Cisco Engineer Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Cisco Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

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

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 465 534 525
Rank change year-on-year +69 -9 +192
Permanent jobs requiring a Cisco Engineer 44 32 48
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.10% 0.089% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.096% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 41 27 40
10th Percentile £36,250 £47,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,625 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% -5.00%
75th Percentile £58,000 £62,500 £56,950
90th Percentile £61,000 £67,500 £106,289
UK median annual salary £50,000 £66,250 £61,250
% change year-on-year -24.53% +8.16% +11.36%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 38,388 33,377 32,893
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.52% 92.91% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 23,454 16,215 24,936
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,609 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.96% +5.22% -5.25%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
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 the UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Cisco Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Cisco Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Cisco Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Cisco Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Cisco Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Cisco Engineer in the UK excluding London

Cisco Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 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
North West +34 18 £50,000 - 2
North of England +22 18 £50,000 - 2
South East +42 14 £37,500 -37.50% 3
West Midlands +32 12 £55,500 +5.71% 3
Midlands +28 12 £55,500 -11.20% 3
Cisco Engineer
UK

Cisco Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 14 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 UK excluding London region featuring Cisco Engineer in the job title.

1 44 (100.00%) Cisco
2 41 (93.18%) Firewall
3 30 (68.18%) Cisco Certification
4 29 (65.91%) WAN
5 27 (61.36%) LAN
6 22 (50.00%) Fortinet
7 21 (47.73%) Juniper
8 19 (43.18%) Aruba
8 19 (43.18%) CCNA
8 19 (43.18%) Presales
9 18 (40.91%) JNCIA
10 12 (27.27%) CCNP
11 11 (25.00%) SD-WAN
12 10 (22.73%) Meraki
13 9 (20.45%) Draytek
13 9 (20.45%) SC Cleared
13 9 (20.45%) Security Cleared
13 9 (20.45%) Sophos
14 8 (18.18%) High Availability
15 5 (11.36%) BGP
15 5 (11.36%) Problem-Solving
15 5 (11.36%) Service Delivery
15 5 (11.36%) SolarWinds
16 4 (9.09%) IPsec
16 4 (9.09%) OSPF
16 4 (9.09%) VLAN
16 4 (9.09%) VPN
17 3 (6.82%) Azure
17 3 (6.82%) Azure Certification
17 3 (6.82%) Azure DevOps

Cisco Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (2.27%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (6.82%) Azure
1 3 (6.82%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (2.27%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 41 (93.18%) Firewall
2 29 (65.91%) WAN
3 27 (61.36%) LAN
4 11 (25.00%) SD-WAN
5 5 (11.36%) BGP
6 4 (9.09%) IPsec
6 4 (9.09%) OSPF
6 4 (9.09%) VLAN
6 4 (9.09%) VPN
7 3 (6.82%) DHCP
7 3 (6.82%) DNS
7 3 (6.82%) Network Security
7 3 (6.82%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (6.82%) Wireshark
8 1 (2.27%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (2.27%) Junos
8 1 (2.27%) MPLS
8 1 (2.27%) Wireless
General
1 28 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 18 (40.91%) Presentation Skills
3 8 (18.18%) Public Sector
4 4 (9.09%) Retail
5 3 (6.82%) Documentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.82%) Cloud Native
1 3 (6.82%) Data Centre
1 3 (6.82%) Data Protection Act
1 3 (6.82%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (43.18%) Presales
2 8 (18.18%) High Availability
3 5 (11.36%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (11.36%) Service Delivery
4 3 (6.82%) Change Control
4 3 (6.82%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (6.82%) Data Protection
4 3 (6.82%) DevOps
4 3 (6.82%) Infrastructure as Code
4 3 (6.82%) ITIL
4 3 (6.82%) Mentoring
4 3 (6.82%) SIEM
5 2 (4.55%) Project Delivery
5 2 (4.55%) Requirements Gathering
5 2 (4.55%) Value Proposition
6 1 (2.27%) Break/Fix
6 1 (2.27%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (2.27%) Performance Analysis
6 1 (2.27%) Project Planning
6 1 (2.27%) Risk Analysis
Qualifications
1 30 (68.18%) Cisco Certification
2 19 (43.18%) CCNA
3 18 (40.91%) JNCIA
4 12 (27.27%) CCNP
5 9 (20.45%) SC Cleared
5 9 (20.45%) Security Cleared
6 3 (6.82%) Azure Certification
7 1 (2.27%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 3 (6.82%) Firmware
1 3 (6.82%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.27%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (6.82%) Dell DRAC
1 3 (6.82%) FortiGate
1 3 (6.82%) Terraform
Vendors
1 44 (100.00%) Cisco
2 22 (50.00%) Fortinet
3 21 (47.73%) Juniper
4 19 (43.18%) Aruba
5 10 (22.73%) Meraki
6 9 (20.45%) Draytek
6 9 (20.45%) Sophos
7 5 (11.36%) SolarWinds
8 3 (6.82%) Dell
8 3 (6.82%) Forcepoint
8 3 (6.82%) Palo Alto
8 3 (6.82%) VMware
8 3 (6.82%) Zscaler
9 2 (4.55%) F5
10 1 (2.27%) Microsoft