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 19 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
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 61 55
Rank change year-on-year -33 -6 +37
Contract jobs citing Cisco 866 1,031 1,437
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.75% 3.56% 3.85%
As % of the Vendors category 5.80% 7.75% 8.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 576 624 881
10th Percentile £263 £275 £252
25th Percentile £400 £404 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £486
Median % change year-on-year - +2.88% +2.32%
75th Percentile £575 £580 £588
90th Percentile £617 £638 £688
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 19 88
10th Percentile £21.46 £17.14 £14.40
25th Percentile £25.15 £20.00 £23.91
Median hourly rate £35.00 £30.40 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.13% -18.93% +45.86%
75th Percentile £74.26 £75.00 £65.98
90th Percentile £92.93 - £76.63
UK median hourly rate £43.11 £38.00 £36.52
% change year-on-year +13.45% +4.05% +42.05%

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 14,934 13,299 16,661
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.48% 45.90% 44.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,682 8,112 10,891
10th Percentile £294 £291 £250
25th Percentile £408 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £615 £626 £638
90th Percentile £706 £725 £730
UK median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 726 385 614
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.55 £14.62
25th Percentile £18.22 £17.08 £20.50
Median hourly rate £23.83 £31.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.15% -31.11% +73.08%
75th Percentile £47.69 £65.00 £64.85
90th Percentile £74.26 £79.00 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £29.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -17.84% -34.83% +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 19 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 19 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 19 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 -50 283 £450 -10.89% 144
South East -4 201 £500 -0.74% 189
Midlands +7 155 £380 -13.14% 103
North of England -51 134 £475 - 128
West Midlands +19 133 £380 -20.00% 73
North West -30 97 £492 +3.58% 68
South West -43 49 £550 +16.40% 56
East of England -21 32 £445 -15.24% 64
Yorkshire -72 28 £450 - 51
East Midlands -19 21 £158 -58.00% 27
North East -1 11 £175 -64.10% 10
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 48 (5.54%) SharePoint
2 37 (4.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 20 (2.31%) Confluence
4 16 (1.85%) Apache
5 14 (1.62%) Skype for Business
6 13 (1.50%) WebLogic
7 8 (0.92%) OpenStack
8 7 (0.81%) Appian
8 7 (0.81%) Mattermost
9 5 (0.58%) SharePoint Server
10 3 (0.35%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.23%) CICS
11 2 (0.23%) IIS
11 2 (0.23%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.12%) JBoss
12 1 (0.12%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 75 (8.66%) Microsoft Office
2 32 (3.70%) MS Visio
3 17 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.12%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.12%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 18 (2.08%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.12%) Actimize
2 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 147 (16.97%) Azure
2 132 (15.24%) AWS
3 89 (10.28%) Microsoft 365
4 39 (4.50%) GCP
5 30 (3.46%) Entra ID
6 14 (1.62%) Azure Monitor
6 14 (1.62%) Datadog
7 12 (1.39%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 12 (1.39%) Azure Sentinel
8 11 (1.27%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 10 (1.15%) OpenShift
10 9 (1.04%) Nutanix
11 8 (0.92%) Akamai
11 8 (0.92%) GitHub
12 7 (0.81%) OneDrive
12 7 (0.81%) SaaS
12 7 (0.81%) Tricentis Tosca
13 6 (0.69%) Azure DevOps
13 6 (0.69%) Cloudflare
13 6 (0.69%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 362 (41.80%) Firewall
2 203 (23.44%) WAN
3 172 (19.86%) VPN
4 166 (19.17%) LAN
5 149 (17.21%) BGP
6 145 (16.74%) Wireless
7 128 (14.78%) Network Security
8 114 (13.16%) SD-WAN
9 111 (12.82%) OSPF
10 105 (12.12%) DNS
11 82 (9.47%) Wi-Fi
12 74 (8.55%) Cisco ISE
13 71 (8.20%) MPLS
14 69 (7.97%) Cisco IOS
14 69 (7.97%) Cisco Nexus
15 65 (7.51%) VLAN
16 59 (6.81%) DHCP
17 55 (6.35%) IPsec
18 53 (6.12%) TCP/IP
19 43 (4.97%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (1.39%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.23%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.12%) Metadata
4 1 (0.12%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 17 (1.96%) JIRA
2 16 (1.85%) GitLab
3 12 (1.39%) Sonatype Nexus
4 11 (1.27%) Git
5 9 (1.04%) Jenkins
6 8 (0.92%) Robot Framework
7 7 (0.81%) Cucumber
7 7 (0.81%) Selenium
7 7 (0.81%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.23%) Rational DOORS
8 2 (0.23%) Subversion
9 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.12%) Hudson
9 1 (0.12%) Mercurial
9 1 (0.12%) Snyk
General
1 192 (22.17%) Social Skills
2 154 (17.78%) Public Sector
3 115 (13.28%) Telecoms
4 104 (12.01%) Finance
5 76 (8.78%) Analytical Skills
6 47 (5.43%) Manufacturing
7 43 (4.97%) Banking
7 43 (4.97%) Documentation Skills
8 36 (4.16%) Electronics
8 36 (4.16%) Marketing
9 20 (2.31%) Legal
10 18 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 14 (1.62%) Presentation Skills
12 13 (1.50%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (1.04%) Aerospace
13 9 (1.04%) Investment Banking
13 9 (1.04%) Military
14 7 (0.81%) Games
14 7 (0.81%) Retail
15 5 (0.58%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 295 (34.06%) Network Engineer
2 113 (13.05%) Architect
3 79 (9.12%) Network Architect
4 60 (6.93%) Analyst
5 56 (6.47%) Cisco Engineer
6 50 (5.77%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 50 (5.77%) Senior
6 50 (5.77%) Support Engineer
7 48 (5.54%) Consultant
8 47 (5.43%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 47 (5.43%) Security Engineer
9 44 (5.08%) IT Support
10 38 (4.39%) Network Consultant
11 33 (3.81%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
11 33 (3.81%) Network Security Engineer
12 30 (3.46%) Platform Engineer
13 29 (3.35%) Desktop Support
13 29 (3.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 28 (3.23%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 27 (3.12%) Juniper Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (3.46%) 802.1X
2 15 (1.73%) XMPP
3 12 (1.39%) Flash
3 12 (1.39%) Jinja
4 11 (1.27%) JSON
4 11 (1.27%) NETCONF
4 11 (1.27%) YANG
5 10 (1.15%) RFC 2544
6 9 (1.04%) XML
7 6 (0.69%) LDAP
8 5 (0.58%) REST
9 4 (0.46%) VML
10 3 (0.35%) HTML
10 3 (0.35%) OpenConfig
10 3 (0.35%) SAML
11 2 (0.23%) Kafka
11 2 (0.23%) Middleware
11 2 (0.23%) Node.js
11 2 (0.23%) Regular Expression
11 2 (0.23%) RESTCONF
Miscellaneous
1 222 (25.64%) Data Centre
2 38 (4.39%) PKI
3 28 (3.23%) Linux Command Line
4 26 (3.00%) Replication
5 24 (2.77%) Data Protection Act
5 24 (2.77%) Hybrid Cloud
6 22 (2.54%) Cloud Native
7 17 (1.96%) Driving Licence
7 17 (1.96%) Onboarding
8 14 (1.62%) Video Conferencing
9 13 (1.50%) Operational Technology
10 12 (1.39%) Management Information System
10 12 (1.39%) Product Ownership
11 11 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
12 10 (1.15%) Fibre Optics
12 10 (1.15%) Security Posture
13 9 (1.04%) Clustering
13 9 (1.04%) NHS
14 8 (0.92%) Public Cloud
15 7 (0.81%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 159 (18.36%) Windows
2 96 (11.09%) Linux
3 66 (7.62%) Windows Server
4 64 (7.39%) Mac OS
5 59 (6.81%) Android
6 35 (4.04%) Windows 10
7 15 (1.73%) Unix
8 12 (1.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 7 (0.81%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (0.58%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.35%) Windows 7
11 3 (0.35%) Windows 8
11 3 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.23%) CatOS
12 2 (0.23%) CentOS
12 2 (0.23%) Solaris
12 2 (0.23%) VMS
12 2 (0.23%) zOS
13 1 (0.12%) MVS
13 1 (0.12%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (12.24%) Problem-Solving
2 105 (12.12%) Migration
3 82 (9.47%) Service Management
4 77 (8.89%) Network Design
5 71 (8.20%) Agile
5 71 (8.20%) Roadmaps
6 64 (7.39%) ITSM
7 63 (7.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 62 (7.16%) ITIL
9 55 (6.35%) Business Intelligence
10 54 (6.24%) Change Management
10 54 (6.24%) Incident Response
10 54 (6.24%) Network Architecture
11 53 (6.12%) Collaborative Working
12 49 (5.66%) Cybersecurity
13 48 (5.54%) High Availability
14 45 (5.20%) Load Balancing
15 42 (4.85%) Network Monitoring
15 42 (4.85%) Project Delivery
16 38 (4.39%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 109 (12.59%) Python
2 67 (7.74%) PowerShell
3 38 (4.39%) Bash
4 29 (3.35%) SQL
5 22 (2.54%) Perl
6 11 (1.27%) JavaScript
7 8 (0.92%) C++
7 8 (0.92%) Lisp
8 6 (0.69%) Java
9 5 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (0.35%) C
10 3 (0.35%) Go
11 2 (0.23%) PHP
12 1 (0.12%) VB
12 1 (0.12%) VBA
Qualifications
1 403 (46.54%) Security Cleared
2 315 (36.37%) SC Cleared
3 220 (25.40%) Cisco Certification
4 179 (20.67%) CCNP
5 98 (11.32%) DV Cleared
6 74 (8.55%) CCNA
7 67 (7.74%) Degree
8 58 (6.70%) CCIE
9 24 (2.77%) Microsoft Certification
10 19 (2.19%) CISSP
11 17 (1.96%) AWS Certification
11 17 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
11 17 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
11 17 (1.96%) JNCIE
12 16 (1.85%) Azure Certification
12 16 (1.85%) ITIL Certification
13 14 (1.62%) JNCIA
13 14 (1.62%) JNCIS
14 12 (1.39%) CCDP
14 12 (1.39%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (3.58%) SLA
2 22 (2.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (2.08%) NIST
4 16 (1.85%) GDPR
5 13 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials
6 11 (1.27%) PCI DSS
7 10 (1.15%) PMO
8 6 (0.69%) NCSC
9 4 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.35%) QA
11 2 (0.23%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.12%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.12%) Def Stans
12 1 (0.12%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.12%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.12%) JSP 440
12 1 (0.12%) MiFID
12 1 (0.12%) NIST 800
System Software
1 120 (13.86%) VMware Infrastructure
2 117 (13.51%) Active Directory
3 58 (6.70%) VMware NSX
4 39 (4.50%) vSphere
5 26 (3.00%) VMware ESXi
6 23 (2.66%) Firmware
7 19 (2.19%) Docker
8 15 (1.73%) Hyper-V
8 15 (1.73%) Virtual Machines
9 13 (1.50%) NFS
10 12 (1.39%) GPFS
11 7 (0.81%) Snort
11 7 (0.81%) Virtual Servers
12 6 (0.69%) KVM
13 5 (0.58%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 5 (0.58%) Squid
14 3 (0.35%) BitLocker
15 2 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
15 2 (0.23%) Xen
16 1 (0.12%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 87 (10.05%) Ansible
2 54 (6.24%) FortiGate
3 43 (4.97%) vCenter Server
4 42 (4.85%) Terraform
5 33 (3.81%) SCCM
6 28 (3.23%) vRealize
7 25 (2.89%) Microsoft Intune
8 17 (1.96%) Kubernetes
9 14 (1.62%) VxRail
10 11 (1.27%) Cisco CUCM
11 10 (1.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 9 (1.04%) WSUS
13 8 (0.92%) Nessus
13 8 (0.92%) SCOM
13 8 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
14 7 (0.81%) HP SiteScope
15 5 (0.58%) Nagios
15 5 (0.58%) Nexpose
15 5 (0.58%) Suricata
16 4 (0.46%) QRadar
Vendors
1 183 (21.13%) Juniper
2 170 (19.63%) Microsoft
3 168 (19.40%) Palo Alto
4 144 (16.63%) VMware
5 129 (14.90%) Fortinet
6 99 (11.43%) F5
7 97 (11.20%) SolarWinds
8 90 (10.39%) CheckPoint
9 88 (10.16%) Meraki
10 76 (8.78%) Dell
11 73 (8.43%) Aruba
12 67 (7.74%) HP
13 57 (6.58%) ServiceNow
14 54 (6.24%) Splunk
15 52 (6.00%) Apple
16 36 (4.16%) SAP
16 36 (4.16%) Zscaler
17 35 (4.04%) IBM
18 32 (3.70%) AppDynamics
18 32 (3.70%) Remedy