Cisco Engineer Contract Job Trends in England

Cisco Engineer
UK > England

The median Cisco Engineer daily rate in England is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 July 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 518 424 444
Rank change year-on-year -94 +20 +46
Contract jobs requiring a Cisco Engineer 107 88 103
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.24% 0.32% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.35% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 67 51
10th Percentile £385 £353 £380
25th Percentile £445 £441 £471
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £563
90th Percentile £575 £610 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £492 £510
% change year-on-year +1.63% -3.53% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £35.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £35.00 -

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 41,736 25,175 31,921
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.58% 91.76% 92.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,423 16,354 21,069
10th Percentile £328 £288 £300
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,036 1,281 2,006
10th Percentile £16.00 £13.75 £13.86
25th Percentile £22.42 £17.79 £19.25
Median hourly rate £45.25 £26.30 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +72.05% -38.84% -1.71%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.49 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.60 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.50 £25.15 £42.03
% change year-on-year +72.96% -40.16% -2.97%

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 28 July 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 28 July 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
North of England -47 42 £490 +1.03% 4
West Midlands -20 39 £425 -19.05% 1
Midlands -24 39 £425 -24.44% 2
North West -14 38 £475 -0.52% 2
London -76 29 £500 +4.44% 4
South East -62 19 £550 - 4
South West -39 4 £565 +13.00%
Yorkshire -47 4 £495 +2.11% 2
East of England - 3 £500 -
Cisco Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 28 July 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.

1 107 (100.00%) Cisco
2 62 (57.94%) BGP
3 41 (38.32%) F5
3 41 (38.32%) Multicast
3 41 (38.32%) VPN
4 39 (36.45%) DNS
5 38 (35.51%) Firewall
5 38 (35.51%) Load Balancing
6 36 (33.64%) DMZ
7 30 (28.04%) WAN
8 25 (23.36%) LAN
9 24 (22.43%) Cisco Certification
9 24 (22.43%) Wireless
10 23 (21.50%) CCNP
11 19 (17.76%) OSPF
12 18 (16.82%) Security Cleared
13 16 (14.95%) SC Cleared
14 15 (14.02%) Aruba
14 15 (14.02%) Juniper
14 15 (14.02%) Palo Alto
15 13 (12.15%) Cisco ISE
15 13 (12.15%) VLAN
16 12 (11.21%) SD-WAN
16 12 (11.21%) Wi-Fi
17 11 (10.28%) Azure
18 9 (8.41%) CCIE
18 9 (8.41%) Cisco Wireless
19 8 (7.48%) Network Security
19 8 (7.48%) VMware
19 8 (7.48%) VMware Infrastructure

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 1 (0.93%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.87%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (10.28%) Azure
2 4 (3.74%) AWS
3 3 (2.80%) GCP
4 2 (1.87%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (0.93%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.93%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 62 (57.94%) BGP
2 41 (38.32%) Multicast
2 41 (38.32%) VPN
3 39 (36.45%) DNS
4 38 (35.51%) Firewall
5 36 (33.64%) DMZ
6 30 (28.04%) WAN
7 25 (23.36%) LAN
8 24 (22.43%) Wireless
9 19 (17.76%) OSPF
10 13 (12.15%) Cisco ISE
10 13 (12.15%) VLAN
11 12 (11.21%) SD-WAN
11 12 (11.21%) Wi-Fi
12 9 (8.41%) Cisco Wireless
13 8 (7.48%) Network Security
14 7 (6.54%) Cisco IOS
14 7 (6.54%) IPsec
14 7 (6.54%) VXLAN
15 6 (5.61%) WLAN
General
1 18 (16.82%) Banking
2 17 (15.89%) Social Skills
3 16 (14.95%) Investment Banking
4 6 (5.61%) Finance
5 5 (4.67%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (2.80%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (2.80%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.87%) Military
8 1 (0.93%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.93%) Police
8 1 (0.93%) Polish Language
8 1 (0.93%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.54%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 16 (14.95%) Data Centre
2 4 (3.74%) Security Posture
3 3 (2.80%) Digital Signage
4 2 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.93%) BYOD
5 1 (0.93%) Hedge funds
5 1 (0.93%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.93%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.93%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.93%) SCADA
5 1 (0.93%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.93%) Windows
1 1 (0.93%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (35.51%) Load Balancing
2 7 (6.54%) Collaborative Working
2 7 (6.54%) ITIL
2 7 (6.54%) Project Delivery
3 6 (5.61%) User Experience
4 5 (4.67%) Computer Science
4 5 (4.67%) ITSM
4 5 (4.67%) Migration
4 5 (4.67%) Validation
5 4 (3.74%) Change Control
5 4 (3.74%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (3.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 4 (3.74%) Kalman Filter
6 3 (2.80%) High Availability
6 3 (2.80%) Impact Assessments
6 3 (2.80%) Low Latency
6 3 (2.80%) Operational Stability
6 3 (2.80%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (2.80%) Use Case
6 3 (2.80%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.74%) Python
2 3 (2.80%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 24 (22.43%) Cisco Certification
2 23 (21.50%) CCNP
3 18 (16.82%) Security Cleared
4 16 (14.95%) SC Cleared
5 9 (8.41%) CCIE
6 7 (6.54%) CCNA
6 7 (6.54%) Degree
7 6 (5.61%) DV Cleared
8 5 (4.67%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (2.80%) CCIE Security
10 1 (0.93%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.93%) CCIE Wireless
10 1 (0.93%) CCNA CyberOps
10 1 (0.93%) CWDP
10 1 (0.93%) CWNA
10 1 (0.93%) CWNE
10 1 (0.93%) CWSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (0.93%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (7.48%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (5.61%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.80%) Firmware
4 2 (1.87%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (3.74%) FortiGate
2 3 (2.80%) Ansible
2 3 (2.80%) Cisco Prime
2 3 (2.80%) Grafana
2 3 (2.80%) Prometheus
2 3 (2.80%) Terraform
3 1 (0.93%) Nessus
3 1 (0.93%) SCCM
3 1 (0.93%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 107 (100.00%) Cisco
2 41 (38.32%) F5
3 15 (14.02%) Aruba
3 15 (14.02%) Juniper
3 15 (14.02%) Palo Alto
4 8 (7.48%) VMware
5 5 (4.67%) Fortinet
5 5 (4.67%) Microsoft
5 5 (4.67%) ServiceNow
6 4 (3.74%) Arista
6 4 (3.74%) Meraki
7 3 (2.80%) CheckPoint
7 3 (2.80%) Citrix
7 3 (2.80%) Zscaler
8 2 (1.87%) HP
9 1 (0.93%) Dell
9 1 (0.93%) Google
9 1 (0.93%) Infoblox
9 1 (0.93%) Qualys
9 1 (0.93%) Remedy