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 6 April 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
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 60 56
Rank change year-on-year -44 -4 +19
Contract jobs citing Cisco 923 888 1,284
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.39% 3.64% 3.44%
As % of the Vendors category 5.51% 7.71% 8.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 612 575 787
10th Percentile £290 £313 £263
25th Percentile £400 £413 £376
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £501 £488
Median % change year-on-year -0.98% +2.67% +2.63%
75th Percentile £561 £588 £588
90th Percentile £625 £638 £713
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -2.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 18 47
10th Percentile £20.95 £17.26 £13.29
25th Percentile £25.77 £20.04 £17.48
Median hourly rate £63.14 £37.07 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +70.30% +48.29% -48.51%
75th Percentile £74.26 £67.81 £41.25
90th Percentile £90.90 £75.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £68.17 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year +81.77% +50.00% -50.00%

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 16,756 11,514 15,792
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 43.34% 47.23% 42.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,966 7,478 10,108
10th Percentile £313 £296 £255
25th Percentile £413 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +1.94% -4.19%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £515 £515
% change year-on-year -2.91% - -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 871 423 960
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.12 £12.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.51 £14.27
Median hourly rate £26.61 £29.00 £22.79
Median % change year-on-year -8.26% +27.25% -40.03%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £80.72 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £27.36 £28.60 £22.50
% change year-on-year -4.35% +27.11% -46.40%

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 6 April 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 6 April 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 6 April 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 -67 275 £500 - 126
South East +1 217 £500 -4.76% 139
North of England -50 183 £481 -3.75% 121
North West -11 151 £481 -1.79% 58
Midlands -18 150 £375 -16.67% 92
West Midlands +2 135 £361 -15.18% 46
East of England -4 43 £475 - 60
South West -68 43 £519 -5.68% 58
Yorkshire -80 28 £464 -11.62% 43
East Midlands -48 11 £413 -19.51% 46
North East -16 6 £175 -46.15% 20
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 38 (4.12%) SharePoint
2 28 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (1.73%) Confluence
4 7 (0.76%) Apache
5 5 (0.54%) IIS
6 4 (0.43%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.22%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.11%) JBoss
8 1 (0.11%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.11%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 42 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
2 38 (4.12%) MS Visio
3 16 (1.73%) Microsoft Excel
4 12 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.54%) Acrobat
6 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 17 (1.84%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.11%) Actimize
Cloud Services
1 163 (17.66%) Azure
2 134 (14.52%) AWS
3 80 (8.67%) Microsoft 365
4 42 (4.55%) Entra ID
5 32 (3.47%) GCP
6 14 (1.52%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 14 (1.52%) Datadog
7 12 (1.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 10 (1.08%) SaaS
9 9 (0.98%) Nutanix
9 9 (0.98%) OpenShift
10 8 (0.87%) Azure Sentinel
11 7 (0.76%) Microsoft Purview
11 7 (0.76%) Mimecast
12 6 (0.65%) Azure DevOps
12 6 (0.65%) GitHub
12 6 (0.65%) IaaS
13 4 (0.43%) OneDrive
13 4 (0.43%) PaaS
13 4 (0.43%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 394 (42.69%) Firewall
2 286 (30.99%) WAN
3 244 (26.44%) BGP
4 211 (22.86%) LAN
5 208 (22.54%) VPN
6 183 (19.83%) Network Security
7 175 (18.96%) OSPF
8 134 (14.52%) Wireless
9 124 (13.43%) DNS
10 110 (11.92%) VLAN
11 101 (10.94%) SD-WAN
12 94 (10.18%) Cisco ISE
12 94 (10.18%) MPLS
13 72 (7.80%) VXLAN
14 71 (7.69%) Cisco ASA
15 66 (7.15%) DHCP
15 66 (7.15%) Wi-Fi
16 65 (7.04%) IPsec
17 60 (6.50%) Cisco IOS
18 56 (6.07%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.43%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.11%) Big Data
2 1 (0.11%) Metadata
2 1 (0.11%) MySQL
2 1 (0.11%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.11%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 17 (1.84%) JIRA
2 11 (1.19%) Sonatype Nexus
3 9 (0.98%) Git
4 6 (0.65%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.54%) GitLab
6 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.11%) Rational DOORS
General
1 195 (21.13%) Social Skills
2 110 (11.92%) Finance
2 110 (11.92%) Public Sector
3 68 (7.37%) Telecoms
4 60 (6.50%) Banking
5 57 (6.18%) Analytical Skills
6 47 (5.09%) Documentation Skills
7 36 (3.90%) Manufacturing
8 35 (3.79%) Legal
9 24 (2.60%) Marketing
10 22 (2.38%) Electronics
11 17 (1.84%) Investment Banking
12 16 (1.73%) Financial Institution
13 15 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
13 15 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
14 9 (0.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 9 (0.98%) Law
15 8 (0.87%) Retail
16 7 (0.76%) Military
17 6 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 380 (41.17%) Network Engineer
2 113 (12.24%) Architect
3 91 (9.86%) Cisco Engineer
4 87 (9.43%) Senior
5 84 (9.10%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 71 (7.69%) Network Architect
7 66 (7.15%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 66 (7.15%) Security Engineer
8 49 (5.31%) Analyst
9 44 (4.77%) Network Security Engineer
10 42 (4.55%) Senior Network Engineer
11 38 (4.12%) Data Network Engineer
12 34 (3.68%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
13 33 (3.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 32 (3.47%) Consultant
15 30 (3.25%) Network Consultant
16 29 (3.14%) Data Engineer
17 28 (3.03%) Infrastructure Analyst
17 28 (3.03%) IT Support
18 24 (2.60%) Cisco Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (6.61%) 802.1X
2 16 (1.73%) Flash
3 15 (1.63%) LDAP
4 14 (1.52%) XMPP
5 9 (0.98%) SAML
6 8 (0.87%) REST
7 7 (0.76%) NETCONF
8 6 (0.65%) YANG
9 5 (0.54%) Jinja
9 5 (0.54%) OpenConfig
10 4 (0.43%) HTML
10 4 (0.43%) RESTCONF
10 4 (0.43%) VML
11 3 (0.33%) JSON
12 2 (0.22%) ADO
12 2 (0.22%) CSS
12 2 (0.22%) Django
12 2 (0.22%) Middleware
12 2 (0.22%) RFC 2544
12 2 (0.22%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 243 (26.33%) Data Centre
2 52 (5.63%) PKI
3 33 (3.58%) Replication
4 31 (3.36%) Clustering
4 31 (3.36%) Linux Command Line
5 30 (3.25%) Hybrid Cloud
6 26 (2.82%) Onboarding
7 25 (2.71%) Data Protection Act
8 24 (2.60%) Cloud Native
9 18 (1.95%) Operational Technology
9 18 (1.95%) Product Ownership
10 17 (1.84%) Self-Motivation
11 13 (1.41%) Driving Licence
11 13 (1.41%) Video Conferencing
12 11 (1.19%) SCADA
12 11 (1.19%) Security Posture
13 8 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
13 8 (0.87%) Enterprise Storage
14 7 (0.76%) EMC VMAX
14 7 (0.76%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 150 (16.25%) Windows
2 91 (9.86%) Linux
3 58 (6.28%) Windows Server
4 27 (2.93%) Android
5 26 (2.82%) Windows 10
6 25 (2.71%) Mac OS
7 16 (1.73%) Unix
8 13 (1.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 7 (0.76%) Ubuntu
10 6 (0.65%) Windows Server 2012
11 5 (0.54%) VMS
12 4 (0.43%) CatOS
12 4 (0.43%) Solaris
12 4 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.22%) AIX
13 2 (0.22%) CentOS
13 2 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
14 1 (0.11%) Data ONTAP
14 1 (0.11%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (15.06%) Migration
2 107 (11.59%) Load Balancing
2 107 (11.59%) Problem-Solving
3 84 (9.10%) ITIL
4 83 (8.99%) High Availability
5 82 (8.88%) Network Design
6 76 (8.23%) ITSM
7 73 (7.91%) Agile
8 65 (7.04%) Cybersecurity
9 61 (6.61%) Roadmaps
10 58 (6.28%) Collaborative Working
11 57 (6.18%) Change Management
12 56 (6.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 55 (5.96%) Service Management
14 50 (5.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 49 (5.31%) Project Delivery
16 47 (5.09%) Network Architecture
17 46 (4.98%) Stakeholder Management
18 44 (4.77%) Observability
19 43 (4.66%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 100 (10.83%) Python
2 48 (5.20%) PowerShell
3 23 (2.49%) Bash
4 12 (1.30%) Perl
5 6 (0.65%) SQL
6 5 (0.54%) C
7 4 (0.43%) Lisp
7 4 (0.43%) PHP
8 3 (0.33%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.22%) ActionScript
9 2 (0.22%) Korn
9 2 (0.22%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.11%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 393 (42.58%) Security Cleared
2 305 (33.04%) SC Cleared
3 244 (26.44%) Cisco Certification
4 194 (21.02%) CCNP
5 102 (11.05%) DV Cleared
6 91 (9.86%) CCNA
7 69 (7.48%) Degree
8 61 (6.61%) CCIE
9 21 (2.28%) JNCIS
10 20 (2.17%) Azure Certification
11 19 (2.06%) Microsoft Certification
12 17 (1.84%) BPSS Clearance
13 16 (1.73%) JNCIP
14 15 (1.63%) CISSP
14 15 (1.63%) JNCIA
15 14 (1.52%) AWS Certification
16 13 (1.41%) CCSE
17 12 (1.30%) MCSE
17 12 (1.30%) Network+ Certification
18 10 (1.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (3.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 31 (3.36%) NIST
2 24 (2.60%) SLA
3 21 (2.28%) Cyber Essentials
4 16 (1.73%) NCSC
5 13 (1.41%) GDPR
6 12 (1.30%) PMO
7 8 (0.87%) PCI DSS
8 5 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.43%) JSP 440
10 3 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.33%) QA
10 3 (0.33%) RMADS
11 2 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 2 (0.22%) ISA99
12 1 (0.11%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.11%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.11%) GRC
12 1 (0.11%) NIST 800
System Software
1 132 (14.30%) VMware Infrastructure
2 74 (8.02%) Active Directory
3 53 (5.74%) vSphere
4 50 (5.42%) VMware NSX
5 39 (4.23%) VMware ESXi
6 19 (2.06%) Firmware
7 18 (1.95%) NFS
8 16 (1.73%) GPFS
9 14 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
10 13 (1.41%) Hyper-V
11 9 (0.98%) Docker
12 4 (0.43%) vCloud
13 3 (0.33%) Snort
13 3 (0.33%) SRDF
14 2 (0.22%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 2 (0.22%) KVM
14 2 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
14 2 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
15 1 (0.11%) IAG
15 1 (0.11%) RHEV
Systems Management
1 95 (10.29%) Ansible
2 76 (8.23%) FortiGate
3 40 (4.33%) Terraform
4 33 (3.58%) vRealize
5 28 (3.03%) vCenter Server
6 20 (2.17%) Microsoft Intune
7 19 (2.06%) VxRail
8 18 (1.95%) Grafana
9 16 (1.73%) Prometheus
9 16 (1.73%) SCCM
10 13 (1.41%) Kubernetes
11 10 (1.08%) Nagios
11 10 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
12 9 (0.98%) Cisco Prime
13 6 (0.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 6 (0.65%) Cisco CUCM
13 6 (0.65%) QRadar
13 6 (0.65%) SCOM
14 5 (0.54%) Jamf Pro
14 5 (0.54%) Salt
Vendors
1 242 (26.22%) Palo Alto
2 163 (17.66%) Juniper
3 161 (17.44%) VMware
4 155 (16.79%) F5
4 155 (16.79%) Microsoft
5 123 (13.33%) Aruba
6 106 (11.48%) CheckPoint
7 104 (11.27%) Fortinet
8 88 (9.53%) Meraki
9 87 (9.43%) SolarWinds
10 84 (9.10%) ServiceNow
11 55 (5.96%) Arista
12 51 (5.53%) Dell
13 50 (5.42%) Splunk
14 46 (4.98%) HP
15 45 (4.88%) IBM
16 37 (4.01%) Zscaler
17 28 (3.03%) Citrix
18 27 (2.93%) Extreme Networks
19 25 (2.71%) Apple