Cisco Contract Job Trends in the City of London

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Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring knowledge or experience of Cisco products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cisco over the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Cisco Systems, Inc.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 80 56
Rank change year-on-year +6 -24 +30
Contract jobs citing Cisco 69 40 75
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 3.13% 2.30% 3.54%
As % of the Vendors category 6.87% 4.65% 8.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 29 47
10th Percentile £358 £316 £291
25th Percentile £400 £406 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% +16.67% -12.20%
75th Percentile £663 £563 £613
90th Percentile £745 £653 £664
Central London median daily rate £500 £525 £485
% change year-on-year -4.76% +8.34% +2.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £32.15 - £12.18
25th Percentile £36.88 £61.86 £13.56
Median hourly rate £45.50 £63.72 £16.75
Median % change year-on-year -28.59% +280.39% -77.67%
75th Percentile £53.88 £65.57 £19.56
90th Percentile £58.45 - £20.73
Central London median hourly rate £45.50 £63.72 £16.75
% change year-on-year -28.59% +280.39% -77.67%

All Vendors
City of London

Cisco falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,005 861 936
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 45.58% 49.48% 44.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 704 582 590
10th Percentile £331 £325 £340
25th Percentile £450 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £658 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £738 £750
Central London median daily rate £538 £538 £550
% change year-on-year - -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 12 14
10th Percentile £17.60 £19.82 £16.75
25th Percentile £19.00 £21.54 £22.13
Median hourly rate £23.16 £28.33 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.23% -43.35% +140.96%
75th Percentile £36.13 £58.50 £112.00
90th Percentile £54.10 £65.39 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £25.07 £28.33 £42.00
% change year-on-year -11.51% -32.56% +102.41%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cisco relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Cisco job vacancy trend in the City of London

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Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Cisco.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Cisco

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco in the City of London over the 6 months to 3 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco in the City of London

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Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Cisco.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Cisco

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the City of London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cisco in the City of London over the 6 months to 3 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Cisco in the City of London

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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 (1.45%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.45%) Monis
Cloud Services
1 19 (27.54%) Azure
2 11 (15.94%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (14.49%) AWS
4 4 (5.80%) GCP
5 3 (4.35%) OneDrive
6 2 (2.90%) Rubrik
7 1 (1.45%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (1.45%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (1.45%) Datadog
7 1 (1.45%) GitHub
7 1 (1.45%) Mimecast
7 1 (1.45%) OCI
7 1 (1.45%) OpenShift
7 1 (1.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 40 (57.97%) Firewall
2 19 (27.54%) BGP
3 18 (26.09%) VPN
4 16 (23.19%) Network Security
4 16 (23.19%) VLAN
5 15 (21.74%) WAN
6 14 (20.29%) Wireless
7 13 (18.84%) Multicast
8 12 (17.39%) DNS
9 11 (15.94%) LAN
10 10 (14.49%) Wi-Fi
11 8 (11.59%) DHCP
11 8 (11.59%) OSPF
11 8 (11.59%) SD-WAN
12 7 (10.14%) Cisco Wireless
13 5 (7.25%) Cisco ASA
13 5 (7.25%) Cisco Nexus
14 4 (5.80%) Internet
14 4 (5.80%) MPLS
14 4 (5.80%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.90%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.45%) ClickHouse
2 1 (1.45%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.45%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.45%) GitLab
General
1 26 (37.68%) Finance
2 13 (18.84%) Banking
3 10 (14.49%) Social Skills
4 4 (5.80%) Telecoms
5 3 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.90%) Financial Institution
6 2 (2.90%) Investment Banking
6 2 (2.90%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.45%) Law
Job Titles
1 30 (43.48%) Network Engineer
2 13 (18.84%) Architect
3 12 (17.39%) Network Architect
4 9 (13.04%) Cisco Engineer
4 9 (13.04%) Senior
5 8 (11.59%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 7 (10.14%) Implementation Engineer
6 7 (10.14%) Network Implementation Engineer
6 7 (10.14%) Network Security Architect
6 7 (10.14%) Security Architect
7 6 (8.70%) Senior Network Engineer
8 5 (7.25%) Firewall Engineer
8 5 (7.25%) Support Engineer
9 3 (4.35%) Audio Visual Engineer
9 3 (4.35%) Security Hacker
10 2 (2.90%) Cisco Architect
10 2 (2.90%) Cisco Network Architect
10 2 (2.90%) LAN Engineer
10 2 (2.90%) Lead
10 2 (2.90%) Storage Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.25%) Terraform
2 3 (4.35%) 802.1X
2 3 (4.35%) REST
3 1 (1.45%) .NET
3 1 (1.45%) .NET Core
3 1 (1.45%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.45%) Blazor
3 1 (1.45%) eBPF
3 1 (1.45%) JSON
3 1 (1.45%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (21.74%) Data Centre
2 8 (11.59%) Digital Signage
3 5 (7.25%) Video Conferencing
4 4 (5.80%) IoT
5 2 (2.90%) BYOD
5 2 (2.90%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.90%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.45%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (1.45%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.45%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (1.45%) Fat Client
6 1 (1.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (1.45%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.45%) PKI
6 1 (1.45%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.45%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 14 (20.29%) Windows
2 5 (7.25%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.90%) Linux
3 2 (2.90%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.45%) VMS
4 1 (1.45%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.45%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (1.45%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (1.45%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (15.94%) Project Delivery
2 10 (14.49%) Load Balancing
2 10 (14.49%) Migration
3 7 (10.14%) Infrastructure as Code
3 7 (10.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (10.14%) Use Case
3 7 (10.14%) Validation
4 6 (8.70%) High Availability
4 6 (8.70%) Incident Response
4 6 (8.70%) Network Segmentation
5 5 (7.25%) Change Control
5 5 (7.25%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (7.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 5 (7.25%) ITIL
5 5 (7.25%) Low Latency
5 5 (7.25%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (7.25%) Zero Trust
6 4 (5.80%) Mentoring
6 4 (5.80%) Network Virtualisation
6 4 (5.80%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 7 (10.14%) Python
2 3 (4.35%) SQL
3 2 (2.90%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.45%) R
Qualifications
1 16 (23.19%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (17.39%) CCNP
3 9 (13.04%) CCIE
4 5 (7.25%) CCNA
5 2 (2.90%) CCIE Security
5 2 (2.90%) Degree
5 2 (2.90%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.45%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.45%) CCIE Routing and Switching
6 1 (1.45%) CCSP
6 1 (1.45%) CISSP
6 1 (1.45%) CWNA
6 1 (1.45%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.45%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (1.45%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.90%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (2.90%) QA
2 1 (1.45%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 9 (13.04%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (11.59%) Active Directory
3 3 (4.35%) VMware NSX
4 2 (2.90%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (2.90%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.45%) Docker
5 1 (1.45%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 7 (10.14%) Cisco Prime
1 7 (10.14%) FortiGate
2 6 (8.70%) Ansible
3 3 (4.35%) SCCM
4 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (2.90%) Nessus
4 2 (2.90%) vCenter Server
5 1 (1.45%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (1.45%) EMC NetWorker
5 1 (1.45%) Grafana
5 1 (1.45%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.45%) PowerCLI
5 1 (1.45%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 15 (21.74%) Palo Alto
2 13 (18.84%) Fortinet
2 13 (18.84%) Microsoft
3 12 (17.39%) F5
4 11 (15.94%) VMware
5 8 (11.59%) Arista
5 8 (11.59%) Meraki
6 5 (7.25%) CheckPoint
6 5 (7.25%) Citrix
6 5 (7.25%) ServiceNow
7 3 (4.35%) Infoblox
8 2 (2.90%) Autodesk
8 2 (2.90%) Bloomberg
8 2 (2.90%) EMC
8 2 (2.90%) Google
8 2 (2.90%) Isilon
8 2 (2.90%) Juniper
8 2 (2.90%) Red Hat
8 2 (2.90%) Reuters
8 2 (2.90%) Symantec