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 23 February 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 490 419 454
Rank change year-on-year -71 +35 +153
Contract jobs requiring a Cisco Engineer 72 66 107
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.21% 0.26% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.28% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 48 42
10th Percentile £303 £400 £258
25th Percentile £441 £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 £473 £475 £488
% change year-on-year -0.53% -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 - - -48.32%

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 31,876 23,857 35,159
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.89% 92.97% 92.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,202 15,057 23,560
10th Percentile £305 £300 £272
25th Percentile £410 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £640
90th Percentile £725 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,049 719 2,153
10th Percentile £15.00 £16.25 £13.23
25th Percentile £18.87 £22.00 £16.54
Median hourly rate £33.17 £36.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.86% +2.86% -12.50%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £74.68 £75.30 £71.87
UK median hourly rate £31.76 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -9.27% - -12.01%

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 23 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 23 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 -7 31 £484 -10.00% 7
North West -8 28 £481 -3.75%
North of England -30 28 £481 -3.75%
Midlands -34 21 - - 1
West Midlands -36 21 - - 1
London -64 8 £475 -5.00% 12
South West -25 4 £650 +36.84% 2
East of England -28 1 £470 - 1
Cisco Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 23 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 72 (100.00%) Cisco
2 38 (52.78%) Security Cleared
3 37 (51.39%) BGP
4 35 (48.61%) SC Cleared
5 26 (36.11%) CCNP
5 26 (36.11%) Cisco Certification
6 24 (33.33%) Firewall
7 23 (31.94%) DNS
8 17 (23.61%) F5
8 17 (23.61%) VPN
9 16 (22.22%) LAN
9 16 (22.22%) Palo Alto
10 15 (20.83%) OSPF
10 15 (20.83%) WAN
11 14 (19.44%) DMZ
11 14 (19.44%) IPsec
11 14 (19.44%) Load Balancing
11 14 (19.44%) Multicast
11 14 (19.44%) Wireless
12 13 (18.06%) Aruba
12 13 (18.06%) Juniper
13 12 (16.67%) CCNA
14 11 (15.28%) Cisco ISE
14 11 (15.28%) Collaborative Working
15 10 (13.89%) Project Delivery
15 10 (13.89%) VXLAN
16 9 (12.50%) Structured Cabling
17 8 (11.11%) CheckPoint
17 8 (11.11%) Cisco Wireless
17 8 (11.11%) 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 (9.72%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.78%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (9.72%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.78%) Azure
2 1 (1.39%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 37 (51.39%) BGP
2 24 (33.33%) Firewall
3 23 (31.94%) DNS
4 17 (23.61%) VPN
5 16 (22.22%) LAN
6 15 (20.83%) OSPF
6 15 (20.83%) WAN
7 14 (19.44%) DMZ
7 14 (19.44%) IPsec
7 14 (19.44%) Multicast
7 14 (19.44%) Wireless
8 11 (15.28%) Cisco ISE
9 10 (13.89%) VXLAN
10 9 (12.50%) Structured Cabling
11 8 (11.11%) Cisco Wireless
12 7 (9.72%) DHCP
12 7 (9.72%) NX-OS
12 7 (9.72%) VLAN
13 6 (8.33%) Cisco Nexus
14 5 (6.94%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (1.39%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 15 (20.83%) Banking
1 15 (20.83%) Investment Banking
1 15 (20.83%) Social Skills
2 9 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
3 6 (8.33%) Manufacturing
4 5 (6.94%) Finance
5 3 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (4.17%) Electronics
5 3 (4.17%) Marketing
5 3 (4.17%) Public Sector
5 3 (4.17%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.39%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.56%) 802.1X
2 2 (2.78%) XMPP
3 1 (1.39%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 27 (37.50%) Data Centre
2 3 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (2.78%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.78%) PKI
3 2 (2.78%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (1.39%) BYOD
4 1 (1.39%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.39%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (19.44%) Load Balancing
2 11 (15.28%) Collaborative Working
3 10 (13.89%) Project Delivery
4 7 (9.72%) User Experience
5 5 (6.94%) Incident Management
6 4 (5.56%) Network Monitoring
7 3 (4.17%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (4.17%) Change Management
7 3 (4.17%) Digital Marketing
7 3 (4.17%) Network Management
7 3 (4.17%) Programme Management
8 2 (2.78%) Computer Science
8 2 (2.78%) Customer Requirements
8 2 (2.78%) Deep Packet Inspection
8 2 (2.78%) Escalation Management
8 2 (2.78%) ITIL
8 2 (2.78%) Kalman Filter
8 2 (2.78%) Problem Management
8 2 (2.78%) Root Cause Analysis
8 2 (2.78%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 7 (9.72%) Lisp
2 3 (4.17%) Python
3 2 (2.78%) Bash
3 2 (2.78%) C++
3 2 (2.78%) Perl
Qualifications
1 38 (52.78%) Security Cleared
2 35 (48.61%) SC Cleared
3 26 (36.11%) CCNP
3 26 (36.11%) Cisco Certification
4 12 (16.67%) CCNA
5 8 (11.11%) Degree
6 7 (9.72%) DV Cleared
7 2 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (2.78%) JNCIA
7 2 (2.78%) JNCIS
8 1 (1.39%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.78%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (4.17%) Active Directory
1 3 (4.17%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (11.11%) FortiGate
2 1 (1.39%) Ansible
2 1 (1.39%) Terraform
Vendors
1 72 (100.00%) Cisco
2 17 (23.61%) F5
3 16 (22.22%) Palo Alto
4 13 (18.06%) Aruba
4 13 (18.06%) Juniper
5 8 (11.11%) CheckPoint
6 7 (9.72%) Ekahau
6 7 (9.72%) Remedy
6 7 (9.72%) ServiceNow
7 6 (8.33%) Microsoft
8 3 (4.17%) Meraki
8 3 (4.17%) SAP
9 1 (1.39%) Commvault
9 1 (1.39%) EMC
9 1 (1.39%) Fortinet
9 1 (1.39%) Isilon
9 1 (1.39%) Qualys