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 2 May 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
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 64 63
Rank change year-on-year -45 -1 +5
Contract jobs citing Cisco 902 884 1,222
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.23% 3.62% 3.29%
As % of the Vendors category 5.32% 7.62% 7.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 604 556 752
10th Percentile £300 £306 £263
25th Percentile £400 £417 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.43% +1.53% +5.26%
75th Percentile £560 £588 £600
90th Percentile £642 £638 £722
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -5.00% +2.56% +1.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 19 46
10th Percentile £21.46 £15.22 £13.65
25th Percentile £28.00 £18.32 £23.34
Median hourly rate £47.00 £36.65 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +28.26% +33.25% -49.39%
75th Percentile £74.26 £66.88 £41.25
90th Percentile £78.45 £75.00 £72.62
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £37.07 £27.50
% change year-on-year +41.61% +34.81% -45.00%

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 16,954 11,600 15,635
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.96% 47.54% 42.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,057 7,473 9,936
10th Percentile £313 £288 £257
25th Percentile £413 £409 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -2.99%
75th Percentile £610 £625 £631
90th Percentile £712 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £515 £517
% change year-on-year -2.91% -0.43% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 888 460 1,003
10th Percentile £15.34 £14.84 £12.03
25th Percentile £18.73 £17.79 £14.27
Median hourly rate £30.63 £27.13 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.90% +20.56% -43.75%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.00 £56.91
90th Percentile £78.98 £76.25 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £30.88 £26.45 £22.50
% change year-on-year +16.73% +17.56% -48.86%

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 2 May 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 2 May 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 2 May 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 -68 283 £500 -0.55% 147
South East -13 200 £500 - 131
North of England -44 177 £476 -4.75% 120
North West -17 144 £476 -2.81% 53
Midlands -25 132 £378 -14.93% 85
West Midlands -13 122 £361 -15.18% 62
South West -62 50 £511 -7.05% 78
East of England -6 44 £495 +13.14% 60
Yorkshire -68 34 £450 -14.29% 47
East Midlands -55 6 £415 -12.63% 23
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 23 (2.55%) SharePoint
2 19 (2.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (1.44%) Confluence
4 6 (0.67%) Apache
5 5 (0.55%) IIS
5 5 (0.55%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.22%) CMS
7 1 (0.11%) JBoss
7 1 (0.11%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 34 (3.77%) Microsoft Office
2 33 (3.66%) MS Visio
3 14 (1.55%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.55%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 15 (1.66%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.11%) Actimize
Cloud Services
1 156 (17.29%) Azure
2 121 (13.41%) AWS
3 65 (7.21%) Microsoft 365
4 31 (3.44%) Entra ID
5 24 (2.66%) GCP
6 13 (1.44%) SaaS
7 10 (1.11%) GitHub
8 9 (1.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 8 (0.89%) Azure Sentinel
9 8 (0.89%) Datadog
9 8 (0.89%) OpenShift
9 8 (0.89%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 7 (0.78%) Nutanix
11 6 (0.67%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (0.67%) Microsoft Purview
11 6 (0.67%) Mimecast
12 5 (0.55%) IaaS
13 4 (0.44%) GitHub Actions
13 4 (0.44%) Route 53
14 3 (0.33%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 410 (45.45%) Firewall
2 307 (34.04%) WAN
3 257 (28.49%) BGP
4 234 (25.94%) LAN
5 211 (23.39%) VPN
6 198 (21.95%) Network Security
7 185 (20.51%) OSPF
8 137 (15.19%) DNS
9 131 (14.52%) Wireless
10 128 (14.19%) VLAN
11 111 (12.31%) SD-WAN
12 90 (9.98%) MPLS
13 87 (9.65%) Cisco ISE
14 81 (8.98%) VXLAN
15 75 (8.31%) Cisco Nexus
16 69 (7.65%) Wi-Fi
17 68 (7.54%) DHCP
18 67 (7.43%) IPsec
19 65 (7.21%) Cisco ASA
20 63 (6.98%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.11%) Big Data
2 1 (0.11%) ClickHouse
2 1 (0.11%) Metadata
2 1 (0.11%) MySQL
2 1 (0.11%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.11%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 17 (1.88%) JIRA
2 11 (1.22%) Sonatype Nexus
3 9 (1.00%) Git
4 7 (0.78%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.55%) GitLab
6 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
General
1 193 (21.40%) Social Skills
2 88 (9.76%) Finance
3 65 (7.21%) Public Sector
4 61 (6.76%) Banking
5 58 (6.43%) Telecoms
6 54 (5.99%) Analytical Skills
7 51 (5.65%) Documentation Skills
8 33 (3.66%) Legal
9 21 (2.33%) Manufacturing
10 18 (2.00%) Investment Banking
11 16 (1.77%) Financial Institution
11 16 (1.77%) Organisational Skills
12 11 (1.22%) Marketing
12 11 (1.22%) Retail
13 10 (1.11%) Presentation Skills
14 9 (1.00%) Law
15 8 (0.89%) Military
16 7 (0.78%) Police
17 6 (0.67%) Electronics
18 5 (0.55%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 413 (45.79%) Network Engineer
2 104 (11.53%) Architect
3 95 (10.53%) Cisco Engineer
4 93 (10.31%) Senior
5 91 (10.09%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 78 (8.65%) Security Engineer
7 65 (7.21%) Network Architect
8 64 (7.10%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
9 57 (6.32%) Network Security Engineer
10 50 (5.54%) Senior Network Engineer
11 44 (4.88%) Data Network Engineer
12 38 (4.21%) Analyst
13 37 (4.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 35 (3.88%) Data Engineer
15 32 (3.55%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
16 31 (3.44%) Cisco Security Engineer
17 26 (2.88%) Network Specialist
18 21 (2.33%) Lead
19 20 (2.22%) Support Engineer
20 19 (2.11%) Juniper Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (7.21%) 802.1X
2 17 (1.88%) LDAP
3 14 (1.55%) Flash
4 12 (1.33%) SAML
5 9 (1.00%) REST
6 8 (0.89%) XMPP
7 6 (0.67%) NETCONF
8 5 (0.55%) Jinja
8 5 (0.55%) YANG
9 4 (0.44%) HTML
9 4 (0.44%) OpenConfig
9 4 (0.44%) RESTCONF
9 4 (0.44%) VML
10 2 (0.22%) ADO
10 2 (0.22%) CSS
10 2 (0.22%) Django
10 2 (0.22%) JSON
10 2 (0.22%) Middleware
10 2 (0.22%) RFC 2544
11 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 238 (26.39%) Data Centre
2 53 (5.88%) PKI
3 40 (4.43%) Clustering
3 40 (4.43%) Replication
4 30 (3.33%) Data Protection Act
4 30 (3.33%) Hybrid Cloud
5 26 (2.88%) Onboarding
6 24 (2.66%) Cloud Native
7 21 (2.33%) Linux Command Line
8 20 (2.22%) Operational Technology
9 17 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
10 16 (1.77%) Driving Licence
10 16 (1.77%) Video Conferencing
11 13 (1.44%) Analytical Mindset
12 10 (1.11%) Enterprise Storage
12 10 (1.11%) Product Ownership
12 10 (1.11%) Security Posture
13 9 (1.00%) EMC VMAX
13 9 (1.00%) SCADA
14 8 (0.89%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 153 (16.96%) Windows
2 76 (8.43%) Linux
3 60 (6.65%) Windows Server
4 26 (2.88%) Windows 10
5 19 (2.11%) Unix
6 15 (1.66%) Mac OS
7 13 (1.44%) Android
8 8 (0.89%) Ubuntu
9 6 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (0.55%) CatOS
10 5 (0.55%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.44%) Solaris
11 4 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
12 3 (0.33%) Data ONTAP
12 3 (0.33%) VMS
13 2 (0.22%) AIX
14 1 (0.11%) CentOS
14 1 (0.11%) Debian
14 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (13.08%) Migration
2 112 (12.42%) Problem-Solving
3 101 (11.20%) Load Balancing
4 96 (10.64%) High Availability
5 84 (9.31%) ITIL
6 81 (8.98%) Network Design
7 70 (7.76%) ITSM
8 62 (6.87%) Agile
9 58 (6.43%) Change Management
10 56 (6.21%) Cybersecurity
11 54 (5.99%) Project Delivery
12 53 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 50 (5.54%) Disaster Recovery
13 50 (5.54%) Technical Leadership
14 48 (5.32%) Continuous Improvement
15 46 (5.10%) Network Monitoring
16 44 (4.88%) Capacity Planning
16 44 (4.88%) Validation
17 43 (4.77%) Observability
17 43 (4.77%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 94 (10.42%) Python
2 47 (5.21%) PowerShell
3 15 (1.66%) Bash
4 8 (0.89%) C
5 7 (0.78%) SQL
6 4 (0.44%) PHP
7 3 (0.33%) C++
7 3 (0.33%) Java
7 3 (0.33%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.22%) ActionScript
8 2 (0.22%) Korn
8 2 (0.22%) Lisp
8 2 (0.22%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.11%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.11%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 351 (38.91%) Security Cleared
2 261 (28.94%) SC Cleared
3 245 (27.16%) Cisco Certification
4 191 (21.18%) CCNP
5 104 (11.53%) DV Cleared
6 87 (9.65%) CCNA
7 66 (7.32%) Degree
8 54 (5.99%) CCIE
9 25 (2.77%) Microsoft Certification
10 21 (2.33%) JNCIS
10 21 (2.33%) MCSE
11 19 (2.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 18 (2.00%) BPSS Clearance
13 17 (1.88%) Azure Certification
14 15 (1.66%) JNCIP
15 14 (1.55%) JNCIA
15 14 (1.55%) MCSA
15 14 (1.55%) VCAP
16 12 (1.33%) CCSE
16 12 (1.33%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (2.77%) NIST
1 25 (2.77%) SLA
2 23 (2.55%) Cyber Essentials
2 23 (2.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (1.88%) NCSC
4 9 (1.00%) PMO
5 8 (0.89%) QA
6 6 (0.67%) GDPR
7 4 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (0.44%) JSP 440
8 3 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 3 (0.33%) RMADS
9 2 (0.22%) ISA99
9 2 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 2 (0.22%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.22%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.11%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.11%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.11%) MiFID
System Software
1 133 (14.75%) VMware Infrastructure
2 65 (7.21%) Active Directory
3 51 (5.65%) vSphere
4 48 (5.32%) VMware ESXi
5 44 (4.88%) VMware NSX
6 25 (2.77%) Virtual Machines
7 22 (2.44%) Firmware
8 17 (1.88%) Hyper-V
8 17 (1.88%) NFS
9 14 (1.55%) GPFS
10 7 (0.78%) Docker
11 4 (0.44%) SRDF
11 4 (0.44%) vCloud
11 4 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
12 3 (0.33%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 3 (0.33%) KVM
12 3 (0.33%) Snort
12 3 (0.33%) UAG
12 3 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.11%) Squid
Systems Management
1 103 (11.42%) Ansible
2 83 (9.20%) FortiGate
3 41 (4.55%) Terraform
4 33 (3.66%) vCenter Server
5 23 (2.55%) vRealize
6 21 (2.33%) Grafana
7 19 (2.11%) Microsoft Intune
8 18 (2.00%) Prometheus
9 16 (1.77%) Kubernetes
10 15 (1.66%) SCCM
11 14 (1.55%) VxRail
12 12 (1.33%) Single Sign-On
13 10 (1.11%) Nagios
14 9 (1.00%) Cisco Prime
15 7 (0.78%) Cisco CUCM
15 7 (0.78%) SCOM
16 5 (0.55%) Endace
16 5 (0.55%) QRadar
16 5 (0.55%) Salt
17 4 (0.44%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 241 (26.72%) Palo Alto
2 172 (19.07%) F5
3 159 (17.63%) VMware
4 152 (16.85%) Microsoft
5 150 (16.63%) Juniper
6 117 (12.97%) CheckPoint
6 117 (12.97%) Fortinet
7 108 (11.97%) Aruba
8 86 (9.53%) Meraki
9 79 (8.76%) SolarWinds
10 76 (8.43%) ServiceNow
11 54 (5.99%) Arista
12 47 (5.21%) Splunk
13 43 (4.77%) Zscaler
14 37 (4.10%) Dell
15 33 (3.66%) IBM
16 29 (3.22%) HP
17 28 (3.10%) Extreme Networks
18 23 (2.55%) Citrix
18 23 (2.55%) Infoblox