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 2 October 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 692 575 634
Rank change year-on-year -117 +59 -43
Permanent jobs requiring a Cisco Engineer 73 54 110
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.070% 0.12% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.076% 0.14% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 66 30 97
10th Percentile £46,000 £36,250 -
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -3.51% -12.31%
75th Percentile £65,000 £64,375 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £77,350
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -12.00%

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 96,584 39,137 63,749
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.91% 90.50% 95.21%
Number of salaries quoted 67,856 23,062 37,088
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,750
25th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.18% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £58,600 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.55% - -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 2 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 2 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 -56 37 £65,000 -4.41% 15
North of England - 15 £57,500 - 6
North West - 14 £57,500 - 1
West Midlands -44 8 £55,000 -0.90% 2
Midlands -51 8 £55,000 -0.90% 7
South East -50 6 £60,000 +60.00% 2
South West -70 4 £50,000 -14.89% 7
East of England -38 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 2 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 73 (100.00%) Cisco
2 27 (36.99%) Firewall
2 27 (36.99%) LAN
3 26 (35.62%) Meraki
4 23 (31.51%) Cisco Certification
5 21 (28.77%) Network Security
6 19 (26.03%) Azure
6 19 (26.03%) CCNP
7 17 (23.29%) WAN
8 16 (21.92%) Microsoft
8 16 (21.92%) Microsoft 365
9 15 (20.55%) VPN
9 15 (20.55%) Wireless
10 14 (19.18%) Aruba
10 14 (19.18%) HP
10 14 (19.18%) Zscaler
11 13 (17.81%) Juniper
11 13 (17.81%) Network Design
12 12 (16.44%) BGP
12 12 (16.44%) OSPF
13 11 (15.07%) Active Directory
13 11 (15.07%) Cybersecurity
13 11 (15.07%) Entra ID
13 11 (15.07%) VMware
13 11 (15.07%) Wi-Fi
14 10 (13.70%) Cisco Nexus
14 10 (13.70%) Incident Response
14 10 (13.70%) Microsoft Intune
14 10 (13.70%) Problem-Solving
14 10 (13.70%) VMware Infrastructure

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 (2.74%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (2.74%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.37%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 19 (26.03%) Azure
2 16 (21.92%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (15.07%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.74%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.37%) AWS
5 1 (1.37%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (1.37%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (1.37%) GCP
5 1 (1.37%) Mimecast
5 1 (1.37%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 27 (36.99%) Firewall
1 27 (36.99%) LAN
2 21 (28.77%) Network Security
3 17 (23.29%) WAN
4 15 (20.55%) VPN
4 15 (20.55%) Wireless
5 12 (16.44%) BGP
5 12 (16.44%) OSPF
6 11 (15.07%) Wi-Fi
7 10 (13.70%) Cisco Nexus
8 8 (10.96%) EIGRP
8 8 (10.96%) Unified Communications
9 4 (5.48%) SD-WAN
9 4 (5.48%) VXLAN
10 3 (4.11%) Ethernet VPN
10 3 (4.11%) MPLS
10 3 (4.11%) Multicast
10 3 (4.11%) NX-OS
11 2 (2.74%) DHCP
11 2 (2.74%) DNS
Development Applications
1 2 (2.74%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (1.37%) Git
General
1 10 (13.70%) Social Skills
2 8 (10.96%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (10.96%) Telecoms
3 4 (5.48%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (4.11%) Finance
5 2 (2.74%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (2.74%) Legal
6 1 (1.37%) Law
6 1 (1.37%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.37%) Jinja
1 1 (1.37%) REST
1 1 (1.37%) Terraform
1 1 (1.37%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 13 (17.81%) Data Centre
2 2 (2.74%) Driving Licence
2 2 (2.74%) Operational Technology
3 1 (1.37%) Digital Signage
3 1 (1.37%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 1 (1.37%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.37%) IoT
3 1 (1.37%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.37%) Tandem
3 1 (1.37%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 9 (12.33%) Linux
1 9 (12.33%) Windows
1 9 (12.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (17.81%) Network Design
2 11 (15.07%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (13.70%) Incident Response
3 10 (13.70%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (12.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 9 (12.33%) Runbook
5 8 (10.96%) Asset Management
5 8 (10.96%) Identity Access Management
5 8 (10.96%) IT Asset Management
5 8 (10.96%) Statistics
5 8 (10.96%) Virtual Environments
6 6 (8.22%) Project Delivery
7 5 (6.85%) Presales
8 4 (5.48%) Information Management
8 4 (5.48%) Network Architecture
8 4 (5.48%) Root Cause Analysis
8 4 (5.48%) Technical Leadership
8 4 (5.48%) Validation
9 3 (4.11%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (4.11%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 23 (31.51%) Cisco Certification
2 19 (26.03%) CCNP
3 9 (12.33%) DBS Check
3 9 (12.33%) Degree
4 7 (9.59%) CCNA
5 5 (6.85%) CCIE
6 4 (5.48%) Security Cleared
7 3 (4.11%) SC Cleared
8 2 (2.74%) CCIE Data Center
9 1 (1.37%) Azure Certification
9 1 (1.37%) CCIE Service Provider
9 1 (1.37%) CCIP
9 1 (1.37%) CISSP
9 1 (1.37%) CREST Certified
9 1 (1.37%) DV Cleared
9 1 (1.37%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (1.37%) Server+ Certification
9 1 (1.37%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (2.74%) NIST
2 1 (1.37%) GDPR
2 1 (1.37%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 11 (15.07%) Active Directory
2 10 (13.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.74%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 10 (13.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (5.48%) Ansible
3 1 (1.37%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (1.37%) Cisco Prime
3 1 (1.37%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.37%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 73 (100.00%) Cisco
2 26 (35.62%) Meraki
3 16 (21.92%) Microsoft
4 14 (19.18%) Aruba
4 14 (19.18%) HP
4 14 (19.18%) Zscaler
5 13 (17.81%) Juniper
6 11 (15.07%) VMware
7 4 (5.48%) Fortinet
8 3 (4.11%) Arista
9 2 (2.74%) Huawei
9 2 (2.74%) Palo Alto
9 2 (2.74%) Ruckus Wireless
10 1 (1.37%) CheckPoint
10 1 (1.37%) CrowdStrike
10 1 (1.37%) Nokia
10 1 (1.37%) SolarWinds
10 1 (1.37%) SonicWALL
10 1 (1.37%) Veeam