Cisco Engineer Job Trends

Cisco Engineer
UK

The median Cisco Engineer salary in the UK is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 July 2026.

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

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 702 625 721
Rank change year-on-year -77 +96 -16
Permanent jobs requiring a Cisco Engineer 71 54 96
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.069% 0.11% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.073% 0.12% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 59 34 88
10th Percentile £52,250 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £49,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +20.00% -14.89%
75th Percentile £85,000 £66,250 £60,000
90th Percentile - £77,500 £74,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,000 £46,090
% change year-on-year +5.77% +12.82% -20.19%

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 96,998 44,483 82,509
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.27% 90.02% 94.82%
Number of salaries quoted 66,411 26,428 56,723
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £96,250 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -6.54%

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 31 July 2026.

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 31 July 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 -64 70 £60,000 +4.35% 12
London -23 45 £70,000 +2.94% 2
UK excluding London -70 26 £55,000 +5.77% 10
Work from Home -15 20 £60,000 -7.69% 6
North of England - 10 £57,500 - 4
North West - 10 £57,500 - 1
West Midlands -14 9 £55,000 -22.54% 1
Midlands -36 9 £55,000 -15.38% 2
South East -41 5 £80,000 +120.69% 4
South West -68 1 - -
Northern Ireland - 1 £65,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 31 July 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 71 (100.00%) Cisco
2 40 (56.34%) Firewall
3 30 (42.25%) Azure
4 28 (39.44%) LAN
5 27 (38.03%) WAN
6 26 (36.62%) Network Security
7 24 (33.80%) Cisco Certification
7 24 (33.80%) Meraki
7 24 (33.80%) Wi-Fi
8 22 (30.99%) VPN
9 21 (29.58%) CCNP
10 16 (22.54%) SD-WAN
11 14 (19.72%) BGP
11 14 (19.72%) OSPF
12 13 (18.31%) CCNA
13 12 (16.90%) Aruba
13 12 (16.90%) Juniper
13 12 (16.90%) SolarWinds
14 11 (15.49%) Degree
14 11 (15.49%) Network Segmentation
15 10 (14.08%) Incident Response
15 10 (14.08%) Wireless
16 9 (12.68%) Azure Certification
16 9 (12.68%) Fortinet
16 9 (12.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
16 9 (12.68%) Network Architecture
16 9 (12.68%) Network Monitoring
16 9 (12.68%) NIST
16 9 (12.68%) Problem-Solving
17 8 (11.27%) Azure ExpressRoute

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 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (2.82%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 30 (42.25%) Azure
2 8 (11.27%) Azure ExpressRoute
2 8 (11.27%) Azure Monitor
3 7 (9.86%) AWS
3 7 (9.86%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (5.63%) Entra ID
5 3 (4.23%) AWS Direct Connect
5 3 (4.23%) SaaS
5 3 (4.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 2 (2.82%) OneDrive
7 1 (1.41%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.41%) GCP
7 1 (1.41%) Mimecast
7 1 (1.41%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 40 (56.34%) Firewall
2 28 (39.44%) LAN
3 27 (38.03%) WAN
4 26 (36.62%) Network Security
5 24 (33.80%) Wi-Fi
6 22 (30.99%) VPN
7 16 (22.54%) SD-WAN
8 14 (19.72%) BGP
8 14 (19.72%) OSPF
9 10 (14.08%) Wireless
10 8 (11.27%) EIGRP
11 7 (9.86%) Cisco ISE
12 6 (8.45%) VXLAN
13 5 (7.04%) Cisco ASA
13 5 (7.04%) Cisco Firepower
13 5 (7.04%) NX-OS
13 5 (7.04%) Unified Communications
14 4 (5.63%) MPLS
14 4 (5.63%) WLAN
15 3 (4.23%) NetScaler
Development Applications
1 1 (1.41%) Git
1 1 (1.41%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 8 (11.27%) Social Skills
2 6 (8.45%) Finance
2 6 (8.45%) Presentation Skills
3 5 (7.04%) Telecoms
4 2 (2.82%) Legal
5 1 (1.41%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.41%) Law
5 1 (1.41%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.41%) Jinja
1 1 (1.41%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.08%) Data Centre
2 4 (5.63%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.41%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (1.41%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.41%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.41%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.82%) Linux
1 2 (2.82%) Windows
1 2 (2.82%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (15.49%) Network Segmentation
2 10 (14.08%) Incident Response
3 9 (12.68%) Network Architecture
3 9 (12.68%) Network Monitoring
3 9 (12.68%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (11.27%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 7 (9.86%) Network Design
6 6 (8.45%) Presales
7 5 (7.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 5 (7.04%) Runbook
7 5 (7.04%) Zero Trust
8 4 (5.63%) Cybersecurity
8 4 (5.63%) Information Management
9 3 (4.23%) Cloud Security
9 3 (4.23%) Kalman Filter
9 3 (4.23%) Security Operations
10 2 (2.82%) High Availability
10 2 (2.82%) Infrastructure as Code
10 2 (2.82%) Network Virtualisation
10 2 (2.82%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.82%) Python
Qualifications
1 24 (33.80%) Cisco Certification
2 21 (29.58%) CCNP
3 13 (18.31%) CCNA
4 11 (15.49%) Degree
5 9 (12.68%) Azure Certification
6 6 (8.45%) DBS Check
7 5 (7.04%) CCIE
8 3 (4.23%) Security Cleared
9 2 (2.82%) CCSA
9 2 (2.82%) CCSE
9 2 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (2.82%) SC Cleared
10 1 (1.41%) CCIE Data Center
10 1 (1.41%) CISSP
10 1 (1.41%) CREST Certified
10 1 (1.41%) DV Cleared
10 1 (1.41%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (1.41%) Server+ Certification
10 1 (1.41%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (12.68%) NIST
2 8 (11.27%) GDPR
3 1 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 1 (1.41%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (5.63%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.82%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.82%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (11.27%) Cisco Prime
2 6 (8.45%) FortiGate
3 3 (4.23%) Ansible
3 3 (4.23%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.41%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.41%) Terraform
Vendors
1 71 (100.00%) Cisco
2 24 (33.80%) Meraki
3 12 (16.90%) Aruba
3 12 (16.90%) Juniper
3 12 (16.90%) SolarWinds
4 9 (12.68%) Fortinet
5 8 (11.27%) Zscaler
6 7 (9.86%) HP
6 7 (9.86%) Microsoft
7 5 (7.04%) CheckPoint
7 5 (7.04%) Palo Alto
8 3 (4.23%) Dynatrace
8 3 (4.23%) ServiceNow
8 3 (4.23%) VMware
9 2 (2.82%) Arista
10 1 (1.41%) CrowdStrike
10 1 (1.41%) SonicWALL
10 1 (1.41%) Veeam