Cisco Network Specialist Job Trends

Cisco Network Specialist
UK

The median Cisco Network Specialist salary in the UK is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 July 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 770 - 829
Rank change year-on-year - - +9
Permanent jobs requiring a Cisco Network Specialist 7 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.007% - 0.001%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% - 0.001%
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile £86,250 - -
25th Percentile - - £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 - £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.54%
75th Percentile - - £58,750
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

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 95,592 44,533 83,697
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.36% 90.08% 94.76%
Number of salaries quoted 65,383 26,478 58,009
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% - -5.66%

Cisco Network Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Cisco Network Specialist job vacancy trend in the UK

Cisco Network Specialist
Salary Trend

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

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

Cisco Network Specialist
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 Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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 - 7 £90,000 - 3
London - 6 £90,000 - 3
South West - 1 - -
UK excluding London - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 27 July 2026, Cisco Network Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Cisco
2 2 (28.57%) Ansible
2 2 (28.57%) Aruba
2 2 (28.57%) AWS
2 2 (28.57%) Azure
2 2 (28.57%) BGP
2 2 (28.57%) CCNP
2 2 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (28.57%) Cisco Firepower
2 2 (28.57%) Cisco ISE
2 2 (28.57%) Cisco Wireless
2 2 (28.57%) EIGRP
2 2 (28.57%) Firmware
2 2 (28.57%) FortiGate
2 2 (28.57%) HSRP
2 2 (28.57%) NGFW
2 2 (28.57%) OSPF
2 2 (28.57%) Problem Management
2 2 (28.57%) Python
2 2 (28.57%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (28.57%) SD-WAN
2 2 (28.57%) VLAN
2 2 (28.57%) VRRP
2 2 (28.57%) WAN
2 2 (28.57%) Wireless
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
3 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (14.29%) Firewall
3 1 (14.29%) Mentoring

Cisco Network Specialist 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 2 (28.57%) AWS
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) BGP
1 2 (28.57%) Cisco Firepower
1 2 (28.57%) Cisco ISE
1 2 (28.57%) Cisco Wireless
1 2 (28.57%) EIGRP
1 2 (28.57%) HSRP
1 2 (28.57%) NGFW
1 2 (28.57%) OSPF
1 2 (28.57%) SD-WAN
1 2 (28.57%) VLAN
1 2 (28.57%) VRRP
1 2 (28.57%) WAN
1 2 (28.57%) Wireless
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (14.29%) Firewall
2 1 (14.29%) Network Security
General
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Problem Management
1 2 (28.57%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
2 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) CCNP
1 2 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Ansible
1 2 (28.57%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco
2 2 (28.57%) Aruba
3 1 (14.29%) Palo Alto