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 12 August 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
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 73 67
Rank change year-on-year -45 -6 -11
Contract jobs citing Cisco 994 947 1,024
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.18% 3.42% 3.07%
As % of the Vendors category 5.26% 7.25% 7.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 664 579 650
10th Percentile £303 £325 £275
25th Percentile £406 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £576 £588 £588
90th Percentile £653 £638 £657
UK median daily rate £480 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 37 26
10th Percentile £26.44 £25.09 £14.44
25th Percentile £30.81 £25.15 £20.98
Median hourly rate £50.11 £30.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.03% +15.38% -35.00%
75th Percentile £73.31 £57.50 £71.56
90th Percentile £78.58 £85.65 £75.12
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £30.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +83.33% +9.09% -43.78%

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 18,885 13,061 14,527
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.43% 47.18% 43.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,889 8,265 9,244
10th Percentile £313 £278 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -2.86% -
75th Percentile £613 £623 £627
90th Percentile £700 £719 £735
UK median daily rate £507 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +1.40% -3.85% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,030 631 758
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.75 £13.69
25th Percentile £18.75 £17.45 £15.62
Median hourly rate £33.99 £25.15 £30.30
Median % change year-on-year +35.15% -16.98% -19.21%
75th Percentile £65.58 £50.00 £63.45
90th Percentile £85.00 £69.65 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £29.77
% change year-on-year +29.22% -15.52% -27.06%

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 12 August 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 12 August 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 12 August 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 -55 359 £500 - 418
North of England -17 233 £497 +4.04% 181
North West -2 170 £485 +2.11% 91
South East -48 168 £500 -4.76% 169
Midlands -31 129 £425 -18.27% 84
West Midlands -24 123 £420 -18.45% 44
Yorkshire -51 59 £500 +1.63% 65
South West -55 54 £500 -9.09% 107
East of England -14 35 £500 -9.09% 72
North East -43 5 £388 +19.23% 26
East Midlands -27 3 £525 -4.55% 40
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 25 (2.52%) SharePoint
2 23 (2.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (1.21%) Confluence
4 10 (1.01%) OpenStack
5 7 (0.70%) Apache
6 5 (0.50%) JBoss
7 4 (0.40%) nginx
7 4 (0.40%) SAS
8 3 (0.30%) CloudStack
8 3 (0.30%) IIS
8 3 (0.30%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.20%) CMS
10 1 (0.10%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.10%) FactoryTalk
10 1 (0.10%) Mendix
10 1 (0.10%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.10%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 40 (4.02%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (2.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (1.91%) MS Visio
4 10 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.30%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.10%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.10%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (0.10%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 216 (21.73%) Azure
2 134 (13.48%) AWS
3 79 (7.95%) Microsoft 365
4 55 (5.53%) Entra ID
5 25 (2.52%) GitHub
6 21 (2.11%) GCP
6 21 (2.11%) OneDrive
7 18 (1.81%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 16 (1.61%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 16 (1.61%) OpenShift
9 11 (1.11%) Power Platform
9 11 (1.11%) SaaS
10 10 (1.01%) Azure Sentinel
11 9 (0.91%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (0.70%) Cloudflare
12 7 (0.70%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (0.70%) IaaS
12 7 (0.70%) Rubrik
13 6 (0.60%) Amazon EC2
14 5 (0.50%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 463 (46.58%) Firewall
2 300 (30.18%) WAN
3 286 (28.77%) BGP
4 233 (23.44%) LAN
5 222 (22.33%) VPN
6 219 (22.03%) Network Security
7 191 (19.22%) DNS
7 191 (19.22%) OSPF
8 184 (18.51%) Wireless
9 166 (16.70%) VLAN
10 121 (12.17%) SD-WAN
11 111 (11.17%) DHCP
12 102 (10.26%) Wi-Fi
13 99 (9.96%) Cisco ISE
14 91 (9.15%) VXLAN
15 89 (8.95%) Cisco Nexus
15 89 (8.95%) MPLS
16 83 (8.35%) TCP/IP
17 78 (7.85%) Cisco ASA
18 74 (7.44%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (2.01%) SQL Server
2 5 (0.50%) Big Data
2 5 (0.50%) Hadoop
3 4 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (0.40%) Power BI
4 3 (0.30%) MySQL
5 2 (0.20%) Metadata
5 2 (0.20%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.20%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.10%) Apache Hive
6 1 (0.10%) ClickHouse
Development Applications
1 26 (2.62%) Git
2 20 (2.01%) JIRA
3 12 (1.21%) Sonatype Nexus
4 10 (1.01%) Jenkins
5 7 (0.70%) GitLab
6 1 (0.10%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.10%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.10%) Tricentis qTest
6 1 (0.10%) Zephyr
General
1 239 (24.04%) Social Skills
2 99 (9.96%) Finance
3 81 (8.15%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (6.14%) Telecoms
5 60 (6.04%) Banking
6 48 (4.83%) Public Sector
7 46 (4.63%) Documentation Skills
8 34 (3.42%) Legal
9 22 (2.21%) Financial Institution
10 18 (1.81%) Investment Banking
11 16 (1.61%) Military
11 16 (1.61%) Retail
12 15 (1.51%) Law
13 12 (1.21%) Organisational Skills
14 11 (1.11%) Police
15 10 (1.01%) Manufacturing
16 9 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
17 8 (0.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 6 (0.60%) Marketing
19 4 (0.40%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 488 (49.09%) Network Engineer
2 151 (15.19%) Senior
3 126 (12.68%) Architect
4 111 (11.17%) Cisco Engineer
5 106 (10.66%) Senior Network Engineer
6 102 (10.26%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 81 (8.15%) Security Engineer
8 70 (7.04%) Network Architect
9 65 (6.54%) Network Security Engineer
10 51 (5.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 43 (4.33%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
12 39 (3.92%) Data Network Engineer
13 34 (3.42%) Analyst
14 31 (3.12%) Cisco Security Engineer
14 31 (3.12%) Data Engineer
15 30 (3.02%) Network Specialist
16 25 (2.52%) Automation Engineer
17 24 (2.41%) Lead
18 22 (2.21%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
19 21 (2.11%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (7.85%) 802.1X
2 19 (1.91%) REST
3 14 (1.41%) SAML
4 9 (0.91%) Flash
4 9 (0.91%) NETCONF
5 8 (0.80%) YAML
6 7 (0.70%) JSON
6 7 (0.70%) OpenConfig
6 7 (0.70%) RESTCONF
6 7 (0.70%) YANG
7 5 (0.50%) Jinja
8 4 (0.40%) LDAP
8 4 (0.40%) Microsoft Graph
8 4 (0.40%) XMPP
9 3 (0.30%) Elastic Stack
9 3 (0.30%) LAMP
9 3 (0.30%) LEMP Stack
9 3 (0.30%) Middleware
10 2 (0.20%) .NET Core
10 2 (0.20%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 240 (24.14%) Data Centre
2 60 (6.04%) PKI
3 50 (5.03%) Hybrid Cloud
4 42 (4.23%) Clustering
5 38 (3.82%) Onboarding
6 31 (3.12%) Replication
6 31 (3.12%) Video Conferencing
7 30 (3.02%) Data Protection Act
8 21 (2.11%) Operational Technology
9 19 (1.91%) Analytical Mindset
9 19 (1.91%) Cloud Native
10 18 (1.81%) Linux Command Line
11 17 (1.71%) Public Cloud
12 16 (1.61%) Driving Licence
12 16 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
13 15 (1.51%) Enterprise Storage
14 13 (1.31%) EMC VMAX
15 12 (1.21%) Virtual Team
16 11 (1.11%) Security Posture
17 10 (1.01%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 183 (18.41%) Windows
2 101 (10.16%) Linux
3 71 (7.14%) Windows Server
4 16 (1.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 16 (1.61%) Ubuntu
4 16 (1.61%) Windows 10
5 13 (1.31%) Unix
6 10 (1.01%) Windows Server 2019
7 9 (0.91%) AIX
7 9 (0.91%) Mac OS
8 8 (0.80%) Android
9 7 (0.70%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (0.50%) Data ONTAP
11 4 (0.40%) CentOS
11 4 (0.40%) VMS
12 3 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.10%) CatOS
13 1 (0.10%) Check Point GAiA
13 1 (0.10%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (15.09%) Migration
2 125 (12.58%) ITIL
3 121 (12.17%) Problem-Solving
4 119 (11.97%) Load Balancing
5 105 (10.56%) High Availability
6 100 (10.06%) Project Delivery
7 78 (7.85%) Change Management
8 76 (7.65%) Continuous Improvement
9 74 (7.44%) Network Design
10 71 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 68 (6.84%) ITSM
12 66 (6.64%) Infrastructure as Code
13 65 (6.54%) CI/CD
14 64 (6.44%) Stakeholder Management
15 58 (5.84%) Technical Leadership
16 54 (5.43%) Disaster Recovery
16 54 (5.43%) Service Management
17 53 (5.33%) Agile
17 53 (5.33%) Zero Trust
18 52 (5.23%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 127 (12.78%) Python
2 58 (5.84%) PowerShell
3 30 (3.02%) Bash
4 18 (1.81%) SQL
5 5 (0.50%) Shell Script
6 4 (0.40%) C
6 4 (0.40%) Java
7 3 (0.30%) C++
7 3 (0.30%) Lisp
8 2 (0.20%) ActionScript
8 2 (0.20%) Perl
9 1 (0.10%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 282 (28.37%) Security Cleared
2 271 (27.26%) Cisco Certification
3 189 (19.01%) SC Cleared
4 186 (18.71%) CCNP
5 105 (10.56%) CCNA
6 85 (8.55%) DV Cleared
7 61 (6.14%) Degree
8 56 (5.63%) CCIE
9 24 (2.41%) Microsoft Certification
10 23 (2.31%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 19 (1.91%) MCSE
11 19 (1.91%) Network+ Certification
12 17 (1.71%) Azure Certification
13 15 (1.51%) Server+ Certification
14 13 (1.31%) Computer Science Degree
14 13 (1.31%) JNCIP
14 13 (1.31%) JNCIS
15 11 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
16 10 (1.01%) CCSE
17 9 (0.91%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (3.32%) SLA
2 27 (2.72%) NIST
3 17 (1.71%) Cyber Essentials
4 16 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (1.51%) NCSC
6 13 (1.31%) QA
7 5 (0.50%) GDPR
7 5 (0.50%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.40%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (0.30%) NIST 800
9 3 (0.30%) PMO
10 2 (0.20%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.20%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.20%) ISA99
10 2 (0.20%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.10%) GRC
11 1 (0.10%) GxP
11 1 (0.10%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 141 (14.19%) VMware Infrastructure
2 99 (9.96%) Active Directory
3 41 (4.12%) VMware NSX
3 41 (4.12%) vSphere
4 40 (4.02%) VMware ESXi
5 31 (3.12%) Firmware
6 29 (2.92%) Virtual Machines
7 23 (2.31%) Hyper-V
8 15 (1.51%) Docker
9 13 (1.31%) NFS
10 9 (0.91%) GPFS
11 7 (0.70%) SRDF
12 6 (0.60%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 5 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
14 4 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
15 3 (0.30%) Dovecot
15 3 (0.30%) FreeRADIUS
15 3 (0.30%) Postfix
16 2 (0.20%) Snort
16 2 (0.20%) UAG
Systems Management
1 128 (12.88%) Ansible
2 91 (9.15%) FortiGate
3 69 (6.94%) Terraform
4 30 (3.02%) Kubernetes
5 29 (2.92%) Microsoft Intune
6 21 (2.11%) SCCM
7 18 (1.81%) Grafana
7 18 (1.81%) vCenter Server
8 16 (1.61%) Cisco CUCM
9 15 (1.51%) Prometheus
10 10 (1.01%) Cisco Prime
10 10 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
11 9 (0.91%) vRealize
12 8 (0.80%) Puppet
12 8 (0.80%) WSUS
13 7 (0.70%) EMC VPLEX
13 7 (0.70%) Failover Clustering
13 7 (0.70%) Nagios
13 7 (0.70%) WMI
14 6 (0.60%) VxRail
Vendors
1 210 (21.13%) Palo Alto
2 197 (19.82%) F5
3 196 (19.72%) Microsoft
4 189 (19.01%) VMware
5 179 (18.01%) Fortinet
6 144 (14.49%) Juniper
7 90 (9.05%) CheckPoint
7 90 (9.05%) ServiceNow
8 84 (8.45%) SolarWinds
9 78 (7.85%) Meraki
10 74 (7.44%) Aruba
11 66 (6.64%) Arista
12 55 (5.53%) Splunk
13 50 (5.03%) Zscaler
14 29 (2.92%) Red Hat
15 27 (2.72%) Extreme Networks
16 26 (2.62%) Infoblox
17 25 (2.52%) Dell
18 21 (2.11%) IBM
18 21 (2.11%) NetApp