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 20 April 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
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 60 60
Rank change year-on-year -49 0 +11
Contract jobs citing Cisco 914 900 1,235
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.31% 3.67% 3.32%
As % of the Vendors category 5.42% 7.75% 7.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 606 576 759
10th Percentile £300 £311 £263
25th Percentile £400 £413 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £505 £490
Median % change year-on-year -3.99% +3.06% +3.16%
75th Percentile £562 £588 £594
90th Percentile £636 £638 £719
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £486
% change year-on-year -5.00% +2.88% +2.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 18 45
10th Percentile £21.08 £17.26 £13.57
25th Percentile £26.89 £20.04 £23.25
Median hourly rate £48.72 £37.07 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +31.42% +23.58% -45.77%
75th Percentile £74.26 £67.81 £41.25
90th Percentile £77.40 £75.00 £73.15
UK median hourly rate £54.86 £37.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year +46.29% +25.00% -40.00%

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 16,879 11,608 15,693
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 42.68% 47.37% 42.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,008 7,526 10,017
10th Percentile £313 £296 £255
25th Percentile £413 £408 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -3.26%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £635
90th Percentile £705 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £514 £518
% change year-on-year -2.63% -0.87% -1.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 883 440 993
10th Percentile £15.34 £14.99 £12.03
25th Percentile £18.75 £18.13 £14.25
Median hourly rate £30.00 £28.75 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +27.78% -41.56%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.31 £56.25
90th Percentile £78.71 £80.01 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £27.97 £22.50
% change year-on-year +7.28% +24.29% -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 20 April 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 20 April 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 20 April 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 -64 274 £500 -0.05% 127
South East -12 212 £500 - 131
North of England -43 179 £481 -3.75% 111
Midlands -16 149 £378 -16.11% 75
North West -15 141 £481 -1.79% 50
West Midlands -1 136 £350 -20.00% 41
South West -68 46 £510 -7.27% 41
East of England -10 39 £485 +2.11% 58
Yorkshire -77 35 £450 -14.29% 46
East Midlands -47 9 £415 -19.02% 34
North East -21 5 £363 +11.54% 16
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 33 (3.61%) SharePoint
2 26 (2.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (1.75%) Confluence
4 7 (0.77%) Apache
5 5 (0.55%) IIS
5 5 (0.55%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.11%) JBoss
6 1 (0.11%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.11%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.11%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 38 (4.16%) MS Visio
2 36 (3.94%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
4 12 (1.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.55%) Acrobat
6 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 17 (1.86%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.11%) Actimize
Cloud Services
1 164 (17.94%) Azure
2 139 (15.21%) AWS
3 70 (7.66%) Microsoft 365
4 40 (4.38%) Entra ID
5 31 (3.39%) GCP
6 15 (1.64%) Datadog
7 12 (1.31%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 12 (1.31%) SaaS
7 12 (1.31%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 10 (1.09%) OpenShift
9 9 (0.98%) Azure Sentinel
10 8 (0.88%) GitHub
11 7 (0.77%) Nutanix
12 6 (0.66%) Azure DevOps
12 6 (0.66%) Microsoft Purview
12 6 (0.66%) Mimecast
13 5 (0.55%) IaaS
14 4 (0.44%) OCI
14 4 (0.44%) OneDrive
14 4 (0.44%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 397 (43.44%) Firewall
2 294 (32.17%) WAN
3 253 (27.68%) BGP
4 222 (24.29%) LAN
5 206 (22.54%) VPN
6 189 (20.68%) Network Security
7 183 (20.02%) OSPF
8 134 (14.66%) Wireless
9 132 (14.44%) DNS
10 124 (13.57%) VLAN
11 112 (12.25%) SD-WAN
12 92 (10.07%) MPLS
13 89 (9.74%) Cisco ISE
14 84 (9.19%) VXLAN
15 71 (7.77%) DHCP
16 69 (7.55%) Cisco ASA
17 68 (7.44%) Cisco Nexus
18 64 (7.00%) IPsec
19 63 (6.89%) Wi-Fi
20 58 (6.35%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.11%) Big Data
2 1 (0.11%) Metadata
2 1 (0.11%) MySQL
2 1 (0.11%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.11%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 17 (1.86%) JIRA
2 11 (1.20%) Sonatype Nexus
3 10 (1.09%) Git
4 7 (0.77%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.55%) GitLab
6 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
General
1 199 (21.77%) Social Skills
2 98 (10.72%) Finance
3 90 (9.85%) Public Sector
4 62 (6.78%) Telecoms
5 61 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
6 59 (6.46%) Banking
7 50 (5.47%) Documentation Skills
8 37 (4.05%) Legal
9 26 (2.84%) Manufacturing
10 17 (1.86%) Investment Banking
11 16 (1.75%) Marketing
11 16 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
12 15 (1.64%) Financial Institution
13 14 (1.53%) Presentation Skills
14 12 (1.31%) Electronics
15 10 (1.09%) Retail
16 9 (0.98%) Law
17 8 (0.88%) Military
18 7 (0.77%) Influencing Skills
19 6 (0.66%) Police
Job Titles
1 389 (42.56%) Network Engineer
2 109 (11.93%) Architect
3 90 (9.85%) Cisco Engineer
4 85 (9.30%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 85 (9.30%) Senior
5 72 (7.88%) Security Engineer
6 69 (7.55%) Network Architect
7 62 (6.78%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 51 (5.58%) Network Security Engineer
9 49 (5.36%) Analyst
10 42 (4.60%) Senior Network Engineer
11 40 (4.38%) Data Network Engineer
12 37 (4.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 32 (3.50%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
14 31 (3.39%) Data Engineer
15 29 (3.17%) Infrastructure Analyst
16 27 (2.95%) Cisco Security Engineer
17 24 (2.63%) Consultant
18 23 (2.52%) Network Specialist
18 23 (2.52%) Storage Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (6.46%) 802.1X
2 17 (1.86%) Flash
3 15 (1.64%) LDAP
4 13 (1.42%) XMPP
5 10 (1.09%) SAML
6 8 (0.88%) REST
7 7 (0.77%) NETCONF
8 6 (0.66%) YANG
9 5 (0.55%) Jinja
9 5 (0.55%) OpenConfig
10 4 (0.44%) HTML
10 4 (0.44%) RESTCONF
10 4 (0.44%) VML
11 3 (0.33%) JSON
12 2 (0.22%) ADO
12 2 (0.22%) CSS
12 2 (0.22%) Django
12 2 (0.22%) Middleware
12 2 (0.22%) RFC 2544
12 2 (0.22%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 244 (26.70%) Data Centre
2 49 (5.36%) PKI
3 36 (3.94%) Replication
4 32 (3.50%) Clustering
4 32 (3.50%) Linux Command Line
5 30 (3.28%) Hybrid Cloud
6 27 (2.95%) Data Protection Act
7 26 (2.84%) Cloud Native
8 25 (2.74%) Onboarding
9 18 (1.97%) Product Ownership
10 17 (1.86%) Operational Technology
10 17 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
11 14 (1.53%) Driving Licence
12 12 (1.31%) Video Conferencing
13 11 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
14 10 (1.09%) Enterprise Storage
14 10 (1.09%) SCADA
14 10 (1.09%) Security Posture
15 9 (0.98%) EMC VMAX
16 8 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 152 (16.63%) Windows
2 93 (10.18%) Linux
3 61 (6.67%) Windows Server
4 25 (2.74%) Windows 10
5 19 (2.08%) Mac OS
5 19 (2.08%) Unix
6 17 (1.86%) Android
7 13 (1.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 8 (0.88%) Ubuntu
9 7 (0.77%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (0.44%) CatOS
10 4 (0.44%) Solaris
10 4 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
11 3 (0.33%) Data ONTAP
11 3 (0.33%) VMS
12 2 (0.22%) AIX
13 1 (0.11%) CentOS
13 1 (0.11%) Debian
13 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (14.44%) Migration
2 115 (12.58%) Problem-Solving
3 100 (10.94%) Load Balancing
4 86 (9.41%) High Availability
4 86 (9.41%) ITIL
5 79 (8.64%) Network Design
6 78 (8.53%) ITSM
7 74 (8.10%) Agile
8 63 (6.89%) Cybersecurity
9 58 (6.35%) Change Management
10 55 (6.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 53 (5.80%) Roadmaps
11 53 (5.80%) Service Management
12 51 (5.58%) Project Delivery
13 48 (5.25%) Collaborative Working
13 48 (5.25%) Continuous Improvement
14 47 (5.14%) Observability
14 47 (5.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 46 (5.03%) Stakeholder Management
16 45 (4.92%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 104 (11.38%) Python
2 46 (5.03%) PowerShell
3 22 (2.41%) Bash
4 8 (0.88%) C
4 8 (0.88%) Perl
5 6 (0.66%) SQL
6 4 (0.44%) Lisp
6 4 (0.44%) 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
Qualifications
1 368 (40.26%) Security Cleared
2 281 (30.74%) SC Cleared
3 250 (27.35%) Cisco Certification
4 199 (21.77%) CCNP
5 102 (11.16%) DV Cleared
6 93 (10.18%) CCNA
7 71 (7.77%) Degree
8 61 (6.67%) CCIE
9 21 (2.30%) JNCIS
10 20 (2.19%) Azure Certification
10 20 (2.19%) Microsoft Certification
11 19 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
12 16 (1.75%) JNCIP
13 15 (1.64%) JNCIA
14 14 (1.53%) AWS Certification
14 14 (1.53%) MCSE
15 13 (1.42%) CCSE
16 12 (1.31%) Network+ Certification
16 12 (1.31%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 10 (1.09%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (3.17%) NIST
2 28 (3.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 26 (2.84%) SLA
4 21 (2.30%) Cyber Essentials
5 17 (1.86%) NCSC
6 11 (1.20%) GDPR
6 11 (1.20%) PMO
7 7 (0.77%) PCI DSS
8 6 (0.66%) QA
9 4 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.44%) JSP 440
10 3 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.33%) RMADS
11 2 (0.22%) ISA99
11 2 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 2 (0.22%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.11%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.11%) GRC
12 1 (0.11%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 138 (15.10%) VMware Infrastructure
2 72 (7.88%) Active Directory
3 57 (6.24%) vSphere
4 49 (5.36%) VMware NSX
5 44 (4.81%) VMware ESXi
6 20 (2.19%) NFS
7 19 (2.08%) Firmware
8 17 (1.86%) GPFS
8 17 (1.86%) Hyper-V
9 15 (1.64%) Virtual Machines
10 7 (0.77%) Docker
11 4 (0.44%) SRDF
11 4 (0.44%) vCloud
11 4 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
12 3 (0.33%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 3 (0.33%) KVM
12 3 (0.33%) Snort
12 3 (0.33%) UAG
12 3 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.11%) RHEV
Systems Management
1 99 (10.83%) Ansible
2 81 (8.86%) FortiGate
3 44 (4.81%) Terraform
4 34 (3.72%) vRealize
5 29 (3.17%) vCenter Server
6 20 (2.19%) Grafana
6 20 (2.19%) VxRail
7 19 (2.08%) Microsoft Intune
8 18 (1.97%) Prometheus
9 17 (1.86%) SCCM
10 16 (1.75%) Kubernetes
11 11 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
12 10 (1.09%) Nagios
13 9 (0.98%) Cisco Prime
14 7 (0.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 7 (0.77%) SCOM
15 6 (0.66%) Cisco CUCM
15 6 (0.66%) QRadar
16 5 (0.55%) Endace
16 5 (0.55%) Salt
Vendors
1 236 (25.82%) Palo Alto
2 168 (18.38%) F5
3 166 (18.16%) VMware
4 158 (17.29%) Microsoft
5 152 (16.63%) Juniper
6 115 (12.58%) Aruba
7 112 (12.25%) CheckPoint
8 110 (12.04%) Fortinet
9 89 (9.74%) SolarWinds
10 86 (9.41%) Meraki
11 84 (9.19%) ServiceNow
12 53 (5.80%) Arista
13 49 (5.36%) Splunk
14 47 (5.14%) Dell
15 45 (4.92%) IBM
16 39 (4.27%) HP
17 38 (4.16%) Zscaler
18 28 (3.06%) Citrix
19 27 (2.95%) Extreme Networks
20 25 (2.74%) Remedy