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 16 August 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 508 429 423
Rank change year-on-year -79 -6 +73
Contract jobs requiring a Cisco Engineer 118 77 96
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.26% 0.28% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.30% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 57 49
10th Percentile £400 £345 £374
25th Percentile £441 £425 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £485 £513
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% -5.37% +5.13%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £575
90th Percentile £575 £600 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £484 £513
% change year-on-year +3.36% -5.61% +3.02%
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 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 42,419 25,455 30,840
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.50% 91.59% 92.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,676 16,439 20,225
10th Percentile £325 £281 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £627 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,186 1,350 1,784
10th Percentile £15.25 £13.50 £14.19
25th Percentile £21.25 £17.48 £21.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.23 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.48% -43.94% +8.04%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.00 £65.01
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +66.84% -41.51% +2.38%

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 16 August 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 16 August 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 -41 49 £490 +1.03% 4
Midlands -17 41 £425 -24.44% 3
North West -5 40 £475 -11.83% 3
West Midlands -18 40 £425 -19.05% 1
London -74 35 £500 +5.26% 10
South East -68 15 £550 - 1
Yorkshire -44 9 £495 +2.11% 1
South West -49 4 £565 +14.43%
East of England - 3 £500 -
East Midlands -21 1 £525 -19.23% 2
Cisco Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 August 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.

1 118 (100.00%) Cisco
2 60 (50.85%) BGP
3 43 (36.44%) VPN
4 41 (34.75%) F5
5 40 (33.90%) Firewall
5 40 (33.90%) Multicast
6 39 (33.05%) DNS
7 37 (31.36%) Load Balancing
8 36 (30.51%) DMZ
9 32 (27.12%) WAN
10 25 (21.19%) Cisco Certification
10 25 (21.19%) Wireless
11 23 (19.49%) LAN
12 22 (18.64%) CCNP
13 18 (15.25%) OSPF
13 18 (15.25%) SD-WAN
13 18 (15.25%) VLAN
14 17 (14.41%) Cisco ISE
15 16 (13.56%) Juniper
16 14 (11.86%) Palo Alto
17 13 (11.02%) Security Cleared
17 13 (11.02%) Wi-Fi
18 12 (10.17%) Aruba
18 12 (10.17%) Azure
19 11 (9.32%) Cisco IOS
19 11 (9.32%) SC Cleared
19 11 (9.32%) VMware
20 10 (8.47%) CCIE
20 10 (8.47%) Cisco Wireless
20 10 (8.47%) 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 3 (2.54%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.85%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 2 (1.69%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (10.17%) Azure
2 5 (4.24%) AWS
3 4 (3.39%) Entra ID
3 4 (3.39%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (2.54%) GCP
5 2 (1.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 2 (1.69%) OneDrive
5 2 (1.69%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.85%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (0.85%) GitHub
6 1 (0.85%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 60 (50.85%) BGP
2 43 (36.44%) VPN
3 40 (33.90%) Firewall
3 40 (33.90%) Multicast
4 39 (33.05%) DNS
5 36 (30.51%) DMZ
6 32 (27.12%) WAN
7 25 (21.19%) Wireless
8 23 (19.49%) LAN
9 18 (15.25%) OSPF
9 18 (15.25%) SD-WAN
9 18 (15.25%) VLAN
10 17 (14.41%) Cisco ISE
11 13 (11.02%) Wi-Fi
12 11 (9.32%) Cisco IOS
13 10 (8.47%) Cisco Wireless
14 9 (7.63%) Network Security
15 8 (6.78%) VXLAN
16 7 (5.93%) DHCP
16 7 (5.93%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.69%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.85%) Git
1 1 (0.85%) GitLab
1 1 (0.85%) Jenkins
1 1 (0.85%) Robot Framework
1 1 (0.85%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 18 (15.25%) Banking
2 17 (14.41%) Social Skills
3 16 (13.56%) Investment Banking
4 9 (7.63%) Finance
5 6 (5.08%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (4.24%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.69%) Military
7 2 (1.69%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.85%) Police
8 1 (0.85%) Polish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.63%) 802.1X
2 3 (2.54%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (0.85%) NETCONF
3 1 (0.85%) REST
3 1 (0.85%) RESTCONF
3 1 (0.85%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (11.86%) Data Centre
2 4 (3.39%) Security Posture
3 3 (2.54%) Digital Signage
3 3 (2.54%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (1.69%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.69%) Operational Technology
4 2 (1.69%) SCADA
5 1 (0.85%) BYOD
5 1 (0.85%) CMDB
5 1 (0.85%) Hedge funds
5 1 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.85%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.85%) Windows
1 1 (0.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (31.36%) Load Balancing
2 9 (7.63%) ITIL
3 7 (5.93%) User Experience
4 6 (5.08%) Collaborative Working
4 6 (5.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 6 (5.08%) Migration
4 6 (5.08%) Project Delivery
4 6 (5.08%) Validation
5 5 (4.24%) Analytics
5 5 (4.24%) Computer Science
5 5 (4.24%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (4.24%) High Availability
5 5 (4.24%) ITSM
6 4 (3.39%) Change Control
6 4 (3.39%) Change Management
6 4 (3.39%) Kalman Filter
6 4 (3.39%) Mentoring
6 4 (3.39%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (3.39%) Root Cause Analysis
6 4 (3.39%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 8 (6.78%) Python
2 3 (2.54%) Lisp
2 3 (2.54%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.85%) Bash
Qualifications
1 25 (21.19%) Cisco Certification
2 22 (18.64%) CCNP
3 13 (11.02%) Security Cleared
4 11 (9.32%) SC Cleared
5 10 (8.47%) CCIE
6 7 (5.93%) Degree
7 6 (5.08%) CCNA
7 6 (5.08%) DV Cleared
8 5 (4.24%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (2.54%) CCIE Security
10 1 (0.85%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.85%) CCIE Wireless
10 1 (0.85%) CCNA CyberOps
10 1 (0.85%) CWDP
10 1 (0.85%) CWNA
10 1 (0.85%) CWNE
10 1 (0.85%) CWSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.69%) SLA
2 1 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (0.85%) NIST
2 1 (0.85%) NIST 800
System Software
1 10 (8.47%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (5.08%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.54%) Firmware
4 2 (1.69%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (5.08%) Ansible
2 5 (4.24%) FortiGate
3 4 (3.39%) Cisco Prime
3 4 (3.39%) Terraform
4 3 (2.54%) Grafana
4 3 (2.54%) Prometheus
5 2 (1.69%) TrustSec
6 1 (0.85%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (0.85%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.85%) Nagios
6 1 (0.85%) Nessus
6 1 (0.85%) SCCM
6 1 (0.85%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 118 (100.00%) Cisco
2 41 (34.75%) F5
3 16 (13.56%) Juniper
4 14 (11.86%) Palo Alto
5 12 (10.17%) Aruba
6 11 (9.32%) VMware
7 8 (6.78%) Microsoft
8 7 (5.93%) ServiceNow
9 6 (5.08%) Arista
9 6 (5.08%) Fortinet
9 6 (5.08%) Meraki
10 4 (3.39%) Citrix
11 3 (2.54%) Ribbon
11 3 (2.54%) Splunk
11 3 (2.54%) Zscaler
12 2 (1.69%) HP
12 2 (1.69%) Remedy
13 1 (0.85%) CheckPoint
13 1 (0.85%) Dell
13 1 (0.85%) Siemens