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 18 January 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 534 591 621
Rank change year-on-year +57 +30 +243
Permanent jobs requiring a Cisco Engineer 81 87 85
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.15% 0.18% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.20% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 51 77 76
10th Percentile £36,250 £49,700 £40,625
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £44,476
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £71,500 £52,650
Median % change year-on-year -30.07% +35.80% -4.27%
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 48,844 44,336 50,080
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.97% 92.44% 95.06%
Number of salaries quoted 30,889 23,188 39,413
10th Percentile £28,750 £33,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -7.39%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

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 18 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 18 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 +33 37 £64,500 -12.84% 1
North West +30 19 £50,000 - 1
North of England +30 19 £50,000 - 1
South East +46 13 £37,500 -37.50% 4
West Midlands +39 12 £55,500 +5.71% 1
Midlands +35 12 £55,500 -11.20% 1
Cisco Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 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 81 (100.00%) Cisco
2 70 (86.42%) Firewall
3 55 (67.90%) WAN
4 48 (59.26%) LAN
5 47 (58.02%) Cisco Certification
6 39 (48.15%) Fortinet
7 30 (37.04%) CCNA
8 29 (35.80%) CCNP
9 25 (30.86%) Azure
10 22 (27.16%) Juniper
11 21 (25.93%) SD-WAN
12 20 (24.69%) Aruba
12 20 (24.69%) AWS
12 20 (24.69%) High Availability
12 20 (24.69%) Wi-Fi
13 19 (23.46%) Meraki
13 19 (23.46%) Presales
14 18 (22.22%) JNCIA
15 16 (19.75%) BGP
15 16 (19.75%) CheckPoint
15 16 (19.75%) Cisco ASA
15 16 (19.75%) Cisco Firepower
15 16 (19.75%) FortiGate
16 13 (16.05%) OSPF
16 13 (16.05%) SolarWinds
17 12 (14.81%) CCIE
17 12 (14.81%) Computer Science
17 12 (14.81%) Degree
18 11 (13.58%) CCSA
18 11 (13.58%) 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 (1.23%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 25 (30.86%) Azure
2 20 (24.69%) AWS
3 7 (8.64%) GitHub
4 6 (7.41%) AWS Direct Connect
5 5 (6.17%) SaaS
5 5 (6.17%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 3 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.23%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (1.23%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 70 (86.42%) Firewall
2 55 (67.90%) WAN
3 48 (59.26%) LAN
4 21 (25.93%) SD-WAN
5 20 (24.69%) Wi-Fi
6 16 (19.75%) BGP
6 16 (19.75%) Cisco ASA
6 16 (19.75%) Cisco Firepower
7 13 (16.05%) OSPF
8 11 (13.58%) Cisco ISE
8 11 (13.58%) VPN
9 9 (11.11%) IPsec
9 9 (11.11%) MPLS
10 8 (9.88%) VLAN
11 7 (8.64%) Wireless
12 6 (7.41%) Network Security
13 5 (6.17%) Fibre Channel
13 5 (6.17%) NetScaler
13 5 (6.17%) NX-OS
13 5 (6.17%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 9 (11.11%) Git
General
1 30 (37.04%) Social Skills
2 18 (22.22%) Presentation Skills
3 16 (19.75%) Finance
4 8 (9.88%) Public Sector
5 4 (4.94%) Retail
6 3 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.47%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.23%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.23%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.47%) Jinja
1 2 (2.47%) NETCONF
1 2 (2.47%) YANG
2 1 (1.23%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 19 (23.46%) Data Centre
2 11 (13.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 10 (12.35%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.70%) Cloud Native
4 3 (3.70%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (3.70%) Driving Licence
5 2 (2.47%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (2.47%) Social Media
6 1 (1.23%) e-Health
6 1 (1.23%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (8.64%) Linux
1 7 (8.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 3 (3.70%) Windows
3 2 (2.47%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.47%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (24.69%) High Availability
2 19 (23.46%) Presales
3 12 (14.81%) Computer Science
4 11 (13.58%) Process Improvement
5 10 (12.35%) DevOps
5 10 (12.35%) Infrastructure as Code
6 9 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (9.88%) Root Cause Analysis
8 7 (8.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 6 (7.41%) Migration
10 5 (6.17%) Cloud Security
10 5 (6.17%) Containerisation
10 5 (6.17%) ITIL
10 5 (6.17%) Kalman Filter
10 5 (6.17%) Network Segmentation
10 5 (6.17%) Runbook
10 5 (6.17%) Zero Trust
11 4 (4.94%) Mentoring
11 4 (4.94%) Service Delivery
12 3 (3.70%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 7 (8.64%) Python
Qualifications
1 47 (58.02%) Cisco Certification
2 30 (37.04%) CCNA
3 29 (35.80%) CCNP
4 18 (22.22%) JNCIA
5 12 (14.81%) CCIE
5 12 (14.81%) Degree
6 11 (13.58%) CCSA
6 11 (13.58%) CCSE
6 11 (13.58%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (11.11%) SC Cleared
7 9 (11.11%) Security Cleared
8 4 (4.94%) Azure Certification
9 1 (1.23%) AWS Certification
9 1 (1.23%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.23%) NIST
System Software
1 10 (12.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (8.64%) NFS
3 5 (6.17%) vSphere
4 3 (3.70%) Firmware
5 1 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (19.75%) FortiGate
2 10 (12.35%) Terraform
3 7 (8.64%) Ansible
3 7 (8.64%) Kubernetes
4 3 (3.70%) Dell DRAC
5 1 (1.23%) CA Spectrum
Vendors
1 81 (100.00%) Cisco
2 39 (48.15%) Fortinet
3 22 (27.16%) Juniper
4 20 (24.69%) Aruba
5 19 (23.46%) Meraki
6 16 (19.75%) CheckPoint
7 13 (16.05%) SolarWinds
8 10 (12.35%) VMware
9 8 (9.88%) Draytek
9 8 (9.88%) Palo Alto
9 8 (9.88%) Sophos
10 7 (8.64%) Commvault
10 7 (8.64%) Dynatrace
10 7 (8.64%) ServiceNow
11 6 (7.41%) Microsoft
12 5 (6.17%) Pure Storage
12 5 (6.17%) Red Hat
13 4 (4.94%) Zscaler
14 3 (3.70%) Dell
14 3 (3.70%) Forcepoint