Cisco Engineer Job Trends in England

Cisco Engineer
UK > England

The median Cisco Engineer salary in England is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 March 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 553 539 730
Rank change year-on-year -14 +191 +116
Permanent jobs requiring a Cisco Engineer 91 70 64
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.14% 0.18% 0.086%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.20% 0.091%
Number of salaries quoted 56 62 60
10th Percentile £46,875 £49,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £55,625 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +30.00% -13.79%
75th Percentile £75,250 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £51,300
% change year-on-year -23.08% +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 60,210 35,426 70,043
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.83% 90.52% 94.44%
Number of salaries quoted 39,335 20,938 55,249
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.84%
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 14 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 14 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 +31 55 £74,500 -0.67% 4
North West +7 20 £50,000 -
North of England -29 20 £50,000 - 1
South East -5 9 £37,500 -27.18% 6
West Midlands +10 6 £55,500 -22.11% 2
Midlands -25 6 £55,500 -14.62% 2
South West -32 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 14 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 77 (84.62%) Firewall
3 60 (65.93%) WAN
4 52 (57.14%) Cisco Certification
5 51 (56.04%) LAN
6 47 (51.65%) Fortinet
7 40 (43.96%) CCNA
8 39 (42.86%) Azure
9 33 (36.26%) CCNP
9 33 (36.26%) Wi-Fi
10 29 (31.87%) AWS
11 28 (30.77%) Meraki
12 26 (28.57%) SD-WAN
13 25 (27.47%) CheckPoint
13 25 (27.47%) Cisco ASA
13 25 (27.47%) Cisco Firepower
14 24 (26.37%) Juniper
15 23 (25.27%) FortiGate
16 22 (24.18%) Aruba
17 21 (23.08%) Degree
17 21 (23.08%) High Availability
17 21 (23.08%) Presales
17 21 (23.08%) SolarWinds
18 20 (21.98%) BGP
19 19 (20.88%) JNCIA
20 18 (19.78%) Cisco ISE
21 17 (18.68%) OSPF
21 17 (18.68%) VPN
22 16 (17.58%) CCIE
22 16 (17.58%) Computer Science

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 39 (42.86%) Azure
2 29 (31.87%) AWS
3 10 (10.99%) AWS Direct Connect
4 9 (9.89%) SaaS
4 9 (9.89%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 6 (6.59%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 5 (5.49%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 77 (84.62%) Firewall
2 60 (65.93%) WAN
3 51 (56.04%) LAN
4 33 (36.26%) Wi-Fi
5 26 (28.57%) SD-WAN
6 25 (27.47%) Cisco ASA
6 25 (27.47%) Cisco Firepower
7 20 (21.98%) BGP
8 18 (19.78%) Cisco ISE
9 17 (18.68%) OSPF
9 17 (18.68%) VPN
10 13 (14.29%) MPLS
10 13 (14.29%) Network Security
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
13 9 (9.89%) Wireless
14 6 (6.59%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 3 (3.30%) Git
General
1 32 (35.16%) Social Skills
2 21 (23.08%) Presentation Skills
3 16 (17.58%) Finance
4 6 (6.59%) Public Sector
5 4 (4.40%) Retail
6 3 (3.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (3.30%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.10%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.10%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.30%) Jinja
1 3 (3.30%) NETCONF
1 3 (3.30%) YANG
2 1 (1.10%) 802.1X
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%) e-Health
5 1 (1.10%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.10%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (23.08%) High Availability
1 21 (23.08%) Presales
2 16 (17.58%) Computer Science
3 15 (16.48%) Process Improvement
4 14 (15.38%) Network Segmentation
5 13 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (13.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 9 (9.89%) Cloud Security
7 9 (9.89%) Kalman Filter
7 9 (9.89%) Runbook
7 9 (9.89%) Zero Trust
8 6 (6.59%) Migration
8 6 (6.59%) Network Monitoring
9 5 (5.49%) Incident Response
9 5 (5.49%) Network Architecture
9 5 (5.49%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 4 (4.40%) Network Design
10 4 (4.40%) Service Delivery
11 3 (3.30%) Agile
11 3 (3.30%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.30%) Python
Qualifications
1 52 (57.14%) Cisco Certification
2 40 (43.96%) CCNA
3 33 (36.26%) CCNP
4 21 (23.08%) 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 8 (8.79%) Azure Certification
9 7 (7.69%) SC Cleared
9 7 (7.69%) Security Cleared
10 1 (1.10%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (6.59%) NIST
2 5 (5.49%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (1.10%) Firmware
1 1 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 23 (25.27%) FortiGate
2 5 (5.49%) Cisco Prime
3 1 (1.10%) CA Spectrum
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 4 (4.40%) Draytek
10 4 (4.40%) Microsoft
10 4 (4.40%) Sophos
11 2 (2.20%) F5
11 2 (2.20%) Zscaler
12 1 (1.10%) Dell
12 1 (1.10%) Ekahau
12 1 (1.10%) VMware