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 8 December 2025.

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

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 592 627 583
Rank change year-on-year +35 -44 +332
Permanent jobs requiring a Cisco Engineer 62 115 127
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.19% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.20% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 37 97 116
10th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +4.00% +19.05%
75th Percentile £60,000 £75,500 £106,289
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,250 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +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 50,704 58,391 48,070
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.90% 94.00% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 31,404 32,367 37,457
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.52% - -

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 8 December 2025.

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 8 December 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 +64 62 £50,000 -23.08% 3
UK excluding London +82 32 £50,000 -9.09% 2
London +33 30 £52,500 -27.84% 1
Work from Home +47 15 £65,000 -8.77% 1
South East +47 14 £37,500 -37.50%
Midlands +44 10 £55,500 +3.26%
West Midlands +44 10 £55,500 +5.71%
North West +45 6 £50,000 - 1
North of England +33 6 £50,000 - 2
South West +26 2 £65,000 +44.44%

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

For the 6 months to 8 December 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 62 (100.00%) Cisco
2 53 (85.48%) Firewall
3 34 (54.84%) WAN
4 31 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
5 30 (48.39%) LAN
6 24 (38.71%) Azure
6 24 (38.71%) CCNP
7 20 (32.26%) Fortinet
7 20 (32.26%) Meraki
8 16 (25.81%) CCNA
9 15 (24.19%) DevOps
10 14 (22.58%) AWS
10 14 (22.58%) High Availability
10 14 (22.58%) Infrastructure as Code
10 14 (22.58%) Terraform
10 14 (22.58%) VMware
10 14 (22.58%) VMware Infrastructure
11 13 (20.97%) SD-WAN
12 12 (19.35%) FortiGate
13 11 (17.74%) Ansible
13 11 (17.74%) Commvault
13 11 (17.74%) Git
13 11 (17.74%) GitHub
13 11 (17.74%) Kubernetes
13 11 (17.74%) Linux
13 11 (17.74%) NFS
13 11 (17.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 11 (17.74%) Wi-Fi
14 10 (16.13%) Cisco ASA
14 10 (16.13%) Cisco Firepower

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 (1.61%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 24 (38.71%) Azure
2 14 (22.58%) AWS
3 11 (17.74%) GitHub
4 4 (6.45%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (4.84%) AWS Direct Connect
6 2 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (3.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 1 (1.61%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (1.61%) IaaS
7 1 (1.61%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 53 (85.48%) Firewall
2 34 (54.84%) WAN
3 30 (48.39%) LAN
4 13 (20.97%) SD-WAN
5 11 (17.74%) Wi-Fi
6 10 (16.13%) Cisco ASA
6 10 (16.13%) Cisco Firepower
6 10 (16.13%) VPN
7 9 (14.52%) BGP
8 8 (12.90%) OSPF
8 8 (12.90%) VLAN
9 7 (11.29%) Fibre Channel
9 7 (11.29%) Network Security
9 7 (11.29%) TCP/IP
10 6 (9.68%) IPsec
10 6 (9.68%) Wireless
11 5 (8.06%) MPLS
12 4 (6.45%) Cisco Wireless
12 4 (6.45%) DHCP
12 4 (6.45%) DNS
Development Applications
1 11 (17.74%) Git
General
1 18 (29.03%) Social Skills
2 14 (22.58%) Finance
3 6 (9.68%) Presentation Skills
3 6 (9.68%) Public Sector
4 4 (6.45%) Retail
5 3 (4.84%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.61%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.61%) Law
6 1 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.61%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 13 (20.97%) Data Centre
2 8 (12.90%) Management Information System
3 7 (11.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 4 (6.45%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (4.84%) Cloud Native
5 3 (4.84%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (4.84%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.61%) e-Health
6 1 (1.61%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 11 (17.74%) Linux
1 11 (17.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 7 (11.29%) Windows
3 5 (8.06%) Windows Server
4 4 (6.45%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (1.61%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (24.19%) DevOps
2 14 (22.58%) High Availability
2 14 (22.58%) Infrastructure as Code
3 10 (16.13%) Root Cause Analysis
4 9 (14.52%) Process Improvement
5 8 (12.90%) Computer Science
6 7 (11.29%) Containerisation
6 7 (11.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 7 (11.29%) ITIL
6 7 (11.29%) Presales
7 6 (9.68%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (8.06%) Disaster Recovery
8 5 (8.06%) Incident Response
8 5 (8.06%) Migration
8 5 (8.06%) Service Delivery
9 4 (6.45%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (6.45%) Mentoring
10 3 (4.84%) Change Control
10 3 (4.84%) Collaborative Working
10 3 (4.84%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.68%) Python
Qualifications
1 31 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 24 (38.71%) CCNP
3 16 (25.81%) CCNA
4 9 (14.52%) CCIE
4 9 (14.52%) Degree
5 8 (12.90%) CCSA
5 8 (12.90%) CCSE
6 7 (11.29%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (11.29%) SC Cleared
6 7 (11.29%) Security Cleared
7 6 (9.68%) JNCIA
8 5 (8.06%) Azure Certification
9 2 (3.23%) AWS Certification
10 1 (1.61%) DV Cleared
10 1 (1.61%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.61%) NIST
System Software
1 14 (22.58%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (17.74%) NFS
3 7 (11.29%) vSphere
4 3 (4.84%) Firmware
5 1 (1.61%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (22.58%) Terraform
2 12 (19.35%) FortiGate
3 11 (17.74%) Ansible
3 11 (17.74%) Kubernetes
4 3 (4.84%) Dell DRAC
5 1 (1.61%) CA Spectrum
Vendors
1 62 (100.00%) Cisco
2 20 (32.26%) Fortinet
2 20 (32.26%) Meraki
3 14 (22.58%) VMware
4 11 (17.74%) Commvault
5 10 (16.13%) SolarWinds
6 9 (14.52%) CheckPoint
6 9 (14.52%) Draytek
6 9 (14.52%) Juniper
6 9 (14.52%) Microsoft
6 9 (14.52%) Sophos
7 7 (11.29%) Aruba
7 7 (11.29%) Pure Storage
7 7 (11.29%) Red Hat
8 4 (6.45%) Dynatrace
8 4 (6.45%) Palo Alto
8 4 (6.45%) ServiceNow
8 4 (6.45%) Zscaler
9 3 (4.84%) Dell
9 3 (4.84%) Forcepoint