Cisco Engineer Job Trends in England

Cisco Engineer
UK > England

The median Cisco Engineer salary in England is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 April 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 573 546 739
Rank change year-on-year -27 +193 +105
Permanent jobs requiring a Cisco Engineer 91 62 72
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.13% 0.17% 0.091%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.19% 0.096%
Number of salaries quoted 60 55 68
10th Percentile - £47,500 -
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,875 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +30.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £51,300
% change year-on-year -15.38% +26.71% -6.73%

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 66,961 32,899 74,672
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.32% 89.80% 94.38%
Number of salaries quoted 44,022 21,259 58,070
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,572
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.72%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +10.09% -9.17%

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 6 April 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 6 April 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 +35 58 £80,000 +8.47% 5
North West -8 21 £50,000 - 3
North of England -44 21 £50,000 - 4
South East -40 6 £42,500 -17.48% 7
West Midlands -8 5 £55,500 -22.11% 3
Midlands -38 5 £55,500 -14.62% 3
South West -46 1 £47,500 -26.92% 3
Cisco Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 April 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 50 (54.95%) Cisco Certification
5 49 (53.85%) LAN
6 45 (49.45%) Fortinet
7 42 (46.15%) CCNA
8 40 (43.96%) Azure
9 34 (37.36%) Wi-Fi
10 31 (34.07%) CCNP
11 30 (32.97%) Meraki
12 27 (29.67%) SD-WAN
13 25 (27.47%) AWS
14 24 (26.37%) Juniper
15 23 (25.27%) Aruba
15 23 (25.27%) CheckPoint
15 23 (25.27%) Cisco ASA
15 23 (25.27%) Cisco Firepower
15 23 (25.27%) SolarWinds
16 22 (24.18%) Degree
16 22 (24.18%) Presales
17 21 (23.08%) FortiGate
18 19 (20.88%) JNCIA
19 18 (19.78%) Network Segmentation
19 18 (19.78%) VPN
20 17 (18.68%) BGP
20 17 (18.68%) Cisco ISE
20 17 (18.68%) High Availability
20 17 (18.68%) Network Security
21 14 (15.38%) 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 25 (27.47%) AWS
3 9 (9.89%) AWS Direct Connect
3 9 (9.89%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 9 (9.89%) Azure Monitor
3 9 (9.89%) SaaS
3 9 (9.89%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 1 (1.10%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 76 (83.52%) Firewall
2 59 (64.84%) WAN
3 49 (53.85%) LAN
4 34 (37.36%) Wi-Fi
5 27 (29.67%) SD-WAN
6 23 (25.27%) Cisco ASA
6 23 (25.27%) Cisco Firepower
7 18 (19.78%) VPN
8 17 (18.68%) BGP
8 17 (18.68%) Cisco ISE
8 17 (18.68%) Network Security
9 14 (15.38%) OSPF
10 12 (13.19%) MPLS
11 10 (10.99%) IPsec
11 10 (10.99%) WLAN
12 9 (9.89%) NetScaler
12 9 (9.89%) NX-OS
12 9 (9.89%) VXLAN
13 8 (8.79%) Wireless
14 6 (6.59%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 3 (3.30%) Git
General
1 28 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 22 (24.18%) Presentation Skills
3 14 (15.38%) Finance
4 6 (6.59%) Public Sector
5 3 (3.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (3.30%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.20%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.30%) Jinja
1 3 (3.30%) NETCONF
1 3 (3.30%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 22 (24.18%) Data Centre
2 13 (14.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 9 (9.89%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.30%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (24.18%) Presales
2 18 (19.78%) Network Segmentation
3 17 (18.68%) High Availability
4 13 (14.29%) Computer Science
4 13 (14.29%) Process Improvement
5 11 (12.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 11 (12.09%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (10.99%) Network Monitoring
7 9 (9.89%) Cloud Security
7 9 (9.89%) Incident Response
7 9 (9.89%) Kalman Filter
7 9 (9.89%) Network Architecture
7 9 (9.89%) Runbook
7 9 (9.89%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 9 (9.89%) Zero Trust
8 5 (5.49%) Migration
9 3 (3.30%) Agile
9 3 (3.30%) Network Design
9 3 (3.30%) Site Reliability Engineering
9 3 (3.30%) Threat Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.30%) Python
Qualifications
1 50 (54.95%) Cisco Certification
2 42 (46.15%) CCNA
3 31 (34.07%) CCNP
4 22 (24.18%) Degree
5 19 (20.88%) JNCIA
6 13 (14.29%) CCIE
6 13 (14.29%) CCSA
6 13 (14.29%) CCSE
6 13 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (10.99%) Azure Certification
8 5 (5.49%) SC Cleared
8 5 (5.49%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (9.89%) GDPR
1 9 (9.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (9.89%) NIST
2 1 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 20000
Systems Management
1 21 (23.08%) FortiGate
2 9 (9.89%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 91 (100.00%) Cisco
2 45 (49.45%) Fortinet
3 30 (32.97%) Meraki
4 24 (26.37%) Juniper
5 23 (25.27%) Aruba
5 23 (25.27%) CheckPoint
5 23 (25.27%) SolarWinds
6 11 (12.09%) Dynatrace
6 11 (12.09%) ServiceNow
7 8 (8.79%) Palo Alto
8 2 (2.20%) Draytek
8 2 (2.20%) F5
8 2 (2.20%) Microsoft
8 2 (2.20%) Sophos
9 1 (1.10%) Ekahau
9 1 (1.10%) Zscaler