Cisco Contracts 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 3 July 2025, 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
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 67 59
Rank change year-on-year +3 -8 +33
Contract jobs citing Cisco 976 1,164 1,739
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.74% 3.11% 3.67%
As % of the Vendors category 7.90% 7.30% 8.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 598 723 1,148
10th Percentile £325 £251 £229
25th Percentile £421 £375 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £470
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +3.72% +4.44%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £584
90th Percentile £638 £660 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - +4.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 35 60
10th Percentile £23.88 £16.00 £12.65
25th Percentile £25.15 £22.83 £15.38
Median hourly rate £30.00 £27.50 £43.38
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -36.60% +81.41%
75th Percentile £41.97 £43.82 £70.00
90th Percentile £62.11 £75.00 £80.33
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £27.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year +9.09% -45.00% +96.08%

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 12,357 15,948 20,252
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.33% 42.67% 42.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,819 10,106 13,824
10th Percentile £280 £275 £267
25th Percentile £401 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.44% -0.95% -
75th Percentile £625 £627 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 582 1,060 550
10th Percentile £14.76 £12.50 £14.98
25th Percentile £17.44 £14.84 £18.53
Median hourly rate £25.50 £24.65 £32.15
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -23.33% +48.57%
75th Percentile £51.74 £60.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £68.75 £70.00 £73.71
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £24.18 £40.00
% change year-on-year +4.01% -39.55% +83.51%

Cisco
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Cisco as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco in England

Cisco
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cisco in England.

Daily rate trend for Cisco in England

Cisco
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco in England over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco in England

Cisco
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cisco in England.

Hourly rate trend for Cisco in England

Cisco
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cisco in England over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

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 3 July 2025. 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 +5 361 £500 +2.04% 512
North of England +27 195 £492 +3.58% 158
South East -8 169 £523 +7.18% 246
North West +19 116 £475 - 89
South West +24 109 £550 +4.76% 55
Midlands +4 102 £475 - 127
West Midlands +9 79 £488 +2.63% 82
Yorkshire +32 70 £500 - 53
East of England +5 31 £498 +42.14% 68
East Midlands -5 23 £475 +8.57% 45
North East +4 8 £325 -23.53% 19
Cisco
UK

Cisco
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 47 (4.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 36 (3.69%) Confluence
3 24 (2.46%) IBM Domino
4 20 (2.05%) SharePoint
5 14 (1.43%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 13 (1.33%) Skype for Business
7 9 (0.92%) Mattermost
8 3 (0.31%) IIS
9 2 (0.20%) Apache
9 2 (0.20%) nginx
9 2 (0.20%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.10%) CMS
10 1 (0.10%) Exchange Server 2013
10 1 (0.10%) JBoss
Applications
1 57 (5.84%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (1.64%) MS Visio
3 5 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.41%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.20%) Revit
6 1 (0.10%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.10%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (0.51%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.10%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 128 (13.11%) Azure
2 108 (11.07%) AWS
3 96 (9.84%) Microsoft 365
4 27 (2.77%) Entra ID
4 27 (2.77%) GCP
5 18 (1.84%) PaaS
6 17 (1.74%) SaaS
7 10 (1.02%) GitHub
8 8 (0.82%) Akamai
8 8 (0.82%) IaaS
8 8 (0.82%) Power Platform
9 7 (0.72%) Nutanix
10 6 (0.61%) Cloudflare
11 5 (0.51%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 5 (0.51%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (0.51%) OneDrive
11 5 (0.51%) OpenShift
12 4 (0.41%) Mimecast
12 4 (0.41%) Serverless
13 3 (0.31%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 474 (48.57%) Firewall
2 226 (23.16%) WAN
3 213 (21.82%) BGP
4 185 (18.95%) LAN
5 177 (18.14%) OSPF
6 169 (17.32%) VPN
7 165 (16.91%) Network Security
8 158 (16.19%) DNS
9 136 (13.93%) Wireless
10 106 (10.86%) Cisco Nexus
11 103 (10.55%) SD-WAN
12 96 (9.84%) DHCP
12 96 (9.84%) Wi-Fi
13 95 (9.73%) MPLS
14 89 (9.12%) Cisco ASA
14 89 (9.12%) Cisco IOS
15 87 (8.91%) Cisco ISE
16 77 (7.89%) IPsec
17 76 (7.79%) EIGRP
17 76 (7.79%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (2.05%) Oracle Database
2 18 (1.84%) SQL Server
3 8 (0.82%) MySQL
4 6 (0.61%) NoSQL
5 5 (0.51%) MongoDB
6 4 (0.41%) Power BI
7 3 (0.31%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.20%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.20%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.10%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.10%) Sybase ASE
9 1 (0.10%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 54 (5.53%) JIRA
2 23 (2.36%) Sonatype Nexus
3 22 (2.25%) Git
4 16 (1.64%) GitLab
5 13 (1.33%) Bitbucket
5 13 (1.33%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.20%) eggPlant
6 2 (0.20%) Selenium
6 2 (0.20%) Snyk
6 2 (0.20%) Subversion
6 2 (0.20%) TestNG
7 1 (0.10%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.10%) JIRA Agile
7 1 (0.10%) Mercurial
7 1 (0.10%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.10%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.10%) webpack
General
1 252 (25.82%) Social Skills
2 102 (10.45%) Analytical Skills
3 101 (10.35%) Finance
4 80 (8.20%) Telecoms
5 72 (7.38%) Public Sector
6 40 (4.10%) Banking
7 27 (2.77%) Manufacturing
8 24 (2.46%) Games
9 21 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 17 (1.74%) Documentation Skills
10 17 (1.74%) Legal
11 11 (1.13%) Local Government
12 9 (0.92%) Law
12 9 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (0.72%) Retail
14 6 (0.61%) Financial Institution
14 6 (0.61%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (0.51%) Advertising
15 5 (0.51%) Aviation
15 5 (0.51%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 425 (43.55%) Network Engineer
2 96 (9.84%) Architect
3 86 (8.81%) Cisco Engineer
4 75 (7.68%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 67 (6.86%) Network Architect
6 66 (6.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 61 (6.25%) Senior
8 59 (6.05%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
9 49 (5.02%) Security Engineer
10 43 (4.41%) Analyst
11 41 (4.20%) Network Security Engineer
12 38 (3.89%) Support Engineer
13 31 (3.18%) Consultant
14 30 (3.07%) Senior Network Engineer
15 29 (2.97%) IT Engineer
16 26 (2.66%) Test Engineer
17 24 (2.46%) Platform Engineer
18 22 (2.25%) Implementation Engineer
19 20 (2.05%) Network Implementation Engineer
20 19 (1.95%) IP Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (4.51%) 802.1X
2 19 (1.95%) REST
3 14 (1.43%) RFC 2544
3 14 (1.43%) XMPP
4 12 (1.23%) SOAP
5 11 (1.13%) NETCONF
5 11 (1.13%) RESTCONF
6 10 (1.02%) JSON
7 9 (0.92%) Flash
8 6 (0.61%) XML
9 5 (0.51%) Spine.js
9 5 (0.51%) YAML
10 4 (0.41%) .NET
10 4 (0.41%) ASP.NET
10 4 (0.41%) Kafka
11 3 (0.31%) React
11 3 (0.31%) RESTful
11 3 (0.31%) YANG
12 2 (0.20%) Blazor
12 2 (0.20%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 150 (15.37%) Data Centre
2 32 (3.28%) Video Conferencing
3 27 (2.77%) Data Protection Act
4 23 (2.36%) Management Information System
5 22 (2.25%) Hybrid Cloud
5 22 (2.25%) Onboarding
6 20 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
7 18 (1.84%) PKI
8 16 (1.64%) Linux Command Line
9 13 (1.33%) Clustering
9 13 (1.33%) Public Cloud
9 13 (1.33%) Security Posture
10 12 (1.23%) Driving Licence
10 12 (1.23%) Fibre Optics
11 11 (1.13%) Blackberry
11 11 (1.13%) CMDB
12 10 (1.02%) Cloud Native
13 9 (0.92%) Virtual Team
14 8 (0.82%) Enterprise Storage
15 7 (0.72%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 154 (15.78%) Windows
2 109 (11.17%) Linux
3 62 (6.35%) Windows Server
4 40 (4.10%) Mac OS
5 34 (3.48%) Android
6 27 (2.77%) Windows 10
7 23 (2.36%) Unix
8 11 (1.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 9 (0.92%) VMS
10 7 (0.72%) Windows Server 2012
11 6 (0.61%) Windows Server 2019
12 5 (0.51%) CatOS
12 5 (0.51%) CentOS
13 4 (0.41%) Windows 7
13 4 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
14 3 (0.31%) Mac OS X
14 3 (0.31%) Windows 8
14 3 (0.31%) Windows Server 2003
15 2 (0.20%) Ubuntu
15 2 (0.20%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 174 (17.83%) Problem-Solving
2 108 (11.07%) Migration
3 106 (10.86%) ITIL
4 97 (9.94%) Network Design
5 91 (9.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 90 (9.22%) Agile
7 79 (8.09%) Network Monitoring
8 73 (7.48%) Service Management
9 68 (6.97%) Change Management
9 68 (6.97%) Network Architecture
10 57 (5.84%) Validation
11 56 (5.74%) Computer Science
12 55 (5.64%) High Availability
13 54 (5.53%) Load Balancing
14 51 (5.23%) Project Management
15 50 (5.12%) Network Management
16 49 (5.02%) Roadmaps
17 39 (4.00%) Customer Service
18 38 (3.89%) Problem Management
19 36 (3.69%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 120 (12.30%) Python
2 85 (8.71%) PowerShell
3 52 (5.33%) SQL
4 43 (4.41%) Bash
5 25 (2.56%) Perl
6 21 (2.15%) Java
7 16 (1.64%) PL/SQL
8 11 (1.13%) VB
9 3 (0.31%) C#
9 3 (0.31%) C++
9 3 (0.31%) Go
9 3 (0.31%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.20%) C
10 2 (0.20%) PHP
11 1 (0.10%) ActionScript
11 1 (0.10%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.10%) Tcl
11 1 (0.10%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.10%) VBA
11 1 (0.10%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 356 (36.48%) Security Cleared
2 350 (35.86%) Cisco Certification
3 276 (28.28%) SC Cleared
4 240 (24.59%) CCNP
5 127 (13.01%) CCNA
6 103 (10.55%) Degree
7 100 (10.25%) DV Cleared
8 59 (6.05%) CCIE
9 43 (4.41%) Computer Science Degree
10 34 (3.48%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 21 (2.15%) CCSA
12 20 (2.05%) ITIL Certification
13 19 (1.95%) JNCIS
14 16 (1.64%) ISTQB
14 16 (1.64%) JNCIA
15 15 (1.54%) CCSE
15 15 (1.54%) ISEB
15 15 (1.54%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 14 (1.43%) Master's Degree
17 11 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (3.18%) SLA
2 14 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (1.43%) NIST
3 6 (0.61%) GDPR
3 6 (0.61%) QA
4 3 (0.31%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.20%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.20%) Government Security Classifications
5 2 (0.20%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 2 (0.20%) NCSC
5 2 (0.20%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.10%) Def Stans
6 1 (0.10%) GRC
6 1 (0.10%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.10%) PMO
6 1 (0.10%) PSD2
6 1 (0.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 133 (13.63%) Active Directory
2 89 (9.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (3.18%) VMware ESXi
4 29 (2.97%) Firmware
5 17 (1.74%) VMware NSX
6 10 (1.02%) Hyper-V
6 10 (1.02%) vSphere
7 9 (0.92%) Docker
8 7 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (0.41%) Ceph
10 4 (0.41%) XenApp
11 3 (0.31%) KVM
12 2 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.10%) FreeRADIUS
13 1 (0.10%) iptables
13 1 (0.10%) Squid
13 1 (0.10%) SRDF
13 1 (0.10%) Xen
13 1 (0.10%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 129 (13.22%) Ansible
2 44 (4.51%) FortiGate
2 44 (4.51%) SCCM
2 44 (4.51%) Terraform
3 41 (4.20%) Microsoft Intune
4 33 (3.38%) vCenter Server
5 20 (2.05%) Puppet
6 14 (1.43%) ZABBIX
7 13 (1.33%) Cisco CUCM
7 13 (1.33%) Progress Chef
8 12 (1.23%) Kubernetes
9 11 (1.13%) Cisco Prime
9 11 (1.13%) NetBackup
10 10 (1.02%) SCOM
11 9 (0.92%) Nagios
12 8 (0.82%) CA Spectrum
13 7 (0.72%) HP ALM
13 7 (0.72%) OpenView
14 6 (0.61%) Cisco UCCX
14 6 (0.61%) QRadar
Vendors
1 199 (20.39%) Microsoft
2 182 (18.65%) Palo Alto
3 173 (17.73%) Juniper
4 139 (14.24%) F5
5 134 (13.73%) VMware
6 127 (13.01%) CheckPoint
6 127 (13.01%) Fortinet
7 103 (10.55%) Meraki
8 89 (9.12%) SolarWinds
9 61 (6.25%) Splunk
10 57 (5.84%) Arista
11 47 (4.82%) HP
12 36 (3.69%) ServiceNow
13 35 (3.59%) Dell
14 33 (3.38%) Aruba
14 33 (3.38%) Oracle
15 31 (3.18%) Citrix
16 28 (2.87%) Zscaler
17 25 (2.56%) Nokia
18 24 (2.46%) Atlassian