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 21 December 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
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 59 53
Rank change year-on-year -35 -6 +40
Contract jobs citing Cisco 860 1,035 1,436
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.74% 3.59% 3.88%
As % of the Vendors category 5.78% 7.82% 8.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 571 627 880
10th Percentile £263 £275 £252
25th Percentile £386 £404 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -0.76% +2.56% +2.63%
75th Percentile £572 £578 £588
90th Percentile £609 £638 £694
UK median daily rate £464 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -7.13% +5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 21 87
10th Percentile £21.46 £15.22 £14.36
25th Percentile £25.15 £18.50 £24.00
Median hourly rate £35.00 £20.38 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +71.78% -49.06% +55.58%
75th Percentile £74.26 £75.00 £65.98
90th Percentile £92.93 - £76.75
UK median hourly rate £43.11 £34.20 £38.04
% change year-on-year +26.05% -10.09% +47.96%

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 14,888 13,233 16,528
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.45% 45.95% 44.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,653 8,046 10,791
10th Percentile £291 £291 £250
25th Percentile £406 £413 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £615 £625 £638
90th Percentile £705 £725 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 730 384 601
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.49 £14.50
25th Percentile £18.22 £17.06 £20.50
Median hourly rate £23.60 £30.52 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -22.67% -33.48% +76.46%
75th Percentile £47.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.80 £80.00 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £27.75 £45.21
% change year-on-year -14.14% -38.62% +75.85%

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 21 December 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 21 December 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 21 December 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 -51 280 £450 -11.76% 106
South East -7 200 £500 -0.50% 126
Midlands +14 156 £380 -13.14% 56
West Midlands +19 134 £380 -20.00% 46
North of England -51 132 £475 - 76
North West -27 95 £496 +2.84% 45
South West -45 49 £550 +16.40% 27
East of England -21 31 £445 -13.17% 31
Yorkshire -76 28 £450 +5.88% 24
East Midlands -20 21 £158 -58.00% 10
North East 0 11 £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 48 (5.58%) SharePoint
2 36 (4.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 20 (2.33%) Confluence
4 16 (1.86%) Apache
5 14 (1.63%) Skype for Business
6 13 (1.51%) WebLogic
7 8 (0.93%) OpenStack
8 7 (0.81%) Appian
8 7 (0.81%) Mattermost
9 5 (0.58%) SharePoint Server
10 3 (0.35%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.23%) CICS
11 2 (0.23%) IIS
11 2 (0.23%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.12%) JBoss
12 1 (0.12%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 74 (8.60%) Microsoft Office
2 32 (3.72%) MS Visio
3 17 (1.98%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.12%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.12%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 18 (2.09%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.12%) Actimize
2 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 147 (17.09%) Azure
2 132 (15.35%) AWS
3 88 (10.23%) Microsoft 365
4 39 (4.53%) GCP
5 29 (3.37%) Entra ID
6 14 (1.63%) Azure Monitor
6 14 (1.63%) Datadog
7 12 (1.40%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 12 (1.40%) Azure Sentinel
8 11 (1.28%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 10 (1.16%) OpenShift
10 8 (0.93%) Akamai
10 8 (0.93%) Nutanix
11 7 (0.81%) GitHub
11 7 (0.81%) OneDrive
11 7 (0.81%) SaaS
11 7 (0.81%) Tricentis Tosca
12 6 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
12 6 (0.70%) Cloudflare
12 6 (0.70%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 363 (42.21%) Firewall
2 204 (23.72%) WAN
3 172 (20.00%) VPN
4 168 (19.53%) LAN
5 151 (17.56%) BGP
6 147 (17.09%) Wireless
7 128 (14.88%) Network Security
8 116 (13.49%) SD-WAN
9 113 (13.14%) OSPF
10 103 (11.98%) DNS
11 83 (9.65%) Wi-Fi
12 75 (8.72%) Cisco ISE
13 72 (8.37%) MPLS
14 71 (8.26%) Cisco Nexus
15 68 (7.91%) Cisco IOS
16 66 (7.67%) VLAN
17 57 (6.63%) DHCP
18 56 (6.51%) IPsec
19 51 (5.93%) TCP/IP
20 43 (5.00%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (1.40%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.23%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.12%) Metadata
4 1 (0.12%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 17 (1.98%) JIRA
2 15 (1.74%) GitLab
3 12 (1.40%) Sonatype Nexus
4 9 (1.05%) Git
4 9 (1.05%) Jenkins
5 8 (0.93%) Robot Framework
6 7 (0.81%) Cucumber
6 7 (0.81%) Selenium
6 7 (0.81%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.23%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.12%) Hudson
8 1 (0.12%) Snyk
General
1 190 (22.09%) Social Skills
2 153 (17.79%) Public Sector
3 114 (13.26%) Telecoms
4 102 (11.86%) Finance
5 76 (8.84%) Analytical Skills
6 45 (5.23%) Manufacturing
7 43 (5.00%) Banking
7 43 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
8 35 (4.07%) Electronics
8 35 (4.07%) Marketing
9 21 (2.44%) Legal
10 17 (1.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 13 (1.51%) Organisational Skills
11 13 (1.51%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (1.05%) Aerospace
12 9 (1.05%) Investment Banking
12 9 (1.05%) Military
13 7 (0.81%) Games
13 7 (0.81%) Retail
14 5 (0.58%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 291 (33.84%) Network Engineer
2 112 (13.02%) Architect
3 79 (9.19%) Network Architect
4 59 (6.86%) Analyst
5 54 (6.28%) Cisco Engineer
6 51 (5.93%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 49 (5.70%) Senior
7 49 (5.70%) Support Engineer
8 47 (5.47%) Consultant
9 46 (5.35%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 44 (5.12%) IT Support
10 44 (5.12%) Security Engineer
11 38 (4.42%) Network Consultant
12 31 (3.60%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
13 30 (3.49%) Network Security Engineer
13 30 (3.49%) Platform Engineer
14 29 (3.37%) Desktop Support
15 28 (3.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 27 (3.14%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 26 (3.02%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (3.60%) 802.1X
2 15 (1.74%) XMPP
3 12 (1.40%) Flash
3 12 (1.40%) Jinja
4 11 (1.28%) JSON
4 11 (1.28%) NETCONF
4 11 (1.28%) YANG
5 10 (1.16%) RFC 2544
6 9 (1.05%) XML
7 6 (0.70%) LDAP
8 4 (0.47%) VML
9 3 (0.35%) HTML
9 3 (0.35%) OpenConfig
9 3 (0.35%) REST
9 3 (0.35%) SAML
10 2 (0.23%) Kafka
10 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Graph
10 2 (0.23%) Middleware
10 2 (0.23%) Regular Expression
10 2 (0.23%) RESTCONF
Miscellaneous
1 223 (25.93%) Data Centre
2 38 (4.42%) PKI
3 28 (3.26%) Linux Command Line
4 25 (2.91%) Replication
5 24 (2.79%) Data Protection Act
5 24 (2.79%) Hybrid Cloud
6 22 (2.56%) Cloud Native
7 17 (1.98%) Driving Licence
8 15 (1.74%) Onboarding
9 14 (1.63%) Video Conferencing
10 12 (1.40%) Management Information System
10 12 (1.40%) Operational Technology
10 12 (1.40%) Product Ownership
10 12 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
11 10 (1.16%) Fibre Optics
11 10 (1.16%) Security Posture
12 9 (1.05%) Clustering
12 9 (1.05%) NHS
13 8 (0.93%) Public Cloud
14 7 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 157 (18.26%) Windows
2 93 (10.81%) Linux
3 65 (7.56%) Windows Server
4 64 (7.44%) Mac OS
5 59 (6.86%) Android
6 35 (4.07%) Windows 10
7 15 (1.74%) Unix
8 12 (1.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 7 (0.81%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (0.58%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.35%) Windows 7
11 3 (0.35%) Windows 8
11 3 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.23%) CatOS
12 2 (0.23%) CentOS
12 2 (0.23%) Solaris
12 2 (0.23%) VMS
12 2 (0.23%) zOS
13 1 (0.12%) MVS
13 1 (0.12%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (12.33%) Problem-Solving
2 104 (12.09%) Migration
3 82 (9.53%) Service Management
4 75 (8.72%) Network Design
5 71 (8.26%) Agile
5 71 (8.26%) Roadmaps
6 63 (7.33%) ITSM
7 62 (7.21%) ITIL
7 62 (7.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 54 (6.28%) Business Intelligence
8 54 (6.28%) Change Management
8 54 (6.28%) Network Architecture
9 52 (6.05%) Incident Response
10 51 (5.93%) Collaborative Working
11 48 (5.58%) Cybersecurity
11 48 (5.58%) High Availability
12 45 (5.23%) Load Balancing
13 43 (5.00%) Network Monitoring
13 43 (5.00%) Project Delivery
14 39 (4.53%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 107 (12.44%) Python
2 66 (7.67%) PowerShell
3 38 (4.42%) Bash
4 29 (3.37%) SQL
5 22 (2.56%) Perl
6 11 (1.28%) JavaScript
7 8 (0.93%) Lisp
8 6 (0.70%) C++
9 5 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
10 4 (0.47%) Java
11 3 (0.35%) C
12 1 (0.12%) Go
12 1 (0.12%) VB
12 1 (0.12%) VBA
Qualifications
1 404 (46.98%) Security Cleared
2 318 (36.98%) SC Cleared
3 216 (25.12%) Cisco Certification
4 175 (20.35%) CCNP
5 97 (11.28%) DV Cleared
6 72 (8.37%) CCNA
7 65 (7.56%) Degree
8 58 (6.74%) CCIE
9 24 (2.79%) Microsoft Certification
10 18 (2.09%) CISSP
11 17 (1.98%) AWS Certification
11 17 (1.98%) Azure Certification
11 17 (1.98%) BPSS Clearance
11 17 (1.98%) JNCIE
12 16 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
12 16 (1.86%) ITIL Certification
13 14 (1.63%) JNCIA
13 14 (1.63%) JNCIS
14 13 (1.51%) CCDP
15 12 (1.40%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (3.60%) SLA
2 22 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (1.98%) NIST
4 16 (1.86%) GDPR
5 13 (1.51%) Cyber Essentials
6 11 (1.28%) PCI DSS
7 10 (1.16%) PMO
8 7 (0.81%) NCSC
9 4 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.35%) QA
11 2 (0.23%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.23%) JSP 440
12 1 (0.12%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.12%) Def Stans
12 1 (0.12%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.12%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.12%) MiFID
12 1 (0.12%) RMADS
System Software
1 117 (13.60%) VMware Infrastructure
2 115 (13.37%) Active Directory
3 58 (6.74%) VMware NSX
4 39 (4.53%) vSphere
5 23 (2.67%) Firmware
5 23 (2.67%) VMware ESXi
6 19 (2.21%) Docker
7 15 (1.74%) Virtual Machines
8 14 (1.63%) Hyper-V
9 13 (1.51%) NFS
10 12 (1.40%) GPFS
11 7 (0.81%) Snort
11 7 (0.81%) Virtual Servers
12 6 (0.70%) KVM
13 5 (0.58%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 5 (0.58%) Squid
14 3 (0.35%) BitLocker
15 2 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
15 2 (0.23%) Xen
16 1 (0.12%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 85 (9.88%) Ansible
2 55 (6.40%) FortiGate
3 41 (4.77%) vCenter Server
4 40 (4.65%) Terraform
5 32 (3.72%) SCCM
6 28 (3.26%) vRealize
7 24 (2.79%) Microsoft Intune
8 17 (1.98%) Kubernetes
9 14 (1.63%) VxRail
10 11 (1.28%) Cisco CUCM
11 10 (1.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 9 (1.05%) WSUS
13 8 (0.93%) Nessus
13 8 (0.93%) SCOM
14 7 (0.81%) HP SiteScope
14 7 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
15 5 (0.58%) Nagios
15 5 (0.58%) Nexpose
15 5 (0.58%) Suricata
16 4 (0.47%) CA Spectrum
Vendors
1 183 (21.28%) Juniper
2 169 (19.65%) Palo Alto
3 167 (19.42%) Microsoft
4 140 (16.28%) VMware
5 131 (15.23%) Fortinet
6 101 (11.74%) F5
7 97 (11.28%) SolarWinds
8 91 (10.58%) CheckPoint
9 88 (10.23%) Meraki
10 76 (8.84%) Dell
11 73 (8.49%) Aruba
12 67 (7.79%) HP
13 56 (6.51%) ServiceNow
14 54 (6.28%) Splunk
15 52 (6.05%) Apple
16 35 (4.07%) IBM
16 35 (4.07%) SAP
17 34 (3.95%) Zscaler
18 32 (3.72%) AppDynamics
18 32 (3.72%) Remedy