Cisco Network Design Engineer Job Trends

Cisco Network Design Engineer
UK

The median Cisco Network Design Engineer salary in the UK is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 February 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 656 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Cisco Network Design Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.002% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.002% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - -
75th Percentile £77,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 - -

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 58,000 47,786 67,491
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.88% 92.14% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 36,092 24,542 52,929
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,750 £28,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £40,000
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 £79,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,439 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.15% +8.88% -4.76%

Cisco Network Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Cisco Network Design Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Cisco Network Design Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Cisco Network Design Engineer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Cisco Network Design Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Cisco Network Design Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Cisco Network Design Engineer
Top 4 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Network Design Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
North West - 1 £75,000 - 1
England - 1 £75,000 - 2
UK excluding London - 1 £75,000 - 2
North of England - 1 £75,000 - 1

Cisco Network Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 February 2026, Cisco Network Design 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 Network Design Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Aruba
1 1 (100.00%) Broadband
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (100.00%) Ekahau
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Thought Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) WebEx
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless

Cisco Network Design 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Broadband
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) WebEx
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Thought Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Aruba
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Ekahau
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft