41%) AWS
15 13 (22.41%) Root Cause Analysis

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 (1.72%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (3.45%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 24 (41.38%) Azure
2 17 (29.31%) GitHub
3 13 (22.41%) AWS
4 7 (12.07%) AWS Direct Connect
5 4 (6.90%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (5.17%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (5.17%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 2 (3.45%) IaaS
8 1 (1.72%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 45 (77.59%) Firewall
2 35 (60.34%) WAN
3 29 (50.00%) LAN
4 17 (29.31%) SD-WAN
5 16 (27.59%) VPN
6 12 (20.69%) BGP
7 11 (18.97%) MPLS
7 11 (18.97%) OSPF
7 11 (18.97%) Wi-Fi
8 10 (17.24%) Cisco ASA
8 10 (17.24%) Cisco Firepower
8 10 (17.24%) Fibre Channel
8 10 (17.24%) IPsec
8 10 (17.24%) TCP/IP
9 9 (15.52%) Network Security
10 7 (12.07%) Cisco ISE
11 6 (10.34%) NX-OS
11 6 (10.34%) VXLAN
11 6 (10.34%) WLAN
12 4 (6.90%) DHCP
Development Applications
1 17 (29.31%) Git
2 2 (3.45%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 13 (22.41%) Finance
2 10 (17.24%) Social Skills
3 6 (10.34%) Public Sector
4 3 (5.17%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (3.45%) Retail
6 1 (1.72%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.72%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.72%) 802.1X
1 1 (1.72%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 13 (22.41%) Data Centre
2 12 (20.69%) Management Information System
3 7 (12.07%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (5.17%) Cloud Native
4 3 (5.17%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (5.17%) Driving Licence
4 3 (5.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (3.45%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.72%) e-Health
6 1 (1.72%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.72%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 17 (29.31%) Linux
1 17 (29.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 14 (24.14%) Windows
3 9 (15.52%) Windows Server
4 7 (12.07%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (3.45%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (37.93%) DevOps
2 18 (31.03%) Infrastructure as Code
3 14 (24.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 13 (22.41%) Root Cause Analysis
5 10 (17.24%) Containerisation
5 10 (17.24%) High Availability
5 10 (17.24%) Incident Response
5 10 (17.24%) ITIL
5 10 (17.24%) Process Improvement
6 8 (13.79%) Change Management
6 8 (13.79%) Disaster Recovery
7 7 (12.07%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (10.34%) Mentoring
8 6 (10.34%) Network Segmentation
9 4 (6.90%) Computer Science
10 3 (5.17%) Change Control
10 3 (5.17%) Data Protection
10 3 (5.17%) Network Architecture
10 3 (5.17%) Service Delivery
10 3 (5.17%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.34%) Python
Qualifications
1 22 (37.93%) Cisco Certification
2 20 (34.48%) CCNP
3 10 (17.24%) CCNA
4 7 (12.07%) CCIE
4 7 (12.07%) Degree
4 7 (12.07%) SC Cleared
4 7 (12.07%) Security Cleared
5 6 (10.34%) Azure Certification
5 6 (10.34%) CCSA
5 6 (10.34%) CCSE
6 4 (6.90%) AWS Certification
7 3 (5.17%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (3.45%) CCDA
8 2 (3.45%) CCDP
8 2 (3.45%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (1.72%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.72%) NIST
System Software
1 21 (36.21%) VMware Infrastructure
2 17 (29.31%) NFS
3 10 (17.24%) vSphere
4 6 (10.34%) Firmware
5 1 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 20 (34.48%) Terraform
2 19 (32.76%) Ansible
3 17 (29.31%) Kubernetes
4 7 (12.07%) FortiGate
5 3 (5.17%) Dell DRAC
6 2 (3.45%) CASB
6 2 (3.45%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 1 (1.72%) CA Spectrum
7 1 (1.72%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 58 (100.00%) Cisco
2 21 (36.21%) Meraki
2 21 (36.21%) VMware
3 17 (29.31%) Commvault
4 15 (25.86%) Fortinet
4 15 (25.86%) SolarWinds
5 14 (24.14%) Microsoft
6 10 (17.24%) Pure Storage
6 10 (17.24%) Red Hat
7 9 (15.52%) CheckPoint
8 7 (12.07%) Draytek
8 7 (12.07%) Dynatrace
8 7 (12.07%) Sophos
9 6 (10.34%) Palo Alto
10 4 (6.90%) Juniper
10 4 (6.90%) ServiceNow
10 4 (6.90%) Zscaler
11 3 (5.17%) Dell
11 3 (5.17%) Forcepoint
11 3 (5.17%) Infoblox