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 7 December 2025, 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
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 64 55
Rank change year-on-year -23 -9 +35
Contract jobs citing Cisco 884 1,044 1,483
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.85% 3.44% 3.85%
As % of the Vendors category 6.00% 7.55% 8.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 582 627 913
10th Percentile £263 £275 £254
25th Percentile £400 £404 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +1.06%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £588
90th Percentile £612 £638 £687
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 20 82
10th Percentile £23.31 £17.38 £19.08
25th Percentile £25.15 £20.00 £24.06
Median hourly rate £30.00 £24.70 £43.83
Median % change year-on-year +21.46% -43.64% +70.46%
75th Percentile £74.26 £74.06 £65.98
90th Percentile £91.69 £75.00 £77.38
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £37.50 £41.88
% change year-on-year -13.33% -10.45% +62.87%

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 14,722 13,832 17,217
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.54% 45.62% 44.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,552 8,396 11,261
10th Percentile £288 £300 £252
25th Percentile £406 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 720 418 620
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.22 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.22 £17.00 £20.45
Median hourly rate £23.83 £31.63 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.68% -28.92% +71.15%
75th Percentile £45.14 £65.00 £64.55
90th Percentile £73.80 £75.08 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £29.39 £44.50
% change year-on-year -18.33% -33.97% +73.08%

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 7 December 2025.

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 7 December 2025.

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 7 December 2025. 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 -40 294 £450 -11.98% 122
South East -3 207 £500 -0.99% 206
Midlands +13 162 £385 -12.00% 84
West Midlands +21 141 £419 -16.25% 49
North of England -51 131 £483 +1.58% 121
North West -24 85 £500 +5.26% 68
South West -41 46 £550 +18.92% 56
Yorkshire -59 37 £450 -10.00% 45
East of England -11 35 £445 -15.24% 51
East Midlands -19 21 £158 -58.00% 32
North East +3 11 £175 -64.10% 9
South Coast - 3 £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 53 (6.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 49 (5.54%) SharePoint
3 19 (2.15%) Confluence
4 16 (1.81%) Apache
5 14 (1.58%) Skype for Business
6 13 (1.47%) WebLogic
7 7 (0.79%) Appian
7 7 (0.79%) Mattermost
7 7 (0.79%) OpenStack
8 5 (0.57%) SharePoint Server
9 3 (0.34%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.23%) CICS
10 2 (0.23%) IIS
10 2 (0.23%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.11%) JBoss
11 1 (0.11%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 78 (8.82%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (3.39%) MS Visio
3 17 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (1.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.11%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.11%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 17 (1.92%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.11%) Actimize
2 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 145 (16.40%) Azure
2 121 (13.69%) AWS
3 102 (11.54%) Microsoft 365
4 37 (4.19%) GCP
5 30 (3.39%) Entra ID
6 14 (1.58%) Azure Monitor
6 14 (1.58%) Datadog
7 12 (1.36%) Akamai
7 12 (1.36%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 12 (1.36%) Azure Sentinel
8 9 (1.02%) Nutanix
8 9 (1.02%) OpenShift
9 8 (0.90%) GitHub
9 8 (0.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 7 (0.79%) OneDrive
10 7 (0.79%) SaaS
10 7 (0.79%) Tricentis Tosca
11 6 (0.68%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (0.68%) Cloudflare
11 6 (0.68%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 368 (41.63%) Firewall
2 196 (22.17%) WAN
3 160 (18.10%) LAN
4 157 (17.76%) Wireless
5 154 (17.42%) VPN
6 148 (16.74%) BGP
7 118 (13.35%) Network Security
8 114 (12.90%) SD-WAN
9 109 (12.33%) DNS
10 108 (12.22%) OSPF
11 87 (9.84%) Cisco IOS
12 83 (9.39%) Cisco ISE
13 79 (8.94%) Wi-Fi
14 76 (8.60%) Cisco Nexus
15 70 (7.92%) MPLS
16 63 (7.13%) DHCP
17 61 (6.90%) VLAN
18 58 (6.56%) IPsec
19 46 (5.20%) TCP/IP
20 43 (4.86%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (1.47%) SQL Server
2 4 (0.45%) NoSQL
3 3 (0.34%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.23%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.11%) Metadata
5 1 (0.11%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 18 (2.04%) JIRA
2 17 (1.92%) GitLab
3 11 (1.24%) Git
3 11 (1.24%) Sonatype Nexus
4 9 (1.02%) Jenkins
5 8 (0.90%) Robot Framework
6 7 (0.79%) Cucumber
6 7 (0.79%) Selenium
6 7 (0.79%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.23%) Rational DOORS
7 2 (0.23%) Subversion
8 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.11%) Hudson
8 1 (0.11%) Mercurial
8 1 (0.11%) Snyk
General
1 187 (21.15%) Social Skills
2 151 (17.08%) Public Sector
3 110 (12.44%) Telecoms
4 108 (12.22%) Finance
5 71 (8.03%) Analytical Skills
6 49 (5.54%) Manufacturing
7 43 (4.86%) Banking
8 39 (4.41%) Documentation Skills
9 35 (3.96%) Electronics
9 35 (3.96%) Marketing
10 19 (2.15%) Games
10 19 (2.15%) Legal
11 18 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 13 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
12 13 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
13 9 (1.02%) Military
14 8 (0.90%) Aerospace
14 8 (0.90%) Investment Banking
15 6 (0.68%) Influencing Skills
15 6 (0.68%) Retail
Job Titles
1 301 (34.05%) Network Engineer
2 107 (12.10%) Architect
3 74 (8.37%) Network Architect
4 66 (7.47%) Analyst
5 64 (7.24%) Cisco Engineer
6 52 (5.88%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 52 (5.88%) Support Engineer
7 49 (5.54%) Consultant
7 49 (5.54%) Senior
8 47 (5.32%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 47 (5.32%) Security Engineer
9 45 (5.09%) IT Support
10 42 (4.75%) Platform Engineer
11 39 (4.41%) Network Consultant
12 34 (3.85%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
12 34 (3.85%) Network Security Engineer
13 29 (3.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 29 (3.28%) Juniper Engineer
14 28 (3.17%) Desktop Support
15 27 (3.05%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (3.51%) 802.1X
2 18 (2.04%) XMPP
3 13 (1.47%) JSON
3 13 (1.47%) NETCONF
3 13 (1.47%) YANG
4 12 (1.36%) Flash
4 12 (1.36%) Jinja
5 11 (1.24%) XML
6 10 (1.13%) RFC 2544
7 7 (0.79%) REST
8 6 (0.68%) LDAP
9 4 (0.45%) RESTCONF
10 3 (0.34%) OpenConfig
10 3 (0.34%) SAML
10 3 (0.34%) VML
11 2 (0.23%) HTML
11 2 (0.23%) Middleware
11 2 (0.23%) Node.js
11 2 (0.23%) SOAP
11 2 (0.23%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 221 (25.00%) Data Centre
2 37 (4.19%) PKI
3 28 (3.17%) Linux Command Line
4 24 (2.71%) Data Protection Act
5 23 (2.60%) Cloud Native
6 22 (2.49%) Replication
7 21 (2.38%) Driving Licence
7 21 (2.38%) Hybrid Cloud
7 21 (2.38%) Onboarding
8 17 (1.92%) Video Conferencing
9 12 (1.36%) Management Information System
9 12 (1.36%) Product Ownership
10 11 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
11 10 (1.13%) Enterprise Storage
11 10 (1.13%) Fibre Optics
11 10 (1.13%) Operational Technology
11 10 (1.13%) Security Posture
12 9 (1.02%) Public Cloud
13 8 (0.90%) NHS
13 8 (0.90%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 166 (18.78%) Windows
2 99 (11.20%) Linux
3 77 (8.71%) Mac OS
4 73 (8.26%) Android
5 62 (7.01%) Windows Server
6 33 (3.73%) Windows 10
7 16 (1.81%) Unix
8 14 (1.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 7 (0.79%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (0.57%) CentOS
10 5 (0.57%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.34%) Windows 7
11 3 (0.34%) Windows 8
11 3 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.23%) CatOS
12 2 (0.23%) Solaris
12 2 (0.23%) VMS
12 2 (0.23%) zOS
13 1 (0.11%) MVS
13 1 (0.11%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (11.65%) Problem-Solving
2 102 (11.54%) Migration
3 80 (9.05%) Service Management
4 75 (8.48%) Agile
5 74 (8.37%) Network Design
6 69 (7.81%) Roadmaps
7 63 (7.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 62 (7.01%) ITSM
9 60 (6.79%) ITIL
10 57 (6.45%) Change Management
10 57 (6.45%) Collaborative Working
11 54 (6.11%) Business Intelligence
12 52 (5.88%) Network Architecture
13 50 (5.66%) Incident Response
14 48 (5.43%) Cybersecurity
14 48 (5.43%) Load Balancing
15 44 (4.98%) High Availability
16 39 (4.41%) Continuous Improvement
16 39 (4.41%) Performance Monitoring
17 37 (4.19%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 113 (12.78%) Python
2 75 (8.48%) PowerShell
3 40 (4.52%) Bash
4 31 (3.51%) SQL
5 23 (2.60%) Perl
6 10 (1.13%) JavaScript
7 9 (1.02%) C++
8 8 (0.90%) Lisp
9 6 (0.68%) Java
10 5 (0.57%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (0.34%) C
11 3 (0.34%) Go
12 2 (0.23%) PHP
12 2 (0.23%) VB
13 1 (0.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 402 (45.48%) Security Cleared
2 307 (34.73%) SC Cleared
3 216 (24.43%) Cisco Certification
4 169 (19.12%) CCNP
5 108 (12.22%) DV Cleared
6 78 (8.82%) CCNA
7 63 (7.13%) Degree
8 57 (6.45%) CCIE
9 20 (2.26%) Computer Science Degree
10 18 (2.04%) CISSP
11 17 (1.92%) AWS Certification
11 17 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
11 17 (1.92%) JNCIE
11 17 (1.92%) Microsoft Certification
12 16 (1.81%) ITIL Certification
13 14 (1.58%) Azure Certification
14 13 (1.47%) JNCIA
14 13 (1.47%) JNCIS
15 12 (1.36%) CCDP
16 11 (1.24%) CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (3.85%) SLA
2 22 (2.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (1.81%) NIST
4 15 (1.70%) GDPR
5 11 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (1.13%) PCI DSS
7 9 (1.02%) PMO
8 5 (0.57%) NCSC
9 4 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.34%) QA
11 2 (0.23%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.23%) Def Stans
12 1 (0.11%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.11%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.11%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.11%) JSP 440
12 1 (0.11%) MiFID
12 1 (0.11%) NIST 800
System Software
1 135 (15.27%) Active Directory
2 114 (12.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 55 (6.22%) VMware NSX
4 34 (3.85%) vSphere
5 24 (2.71%) Firmware
6 23 (2.60%) VMware ESXi
7 21 (2.38%) Docker
8 15 (1.70%) Hyper-V
9 13 (1.47%) NFS
10 12 (1.36%) GPFS
11 11 (1.24%) Virtual Machines
12 7 (0.79%) Snort
12 7 (0.79%) Virtual Servers
13 5 (0.57%) KVM
13 5 (0.57%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 5 (0.57%) Squid
14 3 (0.34%) BitLocker
15 2 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
16 1 (0.11%) Veritas Cluster Server
16 1 (0.11%) Xen
Systems Management
1 82 (9.28%) Ansible
2 58 (6.56%) FortiGate
3 45 (5.09%) SCCM
4 41 (4.64%) Terraform
5 39 (4.41%) vCenter Server
6 36 (4.07%) Microsoft Intune
7 28 (3.17%) vRealize
8 18 (2.04%) Kubernetes
9 14 (1.58%) VxRail
10 11 (1.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 11 (1.24%) Cisco CUCM
11 9 (1.02%) WSUS
12 8 (0.90%) Nessus
12 8 (0.90%) SCOM
12 8 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
13 7 (0.79%) HP SiteScope
14 6 (0.68%) NetBackup
15 5 (0.57%) Nexpose
15 5 (0.57%) Suricata
16 4 (0.45%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 188 (21.27%) Juniper
2 186 (21.04%) Microsoft
3 155 (17.53%) Palo Alto
4 138 (15.61%) VMware
5 126 (14.25%) Fortinet
6 110 (12.44%) F5
7 107 (12.10%) SolarWinds
8 101 (11.43%) Meraki
9 84 (9.50%) Dell
10 79 (8.94%) CheckPoint
11 71 (8.03%) HP
12 65 (7.35%) Splunk
13 60 (6.79%) Aruba
14 55 (6.22%) Apple
15 53 (6.00%) ServiceNow
16 35 (3.96%) SAP
17 34 (3.85%) IBM
17 34 (3.85%) Zscaler
18 33 (3.73%) Remedy
19 32 (3.62%) AppDynamics