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 2 April 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
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 60 54
Rank change year-on-year -43 -6 +23
Contract jobs citing Cisco 934 885 1,309
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.44% 3.65% 3.48%
As % of the Vendors category 5.61% 7.74% 8.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 623 571 799
10th Percentile £281 £313 £250
25th Percentile £400 £413 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £503 £486
Median % change year-on-year -1.25% +3.40% +2.32%
75th Percentile £561 £588 £588
90th Percentile £625 £638 £713
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 18 50
10th Percentile £21.08 £17.26 £13.29
25th Percentile £31.01 £20.04 £16.74
Median hourly rate £65.00 £37.07 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +75.33% +48.29% -24.24%
75th Percentile £74.26 £67.81 £41.25
90th Percentile £88.05 £75.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £68.17 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year +81.77% +50.00% -50.00%

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 16,643 11,441 15,906
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 43.50% 47.19% 42.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,886 7,421 10,189
10th Percentile £310 £296 £250
25th Percentile £413 £407 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +1.94% -4.19%
75th Percentile £602 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £515
% change year-on-year -2.44% -0.49% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 862 414 955
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.22 £12.13
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.51 £14.27
Median hourly rate £25.77 £29.04 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.25% +20.98% -33.33%
75th Percentile £58.88 £63.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £76.74 £80.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £28.75 £23.11
% change year-on-year -7.83% +24.42% -42.23%

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 2 April 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 2 April 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 2 April 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 -59 275 £500 - 126
South East -4 225 £500 -4.76% 139
North of England -50 186 £481 -3.75% 121
Midlands -14 154 £361 -19.89% 92
North West -11 153 £481 -1.79% 58
West Midlands -1 139 £345 -18.82% 46
East of England -6 43 £475 - 60
South West -70 41 £519 -5.21% 58
Yorkshire -83 28 £464 -11.62% 43
East Midlands -48 12 £410 -20.00% 46
North East -14 7 £175 -46.15% 20
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 39 (4.18%) SharePoint
2 28 (3.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (1.93%) Confluence
4 7 (0.75%) Apache
5 5 (0.54%) IIS
6 4 (0.43%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.21%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.11%) JBoss
8 1 (0.11%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.11%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 46 (4.93%) Microsoft Office
2 40 (4.28%) MS Visio
3 18 (1.93%) Microsoft Excel
4 14 (1.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.54%) Acrobat
6 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 17 (1.82%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.11%) Actimize
Cloud Services
1 165 (17.67%) Azure
2 137 (14.67%) AWS
3 83 (8.89%) Microsoft 365
4 42 (4.50%) Entra ID
5 35 (3.75%) GCP
6 14 (1.50%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 14 (1.50%) Datadog
7 12 (1.28%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 10 (1.07%) Azure DevOps
8 10 (1.07%) GitHub
9 9 (0.96%) Azure Sentinel
9 9 (0.96%) Nutanix
9 9 (0.96%) OpenShift
9 9 (0.96%) SaaS
10 7 (0.75%) Microsoft Purview
11 6 (0.64%) IaaS
12 5 (0.54%) Mimecast
12 5 (0.54%) OneDrive
13 4 (0.43%) Cloudflare
13 4 (0.43%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 397 (42.51%) Firewall
2 289 (30.94%) WAN
3 246 (26.34%) BGP
4 215 (23.02%) VPN
5 212 (22.70%) LAN
6 182 (19.49%) Network Security
7 176 (18.84%) OSPF
8 137 (14.67%) Wireless
9 123 (13.17%) DNS
10 110 (11.78%) VLAN
11 104 (11.13%) SD-WAN
12 95 (10.17%) Cisco ISE
13 93 (9.96%) MPLS
14 72 (7.71%) Cisco ASA
14 72 (7.71%) VXLAN
15 66 (7.07%) DHCP
15 66 (7.07%) IPsec
15 66 (7.07%) Wi-Fi
16 63 (6.75%) Cisco IOS
17 55 (5.89%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.43%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.11%) Big Data
2 1 (0.11%) Metadata
2 1 (0.11%) MySQL
2 1 (0.11%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.11%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 20 (2.14%) JIRA
2 11 (1.18%) Sonatype Nexus
3 10 (1.07%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.96%) Git
4 9 (0.96%) GitLab
5 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.11%) Rational DOORS
General
1 197 (21.09%) Social Skills
2 117 (12.53%) Public Sector
3 116 (12.42%) Finance
4 73 (7.82%) Telecoms
5 61 (6.53%) Banking
6 57 (6.10%) Analytical Skills
7 48 (5.14%) Documentation Skills
8 41 (4.39%) Manufacturing
9 35 (3.75%) Legal
10 28 (3.00%) Marketing
11 27 (2.89%) Electronics
12 18 (1.93%) Investment Banking
13 16 (1.71%) Financial Institution
14 15 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
14 15 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
15 9 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 9 (0.96%) Law
16 8 (0.86%) Retail
17 7 (0.75%) Military
18 6 (0.64%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 378 (40.47%) Network Engineer
2 114 (12.21%) Architect
3 90 (9.64%) Cisco Engineer
4 85 (9.10%) Senior
5 83 (8.89%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 71 (7.60%) Network Architect
7 66 (7.07%) Security Engineer
8 63 (6.75%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
9 50 (5.35%) Analyst
10 44 (4.71%) Network Security Engineer
11 40 (4.28%) Senior Network Engineer
12 38 (4.07%) Data Network Engineer
13 36 (3.85%) Consultant
14 35 (3.75%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
14 35 (3.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 34 (3.64%) Network Consultant
16 33 (3.53%) IT Support
17 29 (3.10%) Data Engineer
18 28 (3.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
19 24 (2.57%) Cisco Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (6.53%) 802.1X
2 16 (1.71%) Flash
3 15 (1.61%) LDAP
4 14 (1.50%) XMPP
5 9 (0.96%) SAML
6 8 (0.86%) REST
7 7 (0.75%) NETCONF
8 6 (0.64%) YANG
9 5 (0.54%) Jinja
9 5 (0.54%) OpenConfig
10 4 (0.43%) HTML
10 4 (0.43%) RESTCONF
10 4 (0.43%) VML
11 3 (0.32%) JSON
12 2 (0.21%) ADO
12 2 (0.21%) CSS
12 2 (0.21%) Django
12 2 (0.21%) Middleware
12 2 (0.21%) RFC 2544
12 2 (0.21%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 248 (26.55%) Data Centre
2 53 (5.67%) PKI
3 33 (3.53%) Replication
4 31 (3.32%) Clustering
4 31 (3.32%) Linux Command Line
5 30 (3.21%) Hybrid Cloud
6 26 (2.78%) Onboarding
7 25 (2.68%) Data Protection Act
8 24 (2.57%) Cloud Native
9 18 (1.93%) Operational Technology
9 18 (1.93%) Product Ownership
10 17 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
11 13 (1.39%) Driving Licence
11 13 (1.39%) Video Conferencing
12 11 (1.18%) Public Cloud
12 11 (1.18%) SCADA
12 11 (1.18%) Security Posture
13 8 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
13 8 (0.86%) Enterprise Storage
14 7 (0.75%) EMC VMAX
Operating Systems
1 153 (16.38%) Windows
2 91 (9.74%) Linux
3 60 (6.42%) Windows Server
4 32 (3.43%) Android
5 30 (3.21%) Mac OS
6 27 (2.89%) Windows 10
7 16 (1.71%) Unix
8 14 (1.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 7 (0.75%) Ubuntu
10 6 (0.64%) Windows Server 2012
11 5 (0.54%) VMS
12 4 (0.43%) CatOS
12 4 (0.43%) Solaris
12 4 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.21%) AIX
13 2 (0.21%) CentOS
13 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
14 1 (0.11%) Data ONTAP
14 1 (0.11%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (15.31%) Migration
2 107 (11.46%) Load Balancing
2 107 (11.46%) Problem-Solving
3 83 (8.89%) High Availability
3 83 (8.89%) ITIL
4 81 (8.67%) Network Design
5 78 (8.35%) ITSM
6 77 (8.24%) Agile
7 65 (6.96%) Cybersecurity
8 64 (6.85%) Roadmaps
9 59 (6.32%) Collaborative Working
10 58 (6.21%) Change Management
10 58 (6.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 56 (6.00%) Service Management
12 54 (5.78%) Project Delivery
13 52 (5.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 51 (5.46%) Network Architecture
15 47 (5.03%) Stakeholder Management
16 44 (4.71%) Observability
16 44 (4.71%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 105 (11.24%) Python
2 47 (5.03%) PowerShell
3 24 (2.57%) Bash
4 12 (1.28%) Perl
5 6 (0.64%) SQL
6 5 (0.54%) Lisp
7 4 (0.43%) C
7 4 (0.43%) PHP
8 3 (0.32%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.21%) ActionScript
9 2 (0.21%) Korn
9 2 (0.21%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.21%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 402 (43.04%) Security Cleared
2 311 (33.30%) SC Cleared
3 245 (26.23%) Cisco Certification
4 196 (20.99%) CCNP
5 104 (11.13%) DV Cleared
6 91 (9.74%) CCNA
7 71 (7.60%) Degree
8 61 (6.53%) CCIE
9 22 (2.36%) JNCIS
10 20 (2.14%) Microsoft Certification
11 19 (2.03%) Azure Certification
12 18 (1.93%) BPSS Clearance
13 17 (1.82%) JNCIP
14 16 (1.71%) JNCIA
15 15 (1.61%) CISSP
16 14 (1.50%) AWS Certification
17 13 (1.39%) CCSE
17 13 (1.39%) MCSE
18 12 (1.28%) Network+ Certification
19 10 (1.07%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (3.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (3.32%) NIST
3 26 (2.78%) SLA
4 21 (2.25%) Cyber Essentials
5 16 (1.71%) NCSC
6 13 (1.39%) GDPR
6 13 (1.39%) PMO
7 8 (0.86%) PCI DSS
8 5 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.43%) JSP 440
10 3 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.32%) QA
10 3 (0.32%) RMADS
11 2 (0.21%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 2 (0.21%) ISA99
12 1 (0.11%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.11%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.11%) GRC
12 1 (0.11%) NIST 800
System Software
1 131 (14.03%) VMware Infrastructure
2 77 (8.24%) Active Directory
3 53 (5.67%) vSphere
4 52 (5.57%) VMware NSX
5 39 (4.18%) VMware ESXi
6 19 (2.03%) Firmware
7 18 (1.93%) NFS
8 16 (1.71%) GPFS
9 14 (1.50%) Virtual Machines
10 13 (1.39%) Hyper-V
11 10 (1.07%) Docker
12 4 (0.43%) Snort
12 4 (0.43%) vCloud
13 3 (0.32%) SRDF
14 2 (0.21%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 2 (0.21%) KVM
14 2 (0.21%) Squid
14 2 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
15 1 (0.11%) RHEV
15 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 99 (10.60%) Ansible
2 76 (8.14%) FortiGate
3 42 (4.50%) Terraform
4 33 (3.53%) vRealize
5 30 (3.21%) vCenter Server
6 19 (2.03%) Grafana
6 19 (2.03%) VxRail
7 18 (1.93%) Microsoft Intune
8 17 (1.82%) Prometheus
8 17 (1.82%) SCCM
9 14 (1.50%) Kubernetes
10 10 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
11 9 (0.96%) Cisco Prime
11 9 (0.96%) Nagios
12 6 (0.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 6 (0.64%) Cisco CUCM
12 6 (0.64%) QRadar
12 6 (0.64%) SCOM
13 5 (0.54%) Jamf Pro
13 5 (0.54%) Salt
Vendors
1 241 (25.80%) Palo Alto
2 167 (17.88%) Juniper
3 160 (17.13%) VMware
4 155 (16.60%) F5
4 155 (16.60%) Microsoft
5 130 (13.92%) Aruba
6 105 (11.24%) CheckPoint
6 105 (11.24%) Fortinet
7 89 (9.53%) SolarWinds
8 86 (9.21%) ServiceNow
9 85 (9.10%) Meraki
10 55 (5.89%) Arista
10 55 (5.89%) Dell
11 51 (5.46%) Splunk
12 50 (5.35%) HP
13 45 (4.82%) IBM
14 38 (4.07%) Zscaler
15 30 (3.21%) Apple
16 28 (3.00%) Citrix
17 27 (2.89%) SAP