Cisco Engineer Contract Job Trends in England

Cisco Engineer
UK > England

The median Cisco Engineer daily rate in England is £490, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 534 452 414
Rank change year-on-year -82 -38 +64
Contract Cisco Engineer jobs 115 76 95
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.25% 0.27% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.29% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 54 50
10th Percentile £379 £326 £400
25th Percentile £413 £431 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £484 £505
Median % change year-on-year +1.29% -4.21% +12.22%
75th Percentile £550 £569 £641
90th Percentile £693 £600 £650
UK median daily rate £456 £478 £500
% change year-on-year -4.45% -4.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £58.13 £32.50 -
Median hourly rate £58.25 £35.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +66.43% - -
75th Percentile £58.38 £37.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £58.25 £35.00 -
% change year-on-year +66.43% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts in England matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
24 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract job adverts in England matching a recognised job title 42,799 25,986 29,380
% of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.76% 91.12% 93.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,211 16,704 17,944
10th Percentile £325 £280 £300
25th Percentile £425 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £512 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.64% -2.57% -2.78%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,838 1,490 1,174
10th Percentile £14.28 £13.85 £15.10
25th Percentile £19.78 £17.34 £21.25
Median hourly rate £41.71 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +65.84% -40.82% -6.69%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.94 £67.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.16 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +63.02% -37.13% -10.11%

Cisco Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Cisco Engineer job vacancy trend in England

Cisco Engineer Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cisco Engineer job vacancies in England

Cisco Engineer Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for Cisco Engineer jobs in England over the 6 months to 24 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco Engineer in England

Cisco Engineer Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Cisco Engineer job vacancies in England

Cisco Engineer Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in Cisco Engineer jobs within the England region over the 6 months to 24 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months		 Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
North of England -37 45 £458 -5.67% 9
London -88 38 £500 +11.11% 18
Midlands -17 32 £425 -29.17% 4
West Midlands -23 31 £425 -24.44%
North West -28 30 - - 2
Yorkshire -32 15 £458 -5.67% 2
East of England - 9 £775 - 6
South East -71 8 £340 -38.18% 4
South West -31 2 £525 -19.23% 4
East Midlands -16 1 £525 -19.23% 4
Cisco Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 24 October 2026, Cisco Engineer contract job ads cited 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 Cisco Engineer job ads across the England region.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Cisco100.0%115
2BGP38.3%44
3Firewall33.0%38
4WAN32.2%37
5VPN28.7%33
6LAN26.1%30
7Wireless24.3%28
8Multicast23.5%27
9Cisco Certification22.6%26
10F521.7%25
11DNS20.9%24
12Load Balancing20.0%23
13SD-WAN19.1%22
14CCNP18.3%21
15DMZ17.4%20
16OSPF15.7%18
17VLAN13.0%15
18Cisco ISE12.2%14
18MPLS12.2%14
18Palo Alto12.2%14
18Wi-Fi12.2%14
22Cisco Wireless11.3%13
22Security Cleared11.3%13
22VMware11.3%13
25Project Delivery10.4%12
25VMware Infrastructure10.4%12
27Aruba9.6%11
27Cisco IOS9.6%11
27WLAN9.6%11
30Arista8.7%10

Cisco Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Cisco Network Engineer80.0%92
2Senior Cisco Engineer20.0%23
3Senior Cisco Network Engineer17.4%20
4Cisco Security Engineer15.7%18
4Data Network Engineer15.7%18
4Network Security Engineer15.7%18
7WAN Engineer7.0%8
7Web Engineer7.0%8
9Network Implementation Engineer5.2%6
10Cisco Network Support Engineer4.3%5
10Telephony Engineer4.3%5
10Video Conferencing Engineer4.3%5
13Cisco Voice Engineer3.5%4
13Cisco Wireless Engineer3.5%4
13Juniper Engineer3.5%4
13Network Migration Engineer3.5%4
13PowerShell Engineer3.5%4
13Senior Core Network Engineer3.5%4
13Server Engineer3.5%4
13Switch Engineer3.5%4
47 Cisco Engineer jobs in England