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 18 September 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
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 68 54
Rank change year-on-year -11 -14 +42
Contract jobs citing Cisco 865 1,029 1,690
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.11% 3.12% 4.03%
As % of the Vendors category 6.59% 7.07% 9.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 542 624 1,099
10th Percentile £300 £271 £252
25th Percentile £410 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £459
Median % change year-on-year - +8.93% -3.37%
75th Percentile £588 £584 £575
90th Percentile £650 £650 £651
UK median daily rate £490 £500 £463
% change year-on-year -2.10% +8.11% -2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 28 64
10th Percentile - £19.55 £18.15
25th Percentile £25.15 £20.14 £30.38
Median hourly rate £30.00 £25.59 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +17.23% -46.13% +90.00%
75th Percentile £58.75 £67.19 £65.98
90th Percentile £83.00 £75.07 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £27.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +9.09% -42.11% +90.00%

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 13,130 14,554 18,340
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.25% 44.19% 43.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,343 8,881 12,211
10th Percentile £275 £300 £262
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.19% - -1.41%
75th Percentile £619 £630 £650
90th Percentile £713 £732 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 620 595 579
10th Percentile £14.75 £14.26 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.88 £15.62 £18.97
Median hourly rate £25.15 £33.50 £43.84
Median % change year-on-year -24.93% -23.58% +83.33%
75th Percentile £46.39 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £69.69 £70.00 £75.60
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £30.00 £43.90
% change year-on-year -16.17% -31.66% +83.61%

Cisco
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Cisco as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 -15 314 £500 - 164
South East 0 185 £500 -3.62% 175
North of England -21 128 £475 - 95
Midlands +4 127 £463 -9.76% 92
West Midlands +18 110 £475 -14.41% 50
North West -20 74 £475 -4.04% 49
South West 0 67 £550 +7.32% 42
Yorkshire -25 50 £492 +2.77% 31
East of England -4 32 £483 +48.46% 44
East Midlands -16 17 £438 +16.67% 40
North East -5 4 £550 +29.41% 15
South Coast - 2 - -
Cisco
UK

Cisco
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 49 (5.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (2.77%) Skype for Business
3 20 (2.31%) SharePoint
4 17 (1.97%) Confluence
5 16 (1.85%) Mattermost
6 14 (1.62%) Apache
7 12 (1.39%) WebLogic
8 7 (0.81%) OpenStack
9 4 (0.46%) Appian
10 2 (0.23%) CICS
10 2 (0.23%) IIS
10 2 (0.23%) nginx
10 2 (0.23%) SharePoint Server
10 2 (0.23%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.23%) WebSphere
11 1 (0.12%) CMS
11 1 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.12%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 59 (6.82%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.81%) MS Visio
3 5 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.12%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.12%) OmniGraffle
4 1 (0.12%) Revit
Business Applications
1 7 (0.81%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 132 (15.26%) Azure
2 112 (12.95%) AWS
3 75 (8.67%) Microsoft 365
4 29 (3.35%) GCP
5 22 (2.54%) Entra ID
6 12 (1.39%) Akamai
6 12 (1.39%) Azure Monitor
6 12 (1.39%) SaaS
7 10 (1.16%) OpenShift
8 9 (1.04%) Azure Sentinel
8 9 (1.04%) GitHub
9 8 (0.92%) Nutanix
9 8 (0.92%) PaaS
10 6 (0.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 6 (0.69%) Serverless
11 5 (0.58%) IaaS
12 4 (0.46%) AWS CloudFormation
12 4 (0.46%) OneDrive
12 4 (0.46%) Tricentis Tosca
12 4 (0.46%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 414 (47.86%) Firewall
2 201 (23.24%) WAN
3 176 (20.35%) LAN
4 168 (19.42%) BGP
5 149 (17.23%) VPN
6 144 (16.65%) Network Security
7 141 (16.30%) DNS
8 135 (15.61%) OSPF
9 133 (15.38%) Wireless
10 116 (13.41%) SD-WAN
11 98 (11.33%) Cisco Nexus
12 87 (10.06%) DHCP
13 86 (9.94%) Wi-Fi
14 79 (9.13%) Cisco IOS
14 79 (9.13%) MPLS
15 78 (9.02%) VLAN
16 71 (8.21%) Cisco ISE
17 69 (7.98%) TCP/IP
18 63 (7.28%) IPsec
19 57 (6.59%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (1.73%) SQL Server
2 8 (0.92%) NoSQL
3 5 (0.58%) MySQL
4 4 (0.46%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.23%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.23%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.12%) Power BI
7 1 (0.12%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 31 (3.58%) JIRA
2 17 (1.97%) GitLab
2 17 (1.97%) Sonatype Nexus
3 13 (1.50%) Git
4 5 (0.58%) Bitbucket
4 5 (0.58%) Robot Framework
4 5 (0.58%) SonarQube
5 4 (0.46%) Cucumber
5 4 (0.46%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.46%) Selenium
6 2 (0.23%) eggPlant
6 2 (0.23%) Snyk
6 2 (0.23%) Subversion
7 1 (0.12%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.12%) Hudson
7 1 (0.12%) JIRA Agile
7 1 (0.12%) Mercurial
7 1 (0.12%) webpack
General
1 198 (22.89%) Social Skills
2 89 (10.29%) Finance
3 84 (9.71%) Telecoms
4 83 (9.60%) Public Sector
5 64 (7.40%) Analytical Skills
6 31 (3.58%) Banking
7 28 (3.24%) Documentation Skills
8 25 (2.89%) Games
9 21 (2.43%) Manufacturing
10 19 (2.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 18 (2.08%) Legal
12 9 (1.04%) Law
12 9 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (0.92%) Aerospace
14 7 (0.81%) Military
15 5 (0.58%) Financial Institution
16 4 (0.46%) Aviation
16 4 (0.46%) Electronics
17 3 (0.35%) Presentation Skills
17 3 (0.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 332 (38.38%) Network Engineer
2 102 (11.79%) Architect
3 76 (8.79%) Network Architect
4 74 (8.55%) Cisco Engineer
5 62 (7.17%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 59 (6.82%) Senior
7 54 (6.24%) Support Engineer
8 53 (6.13%) Analyst
9 50 (5.78%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
10 44 (5.09%) Security Engineer
11 35 (4.05%) Platform Engineer
12 34 (3.93%) Test Engineer
13 33 (3.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 32 (3.70%) Network Security Engineer
15 29 (3.35%) Consultant
16 27 (3.12%) Senior Network Engineer
17 24 (2.77%) Support Analyst
18 23 (2.66%) Juniper Engineer
19 22 (2.54%) IT Engineer
20 21 (2.43%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (3.58%) 802.1X
2 19 (2.20%) RFC 2544
2 19 (2.20%) XMPP
3 14 (1.62%) NETCONF
4 10 (1.16%) Jinja
4 10 (1.16%) JSON
4 10 (1.16%) RESTCONF
5 8 (0.92%) XML
5 8 (0.92%) YANG
6 7 (0.81%) REST
7 4 (0.46%) .NET
7 4 (0.46%) ASP.NET
7 4 (0.46%) Flash
7 4 (0.46%) YAML
8 3 (0.35%) Kafka
8 3 (0.35%) React
8 3 (0.35%) SOAP
9 2 (0.23%) Node.js
9 2 (0.23%) Regular Expression
9 2 (0.23%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 155 (17.92%) Data Centre
2 35 (4.05%) PKI
3 30 (3.47%) Data Protection Act
4 29 (3.35%) Onboarding
5 25 (2.89%) Management Information System
6 23 (2.66%) Video Conferencing
7 21 (2.43%) Hybrid Cloud
8 19 (2.20%) Driving Licence
8 19 (2.20%) Fibre Optics
8 19 (2.20%) Security Posture
8 19 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
9 13 (1.50%) Replication
10 12 (1.39%) Cloud Native
11 10 (1.16%) Blackberry
11 10 (1.16%) Public Cloud
11 10 (1.16%) Virtual Team
12 9 (1.04%) CMDB
13 8 (0.92%) Enterprise Storage
14 7 (0.81%) Clustering
14 7 (0.81%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 157 (18.15%) Windows
2 99 (11.45%) Linux
3 47 (5.43%) Mac OS
4 46 (5.32%) Windows Server
5 38 (4.39%) Android
6 28 (3.24%) Unix
7 23 (2.66%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (0.69%) Windows 8
10 5 (0.58%) Windows 7
10 5 (0.58%) Windows Server 2019
11 4 (0.46%) CentOS
11 4 (0.46%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
12 3 (0.35%) Mac OS X
12 3 (0.35%) VMS
12 3 (0.35%) Windows Server 2003
13 2 (0.23%) Solaris
13 2 (0.23%) Windows XP
13 2 (0.23%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (12.49%) Problem-Solving
2 101 (11.68%) ITIL
3 80 (9.25%) Service Management
4 78 (9.02%) Migration
5 72 (8.32%) Network Design
6 58 (6.71%) Agile
7 54 (6.24%) Change Management
8 53 (6.13%) Network Monitoring
9 51 (5.90%) Computer Science
10 45 (5.20%) Incident Response
11 44 (5.09%) High Availability
12 42 (4.86%) Network Architecture
12 42 (4.86%) Validation
13 41 (4.74%) Load Balancing
14 39 (4.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 39 (4.51%) Problem Management
15 37 (4.28%) Data Protection
16 36 (4.16%) Continuous Improvement
16 36 (4.16%) Project Management
17 35 (4.05%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 110 (12.72%) Python
2 75 (8.67%) PowerShell
3 55 (6.36%) SQL
4 26 (3.01%) Bash
5 17 (1.97%) Java
6 15 (1.73%) Perl
7 9 (1.04%) JavaScript
8 8 (0.92%) C++
9 7 (0.81%) VB
10 4 (0.46%) Go
11 3 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.23%) C#
12 2 (0.23%) PHP
13 1 (0.12%) C
13 1 (0.12%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.12%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.12%) VBA
Qualifications
1 332 (38.38%) Security Cleared
2 261 (30.17%) Cisco Certification
3 238 (27.51%) SC Cleared
4 188 (21.73%) CCNP
5 106 (12.25%) DV Cleared
6 88 (10.17%) CCNA
7 81 (9.36%) Degree
8 53 (6.13%) CCIE
9 40 (4.62%) Computer Science Degree
10 27 (3.12%) ITIL Certification
11 19 (2.20%) CCSA
12 17 (1.97%) JNCIE
12 17 (1.97%) Microsoft Certification
13 15 (1.73%) JNCIA
14 13 (1.50%) CCSE
15 12 (1.39%) AWS Certification
16 11 (1.27%) CISSP
16 11 (1.27%) ISTQB
16 11 (1.27%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
17 10 (1.16%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (3.70%) SLA
2 12 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (1.39%) NIST
3 7 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (0.81%) GDPR
4 5 (0.58%) PCI DSS
5 4 (0.46%) NCSC
5 4 (0.46%) QA
6 2 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.23%) Def Stans
6 2 (0.23%) Government Security Classifications
6 2 (0.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.12%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.12%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.12%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.12%) PMO
System Software
1 139 (16.07%) Active Directory
2 84 (9.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (3.24%) VMware NSX
4 27 (3.12%) VMware ESXi
5 26 (3.01%) Firmware
6 14 (1.62%) Hyper-V
7 12 (1.39%) Docker
8 10 (1.16%) vSphere
9 9 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
10 6 (0.69%) KVM
10 6 (0.69%) Virtual Servers
11 5 (0.58%) NFS
11 5 (0.58%) Snort
11 5 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
12 4 (0.46%) Ceph
12 4 (0.46%) GPFS
12 4 (0.46%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 4 (0.46%) XenApp
13 3 (0.35%) BitLocker
13 3 (0.35%) Squid
Systems Management
1 104 (12.02%) Ansible
2 41 (4.74%) SCCM
3 39 (4.51%) FortiGate
4 38 (4.39%) Microsoft Intune
5 33 (3.82%) Terraform
6 30 (3.47%) vCenter Server
7 17 (1.97%) SCOM
8 16 (1.85%) Kubernetes
9 12 (1.39%) Cisco CUCM
10 10 (1.16%) Cisco Prime
11 7 (0.81%) HP ALM
11 7 (0.81%) HP SiteScope
12 6 (0.69%) NetBackup
12 6 (0.69%) OpenView
12 6 (0.69%) WSUS
13 5 (0.58%) CA Spectrum
13 5 (0.58%) QRadar
14 4 (0.46%) McAfee ePO
14 4 (0.46%) Puppet
14 4 (0.46%) vRealize
Vendors
1 204 (23.58%) Microsoft
2 179 (20.69%) Juniper
3 144 (16.65%) Palo Alto
4 133 (15.38%) Fortinet
5 122 (14.10%) F5
6 111 (12.83%) VMware
7 101 (11.68%) CheckPoint
8 96 (11.10%) SolarWinds
9 94 (10.87%) Meraki
10 78 (9.02%) Splunk
11 40 (4.62%) Dell
11 40 (4.62%) ServiceNow
12 33 (3.82%) HP
13 32 (3.70%) Arista
14 27 (3.12%) Zscaler
15 23 (2.66%) Citrix
16 22 (2.54%) Oracle
17 21 (2.43%) Aruba
18 20 (2.31%) Google
19 18 (2.08%) Remedy