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 2 October 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
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 82 68
Rank change year-on-year -46 -14 -15
Contract jobs citing Cisco 1,001 862 1,059
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.15% 3.08% 3.26%
As % of the Vendors category 5.18% 6.45% 7.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 656 546 632
10th Percentile £298 £296 £273
25th Percentile £400 £406 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.30% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £576 £588 £588
90th Percentile £700 £649 £650
UK median daily rate £475 £484 £500
% change year-on-year -1.81% -3.25% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 44 28
10th Percentile £26.85 - £19.55
25th Percentile £34.44 £25.15 £20.14
Median hourly rate £57.13 £30.00 £25.59
Median % change year-on-year +90.42% +17.23% -46.13%
75th Percentile £68.75 £46.81 £67.19
90th Percentile £78.73 £87.64 £75.07
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £30.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +83.33% +9.09% -42.11%

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 19,324 13,356 14,476
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.52% 47.72% 44.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,874 8,498 8,684
10th Percentile £310 £275 £300
25th Percentile £413 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.48% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £625 £620 £630
90th Percentile £713 £703 £731
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,218 643 545
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.84 £14.84
25th Percentile £16.72 £17.98 £15.62
Median hourly rate £26.00 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.38% -28.14% -20.16%
75th Percentile £62.38 £43.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £69.65 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £25.28 £25.15 £31.25
% change year-on-year +0.53% -19.52% -26.90%

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 2 October 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 2 October 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 2 October 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 -34 374 £500 +5.26% 539
North of England -1 234 £484 +1.89% 213
North West +12 157 £483 +1.68% 101
South East -77 126 £441 -11.75% 234
Midlands -47 125 £450 - 144
West Midlands -23 121 £450 -8.86% 74
Yorkshire -14 70 £500 +1.63% 77
South West -34 61 £525 -4.55% 136
East of England 0 59 £500 +3.63% 132
North East -38 9 £375 -6.25% 35
East Midlands -30 2 £525 +233.33% 70
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 30 (3.00%) SharePoint
2 26 (2.60%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (1.40%) CMS
4 12 (1.20%) Confluence
5 11 (1.10%) OpenStack
6 8 (0.80%) IIS
6 8 (0.80%) SAS
7 7 (0.70%) Apache
8 6 (0.60%) JBoss
9 4 (0.40%) nginx
10 3 (0.30%) CloudStack
10 3 (0.30%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.20%) Skype for Business
12 1 (0.100%) Apache Spark
12 1 (0.100%) FactoryTalk
12 1 (0.100%) Mendix
12 1 (0.100%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 37 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (2.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (1.40%) MS Visio
4 7 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.30%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.100%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.100%) Monis
1 1 (0.100%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 215 (21.48%) Azure
2 137 (13.69%) AWS
3 88 (8.79%) Microsoft 365
4 58 (5.79%) Entra ID
5 35 (3.50%) GitHub
6 30 (3.00%) GCP
7 27 (2.70%) OneDrive
8 18 (1.80%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 15 (1.50%) Power Platform
10 14 (1.40%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 13 (1.30%) OpenShift
12 12 (1.20%) SaaS
13 10 (1.00%) AWS Direct Connect
14 8 (0.80%) Azure Sentinel
15 7 (0.70%) GitHub Actions
15 7 (0.70%) OCI
15 7 (0.70%) Rubrik
16 6 (0.60%) Cloudflare
16 6 (0.60%) IaaS
16 6 (0.60%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 439 (43.86%) Firewall
2 286 (28.57%) WAN
3 268 (26.77%) BGP
4 233 (23.28%) Network Security
5 221 (22.08%) VPN
6 215 (21.48%) LAN
7 191 (19.08%) Wireless
8 164 (16.38%) OSPF
9 163 (16.28%) VLAN
10 161 (16.08%) DNS
11 127 (12.69%) SD-WAN
12 107 (10.69%) Wi-Fi
13 96 (9.59%) DHCP
14 94 (9.39%) MPLS
15 92 (9.19%) Cisco Nexus
16 89 (8.89%) TCP/IP
17 79 (7.89%) Cisco ISE
18 77 (7.69%) Cisco IOS
19 76 (7.59%) Cisco ASA
20 72 (7.19%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (2.10%) SQL Server
2 8 (0.80%) Power BI
3 6 (0.60%) Hadoop
4 5 (0.50%) Big Data
5 4 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.30%) Metadata
6 3 (0.30%) MySQL
7 2 (0.20%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.20%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.100%) Apache Hive
8 1 (0.100%) ClickHouse
Development Applications
1 37 (3.70%) Git
2 14 (1.40%) GitLab
2 14 (1.40%) JIRA
3 10 (1.00%) Sonatype Nexus
4 7 (0.70%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.20%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.100%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.100%) Tricentis qTest
6 1 (0.100%) Zephyr
General
1 236 (23.58%) Social Skills
2 117 (11.69%) Finance
3 92 (9.19%) Analytical Skills
4 76 (7.59%) Telecoms
5 67 (6.69%) Banking
6 48 (4.80%) Public Sector
7 43 (4.30%) Documentation Skills
8 38 (3.80%) Legal
9 21 (2.10%) Investment Banking
10 18 (1.80%) Retail
11 17 (1.70%) Financial Institution
12 14 (1.40%) Military
13 12 (1.20%) Law
14 10 (1.00%) Manufacturing
14 10 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
15 9 (0.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 9 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
16 7 (0.70%) Police
17 6 (0.60%) Marketing
18 5 (0.50%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 490 (48.95%) Network Engineer
2 149 (14.89%) Senior
3 130 (12.99%) Architect
4 116 (11.59%) Cisco Engineer
5 112 (11.19%) Senior Network Engineer
6 97 (9.69%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 81 (8.09%) Security Engineer
8 71 (7.09%) Network Architect
9 62 (6.19%) Network Security Engineer
10 52 (5.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 43 (4.30%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
12 40 (4.00%) Analyst
13 38 (3.80%) Lead
14 32 (3.20%) Support Engineer
15 28 (2.80%) Data Network Engineer
16 27 (2.70%) Solutions Architect
17 24 (2.40%) Automation Engineer
18 22 (2.20%) Consultant
18 22 (2.20%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
18 22 (2.20%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (8.29%) Terraform
2 52 (5.19%) 802.1X
3 32 (3.20%) REST
4 21 (2.10%) YAML
5 18 (1.80%) JSON
6 15 (1.50%) XMPP
7 13 (1.30%) NETCONF
8 12 (1.20%) SAML
9 9 (0.90%) YANG
10 7 (0.70%) Microsoft Graph
10 7 (0.70%) RESTCONF
11 6 (0.60%) Flash
12 5 (0.50%) OpenConfig
13 3 (0.30%) .NET
13 3 (0.30%) Django
13 3 (0.30%) Elastic Stack
13 3 (0.30%) LAMP
13 3 (0.30%) LDAP
13 3 (0.30%) LEMP Stack
13 3 (0.30%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 249 (24.88%) Data Centre
2 51 (5.09%) Hybrid Cloud
3 47 (4.70%) Video Conferencing
4 42 (4.20%) Onboarding
5 38 (3.80%) PKI
6 28 (2.80%) Data Protection Act
7 25 (2.50%) Driving Licence
7 25 (2.50%) Management Information System
8 24 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
9 22 (2.20%) Replication
10 21 (2.10%) Cloud Native
10 21 (2.10%) Clustering
11 20 (2.00%) Public Cloud
12 17 (1.70%) Analytical Mindset
12 17 (1.70%) Operational Technology
13 16 (1.60%) Linux Command Line
14 14 (1.40%) IoT
14 14 (1.40%) Private Cloud
15 13 (1.30%) Virtual Team
16 12 (1.20%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 200 (19.98%) Windows
2 106 (10.59%) Linux
3 90 (8.99%) Windows Server
4 22 (2.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 21 (2.10%) Mac OS
6 16 (1.60%) Ubuntu
6 16 (1.60%) Windows 10
7 10 (1.00%) Android
7 10 (1.00%) Unix
8 8 (0.80%) Windows Server 2019
9 7 (0.70%) AIX
9 7 (0.70%) Windows Server 2012
10 6 (0.60%) Data ONTAP
11 4 (0.40%) CentOS
12 3 (0.30%) VMS
12 3 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.100%) CatOS
13 1 (0.100%) Check Point GAiA
13 1 (0.100%) Debian
13 1 (0.100%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 167 (16.68%) Migration
2 121 (12.09%) Problem-Solving
3 120 (11.99%) Project Delivery
4 117 (11.69%) ITIL
5 97 (9.69%) Stakeholder Management
6 88 (8.79%) High Availability
7 85 (8.49%) Continuous Improvement
7 85 (8.49%) Load Balancing
8 84 (8.39%) Infrastructure as Code
9 80 (7.99%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 77 (7.69%) Validation
11 73 (7.29%) Change Management
12 68 (6.79%) Network Design
13 65 (6.49%) Zero Trust
14 63 (6.29%) Technical Leadership
15 60 (5.99%) CI/CD
16 56 (5.59%) Data Protection
17 55 (5.49%) Cybersecurity
18 54 (5.39%) Disaster Recovery
19 50 (5.00%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 133 (13.29%) Python
2 57 (5.69%) PowerShell
3 31 (3.10%) Bash
4 22 (2.20%) SQL
5 5 (0.50%) Java
6 4 (0.40%) C
6 4 (0.40%) C++
7 3 (0.30%) Lisp
7 3 (0.30%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.20%) Go
8 2 (0.20%) Perl
9 1 (0.100%) Ladder Logic
9 1 (0.100%) R
Qualifications
1 260 (25.97%) Cisco Certification
1 260 (25.97%) Security Cleared
2 189 (18.88%) SC Cleared
3 188 (18.78%) CCNP
4 89 (8.89%) CCNA
5 66 (6.59%) DV Cleared
6 61 (6.09%) Degree
7 60 (5.99%) CCIE
8 22 (2.20%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 21 (2.10%) Microsoft Certification
10 17 (1.70%) CISSP
10 17 (1.70%) MCSE
11 14 (1.40%) Azure Certification
12 12 (1.20%) AWS Certification
12 12 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
13 11 (1.10%) Network+ Certification
14 10 (1.00%) CCSE
14 10 (1.00%) CCSP
14 10 (1.00%) ISTQB
15 9 (0.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (3.00%) NIST
2 25 (2.50%) SLA
3 21 (2.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (1.50%) PCI DSS
5 14 (1.40%) QA
6 13 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (0.90%) GDPR
8 7 (0.70%) NCSC
9 6 (0.60%) GRC
10 5 (0.50%) Data Quality
10 5 (0.50%) ISO 31000
10 5 (0.50%) ISO 9001
10 5 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 4 (0.40%) NIST 800
12 3 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 2 (0.20%) Accessibility
13 2 (0.20%) Government Security Classifications
14 1 (0.100%) Def Stans
14 1 (0.100%) JSP 440
14 1 (0.100%) PMO
System Software
1 149 (14.89%) VMware Infrastructure
2 113 (11.29%) Active Directory
3 52 (5.19%) vSphere
4 40 (4.00%) VMware NSX
5 37 (3.70%) VMware ESXi
6 28 (2.80%) Hyper-V
6 28 (2.80%) Virtual Machines
7 26 (2.60%) Firmware
8 18 (1.80%) Docker
9 8 (0.80%) NFS
10 6 (0.60%) GPFS
11 5 (0.50%) FreeRADIUS
11 5 (0.50%) ISA Server
11 5 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
12 4 (0.40%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 4 (0.40%) SRDF
13 3 (0.30%) Dovecot
13 3 (0.30%) Postfix
13 3 (0.30%) Virtual Servers
14 2 (0.20%) IAG
Systems Management
1 132 (13.19%) Ansible
2 69 (6.89%) FortiGate
3 30 (3.00%) Cisco CUCM
4 29 (2.90%) Kubernetes
5 28 (2.80%) Microsoft Intune
6 21 (2.10%) SCCM
6 21 (2.10%) vCenter Server
7 12 (1.20%) Nagios
8 10 (1.00%) Cisco Prime
9 9 (0.90%) Grafana
10 8 (0.80%) Failover Clustering
10 8 (0.80%) Prometheus
10 8 (0.80%) Puppet
10 8 (0.80%) WMI
10 8 (0.80%) WSUS
11 7 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
12 6 (0.60%) CASB
12 6 (0.60%) Red Hat Satellite
12 6 (0.60%) vRealize
13 5 (0.50%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 217 (21.68%) Palo Alto
2 215 (21.48%) Microsoft
3 197 (19.68%) VMware
4 179 (17.88%) Fortinet
5 150 (14.99%) F5
6 112 (11.19%) Juniper
7 96 (9.59%) Meraki
8 93 (9.29%) CheckPoint
9 76 (7.59%) Aruba
10 75 (7.49%) ServiceNow
11 69 (6.89%) SolarWinds
12 67 (6.69%) Arista
13 51 (5.09%) Zscaler
14 38 (3.80%) Red Hat
15 33 (3.30%) Splunk
16 25 (2.50%) NetApp
17 23 (2.30%) Dell
17 23 (2.30%) Infoblox
18 20 (2.00%) Google
19 19 (1.90%) Citrix