Cisco Network Engineer Job Trends

Cisco Network Engineer
UK

The median Cisco Network Engineer salary in the UK is £55,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 602 658 641
Rank change year-on-year +56 -17 +266
Permanent jobs requiring a Cisco Network Engineer 51 41 80
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.085% 0.077% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.094% 0.082% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 28 34 71
10th Percentile £39,750 £48,900 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £69,375 £85,938 £76,250
90th Percentile £77,200 £95,000 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,500 £55,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +0.91% +29.41% -15.00%

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 54,426 49,714 53,040
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.72% 92.90% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 33,710 25,743 40,880
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,625 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,609 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.96% +5.22% -5.25%

Cisco Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Cisco Network Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Cisco Network Engineer
Salary Trend

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

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

Cisco Network Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco Network Engineer over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Cisco Network Engineer in the UK

Cisco Network Engineer
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Network Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 14 January 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 +75 51 £55,500 -7.50% 7
London +56 30 £64,500 +7.50%
UK excluding London +68 21 £55,500 +0.91% 7
Work from Home +51 13 £80,000 +33.33% 3
West Midlands +32 12 £55,500 +5.71% 3
Midlands +31 12 £55,500 +0.91% 3
South East +40 9 £42,500 -29.17% 3

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

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Cisco Network 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 Engineer in the job title.

1 51 (100.00%) Cisco
2 42 (82.35%) Firewall
3 31 (60.78%) WAN
4 29 (56.86%) CCNP
4 29 (56.86%) Cisco Certification
5 25 (49.02%) LAN
6 23 (45.10%) Azure
7 20 (39.22%) AWS
7 20 (39.22%) Fortinet
7 20 (39.22%) High Availability
7 20 (39.22%) SD-WAN
8 19 (37.25%) Wi-Fi
9 16 (31.37%) BGP
9 16 (31.37%) CheckPoint
9 16 (31.37%) Cisco ASA
9 16 (31.37%) Cisco Firepower
9 16 (31.37%) FortiGate
10 15 (29.41%) Meraki
11 13 (25.49%) OSPF
11 13 (25.49%) SolarWinds
12 12 (23.53%) CCIE
12 12 (23.53%) CCNA
12 12 (23.53%) Computer Science
12 12 (23.53%) Degree
13 11 (21.57%) CCSA
13 11 (21.57%) CCSE
13 11 (21.57%) Computer Science Degree
13 11 (21.57%) Process Improvement
13 11 (21.57%) VPN
14 10 (19.61%) Cisco ISE

Cisco Network 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 (1.96%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 23 (45.10%) Azure
2 20 (39.22%) AWS
3 6 (11.76%) AWS Direct Connect
4 5 (9.80%) SaaS
4 5 (9.80%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 3 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.96%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (1.96%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 42 (82.35%) Firewall
2 31 (60.78%) WAN
3 25 (49.02%) LAN
4 20 (39.22%) SD-WAN
5 19 (37.25%) Wi-Fi
6 16 (31.37%) BGP
6 16 (31.37%) Cisco ASA
6 16 (31.37%) Cisco Firepower
7 13 (25.49%) OSPF
8 11 (21.57%) VPN
9 10 (19.61%) Cisco ISE
10 9 (17.65%) IPsec
10 9 (17.65%) MPLS
11 8 (15.69%) VLAN
12 6 (11.76%) Network Security
12 6 (11.76%) Wireless
13 5 (9.80%) NetScaler
13 5 (9.80%) NX-OS
13 5 (9.80%) VXLAN
13 5 (9.80%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 2 (3.92%) Git
General
1 11 (21.57%) Finance
2 8 (15.69%) Public Sector
2 8 (15.69%) Social Skills
3 3 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (3.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (3.92%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.96%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.96%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.92%) Jinja
1 2 (3.92%) NETCONF
1 2 (3.92%) YANG
2 1 (1.96%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 19 (37.25%) Data Centre
2 11 (21.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 5 (9.80%) Management Information System
4 3 (5.88%) Cloud Native
4 3 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (5.88%) Driving Licence
5 2 (3.92%) Social Media
6 1 (1.96%) e-Health
6 1 (1.96%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.96%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (39.22%) High Availability
2 12 (23.53%) Computer Science
3 11 (21.57%) Process Improvement
4 7 (13.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 5 (9.80%) Cloud Security
5 5 (9.80%) Kalman Filter
5 5 (9.80%) Migration
5 5 (9.80%) Network Segmentation
5 5 (9.80%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (9.80%) Runbook
5 5 (9.80%) Zero Trust
6 4 (7.84%) Mentoring
7 3 (5.88%) Agile
7 3 (5.88%) Change Control
7 3 (5.88%) Collaborative Working
7 3 (5.88%) Data Protection
7 3 (5.88%) DevOps
7 3 (5.88%) ITIL
7 3 (5.88%) Network Design
7 3 (5.88%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.92%) Python
Qualifications
1 29 (56.86%) CCNP
1 29 (56.86%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (23.53%) CCIE
2 12 (23.53%) CCNA
2 12 (23.53%) Degree
3 11 (21.57%) CCSA
3 11 (21.57%) CCSE
3 11 (21.57%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (17.65%) SC Cleared
4 9 (17.65%) Security Cleared
5 4 (7.84%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.96%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.96%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.96%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (5.88%) Firmware
1 3 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.96%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (31.37%) FortiGate
2 3 (5.88%) Dell DRAC
2 3 (5.88%) Terraform
3 1 (1.96%) CA Spectrum
Vendors
1 51 (100.00%) Cisco
2 20 (39.22%) Fortinet
3 16 (31.37%) CheckPoint
4 15 (29.41%) Meraki
5 13 (25.49%) SolarWinds
6 8 (15.69%) Palo Alto
7 7 (13.73%) Dynatrace
7 7 (13.73%) ServiceNow
8 4 (7.84%) Draytek
8 4 (7.84%) Sophos
8 4 (7.84%) Zscaler
9 3 (5.88%) Dell
9 3 (5.88%) Forcepoint
9 3 (5.88%) Juniper
9 3 (5.88%) Microsoft
9 3 (5.88%) VMware
10 2 (3.92%) F5
11 1 (1.96%) Aruba