Cisco Engineer Job Trends

Cisco Engineer
UK

The median Cisco Engineer salary in the UK is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 February 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 580 601 707
Rank change year-on-year +21 +106 +184
Permanent jobs requiring a Cisco Engineer 83 92 95
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.19% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.20% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 51 79 87
10th Percentile £43,750 £49,850 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £53,750 £45,325
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £70,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +27.27% -
75th Percentile £58,250 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £76,000 £91,250 £95,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £43,750
% change year-on-year -9.09% +25.71% -12.50%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 60,248 45,561 70,284
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.14% 91.75% 94.92%
Number of salaries quoted 37,639 23,782 55,054
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £39,390
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%

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 11 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Cisco Engineer in the UK

Cisco Engineer
Top 10 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 11 February 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
England +25 83 £50,000 -30.07% 20
UK excluding London +32 43 £50,000 -9.09% 10
London +18 40 £74,000 - 14
North West +39 20 £50,000 - 1
North of England +7 20 £50,000 - 1
Work from Home +38 18 £80,000 +10.34% 9
West Midlands +27 12 £55,500 +5.71% 2
Midlands +18 12 £55,500 -14.62% 2
South East +16 10 £40,000 -27.27% 4
South West - 1 £47,500 - 3

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

For the 6 months to 11 February 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 featuring Cisco Engineer in the job title.

1 83 (100.00%) Cisco
2 73 (87.95%) Firewall
3 59 (71.08%) WAN
4 52 (62.65%) Cisco Certification
5 51 (61.45%) LAN
6 45 (54.22%) Fortinet
7 35 (42.17%) CCNA
8 33 (39.76%) CCNP
9 30 (36.14%) Azure
10 27 (32.53%) Wi-Fi
11 26 (31.33%) AWS
12 24 (28.92%) SD-WAN
13 23 (27.71%) High Availability
13 23 (27.71%) Juniper
14 22 (26.51%) CheckPoint
14 22 (26.51%) Cisco ASA
14 22 (26.51%) Cisco Firepower
14 22 (26.51%) Meraki
15 21 (25.30%) Aruba
16 20 (24.10%) BGP
16 20 (24.10%) Presales
17 19 (22.89%) FortiGate
17 19 (22.89%) JNCIA
18 17 (20.48%) SolarWinds
19 16 (19.28%) Degree
19 16 (19.28%) OSPF
20 15 (18.07%) CCIE
20 15 (18.07%) Computer Science
21 14 (16.87%) CCSA
21 14 (16.87%) CCSE

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 (1.20%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 30 (36.14%) Azure
2 26 (31.33%) AWS
3 8 (9.64%) AWS Direct Connect
4 7 (8.43%) SaaS
4 7 (8.43%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 3 (3.61%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (2.41%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (2.41%) GitHub
7 1 (1.20%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (1.20%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 73 (87.95%) Firewall
2 59 (71.08%) WAN
3 51 (61.45%) LAN
4 27 (32.53%) Wi-Fi
5 24 (28.92%) SD-WAN
6 22 (26.51%) Cisco ASA
6 22 (26.51%) Cisco Firepower
7 20 (24.10%) BGP
8 16 (19.28%) OSPF
9 14 (16.87%) VPN
10 13 (15.66%) Cisco ISE
11 12 (14.46%) IPsec
11 12 (14.46%) MPLS
12 8 (9.64%) VLAN
13 7 (8.43%) NetScaler
13 7 (8.43%) Network Security
13 7 (8.43%) NX-OS
13 7 (8.43%) VXLAN
13 7 (8.43%) Wireless
13 7 (8.43%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 5 (6.02%) Git
General
1 32 (38.55%) Social Skills
2 19 (22.89%) Presentation Skills
3 16 (19.28%) Finance
4 9 (10.84%) Public Sector
5 4 (4.82%) Retail
6 3 (3.61%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (3.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (3.61%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.20%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.20%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.61%) Jinja
1 3 (3.61%) NETCONF
1 3 (3.61%) YANG
2 1 (1.20%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 24 (28.92%) Data Centre
2 14 (16.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 9 (10.84%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.61%) Cloud Native
4 3 (3.61%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (3.61%) Social Media
5 1 (1.20%) e-Health
5 1 (1.20%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.41%) Linux
1 2 (2.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (1.20%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (27.71%) High Availability
2 20 (24.10%) Presales
3 15 (18.07%) Computer Science
4 14 (16.87%) Process Improvement
5 11 (13.25%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (12.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 8 (9.64%) Network Segmentation
8 7 (8.43%) Cloud Security
8 7 (8.43%) Kalman Filter
8 7 (8.43%) Runbook
8 7 (8.43%) Zero Trust
9 6 (7.23%) Migration
10 5 (6.02%) DevOps
10 5 (6.02%) Infrastructure as Code
11 4 (4.82%) Agile
11 4 (4.82%) Network Design
11 4 (4.82%) Service Delivery
12 3 (3.61%) Change Control
12 3 (3.61%) Data Protection
12 3 (3.61%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.02%) Python
Qualifications
1 52 (62.65%) Cisco Certification
2 35 (42.17%) CCNA
3 33 (39.76%) CCNP
4 19 (22.89%) JNCIA
5 16 (19.28%) Degree
6 15 (18.07%) CCIE
7 14 (16.87%) CCSA
7 14 (16.87%) CCSE
7 14 (16.87%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (12.05%) SC Cleared
8 10 (12.05%) Security Cleared
9 5 (6.02%) Azure Certification
10 1 (1.20%) AWS Certification
10 1 (1.20%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (2.41%) NIST
2 1 (1.20%) GDPR
System Software
1 5 (6.02%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (3.61%) Firmware
3 2 (2.41%) NFS
3 2 (2.41%) vSphere
4 1 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 19 (22.89%) FortiGate
2 5 (6.02%) Terraform
3 3 (3.61%) Dell DRAC
4 2 (2.41%) Ansible
4 2 (2.41%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.20%) CA Spectrum
5 1 (1.20%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 83 (100.00%) Cisco
2 45 (54.22%) Fortinet
3 23 (27.71%) Juniper
4 22 (26.51%) CheckPoint
4 22 (26.51%) Meraki
5 21 (25.30%) Aruba
6 17 (20.48%) SolarWinds
7 10 (12.05%) Dynatrace
7 10 (12.05%) ServiceNow
8 9 (10.84%) Palo Alto
9 5 (6.02%) Draytek
9 5 (6.02%) Sophos
9 5 (6.02%) VMware
10 4 (4.82%) Microsoft
10 4 (4.82%) Zscaler
11 3 (3.61%) Dell
12 2 (2.41%) Commvault
12 2 (2.41%) F5
12 2 (2.41%) Pure Storage
12 2 (2.41%) Red Hat