Cisco Engineer Contract Job Trends in England

Cisco Engineer
UK > England

The median Cisco Engineer daily rate in England is £506, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 March 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 498 417 450
Rank change year-on-year -81 +33 +126
Contract jobs requiring a Cisco Engineer 81 63 101
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.22% 0.26% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.28% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 50 42
10th Percentile £303 £411 £326
25th Percentile £444 £462 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year +1.25% +2.56% -2.50%
75th Percentile £575 £584 £548
90th Percentile - £630 £725
UK median daily rate £481 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -3.75% +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 33,895 22,860 35,145
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.01% 93.04% 92.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,384 15,072 23,528
10th Percentile £310 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £409 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,236 779 2,277
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.22 £13.00
25th Percentile £19.38 £21.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £37.44 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.97% +7.69% -23.53%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £59.44
90th Percentile £76.58 £77.50 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £35.71 £33.00 £32.90
% change year-on-year +8.21% +0.32% -22.60%

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 17 March 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 17 March 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 West -2 34 £481 -3.75%
South East -15 34 £550 -6.38% 5
North of England -39 34 £481 -3.75% 1
Midlands -33 27 - - 2
West Midlands -40 27 - - 2
London -76 8 £513 +2.50% 4
South West -31 4 £650 +36.84% 1
East of England -28 1 £470 -
Cisco Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 17 March 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 81 (100.00%) Cisco
2 44 (54.32%) BGP
3 41 (50.62%) Security Cleared
4 38 (46.91%) SC Cleared
5 28 (34.57%) Firewall
6 27 (33.33%) DNS
7 26 (32.10%) F5
8 25 (30.86%) VPN
9 24 (29.63%) CCNP
9 24 (29.63%) Cisco Certification
10 22 (27.16%) DMZ
10 22 (27.16%) Load Balancing
10 22 (27.16%) Multicast
11 19 (23.46%) Palo Alto
12 18 (22.22%) WAN
13 17 (20.99%) LAN
14 15 (18.52%) Juniper
14 15 (18.52%) Wireless
15 14 (17.28%) OSPF
16 13 (16.05%) Aruba
16 13 (16.05%) Collaborative Working
16 13 (16.05%) IPsec
17 12 (14.81%) CCNA
17 12 (14.81%) Cisco ISE
17 12 (14.81%) VXLAN
18 10 (12.35%) Project Delivery
19 9 (11.11%) Degree
19 9 (11.11%) Structured Cabling
20 8 (9.88%) CheckPoint
20 8 (9.88%) Cisco Wireless

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 (8.64%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (8.64%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (6.17%) Azure
2 3 (3.70%) AWS
3 2 (2.47%) GCP
4 1 (1.23%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 44 (54.32%) BGP
2 28 (34.57%) Firewall
3 27 (33.33%) DNS
4 25 (30.86%) VPN
5 22 (27.16%) DMZ
5 22 (27.16%) Multicast
6 18 (22.22%) WAN
7 17 (20.99%) LAN
8 15 (18.52%) Wireless
9 14 (17.28%) OSPF
10 13 (16.05%) IPsec
11 12 (14.81%) Cisco ISE
11 12 (14.81%) VXLAN
12 9 (11.11%) Structured Cabling
13 8 (9.88%) Cisco Wireless
14 7 (8.64%) DHCP
14 7 (8.64%) NX-OS
14 7 (8.64%) VLAN
15 6 (7.41%) Cisco ASA
15 6 (7.41%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (1.23%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 18 (22.22%) Banking
1 18 (22.22%) Investment Banking
2 16 (19.75%) Social Skills
3 9 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
4 6 (7.41%) Finance
4 6 (7.41%) Manufacturing
5 3 (3.70%) Electronics
5 3 (3.70%) Marketing
5 3 (3.70%) Public Sector
5 3 (3.70%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.47%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.23%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.94%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.23%) REST
2 1 (1.23%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 29 (35.80%) Data Centre
2 3 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (2.47%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.23%) BYOD
4 1 (1.23%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.23%) SCADA
4 1 (1.23%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (27.16%) Load Balancing
2 13 (16.05%) Collaborative Working
3 10 (12.35%) Project Delivery
4 7 (8.64%) User Experience
5 4 (4.94%) Incident Management
5 4 (4.94%) Network Monitoring
6 3 (3.70%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (3.70%) Computer Science
6 3 (3.70%) Digital Marketing
6 3 (3.70%) ITIL
6 3 (3.70%) Network Management
6 3 (3.70%) Programme Management
6 3 (3.70%) Technical Leadership
7 2 (2.47%) Change Management
7 2 (2.47%) Customer Requirements
7 2 (2.47%) Escalation Management
7 2 (2.47%) High Availability
7 2 (2.47%) Migration
7 2 (2.47%) Operational Stability
7 2 (2.47%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (8.64%) Lisp
2 3 (3.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 41 (50.62%) Security Cleared
2 38 (46.91%) SC Cleared
3 24 (29.63%) CCNP
3 24 (29.63%) Cisco Certification
4 12 (14.81%) CCNA
5 9 (11.11%) Degree
6 8 (9.88%) DV Cleared
7 3 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.23%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.47%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (2.47%) Active Directory
1 2 (2.47%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.23%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (9.88%) FortiGate
2 3 (3.70%) Ansible
2 3 (3.70%) Terraform
3 2 (2.47%) Grafana
3 2 (2.47%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 81 (100.00%) Cisco
2 26 (32.10%) F5
3 19 (23.46%) Palo Alto
4 15 (18.52%) Juniper
5 13 (16.05%) Aruba
6 8 (9.88%) CheckPoint
7 7 (8.64%) Ekahau
7 7 (8.64%) Remedy
7 7 (8.64%) ServiceNow
8 5 (6.17%) Microsoft
9 3 (3.70%) Meraki
9 3 (3.70%) SAP
10 2 (2.47%) Arista
10 2 (2.47%) VMware
11 1 (1.23%) Commvault
11 1 (1.23%) EMC
11 1 (1.23%) Fortinet
11 1 (1.23%) Isilon
11 1 (1.23%) Qualys