Cisco Engineer Job Trends in England

Cisco Engineer
UK > England

The median Cisco Engineer salary in England is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 September 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 687 588 657
Rank change year-on-year -99 +69 -50
Permanent jobs requiring a Cisco Engineer 73 57 96
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.075% 0.13% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.080% 0.14% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 66 32 88
10th Percentile £51,250 £32,875 £42,125
25th Percentile £52,563 £41,875 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £53,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.15% +7.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £77,325
UK median annual salary £60,000 £54,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.60% +8.50% -11.89%

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 91,197 39,586 67,877
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.91% 90.45% 95.13%
Number of salaries quoted 64,443 24,001 43,893
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,000 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £98,750 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 1 September 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 1 September 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 -38 45 £65,000 +6.56% 12
North West - 11 £57,500 - 1
North of England - 11 £57,500 - 3
West Midlands -20 9 £55,000 - 1
Midlands -40 9 £55,000 - 4
South East -45 6 £60,000 +60.00% 1
East of England -20 1 £55,000 - 1
South West -79 1 - -
Cisco Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 September 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 35 (47.95%) Firewall
3 27 (36.99%) Meraki
4 26 (35.62%) Azure
5 24 (32.88%) Cisco Certification
5 24 (32.88%) LAN
6 21 (28.77%) Network Security
7 20 (27.40%) CCNP
7 20 (27.40%) WAN
8 18 (24.66%) VPN
9 16 (21.92%) Wi-Fi
10 15 (20.55%) Zscaler
11 14 (19.18%) HP
12 13 (17.81%) Microsoft
12 13 (17.81%) Microsoft 365
13 12 (16.44%) BGP
13 12 (16.44%) OSPF
13 12 (16.44%) Wireless
14 11 (15.07%) Aruba
14 11 (15.07%) CCNA
14 11 (15.07%) Degree
14 11 (15.07%) Incident Response
14 11 (15.07%) Juniper
14 11 (15.07%) Network Design
15 9 (12.33%) SD-WAN
16 8 (10.96%) Active Directory
16 8 (10.96%) Cybersecurity
16 8 (10.96%) EIGRP
16 8 (10.96%) Entra ID
17 7 (9.59%) Cisco Nexus

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
Cloud Services
1 26 (35.62%) Azure
2 13 (17.81%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (10.96%) Entra ID
4 5 (6.85%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 5 (6.85%) Azure Monitor
5 3 (4.11%) AWS
6 2 (2.74%) OneDrive
7 1 (1.37%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.37%) GCP
7 1 (1.37%) Mimecast
7 1 (1.37%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 35 (47.95%) Firewall
2 24 (32.88%) LAN
3 21 (28.77%) Network Security
4 20 (27.40%) WAN
5 18 (24.66%) VPN
6 16 (21.92%) Wi-Fi
7 12 (16.44%) BGP
7 12 (16.44%) OSPF
7 12 (16.44%) Wireless
8 9 (12.33%) SD-WAN
9 8 (10.96%) EIGRP
10 7 (9.59%) Cisco Nexus
11 6 (8.22%) Unified Communications
12 4 (5.48%) VXLAN
13 3 (4.11%) Cisco ISE
13 3 (4.11%) Ethernet VPN
13 3 (4.11%) MPLS
13 3 (4.11%) Multicast
13 3 (4.11%) NX-OS
14 2 (2.74%) Cisco ASA
Development Applications
1 2 (2.74%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (1.37%) Git
General
1 7 (9.59%) Social Skills
2 6 (8.22%) Telecoms
3 5 (6.85%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (6.85%) Finance
4 4 (5.48%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (2.74%) Legal
5 2 (2.74%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.37%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.37%) Jinja
1 1 (1.37%) REST
1 1 (1.37%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 11 (15.07%) Data Centre
2 1 (1.37%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 1 (1.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (1.37%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (1.37%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.37%) Operational Technology
2 1 (1.37%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.22%) Linux
1 6 (8.22%) Windows
1 6 (8.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (15.07%) Incident Response
1 11 (15.07%) Network Design
2 8 (10.96%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (9.59%) Network Architecture
3 7 (9.59%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (8.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 6 (8.22%) Network Monitoring
4 6 (8.22%) Runbook
5 5 (6.85%) Asset Management
5 5 (6.85%) Identity Access Management
5 5 (6.85%) IT Asset Management
5 5 (6.85%) Network Segmentation
5 5 (6.85%) Presales
5 5 (6.85%) Project Delivery
5 5 (6.85%) Statistics
5 5 (6.85%) Virtual Environments
5 5 (6.85%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 4 (5.48%) Information Management
6 4 (5.48%) Validation
7 3 (4.11%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 24 (32.88%) Cisco Certification
2 20 (27.40%) CCNP
3 11 (15.07%) CCNA
3 11 (15.07%) Degree
4 7 (9.59%) DBS Check
5 6 (8.22%) CCIE
6 5 (6.85%) Azure Certification
7 3 (4.11%) Security Cleared
8 2 (2.74%) CCIE Data Center
8 2 (2.74%) SC Cleared
9 1 (1.37%) CCIE Service Provider
9 1 (1.37%) CCSA
9 1 (1.37%) CCSE
9 1 (1.37%) CISSP
9 1 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
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 6 (8.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (8.22%) NIST
2 5 (6.85%) GDPR
3 1 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 1 (1.37%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (10.96%) Active Directory
2 6 (8.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.74%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 7 (9.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (6.85%) Cisco Prime
3 4 (5.48%) Ansible
3 4 (5.48%) FortiGate
4 1 (1.37%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 73 (100.00%) Cisco
2 27 (36.99%) Meraki
3 15 (20.55%) Zscaler
4 14 (19.18%) HP
5 13 (17.81%) Microsoft
6 11 (15.07%) Aruba
6 11 (15.07%) Juniper
7 7 (9.59%) VMware
8 6 (8.22%) SolarWinds
9 5 (6.85%) Fortinet
10 4 (5.48%) Palo Alto
11 3 (4.11%) Arista
12 2 (2.74%) CheckPoint
13 1 (1.37%) CrowdStrike
13 1 (1.37%) Huawei
13 1 (1.37%) Ruckus Wireless
13 1 (1.37%) SonicWALL
13 1 (1.37%) Veeam