Cisco Engineer Contract Job Trends in England

Cisco Engineer
UK > England

The median Cisco Engineer daily rate in England is £481, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 February 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 502 416 442
Rank change year-on-year -86 +26 +150
Contract jobs requiring a Cisco Engineer 71 66 106
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.20% 0.26% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.28% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 48 42
10th Percentile £303 £400 £258
25th Percentile £440 £458 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £488 £488
Median % change year-on-year -1.28% - -2.50%
75th Percentile £560 £531 £537
90th Percentile £575 £640 £725
UK median daily rate £470 £475 £488
% change year-on-year -1.05% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - £24.35
25th Percentile - - £24.50
Median hourly rate - - £30.00
75th Percentile - - £32.50
90th Percentile - - £53.50
UK median hourly rate - - £30.00
% change year-on-year - - -46.04%

All Contract IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 32,499 23,947 34,620
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.90% 92.94% 92.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,614 15,190 23,219
10th Percentile £306 £300 £270
25th Percentile £411 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £624 £638 £640
90th Percentile £725 £750 £748
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,088 723 2,142
10th Percentile £15.06 £16.25 £13.19
25th Percentile £18.89 £22.00 £16.30
Median hourly rate £34.38 £36.50 £34.38
Median % change year-on-year -5.80% +6.18% -14.06%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £74.68 £75.20 £71.70
UK median hourly rate £33.17 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -5.23% - -10.26%

Cisco Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Cisco Engineer' in the job title 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 jobs citing Cisco Engineer in England over the 6 months to 26 February 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 IT jobs citing Cisco Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 26 February 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
South East -13 31 £484 -10.00% 3
North West -7 28 £481 -3.75%
North of England -41 28 £481 -3.75%
West Midlands -31 21 - - 2
Midlands -34 21 - - 2
London -53 7 £455 -9.00% 10
South West -32 4 £650 +36.84% 1
East of England -18 1 £470 -
Cisco Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 February 2026, Cisco 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 England region featuring Cisco Engineer in the job title.

1 71 (100.00%) Cisco
2 38 (53.52%) Security Cleared
3 36 (50.70%) BGP
4 35 (49.30%) SC Cleared
5 25 (35.21%) CCNP
5 25 (35.21%) Cisco Certification
6 24 (33.80%) Firewall
7 22 (30.99%) DNS
8 17 (23.94%) F5
8 17 (23.94%) VPN
9 16 (22.54%) LAN
9 16 (22.54%) Palo Alto
10 15 (21.13%) WAN
11 14 (19.72%) DMZ
11 14 (19.72%) Load Balancing
11 14 (19.72%) Multicast
11 14 (19.72%) OSPF
11 14 (19.72%) Wireless
12 13 (18.31%) Aruba
12 13 (18.31%) IPsec
13 12 (16.90%) CCNA
13 12 (16.90%) Juniper
14 11 (15.49%) Cisco ISE
14 11 (15.49%) Collaborative Working
15 10 (14.08%) Project Delivery
15 10 (14.08%) VXLAN
16 9 (12.68%) Structured Cabling
17 8 (11.27%) CheckPoint
17 8 (11.27%) Cisco Wireless
17 8 (11.27%) Degree

Cisco Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 7 (9.86%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (9.86%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.82%) Azure
2 1 (1.41%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 36 (50.70%) BGP
2 24 (33.80%) Firewall
3 22 (30.99%) DNS
4 17 (23.94%) VPN
5 16 (22.54%) LAN
6 15 (21.13%) WAN
7 14 (19.72%) DMZ
7 14 (19.72%) Multicast
7 14 (19.72%) OSPF
7 14 (19.72%) Wireless
8 13 (18.31%) IPsec
9 11 (15.49%) Cisco ISE
10 10 (14.08%) VXLAN
11 9 (12.68%) Structured Cabling
12 8 (11.27%) Cisco Wireless
13 7 (9.86%) DHCP
13 7 (9.86%) NX-OS
13 7 (9.86%) VLAN
14 6 (8.45%) Cisco Nexus
15 5 (7.04%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (1.41%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 15 (21.13%) Banking
1 15 (21.13%) Investment Banking
1 15 (21.13%) Social Skills
2 9 (12.68%) Documentation Skills
3 6 (8.45%) Manufacturing
4 5 (7.04%) Finance
5 3 (4.23%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (4.23%) Electronics
5 3 (4.23%) Marketing
5 3 (4.23%) Public Sector
5 3 (4.23%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.41%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.63%) 802.1X
2 2 (2.82%) XMPP
3 1 (1.41%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 27 (38.03%) Data Centre
2 3 (4.23%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (2.82%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.82%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (1.41%) BYOD
4 1 (1.41%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.41%) PKI
4 1 (1.41%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (19.72%) Load Balancing
2 11 (15.49%) Collaborative Working
3 10 (14.08%) Project Delivery
4 7 (9.86%) User Experience
5 5 (7.04%) Incident Management
6 4 (5.63%) Network Monitoring
7 3 (4.23%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (4.23%) Change Management
7 3 (4.23%) Digital Marketing
7 3 (4.23%) Network Management
7 3 (4.23%) Programme Management
8 2 (2.82%) Computer Science
8 2 (2.82%) Customer Requirements
8 2 (2.82%) Deep Packet Inspection
8 2 (2.82%) Escalation Management
8 2 (2.82%) ITIL
8 2 (2.82%) Problem Management
8 2 (2.82%) Root Cause Analysis
8 2 (2.82%) Technical Leadership
9 1 (1.41%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 7 (9.86%) Lisp
2 2 (2.82%) Python
3 1 (1.41%) Bash
3 1 (1.41%) C++
3 1 (1.41%) Perl
Qualifications
1 38 (53.52%) Security Cleared
2 35 (49.30%) SC Cleared
3 25 (35.21%) CCNP
3 25 (35.21%) Cisco Certification
4 12 (16.90%) CCNA
5 8 (11.27%) Degree
6 7 (9.86%) DV Cleared
7 2 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.41%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.41%) JNCIA
8 1 (1.41%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.82%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (4.23%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.82%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (11.27%) FortiGate
2 1 (1.41%) Ansible
2 1 (1.41%) Terraform
Vendors
1 71 (100.00%) Cisco
2 17 (23.94%) F5
3 16 (22.54%) Palo Alto
4 13 (18.31%) Aruba
5 12 (16.90%) Juniper
6 8 (11.27%) CheckPoint
7 7 (9.86%) Ekahau
7 7 (9.86%) Remedy
7 7 (9.86%) ServiceNow
8 6 (8.45%) Microsoft
9 3 (4.23%) Meraki
9 3 (4.23%) SAP
10 1 (1.41%) Commvault
10 1 (1.41%) EMC
10 1 (1.41%) Fortinet
10 1 (1.41%) Isilon
10 1 (1.41%) Qualys