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 18 May 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
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 63 64
Rank change year-on-year -43 +1 +2
Contract jobs citing Cisco 917 893 1,156
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.24% 3.65% 3.17%
As % of the Vendors category 5.44% 7.67% 7.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 623 555 715
10th Percentile £300 £313 £263
25th Percentile £401 £425 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £477 £505 £488
Median % change year-on-year -5.54% +3.59% +2.63%
75th Percentile £573 £588 £588
90th Percentile £642 £638 £702
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 21 39
10th Percentile £27.11 £15.22 £13.29
25th Percentile £42.68 £18.50 £17.25
Median hourly rate £48.72 £36.65 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +32.95% +33.25% -28.34%
75th Percentile £74.26 £61.25 £41.25
90th Percentile £85.70 £75.00 £75.24
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £37.07 £27.50
% change year-on-year +48.36% +34.81% -45.00%

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 16,858 11,650 15,286
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.14% 47.61% 41.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,910 7,504 9,729
10th Percentile £313 £278 £263
25th Percentile £413 £406 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £518
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +1.35% -3.36%
75th Percentile £610 £625 £635
90th Percentile £710 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £515
% change year-on-year -2.44% -0.49% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 892 466 1,006
10th Percentile £15.34 £14.84 £12.06
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.46 £14.27
Median hourly rate £32.50 £26.39 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +23.14% +17.30% -40.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £58.75 £57.33
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £25.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year +27.45% +15.91% -48.24%

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 18 May 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 18 May 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 18 May 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 -61 284 £500 -0.10% 156
South East -18 195 £500 - 139
North of England -41 194 £478 -4.40% 117
North West -10 160 £479 -3.28% 54
Midlands -21 132 £402 -10.67% 63
West Midlands -11 124 £397 -9.29% 44
South West -59 49 £511 -7.05% 70
East of England -2 44 £495 +23.75% 52
Yorkshire -83 34 £464 -7.75% 43
East Midlands -50 4 £458 -3.68% 19
North East -28 1 - - 22
South Coast - 1 £575 -
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 (2.62%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.74%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (1.53%) Confluence
4 8 (0.87%) Apache
5 5 (0.55%) IIS
5 5 (0.55%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.22%) CloudStack
6 2 (0.22%) CMS
7 1 (0.11%) JBoss
7 1 (0.11%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 32 (3.49%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (3.16%) MS Visio
3 12 (1.31%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.44%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 13 (1.42%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.11%) Actimize
Cloud Services
1 167 (18.21%) Azure
2 133 (14.50%) AWS
3 56 (6.11%) Microsoft 365
4 30 (3.27%) Entra ID
5 22 (2.40%) GCP
6 15 (1.64%) SaaS
7 11 (1.20%) Azure Sentinel
8 10 (1.09%) GitHub
8 10 (1.09%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 9 (0.98%) Nutanix
10 8 (0.87%) OpenShift
11 7 (0.76%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 7 (0.76%) IaaS
12 6 (0.65%) Datadog
12 6 (0.65%) Microsoft Purview
12 6 (0.65%) Mimecast
12 6 (0.65%) Power Platform
13 5 (0.55%) Azure DevOps
13 5 (0.55%) OneDrive
14 4 (0.44%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 414 (45.15%) Firewall
2 311 (33.91%) WAN
3 259 (28.24%) BGP
4 241 (26.28%) LAN
5 212 (23.12%) VPN
6 198 (21.59%) Network Security
7 184 (20.07%) OSPF
8 144 (15.70%) DNS
9 139 (15.16%) VLAN
10 135 (14.72%) Wireless
11 109 (11.89%) SD-WAN
12 86 (9.38%) MPLS
13 84 (9.16%) Cisco ISE
14 83 (9.05%) VXLAN
15 78 (8.51%) Cisco Nexus
16 77 (8.40%) Wi-Fi
17 76 (8.29%) DHCP
18 67 (7.31%) Multicast
19 64 (6.98%) IPsec
20 61 (6.65%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.44%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.11%) Big Data
2 1 (0.11%) ClickHouse
2 1 (0.11%) Metadata
2 1 (0.11%) MySQL
2 1 (0.11%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.11%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 17 (1.85%) JIRA
2 11 (1.20%) Sonatype Nexus
3 9 (0.98%) Git
4 7 (0.76%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.55%) GitLab
6 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
General
1 193 (21.05%) Social Skills
2 91 (9.92%) Finance
3 57 (6.22%) Documentation Skills
4 56 (6.11%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (6.11%) Banking
5 52 (5.67%) Telecoms
6 47 (5.13%) Public Sector
7 31 (3.38%) Legal
8 21 (2.29%) Manufacturing
9 19 (2.07%) Investment Banking
10 16 (1.74%) Organisational Skills
11 14 (1.53%) Financial Institution
12 13 (1.42%) Retail
13 9 (0.98%) Law
13 9 (0.98%) Military
14 8 (0.87%) Marketing
15 7 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
16 6 (0.65%) Police
17 4 (0.44%) Aerospace
18 3 (0.33%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 425 (46.35%) Network Engineer
2 110 (12.00%) Architect
3 101 (11.01%) Cisco Engineer
4 97 (10.58%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 97 (10.58%) Senior
5 78 (8.51%) Security Engineer
6 68 (7.42%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 65 (7.09%) Network Architect
8 57 (6.22%) Network Security Engineer
9 53 (5.78%) Senior Network Engineer
10 46 (5.02%) Data Network Engineer
11 44 (4.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 35 (3.82%) Analyst
12 35 (3.82%) Data Engineer
13 33 (3.60%) Cisco Security Engineer
14 27 (2.94%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
15 24 (2.62%) Network Specialist
16 23 (2.51%) Lead
17 18 (1.96%) Data Centre Engineer
17 18 (1.96%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (7.09%) 802.1X
2 17 (1.85%) Flash
2 17 (1.85%) LDAP
3 12 (1.31%) SAML
4 7 (0.76%) REST
5 6 (0.65%) XMPP
6 5 (0.55%) Jinja
6 5 (0.55%) NETCONF
7 4 (0.44%) HTML
7 4 (0.44%) VML
7 4 (0.44%) YANG
8 3 (0.33%) OpenConfig
8 3 (0.33%) RESTCONF
9 2 (0.22%) ADO
9 2 (0.22%) CSS
9 2 (0.22%) Django
9 2 (0.22%) Elastic Stack
9 2 (0.22%) JSON
9 2 (0.22%) Middleware
9 2 (0.22%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 251 (27.37%) Data Centre
2 50 (5.45%) PKI
3 45 (4.91%) Replication
4 41 (4.47%) Clustering
5 31 (3.38%) Hybrid Cloud
6 30 (3.27%) Data Protection Act
7 24 (2.62%) Onboarding
8 22 (2.40%) Linux Command Line
9 21 (2.29%) Cloud Native
10 18 (1.96%) Operational Technology
11 17 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
11 17 (1.85%) Video Conferencing
12 13 (1.42%) Security Posture
13 12 (1.31%) Analytical Mindset
13 12 (1.31%) Driving Licence
14 11 (1.20%) Virtual Team
15 9 (0.98%) EMC VMAX
15 9 (0.98%) Enterprise Storage
16 8 (0.87%) Product Ownership
17 7 (0.76%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 159 (17.34%) Windows
2 86 (9.38%) Linux
3 60 (6.54%) Windows Server
4 21 (2.29%) Unix
4 21 (2.29%) Windows 10
5 10 (1.09%) Ubuntu
6 9 (0.98%) Mac OS
7 6 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.55%) Android
8 5 (0.55%) CatOS
8 5 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (0.44%) AIX
9 4 (0.44%) Solaris
9 4 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.33%) Data ONTAP
10 3 (0.33%) VMS
11 1 (0.11%) CentOS
11 1 (0.11%) Debian
11 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (12.98%) Migration
2 109 (11.89%) Load Balancing
3 107 (11.67%) Problem-Solving
4 95 (10.36%) High Availability
5 86 (9.38%) ITIL
6 76 (8.29%) Network Design
7 72 (7.85%) ITSM
8 64 (6.98%) Agile
9 62 (6.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 60 (6.54%) Project Delivery
11 54 (5.89%) Technical Leadership
12 52 (5.67%) Continuous Improvement
12 52 (5.67%) Cybersecurity
13 51 (5.56%) Disaster Recovery
14 50 (5.45%) Change Management
15 47 (5.13%) Zero Trust
16 45 (4.91%) Network Monitoring
17 44 (4.80%) Validation
18 43 (4.69%) Network Segmentation
18 43 (4.69%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 93 (10.14%) Python
2 44 (4.80%) PowerShell
3 17 (1.85%) Bash
4 15 (1.64%) SQL
5 8 (0.87%) C
6 4 (0.44%) PHP
7 3 (0.33%) C++
7 3 (0.33%) Java
7 3 (0.33%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.22%) ActionScript
8 2 (0.22%) Korn
8 2 (0.22%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.11%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.11%) Ladder Logic
9 1 (0.11%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 329 (35.88%) Security Cleared
2 258 (28.14%) Cisco Certification
3 246 (26.83%) SC Cleared
4 200 (21.81%) CCNP
5 94 (10.25%) DV Cleared
6 92 (10.03%) CCNA
7 68 (7.42%) Degree
8 53 (5.78%) CCIE
9 28 (3.05%) Microsoft Certification
10 22 (2.40%) MCSE
10 22 (2.40%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 20 (2.18%) Azure Certification
12 18 (1.96%) JNCIS
13 17 (1.85%) Network+ Certification
14 15 (1.64%) MCSA
14 15 (1.64%) VCAP
15 14 (1.53%) AWS Certification
15 14 (1.53%) BPSS Clearance
15 14 (1.53%) CCSE
15 14 (1.53%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (2.84%) NIST
2 23 (2.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (2.51%) SLA
3 22 (2.40%) Cyber Essentials
4 17 (1.85%) NCSC
5 9 (0.98%) PMO
5 9 (0.98%) QA
6 6 (0.65%) GDPR
7 4 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (0.44%) JSP 440
8 3 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 3 (0.33%) NIST 800
8 3 (0.33%) RMADS
9 2 (0.22%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.22%) GRC
9 2 (0.22%) ISA99
9 2 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 2 (0.22%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.11%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.11%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 136 (14.83%) VMware Infrastructure
2 62 (6.76%) Active Directory
3 57 (6.22%) vSphere
4 55 (6.00%) VMware ESXi
5 36 (3.93%) VMware NSX
6 30 (3.27%) Virtual Machines
7 24 (2.62%) Firmware
8 20 (2.18%) NFS
9 17 (1.85%) GPFS
10 16 (1.74%) Hyper-V
11 7 (0.76%) Docker
12 4 (0.44%) SRDF
12 4 (0.44%) vCloud
13 3 (0.33%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 3 (0.33%) Snort
13 3 (0.33%) UAG
13 3 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
13 3 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
14 2 (0.22%) KVM
15 1 (0.11%) IAG
Systems Management
1 111 (12.10%) Ansible
2 77 (8.40%) FortiGate
3 46 (5.02%) Terraform
4 31 (3.38%) vCenter Server
5 23 (2.51%) Grafana
5 23 (2.51%) vRealize
6 20 (2.18%) Prometheus
7 18 (1.96%) Kubernetes
8 16 (1.74%) Microsoft Intune
9 14 (1.53%) SCCM
10 13 (1.42%) VxRail
11 12 (1.31%) Single Sign-On
12 10 (1.09%) Cisco Prime
12 10 (1.09%) Nagios
13 8 (0.87%) Cisco CUCM
14 7 (0.76%) SCOM
15 5 (0.55%) Endace
15 5 (0.55%) QRadar
15 5 (0.55%) Salt
15 5 (0.55%) WMI
Vendors
1 245 (26.72%) Palo Alto
2 181 (19.74%) F5
3 167 (18.21%) VMware
4 158 (17.23%) Microsoft
5 137 (14.94%) Juniper
6 123 (13.41%) Fortinet
7 119 (12.98%) CheckPoint
8 104 (11.34%) Aruba
9 93 (10.14%) ServiceNow
10 82 (8.94%) Meraki
10 82 (8.94%) SolarWinds
11 60 (6.54%) Arista
12 51 (5.56%) Splunk
13 45 (4.91%) Zscaler
14 34 (3.71%) IBM
15 28 (3.05%) Extreme Networks
16 27 (2.94%) Dell
17 23 (2.51%) Infoblox
18 22 (2.40%) Oracle
19 21 (2.29%) Citrix