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 11 March 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
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 58 52
Rank change year-on-year -44 -6 +29
Contract jobs citing Cisco 891 918 1,388
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.45% 3.72% 3.64%
As % of the Vendors category 5.54% 7.88% 8.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 590 583 819
10th Percentile £263 £313 £250
25th Percentile £381 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £503 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.47% +5.79% -2.06%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £600
90th Percentile £609 £638 £701
UK median daily rate £463 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -7.50% +5.26% -2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 17 63
10th Percentile £21.21 £16.97 £14.00
25th Percentile £25.15 £18.50 £19.60
Median hourly rate £65.00 £30.40 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +113.82% +21.60% -19.35%
75th Percentile £74.26 £65.00 £41.25
90th Percentile £94.25 £75.00 £67.20
UK median hourly rate £68.17 £33.52 £25.00
% change year-on-year +103.34% +34.09% -35.28%

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 16,091 11,643 16,322
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 44.32% 47.17% 42.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,483 7,405 10,441
10th Percentile £306 £288 £250
25th Percentile £413 £408 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £517
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% +1.55% -4.26%
75th Percentile £610 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £515
% change year-on-year -3.85% +0.97% -2.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 856 384 949
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.62 £12.13
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.19 £14.48
Median hourly rate £25.00 £30.78 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.78% +23.12% -28.57%
75th Percentile £58.75 £65.00 £51.25
90th Percentile £74.84 £81.98 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £29.00 £24.65
% change year-on-year -13.79% +17.65% -29.63%

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 11 March 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 11 March 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 11 March 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 -51 267 £492 -2.14% 90
South East 0 219 £500 -0.25% 133
North of England -55 170 £481 -3.75% 94
Midlands -24 147 £345 -23.33% 76
North West -16 138 £481 -3.75% 43
West Midlands -8 133 £350 -20.00% 32
East of England -9 40 £475 - 56
South West -62 40 £538 -0.65% 53
Yorkshire -92 26 £450 -14.29% 34
East Midlands -49 12 £158 -65.00% 43
North East -17 8 £175 -58.82% 17
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 46 (5.16%) SharePoint
2 27 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (1.91%) Confluence
4 7 (0.79%) Apache
5 5 (0.56%) IIS
6 4 (0.45%) Appian
7 3 (0.34%) SharePoint Server
7 3 (0.34%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.22%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.11%) JBoss
9 1 (0.11%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 58 (6.51%) Microsoft Office
2 44 (4.94%) MS Visio
3 20 (2.24%) Microsoft Excel
4 15 (1.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.56%) Acrobat
6 4 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 17 (1.91%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.11%) Actimize
2 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 143 (16.05%) Azure
2 120 (13.47%) AWS
3 85 (9.54%) Microsoft 365
4 38 (4.26%) Entra ID
5 35 (3.93%) GCP
6 14 (1.57%) Datadog
7 11 (1.23%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 11 (1.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 9 (1.01%) Azure Sentinel
8 9 (1.01%) Nutanix
8 9 (1.01%) SaaS
9 8 (0.90%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (0.79%) Microsoft Purview
11 6 (0.67%) GitHub
11 6 (0.67%) IaaS
11 6 (0.67%) OneDrive
11 6 (0.67%) OpenShift
12 5 (0.56%) Mimecast
12 5 (0.56%) PaaS
13 4 (0.45%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 369 (41.41%) Firewall
2 263 (29.52%) WAN
3 212 (23.79%) BGP
4 203 (22.78%) VPN
5 194 (21.77%) LAN
6 174 (19.53%) Network Security
7 150 (16.84%) OSPF
8 143 (16.05%) Wireless
9 115 (12.91%) DNS
10 95 (10.66%) SD-WAN
11 92 (10.33%) MPLS
11 92 (10.33%) VLAN
12 86 (9.65%) Cisco ISE
13 65 (7.30%) VXLAN
13 65 (7.30%) Wi-Fi
14 64 (7.18%) DHCP
15 62 (6.96%) IPsec
16 61 (6.85%) Cisco ASA
16 61 (6.85%) Cisco IOS
17 50 (5.61%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (0.79%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.11%) Metadata
2 1 (0.11%) MySQL
2 1 (0.11%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.11%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 16 (1.80%) JIRA
2 12 (1.35%) GitLab
3 11 (1.23%) Sonatype Nexus
4 10 (1.12%) Jenkins
5 9 (1.01%) Git
6 4 (0.45%) Cucumber
6 4 (0.45%) Robot Framework
6 4 (0.45%) Selenium
6 4 (0.45%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.22%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
General
1 186 (20.88%) Social Skills
2 132 (14.81%) Public Sector
3 124 (13.92%) Finance
4 91 (10.21%) Telecoms
5 68 (7.63%) Analytical Skills
6 59 (6.62%) Banking
7 51 (5.72%) Documentation Skills
8 50 (5.61%) Manufacturing
9 37 (4.15%) Electronics
9 37 (4.15%) Marketing
10 33 (3.70%) Legal
11 17 (1.91%) Investment Banking
12 16 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
13 15 (1.68%) Financial Institution
14 14 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
15 10 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 8 (0.90%) Military
17 7 (0.79%) Aerospace
18 6 (0.67%) Law
18 6 (0.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 337 (37.82%) Network Engineer
2 103 (11.56%) Architect
3 77 (8.64%) Cisco Engineer
4 69 (7.74%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 64 (7.18%) Network Architect
5 64 (7.18%) Senior
6 59 (6.62%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 56 (6.29%) Security Engineer
8 53 (5.95%) Analyst
9 43 (4.83%) IT Support
10 39 (4.38%) Consultant
11 37 (4.15%) Network Security Engineer
12 35 (3.93%) Network Consultant
13 34 (3.82%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
14 30 (3.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 29 (3.25%) Data Network Engineer
15 29 (3.25%) Senior Network Engineer
16 28 (3.14%) Infrastructure Analyst
17 27 (3.03%) Desktop Support
17 27 (3.03%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (6.62%) 802.1X
2 16 (1.80%) Flash
3 15 (1.68%) LDAP
4 14 (1.57%) XMPP
5 10 (1.12%) NETCONF
6 9 (1.01%) SAML
6 9 (1.01%) YANG
7 8 (0.90%) Jinja
8 7 (0.79%) JSON
9 6 (0.67%) XML
10 5 (0.56%) OpenConfig
10 5 (0.56%) RFC 2544
11 4 (0.45%) HTML
11 4 (0.45%) REST
11 4 (0.45%) RESTCONF
11 4 (0.45%) VML
12 2 (0.22%) CSS
12 2 (0.22%) Django
12 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Graph
13 1 (0.11%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 252 (28.28%) Data Centre
2 49 (5.50%) PKI
3 32 (3.59%) Linux Command Line
4 30 (3.37%) Replication
5 28 (3.14%) Clustering
6 27 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
7 26 (2.92%) Hybrid Cloud
8 23 (2.58%) Onboarding
9 20 (2.24%) Cloud Native
10 18 (2.02%) Product Ownership
11 17 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
12 15 (1.68%) Operational Technology
13 14 (1.57%) Video Conferencing
14 11 (1.23%) Driving Licence
14 11 (1.23%) Security Posture
15 9 (1.01%) SCADA
16 8 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
16 8 (0.90%) Public Cloud
17 7 (0.79%) Fat Client
17 7 (0.79%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 148 (16.61%) Windows
2 86 (9.65%) Linux
3 59 (6.62%) Windows Server
4 44 (4.94%) Mac OS
5 43 (4.83%) Android
6 30 (3.37%) Windows 10
7 16 (1.80%) Unix
8 13 (1.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (0.67%) Ubuntu
10 5 (0.56%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.45%) CatOS
11 4 (0.45%) Solaris
11 4 (0.45%) VMS
11 4 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
12 3 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
13 2 (0.22%) AIX
14 1 (0.11%) CentOS
14 1 (0.11%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (13.80%) Migration
2 112 (12.57%) Problem-Solving
3 90 (10.10%) Load Balancing
4 79 (8.87%) Agile
5 74 (8.31%) Network Design
6 73 (8.19%) High Availability
6 73 (8.19%) ITIL
7 69 (7.74%) ITSM
8 68 (7.63%) Roadmaps
9 66 (7.41%) Cybersecurity
10 61 (6.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 57 (6.40%) Service Management
12 56 (6.29%) Collaborative Working
13 54 (6.06%) Change Management
14 53 (5.95%) Project Delivery
15 50 (5.61%) Stakeholder Management
16 49 (5.50%) Network Architecture
17 44 (4.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 43 (4.83%) Business Intelligence
19 41 (4.60%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 98 (11.00%) Python
2 46 (5.16%) PowerShell
3 23 (2.58%) Bash
4 13 (1.46%) Perl
5 8 (0.90%) Lisp
6 7 (0.79%) JavaScript
6 7 (0.79%) SQL
7 4 (0.45%) C
7 4 (0.45%) PHP
8 2 (0.22%) ActionScript
8 2 (0.22%) Korn
8 2 (0.22%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (0.22%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.11%) C++
Qualifications
1 391 (43.88%) Security Cleared
2 308 (34.57%) SC Cleared
3 230 (25.81%) Cisco Certification
4 187 (20.99%) CCNP
5 95 (10.66%) DV Cleared
6 86 (9.65%) CCNA
7 75 (8.42%) Degree
8 59 (6.62%) CCIE
9 21 (2.36%) Microsoft Certification
10 20 (2.24%) JNCIS
11 18 (2.02%) Azure Certification
11 18 (2.02%) BPSS Clearance
12 16 (1.80%) CISSP
12 16 (1.80%) JNCIP
13 14 (1.57%) JNCIA
14 13 (1.46%) AWS Certification
14 13 (1.46%) MCSE
14 13 (1.46%) Network+ Certification
15 12 (1.35%) CCSE
16 11 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (3.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 30 (3.37%) NIST
2 26 (2.92%) SLA
3 20 (2.24%) Cyber Essentials
4 15 (1.68%) PMO
5 13 (1.46%) GDPR
5 13 (1.46%) NCSC
6 9 (1.01%) PCI DSS
7 6 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (0.56%) QA
9 3 (0.34%) JSP 440
9 3 (0.34%) RMADS
10 2 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.11%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.11%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.11%) Def Stans
11 1 (0.11%) GRC
11 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.11%) NIST 800
System Software
1 123 (13.80%) VMware Infrastructure
2 78 (8.75%) Active Directory
3 55 (6.17%) vSphere
4 50 (5.61%) VMware NSX
5 39 (4.38%) VMware ESXi
6 17 (1.91%) Firmware
7 16 (1.80%) GPFS
7 16 (1.80%) NFS
8 15 (1.68%) Virtual Machines
9 13 (1.46%) Docker
10 11 (1.23%) Hyper-V
11 4 (0.45%) vCloud
11 4 (0.45%) Virtual Servers
12 3 (0.34%) SRDF
13 2 (0.22%) KVM
13 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 2 (0.22%) Snort
13 2 (0.22%) Squid
14 1 (0.11%) IAG
14 1 (0.11%) UAG
Systems Management
1 91 (10.21%) Ansible
2 72 (8.08%) FortiGate
3 37 (4.15%) Terraform
4 35 (3.93%) vCenter Server
5 33 (3.70%) vRealize
6 20 (2.24%) SCCM
7 19 (2.13%) VxRail
8 16 (1.80%) Grafana
8 16 (1.80%) Microsoft Intune
9 14 (1.57%) Prometheus
10 12 (1.35%) Single Sign-On
11 9 (1.01%) Cisco CUCM
11 9 (1.01%) Nagios
12 8 (0.90%) Kubernetes
13 7 (0.79%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 6 (0.67%) Cisco Prime
14 6 (0.67%) WSUS
15 5 (0.56%) CASB
15 5 (0.56%) Nessus
15 5 (0.56%) SCOM
Vendors
1 226 (25.36%) Palo Alto
2 165 (18.52%) Juniper
3 155 (17.40%) Microsoft
4 150 (16.84%) VMware
5 137 (15.38%) F5
6 121 (13.58%) Aruba
7 98 (11.00%) CheckPoint
8 90 (10.10%) SolarWinds
9 89 (9.99%) Meraki
10 87 (9.76%) Fortinet
11 78 (8.75%) ServiceNow
12 63 (7.07%) Dell
13 60 (6.73%) HP
14 47 (5.27%) Splunk
15 42 (4.71%) Apple
15 42 (4.71%) Arista
15 42 (4.71%) IBM
16 40 (4.49%) Zscaler
17 36 (4.04%) SAP
18 29 (3.25%) Citrix