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 September 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 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 81 67
Rank change year-on-year -41 -14 -13
Contract jobs citing Cisco 1,012 860 1,062
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.19% 3.10% 3.26%
As % of the Vendors category 5.29% 6.52% 7.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 671 545 636
10th Percentile £300 £300 £273
25th Percentile £404 £409 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.11%
75th Percentile £580 £588 £584
90th Percentile £690 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £475 £489 £500
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.20% +7.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 42 28
10th Percentile £26.72 - £19.55
25th Percentile £31.25 £25.15 £20.14
Median hourly rate £56.00 £30.00 £25.59
Median % change year-on-year +86.67% +17.23% -46.13%
75th Percentile £68.75 £42.44 £67.19
90th Percentile £78.75 £81.43 £75.07
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £30.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +83.33% +9.09% -42.11%

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 19,123 13,193 14,518
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.45% 47.56% 44.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,798 8,404 8,716
10th Percentile £309 £275 £300
25th Percentile £413 £403 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £507 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.33% -3.38% -
75th Percentile £623 £620 £630
90th Percentile £713 £703 £731
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,181 631 560
10th Percentile £14.04 £14.84 £14.55
25th Percentile £16.72 £17.96 £15.62
Median hourly rate £26.37 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.83% -28.14% -20.27%
75th Percentile £62.50 £43.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £69.65 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £25.75 £25.15 £31.25
% change year-on-year +2.39% -19.52% -28.75%

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 September 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 September 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 September 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 -35 373 £500 +1.63% 333
North of England +3 238 £488 +2.63% 133
North West +6 158 £485 +2.11% 67
South East -65 130 £449 -10.25% 143
Midlands -38 127 £450 - 94
West Midlands -26 122 £450 -8.86% 52
Yorkshire -20 73 £500 +1.63% 44
South West -34 64 £538 -2.27% 86
East of England +3 58 £500 +3.63% 86
North East -34 9 £375 -6.25% 22
East Midlands -30 3 £525 +233.33% 42
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 30 (2.96%) SharePoint
2 29 (2.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (1.28%) CMS
4 12 (1.19%) Confluence
5 11 (1.09%) OpenStack
6 8 (0.79%) SAS
7 7 (0.69%) Apache
7 7 (0.69%) IIS
8 6 (0.59%) JBoss
9 4 (0.40%) nginx
10 3 (0.30%) CloudStack
10 3 (0.30%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.20%) Skype for Business
12 1 (0.099%) Apache Spark
12 1 (0.099%) FactoryTalk
12 1 (0.099%) Mendix
12 1 (0.099%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 37 (3.66%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (1.38%) MS Visio
4 7 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.30%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.099%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.099%) Monis
1 1 (0.099%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 217 (21.44%) Azure
2 138 (13.64%) AWS
3 90 (8.89%) Microsoft 365
4 61 (6.03%) Entra ID
5 36 (3.56%) GitHub
6 29 (2.87%) GCP
7 27 (2.67%) OneDrive
8 19 (1.88%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 16 (1.58%) OpenShift
10 15 (1.48%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 14 (1.38%) Power Platform
12 12 (1.19%) SaaS
13 10 (0.99%) AWS Direct Connect
14 8 (0.79%) Azure Sentinel
14 8 (0.79%) GitHub Actions
15 7 (0.69%) OCI
15 7 (0.69%) Rubrik
16 6 (0.59%) Azure DevOps
16 6 (0.59%) Cloudflare
16 6 (0.59%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 446 (44.07%) Firewall
2 289 (28.56%) WAN
3 277 (27.37%) BGP
4 230 (22.73%) Network Security
5 226 (22.33%) VPN
6 217 (21.44%) LAN
7 191 (18.87%) Wireless
8 170 (16.80%) DNS
9 169 (16.70%) OSPF
10 167 (16.50%) VLAN
11 127 (12.55%) SD-WAN
12 106 (10.47%) Wi-Fi
13 100 (9.88%) DHCP
14 93 (9.19%) Cisco Nexus
15 91 (8.99%) MPLS
16 90 (8.89%) TCP/IP
17 81 (8.00%) Cisco ISE
18 76 (7.51%) Cisco ASA
18 76 (7.51%) Cisco IOS
19 74 (7.31%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (2.08%) SQL Server
2 7 (0.69%) Power BI
3 6 (0.59%) Hadoop
4 5 (0.49%) Big Data
5 4 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.30%) Metadata
6 3 (0.30%) MySQL
7 2 (0.20%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.20%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.099%) Apache Hive
8 1 (0.099%) ClickHouse
Development Applications
1 37 (3.66%) Git
2 14 (1.38%) GitLab
2 14 (1.38%) JIRA
3 10 (0.99%) Sonatype Nexus
4 8 (0.79%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.20%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.099%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.099%) Tricentis qTest
6 1 (0.099%) Zephyr
General
1 239 (23.62%) Social Skills
2 114 (11.26%) Finance
3 90 (8.89%) Analytical Skills
4 76 (7.51%) Telecoms
5 66 (6.52%) Banking
6 47 (4.64%) Public Sector
7 45 (4.45%) Documentation Skills
8 37 (3.66%) Legal
9 21 (2.08%) Investment Banking
10 17 (1.68%) Financial Institution
10 17 (1.68%) Retail
11 14 (1.38%) Law
11 14 (1.38%) Military
12 10 (0.99%) Manufacturing
13 9 (0.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 9 (0.89%) Influencing Skills
13 9 (0.89%) Organisational Skills
14 8 (0.79%) Police
15 6 (0.59%) Marketing
16 5 (0.49%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 495 (48.91%) Network Engineer
2 152 (15.02%) Senior
3 131 (12.94%) Architect
4 118 (11.66%) Cisco Engineer
5 112 (11.07%) Senior Network Engineer
6 101 (9.98%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 82 (8.10%) Security Engineer
8 71 (7.02%) Network Architect
9 64 (6.32%) Network Security Engineer
10 54 (5.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 47 (4.64%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
12 41 (4.05%) Lead
13 37 (3.66%) Analyst
14 31 (3.06%) Data Network Engineer
14 31 (3.06%) Support Engineer
15 27 (2.67%) Solutions Architect
16 25 (2.47%) Automation Engineer
17 24 (2.37%) Cisco Security Engineer
18 23 (2.27%) Data Engineer
18 23 (2.27%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (8.30%) Terraform
2 52 (5.14%) 802.1X
3 32 (3.16%) REST
4 21 (2.08%) YAML
5 18 (1.78%) JSON
6 13 (1.28%) NETCONF
6 13 (1.28%) XMPP
7 12 (1.19%) SAML
8 9 (0.89%) YANG
9 7 (0.69%) Microsoft Graph
9 7 (0.69%) RESTCONF
10 6 (0.59%) Flash
11 5 (0.49%) OpenConfig
12 3 (0.30%) .NET
12 3 (0.30%) Django
12 3 (0.30%) Elastic Stack
12 3 (0.30%) LAMP
12 3 (0.30%) LDAP
12 3 (0.30%) LEMP Stack
12 3 (0.30%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 251 (24.80%) Data Centre
2 53 (5.24%) Hybrid Cloud
3 46 (4.55%) Video Conferencing
4 43 (4.25%) Onboarding
5 40 (3.95%) PKI
6 27 (2.67%) Data Protection Act
7 26 (2.57%) Driving Licence
8 25 (2.47%) Replication
9 24 (2.37%) Self-Motivation
10 22 (2.17%) Clustering
11 21 (2.08%) Cloud Native
11 21 (2.08%) Management Information System
12 19 (1.88%) Public Cloud
13 18 (1.78%) Operational Technology
14 17 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
15 16 (1.58%) Linux Command Line
16 15 (1.48%) Enterprise Storage
16 15 (1.48%) Private Cloud
17 13 (1.28%) IoT
17 13 (1.28%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 199 (19.66%) Windows
2 105 (10.38%) Linux
3 91 (8.99%) Windows Server
4 22 (2.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 21 (2.08%) Mac OS
6 17 (1.68%) Windows 10
7 16 (1.58%) Ubuntu
8 10 (0.99%) Unix
9 9 (0.89%) Android
10 8 (0.79%) Windows Server 2012
10 8 (0.79%) Windows Server 2019
11 7 (0.69%) AIX
11 7 (0.69%) Data ONTAP
12 4 (0.40%) CentOS
13 3 (0.30%) VMS
13 3 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
14 1 (0.099%) CatOS
14 1 (0.099%) Check Point GAiA
14 1 (0.099%) Debian
14 1 (0.099%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 169 (16.70%) Migration
2 120 (11.86%) Project Delivery
3 118 (11.66%) Problem-Solving
4 115 (11.36%) ITIL
5 93 (9.19%) Stakeholder Management
6 91 (8.99%) High Availability
7 89 (8.79%) Load Balancing
8 87 (8.60%) Infrastructure as Code
9 84 (8.30%) Continuous Improvement
9 84 (8.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 76 (7.51%) Validation
11 74 (7.31%) Change Management
12 70 (6.92%) Network Design
13 66 (6.52%) Zero Trust
14 65 (6.42%) Technical Leadership
15 62 (6.13%) CI/CD
16 55 (5.43%) Disaster Recovery
17 54 (5.34%) Cybersecurity
18 53 (5.24%) Data Protection
19 52 (5.14%) Network Segmentation
Programming Languages
1 136 (13.44%) Python
2 58 (5.73%) PowerShell
3 32 (3.16%) Bash
4 20 (1.98%) SQL
5 5 (0.49%) Java
6 4 (0.40%) C
6 4 (0.40%) C++
7 3 (0.30%) Lisp
7 3 (0.30%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.20%) Go
8 2 (0.20%) Perl
9 1 (0.099%) Ladder Logic
9 1 (0.099%) R
Qualifications
1 274 (27.08%) Security Cleared
2 262 (25.89%) Cisco Certification
3 199 (19.66%) SC Cleared
4 189 (18.68%) CCNP
5 93 (9.19%) CCNA
6 69 (6.82%) DV Cleared
7 58 (5.73%) Degree
8 57 (5.63%) CCIE
9 22 (2.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 21 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
11 17 (1.68%) MCSE
12 16 (1.58%) CISSP
13 14 (1.38%) Azure Certification
14 13 (1.28%) Network+ Certification
15 12 (1.19%) AWS Certification
15 12 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
16 11 (1.09%) Server+ Certification
17 10 (0.99%) CCSE
17 10 (0.99%) ISTQB
18 9 (0.89%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (2.87%) NIST
2 25 (2.47%) SLA
3 20 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (1.38%) PCI DSS
4 14 (1.38%) QA
5 13 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (0.79%) GDPR
7 7 (0.69%) NCSC
8 5 (0.49%) Data Quality
8 5 (0.49%) GRC
9 4 (0.40%) ISO 31000
9 4 (0.40%) ISO 9001
9 4 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 4 (0.40%) NIST 800
10 3 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.20%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.20%) Government Security Classifications
12 1 (0.099%) Def Stans
12 1 (0.099%) JSP 440
12 1 (0.099%) PMO
System Software
1 150 (14.82%) VMware Infrastructure
2 117 (11.56%) Active Directory
3 52 (5.14%) vSphere
4 41 (4.05%) VMware NSX
5 37 (3.66%) VMware ESXi
6 29 (2.87%) Hyper-V
7 28 (2.77%) Firmware
7 28 (2.77%) Virtual Machines
8 18 (1.78%) Docker
9 10 (0.99%) NFS
10 6 (0.59%) GPFS
11 5 (0.49%) FreeRADIUS
11 5 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
12 4 (0.40%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 4 (0.40%) ISA Server
12 4 (0.40%) SRDF
13 3 (0.30%) Dovecot
13 3 (0.30%) Postfix
13 3 (0.30%) Virtual Servers
14 2 (0.20%) IAG
Systems Management
1 134 (13.24%) Ansible
2 71 (7.02%) FortiGate
3 32 (3.16%) Kubernetes
4 29 (2.87%) Cisco CUCM
5 28 (2.77%) Microsoft Intune
6 21 (2.08%) SCCM
6 21 (2.08%) vCenter Server
7 12 (1.19%) Nagios
8 10 (0.99%) Cisco Prime
9 9 (0.89%) Grafana
10 8 (0.79%) Failover Clustering
10 8 (0.79%) Prometheus
10 8 (0.79%) Puppet
10 8 (0.79%) WMI
10 8 (0.79%) WSUS
11 7 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
12 6 (0.59%) Red Hat Satellite
12 6 (0.59%) vRealize
13 5 (0.49%) EMC NetWorker
13 5 (0.49%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 219 (21.64%) Microsoft
2 213 (21.05%) Palo Alto
3 198 (19.57%) VMware
4 183 (18.08%) Fortinet
5 153 (15.12%) F5
6 115 (11.36%) Juniper
7 95 (9.39%) Meraki
8 94 (9.29%) CheckPoint
9 77 (7.61%) Aruba
10 76 (7.51%) ServiceNow
11 71 (7.02%) SolarWinds
12 67 (6.62%) Arista
13 51 (5.04%) Zscaler
14 38 (3.75%) Red Hat
15 33 (3.26%) Splunk
16 27 (2.67%) NetApp
17 25 (2.47%) Dell
18 23 (2.27%) Infoblox
19 19 (1.88%) Citrix
19 19 (1.88%) Google