Cisco Engineer Job Trends in England

Cisco Engineer
UK > England

The median Cisco Engineer salary in England is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 October 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 703 579 632
Rank change year-on-year -124 +53 -48
Permanent jobs requiring a Cisco Engineer 69 56 109
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.066% 0.13% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.072% 0.14% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 62 30 95
10th Percentile £46,000 £36,250 -
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.60% -7.50% -5.88%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £76,300 £77,750 £77,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.60% +0.91% -8.33%

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 96,332 38,980 61,684
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.66% 90.58% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 67,219 23,193 35,285
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £35,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £55,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% -1.79% -6.67%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £58,015 £53,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.44% -2.73% -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 11 October 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 11 October 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 -54 32 £62,500 -16.67% 19
North of England - 14 £57,500 - 8
North West - 13 £57,500 - 3
Midlands -51 8 £55,000 -0.90% 5
West Midlands -51 8 £55,000 -0.90%
South East -50 6 £60,000 +60.00% 4
South West -70 6 £50,000 -14.89% 7
East of England -40 3 £77,500 +40.91% 10
Yorkshire - 1 - - 2
Cisco Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 11 October 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 69 (100.00%) Cisco
2 25 (36.23%) LAN
3 24 (34.78%) Firewall
3 24 (34.78%) Meraki
4 22 (31.88%) Cisco Certification
5 18 (26.09%) CCNP
5 18 (26.09%) Network Security
6 17 (24.64%) Azure
7 16 (23.19%) Microsoft
7 16 (23.19%) Microsoft 365
7 16 (23.19%) WAN
8 15 (21.74%) Wireless
9 14 (20.29%) HP
9 14 (20.29%) VPN
9 14 (20.29%) Zscaler
10 13 (18.84%) Network Design
11 12 (17.39%) Aruba
11 12 (17.39%) BGP
11 12 (17.39%) OSPF
12 11 (15.94%) Active Directory
12 11 (15.94%) Cybersecurity
12 11 (15.94%) Entra ID
12 11 (15.94%) Juniper
12 11 (15.94%) VMware
13 10 (14.49%) Cisco Nexus
13 10 (14.49%) Microsoft Intune
13 10 (14.49%) Problem-Solving
13 10 (14.49%) VMware Infrastructure
13 10 (14.49%) Wi-Fi
14 9 (13.04%) DBS Check

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 (2.90%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (2.90%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.45%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 17 (24.64%) Azure
2 16 (23.19%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (15.94%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.90%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.45%) AWS
5 1 (1.45%) GCP
5 1 (1.45%) Mimecast
5 1 (1.45%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 25 (36.23%) LAN
2 24 (34.78%) Firewall
3 18 (26.09%) Network Security
4 16 (23.19%) WAN
5 15 (21.74%) Wireless
6 14 (20.29%) VPN
7 12 (17.39%) BGP
7 12 (17.39%) OSPF
8 10 (14.49%) Cisco Nexus
8 10 (14.49%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (11.59%) EIGRP
9 8 (11.59%) Unified Communications
10 4 (5.80%) VXLAN
11 3 (4.35%) Ethernet VPN
11 3 (4.35%) MPLS
11 3 (4.35%) Multicast
11 3 (4.35%) NX-OS
11 3 (4.35%) SD-WAN
12 2 (2.90%) DNS
12 2 (2.90%) GPON
Development Applications
1 2 (2.90%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (1.45%) Git
General
1 8 (11.59%) Analytical Skills
1 8 (11.59%) Social Skills
1 8 (11.59%) Telecoms
2 3 (4.35%) Finance
3 2 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (2.90%) Legal
3 2 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (1.45%) Law
4 1 (1.45%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.45%) Jinja
1 1 (1.45%) REST
1 1 (1.45%) Terraform
1 1 (1.45%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 13 (18.84%) Data Centre
2 2 (2.90%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.45%) Digital Signage
3 1 (1.45%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 1 (1.45%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.45%) IoT
3 1 (1.45%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.45%) Operational Technology
3 1 (1.45%) Tandem
3 1 (1.45%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 9 (13.04%) Linux
1 9 (13.04%) Windows
1 9 (13.04%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (18.84%) Network Design
2 11 (15.94%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (14.49%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (13.04%) Incident Response
4 9 (13.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 9 (13.04%) Runbook
5 8 (11.59%) Asset Management
5 8 (11.59%) Identity Access Management
5 8 (11.59%) IT Asset Management
5 8 (11.59%) Statistics
5 8 (11.59%) Virtual Environments
6 6 (8.70%) Project Delivery
7 4 (5.80%) Root Cause Analysis
7 4 (5.80%) Technical Leadership
7 4 (5.80%) Validation
8 3 (4.35%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (4.35%) Information Management
8 3 (4.35%) Infrastructure as Code
8 3 (4.35%) Mentoring
8 3 (4.35%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.35%) Python
Qualifications
1 22 (31.88%) Cisco Certification
2 18 (26.09%) CCNP
3 9 (13.04%) DBS Check
4 8 (11.59%) Degree
5 6 (8.70%) CCNA
6 5 (7.25%) CCIE
7 4 (5.80%) Security Cleared
8 3 (4.35%) SC Cleared
9 2 (2.90%) CCIE Data Center
10 1 (1.45%) CCIE Service Provider
10 1 (1.45%) CCIP
10 1 (1.45%) CISSP
10 1 (1.45%) CREST Certified
10 1 (1.45%) DV Cleared
10 1 (1.45%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (1.45%) Server+ Certification
10 1 (1.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.45%) NIST
1 1 (1.45%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 11 (15.94%) Active Directory
2 10 (14.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.90%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 10 (14.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (5.80%) Ansible
3 1 (1.45%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (1.45%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 69 (100.00%) Cisco
2 24 (34.78%) Meraki
3 16 (23.19%) Microsoft
4 14 (20.29%) HP
4 14 (20.29%) Zscaler
5 12 (17.39%) Aruba
6 11 (15.94%) Juniper
6 11 (15.94%) VMware
7 4 (5.80%) Fortinet
8 3 (4.35%) Arista
9 2 (2.90%) Huawei
9 2 (2.90%) Palo Alto
9 2 (2.90%) Ruckus Wireless
10 1 (1.45%) CheckPoint
10 1 (1.45%) CrowdStrike
10 1 (1.45%) Nokia
10 1 (1.45%) SonicWALL
10 1 (1.45%) Veeam