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 8 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
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 62 55
Rank change year-on-year -42 -7 +22
Contract jobs citing Cisco 939 888 1,285
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.40% 3.65% 3.44%
As % of the Vendors category 5.55% 7.73% 8.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 619 574 787
10th Percentile £291 £313 £263
25th Percentile £401 £413 £376
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £502 £488
Median % change year-on-year -1.06% +2.87% +2.63%
75th Percentile £560 £588 £588
90th Percentile £625 £638 £713
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -0.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 18 47
10th Percentile £21.08 £17.26 £13.29
25th Percentile £31.01 £20.04 £17.48
Median hourly rate £63.14 £37.07 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +70.30% +48.29% -53.14%
75th Percentile £74.26 £67.81 £41.25
90th Percentile £88.05 £75.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £64.07 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year +70.85% +50.00% -50.00%

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 16,911 11,494 15,800
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 43.26% 47.20% 42.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,051 7,471 10,110
10th Percentile £313 £295 £255
25th Percentile £413 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +1.94% -4.19%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £630
90th Percentile £703 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £515 £515
% change year-on-year -2.88% -0.03% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 883 425 964
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.14 £12.04
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.51 £14.27
Median hourly rate £27.00 £29.00 £23.22
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +24.92% -39.70%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £55.40
90th Percentile £77.50 £80.69 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £28.75 £22.50
% change year-on-year -4.35% +27.78% -46.63%

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 8 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 8 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 8 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 -71 277 £500 - 126
South East +2 220 £500 -4.76% 139
North of England -39 189 £481 -3.75% 121
Midlands -11 155 £373 -17.11% 92
North West -10 154 £481 -1.79% 58
West Midlands -7 140 £350 -17.65% 46
South West -72 44 £519 -5.68% 58
East of England -6 42 £475 - 60
Yorkshire -76 31 £478 -8.95% 43
East Midlands -45 11 £413 -19.51% 46
North East -19 6 £175 -46.15% 20
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 38 (4.05%) SharePoint
2 28 (2.98%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (1.70%) Confluence
4 7 (0.75%) Apache
5 5 (0.53%) IIS
6 4 (0.43%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.21%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.11%) JBoss
8 1 (0.11%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.11%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 42 (4.47%) Microsoft Office
2 38 (4.05%) MS Visio
3 16 (1.70%) Microsoft Excel
4 12 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.53%) Acrobat
6 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 17 (1.81%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.11%) Actimize
Cloud Services
1 165 (17.57%) Azure
2 137 (14.59%) AWS
3 80 (8.52%) Microsoft 365
4 42 (4.47%) Entra ID
5 32 (3.41%) GCP
6 15 (1.60%) Datadog
7 14 (1.49%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 12 (1.28%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 11 (1.17%) SaaS
10 10 (1.06%) OpenShift
11 9 (0.96%) Nutanix
12 8 (0.85%) Azure Sentinel
12 8 (0.85%) GitHub
13 7 (0.75%) Microsoft Purview
13 7 (0.75%) Mimecast
14 6 (0.64%) Azure DevOps
14 6 (0.64%) IaaS
15 4 (0.43%) OneDrive
15 4 (0.43%) PaaS
15 4 (0.43%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 400 (42.60%) Firewall
2 291 (30.99%) WAN
3 248 (26.41%) BGP
4 216 (23.00%) LAN
5 213 (22.68%) VPN
6 186 (19.81%) Network Security
7 176 (18.74%) OSPF
8 138 (14.70%) Wireless
9 129 (13.74%) DNS
10 112 (11.93%) VLAN
11 107 (11.40%) SD-WAN
12 95 (10.12%) Cisco ISE
13 94 (10.01%) MPLS
14 72 (7.67%) VXLAN
15 71 (7.56%) Cisco ASA
16 69 (7.35%) DHCP
16 69 (7.35%) Wi-Fi
17 66 (7.03%) IPsec
18 60 (6.39%) Cisco IOS
19 58 (6.18%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.43%) 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 (1.81%) JIRA
2 11 (1.17%) Sonatype Nexus
3 9 (0.96%) Git
4 7 (0.75%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.53%) GitLab
6 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.11%) Rational DOORS
General
1 199 (21.19%) Social Skills
2 112 (11.93%) Public Sector
3 111 (11.82%) Finance
4 69 (7.35%) Telecoms
5 62 (6.60%) Banking
6 60 (6.39%) Analytical Skills
7 48 (5.11%) Documentation Skills
8 36 (3.83%) Manufacturing
9 35 (3.73%) Legal
10 25 (2.66%) Marketing
11 22 (2.34%) Electronics
12 18 (1.92%) Investment Banking
13 16 (1.70%) Financial Institution
14 15 (1.60%) Organisational Skills
14 15 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
15 9 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 9 (0.96%) Law
15 9 (0.96%) Retail
16 8 (0.85%) Military
17 6 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 388 (41.32%) Network Engineer
2 115 (12.25%) Architect
3 95 (10.12%) Cisco Engineer
4 89 (9.48%) Senior
5 88 (9.37%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 71 (7.56%) Network Architect
7 69 (7.35%) Security Engineer
8 66 (7.03%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
9 50 (5.32%) Analyst
10 47 (5.01%) Network Security Engineer
11 43 (4.58%) Senior Network Engineer
12 40 (4.26%) Data Network Engineer
13 36 (3.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 34 (3.62%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
15 33 (3.51%) Consultant
16 31 (3.30%) Data Engineer
16 31 (3.30%) Network Consultant
17 29 (3.09%) Infrastructure Analyst
18 27 (2.88%) Cisco Security Engineer
18 27 (2.88%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (6.60%) 802.1X
2 17 (1.81%) Flash
3 15 (1.60%) LDAP
4 14 (1.49%) XMPP
5 9 (0.96%) SAML
6 8 (0.85%) REST
7 7 (0.75%) NETCONF
8 6 (0.64%) YANG
9 5 (0.53%) Jinja
9 5 (0.53%) OpenConfig
10 4 (0.43%) HTML
10 4 (0.43%) RESTCONF
10 4 (0.43%) VML
11 3 (0.32%) JSON
12 2 (0.21%) ADO
12 2 (0.21%) CSS
12 2 (0.21%) Django
12 2 (0.21%) Middleware
12 2 (0.21%) RFC 2544
12 2 (0.21%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 247 (26.30%) Data Centre
2 52 (5.54%) PKI
3 36 (3.83%) Replication
4 32 (3.41%) Linux Command Line
5 31 (3.30%) Clustering
6 30 (3.19%) Hybrid Cloud
7 26 (2.77%) Onboarding
8 25 (2.66%) Cloud Native
8 25 (2.66%) Data Protection Act
9 18 (1.92%) Operational Technology
9 18 (1.92%) Product Ownership
10 17 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
11 13 (1.38%) Driving Licence
11 13 (1.38%) Video Conferencing
12 11 (1.17%) SCADA
12 11 (1.17%) Security Posture
13 10 (1.06%) Enterprise Storage
14 9 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
14 9 (0.96%) EMC VMAX
15 8 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 152 (16.19%) Windows
2 95 (10.12%) Linux
3 60 (6.39%) Windows Server
4 26 (2.77%) Android
4 26 (2.77%) Windows 10
5 25 (2.66%) Mac OS
6 17 (1.81%) Unix
7 14 (1.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (0.75%) Ubuntu
9 6 (0.64%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (0.53%) VMS
11 4 (0.43%) CatOS
11 4 (0.43%) Solaris
11 4 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
12 3 (0.32%) Data ONTAP
13 2 (0.21%) AIX
13 2 (0.21%) CentOS
13 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
14 1 (0.11%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (15.23%) Migration
2 110 (11.71%) Problem-Solving
3 109 (11.61%) Load Balancing
4 85 (9.05%) High Availability
5 84 (8.95%) ITIL
5 84 (8.95%) Network Design
6 75 (7.99%) Agile
6 75 (7.99%) ITSM
7 65 (6.92%) Cybersecurity
8 61 (6.50%) Roadmaps
9 58 (6.18%) Change Management
9 58 (6.18%) Collaborative Working
10 56 (5.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 55 (5.86%) Service Management
12 53 (5.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 49 (5.22%) Project Delivery
14 48 (5.11%) Stakeholder Management
15 47 (5.01%) Network Architecture
16 45 (4.79%) Observability
17 43 (4.58%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 103 (10.97%) Python
2 50 (5.32%) PowerShell
3 25 (2.66%) Bash
4 12 (1.28%) Perl
5 6 (0.64%) SQL
6 5 (0.53%) C
7 4 (0.43%) Lisp
7 4 (0.43%) PHP
8 3 (0.32%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.21%) ActionScript
9 2 (0.21%) Korn
9 2 (0.21%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.11%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 399 (42.49%) Security Cleared
2 309 (32.91%) SC Cleared
3 247 (26.30%) Cisco Certification
4 196 (20.87%) CCNP
5 105 (11.18%) DV Cleared
6 93 (9.90%) CCNA
7 69 (7.35%) Degree
8 62 (6.60%) CCIE
9 21 (2.24%) Azure Certification
9 21 (2.24%) JNCIS
10 20 (2.13%) Microsoft Certification
11 17 (1.81%) BPSS Clearance
12 16 (1.70%) JNCIP
13 15 (1.60%) CISSP
13 15 (1.60%) JNCIA
14 14 (1.49%) AWS Certification
15 13 (1.38%) CCSE
15 13 (1.38%) MCSE
16 12 (1.28%) Network+ Certification
16 12 (1.28%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (3.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 32 (3.41%) NIST
2 23 (2.45%) SLA
3 22 (2.34%) Cyber Essentials
4 16 (1.70%) NCSC
5 13 (1.38%) GDPR
6 12 (1.28%) PMO
7 8 (0.85%) PCI DSS
8 5 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.43%) JSP 440
10 3 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.32%) QA
10 3 (0.32%) RMADS
11 2 (0.21%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 2 (0.21%) ISA99
12 1 (0.11%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.11%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.11%) GRC
12 1 (0.11%) NIST 800
System Software
1 138 (14.70%) VMware Infrastructure
2 76 (8.09%) Active Directory
3 57 (6.07%) vSphere
4 50 (5.32%) VMware NSX
5 43 (4.58%) VMware ESXi
6 20 (2.13%) NFS
7 19 (2.02%) Firmware
8 17 (1.81%) GPFS
9 15 (1.60%) Hyper-V
9 15 (1.60%) Virtual Machines
10 10 (1.06%) Docker
11 4 (0.43%) SRDF
11 4 (0.43%) vCloud
12 3 (0.32%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 3 (0.32%) Snort
12 3 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
13 2 (0.21%) KVM
13 2 (0.21%) UAG
13 2 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
14 1 (0.11%) RHEV
Systems Management
1 97 (10.33%) Ansible
2 77 (8.20%) FortiGate
3 42 (4.47%) Terraform
4 34 (3.62%) vRealize
5 31 (3.30%) vCenter Server
6 20 (2.13%) Microsoft Intune
6 20 (2.13%) VxRail
7 19 (2.02%) Grafana
8 17 (1.81%) Prometheus
9 16 (1.70%) SCCM
10 15 (1.60%) Kubernetes
11 10 (1.06%) Nagios
11 10 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
12 9 (0.96%) Cisco Prime
13 7 (0.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 6 (0.64%) Cisco CUCM
14 6 (0.64%) QRadar
14 6 (0.64%) SCOM
15 5 (0.53%) Jamf Pro
15 5 (0.53%) WSUS
Vendors
1 244 (25.99%) Palo Alto
2 167 (17.78%) VMware
3 165 (17.57%) Juniper
4 160 (17.04%) Microsoft
5 157 (16.72%) F5
6 126 (13.42%) Aruba
7 108 (11.50%) Fortinet
8 107 (11.40%) CheckPoint
9 90 (9.58%) Meraki
9 90 (9.58%) SolarWinds
10 85 (9.05%) ServiceNow
11 55 (5.86%) Arista
12 53 (5.64%) Dell
13 50 (5.32%) Splunk
14 46 (4.90%) HP
14 46 (4.90%) IBM
15 37 (3.94%) Zscaler
16 28 (2.98%) Citrix
17 27 (2.88%) Extreme Networks
18 25 (2.66%) Apple