Cisco Contract Job Trends in the East of England

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England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 10 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
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 53 49
Rank change year-on-year -9 -4 -12
Contract jobs citing Cisco 61 36 44
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 2.54% 2.69% 2.98%
As % of the Vendors category 6.50% 5.50% 6.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 12 20
10th Percentile £188 £263 £268
25th Percentile £410 £291 £298
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £445 £513
Median % change year-on-year +12.36% -13.17% +18.50%
75th Percentile £750 £700 £573
90th Percentile £825 - £581
England median daily rate £495 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 6
10th Percentile £66.25 £24.05 -
25th Percentile - £29.00 -
Median hourly rate £68.75 £30.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +129.17% +50.00% +41.24%
75th Percentile - £57.50 £20.42
90th Percentile - £86.30 £24.66
England median hourly rate £59.63 £30.00 £23.99
% change year-on-year +98.75% +25.05% -49.49%

All Vendors
East of England

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 East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 939 654 644
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 39.08% 48.81% 43.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 413 336 275
10th Percentile £188 £213 £240
25th Percentile £350 £405 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £605 £588 £575
90th Percentile £737 £679 £650
England median daily rate £515 £507 £525
% change year-on-year +1.58% -3.43% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 226 103 160
10th Percentile £14.22 £15.51 £14.40
25th Percentile £16.81 £16.70 £15.62
Median hourly rate £31.96 £20.75 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year +54.04% +27.85% -62.69%
75th Percentile £65.00 £58.25 £51.25
90th Percentile £72.38 £65.00 £65.25
England median hourly rate £25.75 £25.08 £35.00
% change year-on-year +2.69% -28.36% -20.18%

Cisco
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Cisco job vacancy trend in the East of England

Cisco
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Cisco.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Cisco

Cisco
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco in the East of England over the 6 months to 10 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco in the East of England

Cisco
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Cisco.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Cisco

Cisco
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco within the East of England region over the 6 months to 10 October 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire 0 30 £775 +10.71% 39
Essex - 15 £488 - 12
Cambridgeshire +5 11 £423 -5.06% 10
Bedfordshire -12 3 £510 +436.84% 5
Norfolk -6 1 - - 4
Suffolk -23 1 - - 4
Cisco
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 13 (21.31%) CMS
2 4 (6.56%) OpenStack
3 1 (1.64%) Confluence
3 1 (1.64%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (3.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (3.28%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 6 (9.84%) Azure
1 6 (9.84%) Entra ID
2 3 (4.92%) AWS
3 2 (3.28%) GCP
3 2 (3.28%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (3.28%) OpenShift
4 1 (1.64%) AWS Direct Connect
4 1 (1.64%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (1.64%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (1.64%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 24 (39.34%) LAN
2 18 (29.51%) BGP
3 17 (27.87%) WAN
4 16 (26.23%) Wireless
5 15 (24.59%) Firewall
5 15 (24.59%) Network Security
6 14 (22.95%) Cisco ISE
6 14 (22.95%) TCP/IP
7 13 (21.31%) H.323
7 13 (21.31%) OSPF
8 11 (18.03%) WLAN
9 9 (14.75%) HSRP
9 9 (14.75%) VRRP
10 8 (13.11%) HTTP
10 8 (13.11%) SSL
11 7 (11.48%) Unified Communications
12 6 (9.84%) WebEx
13 5 (8.20%) IP Telephony
14 4 (6.56%) MPLS
14 4 (6.56%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.28%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (1.64%) Git
1 1 (1.64%) JIRA
General
1 15 (24.59%) Social Skills
2 6 (9.84%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (4.92%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (3.28%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.64%) Aerospace
5 1 (1.64%) Law
5 1 (1.64%) Legal
5 1 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.64%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (1.64%) Publishing
5 1 (1.64%) Retail
Job Titles
1 29 (47.54%) Network Engineer
2 12 (19.67%) Senior
3 11 (18.03%) Lead
4 10 (16.39%) Team Leader
5 8 (13.11%) Senior Network Engineer
6 7 (11.48%) Cisco Engineer
6 7 (11.48%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
7 6 (9.84%) Support Engineer
8 5 (8.20%) Architect
8 5 (8.20%) IT Engineer
8 5 (8.20%) IT Support
8 5 (8.20%) IT Support Engineer
8 5 (8.20%) Network Team Leader
8 5 (8.20%) Telephony Engineer
8 5 (8.20%) Video Conferencing Engineer
9 3 (4.92%) Firewall Architect
9 3 (4.92%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
9 3 (4.92%) Solutions Architect
10 2 (3.28%) Analyst
10 2 (3.28%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (21.31%) XMPP
2 3 (4.92%) 802.1X
2 3 (4.92%) Terraform
3 2 (3.28%) NETCONF
3 2 (3.28%) OpenConfig
3 2 (3.28%) RESTCONF
3 2 (3.28%) YANG
4 1 (1.64%) ModSecurity
4 1 (1.64%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 23 (37.70%) Video Conferencing
2 7 (11.48%) Data Centre
2 7 (11.48%) Onboarding
2 7 (11.48%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (6.56%) Algorithms
3 4 (6.56%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (4.92%) Private Cloud
4 3 (4.92%) Public Cloud
5 2 (3.28%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (3.28%) CMDB
6 1 (1.64%) BYOD
6 1 (1.64%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.64%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (1.64%) NHS
6 1 (1.64%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.64%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 16 (26.23%) Windows
2 10 (16.39%) Windows Server
3 9 (14.75%) Linux
4 8 (13.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (6.56%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.64%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (16.39%) Project Delivery
2 8 (13.11%) Risk Analysis
3 7 (11.48%) Continuous Improvement
3 7 (11.48%) Knowledge Transfer
3 7 (11.48%) Migration
4 6 (9.84%) Document Management
4 6 (9.84%) Network Design
4 6 (9.84%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (8.20%) B2B
5 5 (8.20%) DevOps
5 5 (8.20%) Load Balancing
5 5 (8.20%) Problem Management
5 5 (8.20%) Roadmaps
5 5 (8.20%) Service Delivery
5 5 (8.20%) Validation
6 4 (6.56%) Root Cause Analysis
6 4 (6.56%) Security Architecture
6 4 (6.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (6.56%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (6.56%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.20%) Python
2 1 (1.64%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.64%) SQL
Qualifications
1 33 (54.10%) Security Cleared
2 25 (40.98%) Cisco Certification
3 20 (32.79%) CCNP
4 19 (31.15%) SC Cleared
5 11 (18.03%) CCNA
6 7 (11.48%) DV Cleared
7 4 (6.56%) CCIE
7 4 (6.56%) CCNP Voice
8 2 (3.28%) Degree
8 2 (3.28%) JNCIE
8 2 (3.28%) MCSE
8 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (1.64%) CWNA
9 1 (1.64%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (1.64%) JNCIP
9 1 (1.64%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.28%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.64%) NCSC
System Software
1 20 (32.79%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (18.03%) Active Directory
3 8 (13.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (21.31%) Cisco CUCM
2 8 (13.11%) Nagios
3 5 (8.20%) Ansible
4 1 (1.64%) FortiGate
4 1 (1.64%) Grafana
4 1 (1.64%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 24 (39.34%) VMware
2 11 (18.03%) Microsoft
3 10 (16.39%) SolarWinds
4 6 (9.84%) Fortinet
4 6 (9.84%) Juniper
4 6 (9.84%) Palo Alto
5 4 (6.56%) Aruba
6 3 (4.92%) Forcepoint
6 3 (4.92%) ServiceNow
7 2 (3.28%) Dell
7 2 (3.28%) F5
8 1 (1.64%) Barracuda Networks
8 1 (1.64%) Dynatrace
8 1 (1.64%) Google
8 1 (1.64%) Infoblox
8 1 (1.64%) LogicMonitor
8 1 (1.64%) Meraki
8 1 (1.64%) Veeam