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 15 July 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
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 65 67
Rank change year-on-year -49 +2 -8
Contract jobs citing Cisco 993 1,002 1,157
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.22% 3.69% 3.16%
As % of the Vendors category 5.42% 7.78% 7.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 670 622 718
10th Percentile £300 £325 £260
25th Percentile £402 £419 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £482 £500 £493
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +1.52% +6.49%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £575
90th Percentile £638 £638 £660
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 33 33
10th Percentile £26.72 £25.03 £16.33
25th Percentile £29.00 £25.15 £23.25
Median hourly rate £47.00 £30.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +56.67% +9.09% -36.05%
75th Percentile £73.13 £43.25 £46.39
90th Percentile £78.50 £64.71 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £30.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +83.33% +9.09% -45.00%

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 18,321 12,873 15,748
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 40.95% 47.45% 42.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,609 8,141 10,027
10th Percentile £313 £281 £275
25th Percentile £413 £403 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £513 £515
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% -0.49% -1.90%
75th Percentile £610 £625 £625
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £501 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +0.10% -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 982 608 1,021
10th Percentile £16.19 £14.84 £12.53
25th Percentile £19.85 £17.59 £15.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £25.15 £25.25
Median % change year-on-year +41.15% -0.40% -29.86%
75th Percentile £65.58 £51.20 £61.30
90th Percentile £85.00 £68.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £25.15 £25.00
% change year-on-year +39.17% +0.60% -38.27%

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 15 July 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 15 July 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 15 July 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 -50 344 £500 - 188
North of England -36 223 £485 -1.42% 143
South East -36 183 £510 -2.86% 155
North West -12 169 £480 +1.05% 68
Midlands -29 130 £425 -5.56% 81
West Midlands -28 124 £423 -0.59% 38
South West -59 59 £518 -5.91% 114
Yorkshire -68 51 £500 - 54
East of England -28 29 £500 -9.09% 75
North East -41 4 £425 +30.77% 22
East Midlands -32 3 £500 -9.09% 42
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 24 (2.42%) SharePoint
2 18 (1.81%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (1.11%) Confluence
4 9 (0.91%) OpenStack
5 7 (0.70%) Apache
6 3 (0.30%) CloudStack
6 3 (0.30%) IIS
6 3 (0.30%) nginx
6 3 (0.30%) SAS
6 3 (0.30%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.20%) CMS
8 1 (0.10%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.10%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 42 (4.23%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (2.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (2.22%) MS Visio
3 12 (1.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.20%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 4 (0.40%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 190 (19.13%) Azure
2 131 (13.19%) AWS
3 68 (6.85%) Microsoft 365
4 44 (4.43%) Entra ID
5 20 (2.01%) GCP
6 18 (1.81%) GitHub
7 17 (1.71%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 15 (1.51%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 14 (1.41%) OneDrive
9 14 (1.41%) OpenShift
10 12 (1.21%) Azure Sentinel
11 11 (1.11%) SaaS
12 10 (1.01%) Power Platform
13 8 (0.81%) Microsoft Purview
14 7 (0.70%) Cloudflare
14 7 (0.70%) IaaS
15 6 (0.60%) Nutanix
16 5 (0.50%) Azure DevOps
16 5 (0.50%) GitHub Actions
16 5 (0.50%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 453 (45.62%) Firewall
2 305 (30.72%) WAN
3 289 (29.10%) BGP
4 243 (24.47%) LAN
5 230 (23.16%) VPN
6 227 (22.86%) Network Security
7 195 (19.64%) OSPF
8 181 (18.23%) Wireless
9 176 (17.72%) DNS
10 158 (15.91%) VLAN
11 115 (11.58%) SD-WAN
12 97 (9.77%) Cisco ISE
12 97 (9.77%) DHCP
12 97 (9.77%) MPLS
13 91 (9.16%) Wi-Fi
14 85 (8.56%) VXLAN
15 84 (8.46%) Cisco Nexus
16 78 (7.85%) Cisco ASA
17 77 (7.75%) TCP/IP
18 76 (7.65%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (1.51%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (0.30%) MySQL
2 3 (0.30%) NoSQL
2 3 (0.30%) Power BI
3 2 (0.20%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.10%) Apache Hive
4 1 (0.10%) Big Data
4 1 (0.10%) ClickHouse
4 1 (0.10%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.10%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 16 (1.61%) Git
1 16 (1.61%) JIRA
2 12 (1.21%) Sonatype Nexus
3 8 (0.81%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.20%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.20%) GitLab
General
1 235 (23.67%) Social Skills
2 94 (9.47%) Finance
3 72 (7.25%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (6.45%) Banking
5 56 (5.64%) Telecoms
6 53 (5.34%) Documentation Skills
7 46 (4.63%) Public Sector
8 30 (3.02%) Legal
9 21 (2.11%) Financial Institution
10 19 (1.91%) Investment Banking
11 15 (1.51%) Retail
12 14 (1.41%) Military
13 13 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
14 12 (1.21%) Manufacturing
15 10 (1.01%) Law
15 10 (1.01%) Police
16 8 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
17 5 (0.50%) Local Government
17 5 (0.50%) Marketing
17 5 (0.50%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 471 (47.43%) Network Engineer
2 125 (12.59%) Senior
3 120 (12.08%) Architect
4 99 (9.97%) Cisco Engineer
5 92 (9.26%) Security Engineer
6 91 (9.16%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 77 (7.75%) Senior Network Engineer
8 69 (6.95%) Network Security Engineer
9 67 (6.75%) Network Architect
10 51 (5.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 47 (4.73%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
12 44 (4.43%) Data Network Engineer
13 35 (3.52%) Analyst
14 34 (3.42%) Data Engineer
15 33 (3.32%) Cisco Security Engineer
16 26 (2.62%) Network Specialist
17 24 (2.42%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
18 23 (2.32%) Lead
19 21 (2.11%) Automation Engineer
20 20 (2.01%) Data Centre Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (7.15%) 802.1X
2 14 (1.41%) SAML
3 13 (1.31%) REST
4 11 (1.11%) Flash
4 11 (1.11%) LDAP
5 7 (0.70%) NETCONF
6 6 (0.60%) OpenConfig
6 6 (0.60%) RESTCONF
6 6 (0.60%) YANG
7 5 (0.50%) Jinja
8 4 (0.40%) Django
8 4 (0.40%) XMPP
9 3 (0.30%) Elastic Stack
9 3 (0.30%) JSON
9 3 (0.30%) LAMP
9 3 (0.30%) LEMP Stack
9 3 (0.30%) Microsoft Graph
9 3 (0.30%) YAML
10 2 (0.20%) .NET Core
10 2 (0.20%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 250 (25.18%) Data Centre
2 59 (5.94%) PKI
3 43 (4.33%) Hybrid Cloud
4 42 (4.23%) Clustering
5 39 (3.93%) Replication
6 37 (3.73%) Onboarding
7 32 (3.22%) Data Protection Act
8 30 (3.02%) Video Conferencing
9 18 (1.81%) Analytical Mindset
9 18 (1.81%) Driving Licence
9 18 (1.81%) Linux Command Line
10 17 (1.71%) Cloud Native
10 17 (1.71%) Operational Technology
11 15 (1.51%) Public Cloud
12 13 (1.31%) EMC VMAX
12 13 (1.31%) Enterprise Storage
12 13 (1.31%) Security Posture
12 13 (1.31%) Virtual Team
13 12 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
14 11 (1.11%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 175 (17.62%) Windows
2 101 (10.17%) Linux
3 63 (6.34%) Windows Server
4 18 (1.81%) Ubuntu
5 17 (1.71%) Windows 10
6 16 (1.61%) Unix
7 10 (1.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 10 (1.01%) Windows Server 2019
8 8 (0.81%) AIX
8 8 (0.81%) Android
8 8 (0.81%) Mac OS
9 7 (0.70%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (0.50%) Data ONTAP
10 5 (0.50%) VMS
11 4 (0.40%) CentOS
12 2 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.10%) CatOS
13 1 (0.10%) Check Point GAiA
13 1 (0.10%) Debian
13 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (15.21%) Migration
2 118 (11.88%) Load Balancing
3 107 (10.78%) Problem-Solving
4 105 (10.57%) High Availability
5 103 (10.37%) ITIL
6 88 (8.86%) Project Delivery
7 74 (7.45%) Network Design
8 70 (7.05%) ITSM
9 65 (6.55%) Change Management
9 65 (6.55%) Continuous Improvement
9 65 (6.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 59 (5.94%) CI/CD
11 58 (5.84%) Infrastructure as Code
11 58 (5.84%) Stakeholder Management
12 57 (5.74%) Validation
13 54 (5.44%) Disaster Recovery
14 51 (5.14%) Agile
14 51 (5.14%) Cybersecurity
14 51 (5.14%) Runbook
14 51 (5.14%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 126 (12.69%) Python
2 58 (5.84%) PowerShell
3 22 (2.22%) Bash
4 18 (1.81%) SQL
5 6 (0.60%) C
6 5 (0.50%) Shell Script
7 4 (0.40%) Java
7 4 (0.40%) PHP
8 3 (0.30%) C++
8 3 (0.30%) Lisp
9 2 (0.20%) ActionScript
9 2 (0.20%) Korn
9 2 (0.20%) Perl
10 1 (0.10%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 293 (29.51%) Security Cleared
2 276 (27.79%) Cisco Certification
3 202 (20.34%) SC Cleared
4 199 (20.04%) CCNP
5 107 (10.78%) CCNA
6 95 (9.57%) DV Cleared
7 64 (6.45%) Degree
8 60 (6.04%) CCIE
9 26 (2.62%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 25 (2.52%) Microsoft Certification
11 19 (1.91%) MCSE
11 19 (1.91%) Network+ Certification
12 17 (1.71%) Azure Certification
13 15 (1.51%) Server+ Certification
14 12 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
14 12 (1.21%) Computer Science Degree
14 12 (1.21%) JNCIP
14 12 (1.21%) JNCIS
14 12 (1.21%) MCSA
14 12 (1.21%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (3.12%) NIST
2 27 (2.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (2.72%) SLA
3 24 (2.42%) Cyber Essentials
4 19 (1.91%) NCSC
5 12 (1.21%) QA
6 7 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (0.50%) GDPR
7 5 (0.50%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.30%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 3 (0.30%) NIST 800
8 3 (0.30%) PMO
9 2 (0.20%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.20%) Government Security Classifications
9 2 (0.20%) GRC
9 2 (0.20%) ISA99
10 1 (0.10%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.10%) GxP
10 1 (0.10%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 142 (14.30%) VMware Infrastructure
2 92 (9.26%) Active Directory
3 55 (5.54%) VMware ESXi
4 54 (5.44%) vSphere
5 41 (4.13%) VMware NSX
6 35 (3.52%) Virtual Machines
7 31 (3.12%) Firmware
8 19 (1.91%) Hyper-V
9 15 (1.51%) NFS
10 11 (1.11%) GPFS
11 9 (0.91%) Docker
12 7 (0.70%) SRDF
13 6 (0.60%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 5 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
15 4 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
16 3 (0.30%) Dovecot
16 3 (0.30%) Postfix
16 3 (0.30%) UAG
17 2 (0.20%) Snort
17 2 (0.20%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 133 (13.39%) Ansible
2 84 (8.46%) FortiGate
3 63 (6.34%) Terraform
4 31 (3.12%) vCenter Server
5 24 (2.42%) Kubernetes
5 24 (2.42%) Microsoft Intune
6 23 (2.32%) Grafana
7 21 (2.11%) SCCM
8 20 (2.01%) Prometheus
9 13 (1.31%) Cisco CUCM
10 12 (1.21%) vRealize
11 10 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
12 9 (0.91%) Cisco Prime
13 8 (0.81%) VxRail
14 7 (0.70%) EMC VPLEX
14 7 (0.70%) WMI
14 7 (0.70%) WSUS
15 6 (0.60%) SCOM
16 5 (0.50%) Avamar
16 5 (0.50%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 221 (22.26%) Palo Alto
2 196 (19.74%) F5
3 185 (18.63%) Microsoft
3 185 (18.63%) VMware
4 172 (17.32%) Fortinet
5 149 (15.01%) Juniper
6 99 (9.97%) CheckPoint
7 88 (8.86%) ServiceNow
8 83 (8.36%) Aruba
8 83 (8.36%) SolarWinds
9 79 (7.96%) Meraki
10 73 (7.35%) Arista
11 56 (5.64%) Splunk
12 43 (4.33%) Zscaler
13 29 (2.92%) Extreme Networks
14 27 (2.72%) Dell
15 25 (2.52%) IBM
16 24 (2.42%) Infoblox
17 23 (2.32%) Citrix
18 21 (2.11%) EMC