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 25 May 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
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 63 63
Rank change year-on-year -42 0 +2
Contract jobs citing Cisco 934 881 1,168
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.26% 3.67% 3.20%
As % of the Vendors category 5.51% 7.71% 7.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 641 546 722
10th Percentile £300 £311 £263
25th Percentile £402 £425 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £477 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year -4.60% +1.01% +4.21%
75th Percentile £573 £588 £588
90th Percentile £643 £638 £688
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 19 36
10th Percentile £26.22 £17.28 £13.29
25th Percentile £38.80 £18.32 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.00 £30.40 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year +54.61% +15.81% -39.48%
75th Percentile £69.92 £44.74 £41.25
90th Percentile £74.26 £69.75 £55.70
UK median hourly rate £53.75 £33.52 £26.25
% change year-on-year +60.34% +27.70% -47.50%

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 16,954 11,434 15,270
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 40.96% 47.69% 41.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,949 7,342 9,751
10th Percentile £313 £278 £263
25th Percentile £413 £406 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% +1.94% -3.92%
75th Percentile £610 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £744
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £513
% change year-on-year -2.44% - -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 910 469 1,015
10th Percentile £15.37 £14.84 £12.13
25th Percentile £18.75 £17.50 £14.34
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +27.45% +13.33% -43.11%
75th Percentile £58.75 £55.25 £57.41
90th Percentile £76.68 £70.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £25.50 £22.30
% change year-on-year +27.45% +14.35% -47.84%

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 25 May 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 25 May 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 25 May 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 -60 290 £500 - 149
North of England -43 200 £480 -4.00% 127
South East -21 195 £500 - 143
North West -7 165 £481 -3.75% 54
Midlands -23 134 £400 -11.11% 67
West Midlands -18 126 £397 -9.29% 43
South West -59 53 £513 -6.82% 70
East of England -7 41 £498 +16.03% 52
Yorkshire -85 34 £477 -5.27% 49
East Midlands -46 4 £458 -10.73% 23
North East -32 2 £425 +30.77% 26
South Coast - 1 £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 26 (2.78%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (1.61%) Confluence
4 8 (0.86%) Apache
5 5 (0.54%) OpenStack
6 4 (0.43%) IIS
7 2 (0.21%) CloudStack
7 2 (0.21%) CMS
8 1 (0.11%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.11%) nginx
8 1 (0.11%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
Applications
1 36 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (3.10%) MS Visio
3 14 (1.50%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.43%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 11 (1.18%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.11%) Actimize
Cloud Services
1 168 (17.99%) Azure
2 129 (13.81%) AWS
3 60 (6.42%) Microsoft 365
4 32 (3.43%) Entra ID
5 21 (2.25%) GCP
6 15 (1.61%) SaaS
7 11 (1.18%) Azure Sentinel
7 11 (1.18%) GitHub
7 11 (1.18%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 9 (0.96%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 8 (0.86%) IaaS
9 8 (0.86%) OneDrive
9 8 (0.86%) OpenShift
10 7 (0.75%) Nutanix
10 7 (0.75%) Power Platform
11 6 (0.64%) Datadog
11 6 (0.64%) Microsoft Purview
12 5 (0.54%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (0.54%) Rubrik
13 4 (0.43%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 420 (44.97%) Firewall
2 315 (33.73%) WAN
3 262 (28.05%) BGP
4 245 (26.23%) LAN
5 210 (22.48%) VPN
6 205 (21.95%) Network Security
7 188 (20.13%) OSPF
8 145 (15.52%) DNS
8 145 (15.52%) VLAN
9 143 (15.31%) Wireless
10 107 (11.46%) SD-WAN
11 87 (9.31%) Cisco ISE
11 87 (9.31%) MPLS
12 86 (9.21%) VXLAN
13 77 (8.24%) Cisco Nexus
13 77 (8.24%) DHCP
14 76 (8.14%) Wi-Fi
15 69 (7.39%) Multicast
16 67 (7.17%) IPsec
17 59 (6.32%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (0.54%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.21%) Metadata
2 2 (0.21%) MySQL
3 1 (0.11%) Apache Hive
3 1 (0.11%) Big Data
3 1 (0.11%) ClickHouse
3 1 (0.11%) Hadoop
3 1 (0.11%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.11%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 19 (2.03%) JIRA
2 11 (1.18%) Sonatype Nexus
3 10 (1.07%) Git
4 7 (0.75%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.54%) GitLab
6 2 (0.21%) Bitbucket
General
1 197 (21.09%) Social Skills
2 93 (9.96%) Finance
3 58 (6.21%) Documentation Skills
4 54 (5.78%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (5.78%) Banking
5 49 (5.25%) Telecoms
6 44 (4.71%) Public Sector
7 33 (3.53%) Legal
8 22 (2.36%) Manufacturing
9 19 (2.03%) Investment Banking
10 15 (1.61%) Financial Institution
10 15 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
11 13 (1.39%) Retail
12 9 (0.96%) Law
12 9 (0.96%) Military
13 8 (0.86%) Marketing
14 7 (0.75%) Police
14 7 (0.75%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.32%) Advertising
15 3 (0.32%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 433 (46.36%) Network Engineer
2 110 (11.78%) Architect
3 105 (11.24%) Cisco Engineer
4 101 (10.81%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 99 (10.60%) Senior
6 79 (8.46%) Security Engineer
7 70 (7.49%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 69 (7.39%) Network Architect
9 58 (6.21%) Network Security Engineer
10 56 (6.00%) Senior Network Engineer
11 46 (4.93%) Data Network Engineer
12 42 (4.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 35 (3.75%) Analyst
13 35 (3.75%) Data Engineer
14 33 (3.53%) Cisco Security Engineer
15 26 (2.78%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
16 25 (2.68%) Network Specialist
17 22 (2.36%) Lead
18 19 (2.03%) Wintel Engineer
19 18 (1.93%) Data Centre Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (7.28%) 802.1X
2 17 (1.82%) LDAP
3 16 (1.71%) Flash
4 13 (1.39%) SAML
5 8 (0.86%) REST
6 6 (0.64%) XMPP
7 5 (0.54%) Jinja
7 5 (0.54%) NETCONF
8 4 (0.43%) HTML
8 4 (0.43%) YANG
9 3 (0.32%) OpenConfig
9 3 (0.32%) RESTCONF
9 3 (0.32%) VML
10 2 (0.21%) ADO
10 2 (0.21%) CSS
10 2 (0.21%) Django
10 2 (0.21%) JSON
10 2 (0.21%) Kafka
10 2 (0.21%) Middleware
10 2 (0.21%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 255 (27.30%) Data Centre
2 50 (5.35%) PKI
3 45 (4.82%) Replication
4 42 (4.50%) Clustering
5 32 (3.43%) Hybrid Cloud
6 29 (3.10%) Data Protection Act
7 28 (3.00%) Onboarding
8 21 (2.25%) Linux Command Line
9 20 (2.14%) Video Conferencing
10 17 (1.82%) Operational Technology
11 14 (1.50%) Cloud Native
11 14 (1.50%) Security Posture
12 13 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
12 13 (1.39%) Virtual Team
13 12 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
14 11 (1.18%) Driving Licence
15 9 (0.96%) EMC VMAX
16 8 (0.86%) Enterprise Storage
16 8 (0.86%) Product Ownership
16 8 (0.86%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 164 (17.56%) Windows
2 88 (9.42%) Linux
3 61 (6.53%) Windows Server
4 21 (2.25%) Unix
5 19 (2.03%) Windows 10
6 11 (1.18%) Ubuntu
7 9 (0.96%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.64%) Android
8 6 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (0.54%) CatOS
9 5 (0.54%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (0.43%) AIX
10 4 (0.43%) Solaris
10 4 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.32%) Data ONTAP
11 3 (0.32%) VMS
12 2 (0.21%) CentOS
13 1 (0.11%) Debian
13 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2003
13 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (13.28%) Migration
2 109 (11.67%) Load Balancing
3 105 (11.24%) Problem-Solving
4 99 (10.60%) High Availability
5 82 (8.78%) ITIL
6 74 (7.92%) ITSM
6 74 (7.92%) Network Design
7 66 (7.07%) Project Delivery
8 61 (6.53%) Agile
9 60 (6.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 56 (6.00%) Technical Leadership
11 53 (5.67%) Continuous Improvement
12 52 (5.57%) Disaster Recovery
13 50 (5.35%) Zero Trust
14 48 (5.14%) Cybersecurity
15 47 (5.03%) Change Management
16 46 (4.93%) Infrastructure as Code
16 46 (4.93%) Network Monitoring
17 45 (4.82%) Network Segmentation
18 44 (4.71%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 92 (9.85%) Python
2 47 (5.03%) PowerShell
3 16 (1.71%) SQL
4 15 (1.61%) Bash
5 8 (0.86%) C
6 4 (0.43%) PHP
7 3 (0.32%) C++
7 3 (0.32%) Java
7 3 (0.32%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.21%) ActionScript
8 2 (0.21%) Korn
8 2 (0.21%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.11%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.11%) Ladder Logic
9 1 (0.11%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 333 (35.65%) Security Cleared
2 264 (28.27%) Cisco Certification
3 249 (26.66%) SC Cleared
4 204 (21.84%) CCNP
5 96 (10.28%) DV Cleared
6 95 (10.17%) CCNA
7 70 (7.49%) Degree
8 51 (5.46%) CCIE
9 30 (3.21%) Microsoft Certification
10 24 (2.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 23 (2.46%) MCSE
12 19 (2.03%) Network+ Certification
13 17 (1.82%) JNCIS
14 16 (1.71%) Azure Certification
14 16 (1.71%) MCSA
14 16 (1.71%) VCAP
15 14 (1.50%) CCSE
15 14 (1.50%) JNCIP
16 13 (1.39%) JNCIA
16 13 (1.39%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (2.89%) NIST
2 26 (2.78%) SLA
3 23 (2.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 22 (2.36%) Cyber Essentials
5 17 (1.82%) NCSC
6 9 (0.96%) QA
7 8 (0.86%) PMO
8 6 (0.64%) GDPR
9 4 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.43%) JSP 440
10 3 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.32%) NIST 800
10 3 (0.32%) RMADS
11 2 (0.21%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.21%) Data Quality
11 2 (0.21%) GRC
11 2 (0.21%) ISA99
11 2 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 2 (0.21%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.11%) MiFID
System Software
1 138 (14.78%) VMware Infrastructure
2 65 (6.96%) Active Directory
3 60 (6.42%) vSphere
4 57 (6.10%) VMware ESXi
5 38 (4.07%) VMware NSX
6 32 (3.43%) Virtual Machines
7 24 (2.57%) Firmware
8 19 (2.03%) NFS
9 16 (1.71%) GPFS
10 14 (1.50%) Hyper-V
11 7 (0.75%) Docker
12 4 (0.43%) SRDF
12 4 (0.43%) vCloud
13 3 (0.32%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 3 (0.32%) Snort
13 3 (0.32%) UAG
13 3 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
13 3 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
14 2 (0.21%) KVM
15 1 (0.11%) RHEV
Systems Management
1 113 (12.10%) Ansible
2 79 (8.46%) FortiGate
3 49 (5.25%) Terraform
4 32 (3.43%) vCenter Server
5 23 (2.46%) Grafana
6 22 (2.36%) vRealize
7 20 (2.14%) Prometheus
8 19 (2.03%) Microsoft Intune
9 18 (1.93%) Kubernetes
10 16 (1.71%) SCCM
11 13 (1.39%) Single Sign-On
11 13 (1.39%) VxRail
12 10 (1.07%) Cisco CUCM
12 10 (1.07%) Cisco Prime
12 10 (1.07%) Nagios
13 7 (0.75%) SCOM
14 5 (0.54%) Endace
14 5 (0.54%) QRadar
14 5 (0.54%) Salt
14 5 (0.54%) WMI
Vendors
1 242 (25.91%) Palo Alto
2 183 (19.59%) F5
3 170 (18.20%) Microsoft
4 167 (17.88%) VMware
5 140 (14.99%) Juniper
6 127 (13.60%) Fortinet
7 116 (12.42%) CheckPoint
8 111 (11.88%) Aruba
9 93 (9.96%) ServiceNow
10 81 (8.67%) SolarWinds
11 76 (8.14%) Meraki
12 63 (6.75%) Arista
13 52 (5.57%) Splunk
14 44 (4.71%) Zscaler
15 32 (3.43%) IBM
16 28 (3.00%) Extreme Networks
17 26 (2.78%) Dell
18 23 (2.46%) Infoblox
19 20 (2.14%) Oracle
20 18 (1.93%) Citrix