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 14 April 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 619 578 789
Rank change year-on-year -41 +211 +76
Permanent jobs requiring a Cisco Engineer 91 64 82
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.16% 0.088%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.17% 0.093%
Number of salaries quoted 61 55 77
10th Percentile - £47,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,875 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £51,300
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +26.71% -6.73%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +29.41% -13.27%

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 78,468 36,897 87,959
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.53% 89.58% 94.56%
Number of salaries quoted 50,382 23,363 65,606
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -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 14 April 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 14 April 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 -36 91 £55,000 -15.38% 13
London +14 59 £75,000 +3.45% 2
UK excluding London -77 32 £50,000 -9.09% 11
North West -8 22 £50,000 - 5
North of England -34 22 £50,000 - 5
Work from Home -1 17 £75,000 +3.45% 3
South East -46 5 £40,000 -22.33% 1
West Midlands -14 4 £55,500 -22.11% 5
Midlands -44 4 £55,500 -14.62% 5
South West -48 1 £47,500 -26.92%

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

For the 6 months to 14 April 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 91 (100.00%) Cisco
2 74 (81.32%) Firewall
3 57 (62.64%) WAN
4 48 (52.75%) Cisco Certification
4 48 (52.75%) LAN
5 43 (47.25%) Fortinet
6 41 (45.05%) CCNA
7 39 (42.86%) Azure
8 33 (36.26%) Wi-Fi
9 30 (32.97%) Meraki
10 29 (31.87%) CCNP
11 26 (28.57%) SD-WAN
12 25 (27.47%) Juniper
13 24 (26.37%) Aruba
13 24 (26.37%) AWS
14 23 (25.27%) Presales
15 22 (24.18%) CheckPoint
15 22 (24.18%) Cisco ASA
15 22 (24.18%) Cisco Firepower
15 22 (24.18%) SolarWinds
16 21 (23.08%) Degree
17 19 (20.88%) FortiGate
17 19 (20.88%) JNCIA
18 18 (19.78%) Network Security
18 18 (19.78%) Network Segmentation
18 18 (19.78%) VPN
19 17 (18.68%) BGP
19 17 (18.68%) Cisco ISE
20 15 (16.48%) High Availability
21 14 (15.38%) OSPF

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 39 (42.86%) Azure
2 24 (26.37%) AWS
3 9 (9.89%) AWS Direct Connect
3 9 (9.89%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 9 (9.89%) Azure Monitor
3 9 (9.89%) SaaS
3 9 (9.89%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 1 (1.10%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 74 (81.32%) Firewall
2 57 (62.64%) WAN
3 48 (52.75%) LAN
4 33 (36.26%) Wi-Fi
5 26 (28.57%) SD-WAN
6 22 (24.18%) Cisco ASA
6 22 (24.18%) Cisco Firepower
7 18 (19.78%) Network Security
7 18 (19.78%) VPN
8 17 (18.68%) BGP
8 17 (18.68%) Cisco ISE
9 14 (15.38%) OSPF
10 12 (13.19%) MPLS
11 10 (10.99%) IPsec
11 10 (10.99%) WLAN
12 9 (9.89%) NetScaler
12 9 (9.89%) NX-OS
12 9 (9.89%) VXLAN
13 8 (8.79%) Wireless
14 6 (6.59%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 3 (3.30%) Git
General
1 29 (31.87%) Social Skills
2 23 (25.27%) Presentation Skills
3 13 (14.29%) Finance
4 5 (5.49%) Public Sector
5 3 (3.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (3.30%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.20%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.30%) Jinja
1 3 (3.30%) NETCONF
1 3 (3.30%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 21 (23.08%) Data Centre
2 12 (13.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 9 (9.89%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.30%) Social Media
5 1 (1.10%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (25.27%) Presales
2 18 (19.78%) Network Segmentation
3 15 (16.48%) High Availability
4 12 (13.19%) Computer Science
4 12 (13.19%) Process Improvement
5 11 (12.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 11 (12.09%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (10.99%) Network Monitoring
7 9 (9.89%) Cloud Security
7 9 (9.89%) Incident Response
7 9 (9.89%) Kalman Filter
7 9 (9.89%) Network Architecture
7 9 (9.89%) Runbook
7 9 (9.89%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 9 (9.89%) Zero Trust
8 5 (5.49%) Migration
9 3 (3.30%) Agile
9 3 (3.30%) Network Design
9 3 (3.30%) Site Reliability Engineering
9 3 (3.30%) Threat Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.30%) Python
Qualifications
1 48 (52.75%) Cisco Certification
2 41 (45.05%) CCNA
3 29 (31.87%) CCNP
4 21 (23.08%) Degree
5 19 (20.88%) JNCIA
6 12 (13.19%) CCIE
6 12 (13.19%) CCSA
6 12 (13.19%) CCSE
6 12 (13.19%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (10.99%) Azure Certification
8 4 (4.40%) SC Cleared
8 4 (4.40%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (9.89%) GDPR
1 9 (9.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (9.89%) NIST
2 1 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 20000
Systems Management
1 19 (20.88%) FortiGate
2 9 (9.89%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 91 (100.00%) Cisco
2 43 (47.25%) Fortinet
3 30 (32.97%) Meraki
4 25 (27.47%) Juniper
5 24 (26.37%) Aruba
6 22 (24.18%) CheckPoint
6 22 (24.18%) SolarWinds
7 11 (12.09%) Dynatrace
7 11 (12.09%) ServiceNow
8 8 (8.79%) Palo Alto
9 2 (2.20%) Draytek
9 2 (2.20%) Microsoft
9 2 (2.20%) Sophos
10 1 (1.10%) Ekahau
10 1 (1.10%) F5
10 1 (1.10%) Zscaler