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 18 September 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
18 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 79 68
Rank change year-on-year -42 -11 -15
Contract jobs citing Cisco 1,017 863 1,032
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.20% 3.10% 3.13%
As % of the Vendors category 5.29% 6.54% 7.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 681 542 625
10th Percentile £300 £300 £271
25th Percentile £401 £409 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £583
90th Percentile £675 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -2.96% -2.10% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 41 28
10th Percentile £26.72 - £19.55
25th Percentile £40.81 £25.15 £20.14
Median hourly rate £53.75 £30.00 £25.59
Median % change year-on-year +79.17% +17.23% -46.13%
75th Percentile £68.75 £58.75 £67.19
90th Percentile £78.75 £83.00 £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 19,212 13,190 14,592
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.61% 47.42% 44.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,931 8,376 8,896
10th Percentile £310 £275 £300
25th Percentile £413 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.78% -3.81% -
75th Percentile £620 £619 £630
90th Percentile £711 £712 £734
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,131 615 595
10th Percentile £14.06 £14.75 £14.33
25th Percentile £17.00 £17.88 £15.62
Median hourly rate £29.96 £25.15 £33.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.13% -24.93% -23.62%
75th Percentile £65.00 £47.31 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £69.86 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £26.66 £25.15 £30.00
% change year-on-year +6.00% -16.17% -32.58%

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 18 September 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 -32 388 £500 - 465
North of England +3 243 £484 +1.89% 168
North West +14 166 £483 +1.68% 76
South East -68 133 £450 -10.00% 220
Midlands -35 129 £450 -2.70% 107
West Midlands -23 123 £450 -5.26% 59
Yorkshire -14 70 £500 +1.63% 63
South West -34 65 £525 -4.55% 132
East of England -23 38 £455 -5.70% 130
North East -41 9 £375 -31.82% 30
East Midlands -28 4 £525 +20.00% 48
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 33 (3.24%) SharePoint
2 30 (2.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (1.28%) Confluence
4 9 (0.88%) OpenStack
5 8 (0.79%) SAS
6 7 (0.69%) Apache
7 6 (0.59%) IIS
7 6 (0.59%) JBoss
8 4 (0.39%) nginx
9 3 (0.29%) CloudStack
9 3 (0.29%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.20%) CMS
10 2 (0.20%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.098%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.098%) FactoryTalk
11 1 (0.098%) Mendix
11 1 (0.098%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 40 (3.93%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (2.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (1.38%) MS Visio
4 7 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.29%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.098%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.098%) Monis
1 1 (0.098%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 228 (22.42%) Azure
2 142 (13.96%) AWS
3 97 (9.54%) Microsoft 365
4 61 (6.00%) Entra ID
5 37 (3.64%) GitHub
6 27 (2.65%) OneDrive
7 25 (2.46%) GCP
8 18 (1.77%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 17 (1.67%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 15 (1.47%) OpenShift
11 14 (1.38%) Power Platform
12 12 (1.18%) SaaS
13 8 (0.79%) AWS Direct Connect
13 8 (0.79%) Azure Sentinel
13 8 (0.79%) GitHub Actions
14 7 (0.69%) Azure DevOps
15 6 (0.59%) Amazon EC2
15 6 (0.59%) Cloudflare
15 6 (0.59%) IaaS
15 6 (0.59%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 458 (45.03%) Firewall
2 294 (28.91%) WAN
3 286 (28.12%) BGP
4 231 (22.71%) VPN
5 227 (22.32%) Network Security
6 213 (20.94%) LAN
7 192 (18.88%) Wireless
8 177 (17.40%) VLAN
9 175 (17.21%) DNS
9 175 (17.21%) OSPF
10 128 (12.59%) SD-WAN
11 106 (10.42%) Wi-Fi
12 102 (10.03%) DHCP
13 96 (9.44%) Cisco Nexus
14 90 (8.85%) MPLS
15 89 (8.75%) TCP/IP
16 79 (7.77%) Cisco IOS
16 79 (7.77%) Cisco ISE
17 78 (7.67%) Cisco ASA
18 76 (7.47%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (2.06%) SQL Server
2 7 (0.69%) Power BI
3 6 (0.59%) Hadoop
4 5 (0.49%) Big Data
5 4 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.29%) Metadata
6 3 (0.29%) MySQL
7 2 (0.20%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.20%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.098%) Apache Hive
8 1 (0.098%) ClickHouse
Development Applications
1 36 (3.54%) Git
2 18 (1.77%) JIRA
3 13 (1.28%) GitLab
4 12 (1.18%) Sonatype Nexus
5 8 (0.79%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.20%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.098%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.098%) Tricentis qTest
7 1 (0.098%) Zephyr
General
1 240 (23.60%) Social Skills
2 112 (11.01%) Finance
3 89 (8.75%) Analytical Skills
4 74 (7.28%) Telecoms
5 66 (6.49%) Banking
6 48 (4.72%) Public Sector
7 44 (4.33%) Documentation Skills
8 36 (3.54%) Legal
9 22 (2.16%) Investment Banking
10 18 (1.77%) Retail
11 17 (1.67%) Financial Institution
12 14 (1.38%) Law
12 14 (1.38%) Military
13 11 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 10 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
15 9 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
15 9 (0.88%) Manufacturing
15 9 (0.88%) Police
16 6 (0.59%) Marketing
17 4 (0.39%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 507 (49.85%) Network Engineer
2 157 (15.44%) Senior
3 133 (13.08%) Architect
4 119 (11.70%) Cisco Engineer
5 115 (11.31%) Senior Network Engineer
6 107 (10.52%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 82 (8.06%) Security Engineer
8 74 (7.28%) Network Architect
9 65 (6.39%) Network Security Engineer
10 55 (5.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 46 (4.52%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
12 35 (3.44%) Analyst
12 35 (3.44%) Data Network Engineer
13 33 (3.24%) Lead
14 32 (3.15%) Support Engineer
15 28 (2.75%) Automation Engineer
15 28 (2.75%) Solutions Architect
16 26 (2.56%) Cisco Security Engineer
17 25 (2.46%) Data Engineer
18 23 (2.26%) Senior Cisco Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (8.36%) Terraform
2 53 (5.21%) 802.1X
3 32 (3.15%) REST
4 20 (1.97%) YAML
5 17 (1.67%) JSON
6 12 (1.18%) NETCONF
6 12 (1.18%) SAML
7 8 (0.79%) YANG
8 7 (0.69%) Microsoft Graph
8 7 (0.69%) RESTCONF
9 6 (0.59%) Flash
10 5 (0.49%) OpenConfig
11 3 (0.29%) .NET
11 3 (0.29%) Django
11 3 (0.29%) Elastic Stack
11 3 (0.29%) LAMP
11 3 (0.29%) LDAP
11 3 (0.29%) LEMP Stack
11 3 (0.29%) Middleware
11 3 (0.29%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 257 (25.27%) Data Centre
2 53 (5.21%) Hybrid Cloud
3 44 (4.33%) Onboarding
4 42 (4.13%) PKI
5 30 (2.95%) Video Conferencing
6 27 (2.65%) Data Protection Act
7 25 (2.46%) Driving Licence
7 25 (2.46%) Replication
8 23 (2.26%) Clustering
9 21 (2.06%) Cloud Native
9 21 (2.06%) Self-Motivation
10 20 (1.97%) Management Information System
11 18 (1.77%) Analytical Mindset
11 18 (1.77%) Public Cloud
12 17 (1.67%) Operational Technology
13 16 (1.57%) Linux Command Line
14 15 (1.47%) Enterprise Storage
15 14 (1.38%) Private Cloud
16 13 (1.28%) IoT
16 13 (1.28%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 198 (19.47%) Windows
2 103 (10.13%) Linux
3 91 (8.95%) Windows Server
4 19 (1.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 18 (1.77%) Mac OS
6 17 (1.67%) Ubuntu
7 16 (1.57%) Windows 10
8 10 (0.98%) Android
9 9 (0.88%) Unix
10 8 (0.79%) Windows Server 2012
10 8 (0.79%) Windows Server 2019
11 7 (0.69%) AIX
11 7 (0.69%) Data ONTAP
12 5 (0.49%) CentOS
13 3 (0.29%) VMS
13 3 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
14 1 (0.098%) CatOS
14 1 (0.098%) Check Point GAiA
14 1 (0.098%) Debian
14 1 (0.098%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (16.81%) Migration
2 121 (11.90%) ITIL
3 115 (11.31%) Project Delivery
4 112 (11.01%) Problem-Solving
5 94 (9.24%) Load Balancing
6 93 (9.14%) High Availability
7 87 (8.55%) Infrastructure as Code
8 86 (8.46%) Stakeholder Management
9 85 (8.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 77 (7.57%) Change Management
10 77 (7.57%) Continuous Improvement
11 76 (7.47%) Validation
12 70 (6.88%) Network Design
13 65 (6.39%) Zero Trust
14 64 (6.29%) Technical Leadership
15 61 (6.00%) CI/CD
16 55 (5.41%) ITSM
17 54 (5.31%) Disaster Recovery
18 53 (5.21%) Runbook
19 52 (5.11%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 140 (13.77%) Python
2 62 (6.10%) PowerShell
3 33 (3.24%) Bash
4 21 (2.06%) SQL
5 5 (0.49%) Java
6 4 (0.39%) C
6 4 (0.39%) C++
7 3 (0.29%) Lisp
7 3 (0.29%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.20%) Go
8 2 (0.20%) Perl
9 1 (0.098%) Ladder Logic
9 1 (0.098%) R
Qualifications
1 273 (26.84%) Security Cleared
2 263 (25.86%) Cisco Certification
3 198 (19.47%) SC Cleared
4 189 (18.58%) CCNP
5 95 (9.34%) CCNA
6 70 (6.88%) DV Cleared
7 62 (6.10%) Degree
8 56 (5.51%) CCIE
9 23 (2.26%) Microsoft Certification
9 23 (2.26%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 19 (1.87%) MCSE
11 15 (1.47%) Azure Certification
12 13 (1.28%) CISSP
12 13 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
12 13 (1.28%) Network+ Certification
13 12 (1.18%) AWS Certification
14 11 (1.08%) Server+ Certification
15 10 (0.98%) CCSE
15 10 (0.98%) ISTQB
16 8 (0.79%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (2.56%) NIST
2 24 (2.36%) SLA
3 19 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials
5 14 (1.38%) QA
6 11 (1.08%) PCI DSS
7 8 (0.79%) GDPR
7 8 (0.79%) NCSC
8 5 (0.49%) Data Quality
9 4 (0.39%) GRC
10 3 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.29%) ISO 31000
10 3 (0.29%) ISO 9001
10 3 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 3 (0.29%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.20%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.20%) Government Security Classifications
11 2 (0.20%) JSP 440
12 1 (0.098%) Def Stans
12 1 (0.098%) PMO
System Software
1 134 (13.18%) VMware Infrastructure
2 113 (11.11%) Active Directory
3 46 (4.52%) vSphere
4 42 (4.13%) VMware NSX
5 37 (3.64%) VMware ESXi
6 31 (3.05%) Hyper-V
7 29 (2.85%) Virtual Machines
8 28 (2.75%) Firmware
9 18 (1.77%) Docker
10 10 (0.98%) NFS
11 6 (0.59%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 6 (0.59%) GPFS
12 5 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
13 4 (0.39%) FreeRADIUS
13 4 (0.39%) SRDF
14 3 (0.29%) Dovecot
14 3 (0.29%) ISA Server
14 3 (0.29%) Postfix
14 3 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
15 2 (0.20%) UAG
Systems Management
1 142 (13.96%) Ansible
2 73 (7.18%) FortiGate
3 32 (3.15%) Kubernetes
3 32 (3.15%) Microsoft Intune
4 21 (2.06%) SCCM
4 21 (2.06%) vCenter Server
5 18 (1.77%) Cisco CUCM
6 13 (1.28%) Cisco Prime
7 11 (1.08%) Grafana
8 10 (0.98%) Prometheus
9 9 (0.88%) Nagios
9 9 (0.88%) WSUS
10 8 (0.79%) Failover Clustering
10 8 (0.79%) Puppet
10 8 (0.79%) WMI
11 7 (0.69%) EMC VPLEX
11 7 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
12 6 (0.59%) Red Hat Satellite
12 6 (0.59%) vRealize
13 5 (0.49%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 217 (21.34%) Palo Alto
2 214 (21.04%) Microsoft
3 184 (18.09%) Fortinet
4 183 (17.99%) VMware
5 162 (15.93%) F5
6 119 (11.70%) Juniper
7 96 (9.44%) CheckPoint
8 94 (9.24%) Meraki
9 80 (7.87%) ServiceNow
10 77 (7.57%) Aruba
11 73 (7.18%) Arista
12 69 (6.78%) SolarWinds
13 52 (5.11%) Zscaler
14 36 (3.54%) Red Hat
15 35 (3.44%) Splunk
16 28 (2.75%) NetApp
17 24 (2.36%) Dell
18 22 (2.16%) Infoblox
19 20 (1.97%) Citrix
19 20 (1.97%) IBM
1,191 Cisco jobs in England