Cisco Engineer Job Trends

Cisco Engineer
UK

The median Cisco Engineer salary in the UK is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 March 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 599 581 753
Rank change year-on-year -18 +172 +138
Permanent jobs requiring a Cisco Engineer 92 72 76
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.17% 0.090%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.19% 0.095%
Number of salaries quoted 57 62 72
10th Percentile - £48,800 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £55,625 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £51,300
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +26.71% -11.17%
75th Percentile £76,000 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +41.18% -10.53%

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 68,739 38,903 80,284
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.93% 90.47% 94.61%
Number of salaries quoted 43,768 23,119 61,505
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £43,500 £38,750
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 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,934
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -5.23%

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 17 March 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 17 March 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 +2 92 £55,000 -15.38% 10
London +37 58 £75,000 - 4
UK excluding London -20 34 £50,000 -16.67% 9
Work from Home +11 20 £80,000 +10.34% 2
North West +5 20 £50,000 -
North of England -17 20 £50,000 - 1
South East -12 8 £40,000 -22.33% 5
West Midlands +13 5 £55,500 -22.11% 2
Midlands -24 5 £55,500 -14.62% 2
South West -25 1 £47,500 -26.92% 1

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

For the 6 months to 17 March 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 92 (100.00%) Cisco
2 76 (82.61%) Firewall
3 60 (65.22%) WAN
4 52 (56.52%) Cisco Certification
5 50 (54.35%) LAN
6 47 (51.09%) Fortinet
7 41 (44.57%) Azure
7 41 (44.57%) CCNA
8 34 (36.96%) Wi-Fi
9 33 (35.87%) CCNP
10 29 (31.52%) AWS
10 29 (31.52%) Meraki
11 26 (28.26%) SD-WAN
12 25 (27.17%) CheckPoint
12 25 (27.17%) Cisco ASA
12 25 (27.17%) Cisco Firepower
13 24 (26.09%) Juniper
14 23 (25.00%) FortiGate
15 22 (23.91%) Aruba
15 22 (23.91%) Degree
15 22 (23.91%) SolarWinds
16 21 (22.83%) Presales
17 20 (21.74%) BGP
17 20 (21.74%) High Availability
18 19 (20.65%) JNCIA
19 18 (19.57%) Cisco ISE
19 18 (19.57%) VPN
20 17 (18.48%) OSPF
21 16 (17.39%) CCIE
21 16 (17.39%) Computer Science

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:

Cloud Services
1 41 (44.57%) Azure
2 29 (31.52%) AWS
3 10 (10.87%) AWS Direct Connect
4 9 (9.78%) SaaS
4 9 (9.78%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 7 (7.61%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 6 (6.52%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (1.09%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 76 (82.61%) Firewall
2 60 (65.22%) WAN
3 50 (54.35%) LAN
4 34 (36.96%) Wi-Fi
5 26 (28.26%) SD-WAN
6 25 (27.17%) Cisco ASA
6 25 (27.17%) Cisco Firepower
7 20 (21.74%) BGP
8 18 (19.57%) Cisco ISE
8 18 (19.57%) VPN
9 17 (18.48%) OSPF
10 15 (16.30%) Network Security
11 13 (14.13%) MPLS
12 11 (11.96%) IPsec
13 10 (10.87%) WLAN
14 9 (9.78%) NetScaler
14 9 (9.78%) NX-OS
14 9 (9.78%) VXLAN
14 9 (9.78%) Wireless
15 6 (6.52%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 3 (3.26%) Git
General
1 31 (33.70%) Social Skills
2 21 (22.83%) Presentation Skills
3 16 (17.39%) Finance
4 5 (5.43%) Public Sector
5 3 (3.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (3.26%) Retail
5 3 (3.26%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.09%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.09%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.26%) Jinja
1 3 (3.26%) NETCONF
1 3 (3.26%) YANG
2 1 (1.09%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 25 (27.17%) Data Centre
2 15 (16.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 9 (9.78%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.26%) Social Media
5 1 (1.09%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.09%) e-Health
5 1 (1.09%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (22.83%) Presales
2 20 (21.74%) High Availability
3 16 (17.39%) Computer Science
4 15 (16.30%) Network Segmentation
4 15 (16.30%) Process Improvement
5 12 (13.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 12 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (9.78%) Cloud Security
6 9 (9.78%) Kalman Filter
6 9 (9.78%) Runbook
6 9 (9.78%) Zero Trust
7 7 (7.61%) Network Monitoring
8 6 (6.52%) Incident Response
8 6 (6.52%) Migration
8 6 (6.52%) Network Architecture
8 6 (6.52%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 4 (4.35%) Network Design
10 3 (3.26%) Agile
10 3 (3.26%) Service Delivery
10 3 (3.26%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.26%) Python
Qualifications
1 52 (56.52%) Cisco Certification
2 41 (44.57%) CCNA
3 33 (35.87%) CCNP
4 22 (23.91%) Degree
5 19 (20.65%) JNCIA
6 16 (17.39%) CCIE
7 15 (16.30%) CCSA
7 15 (16.30%) CCSE
7 15 (16.30%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (9.78%) Azure Certification
9 6 (6.52%) SC Cleared
9 6 (6.52%) Security Cleared
10 1 (1.09%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (7.61%) NIST
2 6 (6.52%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (1.09%) Firmware
1 1 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 23 (25.00%) FortiGate
2 6 (6.52%) Cisco Prime
3 1 (1.09%) CA Spectrum
3 1 (1.09%) Dell DRAC
3 1 (1.09%) Terraform
Vendors
1 92 (100.00%) Cisco
2 47 (51.09%) Fortinet
3 29 (31.52%) Meraki
4 25 (27.17%) CheckPoint
5 24 (26.09%) Juniper
6 22 (23.91%) Aruba
6 22 (23.91%) SolarWinds
7 12 (13.04%) Dynatrace
7 12 (13.04%) ServiceNow
8 10 (10.87%) Palo Alto
9 4 (4.35%) Microsoft
10 3 (3.26%) Draytek
10 3 (3.26%) Sophos
11 2 (2.17%) F5
11 2 (2.17%) Zscaler
12 1 (1.09%) Dell
12 1 (1.09%) Ekahau
12 1 (1.09%) VMware