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 4 February 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 573 604 700
Rank change year-on-year +31 +96 +217
Permanent jobs requiring a Cisco Engineer 86 95 99
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.19% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.20% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 52 81 91
10th Percentile £41,500 £50,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £43,953
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £67,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +22.73% -
75th Percentile £58,250 £76,250 £78,125
90th Percentile £76,000 £91,250 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +29.41% -15.00%

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 58,749 46,938 69,506
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.97% 91.97% 94.99%
Number of salaries quoted 36,633 24,273 54,572
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £39,750
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 £74,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,793 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.75% +9.59% -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 4 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 4 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 +42 86 £50,000 -30.07% 17
UK excluding London +37 44 £50,000 -9.09% 9
London +26 42 £74,000 - 11
North West +30 20 £50,000 - 1
North of England +12 20 £50,000 - 1
Work from Home +20 19 £80,000 +10.34% 10
West Midlands +41 12 £55,500 +5.71% 1
Midlands +13 12 £55,500 -14.62% 1
South East +25 11 £37,500 -31.82% 4
South West - 1 £47,500 - 3

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

For the 6 months to 4 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 86 (100.00%) Cisco
2 75 (87.21%) Firewall
3 60 (69.77%) WAN
4 52 (60.47%) Cisco Certification
4 52 (60.47%) LAN
5 45 (52.33%) Fortinet
6 35 (40.70%) CCNA
7 33 (38.37%) CCNP
8 31 (36.05%) Azure
9 27 (31.40%) Wi-Fi
10 26 (30.23%) AWS
11 24 (27.91%) SD-WAN
12 23 (26.74%) High Availability
12 23 (26.74%) Juniper
13 22 (25.58%) CheckPoint
13 22 (25.58%) Cisco ASA
13 22 (25.58%) Cisco Firepower
13 22 (25.58%) Meraki
14 21 (24.42%) Aruba
15 20 (23.26%) BGP
15 20 (23.26%) Presales
16 19 (22.09%) FortiGate
16 19 (22.09%) JNCIA
17 17 (19.77%) SolarWinds
18 16 (18.60%) Degree
18 16 (18.60%) OSPF
19 15 (17.44%) CCIE
19 15 (17.44%) Computer Science
20 14 (16.28%) CCSA
20 14 (16.28%) 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 (1.16%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 31 (36.05%) Azure
2 26 (30.23%) AWS
3 8 (9.30%) AWS Direct Connect
4 7 (8.14%) SaaS
4 7 (8.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 4 (4.65%) GitHub
6 3 (3.49%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (2.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (1.16%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (1.16%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 75 (87.21%) Firewall
2 60 (69.77%) WAN
3 52 (60.47%) LAN
4 27 (31.40%) Wi-Fi
5 24 (27.91%) SD-WAN
6 22 (25.58%) Cisco ASA
6 22 (25.58%) Cisco Firepower
7 20 (23.26%) BGP
8 16 (18.60%) OSPF
9 14 (16.28%) VPN
10 13 (15.12%) Cisco ISE
11 12 (13.95%) IPsec
11 12 (13.95%) MPLS
12 8 (9.30%) VLAN
13 7 (8.14%) NetScaler
13 7 (8.14%) Network Security
13 7 (8.14%) NX-OS
13 7 (8.14%) VXLAN
13 7 (8.14%) Wireless
13 7 (8.14%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 7 (8.14%) Git
General
1 32 (37.21%) Social Skills
2 19 (22.09%) Presentation Skills
3 17 (19.77%) Finance
4 9 (10.47%) Public Sector
5 4 (4.65%) Retail
6 3 (3.49%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (3.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (3.49%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.16%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.16%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.49%) Jinja
1 3 (3.49%) NETCONF
1 3 (3.49%) YANG
2 1 (1.16%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 24 (27.91%) Data Centre
2 14 (16.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 10 (11.63%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.49%) Cloud Native
4 3 (3.49%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (3.49%) Social Media
5 1 (1.16%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.16%) e-Health
5 1 (1.16%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.16%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.65%) Linux
1 4 (4.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (2.33%) Windows
3 1 (1.16%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.16%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (26.74%) High Availability
2 20 (23.26%) Presales
3 15 (17.44%) Computer Science
4 14 (16.28%) Process Improvement
5 11 (12.79%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (11.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 8 (9.30%) Network Segmentation
8 7 (8.14%) Cloud Security
8 7 (8.14%) DevOps
8 7 (8.14%) Infrastructure as Code
8 7 (8.14%) Kalman Filter
8 7 (8.14%) Runbook
8 7 (8.14%) Zero Trust
9 6 (6.98%) Migration
10 5 (5.81%) Root Cause Analysis
11 4 (4.65%) Agile
11 4 (4.65%) ITIL
11 4 (4.65%) Network Design
11 4 (4.65%) Service Delivery
12 3 (3.49%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.98%) Python
Qualifications
1 52 (60.47%) Cisco Certification
2 35 (40.70%) CCNA
3 33 (38.37%) CCNP
4 19 (22.09%) JNCIA
5 16 (18.60%) Degree
6 15 (17.44%) CCIE
7 14 (16.28%) CCSA
7 14 (16.28%) CCSE
7 14 (16.28%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (11.63%) SC Cleared
8 10 (11.63%) Security Cleared
9 5 (5.81%) Azure Certification
10 1 (1.16%) AWS Certification
10 1 (1.16%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (2.33%) NIST
2 1 (1.16%) GDPR
System Software
1 7 (8.14%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (4.65%) NFS
3 3 (3.49%) Firmware
3 3 (3.49%) vSphere
4 1 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 19 (22.09%) FortiGate
2 7 (8.14%) Terraform
3 4 (4.65%) Ansible
3 4 (4.65%) Kubernetes
4 3 (3.49%) Dell DRAC
5 1 (1.16%) CA Spectrum
5 1 (1.16%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 86 (100.00%) Cisco
2 45 (52.33%) Fortinet
3 23 (26.74%) Juniper
4 22 (25.58%) CheckPoint
4 22 (25.58%) Meraki
5 21 (24.42%) Aruba
6 17 (19.77%) SolarWinds
7 10 (11.63%) Dynatrace
7 10 (11.63%) ServiceNow
8 9 (10.47%) Palo Alto
9 7 (8.14%) VMware
10 6 (6.98%) Draytek
10 6 (6.98%) Sophos
11 5 (5.81%) Microsoft
12 4 (4.65%) Commvault
12 4 (4.65%) Zscaler
13 3 (3.49%) Dell
13 3 (3.49%) Pure Storage
13 3 (3.49%) Red Hat
14 2 (2.33%) F5