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 21 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
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 69 66
Rank change year-on-year -43 -3 -9
Contract jobs citing Cisco 997 982 1,119
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.22% 3.60% 3.16%
As % of the Vendors category 5.43% 7.60% 7.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 669 610 696
10th Percentile £300 £325 £263
25th Percentile £405 £419 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - +8.11%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £580
90th Percentile £643 £638 £650
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 36 29
10th Percentile £26.72 £25.08 £15.78
25th Percentile £29.00 £25.15 £22.40
Median hourly rate £47.00 £30.00 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +56.67% +11.11% -53.09%
75th Percentile £73.13 £57.81 £46.39
90th Percentile £78.50 £86.32 £75.05
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £30.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +83.33% +9.09% -48.45%

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 18,371 12,927 15,282
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 40.97% 47.44% 43.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,609 8,163 9,799
10th Percentile £313 £280 £281
25th Percentile £413 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £510 £520
Median % change year-on-year - -1.92% -0.95%
75th Percentile £610 £625 £625
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £503 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +0.50% -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 967 616 892
10th Percentile £16.35 £14.75 £13.00
25th Percentile £19.85 £17.49 £15.22
Median hourly rate £35.50 £25.15 £26.03
Median % change year-on-year +41.15% -3.38% -30.59%
75th Percentile £67.47 £50.50 £61.30
90th Percentile £85.00 £68.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £34.94 £25.15 £26.00
% change year-on-year +38.93% -3.27% -36.65%

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 21 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 21 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 21 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 -48 354 £500 - 167
North of England -35 222 £490 -0.41% 118
South East -38 184 £511 -2.62% 139
North West -14 166 £484 +1.89% 54
Midlands -28 127 £425 -12.82% 63
West Midlands -21 121 £423 -0.59% 35
South West -65 55 £500 -9.09% 77
Yorkshire -61 53 £500 - 45
East of England -23 32 £515 -6.36% 56
North East -44 4 £425 +30.77% 19
East Midlands -31 3 £500 -11.11% 28
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 24 (2.41%) SharePoint
2 20 (2.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.90%) Confluence
3 9 (0.90%) OpenStack
4 7 (0.70%) Apache
5 3 (0.30%) CloudStack
5 3 (0.30%) IIS
5 3 (0.30%) nginx
5 3 (0.30%) SAS
5 3 (0.30%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.20%) CMS
7 1 (0.10%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.10%) JBoss
7 1 (0.10%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 43 (4.31%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (2.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (1.91%) MS Visio
4 10 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.20%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 4 (0.40%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 204 (20.46%) Azure
2 133 (13.34%) AWS
3 73 (7.32%) Microsoft 365
4 47 (4.71%) Entra ID
5 22 (2.21%) GCP
6 20 (2.01%) GitHub
7 18 (1.81%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 16 (1.60%) OneDrive
8 16 (1.60%) OpenShift
9 15 (1.50%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 12 (1.20%) Azure Sentinel
11 11 (1.10%) SaaS
12 10 (1.00%) Power Platform
13 8 (0.80%) IaaS
13 8 (0.80%) Microsoft Purview
14 7 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
14 7 (0.70%) Cloudflare
15 6 (0.60%) Amazon EC2
15 6 (0.60%) GitHub Actions
15 6 (0.60%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 466 (46.74%) Firewall
2 306 (30.69%) WAN
3 291 (29.19%) BGP
4 241 (24.17%) LAN
5 234 (23.47%) VPN
6 226 (22.67%) Network Security
7 197 (19.76%) OSPF
8 187 (18.76%) Wireless
9 185 (18.56%) DNS
10 165 (16.55%) VLAN
11 112 (11.23%) SD-WAN
12 104 (10.43%) DHCP
13 98 (9.83%) Cisco ISE
14 96 (9.63%) Wi-Fi
15 95 (9.53%) MPLS
16 87 (8.73%) VXLAN
17 86 (8.63%) Cisco Nexus
18 81 (8.12%) Multicast
18 81 (8.12%) TCP/IP
19 78 (7.82%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (1.81%) SQL Server
2 4 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (0.30%) MySQL
3 3 (0.30%) Power BI
4 2 (0.20%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.20%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.10%) Apache Hive
5 1 (0.10%) Big Data
5 1 (0.10%) ClickHouse
5 1 (0.10%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.10%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 19 (1.91%) Git
2 17 (1.71%) JIRA
3 11 (1.10%) Sonatype Nexus
4 9 (0.90%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.20%) GitLab
6 1 (0.10%) Bitbucket
General
1 234 (23.47%) Social Skills
2 99 (9.93%) Finance
3 76 (7.62%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (6.52%) Banking
5 60 (6.02%) Telecoms
6 54 (5.42%) Documentation Skills
7 47 (4.71%) Public Sector
8 30 (3.01%) Legal
9 22 (2.21%) Financial Institution
10 19 (1.91%) Investment Banking
11 15 (1.50%) Retail
12 14 (1.40%) Military
12 14 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
13 12 (1.20%) Manufacturing
14 11 (1.10%) Law
14 11 (1.10%) Police
15 9 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
16 5 (0.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 5 (0.50%) Local Government
16 5 (0.50%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 485 (48.65%) Network Engineer
2 138 (13.84%) Senior
3 121 (12.14%) Architect
4 104 (10.43%) Cisco Engineer
5 96 (9.63%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 93 (9.33%) Security Engineer
7 89 (8.93%) Senior Network Engineer
8 71 (7.12%) Network Security Engineer
9 67 (6.72%) Network Architect
10 50 (5.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 48 (4.81%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
12 43 (4.31%) Data Network Engineer
13 34 (3.41%) Data Engineer
14 33 (3.31%) Analyst
14 33 (3.31%) Cisco Security Engineer
15 27 (2.71%) Network Specialist
16 23 (2.31%) Automation Engineer
16 23 (2.31%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
17 21 (2.11%) Lead
18 20 (2.01%) Data Centre Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (7.52%) 802.1X
2 14 (1.40%) SAML
3 13 (1.30%) REST
4 9 (0.90%) Flash
5 7 (0.70%) LDAP
5 7 (0.70%) NETCONF
6 6 (0.60%) OpenConfig
6 6 (0.60%) RESTCONF
6 6 (0.60%) YANG
7 5 (0.50%) Jinja
8 4 (0.40%) Django
8 4 (0.40%) XMPP
9 3 (0.30%) Elastic Stack
9 3 (0.30%) JSON
9 3 (0.30%) LAMP
9 3 (0.30%) LEMP Stack
9 3 (0.30%) Microsoft Graph
9 3 (0.30%) YAML
10 2 (0.20%) .NET Core
10 2 (0.20%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 254 (25.48%) Data Centre
2 60 (6.02%) PKI
3 46 (4.61%) Hybrid Cloud
4 39 (3.91%) Clustering
5 36 (3.61%) Onboarding
6 33 (3.31%) Replication
7 30 (3.01%) Data Protection Act
7 30 (3.01%) Video Conferencing
8 20 (2.01%) Driving Licence
9 19 (1.91%) Cloud Native
10 18 (1.81%) Analytical Mindset
11 17 (1.71%) Linux Command Line
11 17 (1.71%) Operational Technology
12 16 (1.60%) Public Cloud
13 15 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
14 13 (1.30%) EMC VMAX
14 13 (1.30%) Enterprise Storage
14 13 (1.30%) Security Posture
15 12 (1.20%) Virtual Team
16 11 (1.10%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 175 (17.55%) Windows
2 102 (10.23%) Linux
3 62 (6.22%) Windows Server
4 17 (1.71%) Ubuntu
4 17 (1.71%) Unix
4 17 (1.71%) Windows 10
5 11 (1.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (1.00%) Windows Server 2019
7 9 (0.90%) AIX
8 8 (0.80%) Android
8 8 (0.80%) Mac OS
9 7 (0.70%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (0.50%) Data ONTAP
10 5 (0.50%) VMS
11 4 (0.40%) CentOS
12 2 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.10%) CatOS
13 1 (0.10%) Check Point GAiA
13 1 (0.10%) Debian
13 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (15.05%) Migration
2 122 (12.24%) Load Balancing
3 108 (10.83%) ITIL
3 108 (10.83%) Problem-Solving
4 101 (10.13%) High Availability
5 93 (9.33%) Project Delivery
6 76 (7.62%) Network Design
7 71 (7.12%) Change Management
7 71 (7.12%) Continuous Improvement
8 69 (6.92%) ITSM
9 67 (6.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 62 (6.22%) CI/CD
10 62 (6.22%) Infrastructure as Code
11 57 (5.72%) Stakeholder Management
12 54 (5.42%) Validation
13 52 (5.22%) Agile
14 50 (5.02%) Technical Leadership
15 49 (4.91%) Disaster Recovery
15 49 (4.91%) Network Monitoring
15 49 (4.91%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 127 (12.74%) Python
2 57 (5.72%) PowerShell
3 27 (2.71%) Bash
4 18 (1.81%) SQL
5 6 (0.60%) C
6 5 (0.50%) Shell Script
7 4 (0.40%) Java
8 3 (0.30%) C++
8 3 (0.30%) Lisp
8 3 (0.30%) PHP
9 2 (0.20%) ActionScript
9 2 (0.20%) Perl
10 1 (0.10%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 290 (29.09%) Security Cleared
2 276 (27.68%) Cisco Certification
3 198 (19.86%) CCNP
4 197 (19.76%) SC Cleared
5 107 (10.73%) CCNA
6 94 (9.43%) DV Cleared
7 65 (6.52%) Degree
8 57 (5.72%) CCIE
9 23 (2.31%) Microsoft Certification
9 23 (2.31%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 19 (1.91%) Network+ Certification
11 17 (1.71%) Azure Certification
11 17 (1.71%) MCSE
12 15 (1.50%) Server+ Certification
13 12 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
13 12 (1.20%) JNCIP
13 12 (1.20%) JNCIS
14 11 (1.10%) AWS Certification
14 11 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
14 11 (1.10%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (2.91%) NIST
1 29 (2.91%) SLA
2 24 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (2.31%) Cyber Essentials
4 19 (1.91%) NCSC
5 12 (1.20%) QA
6 6 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (0.50%) GDPR
7 5 (0.50%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.30%) 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%) GRC
9 2 (0.20%) ISA99
10 1 (0.10%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.10%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.10%) JSP 440
System Software
1 136 (13.64%) VMware Infrastructure
2 95 (9.53%) Active Directory
3 48 (4.81%) vSphere
4 45 (4.51%) VMware ESXi
5 42 (4.21%) VMware NSX
6 31 (3.11%) Firmware
6 31 (3.11%) Virtual Machines
7 19 (1.91%) Hyper-V
8 13 (1.30%) NFS
9 10 (1.00%) Docker
10 9 (0.90%) GPFS
11 7 (0.70%) SRDF
12 6 (0.60%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 5 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
14 4 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
15 3 (0.30%) Dovecot
15 3 (0.30%) Postfix
15 3 (0.30%) UAG
16 2 (0.20%) Snort
16 2 (0.20%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 130 (13.04%) Ansible
2 85 (8.53%) FortiGate
3 65 (6.52%) Terraform
4 27 (2.71%) Kubernetes
5 26 (2.61%) Microsoft Intune
6 24 (2.41%) vCenter Server
7 23 (2.31%) Grafana
8 21 (2.11%) Prometheus
8 21 (2.11%) SCCM
9 14 (1.40%) Cisco CUCM
10 12 (1.20%) Cisco Prime
11 10 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
11 10 (1.00%) vRealize
12 8 (0.80%) VxRail
13 7 (0.70%) EMC VPLEX
13 7 (0.70%) WMI
13 7 (0.70%) WSUS
14 5 (0.50%) Avamar
14 5 (0.50%) Jamf Pro
14 5 (0.50%) SCOM
Vendors
1 222 (22.27%) Palo Alto
2 201 (20.16%) F5
3 189 (18.96%) Microsoft
4 184 (18.46%) VMware
5 177 (17.75%) Fortinet
6 150 (15.05%) Juniper
7 101 (10.13%) CheckPoint
8 85 (8.53%) ServiceNow
9 82 (8.22%) Aruba
9 82 (8.22%) SolarWinds
10 75 (7.52%) Meraki
11 74 (7.42%) Arista
12 56 (5.62%) Splunk
13 47 (4.71%) Zscaler
14 29 (2.91%) Extreme Networks
15 27 (2.71%) Dell
16 24 (2.41%) Citrix
16 24 (2.41%) Infoblox
17 23 (2.31%) IBM
18 21 (2.11%) NetApp