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 27 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
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 73 67
Rank change year-on-year -47 -6 -10
Contract jobs citing Cisco 1,010 930 1,041
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.21% 3.37% 3.14%
As % of the Vendors category 5.32% 7.15% 7.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 690 567 661
10th Percentile £307 £313 £273
25th Percentile £408 £410 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £581 £588 £583
90th Percentile £675 £638 £650
UK median daily rate £480 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -3.11% -0.92% +6.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 41 25
10th Percentile £26.15 - £15.45
25th Percentile £29.00 £25.15 £20.50
Median hourly rate £48.72 £30.00 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +62.40% +11.11% -43.16%
75th Percentile £67.84 £58.75 £73.75
90th Percentile £78.65 £83.00 £75.15
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £30.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +75.00% +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 18,992 13,016 14,500
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.54% 47.17% 43.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,896 8,242 9,108
10th Percentile £313 £275 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £615 £615 £627
90th Percentile £703 £713 £731
UK median daily rate £510 £500 £523
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.31% -0.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,033 636 685
10th Percentile £14.50 £14.75 £13.35
25th Percentile £17.50 £17.45 £15.62
Median hourly rate £32.00 £25.15 £29.77
Median % change year-on-year +27.24% -15.52% -28.27%
75th Percentile £65.58 £48.13 £63.75
90th Percentile £85.00 £69.65 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £29.29 £25.15 £28.00
% change year-on-year +16.44% -10.18% -36.00%

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 27 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 27 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 27 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 -35 378 £500 - 414
North of England -5 250 £489 +0.88% 181
North West +12 177 £485 +2.11% 82
South East -62 146 £468 -10.81% 198
Midlands -33 130 £425 -17.48% 101
West Midlands -19 124 £425 -17.48% 51
Yorkshire -44 67 £500 +1.63% 70
South West -51 57 £525 -5.62% 118
East of England -19 34 £488 -11.36% 102
North East -40 7 £375 -31.82% 33
East Midlands -32 3 £525 +6.33% 50
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 (2.97%) SharePoint
2 27 (2.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (1.19%) Confluence
4 10 (0.99%) OpenStack
5 8 (0.79%) SAS
6 7 (0.69%) Apache
7 6 (0.59%) JBoss
8 4 (0.40%) nginx
9 3 (0.30%) CloudStack
9 3 (0.30%) IIS
9 3 (0.30%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.20%) CMS
10 2 (0.20%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.099%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.099%) FactoryTalk
11 1 (0.099%) Mendix
11 1 (0.099%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 39 (3.86%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (1.68%) MS Visio
4 9 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.30%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.099%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.099%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 219 (21.68%) Azure
2 139 (13.76%) AWS
3 91 (9.01%) Microsoft 365
4 55 (5.45%) Entra ID
5 29 (2.87%) GitHub
6 27 (2.67%) OneDrive
7 22 (2.18%) GCP
8 18 (1.78%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 17 (1.68%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 15 (1.49%) OpenShift
10 15 (1.49%) Power Platform
11 12 (1.19%) SaaS
12 10 (0.99%) Azure Sentinel
13 9 (0.89%) Azure DevOps
14 7 (0.69%) AWS Direct Connect
14 7 (0.69%) GitHub Actions
14 7 (0.69%) IaaS
15 6 (0.59%) Cloudflare
15 6 (0.59%) OCI
15 6 (0.59%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 456 (45.15%) Firewall
2 295 (29.21%) WAN
3 294 (29.11%) BGP
4 222 (21.98%) Network Security
5 220 (21.78%) LAN
5 220 (21.78%) VPN
6 182 (18.02%) Wireless
7 179 (17.72%) OSPF
8 176 (17.43%) DNS
9 172 (17.03%) VLAN
10 127 (12.57%) SD-WAN
11 109 (10.79%) Wi-Fi
12 99 (9.80%) DHCP
13 94 (9.31%) Cisco Nexus
14 88 (8.71%) Cisco ASA
15 86 (8.51%) TCP/IP
16 84 (8.32%) Cisco ISE
17 83 (8.22%) VXLAN
18 82 (8.12%) MPLS
19 72 (7.13%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (2.08%) SQL Server
2 7 (0.69%) Power BI
3 6 (0.59%) Big Data
3 6 (0.59%) Hadoop
4 4 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (0.30%) MySQL
6 2 (0.20%) Metadata
6 2 (0.20%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.20%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.099%) Apache Hive
7 1 (0.099%) ClickHouse
Development Applications
1 29 (2.87%) Git
2 19 (1.88%) JIRA
3 12 (1.19%) Sonatype Nexus
4 11 (1.09%) GitLab
5 8 (0.79%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.20%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.099%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.099%) Tricentis qTest
7 1 (0.099%) Zephyr
General
1 237 (23.47%) Social Skills
2 105 (10.40%) Finance
3 87 (8.61%) Analytical Skills
4 70 (6.93%) Telecoms
5 60 (5.94%) Banking
6 48 (4.75%) Public Sector
7 43 (4.26%) Documentation Skills
8 33 (3.27%) Legal
9 21 (2.08%) Investment Banking
10 18 (1.78%) Financial Institution
11 17 (1.68%) Retail
12 13 (1.29%) Law
13 12 (1.19%) Military
14 11 (1.09%) Manufacturing
14 11 (1.09%) Police
15 10 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
16 9 (0.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 9 (0.89%) Influencing Skills
17 6 (0.59%) Marketing
18 4 (0.40%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 497 (49.21%) Network Engineer
2 161 (15.94%) Senior
3 132 (13.07%) Architect
4 120 (11.88%) Cisco Engineer
5 115 (11.39%) Senior Network Engineer
6 108 (10.69%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 78 (7.72%) Security Engineer
8 68 (6.73%) Network Architect
9 64 (6.34%) Network Security Engineer
10 52 (5.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 44 (4.36%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
12 40 (3.96%) Data Network Engineer
13 32 (3.17%) Analyst
14 31 (3.07%) Lead
15 30 (2.97%) Cisco Security Engineer
15 30 (2.97%) Data Engineer
16 26 (2.57%) Automation Engineer
17 24 (2.38%) Network Specialist
17 24 (2.38%) Solutions Architect
17 24 (2.38%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (7.23%) Terraform
2 59 (5.84%) 802.1X
3 23 (2.28%) REST
4 14 (1.39%) YAML
5 13 (1.29%) SAML
6 11 (1.09%) JSON
7 8 (0.79%) Flash
7 8 (0.79%) NETCONF
8 7 (0.69%) Microsoft Graph
9 6 (0.59%) OpenConfig
9 6 (0.59%) RESTCONF
9 6 (0.59%) YANG
10 4 (0.40%) Jinja
10 4 (0.40%) LDAP
11 3 (0.30%) .NET
11 3 (0.30%) Django
11 3 (0.30%) LAMP
11 3 (0.30%) Middleware
11 3 (0.30%) OpenID
11 3 (0.30%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 248 (24.55%) Data Centre
2 48 (4.75%) Hybrid Cloud
3 47 (4.65%) PKI
4 42 (4.16%) Onboarding
5 30 (2.97%) Data Protection Act
5 30 (2.97%) Video Conferencing
6 28 (2.77%) Replication
7 27 (2.67%) Clustering
8 24 (2.38%) Cloud Native
9 20 (1.98%) Analytical Mindset
10 18 (1.78%) Operational Technology
11 17 (1.68%) Driving Licence
11 17 (1.68%) Enterprise Storage
11 17 (1.68%) Linux Command Line
11 17 (1.68%) Public Cloud
12 16 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
13 14 (1.39%) Private Cloud
14 12 (1.19%) IoT
14 12 (1.19%) Management Information System
14 12 (1.19%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 181 (17.92%) Windows
2 100 (9.90%) Linux
3 80 (7.92%) Windows Server
4 17 (1.68%) Ubuntu
5 16 (1.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 16 (1.58%) Windows 10
6 11 (1.09%) Mac OS
7 10 (0.99%) Unix
7 10 (0.99%) Windows Server 2019
8 8 (0.79%) AIX
8 8 (0.79%) Windows Server 2012
9 7 (0.69%) Android
10 6 (0.59%) Data ONTAP
11 5 (0.50%) CentOS
12 4 (0.40%) VMS
13 3 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
14 1 (0.099%) CatOS
14 1 (0.099%) Debian
14 1 (0.099%) Oracle Linux
14 1 (0.099%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 169 (16.73%) Migration
2 127 (12.57%) ITIL
3 111 (10.99%) Project Delivery
4 109 (10.79%) Problem-Solving
5 104 (10.30%) Load Balancing
6 101 (10.00%) High Availability
7 78 (7.72%) Continuous Improvement
7 78 (7.72%) Infrastructure as Code
7 78 (7.72%) Stakeholder Management
8 77 (7.62%) Change Management
8 77 (7.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 73 (7.23%) Network Design
10 66 (6.53%) Validation
11 64 (6.34%) CI/CD
12 62 (6.14%) Technical Leadership
13 60 (5.94%) ITSM
14 59 (5.84%) Zero Trust
15 56 (5.54%) Disaster Recovery
16 53 (5.25%) Agile
17 50 (4.95%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 132 (13.07%) Python
2 59 (5.84%) PowerShell
3 31 (3.07%) Bash
4 19 (1.88%) 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 (0.099%) ActionScript
9 1 (0.099%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 278 (27.52%) Security Cleared
2 266 (26.34%) Cisco Certification
3 199 (19.70%) SC Cleared
4 189 (18.71%) CCNP
5 96 (9.50%) CCNA
6 76 (7.52%) DV Cleared
7 61 (6.04%) Degree
8 58 (5.74%) CCIE
9 23 (2.28%) Microsoft Certification
9 23 (2.28%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 19 (1.88%) MCSE
11 17 (1.68%) Azure Certification
12 14 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
13 13 (1.29%) AWS Certification
13 13 (1.29%) Network+ Certification
14 11 (1.09%) CCSE
14 11 (1.09%) Server+ Certification
15 10 (0.99%) CISSP
15 10 (0.99%) ISTQB
16 9 (0.89%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (2.97%) SLA
2 25 (2.48%) NIST
3 17 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials
5 14 (1.39%) QA
6 11 (1.09%) NCSC
7 7 (0.69%) PCI DSS
8 5 (0.50%) GDPR
9 4 (0.40%) Data Quality
10 3 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.30%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.20%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.20%) Government Security Classifications
11 2 (0.20%) ISA99
11 2 (0.20%) JSP 440
11 2 (0.20%) PMO
12 1 (0.099%) GRC
12 1 (0.099%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 144 (14.26%) VMware Infrastructure
2 103 (10.20%) Active Directory
3 43 (4.26%) vSphere
4 41 (4.06%) VMware NSX
5 40 (3.96%) VMware ESXi
6 32 (3.17%) Firmware
7 29 (2.87%) Virtual Machines
8 27 (2.67%) Hyper-V
9 16 (1.58%) Docker
10 12 (1.19%) NFS
11 8 (0.79%) GPFS
12 6 (0.59%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 5 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
14 4 (0.40%) SRDF
15 3 (0.30%) Dovecot
15 3 (0.30%) FreeRADIUS
15 3 (0.30%) Postfix
15 3 (0.30%) Virtual Servers
16 2 (0.20%) Snort
16 2 (0.20%) UAG
Systems Management
1 134 (13.27%) Ansible
2 74 (7.33%) FortiGate
3 32 (3.17%) Kubernetes
4 30 (2.97%) Microsoft Intune
5 21 (2.08%) SCCM
6 20 (1.98%) vCenter Server
7 19 (1.88%) Cisco CUCM
8 15 (1.49%) Grafana
9 14 (1.39%) Prometheus
10 11 (1.09%) Cisco Prime
11 8 (0.79%) Failover Clustering
11 8 (0.79%) Puppet
11 8 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
11 8 (0.79%) vRealize
11 8 (0.79%) WSUS
12 7 (0.69%) EMC VPLEX
12 7 (0.69%) WMI
13 6 (0.59%) Red Hat Satellite
14 5 (0.50%) Jamf Pro
14 5 (0.50%) Nagios
Vendors
1 214 (21.19%) Palo Alto
2 205 (20.30%) Microsoft
3 190 (18.81%) VMware
4 184 (18.22%) Fortinet
5 174 (17.23%) F5
6 120 (11.88%) Juniper
7 98 (9.70%) CheckPoint
8 87 (8.61%) ServiceNow
9 85 (8.42%) Meraki
10 77 (7.62%) Aruba
11 71 (7.03%) Arista
12 67 (6.63%) SolarWinds
13 48 (4.75%) Zscaler
14 41 (4.06%) Splunk
15 33 (3.27%) Red Hat
16 24 (2.38%) Dell
17 23 (2.28%) Infoblox
17 23 (2.28%) NetApp
18 19 (1.88%) IBM
19 18 (1.78%) Citrix