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 3 June 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
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 62 63
Rank change year-on-year -45 +1 +1
Contract jobs citing Cisco 950 910 1,181
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.28% 3.80% 3.20%
As % of the Vendors category 5.58% 7.99% 7.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 655 566 729
10th Percentile £300 £313 £263
25th Percentile £406 £425 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £503 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.53% +0.55% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £592 £588
90th Percentile £643 £638 £688
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 23 37
10th Percentile £23.06 £17.86 £13.29
25th Percentile £36.25 £24.66 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.00 £30.40 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +54.61% +21.60% -41.86%
75th Percentile £74.26 £44.74 £41.25
90th Percentile £76.90 £67.25 £53.83
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £32.70 £25.00
% change year-on-year +68.20% +30.80% -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 17,017 11,390 15,471
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 40.81% 47.58% 41.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,918 7,275 9,848
10th Percentile £313 £279 £263
25th Percentile £413 £406 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £520 £515
Median % change year-on-year -2.88% +0.97% -2.83%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £514
% change year-on-year -1.96% -0.78% -2.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 922 490 1,031
10th Percentile £15.77 £14.84 £12.13
25th Percentile £19.00 £17.79 £14.48
Median hourly rate £32.50 £27.13 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +19.82% +13.97% -39.01%
75th Percentile £60.00 £55.00 £58.60
90th Percentile £78.54 £70.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £26.04 £22.56
% change year-on-year +24.81% +15.43% -46.92%

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 3 June 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 3 June 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 3 June 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 -67 300 £500 - 199
North of England -41 207 £479 -4.20% 149
South East -25 196 £500 - 167
North West -4 166 £480 -4.00% 59
Midlands -26 133 £402 -10.67% 90
West Midlands -19 125 £400 -8.57% 52
South West -60 52 £518 -5.91% 93
East of England -9 41 £495 +15.45% 76
Yorkshire -79 40 £478 -4.97% 61
East Midlands -48 4 £458 -16.82% 38
North East -37 2 £425 +30.77% 31
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 26 (2.74%) SharePoint
2 15 (1.58%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (1.37%) Confluence
4 10 (1.05%) Apache
5 6 (0.63%) IIS
5 6 (0.63%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.32%) nginx
6 3 (0.32%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.21%) CloudStack
7 2 (0.21%) CMS
8 1 (0.11%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.11%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 38 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (2.84%) MS Visio
3 15 (1.58%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.42%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 10 (1.05%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 175 (18.42%) Azure
2 128 (13.47%) AWS
3 63 (6.63%) Microsoft 365
4 33 (3.47%) Entra ID
5 18 (1.89%) GCP
6 16 (1.68%) SaaS
7 11 (1.16%) Azure Sentinel
7 11 (1.16%) GitHub
7 11 (1.16%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 10 (1.05%) OpenShift
9 9 (0.95%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 9 (0.95%) OneDrive
10 8 (0.84%) IaaS
11 7 (0.74%) Microsoft Purview
11 7 (0.74%) Nutanix
11 7 (0.74%) Power Platform
12 5 (0.53%) GitHub Actions
12 5 (0.53%) Rubrik
13 4 (0.42%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (0.42%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 425 (44.74%) Firewall
2 315 (33.16%) WAN
3 265 (27.89%) BGP
4 244 (25.68%) LAN
5 210 (22.11%) Network Security
5 210 (22.11%) VPN
6 187 (19.68%) OSPF
7 155 (16.32%) DNS
8 151 (15.89%) VLAN
9 150 (15.79%) Wireless
10 112 (11.79%) SD-WAN
11 91 (9.58%) VXLAN
12 87 (9.16%) DHCP
12 87 (9.16%) MPLS
13 86 (9.05%) Cisco ISE
14 76 (8.00%) Wi-Fi
15 75 (7.89%) Cisco Nexus
16 70 (7.37%) Multicast
17 62 (6.53%) IPsec
18 61 (6.42%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (1.16%) SQL Server
2 4 (0.42%) MySQL
3 3 (0.32%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.21%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.11%) Apache Hive
5 1 (0.11%) Big Data
5 1 (0.11%) ClickHouse
5 1 (0.11%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.11%) Metadata
5 1 (0.11%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 19 (2.00%) JIRA
2 11 (1.16%) Git
3 10 (1.05%) Sonatype Nexus
4 7 (0.74%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.42%) GitLab
6 2 (0.21%) Bitbucket
General
1 206 (21.68%) Social Skills
2 97 (10.21%) Finance
3 55 (5.79%) Banking
4 54 (5.68%) Documentation Skills
5 53 (5.58%) Analytical Skills
6 49 (5.16%) Telecoms
7 45 (4.74%) Public Sector
8 35 (3.68%) Legal
9 21 (2.21%) Manufacturing
10 20 (2.11%) Investment Banking
11 17 (1.79%) Financial Institution
12 13 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
12 13 (1.37%) Retail
13 11 (1.16%) Law
14 9 (0.95%) Military
15 8 (0.84%) Marketing
16 7 (0.74%) Police
16 7 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
17 4 (0.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 3 (0.32%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 437 (46.00%) Network Engineer
2 116 (12.21%) Architect
3 107 (11.26%) Senior
4 106 (11.16%) Cisco Engineer
5 100 (10.53%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 80 (8.42%) Security Engineer
7 70 (7.37%) Network Architect
8 67 (7.05%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
9 61 (6.42%) Senior Network Engineer
10 59 (6.21%) Network Security Engineer
11 47 (4.95%) Data Network Engineer
12 43 (4.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 34 (3.58%) Data Engineer
14 33 (3.47%) Cisco Security Engineer
15 29 (3.05%) Analyst
16 28 (2.95%) Network Specialist
17 25 (2.63%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
18 21 (2.21%) Lead
19 20 (2.11%) Automation Engineer
20 19 (2.00%) Data Centre Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (7.37%) 802.1X
2 15 (1.58%) Flash
2 15 (1.58%) LDAP
3 12 (1.26%) SAML
4 10 (1.05%) REST
5 6 (0.63%) XMPP
6 5 (0.53%) Jinja
7 4 (0.42%) NETCONF
8 3 (0.32%) HTML
8 3 (0.32%) LAMP
8 3 (0.32%) LEMP Stack
8 3 (0.32%) YAML
8 3 (0.32%) YANG
9 2 (0.21%) .NET
9 2 (0.21%) ADO
9 2 (0.21%) ASP.NET
9 2 (0.21%) CSS
9 2 (0.21%) Django
9 2 (0.21%) Middleware
9 2 (0.21%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 262 (27.58%) Data Centre
2 54 (5.68%) PKI
3 47 (4.95%) Replication
4 42 (4.42%) Clustering
5 33 (3.47%) Hybrid Cloud
6 31 (3.26%) Onboarding
7 27 (2.84%) Data Protection Act
8 21 (2.21%) Video Conferencing
9 18 (1.89%) Linux Command Line
10 17 (1.79%) Operational Technology
11 15 (1.58%) Cloud Native
12 14 (1.47%) Security Posture
13 13 (1.37%) Enterprise Storage
13 13 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
13 13 (1.37%) Virtual Team
14 12 (1.26%) Analytical Mindset
14 12 (1.26%) EMC VMAX
15 10 (1.05%) Driving Licence
16 9 (0.95%) Public Cloud
17 7 (0.74%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 175 (18.42%) Windows
2 93 (9.79%) Linux
3 65 (6.84%) Windows Server
4 21 (2.21%) Unix
5 18 (1.89%) Windows 10
6 13 (1.37%) Ubuntu
7 9 (0.95%) Mac OS
8 7 (0.74%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (0.63%) Android
9 6 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (0.63%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (0.53%) AIX
10 5 (0.53%) Data ONTAP
10 5 (0.53%) VMS
11 4 (0.42%) CentOS
11 4 (0.42%) Solaris
12 3 (0.32%) CatOS
13 1 (0.11%) Debian
13 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2003
13 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (14.11%) Migration
2 108 (11.37%) Load Balancing
3 107 (11.26%) High Availability
4 101 (10.63%) Problem-Solving
5 85 (8.95%) ITIL
6 77 (8.11%) ITSM
7 75 (7.89%) Network Design
8 70 (7.37%) Project Delivery
9 60 (6.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 58 (6.11%) Technical Leadership
11 57 (6.00%) Agile
11 57 (6.00%) Disaster Recovery
12 55 (5.79%) Continuous Improvement
13 50 (5.26%) Network Monitoring
14 49 (5.16%) Network Segmentation
15 48 (5.05%) Infrastructure as Code
16 47 (4.95%) Capacity Planning
17 46 (4.84%) Zero Trust
18 45 (4.74%) Cybersecurity
18 45 (4.74%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 99 (10.42%) Python
2 54 (5.68%) PowerShell
3 18 (1.89%) Bash
4 16 (1.68%) SQL
5 7 (0.74%) C
6 4 (0.42%) PHP
7 3 (0.32%) C++
7 3 (0.32%) Java
7 3 (0.32%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.32%) Lisp
8 2 (0.21%) ActionScript
8 2 (0.21%) Korn
8 2 (0.21%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.11%) Ladder Logic
9 1 (0.11%) Perl
Qualifications
1 332 (34.95%) Security Cleared
2 268 (28.21%) Cisco Certification
3 245 (25.79%) SC Cleared
4 207 (21.79%) CCNP
5 98 (10.32%) CCNA
6 96 (10.11%) DV Cleared
7 69 (7.26%) Degree
8 53 (5.58%) CCIE
9 30 (3.16%) Microsoft Certification
10 26 (2.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 23 (2.42%) MCSE
12 21 (2.21%) Network+ Certification
13 17 (1.79%) Azure Certification
14 16 (1.68%) CCSE
14 16 (1.68%) JNCIS
14 16 (1.68%) MCSA
14 16 (1.68%) VCAP
15 15 (1.58%) Server+ Certification
16 14 (1.47%) JNCIP
17 13 (1.37%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (3.16%) NIST
2 29 (3.05%) SLA
3 25 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 24 (2.53%) Cyber Essentials
5 17 (1.79%) NCSC
6 12 (1.26%) QA
7 7 (0.74%) PMO
8 5 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (0.53%) GDPR
9 4 (0.42%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.32%) JSP 440
10 3 (0.32%) NIST 800
10 3 (0.32%) RMADS
11 2 (0.21%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.21%) Government Security Classifications
11 2 (0.21%) GRC
11 2 (0.21%) ISA99
11 2 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.11%) GxP
System Software
1 143 (15.05%) VMware Infrastructure
2 74 (7.79%) Active Directory
3 58 (6.11%) VMware ESXi
4 56 (5.89%) vSphere
5 38 (4.00%) VMware NSX
6 35 (3.68%) Virtual Machines
7 23 (2.42%) Firmware
8 19 (2.00%) NFS
9 16 (1.68%) Hyper-V
10 15 (1.58%) GPFS
11 7 (0.74%) SRDF
12 5 (0.53%) Docker
12 5 (0.53%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 4 (0.42%) vCloud
14 3 (0.32%) Dovecot
14 3 (0.32%) Postfix
14 3 (0.32%) UAG
14 3 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
14 3 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
15 2 (0.21%) Snort
Systems Management
1 120 (12.63%) Ansible
2 80 (8.42%) FortiGate
3 51 (5.37%) Terraform
4 32 (3.37%) vCenter Server
5 24 (2.53%) Grafana
6 21 (2.21%) Microsoft Intune
6 21 (2.21%) Prometheus
7 19 (2.00%) Kubernetes
8 17 (1.79%) vRealize
9 16 (1.68%) SCCM
10 12 (1.26%) Cisco CUCM
10 12 (1.26%) Single Sign-On
11 11 (1.16%) VxRail
12 10 (1.05%) Cisco Prime
12 10 (1.05%) Nagios
13 6 (0.63%) EMC VPLEX
13 6 (0.63%) HAProxy
13 6 (0.63%) SCOM
14 5 (0.53%) Endace
14 5 (0.53%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 239 (25.16%) Palo Alto
2 180 (18.95%) F5
3 174 (18.32%) Microsoft
4 173 (18.21%) VMware
5 140 (14.74%) Fortinet
6 138 (14.53%) Juniper
7 111 (11.68%) Aruba
8 110 (11.58%) CheckPoint
9 96 (10.11%) ServiceNow
10 81 (8.53%) SolarWinds
11 73 (7.68%) Meraki
12 69 (7.26%) Arista
13 51 (5.37%) Splunk
14 42 (4.42%) Zscaler
15 29 (3.05%) Extreme Networks
15 29 (3.05%) IBM
16 28 (2.95%) Dell
17 22 (2.32%) Infoblox
18 21 (2.21%) EMC
19 20 (2.11%) Oracle