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 15 April 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
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 62 57
Rank change year-on-year -41 -5 +16
Contract jobs citing Cisco 918 897 1,247
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.34% 3.68% 3.36%
As % of the Vendors category 5.46% 7.77% 7.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 607 579 761
10th Percentile £300 £312 £263
25th Percentile £401 £413 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £503 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.09% +3.08% +2.63%
75th Percentile £560 £588 £590
90th Percentile £625 £638 £719
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 18 47
10th Percentile £21.46 £17.26 £13.29
25th Percentile £27.44 £20.04 £20.98
Median hourly rate £54.86 £37.07 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +47.98% +34.81% -52.22%
75th Percentile £74.26 £67.81 £41.25
90th Percentile £78.98 £75.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £63.14 £37.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year +68.36% +36.36% -46.78%

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 16,800 11,546 15,660
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 42.86% 47.33% 42.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,973 7,484 10,012
10th Percentile £313 £296 £255
25th Percentile £413 £408 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -3.26%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £631
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £517
% change year-on-year -2.44% -0.87% -1.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 875 435 972
10th Percentile £15.32 £14.99 £12.00
25th Percentile £18.64 £18.20 £14.16
Median hourly rate £28.00 £28.75 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% +27.78% -41.56%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.88 £55.00
90th Percentile £78.67 £80.39 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £28.88 £28.21 £22.21
% change year-on-year +2.39% +26.98% -47.74%

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 15 April 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 15 April 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 15 April 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 -69 271 £500 - 131
South East -9 214 £500 - 135
North of England -41 186 £481 -3.75% 114
Midlands -12 151 £378 -16.11% 87
North West -12 150 £481 -1.79% 51
West Midlands -3 137 £361 -17.60% 47
South West -71 42 £513 -6.82% 45
East of England -6 40 £485 +2.11% 58
Yorkshire -76 33 £464 -13.67% 47
East Midlands -47 10 £415 -19.02% 39
North East -23 5 £363 +11.54% 18
South Coast - 1 £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 33 (3.59%) SharePoint
2 25 (2.72%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (1.74%) Confluence
4 7 (0.76%) Apache
5 5 (0.54%) IIS
5 5 (0.54%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.11%) JBoss
6 1 (0.11%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.11%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.11%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 37 (4.03%) Microsoft Office
1 37 (4.03%) MS Visio
2 16 (1.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (1.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.54%) Acrobat
5 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 17 (1.85%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.11%) Actimize
Cloud Services
1 162 (17.65%) Azure
2 136 (14.81%) AWS
3 72 (7.84%) Microsoft 365
4 39 (4.25%) Entra ID
5 31 (3.38%) GCP
6 15 (1.63%) Datadog
7 12 (1.31%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 12 (1.31%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 10 (1.09%) OpenShift
8 10 (1.09%) SaaS
9 9 (0.98%) Azure Sentinel
10 8 (0.87%) GitHub
11 7 (0.76%) Nutanix
12 6 (0.65%) Azure DevOps
12 6 (0.65%) Microsoft Purview
12 6 (0.65%) Mimecast
13 5 (0.54%) IaaS
14 4 (0.44%) GitHub Actions
14 4 (0.44%) OCI
14 4 (0.44%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 400 (43.57%) Firewall
2 292 (31.81%) WAN
3 246 (26.80%) BGP
4 219 (23.86%) LAN
5 206 (22.44%) VPN
6 185 (20.15%) Network Security
7 176 (19.17%) OSPF
8 133 (14.49%) Wireless
9 126 (13.73%) DNS
10 114 (12.42%) VLAN
11 110 (11.98%) SD-WAN
12 95 (10.35%) Cisco ISE
13 93 (10.13%) MPLS
14 77 (8.39%) VXLAN
15 68 (7.41%) Cisco ASA
16 67 (7.30%) DHCP
16 67 (7.30%) Wi-Fi
17 63 (6.86%) IPsec
18 59 (6.43%) Cisco Nexus
19 58 (6.32%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.11%) Big Data
2 1 (0.11%) Metadata
2 1 (0.11%) MySQL
2 1 (0.11%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.11%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 17 (1.85%) JIRA
2 11 (1.20%) Sonatype Nexus
3 9 (0.98%) Git
4 7 (0.76%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.54%) GitLab
6 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
General
1 201 (21.90%) Social Skills
2 105 (11.44%) Finance
3 100 (10.89%) Public Sector
4 66 (7.19%) Telecoms
5 59 (6.43%) Banking
6 58 (6.32%) Analytical Skills
7 48 (5.23%) Documentation Skills
8 36 (3.92%) Legal
9 32 (3.49%) Manufacturing
10 20 (2.18%) Marketing
11 18 (1.96%) Electronics
12 17 (1.85%) Investment Banking
13 16 (1.74%) Financial Institution
14 15 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
15 14 (1.53%) Presentation Skills
16 10 (1.09%) Retail
17 9 (0.98%) Law
18 8 (0.87%) Military
19 7 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
20 6 (0.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 389 (42.37%) Network Engineer
2 109 (11.87%) Architect
3 91 (9.91%) Cisco Engineer
4 85 (9.26%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 85 (9.26%) Senior
5 70 (7.63%) Security Engineer
6 69 (7.52%) Network Architect
7 66 (7.19%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 49 (5.34%) Analyst
8 49 (5.34%) Network Security Engineer
9 42 (4.58%) Senior Network Engineer
10 40 (4.36%) Data Network Engineer
11 36 (3.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 32 (3.49%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
13 31 (3.38%) Data Engineer
14 29 (3.16%) Consultant
14 29 (3.16%) Infrastructure Analyst
15 27 (2.94%) Cisco Security Engineer
15 27 (2.94%) Network Consultant
16 23 (2.51%) Storage Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (6.97%) 802.1X
2 17 (1.85%) Flash
3 15 (1.63%) LDAP
4 13 (1.42%) XMPP
5 9 (0.98%) SAML
6 8 (0.87%) REST
7 7 (0.76%) NETCONF
8 6 (0.65%) YANG
9 5 (0.54%) Jinja
9 5 (0.54%) OpenConfig
10 4 (0.44%) HTML
10 4 (0.44%) RESTCONF
10 4 (0.44%) VML
11 3 (0.33%) JSON
12 2 (0.22%) ADO
12 2 (0.22%) CSS
12 2 (0.22%) Django
12 2 (0.22%) Middleware
12 2 (0.22%) RFC 2544
12 2 (0.22%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 243 (26.47%) Data Centre
2 50 (5.45%) PKI
3 36 (3.92%) Replication
4 32 (3.49%) Clustering
4 32 (3.49%) Linux Command Line
5 30 (3.27%) Hybrid Cloud
6 26 (2.83%) Cloud Native
6 26 (2.83%) Data Protection Act
6 26 (2.83%) Onboarding
7 18 (1.96%) Product Ownership
8 17 (1.85%) Operational Technology
8 17 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
9 13 (1.42%) Driving Licence
10 12 (1.31%) Video Conferencing
11 10 (1.09%) Enterprise Storage
11 10 (1.09%) SCADA
11 10 (1.09%) Security Posture
12 9 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
12 9 (0.98%) EMC VMAX
13 8 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 151 (16.45%) Windows
2 95 (10.35%) Linux
3 59 (6.43%) Windows Server
4 24 (2.61%) Windows 10
5 21 (2.29%) Mac OS
6 20 (2.18%) Android
7 17 (1.85%) Unix
8 14 (1.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 7 (0.76%) Ubuntu
10 6 (0.65%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.44%) CatOS
11 4 (0.44%) Solaris
12 3 (0.33%) Data ONTAP
12 3 (0.33%) VMS
12 3 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.22%) AIX
13 2 (0.22%) CentOS
14 1 (0.11%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (14.81%) Migration
2 110 (11.98%) Problem-Solving
3 107 (11.66%) Load Balancing
4 87 (9.48%) High Availability
5 85 (9.26%) ITIL
6 82 (8.93%) Network Design
7 79 (8.61%) ITSM
8 75 (8.17%) Agile
9 62 (6.75%) Cybersecurity
10 57 (6.21%) Change Management
10 57 (6.21%) Roadmaps
11 55 (5.99%) Service Management
12 54 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 53 (5.77%) Collaborative Working
14 50 (5.45%) Project Delivery
14 50 (5.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 47 (5.12%) Stakeholder Management
16 46 (5.01%) Network Architecture
16 46 (5.01%) Observability
17 42 (4.58%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 107 (11.66%) Python
2 49 (5.34%) PowerShell
3 25 (2.72%) Bash
4 12 (1.31%) Perl
5 8 (0.87%) C
6 6 (0.65%) SQL
7 4 (0.44%) PHP
8 3 (0.33%) C++
8 3 (0.33%) Java
8 3 (0.33%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.33%) Lisp
9 2 (0.22%) ActionScript
9 2 (0.22%) Korn
9 2 (0.22%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.11%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 386 (42.05%) Security Cleared
2 298 (32.46%) SC Cleared
3 246 (26.80%) Cisco Certification
4 196 (21.35%) CCNP
5 102 (11.11%) DV Cleared
6 93 (10.13%) CCNA
7 70 (7.63%) Degree
8 60 (6.54%) CCIE
9 21 (2.29%) JNCIS
10 20 (2.18%) Azure Certification
11 19 (2.07%) Microsoft Certification
12 17 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
13 16 (1.74%) JNCIP
14 15 (1.63%) JNCIA
15 14 (1.53%) AWS Certification
16 13 (1.42%) CCSE
16 13 (1.42%) MCSE
17 12 (1.31%) Network+ Certification
17 12 (1.31%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
18 10 (1.09%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (3.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 28 (3.05%) NIST
2 24 (2.61%) SLA
3 21 (2.29%) Cyber Essentials
4 16 (1.74%) NCSC
5 13 (1.42%) PMO
6 11 (1.20%) GDPR
7 7 (0.76%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.44%) JSP 440
8 4 (0.44%) QA
9 3 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (0.33%) RMADS
10 2 (0.22%) ISA99
10 2 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.11%) GxP
11 1 (0.11%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.11%) MiFID
11 1 (0.11%) NIST 800
System Software
1 139 (15.14%) VMware Infrastructure
2 71 (7.73%) Active Directory
3 57 (6.21%) vSphere
4 48 (5.23%) VMware NSX
5 43 (4.68%) VMware ESXi
6 20 (2.18%) Firmware
6 20 (2.18%) NFS
7 17 (1.85%) GPFS
7 17 (1.85%) Hyper-V
8 14 (1.53%) Virtual Machines
9 10 (1.09%) Docker
10 4 (0.44%) SRDF
10 4 (0.44%) vCloud
10 4 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
11 3 (0.33%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 3 (0.33%) Snort
11 3 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.22%) KVM
12 2 (0.22%) UAG
13 1 (0.11%) IAG
Systems Management
1 97 (10.57%) Ansible
2 79 (8.61%) FortiGate
3 42 (4.58%) Terraform
4 34 (3.70%) vRealize
5 29 (3.16%) vCenter Server
6 20 (2.18%) VxRail
7 19 (2.07%) Grafana
8 18 (1.96%) Microsoft Intune
9 17 (1.85%) Prometheus
10 16 (1.74%) Kubernetes
10 16 (1.74%) SCCM
11 10 (1.09%) Nagios
11 10 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
12 9 (0.98%) Cisco Prime
13 6 (0.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 6 (0.65%) Cisco CUCM
13 6 (0.65%) QRadar
13 6 (0.65%) SCOM
14 5 (0.54%) Endace
14 5 (0.54%) Salt
Vendors
1 240 (26.14%) Palo Alto
2 167 (18.19%) VMware
3 159 (17.32%) Juniper
4 157 (17.10%) F5
5 152 (16.56%) Microsoft
6 119 (12.96%) Aruba
7 109 (11.87%) CheckPoint
8 107 (11.66%) Fortinet
9 90 (9.80%) SolarWinds
10 89 (9.69%) Meraki
11 83 (9.04%) ServiceNow
12 53 (5.77%) Arista
13 50 (5.45%) Dell
13 50 (5.45%) Splunk
14 45 (4.90%) IBM
15 42 (4.58%) HP
16 38 (4.14%) Zscaler
17 29 (3.16%) Citrix
18 27 (2.94%) Extreme Networks
19 24 (2.61%) Remedy