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 8 February 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
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 61 51
Rank change year-on-year -46 -10 +34
Contract jobs citing Cisco 847 947 1,447
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.54% 3.62% 3.77%
As % of the Vendors category 5.58% 7.80% 8.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 573 580 864
10th Percentile £263 £284 £250
25th Percentile £373 £413 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £550 £588 £588
90th Percentile £600 £641 £688
UK median daily rate £461 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -7.75% +5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 21 86
10th Percentile £21.14 £18.13 £14.33
25th Percentile £25.15 £20.00 £23.06
Median hourly rate £54.86 £24.66 £33.25
Median % change year-on-year +122.47% -25.83% +29.33%
75th Percentile £74.26 £60.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £94.38 £75.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £24.66 £33.25
% change year-on-year +163.56% -25.83% +22.67%

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 15,175 12,145 16,635
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 45.46% 46.37% 43.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,971 7,350 10,770
10th Percentile £300 £275 £250
25th Percentile £413 £408 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £705 £720 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £523 £525
% change year-on-year -4.31% -0.48% -2.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 749 347 852
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £12.87
25th Percentile £17.88 £19.47 £15.50
Median hourly rate £23.83 £30.45 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.76% +1.50% -6.25%
75th Percentile £55.00 £64.88 £57.33
90th Percentile £72.00 £81.45 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £29.00 £28.75
% change year-on-year -17.84% +0.87% -2.54%

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 8 February 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 8 February 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 8 February 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 -73 242 £463 -10.41% 154
South East -1 204 £500 - 133
Midlands +1 149 £380 -13.14% 63
North of England -66 149 £479 -2.66% 82
West Midlands +4 131 £380 -11.88% 42
North West -19 119 £481 -3.27% 46
South West -52 51 £550 +10.00% 40
East of England -12 35 £460 +5.14% 43
Yorkshire -80 23 £450 +5.88% 28
East Midlands -28 17 £158 -65.00% 21
North East -15 9 £175 -64.10% 8
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 50 (5.90%) SharePoint
2 29 (3.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 19 (2.24%) Confluence
4 14 (1.65%) Skype for Business
5 10 (1.18%) Apache
6 7 (0.83%) Appian
6 7 (0.83%) Mattermost
7 6 (0.71%) OpenStack
8 5 (0.59%) IIS
8 5 (0.59%) SharePoint Server
9 4 (0.47%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.12%) JBoss
10 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 64 (7.56%) Microsoft Office
2 40 (4.72%) MS Visio
3 17 (2.01%) Microsoft Excel
4 12 (1.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.59%) Acrobat
6 4 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.12%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 22 (2.60%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.12%) Actimize
2 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 139 (16.41%) Azure
2 120 (14.17%) AWS
3 79 (9.33%) Microsoft 365
4 36 (4.25%) GCP
5 29 (3.42%) Entra ID
6 14 (1.65%) Datadog
7 12 (1.42%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 11 (1.30%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 10 (1.18%) Azure Sentinel
9 10 (1.18%) SaaS
10 9 (1.06%) OpenShift
11 7 (0.83%) Microsoft Purview
11 7 (0.83%) Mimecast
11 7 (0.83%) PaaS
11 7 (0.83%) Tricentis Tosca
12 6 (0.71%) Azure DevOps
12 6 (0.71%) GitHub
12 6 (0.71%) IaaS
12 6 (0.71%) Nutanix
13 5 (0.59%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 329 (38.84%) Firewall
2 225 (26.56%) WAN
3 188 (22.20%) VPN
4 167 (19.72%) BGP
5 165 (19.48%) LAN
6 149 (17.59%) Network Security
7 136 (16.06%) Wireless
8 117 (13.81%) OSPF
9 94 (11.10%) DNS
10 91 (10.74%) SD-WAN
11 81 (9.56%) VLAN
12 80 (9.45%) MPLS
13 73 (8.62%) Cisco ISE
14 64 (7.56%) IPsec
15 58 (6.85%) Cisco IOS
15 58 (6.85%) Wi-Fi
16 54 (6.38%) Cisco ASA
17 47 (5.55%) Cisco Nexus
17 47 (5.55%) TCP/IP
18 44 (5.19%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (1.18%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.12%) Metadata
2 1 (0.12%) MySQL
2 1 (0.12%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.12%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 16 (1.89%) GitLab
2 14 (1.65%) JIRA
3 10 (1.18%) Sonatype Nexus
4 8 (0.94%) Jenkins
4 8 (0.94%) Robot Framework
5 7 (0.83%) Cucumber
5 7 (0.83%) Selenium
5 7 (0.83%) SonarQube
6 3 (0.35%) Git
7 2 (0.24%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.24%) Rational DOORS
General
1 187 (22.08%) Social Skills
2 143 (16.88%) Public Sector
3 117 (13.81%) Finance
4 99 (11.69%) Telecoms
5 70 (8.26%) Analytical Skills
6 52 (6.14%) Documentation Skills
7 49 (5.79%) Manufacturing
8 45 (5.31%) Banking
9 37 (4.37%) Electronics
9 37 (4.37%) Marketing
10 29 (3.42%) Legal
11 15 (1.77%) Presentation Skills
12 13 (1.53%) Investment Banking
13 11 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 11 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
14 8 (0.94%) Aerospace
14 8 (0.94%) Financial Institution
15 7 (0.83%) Military
16 6 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
17 5 (0.59%) Law
Job Titles
1 297 (35.06%) Network Engineer
2 90 (10.63%) Architect
3 69 (8.15%) Cisco Engineer
4 62 (7.32%) Network Architect
5 60 (7.08%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 58 (6.85%) Analyst
7 53 (6.26%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 52 (6.14%) Security Engineer
9 49 (5.79%) Senior
10 43 (5.08%) IT Support
11 41 (4.84%) Support Engineer
12 40 (4.72%) Consultant
13 37 (4.37%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
14 35 (4.13%) Network Consultant
15 31 (3.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 30 (3.54%) Network Security Engineer
17 29 (3.42%) Desktop Support
18 26 (3.07%) 2nd Line Support
18 26 (3.07%) Infrastructure Analyst
19 25 (2.95%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (3.54%) 802.1X
2 16 (1.89%) Flash
3 15 (1.77%) XMPP
4 13 (1.53%) LDAP
5 11 (1.30%) JSON
5 11 (1.30%) NETCONF
5 11 (1.30%) YANG
6 9 (1.06%) XML
7 8 (0.94%) Jinja
8 6 (0.71%) RFC 2544
8 6 (0.71%) SAML
9 4 (0.47%) HTML
9 4 (0.47%) VML
10 3 (0.35%) OpenConfig
10 3 (0.35%) REST
11 2 (0.24%) CSS
11 2 (0.24%) Django
11 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Graph
11 2 (0.24%) RESTCONF
12 1 (0.12%) JFC
Miscellaneous
1 226 (26.68%) Data Centre
2 42 (4.96%) PKI
3 33 (3.90%) Linux Command Line
4 31 (3.66%) Replication
5 26 (3.07%) Hybrid Cloud
6 24 (2.83%) Data Protection Act
7 23 (2.72%) Cloud Native
8 21 (2.48%) Onboarding
9 17 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
10 15 (1.77%) Video Conferencing
11 14 (1.65%) Driving Licence
12 13 (1.53%) Security Posture
13 12 (1.42%) Operational Technology
13 12 (1.42%) Product Ownership
14 10 (1.18%) Clustering
15 9 (1.06%) Fibre Optics
15 9 (1.06%) Public Cloud
16 8 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
16 8 (0.94%) NHS
17 7 (0.83%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 143 (16.88%) Windows
2 93 (10.98%) Linux
3 73 (8.62%) Windows Server
4 46 (5.43%) Mac OS
5 44 (5.19%) Android
6 35 (4.13%) Windows 10
7 11 (1.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 11 (1.30%) Unix
8 6 (0.71%) Windows Server 2012
8 6 (0.71%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.59%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.47%) CatOS
10 4 (0.47%) Solaris
11 3 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.24%) VMS
13 1 (0.12%) CentOS
13 1 (0.12%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (13.58%) Migration
2 100 (11.81%) Problem-Solving
3 80 (9.45%) Agile
4 72 (8.50%) Network Design
5 70 (8.26%) ITSM
5 70 (8.26%) Roadmaps
6 63 (7.44%) Cybersecurity
7 61 (7.20%) ITIL
7 61 (7.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 59 (6.97%) Service Management
9 57 (6.73%) High Availability
10 53 (6.26%) Collaborative Working
10 53 (6.26%) Network Architecture
11 52 (6.14%) Load Balancing
11 52 (6.14%) Project Delivery
12 51 (6.02%) Change Management
13 47 (5.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 46 (5.43%) Business Intelligence
15 44 (5.19%) Zero Trust
16 41 (4.84%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 102 (12.04%) Python
2 56 (6.61%) PowerShell
3 31 (3.66%) Bash
4 20 (2.36%) Perl
4 20 (2.36%) SQL
5 12 (1.42%) JavaScript
6 8 (0.94%) Lisp
7 5 (0.59%) C++
8 4 (0.47%) C
8 4 (0.47%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (0.35%) PHP
10 2 (0.24%) Korn
11 1 (0.12%) Java
Qualifications
1 397 (46.87%) Security Cleared
2 320 (37.78%) SC Cleared
3 203 (23.97%) Cisco Certification
4 172 (20.31%) CCNP
5 97 (11.45%) DV Cleared
6 77 (9.09%) CCNA
7 66 (7.79%) Degree
8 55 (6.49%) CCIE
9 22 (2.60%) Microsoft Certification
10 18 (2.13%) JNCIS
11 17 (2.01%) Azure Certification
12 16 (1.89%) ITIL Certification
13 15 (1.77%) AWS Certification
13 15 (1.77%) BPSS Clearance
13 15 (1.77%) CISSP
13 15 (1.77%) MCSE
14 13 (1.53%) JNCIE
15 12 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
15 12 (1.42%) JNCIA
16 11 (1.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (3.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (2.72%) NIST
3 21 (2.48%) SLA
4 19 (2.24%) Cyber Essentials
5 13 (1.53%) GDPR
5 13 (1.53%) PMO
6 10 (1.18%) PCI DSS
7 9 (1.06%) NCSC
8 5 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (0.59%) QA
9 3 (0.35%) JSP 440
9 3 (0.35%) RMADS
10 1 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.12%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.12%) Def Stans
10 1 (0.12%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.12%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.12%) MiFID
10 1 (0.12%) NIST 800
System Software
1 137 (16.17%) VMware Infrastructure
2 96 (11.33%) Active Directory
3 67 (7.91%) VMware NSX
4 55 (6.49%) vSphere
5 36 (4.25%) VMware ESXi
6 21 (2.48%) Virtual Machines
7 18 (2.13%) Docker
8 16 (1.89%) Firmware
8 16 (1.89%) GPFS
8 16 (1.89%) NFS
9 14 (1.65%) Hyper-V
10 5 (0.59%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 5 (0.59%) Snort
10 5 (0.59%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (0.47%) KVM
11 4 (0.47%) Squid
11 4 (0.47%) vCloud
12 2 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
13 1 (0.12%) RHEV
13 1 (0.12%) UAG
Systems Management
1 83 (9.80%) Ansible
2 51 (6.02%) vCenter Server
3 48 (5.67%) FortiGate
4 39 (4.60%) Terraform
5 33 (3.90%) vRealize
6 21 (2.48%) SCCM
7 17 (2.01%) Microsoft Intune
7 17 (2.01%) VxRail
8 14 (1.65%) Kubernetes
9 12 (1.42%) SCOM
10 10 (1.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 9 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
11 9 (1.06%) WSUS
12 8 (0.94%) Cisco CUCM
12 8 (0.94%) Nessus
13 7 (0.83%) HP SiteScope
13 7 (0.83%) Nagios
14 6 (0.71%) Cisco Prime
15 4 (0.47%) HAProxy
15 4 (0.47%) Nmap
Vendors
1 207 (24.44%) Palo Alto
2 162 (19.13%) VMware
3 156 (18.42%) Microsoft
4 152 (17.95%) Juniper
5 102 (12.04%) Aruba
6 99 (11.69%) SolarWinds
7 95 (11.22%) CheckPoint
8 92 (10.86%) F5
9 90 (10.63%) Fortinet
10 86 (10.15%) Meraki
11 66 (7.79%) Dell
12 59 (6.97%) ServiceNow
13 58 (6.85%) HP
14 43 (5.08%) Apple
15 41 (4.84%) IBM
16 36 (4.25%) SAP
17 34 (4.01%) Remedy
17 34 (4.01%) Splunk
18 30 (3.54%) Zscaler
19 27 (3.19%) Oracle