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 29 July 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
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 70 66
Rank change year-on-year -46 -4 -8
Contract jobs citing Cisco 983 970 1,061
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.19% 3.53% 3.11%
As % of the Vendors category 5.34% 7.49% 7.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 662 600 670
10th Percentile £300 £315 £263
25th Percentile £405 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% - +8.93%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £647 £638 £663
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £498
% change year-on-year -5.00% +0.50% +4.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 37 27
10th Percentile £26.72 £25.09 £15.55
25th Percentile £29.00 £25.15 £21.45
Median hourly rate £48.72 £30.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +62.40% +20.00% -47.73%
75th Percentile £74.26 £57.50 £69.38
90th Percentile £78.70 £85.65 £75.10
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £30.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +83.33% +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 18,422 12,956 14,742
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.09% 47.11% 43.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,642 8,207 9,455
10th Percentile £313 £278 £292
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.49% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £613 £620 £625
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £505 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +1.00% -3.85% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 982 622 806
10th Percentile £16.10 £14.75 £13.69
25th Percentile £20.09 £17.46 £15.62
Median hourly rate £35.71 £25.15 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +41.99% -10.18% -29.20%
75th Percentile £67.50 £50.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £85.00 £68.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £25.15 £27.50
% change year-on-year +39.17% -8.55% -34.21%

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 29 July 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 29 July 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 29 July 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 -43 353 £500 - 164
North of England -35 220 £493 +0.80% 102
South East -46 172 £511 -7.05% 110
North West -7 166 £485 +2.11% 48
Midlands -34 128 £420 -20.00% 65
West Midlands -27 123 £416 -20.71% 26
South West -64 56 £500 -11.11% 52
Yorkshire -60 51 £500 - 44
East of England -17 33 £500 -9.09% 49
North East -48 4 £425 +30.77% 11
East Midlands -31 2 - - 39
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 26 (2.64%) SharePoint
2 23 (2.34%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.92%) Confluence
3 9 (0.92%) OpenStack
4 7 (0.71%) Apache
5 3 (0.31%) CloudStack
5 3 (0.31%) IIS
5 3 (0.31%) JBoss
5 3 (0.31%) nginx
5 3 (0.31%) SAS
5 3 (0.31%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.20%) CMS
7 1 (0.10%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.10%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 43 (4.37%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (2.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (1.83%) MS Visio
4 10 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.31%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 3 (0.31%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 213 (21.67%) Azure
2 137 (13.94%) AWS
3 77 (7.83%) Microsoft 365
4 51 (5.19%) Entra ID
5 23 (2.34%) GCP
6 21 (2.14%) GitHub
7 19 (1.93%) OneDrive
8 18 (1.83%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 16 (1.63%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 16 (1.63%) OpenShift
10 12 (1.22%) Azure Sentinel
10 12 (1.22%) SaaS
11 10 (1.02%) Power Platform
12 8 (0.81%) Azure DevOps
12 8 (0.81%) IaaS
13 7 (0.71%) Cloudflare
13 7 (0.71%) Rubrik
14 6 (0.61%) Amazon EC2
14 6 (0.61%) GitHub Actions
14 6 (0.61%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 458 (46.59%) Firewall
2 301 (30.62%) WAN
3 286 (29.09%) BGP
4 235 (23.91%) LAN
5 226 (22.99%) VPN
6 218 (22.18%) Network Security
7 193 (19.63%) OSPF
8 188 (19.13%) Wireless
9 186 (18.92%) DNS
10 165 (16.79%) VLAN
11 115 (11.70%) SD-WAN
12 107 (10.89%) DHCP
13 100 (10.17%) Wi-Fi
14 98 (9.97%) Cisco ISE
15 91 (9.26%) MPLS
16 88 (8.95%) VXLAN
17 83 (8.44%) Cisco Nexus
18 81 (8.24%) TCP/IP
19 75 (7.63%) Cisco ASA
19 75 (7.63%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (2.03%) SQL Server
2 4 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (0.31%) Big Data
3 3 (0.31%) Hadoop
3 3 (0.31%) MySQL
3 3 (0.31%) Power BI
4 2 (0.20%) Metadata
4 2 (0.20%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.20%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.10%) Apache Hive
5 1 (0.10%) ClickHouse
Development Applications
1 22 (2.24%) Git
2 18 (1.83%) JIRA
3 11 (1.12%) Sonatype Nexus
4 9 (0.92%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.31%) GitLab
6 1 (0.10%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.10%) Robot Framework
General
1 235 (23.91%) Social Skills
2 96 (9.77%) Finance
3 79 (8.04%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (6.51%) Banking
5 60 (6.10%) Telecoms
6 50 (5.09%) Documentation Skills
7 46 (4.68%) Public Sector
8 32 (3.26%) Legal
9 21 (2.14%) Financial Institution
10 19 (1.93%) Investment Banking
11 17 (1.73%) Military
12 15 (1.53%) Retail
13 13 (1.32%) Law
13 13 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
14 11 (1.12%) Police
15 9 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
15 9 (0.92%) Manufacturing
16 6 (0.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 5 (0.51%) Local Government
17 5 (0.51%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 480 (48.83%) Network Engineer
2 143 (14.55%) Senior
3 124 (12.61%) Architect
4 105 (10.68%) Cisco Engineer
5 97 (9.87%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 95 (9.66%) Senior Network Engineer
7 85 (8.65%) Security Engineer
8 69 (7.02%) Network Architect
9 68 (6.92%) Network Security Engineer
10 51 (5.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 46 (4.68%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
12 42 (4.27%) Data Network Engineer
13 34 (3.46%) Analyst
14 33 (3.36%) Data Engineer
15 32 (3.26%) Cisco Security Engineer
16 27 (2.75%) Network Specialist
17 25 (2.54%) Automation Engineer
18 23 (2.34%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
19 22 (2.24%) Lead
20 21 (2.14%) Data Centre Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (7.83%) 802.1X
2 14 (1.42%) REST
2 14 (1.42%) SAML
3 9 (0.92%) Flash
4 7 (0.71%) NETCONF
5 6 (0.61%) OpenConfig
5 6 (0.61%) RESTCONF
5 6 (0.61%) YANG
6 5 (0.51%) Jinja
6 5 (0.51%) LDAP
7 4 (0.41%) JSON
7 4 (0.41%) XMPP
7 4 (0.41%) YAML
8 3 (0.31%) Elastic Stack
8 3 (0.31%) LAMP
8 3 (0.31%) LEMP Stack
8 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Graph
9 2 (0.20%) .NET Core
9 2 (0.20%) Blazor
9 2 (0.20%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 247 (25.13%) Data Centre
2 59 (6.00%) PKI
3 47 (4.78%) Hybrid Cloud
4 40 (4.07%) Clustering
5 37 (3.76%) Onboarding
6 31 (3.15%) Replication
7 30 (3.05%) Video Conferencing
8 25 (2.54%) Data Protection Act
9 19 (1.93%) Analytical Mindset
9 19 (1.93%) Cloud Native
10 18 (1.83%) Driving Licence
10 18 (1.83%) Linux Command Line
11 17 (1.73%) Operational Technology
12 16 (1.63%) Public Cloud
12 16 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
13 15 (1.53%) Enterprise Storage
14 13 (1.32%) EMC VMAX
15 12 (1.22%) Virtual Team
16 11 (1.12%) Security Posture
17 10 (1.02%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 179 (18.21%) Windows
2 105 (10.68%) Linux
3 66 (6.71%) Windows Server
4 18 (1.83%) Unix
5 17 (1.73%) Windows 10
6 16 (1.63%) Ubuntu
7 14 (1.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 9 (0.92%) AIX
8 9 (0.92%) Windows Server 2019
9 8 (0.81%) Android
9 8 (0.81%) Mac OS
10 7 (0.71%) Windows Server 2012
11 5 (0.51%) Data ONTAP
11 5 (0.51%) VMS
12 4 (0.41%) CentOS
13 2 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
14 1 (0.10%) CatOS
14 1 (0.10%) Check Point GAiA
14 1 (0.10%) Debian
14 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (15.06%) Migration
2 122 (12.41%) Load Balancing
3 113 (11.50%) Problem-Solving
4 112 (11.39%) ITIL
5 100 (10.17%) High Availability
6 98 (9.97%) Project Delivery
7 75 (7.63%) Change Management
7 75 (7.63%) Continuous Improvement
8 74 (7.53%) Network Design
9 68 (6.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 67 (6.82%) ITSM
11 63 (6.41%) CI/CD
11 63 (6.41%) Infrastructure as Code
12 61 (6.21%) Stakeholder Management
13 54 (5.49%) Validation
14 52 (5.29%) Agile
14 52 (5.29%) Technical Leadership
15 50 (5.09%) Disaster Recovery
15 50 (5.09%) Service Management
16 49 (4.98%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 123 (12.51%) Python
2 57 (5.80%) PowerShell
3 29 (2.95%) Bash
4 18 (1.83%) SQL
5 5 (0.51%) Shell Script
6 4 (0.41%) C
6 4 (0.41%) Java
7 3 (0.31%) C++
7 3 (0.31%) Lisp
8 2 (0.20%) ActionScript
8 2 (0.20%) Perl
9 1 (0.10%) Ladder Logic
9 1 (0.10%) PHP
Qualifications
1 285 (28.99%) Security Cleared
2 273 (27.77%) Cisco Certification
3 194 (19.74%) CCNP
4 192 (19.53%) SC Cleared
5 105 (10.68%) CCNA
6 93 (9.46%) DV Cleared
7 62 (6.31%) Degree
8 56 (5.70%) CCIE
9 24 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
10 23 (2.34%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 19 (1.93%) Network+ Certification
12 18 (1.83%) MCSE
13 17 (1.73%) Azure Certification
14 15 (1.53%) Server+ Certification
15 13 (1.32%) JNCIP
16 12 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
16 12 (1.22%) JNCIS
17 11 (1.12%) AWS Certification
17 11 (1.12%) CCSE
18 10 (1.02%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (3.15%) SLA
2 27 (2.75%) NIST
3 20 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 19 (1.93%) Cyber Essentials
5 17 (1.73%) NCSC
6 11 (1.12%) QA
7 5 (0.51%) GDPR
7 5 (0.51%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.41%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (0.31%) NIST 800
9 3 (0.31%) PMO
10 2 (0.20%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.20%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.20%) ISA99
11 1 (0.10%) GRC
11 1 (0.10%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.10%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.10%) JSP 440
System Software
1 133 (13.53%) VMware Infrastructure
2 98 (9.97%) Active Directory
3 43 (4.37%) vSphere
4 42 (4.27%) VMware ESXi
5 39 (3.97%) VMware NSX
6 30 (3.05%) Firmware
7 29 (2.95%) Virtual Machines
8 21 (2.14%) Hyper-V
9 13 (1.32%) Docker
9 13 (1.32%) NFS
10 9 (0.92%) GPFS
11 7 (0.71%) SRDF
12 6 (0.61%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 5 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
14 4 (0.41%) Virtual Servers
15 3 (0.31%) Dovecot
15 3 (0.31%) Postfix
15 3 (0.31%) UAG
16 2 (0.20%) FreeRADIUS
16 2 (0.20%) Snort
Systems Management
1 127 (12.92%) Ansible
2 86 (8.75%) FortiGate
3 66 (6.71%) Terraform
4 29 (2.95%) Kubernetes
5 28 (2.85%) Microsoft Intune
6 23 (2.34%) Grafana
7 21 (2.14%) Prometheus
7 21 (2.14%) SCCM
7 21 (2.14%) vCenter Server
8 14 (1.42%) Cisco CUCM
9 11 (1.12%) Cisco Prime
10 10 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
10 10 (1.02%) vRealize
11 8 (0.81%) VxRail
12 7 (0.71%) EMC VPLEX
12 7 (0.71%) WMI
12 7 (0.71%) WSUS
13 6 (0.61%) Puppet
14 5 (0.51%) Avamar
14 5 (0.51%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 217 (22.08%) Palo Alto
2 199 (20.24%) F5
3 190 (19.33%) Microsoft
4 181 (18.41%) VMware
5 176 (17.90%) Fortinet
6 151 (15.36%) Juniper
7 94 (9.56%) CheckPoint
8 86 (8.75%) ServiceNow
9 81 (8.24%) Aruba
9 81 (8.24%) SolarWinds
10 73 (7.43%) Meraki
11 70 (7.12%) Arista
12 54 (5.49%) Splunk
13 49 (4.98%) Zscaler
14 29 (2.95%) Extreme Networks
15 24 (2.44%) Dell
15 24 (2.44%) Red Hat
16 23 (2.34%) Infoblox
17 22 (2.24%) Citrix
18 20 (2.03%) HP