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 28 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
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 63 61
Rank change year-on-year -45 -2 +4
Contract jobs citing Cisco 951 884 1,181
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.28% 3.71% 3.22%
As % of the Vendors category 5.56% 7.79% 7.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 655 546 732
10th Percentile £300 £311 £263
25th Percentile £406 £425 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.05% +0.05% +5.26%
75th Percentile £574 £588 £594
90th Percentile £642 £638 £688
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 20 36
10th Percentile £23.51 £17.53 £13.29
25th Percentile £37.53 £23.03 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.86 £33.52 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year +42.77% +27.70% -39.48%
75th Percentile £73.69 £50.31 £41.25
90th Percentile £76.50 £69.25 £55.70
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £36.65 £26.25
% change year-on-year +50.09% +39.60% -47.50%

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 17,099 11,350 15,362
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 40.95% 47.63% 41.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,027 7,270 9,806
10th Percentile £313 £278 £263
25th Percentile £413 £406 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £521 £518
Median % change year-on-year -3.07% +0.68% -3.09%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £743
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £515
% change year-on-year -2.44% -0.49% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 923 474 1,017
10th Percentile £15.75 £14.84 £12.13
25th Percentile £19.00 £17.50 £14.41
Median hourly rate £32.50 £26.18 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +24.14% +16.36% -41.56%
75th Percentile £59.88 £55.43 £57.50
90th Percentile £77.35 £70.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £25.30 £22.50
% change year-on-year +28.46% +12.44% -47.06%

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 28 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 28 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 28 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 -57 297 £500 - 167
North of England -39 206 £480 -4.00% 140
South East -21 196 £500 - 161
North West -3 166 £481 -3.75% 59
Midlands -30 136 £401 -10.89% 83
West Midlands -15 128 £400 -8.57% 47
South West -57 53 £513 -6.82% 88
East of England -7 41 £495 +15.45% 65
Yorkshire -78 39 £477 -4.70% 52
East Midlands -48 4 £458 -10.73% 35
North East -35 2 £425 +30.77% 31
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 27 (2.84%) SharePoint
2 15 (1.58%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (1.47%) Confluence
4 10 (1.05%) Apache
5 6 (0.63%) IIS
5 6 (0.63%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.32%) nginx
6 3 (0.32%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.21%) CloudStack
7 2 (0.21%) CMS
8 1 (0.11%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.11%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 35 (3.68%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (3.05%) MS Visio
3 13 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
4 10 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.42%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 11 (1.16%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 175 (18.40%) Azure
2 132 (13.88%) AWS
3 63 (6.62%) Microsoft 365
4 32 (3.36%) Entra ID
5 19 (2.00%) GCP
6 16 (1.68%) SaaS
7 11 (1.16%) Azure Sentinel
7 11 (1.16%) GitHub
7 11 (1.16%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 10 (1.05%) OpenShift
9 9 (0.95%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 8 (0.84%) IaaS
10 8 (0.84%) OneDrive
11 7 (0.74%) Nutanix
11 7 (0.74%) Power Platform
12 6 (0.63%) Datadog
12 6 (0.63%) Microsoft Purview
13 5 (0.53%) GitHub Actions
13 5 (0.53%) Rubrik
14 4 (0.42%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 425 (44.69%) Firewall
2 317 (33.33%) WAN
3 262 (27.55%) BGP
4 250 (26.29%) LAN
5 212 (22.29%) VPN
6 209 (21.98%) Network Security
7 188 (19.77%) OSPF
8 155 (16.30%) DNS
9 151 (15.88%) VLAN
10 150 (15.77%) Wireless
11 112 (11.78%) SD-WAN
12 91 (9.57%) VXLAN
13 88 (9.25%) MPLS
14 87 (9.15%) Cisco ISE
15 86 (9.04%) DHCP
16 77 (8.10%) Cisco Nexus
17 74 (7.78%) Wi-Fi
18 69 (7.26%) Multicast
19 65 (6.83%) IPsec
20 62 (6.52%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (1.16%) SQL Server
2 4 (0.42%) MySQL
3 2 (0.21%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.11%) Apache Hive
4 1 (0.11%) Big Data
4 1 (0.11%) ClickHouse
4 1 (0.11%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.11%) Metadata
4 1 (0.11%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.11%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 19 (2.00%) JIRA
2 11 (1.16%) Git
3 10 (1.05%) Sonatype Nexus
4 7 (0.74%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.42%) GitLab
6 2 (0.21%) Bitbucket
General
1 203 (21.35%) Social Skills
2 94 (9.88%) Finance
3 55 (5.78%) Banking
3 55 (5.78%) Documentation Skills
4 52 (5.47%) Analytical Skills
5 49 (5.15%) Telecoms
6 44 (4.63%) Public Sector
7 33 (3.47%) Legal
8 21 (2.21%) Manufacturing
9 19 (2.00%) Investment Banking
10 16 (1.68%) Financial Institution
11 14 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
12 13 (1.37%) Retail
13 11 (1.16%) Law
14 9 (0.95%) Military
15 8 (0.84%) Marketing
16 7 (0.74%) Police
16 7 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
17 4 (0.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 3 (0.32%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 437 (45.95%) Network Engineer
2 116 (12.20%) Architect
3 106 (11.15%) Cisco Engineer
4 105 (11.04%) Senior
5 100 (10.52%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 78 (8.20%) Security Engineer
7 71 (7.47%) Network Architect
8 69 (7.26%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
9 59 (6.20%) Senior Network Engineer
10 58 (6.10%) Network Security Engineer
11 47 (4.94%) Data Network Engineer
12 43 (4.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 34 (3.58%) Data Engineer
14 33 (3.47%) Cisco Security Engineer
15 32 (3.36%) Analyst
16 28 (2.94%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
17 26 (2.73%) Network Specialist
18 22 (2.31%) Lead
19 19 (2.00%) Automation Engineer
19 19 (2.00%) Data Centre Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (7.26%) 802.1X
2 17 (1.79%) LDAP
3 15 (1.58%) Flash
4 14 (1.47%) SAML
5 9 (0.95%) REST
6 6 (0.63%) XMPP
7 5 (0.53%) Jinja
8 4 (0.42%) NETCONF
9 3 (0.32%) HTML
9 3 (0.32%) LAMP
9 3 (0.32%) LEMP Stack
9 3 (0.32%) YAML
9 3 (0.32%) YANG
10 2 (0.21%) ADO
10 2 (0.21%) CSS
10 2 (0.21%) Django
10 2 (0.21%) Middleware
10 2 (0.21%) OpenConfig
10 2 (0.21%) RESTCONF
10 2 (0.21%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 259 (27.23%) Data Centre
2 53 (5.57%) PKI
3 47 (4.94%) Replication
4 42 (4.42%) Clustering
5 33 (3.47%) Hybrid Cloud
6 30 (3.15%) Onboarding
7 27 (2.84%) Data Protection Act
8 21 (2.21%) Video Conferencing
9 20 (2.10%) Linux Command Line
10 17 (1.79%) Operational Technology
11 14 (1.47%) Cloud Native
11 14 (1.47%) Security Posture
12 13 (1.37%) Enterprise Storage
12 13 (1.37%) Virtual Team
13 12 (1.26%) Analytical Mindset
13 12 (1.26%) EMC VMAX
13 12 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
14 11 (1.16%) Driving Licence
15 9 (0.95%) Public Cloud
16 7 (0.74%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 175 (18.40%) Windows
2 93 (9.78%) Linux
3 65 (6.83%) Windows Server
4 21 (2.21%) Unix
5 19 (2.00%) Windows 10
6 13 (1.37%) Ubuntu
7 10 (1.05%) Mac OS
8 7 (0.74%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (0.63%) Android
9 6 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (0.63%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (0.53%) AIX
10 5 (0.53%) CatOS
10 5 (0.53%) Data ONTAP
10 5 (0.53%) VMS
11 4 (0.42%) CentOS
11 4 (0.42%) Solaris
12 1 (0.11%) Debian
12 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (13.56%) Migration
2 108 (11.36%) Load Balancing
3 106 (11.15%) High Availability
4 102 (10.73%) Problem-Solving
5 85 (8.94%) ITIL
6 78 (8.20%) ITSM
7 75 (7.89%) Network Design
8 67 (7.05%) Project Delivery
9 62 (6.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 59 (6.20%) Agile
10 59 (6.20%) Technical Leadership
11 57 (5.99%) Disaster Recovery
12 56 (5.89%) Continuous Improvement
13 52 (5.47%) Network Monitoring
14 48 (5.05%) Cybersecurity
14 48 (5.05%) Network Segmentation
14 48 (5.05%) Zero Trust
15 47 (4.94%) Infrastructure as Code
16 46 (4.84%) Capacity Planning
16 46 (4.84%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 95 (9.99%) Python
2 53 (5.57%) PowerShell
3 18 (1.89%) Bash
4 16 (1.68%) SQL
5 7 (0.74%) C
6 4 (0.42%) PHP
7 3 (0.32%) C++
7 3 (0.32%) Java
7 3 (0.32%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.32%) Lisp
8 2 (0.21%) ActionScript
8 2 (0.21%) Korn
8 2 (0.21%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.11%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 335 (35.23%) Security Cleared
2 269 (28.29%) Cisco Certification
3 248 (26.08%) SC Cleared
4 209 (21.98%) CCNP
5 99 (10.41%) DV Cleared
6 97 (10.20%) CCNA
7 68 (7.15%) Degree
8 53 (5.57%) CCIE
9 30 (3.15%) Microsoft Certification
10 26 (2.73%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 23 (2.42%) MCSE
12 21 (2.21%) Network+ Certification
13 17 (1.79%) Azure Certification
13 17 (1.79%) CCSE
13 17 (1.79%) JNCIS
14 16 (1.68%) MCSA
14 16 (1.68%) VCAP
15 15 (1.58%) Server+ Certification
16 14 (1.47%) JNCIP
17 13 (1.37%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (3.05%) NIST
2 28 (2.94%) SLA
3 24 (2.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 23 (2.42%) Cyber Essentials
5 17 (1.79%) NCSC
6 10 (1.05%) QA
7 7 (0.74%) PMO
8 6 (0.63%) GDPR
9 5 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (0.42%) JSP 440
11 3 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.32%) NIST 800
11 3 (0.32%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.32%) RMADS
12 2 (0.21%) Accessibility
12 2 (0.21%) GRC
12 2 (0.21%) ISA99
12 2 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 1 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.11%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 146 (15.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 74 (7.78%) Active Directory
3 59 (6.20%) vSphere
4 58 (6.10%) VMware ESXi
5 40 (4.21%) VMware NSX
6 34 (3.58%) Virtual Machines
7 24 (2.52%) Firmware
8 19 (2.00%) NFS
9 16 (1.68%) Hyper-V
10 15 (1.58%) GPFS
11 7 (0.74%) SRDF
12 5 (0.53%) Docker
12 5 (0.53%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 4 (0.42%) vCloud
14 3 (0.32%) Dovecot
14 3 (0.32%) Postfix
14 3 (0.32%) UAG
14 3 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
14 3 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
15 2 (0.21%) Snort
Systems Management
1 117 (12.30%) Ansible
2 78 (8.20%) FortiGate
3 52 (5.47%) Terraform
4 33 (3.47%) vCenter Server
5 24 (2.52%) Grafana
6 21 (2.21%) Prometheus
7 20 (2.10%) Microsoft Intune
7 20 (2.10%) vRealize
8 19 (2.00%) Kubernetes
9 16 (1.68%) SCCM
10 14 (1.47%) Single Sign-On
11 12 (1.26%) VxRail
12 11 (1.16%) Cisco CUCM
13 10 (1.05%) Cisco Prime
13 10 (1.05%) Nagios
14 7 (0.74%) SCOM
15 6 (0.63%) EMC VPLEX
15 6 (0.63%) HAProxy
16 5 (0.53%) Endace
16 5 (0.53%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 241 (25.34%) Palo Alto
2 184 (19.35%) F5
3 176 (18.51%) VMware
4 173 (18.19%) Microsoft
5 142 (14.93%) Juniper
6 136 (14.30%) Fortinet
7 112 (11.78%) CheckPoint
8 111 (11.67%) Aruba
9 97 (10.20%) ServiceNow
10 84 (8.83%) SolarWinds
11 72 (7.57%) Meraki
12 65 (6.83%) Arista
13 50 (5.26%) Splunk
14 43 (4.52%) Zscaler
15 31 (3.26%) IBM
16 30 (3.15%) Dell
17 28 (2.94%) Extreme Networks
18 23 (2.42%) Infoblox
19 21 (2.21%) EMC
20 20 (2.10%) Oracle