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 31 January 2026.

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

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 540 582 649
Rank change year-on-year +42 +67 +200
Permanent jobs requiring a Cisco Engineer 85 89 85
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.15% 0.19% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.21% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 52 79 76
10th Percentile £41,500 £49,850 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £70,000 £51,300
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +36.45% -6.73%
75th Percentile £58,250 £76,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £76,000 £91,250 £115,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £67,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -25.93% +22.73% -

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 51,087 43,080 58,903
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.03% 92.01% 94.96%
Number of salaries quoted 32,513 22,455 47,048
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,750 £29,160
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
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 31 January 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 31 January 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 +23 41 £74,000 - 12
North West +36 20 £50,000 - 1
North of England +15 20 £50,000 - 1
West Midlands +36 12 £55,500 +5.71% 1
Midlands +18 12 £55,500 -14.62% 1
South East +32 11 £37,500 -31.82% 3
South West - 1 £47,500 - 2
Cisco Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 31 January 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 85 (100.00%) Cisco
2 74 (87.06%) Firewall
3 59 (69.41%) WAN
4 51 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
4 51 (60.00%) LAN
5 43 (50.59%) Fortinet
6 34 (40.00%) CCNA
7 32 (37.65%) CCNP
8 29 (34.12%) Azure
9 25 (29.41%) Wi-Fi
10 24 (28.24%) AWS
11 23 (27.06%) Juniper
11 23 (27.06%) SD-WAN
12 22 (25.88%) High Availability
13 21 (24.71%) Aruba
13 21 (24.71%) Meraki
14 20 (23.53%) CheckPoint
14 20 (23.53%) Cisco ASA
14 20 (23.53%) Cisco Firepower
14 20 (23.53%) Presales
15 19 (22.35%) BGP
15 19 (22.35%) JNCIA
16 18 (21.18%) FortiGate
17 16 (18.82%) SolarWinds
18 15 (17.65%) Degree
18 15 (17.65%) OSPF
19 14 (16.47%) CCIE
19 14 (16.47%) Computer Science
20 13 (15.29%) CCSA
20 13 (15.29%) CCSE

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 (1.18%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 29 (34.12%) Azure
2 24 (28.24%) AWS
3 7 (8.24%) AWS Direct Connect
4 6 (7.06%) SaaS
4 6 (7.06%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 5 (5.88%) GitHub
6 3 (3.53%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (2.35%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (1.18%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (1.18%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 74 (87.06%) Firewall
2 59 (69.41%) WAN
3 51 (60.00%) LAN
4 25 (29.41%) Wi-Fi
5 23 (27.06%) SD-WAN
6 20 (23.53%) Cisco ASA
6 20 (23.53%) Cisco Firepower
7 19 (22.35%) BGP
8 15 (17.65%) OSPF
9 13 (15.29%) VPN
10 12 (14.12%) Cisco ISE
11 11 (12.94%) IPsec
11 11 (12.94%) MPLS
12 8 (9.41%) VLAN
13 7 (8.24%) Network Security
13 7 (8.24%) Wireless
14 6 (7.06%) NetScaler
14 6 (7.06%) NX-OS
14 6 (7.06%) VXLAN
14 6 (7.06%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 8 (9.41%) Git
General
1 32 (37.65%) Social Skills
2 19 (22.35%) Presentation Skills
3 17 (20.00%) Finance
4 9 (10.59%) Public Sector
5 4 (4.71%) Retail
6 3 (3.53%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (3.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (3.53%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.18%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.18%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.53%) Jinja
1 3 (3.53%) NETCONF
1 3 (3.53%) YANG
2 1 (1.18%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 22 (25.88%) Data Centre
2 13 (15.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 10 (11.76%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.53%) Cloud Native
4 3 (3.53%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (3.53%) Social Media
5 1 (1.18%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.18%) e-Health
5 1 (1.18%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.18%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.88%) Linux
1 5 (5.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (2.35%) Windows
3 1 (1.18%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.18%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (25.88%) High Availability
2 20 (23.53%) Presales
3 14 (16.47%) Computer Science
4 13 (15.29%) Process Improvement
5 10 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (10.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 8 (9.41%) DevOps
7 8 (9.41%) Infrastructure as Code
8 7 (8.24%) Network Segmentation
9 6 (7.06%) Cloud Security
9 6 (7.06%) Kalman Filter
9 6 (7.06%) Migration
9 6 (7.06%) Root Cause Analysis
9 6 (7.06%) Runbook
9 6 (7.06%) Zero Trust
10 4 (4.71%) Agile
10 4 (4.71%) Containerisation
10 4 (4.71%) ITIL
10 4 (4.71%) Network Design
10 4 (4.71%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 7 (8.24%) Python
Qualifications
1 51 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
2 34 (40.00%) CCNA
3 32 (37.65%) CCNP
4 19 (22.35%) JNCIA
5 15 (17.65%) Degree
6 14 (16.47%) CCIE
7 13 (15.29%) CCSA
7 13 (15.29%) CCSE
7 13 (15.29%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (11.76%) SC Cleared
8 10 (11.76%) Security Cleared
9 5 (5.88%) Azure Certification
10 1 (1.18%) AWS Certification
10 1 (1.18%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (2.35%) NIST
2 1 (1.18%) GDPR
System Software
1 8 (9.41%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (5.88%) NFS
3 4 (4.71%) vSphere
4 3 (3.53%) Firmware
5 1 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (21.18%) FortiGate
2 8 (9.41%) Terraform
3 5 (5.88%) Ansible
3 5 (5.88%) Kubernetes
4 3 (3.53%) Dell DRAC
5 1 (1.18%) CA Spectrum
5 1 (1.18%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 85 (100.00%) Cisco
2 43 (50.59%) Fortinet
3 23 (27.06%) Juniper
4 21 (24.71%) Aruba
4 21 (24.71%) Meraki
5 20 (23.53%) CheckPoint
6 16 (18.82%) SolarWinds
7 9 (10.59%) Dynatrace
7 9 (10.59%) Palo Alto
7 9 (10.59%) ServiceNow
8 8 (9.41%) VMware
9 6 (7.06%) Draytek
9 6 (7.06%) Sophos
10 5 (5.88%) Commvault
10 5 (5.88%) Microsoft
11 4 (4.71%) Pure Storage
11 4 (4.71%) Red Hat
11 4 (4.71%) Zscaler
12 3 (3.53%) Dell
13 2 (2.35%) F5