Cisco Network Engineer Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Cisco Network Engineer
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Cisco Network Engineer daily rate in Birmingham is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 67 68
Rank change year-on-year +4 +1 +18
Contract jobs requiring a Cisco Network Engineer 10 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 1.38% 0.14% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.54% 0.15% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £425 -
Median % change year-on-year +41.18% - -
West Midlands median daily rate £600 £425 -
% change year-on-year +41.18% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Birmingham with a recognized job title 649 653 684
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.39% 94.64% 93.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 428 448 466
10th Percentile £213 £190 £256
25th Percentile £363 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £461
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +8.40% -2.89%
75th Percentile £575 £613 £588
90th Percentile £638 £731 £675
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 15 20
10th Percentile £12.62 £17.33 £14.05
25th Percentile £13.09 £23.78 £15.41
Median hourly rate £17.85 £30.45 £43.02
Median % change year-on-year -41.40% -29.22% +126.42%
75th Percentile £25.00 £52.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £32.63 £56.45 £67.63
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.15 £23.82 £22.29
% change year-on-year +5.58% +6.86% +25.79%

Cisco Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Cisco Network Engineer job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Cisco Network Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cisco Network Engineer job vacancies in Birmingham.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cisco Network Engineer job vacancies in Birmingham

Cisco Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Cisco Network Engineer job vacancies in Birmingham.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Cisco Network Engineer job vacancies in Birmingham

Cisco Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 19 December 2025, Cisco Network Engineer contract 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 contract job ads across the Birmingham region featuring Cisco Network Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Cisco
2 8 (80.00%) BGP
2 8 (80.00%) DNS
3 7 (70.00%) CCNP
3 7 (70.00%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (70.00%) Cisco ISE
3 7 (70.00%) Cisco Wireless
3 7 (70.00%) DHCP
3 7 (70.00%) Ekahau
3 7 (70.00%) FortiGate
3 7 (70.00%) Lisp
3 7 (70.00%) MS Visio
3 7 (70.00%) NX-OS
3 7 (70.00%) Remedy
3 7 (70.00%) ServiceNow
3 7 (70.00%) SharePoint
3 7 (70.00%) User Experience
3 7 (70.00%) VXLAN
3 7 (70.00%) Wireless
4 2 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (20.00%) Juniper
4 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
5 1 (10.00%) DMZ
5 1 (10.00%) F5
5 1 (10.00%) Load Balancing
5 1 (10.00%) Multicast
5 1 (10.00%) VPN

Cisco Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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 7 (70.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (70.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 8 (80.00%) BGP
1 8 (80.00%) DNS
2 7 (70.00%) Cisco ISE
2 7 (70.00%) Cisco Wireless
2 7 (70.00%) DHCP
2 7 (70.00%) NX-OS
2 7 (70.00%) VXLAN
2 7 (70.00%) Wireless
3 1 (10.00%) DMZ
3 1 (10.00%) Multicast
3 1 (10.00%) VPN
General
1 8 (80.00%) Banking
1 8 (80.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 7 (70.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (10.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) User Experience
2 2 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (10.00%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 7 (70.00%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 7 (70.00%) CCNP
1 7 (70.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 7 (70.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Cisco
2 7 (70.00%) Ekahau
2 7 (70.00%) Remedy
2 7 (70.00%) ServiceNow
3 2 (20.00%) Juniper
4 1 (10.00%) F5