Cisco Contract Job Trends in England

Cisco
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring knowledge or experience of Cisco products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cisco over the 6 months leading up to 23 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Cisco Systems, Inc.

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 61 68
Rank change year-on-year -50 +7 -7
Contract jobs citing Cisco 961 949 1,134
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.22% 3.80% 3.02%
As % of the Vendors category 5.46% 8.01% 7.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 666 583 700
10th Percentile £300 £313 £263
25th Percentile £405 £425 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -3.75% +2.56% +3.72%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £586
90th Percentile £639 £638 £672
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 26 34
10th Percentile £26.63 £24.66 £15.21
25th Percentile £29.00 £25.15 £20.98
Median hourly rate £47.00 £30.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +56.67% +20.00% -45.40%
75th Percentile £70.96 £42.93 £41.25
90th Percentile £74.90 £63.41 £59.42
UK median hourly rate £53.75 £30.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +79.17% +15.38% -48.00%

All Vendors
England

Cisco falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 17,589 11,849 15,821
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 40.59% 47.44% 42.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,252 7,532 10,018
10th Percentile £313 £280 £273
25th Percentile £413 £404 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £513 £520
Median % change year-on-year -1.46% -1.44% -0.95%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £518
% change year-on-year - -3.38% -1.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 945 535 1,070
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.84 £12.28
25th Percentile £19.33 £17.50 £14.50
Median hourly rate £34.23 £27.13 £24.14
Median % change year-on-year +26.19% +12.37% -35.63%
75th Percentile £63.75 £53.63 £59.95
90th Percentile £81.25 £69.86 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £33.99 £25.50 £24.05
% change year-on-year +33.29% +6.03% -43.18%

Cisco
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cisco relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Cisco job vacancy trend in England

Cisco
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco

Cisco
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco in England over the 6 months to 23 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco in England

Cisco
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco

Cisco
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cisco in England over the 6 months to 23 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Cisco in England

Cisco
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 within the England region over the 6 months to 23 June 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
London -64 313 £500 - 136
North of England -41 214 £481 -2.18% 154
South East -29 186 £500 - 143
North West -10 164 £481 +1.05% 75
Midlands -29 135 £413 -21.43% 78
West Midlands -23 128 £402 -23.43% 39
South West -65 51 £525 -4.55% 78
Yorkshire -71 48 £484 -3.20% 55
East of England -15 40 £500 +0.50% 85
East Midlands -36 4 £458 -3.68% 39
North East -40 3 £463 +42.31% 25
Cisco
UK

Cisco
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 24 (2.50%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.66%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (1.25%) Confluence
4 9 (0.94%) Apache
5 6 (0.62%) IIS
5 6 (0.62%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.31%) nginx
6 3 (0.31%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.21%) CloudStack
7 2 (0.21%) CMS
8 1 (0.10%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.10%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 39 (4.06%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (2.60%) MS Visio
3 22 (2.29%) Microsoft Excel
4 10 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.42%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 5 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 181 (18.83%) Azure
2 126 (13.11%) AWS
3 64 (6.66%) Microsoft 365
4 41 (4.27%) Entra ID
5 18 (1.87%) GCP
6 16 (1.66%) SaaS
7 15 (1.56%) GitHub
8 14 (1.46%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 13 (1.35%) Azure Sentinel
10 12 (1.25%) OneDrive
11 11 (1.14%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 10 (1.04%) OpenShift
13 8 (0.83%) IaaS
13 8 (0.83%) Microsoft Purview
14 7 (0.73%) Power Platform
15 6 (0.62%) Nutanix
16 5 (0.52%) Azure DevOps
16 5 (0.52%) GitHub Actions
16 5 (0.52%) Rubrik
17 4 (0.42%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 428 (44.54%) Firewall
2 320 (33.30%) WAN
3 261 (27.16%) BGP
4 246 (25.60%) LAN
5 212 (22.06%) VPN
6 211 (21.96%) Network Security
7 176 (18.31%) OSPF
8 165 (17.17%) DNS
9 164 (17.07%) Wireless
10 152 (15.82%) VLAN
11 123 (12.80%) SD-WAN
12 91 (9.47%) DHCP
12 91 (9.47%) MPLS
13 88 (9.16%) Cisco ISE
13 88 (9.16%) VXLAN
14 83 (8.64%) Wi-Fi
15 81 (8.43%) Cisco Nexus
16 73 (7.60%) Multicast
17 71 (7.39%) Cisco IOS
18 60 (6.24%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (1.14%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.31%) MySQL
2 3 (0.31%) NoSQL
3 2 (0.21%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.10%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.10%) Apache Hive
4 1 (0.10%) Big Data
4 1 (0.10%) ClickHouse
4 1 (0.10%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.10%) Metadata
4 1 (0.10%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 19 (1.98%) JIRA
2 11 (1.14%) Git
3 9 (0.94%) Sonatype Nexus
4 8 (0.83%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.21%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.21%) GitLab
General
1 221 (23.00%) Social Skills
2 95 (9.89%) Finance
3 56 (5.83%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (5.72%) Documentation Skills
5 54 (5.62%) Banking
6 51 (5.31%) Telecoms
7 42 (4.37%) Public Sector
8 38 (3.95%) Legal
9 20 (2.08%) Investment Banking
10 18 (1.87%) Financial Institution
10 18 (1.87%) Manufacturing
11 13 (1.35%) Retail
12 12 (1.25%) Law
13 11 (1.14%) Military
13 11 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
14 7 (0.73%) Marketing
14 7 (0.73%) Police
15 5 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
16 4 (0.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 4 (0.42%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 448 (46.62%) Network Engineer
2 119 (12.38%) Architect
3 108 (11.24%) Cisco Engineer
4 107 (11.13%) Senior
5 100 (10.41%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 83 (8.64%) Security Engineer
7 66 (6.87%) Network Architect
8 62 (6.45%) Network Security Engineer
9 60 (6.24%) Senior Network Engineer
10 59 (6.14%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
11 50 (5.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 46 (4.79%) Data Network Engineer
13 34 (3.54%) Data Engineer
14 33 (3.43%) Analyst
14 33 (3.43%) Cisco Security Engineer
15 26 (2.71%) Network Specialist
16 25 (2.60%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
17 21 (2.19%) Automation Engineer
17 21 (2.19%) Lead
17 21 (2.19%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (7.60%) 802.1X
2 14 (1.46%) Flash
2 14 (1.46%) LDAP
3 13 (1.35%) SAML
4 11 (1.14%) REST
5 6 (0.62%) XMPP
6 5 (0.52%) Jinja
7 4 (0.42%) NETCONF
8 3 (0.31%) LAMP
8 3 (0.31%) LEMP Stack
8 3 (0.31%) OpenConfig
8 3 (0.31%) RESTCONF
8 3 (0.31%) YAML
8 3 (0.31%) YANG
9 2 (0.21%) .NET Core
9 2 (0.21%) Blazor
9 2 (0.21%) Django
9 2 (0.21%) Elastic Stack
9 2 (0.21%) Middleware
9 2 (0.21%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 252 (26.22%) Data Centre
2 54 (5.62%) PKI
3 42 (4.37%) Replication
4 40 (4.16%) Clustering
5 35 (3.64%) Hybrid Cloud
6 34 (3.54%) Onboarding
7 30 (3.12%) Data Protection Act
8 23 (2.39%) Video Conferencing
9 18 (1.87%) Linux Command Line
10 15 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
10 15 (1.56%) Cloud Native
10 15 (1.56%) Driving Licence
11 14 (1.46%) Operational Technology
11 14 (1.46%) Security Posture
11 14 (1.46%) Virtual Team
12 13 (1.35%) Enterprise Storage
12 13 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
13 12 (1.25%) EMC VMAX
14 10 (1.04%) Public Cloud
15 8 (0.83%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 178 (18.52%) Windows
2 95 (9.89%) Linux
3 66 (6.87%) Windows Server
4 20 (2.08%) Unix
5 14 (1.46%) Ubuntu
5 14 (1.46%) Windows 10
6 9 (0.94%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (0.83%) Android
7 8 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (0.73%) Mac OS
9 6 (0.62%) AIX
9 6 (0.62%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (0.52%) Data ONTAP
10 5 (0.52%) VMS
11 4 (0.42%) CentOS
12 3 (0.31%) CatOS
12 3 (0.31%) Solaris
13 1 (0.10%) Check Point GAiA
13 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2003
13 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (14.98%) Migration
2 116 (12.07%) Load Balancing
3 102 (10.61%) High Availability
4 100 (10.41%) Problem-Solving
5 93 (9.68%) ITIL
6 79 (8.22%) ITSM
7 77 (8.01%) Project Delivery
8 72 (7.49%) Network Design
9 66 (6.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 62 (6.45%) Continuous Improvement
11 59 (6.14%) Agile
12 53 (5.52%) Disaster Recovery
12 53 (5.52%) Infrastructure as Code
12 53 (5.52%) Stakeholder Management
12 53 (5.52%) Technical Leadership
13 52 (5.41%) Cybersecurity
13 52 (5.41%) Validation
14 49 (5.10%) Change Management
15 48 (4.99%) CI/CD
16 47 (4.89%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 110 (11.45%) Python
2 53 (5.52%) PowerShell
3 19 (1.98%) Bash
4 18 (1.87%) SQL
5 6 (0.62%) C
6 4 (0.42%) PHP
7 3 (0.31%) C++
7 3 (0.31%) Java
7 3 (0.31%) Lisp
8 2 (0.21%) ActionScript
8 2 (0.21%) Korn
8 2 (0.21%) Perl
8 2 (0.21%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.10%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.10%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 306 (31.84%) Security Cleared
2 268 (27.89%) Cisco Certification
3 219 (22.79%) SC Cleared
4 197 (20.50%) CCNP
5 106 (11.03%) CCNA
6 94 (9.78%) DV Cleared
7 59 (6.14%) Degree
8 53 (5.52%) CCIE
9 24 (2.50%) Microsoft Certification
10 23 (2.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 19 (1.98%) Network+ Certification
12 18 (1.87%) MCSE
13 16 (1.66%) Azure Certification
14 15 (1.56%) Server+ Certification
15 14 (1.46%) CCSE
16 12 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
16 12 (1.25%) JNCIP
16 12 (1.25%) JNCIS
16 12 (1.25%) MCSA
16 12 (1.25%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (3.33%) SLA
2 31 (3.23%) NIST
3 27 (2.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 26 (2.71%) Cyber Essentials
5 18 (1.87%) NCSC
6 13 (1.35%) QA
7 7 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (0.62%) GDPR
8 6 (0.62%) PMO
9 5 (0.52%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.31%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.21%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.21%) Data Quality
11 2 (0.21%) Government Security Classifications
11 2 (0.21%) GRC
11 2 (0.21%) ISA99
11 2 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 2 (0.21%) JSP 440
11 2 (0.21%) RMADS
System Software
1 146 (15.19%) VMware Infrastructure
2 88 (9.16%) Active Directory
3 57 (5.93%) VMware ESXi
4 53 (5.52%) vSphere
5 38 (3.95%) VMware NSX
6 33 (3.43%) Virtual Machines
7 28 (2.91%) Firmware
8 19 (1.98%) Hyper-V
9 18 (1.87%) NFS
10 14 (1.46%) GPFS
11 7 (0.73%) SRDF
12 6 (0.62%) Docker
13 5 (0.52%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 5 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
14 4 (0.42%) vCloud
15 3 (0.31%) Dovecot
15 3 (0.31%) Postfix
15 3 (0.31%) UAG
15 3 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
16 2 (0.21%) Snort
Systems Management
1 120 (12.49%) Ansible
2 85 (8.84%) FortiGate
3 53 (5.52%) Terraform
4 30 (3.12%) vCenter Server
5 25 (2.60%) Microsoft Intune
6 23 (2.39%) Grafana
7 21 (2.19%) SCCM
8 20 (2.08%) Kubernetes
8 20 (2.08%) Prometheus
9 15 (1.56%) vRealize
10 13 (1.35%) Single Sign-On
11 12 (1.25%) Cisco CUCM
12 9 (0.94%) Cisco Prime
12 9 (0.94%) VxRail
13 7 (0.73%) WMI
14 6 (0.62%) EMC VPLEX
14 6 (0.62%) HAProxy
14 6 (0.62%) SCOM
15 5 (0.52%) Jamf Pro
15 5 (0.52%) WSUS
Vendors
1 234 (24.35%) Palo Alto
2 183 (19.04%) F5
3 181 (18.83%) Microsoft
4 179 (18.63%) VMware
5 152 (15.82%) Fortinet
6 138 (14.36%) Juniper
7 103 (10.72%) Aruba
8 98 (10.20%) CheckPoint
9 92 (9.57%) ServiceNow
10 82 (8.53%) SolarWinds
11 73 (7.60%) Meraki
12 70 (7.28%) Arista
13 55 (5.72%) Splunk
14 42 (4.37%) Zscaler
15 29 (3.02%) Extreme Networks
16 27 (2.81%) IBM
17 26 (2.71%) Dell
18 25 (2.60%) Infoblox
19 20 (2.08%) EMC
20 19 (1.98%) Brocade