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 30 June 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
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 62 69
Rank change year-on-year -51 +7 -10
Contract jobs citing Cisco 980 963 1,141
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.24% 3.78% 3.07%
As % of the Vendors category 5.50% 7.99% 7.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 664 592 705
10th Percentile £300 £314 £263
25th Percentile £402 £422 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -3.75% +2.56% +3.45%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £575
90th Percentile £638 £638 £663
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 28 35
10th Percentile £26.63 £24.66 £16.00
25th Percentile £29.00 £25.15 £22.83
Median hourly rate £47.00 £30.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +56.67% +9.09% -36.60%
75th Percentile £70.96 £42.29 £43.82
90th Percentile £74.90 £62.55 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £53.75 £30.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +79.17% +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 17,825 12,057 15,797
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 40.73% 47.27% 42.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,333 7,639 10,010
10th Percentile £313 £280 £275
25th Percentile £413 £402 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £513 £520
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% -1.44% -0.95%
75th Percentile £610 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £515
% change year-on-year - -2.91% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 963 556 1,056
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.84 £12.44
25th Percentile £19.34 £17.49 £14.67
Median hourly rate £35.00 £26.39 £24.65
Median % change year-on-year +32.65% +7.04% -32.47%
75th Percentile £65.00 £52.04 £60.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £68.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £33.99 £25.15 £24.19
% change year-on-year +35.15% +3.99% -40.35%

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 30 June 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 30 June 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 30 June 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 -68 323 £500 - 129
North of England -37 218 £482 -2.01% 118
South East -31 188 £500 - 123
North West -8 168 £481 +1.32% 54
Midlands -27 137 £413 -21.43% 68
West Midlands -18 130 £407 -22.43% 34
South West -62 54 £525 -4.55% 54
Yorkshire -71 47 £490 -2.00% 50
East of England -20 36 £500 +0.50% 62
East Midlands -35 4 £458 -3.68% 34
North East -37 4 £425 +30.77% 14
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 25 (2.55%) SharePoint
2 19 (1.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (1.22%) Confluence
4 8 (0.82%) Apache
5 7 (0.71%) OpenStack
6 4 (0.41%) IIS
7 3 (0.31%) CloudStack
7 3 (0.31%) nginx
7 3 (0.31%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.20%) CMS
8 2 (0.20%) SAS
9 1 (0.10%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.10%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 41 (4.18%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (2.65%) MS Visio
3 23 (2.35%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.20%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 5 (0.51%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 187 (19.08%) Azure
2 131 (13.37%) AWS
3 67 (6.84%) Microsoft 365
4 42 (4.29%) Entra ID
5 19 (1.94%) GCP
6 16 (1.63%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 15 (1.53%) GitHub
8 14 (1.43%) SaaS
9 13 (1.33%) Azure Sentinel
9 13 (1.33%) OneDrive
10 12 (1.22%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 11 (1.12%) OpenShift
12 9 (0.92%) IaaS
12 9 (0.92%) Power Platform
13 8 (0.82%) Microsoft Purview
14 6 (0.61%) Nutanix
15 5 (0.51%) Azure DevOps
15 5 (0.51%) GitHub Actions
15 5 (0.51%) Rubrik
16 4 (0.41%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 436 (44.49%) Firewall
2 321 (32.76%) WAN
3 271 (27.65%) BGP
4 248 (25.31%) LAN
5 219 (22.35%) VPN
6 218 (22.24%) Network Security
7 183 (18.67%) OSPF
8 174 (17.76%) Wireless
9 173 (17.65%) DNS
10 154 (15.71%) VLAN
11 126 (12.86%) SD-WAN
12 95 (9.69%) DHCP
12 95 (9.69%) MPLS
13 91 (9.29%) Cisco ISE
14 88 (8.98%) VXLAN
15 85 (8.67%) Cisco Nexus
15 85 (8.67%) Wi-Fi
16 74 (7.55%) Multicast
17 71 (7.24%) Cisco IOS
18 68 (6.94%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (1.33%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.31%) MySQL
2 3 (0.31%) NoSQL
2 3 (0.31%) Power BI
3 2 (0.20%) Amazon RDS
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 19 (1.94%) JIRA
2 12 (1.22%) Git
3 11 (1.12%) Sonatype Nexus
4 8 (0.82%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.20%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.20%) GitLab
General
1 229 (23.37%) Social Skills
2 97 (9.90%) Finance
3 61 (6.22%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (5.92%) Banking
5 55 (5.61%) Telecoms
6 54 (5.51%) Documentation Skills
7 45 (4.59%) Public Sector
8 36 (3.67%) Legal
9 20 (2.04%) Investment Banking
10 18 (1.84%) Financial Institution
11 16 (1.63%) Manufacturing
12 14 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
13 13 (1.33%) Retail
14 11 (1.12%) Military
15 10 (1.02%) Law
16 8 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
16 8 (0.82%) Police
17 7 (0.71%) Marketing
18 6 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
19 5 (0.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 457 (46.63%) Network Engineer
2 123 (12.55%) Architect
3 112 (11.43%) Senior
4 108 (11.02%) Cisco Engineer
5 101 (10.31%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 84 (8.57%) Security Engineer
7 69 (7.04%) Network Architect
8 64 (6.53%) Senior Network Engineer
9 63 (6.43%) Network Security Engineer
10 55 (5.61%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
11 51 (5.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 47 (4.80%) Data Network Engineer
13 35 (3.57%) Data Engineer
14 34 (3.47%) Analyst
14 34 (3.47%) Cisco Security Engineer
15 27 (2.76%) Network Specialist
16 24 (2.45%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
16 24 (2.45%) Lead
17 21 (2.14%) Solutions Architect
18 20 (2.04%) Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (7.45%) 802.1X
2 14 (1.43%) LDAP
3 13 (1.33%) Flash
3 13 (1.33%) SAML
4 12 (1.22%) REST
5 5 (0.51%) Jinja
5 5 (0.51%) NETCONF
5 5 (0.51%) XMPP
6 4 (0.41%) OpenConfig
6 4 (0.41%) RESTCONF
6 4 (0.41%) YANG
7 3 (0.31%) Django
7 3 (0.31%) Elastic Stack
7 3 (0.31%) LAMP
7 3 (0.31%) LEMP Stack
7 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Graph
7 3 (0.31%) YAML
8 2 (0.20%) .NET Core
8 2 (0.20%) Blazor
8 2 (0.20%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 253 (25.82%) Data Centre
2 57 (5.82%) PKI
3 42 (4.29%) Clustering
4 41 (4.18%) Replication
5 39 (3.98%) Hybrid Cloud
6 34 (3.47%) Onboarding
7 29 (2.96%) Data Protection Act
8 27 (2.76%) Video Conferencing
9 17 (1.73%) Cloud Native
9 17 (1.73%) Driving Licence
9 17 (1.73%) Linux Command Line
10 16 (1.63%) Analytical Mindset
10 16 (1.63%) Operational Technology
11 15 (1.53%) Virtual Team
12 13 (1.33%) EMC VMAX
12 13 (1.33%) Enterprise Storage
12 13 (1.33%) Security Posture
13 12 (1.22%) Public Cloud
13 12 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
14 10 (1.02%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 183 (18.67%) Windows
2 98 (10.00%) Linux
3 68 (6.94%) Windows Server
4 19 (1.94%) Unix
5 15 (1.53%) Ubuntu
5 15 (1.53%) Windows 10
6 10 (1.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (1.02%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (0.82%) Android
7 8 (0.82%) Mac OS
8 7 (0.71%) AIX
8 7 (0.71%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (0.51%) Data ONTAP
9 5 (0.51%) VMS
10 4 (0.41%) CentOS
11 3 (0.31%) CatOS
12 2 (0.20%) Solaris
12 2 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.10%) Debian
13 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (14.90%) Migration
2 117 (11.94%) Load Balancing
3 104 (10.61%) High Availability
4 103 (10.51%) Problem-Solving
5 98 (10.00%) ITIL
6 82 (8.37%) Project Delivery
7 76 (7.76%) ITSM
8 75 (7.65%) Network Design
9 68 (6.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 66 (6.73%) Continuous Improvement
11 59 (6.02%) Agile
12 56 (5.71%) Disaster Recovery
13 55 (5.61%) Change Management
13 55 (5.61%) Infrastructure as Code
13 55 (5.61%) Stakeholder Management
14 54 (5.51%) Cybersecurity
15 52 (5.31%) CI/CD
15 52 (5.31%) Technical Leadership
15 52 (5.31%) Validation
16 48 (4.90%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 114 (11.63%) Python
2 56 (5.71%) PowerShell
3 19 (1.94%) Bash
4 18 (1.84%) SQL
5 6 (0.61%) C
6 4 (0.41%) PHP
7 3 (0.31%) C++
7 3 (0.31%) Java
7 3 (0.31%) Lisp
8 2 (0.20%) ActionScript
8 2 (0.20%) Korn
8 2 (0.20%) Perl
8 2 (0.20%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.10%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.10%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 307 (31.33%) Security Cleared
2 276 (28.16%) Cisco Certification
3 217 (22.14%) SC Cleared
4 202 (20.61%) CCNP
5 109 (11.12%) CCNA
6 96 (9.80%) DV Cleared
7 66 (6.73%) Degree
8 58 (5.92%) CCIE
9 26 (2.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 24 (2.45%) Microsoft Certification
11 19 (1.94%) Network+ Certification
12 18 (1.84%) MCSE
13 17 (1.73%) Azure Certification
14 15 (1.53%) Server+ Certification
15 14 (1.43%) CCSE
16 12 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
16 12 (1.22%) JNCIP
16 12 (1.22%) JNCIS
16 12 (1.22%) MCSA
16 12 (1.22%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (3.27%) SLA
2 30 (3.06%) NIST
3 27 (2.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 26 (2.65%) Cyber Essentials
5 20 (2.04%) NCSC
6 13 (1.33%) QA
7 7 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (0.61%) PMO
9 5 (0.51%) GDPR
9 5 (0.51%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.31%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.20%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.20%) Data Quality
11 2 (0.20%) Government Security Classifications
11 2 (0.20%) GRC
11 2 (0.20%) ISA99
11 2 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 2 (0.20%) JSP 440
11 2 (0.20%) RMADS
System Software
1 147 (15.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 93 (9.49%) Active Directory
3 57 (5.82%) VMware ESXi
4 53 (5.41%) vSphere
5 40 (4.08%) VMware NSX
6 35 (3.57%) Virtual Machines
7 29 (2.96%) Firmware
8 21 (2.14%) Hyper-V
9 17 (1.73%) NFS
10 13 (1.33%) GPFS
11 7 (0.71%) SRDF
12 6 (0.61%) Docker
12 6 (0.61%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 5 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
14 4 (0.41%) vCloud
15 3 (0.31%) Dovecot
15 3 (0.31%) Postfix
15 3 (0.31%) UAG
15 3 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
16 2 (0.20%) Snort
Systems Management
1 122 (12.45%) Ansible
2 87 (8.88%) FortiGate
3 55 (5.61%) Terraform
4 31 (3.16%) vCenter Server
5 25 (2.55%) Microsoft Intune
6 24 (2.45%) Grafana
7 23 (2.35%) SCCM
8 21 (2.14%) Kubernetes
8 21 (2.14%) Prometheus
9 14 (1.43%) vRealize
10 13 (1.33%) Single Sign-On
11 12 (1.22%) Cisco CUCM
12 9 (0.92%) VxRail
13 8 (0.82%) Cisco Prime
14 7 (0.71%) EMC VPLEX
14 7 (0.71%) WMI
14 7 (0.71%) WSUS
15 6 (0.61%) HAProxy
15 6 (0.61%) SCOM
16 5 (0.51%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 230 (23.47%) Palo Alto
2 191 (19.49%) Microsoft
3 187 (19.08%) F5
4 185 (18.88%) VMware
5 158 (16.12%) Fortinet
6 142 (14.49%) Juniper
7 99 (10.10%) CheckPoint
8 94 (9.59%) Aruba
8 94 (9.59%) ServiceNow
9 81 (8.27%) SolarWinds
10 75 (7.65%) Meraki
11 70 (7.14%) Arista
12 57 (5.82%) Splunk
13 43 (4.39%) Zscaler
14 30 (3.06%) Extreme Networks
15 27 (2.76%) Dell
15 27 (2.76%) IBM
16 25 (2.55%) Infoblox
17 21 (2.14%) Citrix
17 21 (2.14%) EMC