Cisco Engineer Job Trends

Cisco Engineer
UK

The median Cisco Engineer salary in the UK is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 November 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 597 613 595
Rank change year-on-year +16 -18 +343
Permanent jobs requiring a Cisco Engineer 61 136 132
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.20% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.21% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 37 118 120
10th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,563 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £58,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.26% -6.40% +23.15%
75th Percentile £61,000 £75,000 £106,289
90th Percentile £78,500 £77,250 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.45% - +10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 47,822 63,519 49,387
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.10% 94.53% 95.40%
Number of salaries quoted 29,955 35,542 38,228
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,048 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.74% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £73,775 £76,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £51,498 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.76% -1.91% -

Cisco Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Cisco Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Cisco Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Cisco Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for Cisco Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Cisco Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco Engineer over the 6 months to 20 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Cisco Engineer in the UK

Cisco Engineer
Top 11 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 20 November 2025. 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
England +57 61 £52,500 -12.50% 12
London +5 31 £57,500 -20.69% 5
UK excluding London +39 30 £52,000 -5.45% 7
South East +40 14 £37,500 -37.50% 2
Work from Home +32 14 £65,000 -3.70% 7
Midlands +74 10 £55,500 +0.91%
West Midlands - 10 £55,500 -
South West +20 3 £65,000 +44.44% 1
North of England +43 2 £50,000 - 4
North West +37 2 £50,000 - 4
East of England +13 1 £55,000 +22.22%

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

For the 6 months to 20 November 2025, 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 featuring Cisco Engineer in the job title.

1 61 (100.00%) Cisco
2 48 (78.69%) Firewall
3 31 (50.82%) WAN
4 27 (44.26%) Cisco Certification
5 26 (42.62%) LAN
6 24 (39.34%) Azure
7 23 (37.70%) CCNP
8 21 (34.43%) Meraki
9 19 (31.15%) DevOps
10 18 (29.51%) VMware
10 18 (29.51%) VMware Infrastructure
11 17 (27.87%) Infrastructure as Code
11 17 (27.87%) Terraform
12 15 (24.59%) Ansible
13 14 (22.95%) Commvault
13 14 (22.95%) Fortinet
13 14 (22.95%) Git
13 14 (22.95%) GitHub
13 14 (22.95%) Kubernetes
13 14 (22.95%) Linux
13 14 (22.95%) NFS
13 14 (22.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 13 (21.31%) Microsoft
15 12 (19.67%) CCNA
15 12 (19.67%) High Availability
15 12 (19.67%) Root Cause Analysis
15 12 (19.67%) SD-WAN
16 11 (18.03%) AWS
16 11 (18.03%) Windows
17 10 (16.39%) FortiGate

Cisco Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 (1.64%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.64%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 24 (39.34%) Azure
2 14 (22.95%) GitHub
3 11 (18.03%) AWS
4 4 (6.56%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (4.92%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (3.28%) AWS Direct Connect
6 2 (3.28%) IaaS
7 1 (1.64%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (1.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 48 (78.69%) Firewall
2 31 (50.82%) WAN
3 26 (42.62%) LAN
4 12 (19.67%) SD-WAN
5 10 (16.39%) VPN
6 9 (14.75%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (13.11%) BGP
7 8 (13.11%) Cisco Firepower
7 8 (13.11%) Fibre Channel
7 8 (13.11%) TCP/IP
7 8 (13.11%) VLAN
8 7 (11.48%) Cisco ASA
8 7 (11.48%) Network Security
8 7 (11.48%) OSPF
9 6 (9.84%) Wireless
10 5 (8.20%) IPsec
10 5 (8.20%) MPLS
11 4 (6.56%) Cisco Wireless
11 4 (6.56%) DHCP
11 4 (6.56%) DNS
Development Applications
1 14 (22.95%) Git
2 1 (1.64%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 15 (24.59%) Social Skills
2 13 (21.31%) Finance
3 6 (9.84%) Public Sector
4 4 (6.56%) Retail
5 3 (4.92%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (3.28%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (3.28%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.64%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.64%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.64%) 802.1X
1 1 (1.64%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 10 (16.39%) Data Centre
2 7 (11.48%) Management Information System
3 6 (9.84%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (8.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (4.92%) Cloud Native
5 3 (4.92%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (4.92%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.64%) e-Health
6 1 (1.64%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.64%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.64%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 14 (22.95%) Linux
1 14 (22.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 11 (18.03%) Windows
3 8 (13.11%) Windows Server
4 6 (9.84%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (3.28%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (31.15%) DevOps
2 17 (27.87%) Infrastructure as Code
3 12 (19.67%) High Availability
3 12 (19.67%) Root Cause Analysis
4 9 (14.75%) ITIL
5 8 (13.11%) Containerisation
5 8 (13.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 7 (11.48%) Disaster Recovery
6 7 (11.48%) Incident Response
6 7 (11.48%) Process Improvement
7 6 (9.84%) Computer Science
7 6 (9.84%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (8.20%) Mentoring
8 5 (8.20%) Migration
8 5 (8.20%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (8.20%) Service Delivery
9 4 (6.56%) Presales
10 3 (4.92%) Change Control
10 3 (4.92%) Collaborative Working
10 3 (4.92%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.84%) Python
Qualifications
1 27 (44.26%) Cisco Certification
2 23 (37.70%) CCNP
3 12 (19.67%) CCNA
4 8 (13.11%) SC Cleared
4 8 (13.11%) Security Cleared
5 7 (11.48%) CCIE
5 7 (11.48%) Degree
6 6 (9.84%) Azure Certification
6 6 (9.84%) CCSA
6 6 (9.84%) CCSE
7 5 (8.20%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (3.28%) AWS Certification
8 2 (3.28%) JNCIA
8 2 (3.28%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (1.64%) CCDA
9 1 (1.64%) CCDP
9 1 (1.64%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.64%) NIST
System Software
1 18 (29.51%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (22.95%) NFS
3 8 (13.11%) vSphere
4 3 (4.92%) Firmware
5 1 (1.64%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (27.87%) Terraform
2 15 (24.59%) Ansible
3 14 (22.95%) Kubernetes
4 10 (16.39%) FortiGate
5 3 (4.92%) Dell DRAC
6 1 (1.64%) CA Spectrum
6 1 (1.64%) CASB
6 1 (1.64%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (1.64%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 61 (100.00%) Cisco
2 21 (34.43%) Meraki
3 18 (29.51%) VMware
4 14 (22.95%) Commvault
4 14 (22.95%) Fortinet
5 13 (21.31%) Microsoft
6 10 (16.39%) SolarWinds
7 9 (14.75%) Draytek
7 9 (14.75%) Sophos
8 8 (13.11%) Pure Storage
8 8 (13.11%) Red Hat
9 6 (9.84%) CheckPoint
9 6 (9.84%) Juniper
10 5 (8.20%) Palo Alto
11 4 (6.56%) Zscaler
12 3 (4.92%) Aruba
12 3 (4.92%) Dell
12 3 (4.92%) Dynatrace
12 3 (4.92%) Forcepoint
12 3 (4.92%) ServiceNow