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 1 August 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
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 72 68
Rank change year-on-year -49 -4 -11
Contract jobs citing Cisco 999 974 1,030
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.20% 3.53% 3.05%
As % of the Vendors category 5.34% 7.50% 7.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 668 602 651
10th Percentile £300 £307 £263
25th Percentile £406 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.52%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £649 £638 £657
UK median daily rate £477 £500 £492
% change year-on-year -4.60% +1.73% +3.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 36 28
10th Percentile £26.72 £25.08 £14.61
25th Percentile £34.44 £25.15 £20.00
Median hourly rate £54.88 £30.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +82.92% +20.00% -42.86%
75th Percentile £73.88 £57.81 £67.19
90th Percentile £78.63 £86.32 £75.07
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 18,724 12,993 14,625
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.14% 47.08% 43.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,815 8,233 9,379
10th Percentile £313 £278 £290
25th Percentile £413 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -2.86% -
75th Percentile £613 £621 £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 1,004 626 798
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.75 £13.69
25th Percentile £19.50 £17.50 £15.62
Median hourly rate £35.52 £25.15 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +41.21% -10.18% -29.20%
75th Percentile £67.50 £50.38 £61.60
90th Percentile £85.00 £69.83 £70.20
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 1 August 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 1 August 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 1 August 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 -47 360 £500 - 197
North of England -29 224 £497 +2.43% 107
South East -46 175 £511 -7.05% 117
North West -8 167 £485 +2.11% 47
Midlands -37 129 £420 -9.19% 71
West Midlands -29 124 £416 -7.50% 30
South West -68 55 £500 -11.11% 59
Yorkshire -55 54 £500 - 50
East of England -13 35 £505 -8.18% 47
North East -41 4 £425 +30.77% 11
East Midlands -36 2 - - 41
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 (2.50%) SharePoint
2 23 (2.30%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (1.10%) Confluence
4 9 (0.90%) OpenStack
5 7 (0.70%) Apache
6 3 (0.30%) CloudStack
6 3 (0.30%) IIS
6 3 (0.30%) JBoss
6 3 (0.30%) nginx
6 3 (0.30%) SAS
6 3 (0.30%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.20%) CMS
8 1 (0.10%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.10%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 43 (4.30%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (2.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (1.90%) MS Visio
4 10 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.30%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 2 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 216 (21.62%) Azure
2 137 (13.71%) AWS
3 78 (7.81%) Microsoft 365
4 53 (5.31%) Entra ID
5 23 (2.30%) GCP
6 21 (2.10%) GitHub
7 19 (1.90%) OneDrive
8 18 (1.80%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 16 (1.60%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 16 (1.60%) OpenShift
10 12 (1.20%) Azure Sentinel
10 12 (1.20%) SaaS
11 10 (1.00%) Power Platform
12 8 (0.80%) Azure DevOps
12 8 (0.80%) IaaS
13 7 (0.70%) Cloudflare
13 7 (0.70%) Rubrik
14 6 (0.60%) Amazon EC2
14 6 (0.60%) GitHub Actions
14 6 (0.60%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 467 (46.75%) Firewall
2 304 (30.43%) WAN
3 292 (29.23%) BGP
4 237 (23.72%) LAN
5 228 (22.82%) VPN
6 220 (22.02%) Network Security
7 199 (19.92%) OSPF
8 191 (19.12%) DNS
8 191 (19.12%) Wireless
9 170 (17.02%) VLAN
10 119 (11.91%) SD-WAN
11 111 (11.11%) DHCP
12 102 (10.21%) Wi-Fi
13 99 (9.91%) Cisco ISE
14 91 (9.11%) MPLS
15 88 (8.81%) VXLAN
16 86 (8.61%) Cisco Nexus
17 84 (8.41%) TCP/IP
18 77 (7.71%) Cisco ASA
18 77 (7.71%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (2.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (0.30%) Big Data
3 3 (0.30%) Hadoop
3 3 (0.30%) MySQL
3 3 (0.30%) 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 23 (2.30%) Git
2 20 (2.00%) JIRA
3 13 (1.30%) Sonatype Nexus
4 9 (0.90%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.30%) GitLab
6 1 (0.10%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.10%) Robot Framework
General
1 238 (23.82%) Social Skills
2 96 (9.61%) Finance
3 79 (7.91%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (6.41%) Banking
5 61 (6.11%) Telecoms
6 49 (4.90%) Documentation Skills
7 47 (4.70%) Public Sector
8 32 (3.20%) Legal
9 21 (2.10%) Financial Institution
10 19 (1.90%) Investment Banking
11 17 (1.70%) Military
12 15 (1.50%) Law
12 15 (1.50%) Retail
13 12 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
14 11 (1.10%) Police
15 10 (1.00%) Manufacturing
16 9 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
17 7 (0.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 5 (0.50%) Local Government
18 5 (0.50%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 491 (49.15%) Network Engineer
2 146 (14.61%) Senior
3 124 (12.41%) Architect
4 107 (10.71%) Cisco Engineer
5 99 (9.91%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 99 (9.91%) Senior Network Engineer
6 84 (8.41%) Security Engineer
7 69 (6.91%) Network Architect
8 67 (6.71%) Network Security Engineer
9 53 (5.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 46 (4.60%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
11 42 (4.20%) Data Network Engineer
12 34 (3.40%) Analyst
13 33 (3.30%) Data Engineer
14 32 (3.20%) Cisco Security Engineer
15 30 (3.00%) Network Specialist
16 25 (2.50%) Automation Engineer
17 24 (2.40%) Lead
18 23 (2.30%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
19 20 (2.00%) Data Centre Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (7.81%) 802.1X
2 14 (1.40%) REST
2 14 (1.40%) SAML
3 9 (0.90%) Flash
4 7 (0.70%) NETCONF
5 6 (0.60%) OpenConfig
5 6 (0.60%) RESTCONF
5 6 (0.60%) YANG
6 5 (0.50%) Jinja
6 5 (0.50%) LDAP
7 4 (0.40%) JSON
7 4 (0.40%) XMPP
7 4 (0.40%) YAML
8 3 (0.30%) Elastic Stack
8 3 (0.30%) LAMP
8 3 (0.30%) LEMP Stack
8 3 (0.30%) Microsoft Graph
9 2 (0.20%) .NET Core
9 2 (0.20%) Blazor
9 2 (0.20%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 248 (24.82%) Data Centre
2 60 (6.01%) PKI
3 50 (5.01%) Hybrid Cloud
4 40 (4.00%) Clustering
5 37 (3.70%) Onboarding
6 31 (3.10%) Replication
7 30 (3.00%) Video Conferencing
8 25 (2.50%) Data Protection Act
9 19 (1.90%) Analytical Mindset
9 19 (1.90%) Cloud Native
9 19 (1.90%) Linux Command Line
10 18 (1.80%) Driving Licence
10 18 (1.80%) Operational Technology
11 17 (1.70%) Public Cloud
12 16 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
13 15 (1.50%) Enterprise Storage
14 13 (1.30%) EMC VMAX
15 12 (1.20%) Virtual Team
16 11 (1.10%) Security Posture
17 10 (1.00%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 181 (18.12%) Windows
2 108 (10.81%) Linux
3 70 (7.01%) Windows Server
4 18 (1.80%) Unix
5 17 (1.70%) Ubuntu
6 16 (1.60%) Windows 10
7 14 (1.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 10 (1.00%) Windows Server 2019
9 9 (0.90%) AIX
10 8 (0.80%) Android
10 8 (0.80%) Mac OS
11 7 (0.70%) Windows Server 2012
12 5 (0.50%) Data ONTAP
12 5 (0.50%) VMS
13 4 (0.40%) CentOS
14 3 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
15 1 (0.10%) CatOS
15 1 (0.10%) Check Point GAiA
15 1 (0.10%) Oracle Linux
15 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (14.91%) Migration
2 121 (12.11%) Load Balancing
3 118 (11.81%) ITIL
4 117 (11.71%) Problem-Solving
5 102 (10.21%) High Availability
6 98 (9.81%) Project Delivery
7 78 (7.81%) Change Management
8 76 (7.61%) Network Design
9 75 (7.51%) Continuous Improvement
10 73 (7.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 67 (6.71%) ITSM
12 64 (6.41%) Infrastructure as Code
13 63 (6.31%) CI/CD
14 62 (6.21%) Stakeholder Management
15 57 (5.71%) Technical Leadership
16 54 (5.41%) Validation
17 53 (5.31%) Agile
17 53 (5.31%) Service Management
18 52 (5.21%) Disaster Recovery
19 50 (5.01%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 125 (12.51%) Python
2 57 (5.71%) PowerShell
3 30 (3.00%) Bash
4 18 (1.80%) SQL
5 5 (0.50%) Shell Script
6 4 (0.40%) C
6 4 (0.40%) Java
7 3 (0.30%) C++
7 3 (0.30%) Lisp
8 2 (0.20%) ActionScript
8 2 (0.20%) Perl
9 1 (0.10%) Ladder Logic
9 1 (0.10%) PHP
Qualifications
1 289 (28.93%) Security Cleared
2 280 (28.03%) Cisco Certification
3 196 (19.62%) CCNP
4 195 (19.52%) SC Cleared
5 111 (11.11%) CCNA
6 93 (9.31%) DV Cleared
7 63 (6.31%) Degree
8 57 (5.71%) CCIE
9 25 (2.50%) Microsoft Certification
10 23 (2.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 19 (1.90%) MCSE
11 19 (1.90%) Network+ Certification
12 17 (1.70%) Azure Certification
13 15 (1.50%) Server+ Certification
14 14 (1.40%) JNCIP
14 14 (1.40%) JNCIS
15 13 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
16 11 (1.10%) AWS Certification
16 11 (1.10%) CCSE
17 10 (1.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (3.10%) SLA
2 27 (2.70%) NIST
3 20 (2.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 20 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 18 (1.80%) NCSC
5 11 (1.10%) QA
6 5 (0.50%) GDPR
6 5 (0.50%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (0.40%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 3 (0.30%) NIST 800
8 3 (0.30%) PMO
9 2 (0.20%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.20%) Government Security Classifications
9 2 (0.20%) ISA99
10 1 (0.10%) GRC
10 1 (0.10%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.10%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.10%) JSP 440
System Software
1 137 (13.71%) VMware Infrastructure
2 98 (9.81%) Active Directory
3 43 (4.30%) VMware ESXi
3 43 (4.30%) vSphere
4 39 (3.90%) VMware NSX
5 31 (3.10%) Firmware
6 29 (2.90%) Virtual Machines
7 23 (2.30%) Hyper-V
8 13 (1.30%) Docker
8 13 (1.30%) NFS
9 9 (0.90%) GPFS
10 7 (0.70%) SRDF
11 6 (0.60%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 5 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
13 4 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
14 3 (0.30%) Dovecot
14 3 (0.30%) Postfix
14 3 (0.30%) UAG
15 2 (0.20%) FreeRADIUS
15 2 (0.20%) Snort
Systems Management
1 129 (12.91%) Ansible
2 87 (8.71%) FortiGate
3 68 (6.81%) Terraform
4 29 (2.90%) Kubernetes
5 28 (2.80%) Microsoft Intune
6 23 (2.30%) Grafana
7 21 (2.10%) Prometheus
7 21 (2.10%) SCCM
7 21 (2.10%) vCenter Server
8 14 (1.40%) Cisco CUCM
9 11 (1.10%) Cisco Prime
10 10 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
10 10 (1.00%) vRealize
11 8 (0.80%) VxRail
12 7 (0.70%) EMC VPLEX
12 7 (0.70%) Nagios
12 7 (0.70%) WMI
12 7 (0.70%) WSUS
13 6 (0.60%) Puppet
14 5 (0.50%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 222 (22.22%) Palo Alto
2 200 (20.02%) F5
3 193 (19.32%) Microsoft
4 187 (18.72%) VMware
5 178 (17.82%) Fortinet
6 152 (15.22%) Juniper
7 95 (9.51%) CheckPoint
8 89 (8.91%) ServiceNow
9 84 (8.41%) SolarWinds
10 82 (8.21%) Aruba
11 78 (7.81%) Meraki
12 73 (7.31%) Arista
13 55 (5.51%) Splunk
14 49 (4.90%) Zscaler
15 29 (2.90%) Extreme Networks
16 26 (2.60%) Dell
17 24 (2.40%) Red Hat
18 23 (2.30%) Infoblox
19 22 (2.20%) Citrix
20 21 (2.10%) IBM