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 30 November 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 571 610 588
Rank change year-on-year +39 -22 +344
Permanent jobs requiring a Cisco Engineer 61 132 127
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.20% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.21% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 37 113 116
10th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -4.00% +21.12%
75th Percentile £60,000 £75,500 £106,289
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,250 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% +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 48,825 61,698 48,588
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.25% 94.27% 95.31%
Number of salaries quoted 30,770 34,403 37,837
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,750 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,855 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.60% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,416 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.38% -0.16% -

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 30 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 30 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 +53 61 £50,000 -23.08% 5
UK excluding London +65 32 £50,000 -6.98% 4
London +26 29 £52,500 -28.08% 1
Work from Home +55 14 £65,000 -10.34% 2
South East +46 14 £37,500 -37.50%
West Midlands +62 10 £55,500 +5.71%
Midlands +60 10 £55,500 +3.26%
North of England +51 5 £50,000 - 3
North West +50 5 £50,000 - 3
South West +27 2 £65,000 +44.44% 1
East of England +24 1 £55,000 +22.22%

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

For the 6 months to 30 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 50 (81.97%) Firewall
3 32 (52.46%) WAN
4 29 (47.54%) Cisco Certification
5 28 (45.90%) LAN
6 23 (37.70%) Azure
6 23 (37.70%) CCNP
7 19 (31.15%) Meraki
8 17 (27.87%) Fortinet
9 16 (26.23%) DevOps
9 16 (26.23%) VMware
9 16 (26.23%) VMware Infrastructure
10 15 (24.59%) Infrastructure as Code
10 15 (24.59%) Terraform
11 14 (22.95%) CCNA
12 13 (21.31%) High Availability
13 12 (19.67%) Ansible
13 12 (19.67%) AWS
13 12 (19.67%) Commvault
13 12 (19.67%) Git
13 12 (19.67%) GitHub
13 12 (19.67%) Kubernetes
13 12 (19.67%) Linux
13 12 (19.67%) NFS
13 12 (19.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 12 (19.67%) SD-WAN
14 11 (18.03%) FortiGate
14 11 (18.03%) Root Cause Analysis
15 10 (16.39%) Microsoft
16 9 (14.75%) Draytek

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
Cloud Services
1 23 (37.70%) Azure
2 12 (19.67%) AWS
2 12 (19.67%) GitHub
3 4 (6.56%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (3.28%) AWS Direct Connect
4 2 (3.28%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.64%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (1.64%) IaaS
5 1 (1.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 50 (81.97%) Firewall
2 32 (52.46%) WAN
3 28 (45.90%) LAN
4 12 (19.67%) SD-WAN
5 9 (14.75%) VPN
5 9 (14.75%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (13.11%) BGP
6 8 (13.11%) Cisco ASA
6 8 (13.11%) Cisco Firepower
6 8 (13.11%) VLAN
7 7 (11.48%) Fibre Channel
7 7 (11.48%) Network Security
7 7 (11.48%) OSPF
7 7 (11.48%) TCP/IP
8 6 (9.84%) Wireless
9 5 (8.20%) IPsec
10 4 (6.56%) Cisco Wireless
10 4 (6.56%) DHCP
10 4 (6.56%) DNS
10 4 (6.56%) MPLS
Development Applications
1 12 (19.67%) Git
General
1 17 (27.87%) Social Skills
2 13 (21.31%) Finance
3 6 (9.84%) Public Sector
4 5 (8.20%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (6.56%) Retail
6 3 (4.92%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.64%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.64%) Law
7 1 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.64%) 802.1X
1 1 (1.64%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 11 (18.03%) Data Centre
2 7 (11.48%) Management Information System
3 6 (9.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 5 (8.20%) Hybrid Cloud
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%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.64%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 12 (19.67%) Linux
1 12 (19.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 8 (13.11%) Windows
3 6 (9.84%) Windows Server
4 5 (8.20%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (1.64%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (26.23%) DevOps
2 15 (24.59%) Infrastructure as Code
3 13 (21.31%) High Availability
4 11 (18.03%) Root Cause Analysis
5 8 (13.11%) ITIL
5 8 (13.11%) Process Improvement
6 7 (11.48%) Computer Science
6 7 (11.48%) Containerisation
7 6 (9.84%) Disaster Recovery
7 6 (9.84%) Incident Response
7 6 (9.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 6 (9.84%) Presales
8 5 (8.20%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (8.20%) Migration
8 5 (8.20%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (8.20%) Service Delivery
9 4 (6.56%) Mentoring
10 3 (4.92%) Change Control
10 3 (4.92%) Change Management
10 3 (4.92%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.84%) Python
Qualifications
1 29 (47.54%) Cisco Certification
2 23 (37.70%) CCNP
3 14 (22.95%) CCNA
4 8 (13.11%) CCIE
4 8 (13.11%) Degree
4 8 (13.11%) SC Cleared
4 8 (13.11%) Security Cleared
5 7 (11.48%) CCSA
5 7 (11.48%) CCSE
6 6 (9.84%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (8.20%) Azure Certification
7 5 (8.20%) JNCIA
8 2 (3.28%) AWS Certification
9 1 (1.64%) DV Cleared
9 1 (1.64%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.64%) NIST
System Software
1 16 (26.23%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (19.67%) NFS
3 7 (11.48%) vSphere
4 3 (4.92%) Firmware
5 1 (1.64%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (24.59%) Terraform
2 12 (19.67%) Ansible
2 12 (19.67%) Kubernetes
3 11 (18.03%) FortiGate
4 3 (4.92%) Dell DRAC
5 1 (1.64%) CA Spectrum
5 1 (1.64%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 61 (100.00%) Cisco
2 19 (31.15%) Meraki
3 17 (27.87%) Fortinet
4 16 (26.23%) VMware
5 12 (19.67%) Commvault
6 10 (16.39%) Microsoft
7 9 (14.75%) Draytek
7 9 (14.75%) SolarWinds
7 9 (14.75%) Sophos
8 8 (13.11%) Juniper
9 7 (11.48%) CheckPoint
9 7 (11.48%) Pure Storage
9 7 (11.48%) Red Hat
10 6 (9.84%) Aruba
11 4 (6.56%) Palo Alto
11 4 (6.56%) Zscaler
12 3 (4.92%) Dell
12 3 (4.92%) Dynatrace
12 3 (4.92%) Forcepoint
12 3 (4.92%) ServiceNow