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 14 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
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 62 61
Rank change year-on-year -50 -1 +6
Contract jobs citing Cisco 898 893 1,178
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.21% 3.70% 3.22%
As % of the Vendors category 5.36% 7.80% 7.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 603 554 730
10th Percentile £300 £313 £263
25th Percentile £400 £425 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £508 £490
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +3.70% +3.16%
75th Percentile £569 £588 £593
90th Percentile £644 £638 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £479
% change year-on-year -5.00% +4.44% +0.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 21 41
10th Percentile £24.48 £15.22 £13.29
25th Percentile £40.08 £18.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £48.72 £36.65 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +32.95% +33.25% -28.34%
75th Percentile £74.26 £61.25 £41.25
90th Percentile £84.15 £75.00 £75.24
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £37.07 £27.50
% change year-on-year +48.36% +34.81% -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 16,765 11,453 15,361
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.27% 47.49% 42.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,855 7,374 9,755
10th Percentile £313 £281 £263
25th Percentile £413 £408 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -2.35%
75th Percentile £611 £625 £638
90th Percentile £710 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £515
% change year-on-year -2.44% -0.49% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 891 454 1,001
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.84 £12.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.46 £14.27
Median hourly rate £32.50 £26.45 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.87% +17.56% -43.11%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £25.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year +27.45% +13.33% -47.06%

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 14 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 14 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 14 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 -68 280 £500 -0.99% 158
South East -17 192 £500 - 134
North of England -42 187 £477 -4.55% 117
North West -11 153 £477 -3.64% 61
Midlands -33 129 £397 -11.81% 65
West Midlands -13 120 £380 -13.14% 44
South West -65 48 £519 -5.68% 70
East of England -8 44 £495 +23.75% 55
Yorkshire -82 34 £464 -7.75% 37
East Midlands -52 5 £458 -3.68% 21
North East -25 1 - - 19
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 24 (2.67%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (1.45%) Confluence
4 7 (0.78%) Apache
5 5 (0.56%) IIS
5 5 (0.56%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.22%) CMS
7 1 (0.11%) CloudStack
7 1 (0.11%) JBoss
7 1 (0.11%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 33 (3.67%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (3.23%) MS Visio
3 12 (1.34%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.45%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 13 (1.45%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.11%) Actimize
Cloud Services
1 162 (18.04%) Azure
2 127 (14.14%) AWS
3 57 (6.35%) Microsoft 365
4 30 (3.34%) Entra ID
5 24 (2.67%) GCP
6 13 (1.45%) SaaS
7 11 (1.22%) Azure Sentinel
8 10 (1.11%) GitHub
9 9 (1.00%) Nutanix
10 8 (0.89%) OpenShift
10 8 (0.89%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 7 (0.78%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 6 (0.67%) Datadog
12 6 (0.67%) IaaS
12 6 (0.67%) Microsoft Purview
12 6 (0.67%) Mimecast
12 6 (0.67%) Power Platform
13 5 (0.56%) Azure DevOps
13 5 (0.56%) OneDrive
14 4 (0.45%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 411 (45.77%) Firewall
2 303 (33.74%) WAN
3 254 (28.29%) BGP
4 234 (26.06%) LAN
5 209 (23.27%) VPN
6 194 (21.60%) Network Security
7 180 (20.04%) OSPF
8 140 (15.59%) DNS
9 132 (14.70%) VLAN
10 128 (14.25%) Wireless
11 106 (11.80%) SD-WAN
12 86 (9.58%) MPLS
13 85 (9.47%) Cisco ISE
14 80 (8.91%) VXLAN
15 79 (8.80%) Cisco Nexus
16 74 (8.24%) Wi-Fi
17 72 (8.02%) DHCP
18 66 (7.35%) Multicast
19 65 (7.24%) IPsec
20 62 (6.90%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.45%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.11%) Big Data
2 1 (0.11%) ClickHouse
2 1 (0.11%) Metadata
2 1 (0.11%) MySQL
2 1 (0.11%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.11%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 17 (1.89%) JIRA
2 11 (1.22%) Sonatype Nexus
3 9 (1.00%) Git
4 7 (0.78%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.56%) GitLab
6 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
General
1 190 (21.16%) Social Skills
2 91 (10.13%) Finance
3 58 (6.46%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (6.24%) Banking
5 54 (6.01%) Documentation Skills
6 51 (5.68%) Telecoms
7 49 (5.46%) Public Sector
8 31 (3.45%) Legal
9 21 (2.34%) Manufacturing
10 19 (2.12%) Investment Banking
11 16 (1.78%) Organisational Skills
12 14 (1.56%) Financial Institution
13 13 (1.45%) Retail
14 9 (1.00%) Law
14 9 (1.00%) Military
14 9 (1.00%) Presentation Skills
15 8 (0.89%) Marketing
16 6 (0.67%) Police
17 5 (0.56%) Aerospace
18 3 (0.33%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 421 (46.88%) Network Engineer
2 104 (11.58%) Architect
3 98 (10.91%) Cisco Engineer
3 98 (10.91%) Senior
4 94 (10.47%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 78 (8.69%) Security Engineer
6 64 (7.13%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 61 (6.79%) Network Architect
8 57 (6.35%) Network Security Engineer
9 53 (5.90%) Senior Network Engineer
10 46 (5.12%) Data Network Engineer
11 40 (4.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 35 (3.90%) Data Engineer
13 34 (3.79%) Analyst
14 33 (3.67%) Cisco Security Engineer
15 29 (3.23%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
16 24 (2.67%) Network Specialist
17 23 (2.56%) Lead
18 17 (1.89%) Data Centre Engineer
18 17 (1.89%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (7.24%) 802.1X
2 17 (1.89%) LDAP
3 16 (1.78%) Flash
4 12 (1.34%) SAML
5 7 (0.78%) REST
6 6 (0.67%) XMPP
7 5 (0.56%) Jinja
7 5 (0.56%) NETCONF
8 4 (0.45%) HTML
8 4 (0.45%) VML
8 4 (0.45%) YANG
9 3 (0.33%) OpenConfig
9 3 (0.33%) RESTCONF
10 2 (0.22%) ADO
10 2 (0.22%) CSS
10 2 (0.22%) Django
10 2 (0.22%) JSON
10 2 (0.22%) Middleware
10 2 (0.22%) RFC 2544
11 1 (0.11%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 247 (27.51%) Data Centre
2 51 (5.68%) PKI
3 44 (4.90%) Replication
4 40 (4.45%) Clustering
5 30 (3.34%) Data Protection Act
5 30 (3.34%) Hybrid Cloud
6 24 (2.67%) Onboarding
7 23 (2.56%) Cloud Native
8 21 (2.34%) Linux Command Line
9 20 (2.23%) Operational Technology
10 17 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
10 17 (1.89%) Video Conferencing
11 12 (1.34%) Analytical Mindset
11 12 (1.34%) Driving Licence
11 12 (1.34%) Security Posture
12 10 (1.11%) Virtual Team
13 9 (1.00%) EMC VMAX
13 9 (1.00%) Enterprise Storage
13 9 (1.00%) SCADA
14 8 (0.89%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 152 (16.93%) Windows
2 78 (8.69%) Linux
3 58 (6.46%) Windows Server
4 22 (2.45%) Windows 10
5 20 (2.23%) Unix
6 10 (1.11%) Mac OS
7 9 (1.00%) Ubuntu
8 6 (0.67%) Android
8 6 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (0.56%) CatOS
10 4 (0.45%) AIX
10 4 (0.45%) Solaris
10 4 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
11 3 (0.33%) Data ONTAP
11 3 (0.33%) VMS
12 1 (0.11%) CentOS
12 1 (0.11%) Debian
12 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (13.36%) Migration
2 109 (12.14%) Problem-Solving
3 105 (11.69%) Load Balancing
4 95 (10.58%) High Availability
5 85 (9.47%) ITIL
6 76 (8.46%) Network Design
7 70 (7.80%) ITSM
8 64 (7.13%) Agile
9 57 (6.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 56 (6.24%) Project Delivery
11 54 (6.01%) Cybersecurity
12 52 (5.79%) Change Management
12 52 (5.79%) Technical Leadership
13 50 (5.57%) Disaster Recovery
14 48 (5.35%) Continuous Improvement
15 45 (5.01%) Network Monitoring
16 44 (4.90%) Validation
16 44 (4.90%) Zero Trust
17 42 (4.68%) Observability
18 41 (4.57%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 94 (10.47%) Python
2 44 (4.90%) PowerShell
3 17 (1.89%) Bash
4 10 (1.11%) SQL
5 8 (0.89%) C
6 4 (0.45%) PHP
7 3 (0.33%) C++
7 3 (0.33%) Java
7 3 (0.33%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.22%) ActionScript
8 2 (0.22%) Korn
8 2 (0.22%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.11%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.11%) Ladder Logic
9 1 (0.11%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 330 (36.75%) Security Cleared
2 251 (27.95%) Cisco Certification
3 244 (27.17%) SC Cleared
4 196 (21.83%) CCNP
5 96 (10.69%) DV Cleared
6 88 (9.80%) CCNA
7 68 (7.57%) Degree
8 52 (5.79%) CCIE
9 26 (2.90%) Microsoft Certification
10 21 (2.34%) MCSE
11 20 (2.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 19 (2.12%) Azure Certification
12 19 (2.12%) JNCIS
13 15 (1.67%) Network+ Certification
14 14 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
14 14 (1.56%) CCSE
14 14 (1.56%) JNCIP
14 14 (1.56%) MCSA
14 14 (1.56%) VCAP
15 13 (1.45%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (2.90%) NIST
2 23 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (2.56%) SLA
3 22 (2.45%) Cyber Essentials
4 17 (1.89%) NCSC
5 9 (1.00%) PMO
5 9 (1.00%) QA
6 6 (0.67%) GDPR
7 4 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (0.45%) JSP 440
8 3 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 3 (0.33%) NIST 800
8 3 (0.33%) RMADS
9 2 (0.22%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.22%) GRC
9 2 (0.22%) ISA99
9 2 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 2 (0.22%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.11%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.11%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 137 (15.26%) VMware Infrastructure
2 63 (7.02%) Active Directory
3 53 (5.90%) VMware ESXi
3 53 (5.90%) vSphere
4 40 (4.45%) VMware NSX
5 28 (3.12%) Virtual Machines
6 24 (2.67%) Firmware
7 19 (2.12%) NFS
8 16 (1.78%) GPFS
8 16 (1.78%) Hyper-V
9 7 (0.78%) Docker
10 4 (0.45%) SRDF
10 4 (0.45%) vCloud
11 3 (0.33%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 3 (0.33%) Snort
11 3 (0.33%) UAG
11 3 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
11 3 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.22%) KVM
13 1 (0.11%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 109 (12.14%) Ansible
2 79 (8.80%) FortiGate
3 43 (4.79%) Terraform
4 30 (3.34%) vCenter Server
5 22 (2.45%) Grafana
5 22 (2.45%) vRealize
6 19 (2.12%) Prometheus
7 17 (1.89%) Kubernetes
8 16 (1.78%) Microsoft Intune
9 14 (1.56%) SCCM
10 12 (1.34%) Single Sign-On
10 12 (1.34%) VxRail
11 10 (1.11%) Nagios
12 9 (1.00%) Cisco Prime
13 8 (0.89%) Cisco CUCM
14 7 (0.78%) SCOM
15 5 (0.56%) Endace
15 5 (0.56%) QRadar
15 5 (0.56%) Salt
16 4 (0.45%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 243 (27.06%) Palo Alto
2 172 (19.15%) F5
3 167 (18.60%) VMware
4 153 (17.04%) Microsoft
5 140 (15.59%) Juniper
6 118 (13.14%) CheckPoint
7 117 (13.03%) Fortinet
8 104 (11.58%) Aruba
9 84 (9.35%) ServiceNow
10 82 (9.13%) Meraki
11 75 (8.35%) SolarWinds
12 60 (6.68%) Arista
13 46 (5.12%) Splunk
14 44 (4.90%) Zscaler
15 33 (3.67%) IBM
16 28 (3.12%) Dell
16 28 (3.12%) Extreme Networks
17 23 (2.56%) Infoblox
18 21 (2.34%) Citrix
18 21 (2.34%) Oracle