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 March 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 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 61 53
Rank change year-on-year -43 -8 +24
Contract jobs citing Cisco 900 929 1,400
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.49% 3.69% 3.68%
As % of the Vendors category 5.60% 7.84% 8.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 595 583 830
10th Percentile £263 £313 £250
25th Percentile £383 £418 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £501 £481
Median % change year-on-year -5.09% +4.05% +1.26%
75th Percentile £553 £588 £600
90th Percentile £611 £638 £700
UK median daily rate £463 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -7.50% +5.26% -2.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 18 63
10th Percentile £21.21 £17.26 £14.00
25th Percentile £25.15 £18.88 £19.60
Median hourly rate £65.00 £27.53 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +136.11% +10.12% -13.04%
75th Percentile £74.26 £63.75 £41.25
90th Percentile £94.25 £75.00 £67.20
UK median hourly rate £68.17 £30.40 £25.00
% change year-on-year +124.23% +21.60% -24.81%

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 16,059 11,852 16,314
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 44.44% 47.05% 42.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,469 7,456 10,433
10th Percentile £305 £290 £250
25th Percentile £413 £408 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% +1.94% -4.28%
75th Percentile £610 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £731
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £513
% change year-on-year -3.85% +1.46% -2.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 849 391 945
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.62 £12.13
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.03 £14.48
Median hourly rate £24.55 £30.45 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.38% +21.80% -26.56%
75th Percentile £58.75 £65.00 £51.25
90th Percentile £74.34 £82.50 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £29.00 £24.65
% change year-on-year -13.79% +17.65% -29.57%

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 March 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 March 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 March 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 -51 271 £490 -2.10% 113
South East +4 216 £500 -0.25% 141
North of England -54 171 £481 -3.75% 91
Midlands -24 149 £375 -15.49% 76
North West -16 138 £481 -3.75% 43
West Midlands -5 134 £375 -14.29% 32
South West -63 45 £540 +0.47% 52
East of England -14 40 £475 - 57
Yorkshire -88 27 £450 -14.29% 36
East Midlands -43 13 £158 -65.00% 44
North East -13 8 £175 -58.82% 12
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 48 (5.33%) SharePoint
2 27 (3.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (1.89%) Confluence
4 7 (0.78%) Apache
5 6 (0.67%) Skype for Business
6 5 (0.56%) IIS
7 4 (0.44%) Appian
7 4 (0.44%) SharePoint Server
8 2 (0.22%) Mattermost
8 2 (0.22%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.11%) JBoss
9 1 (0.11%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 60 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
2 43 (4.78%) MS Visio
3 19 (2.11%) Microsoft Excel
4 14 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.56%) Acrobat
6 4 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 19 (2.11%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.11%) Actimize
2 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 143 (15.89%) Azure
2 119 (13.22%) AWS
3 82 (9.11%) Microsoft 365
4 36 (4.00%) Entra ID
5 35 (3.89%) GCP
6 14 (1.56%) Datadog
7 11 (1.22%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 11 (1.22%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 10 (1.11%) Azure Sentinel
9 9 (1.00%) Nutanix
9 9 (1.00%) SaaS
10 8 (0.89%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (0.78%) Microsoft Purview
12 6 (0.67%) GitHub
12 6 (0.67%) IaaS
12 6 (0.67%) OpenShift
13 5 (0.56%) Cloudflare
13 5 (0.56%) Mimecast
13 5 (0.56%) OneDrive
13 5 (0.56%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 373 (41.44%) Firewall
2 260 (28.89%) WAN
3 210 (23.33%) BGP
4 201 (22.33%) VPN
5 192 (21.33%) LAN
6 174 (19.33%) Network Security
7 149 (16.56%) OSPF
8 142 (15.78%) Wireless
9 120 (13.33%) DNS
10 95 (10.56%) SD-WAN
11 94 (10.44%) VLAN
12 92 (10.22%) MPLS
13 86 (9.56%) Cisco ISE
14 67 (7.44%) DHCP
15 63 (7.00%) IPsec
15 63 (7.00%) VXLAN
15 63 (7.00%) Wi-Fi
16 62 (6.89%) Cisco IOS
17 59 (6.56%) Cisco ASA
18 48 (5.33%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (0.89%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.11%) Metadata
2 1 (0.11%) MySQL
2 1 (0.11%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.11%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 16 (1.78%) JIRA
2 12 (1.33%) GitLab
3 11 (1.22%) Sonatype Nexus
4 10 (1.11%) Jenkins
5 9 (1.00%) Git
6 4 (0.44%) Cucumber
6 4 (0.44%) Robot Framework
6 4 (0.44%) Selenium
6 4 (0.44%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.22%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
General
1 187 (20.78%) Social Skills
2 135 (15.00%) Public Sector
3 129 (14.33%) Finance
4 91 (10.11%) Telecoms
5 68 (7.56%) Analytical Skills
6 58 (6.44%) Banking
7 52 (5.78%) Documentation Skills
8 49 (5.44%) Manufacturing
9 37 (4.11%) Electronics
9 37 (4.11%) Marketing
10 33 (3.67%) Legal
11 17 (1.89%) Investment Banking
12 16 (1.78%) Presentation Skills
13 15 (1.67%) Financial Institution
14 14 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
15 10 (1.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 10 (1.11%) Military
16 8 (0.89%) Aerospace
17 6 (0.67%) Influencing Skills
17 6 (0.67%) Law
Job Titles
1 334 (37.11%) Network Engineer
2 103 (11.44%) Architect
3 75 (8.33%) Cisco Engineer
4 67 (7.44%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 64 (7.11%) Network Architect
5 64 (7.11%) Senior
6 58 (6.44%) Analyst
7 57 (6.33%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 57 (6.33%) Security Engineer
8 43 (4.78%) IT Support
9 39 (4.33%) Consultant
10 38 (4.22%) Network Security Engineer
11 35 (3.89%) Network Consultant
12 33 (3.67%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
13 31 (3.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 28 (3.11%) Data Network Engineer
14 28 (3.11%) Infrastructure Analyst
14 28 (3.11%) Senior Network Engineer
15 27 (3.00%) Desktop Support
15 27 (3.00%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (6.44%) 802.1X
2 16 (1.78%) Flash
3 15 (1.67%) XMPP
4 14 (1.56%) LDAP
5 10 (1.11%) NETCONF
6 9 (1.00%) YANG
7 8 (0.89%) Jinja
7 8 (0.89%) SAML
8 7 (0.78%) JSON
9 6 (0.67%) XML
10 5 (0.56%) OpenConfig
10 5 (0.56%) RFC 2544
11 4 (0.44%) HTML
11 4 (0.44%) REST
11 4 (0.44%) RESTCONF
11 4 (0.44%) VML
12 2 (0.22%) CSS
12 2 (0.22%) Django
12 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Graph
13 1 (0.11%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 249 (27.67%) Data Centre
2 52 (5.78%) PKI
3 32 (3.56%) Linux Command Line
4 31 (3.44%) Replication
5 27 (3.00%) Clustering
5 27 (3.00%) Data Protection Act
6 26 (2.89%) Hybrid Cloud
7 22 (2.44%) Onboarding
8 20 (2.22%) Cloud Native
9 18 (2.00%) Product Ownership
10 17 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
11 16 (1.78%) Operational Technology
12 15 (1.67%) Video Conferencing
13 12 (1.33%) Security Posture
14 11 (1.22%) Driving Licence
15 9 (1.00%) SCADA
16 8 (0.89%) Enterprise Software
16 8 (0.89%) NHS
16 8 (0.89%) Public Cloud
17 7 (0.78%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 150 (16.67%) Windows
2 89 (9.89%) Linux
3 62 (6.89%) Windows Server
4 43 (4.78%) Android
4 43 (4.78%) Mac OS
5 32 (3.56%) Windows 10
6 16 (1.78%) Unix
7 13 (1.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (0.67%) Ubuntu
8 6 (0.67%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (0.56%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.56%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (0.44%) CatOS
10 4 (0.44%) Solaris
10 4 (0.44%) VMS
11 2 (0.22%) AIX
12 1 (0.11%) CentOS
12 1 (0.11%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (14.22%) Migration
2 112 (12.44%) Problem-Solving
3 87 (9.67%) Load Balancing
4 81 (9.00%) Agile
5 75 (8.33%) ITIL
6 74 (8.22%) Network Design
7 72 (8.00%) High Availability
8 71 (7.89%) ITSM
9 69 (7.67%) Roadmaps
10 68 (7.56%) Cybersecurity
11 61 (6.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 59 (6.56%) Service Management
13 56 (6.22%) Change Management
14 55 (6.11%) Collaborative Working
15 52 (5.78%) Project Delivery
16 49 (5.44%) Network Architecture
17 48 (5.33%) Stakeholder Management
18 46 (5.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 43 (4.78%) Business Intelligence
20 42 (4.67%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 100 (11.11%) Python
2 51 (5.67%) PowerShell
3 25 (2.78%) Bash
4 14 (1.56%) Perl
5 10 (1.11%) SQL
6 8 (0.89%) Lisp
7 7 (0.78%) JavaScript
8 4 (0.44%) C
8 4 (0.44%) PHP
9 3 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.22%) ActionScript
10 2 (0.22%) C++
10 2 (0.22%) Korn
10 2 (0.22%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 395 (43.89%) Security Cleared
2 309 (34.33%) SC Cleared
3 230 (25.56%) Cisco Certification
4 190 (21.11%) CCNP
5 97 (10.78%) DV Cleared
6 86 (9.56%) CCNA
7 73 (8.11%) Degree
8 58 (6.44%) CCIE
9 22 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
10 21 (2.33%) JNCIS
11 18 (2.00%) Azure Certification
12 17 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
13 16 (1.78%) JNCIP
14 15 (1.67%) CISSP
14 15 (1.67%) JNCIA
15 13 (1.44%) AWS Certification
15 13 (1.44%) MCSE
15 13 (1.44%) Network+ Certification
16 11 (1.22%) CCSE
17 10 (1.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (3.44%) NIST
2 30 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 26 (2.89%) SLA
4 21 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials
5 15 (1.67%) PMO
6 14 (1.56%) NCSC
7 13 (1.44%) GDPR
8 9 (1.00%) PCI DSS
9 6 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (0.56%) QA
11 3 (0.33%) JSP 440
11 3 (0.33%) RMADS
12 2 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 1 (0.11%) Accessibility
13 1 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.11%) Data Quality
13 1 (0.11%) Def Stans
13 1 (0.11%) GRC
13 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 1 (0.11%) NIST 800
System Software
1 128 (14.22%) VMware Infrastructure
2 83 (9.22%) Active Directory
3 55 (6.11%) vSphere
4 51 (5.67%) VMware NSX
5 38 (4.22%) VMware ESXi
6 17 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
7 16 (1.78%) Firmware
7 16 (1.78%) GPFS
7 16 (1.78%) NFS
8 14 (1.56%) Docker
9 12 (1.33%) Hyper-V
10 5 (0.56%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (0.44%) vCloud
12 3 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 3 (0.33%) Snort
12 3 (0.33%) Squid
12 3 (0.33%) SRDF
13 2 (0.22%) KVM
14 1 (0.11%) IAG
14 1 (0.11%) RHEV
Systems Management
1 91 (10.11%) Ansible
2 70 (7.78%) FortiGate
3 38 (4.22%) vCenter Server
4 36 (4.00%) Terraform
5 33 (3.67%) vRealize
6 20 (2.22%) SCCM
7 19 (2.11%) VxRail
8 16 (1.78%) Microsoft Intune
9 15 (1.67%) Grafana
10 13 (1.44%) Prometheus
11 11 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
12 10 (1.11%) Cisco CUCM
13 9 (1.00%) Kubernetes
13 9 (1.00%) Nagios
14 8 (0.89%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 8 (0.89%) WSUS
15 7 (0.78%) SCOM
16 6 (0.67%) Cisco Prime
16 6 (0.67%) Nessus
17 5 (0.56%) CASB
Vendors
1 224 (24.89%) Palo Alto
2 165 (18.33%) Juniper
3 159 (17.67%) Microsoft
4 155 (17.22%) VMware
5 134 (14.89%) F5
6 121 (13.44%) Aruba
7 98 (10.89%) CheckPoint
8 92 (10.22%) SolarWinds
9 88 (9.78%) Meraki
10 86 (9.56%) Fortinet
11 77 (8.56%) ServiceNow
12 65 (7.22%) Dell
13 63 (7.00%) HP
14 50 (5.56%) Splunk
15 42 (4.67%) IBM
16 41 (4.56%) Apple
16 41 (4.56%) Zscaler
17 40 (4.44%) Arista
18 36 (4.00%) SAP
19 31 (3.44%) Citrix