Cisco Engineer Job Trends

Cisco Engineer
UK

The median Cisco Engineer salary in the UK is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 June 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 662 610 796
Rank change year-on-year -52 +186 -20
Permanent jobs requiring a Cisco Engineer 81 56 104
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.086% 0.12% 0.095%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.092% 0.14% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 60 40 95
10th Percentile £47,500 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £52,188 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,500 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.96% +23.47% -5.77%
75th Percentile £79,375 £67,500 £61,875
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,250 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - +22.22% -10.00%

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 88,240 40,152 103,220
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.99% 89.52% 94.75%
Number of salaries quoted 60,505 22,772 74,561
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,869 £38,620
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,474 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 19 June 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 19 June 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 -52 81 £57,500 -4.96% 7
London -5 52 £75,000 +10.29% 2
UK excluding London -60 29 £55,000 - 13
Work from Home +7 19 £57,500 -9.80% 6
North of England -11 19 £55,000 - 3
North West - 19 £55,000 - 2
West Midlands -8 6 £55,500 -38.33% 2
Midlands -22 6 £55,500 -14.62% 2
South East -32 2 £80,000 +84.97% 2
South West -58 2 £47,500 -26.92%

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

For the 6 months to 19 June 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 81 (100.00%) Cisco
2 57 (70.37%) Firewall
3 42 (51.85%) WAN
4 41 (50.62%) LAN
5 35 (43.21%) Cisco Certification
6 34 (41.98%) Azure
7 29 (35.80%) Wi-Fi
8 28 (34.57%) Network Security
9 27 (33.33%) Fortinet
10 26 (32.10%) CCNP
11 25 (30.86%) CCNA
12 24 (29.63%) SD-WAN
13 21 (25.93%) Aruba
13 21 (25.93%) Juniper
13 21 (25.93%) Meraki
13 21 (25.93%) VPN
14 18 (22.22%) SolarWinds
15 17 (20.99%) AWS
16 16 (19.75%) Cisco ISE
16 16 (19.75%) Degree
16 16 (19.75%) Network Segmentation
17 15 (18.52%) BGP
17 15 (18.52%) CheckPoint
17 15 (18.52%) Cisco ASA
17 15 (18.52%) Cisco Firepower
17 15 (18.52%) Presales
18 13 (16.05%) FortiGate
18 13 (16.05%) OSPF
19 12 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
20 10 (12.35%) Azure Certification

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 (2.47%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 34 (41.98%) Azure
2 17 (20.99%) AWS
3 9 (11.11%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 9 (11.11%) Azure Monitor
4 7 (8.64%) AWS Direct Connect
4 7 (8.64%) SaaS
4 7 (8.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 3 (3.70%) Entra ID
6 2 (2.47%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.47%) OneDrive
7 1 (1.23%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.23%) GCP
7 1 (1.23%) Mimecast
7 1 (1.23%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 57 (70.37%) Firewall
2 42 (51.85%) WAN
3 41 (50.62%) LAN
4 29 (35.80%) Wi-Fi
5 28 (34.57%) Network Security
6 24 (29.63%) SD-WAN
7 21 (25.93%) VPN
8 16 (19.75%) Cisco ISE
9 15 (18.52%) BGP
9 15 (18.52%) Cisco ASA
9 15 (18.52%) Cisco Firepower
10 13 (16.05%) OSPF
11 10 (12.35%) Wireless
12 9 (11.11%) MPLS
13 8 (9.88%) IPsec
13 8 (9.88%) VXLAN
13 8 (9.88%) WLAN
14 7 (8.64%) NetScaler
14 7 (8.64%) NX-OS
15 5 (6.17%) Cisco Nexus
Development Applications
1 2 (2.47%) Git
General
1 17 (20.99%) Social Skills
2 15 (18.52%) Presentation Skills
3 11 (13.58%) Finance
4 7 (8.64%) Telecoms
5 5 (6.17%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.47%) Legal
7 1 (1.23%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.47%) Jinja
1 2 (2.47%) NETCONF
1 2 (2.47%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 16 (19.75%) Data Centre
2 8 (9.88%) Management Information System
3 7 (8.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (2.47%) Social Media
5 1 (1.23%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (1.23%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.23%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.23%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.23%) Windows
1 1 (1.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (19.75%) Network Segmentation
2 15 (18.52%) Presales
3 12 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (12.35%) High Availability
4 10 (12.35%) Incident Response
4 10 (12.35%) Network Architecture
4 10 (12.35%) Network Monitoring
5 9 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 9 (11.11%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 9 (11.11%) Zero Trust
6 8 (9.88%) Runbook
7 7 (8.64%) Cloud Security
7 7 (8.64%) Computer Science
7 7 (8.64%) Kalman Filter
7 7 (8.64%) Network Design
7 7 (8.64%) Process Improvement
8 4 (4.94%) Information Management
9 3 (3.70%) Cybersecurity
9 3 (3.70%) Security Operations
9 3 (3.70%) Threat Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.47%) Python
Qualifications
1 35 (43.21%) Cisco Certification
2 26 (32.10%) CCNP
3 25 (30.86%) CCNA
4 16 (19.75%) Degree
5 10 (12.35%) Azure Certification
6 9 (11.11%) JNCIA
7 8 (9.88%) CCIE
8 7 (8.64%) CCSA
8 7 (8.64%) CCSE
8 7 (8.64%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (6.17%) DBS Check
9 5 (6.17%) Security Cleared
10 4 (4.94%) SC Cleared
11 1 (1.23%) CISSP
11 1 (1.23%) CREST Certified
11 1 (1.23%) DV Cleared
11 1 (1.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (12.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (12.35%) NIST
2 9 (11.11%) GDPR
3 1 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 1 (1.23%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (3.70%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.47%) VMware NSX
3 1 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (16.05%) FortiGate
2 9 (11.11%) Cisco Prime
3 2 (2.47%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.23%) Ansible
4 1 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.23%) Terraform
Vendors
1 81 (100.00%) Cisco
2 27 (33.33%) Fortinet
3 21 (25.93%) Aruba
3 21 (25.93%) Juniper
3 21 (25.93%) Meraki
4 18 (22.22%) SolarWinds
5 15 (18.52%) CheckPoint
6 10 (12.35%) Palo Alto
7 8 (9.88%) Dynatrace
7 8 (9.88%) ServiceNow
8 3 (3.70%) Microsoft
9 2 (2.47%) VMware
10 1 (1.23%) CrowdStrike
10 1 (1.23%) Ekahau
10 1 (1.23%) SonicWALL
10 1 (1.23%) Zscaler