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 31 December 2025, 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
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 58 55
Rank change year-on-year -40 -3 +37
Contract jobs citing Cisco 845 1,024 1,394
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.67% 3.62% 3.84%
As % of the Vendors category 5.65% 7.85% 8.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 566 623 835
10th Percentile £263 £275 £252
25th Percentile £391 £406 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +2.63%
75th Percentile £575 £580 £594
90th Percentile £623 £638 £691
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 20 87
10th Percentile £21.21 £15.22 £14.16
25th Percentile £25.15 £18.41 £23.81
Median hourly rate £48.72 £20.19 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +141.34% -40.63% +32.73%
75th Percentile £74.26 £67.19 £65.98
90th Percentile £91.28 £75.00 £76.75
UK median hourly rate £58.00 £23.58 £34.00
% change year-on-year +145.97% -30.65% +32.73%

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 14,957 13,044 15,992
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.25% 46.09% 44.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,743 7,926 10,406
10th Percentile £300 £291 £250
25th Percentile £409 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £615 £625 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 702 375 608
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.35 £14.23
25th Percentile £18.14 £17.08 £20.00
Median hourly rate £23.75 £30.00 £46.12
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% -34.95% +69.24%
75th Percentile £47.69 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £80.69 £76.82
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £27.43 £46.06
% change year-on-year -13.13% -40.45% +77.13%

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 31 December 2025.

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 31 December 2025.

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 31 December 2025. 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 -60 255 £450 -11.76% 208
South East -8 203 £500 -0.99% 235
Midlands +9 153 £380 -13.14% 155
North of England -52 142 £476 +0.26% 167
West Midlands +18 132 £380 -18.50% 97
North West -14 104 £481 -0.26% 91
South West -36 48 £550 +16.40% 71
East of England -16 33 £460 +2.22% 109
Yorkshire -74 29 £450 +5.88% 60
East Midlands -15 20 £158 -58.00% 53
North East -4 11 £175 -64.10% 17
South Coast - 3 £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 49 (5.80%) SharePoint
2 31 (3.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 20 (2.37%) Confluence
4 18 (2.13%) Apache
5 14 (1.66%) Skype for Business
6 13 (1.54%) WebLogic
7 9 (1.07%) OpenStack
8 7 (0.83%) Appian
8 7 (0.83%) Mattermost
9 5 (0.59%) SharePoint Server
10 4 (0.47%) IIS
11 3 (0.36%) WebSphere
12 2 (0.24%) CICS
12 2 (0.24%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.12%) JBoss
13 1 (0.12%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 69 (8.17%) Microsoft Office
2 33 (3.91%) MS Visio
3 16 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.36%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.12%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 19 (2.25%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.12%) Actimize
2 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 147 (17.40%) Azure
2 127 (15.03%) AWS
3 84 (9.94%) Microsoft 365
4 38 (4.50%) GCP
5 30 (3.55%) Entra ID
6 14 (1.66%) Azure Monitor
6 14 (1.66%) Datadog
7 12 (1.42%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 12 (1.42%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 11 (1.30%) Azure Sentinel
8 11 (1.30%) OpenShift
9 9 (1.07%) SaaS
10 8 (0.95%) Nutanix
11 7 (0.83%) Akamai
11 7 (0.83%) GitHub
11 7 (0.83%) Mimecast
11 7 (0.83%) OneDrive
11 7 (0.83%) Tricentis Tosca
12 6 (0.71%) IaaS
12 6 (0.71%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 349 (41.30%) Firewall
2 207 (24.50%) WAN
3 175 (20.71%) VPN
4 160 (18.93%) LAN
5 147 (17.40%) BGP
6 136 (16.09%) Wireless
7 128 (15.15%) Network Security
8 108 (12.78%) OSPF
9 107 (12.66%) SD-WAN
10 95 (11.24%) DNS
11 75 (8.88%) MPLS
12 74 (8.76%) Wi-Fi
13 70 (8.28%) Cisco ISE
13 70 (8.28%) VLAN
14 63 (7.46%) Cisco IOS
15 60 (7.10%) IPsec
16 59 (6.98%) Cisco Nexus
17 52 (6.15%) TCP/IP
18 49 (5.80%) DHCP
19 43 (5.09%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (1.30%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.24%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.12%) Metadata
4 1 (0.12%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 17 (2.01%) JIRA
2 16 (1.89%) GitLab
3 11 (1.30%) Sonatype Nexus
4 9 (1.07%) Jenkins
5 8 (0.95%) Git
5 8 (0.95%) Robot Framework
6 7 (0.83%) Cucumber
6 7 (0.83%) Selenium
6 7 (0.83%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.24%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.12%) Hudson
General
1 188 (22.25%) Social Skills
2 151 (17.87%) Public Sector
3 109 (12.90%) Telecoms
4 102 (12.07%) Finance
5 70 (8.28%) Analytical Skills
6 45 (5.33%) Documentation Skills
7 43 (5.09%) Manufacturing
8 41 (4.85%) Banking
9 35 (4.14%) Electronics
9 35 (4.14%) Marketing
10 22 (2.60%) Legal
11 14 (1.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 14 (1.66%) Organisational Skills
12 13 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
13 10 (1.18%) Investment Banking
14 9 (1.07%) Aerospace
15 8 (0.95%) Military
16 6 (0.71%) Retail
17 5 (0.59%) Influencing Skills
18 4 (0.47%) Games
Job Titles
1 288 (34.08%) Network Engineer
2 109 (12.90%) Architect
3 78 (9.23%) Network Architect
4 59 (6.98%) Cisco Engineer
5 55 (6.51%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 54 (6.39%) Analyst
7 49 (5.80%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 48 (5.68%) Support Engineer
9 46 (5.44%) Consultant
9 46 (5.44%) Senior
10 45 (5.33%) IT Support
11 40 (4.73%) Security Engineer
12 37 (4.38%) Network Consultant
13 33 (3.91%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
14 29 (3.43%) Desktop Support
15 27 (3.20%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 27 (3.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 27 (3.20%) Platform Engineer
16 26 (3.08%) 2nd Line Support
16 26 (3.08%) Network Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (4.02%) 802.1X
2 16 (1.89%) XMPP
3 13 (1.54%) Flash
4 12 (1.42%) Jinja
5 11 (1.30%) JSON
5 11 (1.30%) NETCONF
5 11 (1.30%) YANG
6 9 (1.07%) RFC 2544
6 9 (1.07%) XML
7 6 (0.71%) LDAP
8 4 (0.47%) VML
9 3 (0.36%) HTML
9 3 (0.36%) OpenConfig
9 3 (0.36%) REST
9 3 (0.36%) SAML
10 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Graph
10 2 (0.24%) Middleware
10 2 (0.24%) Regular Expression
10 2 (0.24%) RESTCONF
11 1 (0.12%) JFC
Miscellaneous
1 224 (26.51%) Data Centre
2 37 (4.38%) PKI
3 29 (3.43%) Linux Command Line
4 26 (3.08%) Replication
5 25 (2.96%) Hybrid Cloud
6 24 (2.84%) Data Protection Act
7 23 (2.72%) Cloud Native
8 20 (2.37%) Onboarding
9 15 (1.78%) Driving Licence
10 14 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
10 14 (1.66%) Video Conferencing
11 12 (1.42%) Operational Technology
11 12 (1.42%) Product Ownership
12 11 (1.30%) Security Posture
13 10 (1.18%) Fibre Optics
13 10 (1.18%) Management Information System
14 9 (1.07%) Clustering
15 8 (0.95%) NHS
15 8 (0.95%) Public Cloud
16 7 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 158 (18.70%) Windows
2 95 (11.24%) Linux
3 67 (7.93%) Windows Server
4 58 (6.86%) Mac OS
5 53 (6.27%) Android
6 35 (4.14%) Windows 10
7 17 (2.01%) Unix
8 12 (1.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 7 (0.83%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (0.59%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.47%) Solaris
12 3 (0.36%) Windows 7
12 3 (0.36%) Windows 8
12 3 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.24%) CatOS
13 2 (0.24%) CentOS
13 2 (0.24%) VMS
13 2 (0.24%) zOS
14 1 (0.12%) MVS
14 1 (0.12%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (12.66%) Migration
2 104 (12.31%) Problem-Solving
3 82 (9.70%) Service Management
4 73 (8.64%) Agile
4 73 (8.64%) Network Design
5 71 (8.40%) Roadmaps
6 68 (8.05%) ITSM
7 66 (7.81%) ITIL
8 62 (7.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 54 (6.39%) Business Intelligence
10 52 (6.15%) Network Architecture
11 51 (6.04%) Change Management
12 50 (5.92%) Collaborative Working
12 50 (5.92%) High Availability
13 48 (5.68%) Incident Response
13 48 (5.68%) Project Delivery
14 47 (5.56%) Cybersecurity
15 45 (5.33%) Load Balancing
16 42 (4.97%) Zero Trust
17 41 (4.85%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 105 (12.43%) Python
2 61 (7.22%) PowerShell
3 37 (4.38%) Bash
4 29 (3.43%) SQL
5 22 (2.60%) Perl
6 11 (1.30%) JavaScript
7 8 (0.95%) Lisp
8 6 (0.71%) C++
9 4 (0.47%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (0.36%) C
10 3 (0.36%) Java
11 1 (0.12%) Go
11 1 (0.12%) VB
Qualifications
1 405 (47.93%) Security Cleared
2 320 (37.87%) SC Cleared
3 208 (24.62%) Cisco Certification
4 169 (20.00%) CCNP
5 96 (11.36%) DV Cleared
6 73 (8.64%) CCNA
7 61 (7.22%) Degree
8 56 (6.63%) CCIE
9 24 (2.84%) Microsoft Certification
10 17 (2.01%) AWS Certification
10 17 (2.01%) Azure Certification
10 17 (2.01%) BPSS Clearance
10 17 (2.01%) JNCIE
11 16 (1.89%) CISSP
11 16 (1.89%) ITIL Certification
12 15 (1.78%) JNCIS
13 14 (1.66%) JNCIA
14 13 (1.54%) CCDP
15 12 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
15 12 (1.42%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (3.55%) SLA
2 21 (2.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (2.01%) GDPR
3 17 (2.01%) NIST
4 14 (1.66%) Cyber Essentials
5 11 (1.30%) PCI DSS
6 10 (1.18%) PMO
7 6 (0.71%) NCSC
8 4 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.36%) QA
10 2 (0.24%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.24%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.12%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.12%) Def Stans
11 1 (0.12%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.12%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.12%) MiFID
11 1 (0.12%) RMADS
System Software
1 120 (14.20%) VMware Infrastructure
2 109 (12.90%) Active Directory
3 59 (6.98%) VMware NSX
4 41 (4.85%) vSphere
5 23 (2.72%) VMware ESXi
6 19 (2.25%) Firmware
7 18 (2.13%) Docker
8 15 (1.78%) Hyper-V
8 15 (1.78%) Virtual Machines
9 14 (1.66%) NFS
10 13 (1.54%) GPFS
11 7 (0.83%) Virtual Servers
12 6 (0.71%) KVM
12 6 (0.71%) Snort
13 5 (0.59%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 4 (0.47%) Squid
15 3 (0.36%) BitLocker
16 2 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
16 2 (0.24%) Xen
17 1 (0.12%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 83 (9.82%) Ansible
2 54 (6.39%) FortiGate
3 41 (4.85%) Terraform
3 41 (4.85%) vCenter Server
4 29 (3.43%) vRealize
5 27 (3.20%) SCCM
6 22 (2.60%) Microsoft Intune
7 16 (1.89%) Kubernetes
8 14 (1.66%) VxRail
9 11 (1.30%) Cisco CUCM
10 10 (1.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 9 (1.07%) WSUS
12 8 (0.95%) SCOM
13 7 (0.83%) HP SiteScope
13 7 (0.83%) Nessus
14 6 (0.71%) Nagios
14 6 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
15 4 (0.47%) Nexpose
15 4 (0.47%) Suricata
16 3 (0.36%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 180 (21.30%) Palo Alto
2 173 (20.47%) Juniper
3 157 (18.58%) Microsoft
4 142 (16.80%) VMware
5 116 (13.73%) Fortinet
6 94 (11.12%) SolarWinds
7 90 (10.65%) F5
8 87 (10.30%) CheckPoint
9 84 (9.94%) Meraki
10 83 (9.82%) Aruba
11 71 (8.40%) Dell
12 64 (7.57%) HP
13 57 (6.75%) ServiceNow
14 49 (5.80%) Apple
15 46 (5.44%) Splunk
16 36 (4.26%) IBM
17 35 (4.14%) SAP
18 33 (3.91%) Oracle
18 33 (3.91%) Zscaler
19 32 (3.79%) AppDynamics