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 1 December 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
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 91 65 54
Rank change year-on-year -26 -11 +37
Contract jobs citing Cisco 873 1,029 1,480
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.87% 3.36% 3.82%
As % of the Vendors category 6.03% 7.41% 8.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 575 615 915
10th Percentile £263 £275 £252
25th Percentile £400 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +2.15%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £588
90th Percentile £613 £638 £683
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +1.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 22 81
10th Percentile £23.31 £17.71 £18.95
25th Percentile £25.15 £20.00 £24.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £23.10 £43.90
Median % change year-on-year +29.87% -47.38% +70.75%
75th Percentile £74.26 £71.56 £65.98
90th Percentile £91.69 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £27.50 £43.75
% change year-on-year +18.18% -37.14% +70.17%

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 14,483 13,887 17,327
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.55% 45.39% 44.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,385 8,378 11,346
10th Percentile £287 £300 £252
25th Percentile £405 £413 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £728
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 701 430 615
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.26 £15.28
25th Percentile £18.22 £17.00 £20.50
Median hourly rate £24.00 £32.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.15% -26.97% +71.15%
75th Percentile £46.00 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £74.26 £75.00 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £30.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -16.67% -32.58% +73.08%

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 1 December 2025.

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 1 December 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 1 December 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 -38 293 £450 -11.76% 89
South East +1 209 £500 - 156
Midlands +14 155 £411 -3.24% 41
West Midlands +28 134 £448 -10.50% 26
North of England -51 127 £476 +0.26% 76
North West -32 81 £492 +3.58% 47
South West -36 46 £550 +18.92% 25
East of England -10 37 £445 -15.24% 28
Yorkshire -58 37 £450 -10.00% 22
East Midlands -13 21 £158 -58.00% 15
North East -1 11 £175 -64.10% 8
South Coast - 2 - -
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 56 (6.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 46 (5.27%) SharePoint
3 17 (1.95%) Confluence
4 15 (1.72%) Apache
5 14 (1.60%) Skype for Business
6 13 (1.49%) WebLogic
7 7 (0.80%) Appian
7 7 (0.80%) Mattermost
7 7 (0.80%) OpenStack
8 5 (0.57%) SharePoint Server
9 3 (0.34%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.23%) CICS
10 2 (0.23%) IIS
10 2 (0.23%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.11%) JBoss
11 1 (0.11%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 77 (8.82%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (2.86%) MS Visio
3 17 (1.95%) Microsoft Excel
4 10 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.11%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.11%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 14 (1.60%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.11%) Actimize
2 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 143 (16.38%) Azure
2 114 (13.06%) AWS
3 103 (11.80%) Microsoft 365
4 36 (4.12%) GCP
5 32 (3.67%) Entra ID
6 14 (1.60%) Azure Monitor
7 13 (1.49%) Azure Sentinel
8 12 (1.37%) Akamai
8 12 (1.37%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 11 (1.26%) Datadog
10 9 (1.03%) OpenShift
11 8 (0.92%) GitHub
11 8 (0.92%) Nutanix
11 8 (0.92%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 7 (0.80%) OneDrive
12 7 (0.80%) SaaS
12 7 (0.80%) Tricentis Tosca
13 6 (0.69%) Azure DevOps
13 6 (0.69%) Cloudflare
13 6 (0.69%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 361 (41.35%) Firewall
2 187 (21.42%) WAN
3 152 (17.41%) Wireless
4 151 (17.30%) LAN
5 144 (16.49%) VPN
6 143 (16.38%) BGP
7 114 (13.06%) Network Security
8 113 (12.94%) SD-WAN
9 109 (12.49%) DNS
10 102 (11.68%) OSPF
11 91 (10.42%) Cisco IOS
12 81 (9.28%) Cisco ISE
13 76 (8.71%) Wi-Fi
14 74 (8.48%) Cisco Nexus
15 67 (7.67%) MPLS
16 65 (7.45%) DHCP
17 61 (6.99%) VLAN
18 51 (5.84%) IPsec
19 46 (5.27%) TCP/IP
20 40 (4.58%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (1.26%) SQL Server
2 4 (0.46%) NoSQL
3 3 (0.34%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.23%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.11%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 18 (2.06%) JIRA
2 17 (1.95%) GitLab
3 11 (1.26%) Sonatype Nexus
4 10 (1.15%) Git
5 9 (1.03%) Jenkins
6 8 (0.92%) Robot Framework
7 7 (0.80%) Cucumber
7 7 (0.80%) Selenium
7 7 (0.80%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.23%) Rational DOORS
8 2 (0.23%) Snyk
8 2 (0.23%) Subversion
9 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.11%) Hudson
9 1 (0.11%) Mercurial
General
1 183 (20.96%) Social Skills
2 149 (17.07%) Public Sector
3 112 (12.83%) Telecoms
4 107 (12.26%) Finance
5 72 (8.25%) Analytical Skills
6 49 (5.61%) Manufacturing
7 40 (4.58%) Banking
8 36 (4.12%) Documentation Skills
9 35 (4.01%) Electronics
9 35 (4.01%) Marketing
10 22 (2.52%) Games
10 22 (2.52%) Legal
11 18 (2.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 12 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
13 10 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
14 8 (0.92%) Aerospace
14 8 (0.92%) Investment Banking
14 8 (0.92%) Military
15 6 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
16 5 (0.57%) Retail
Job Titles
1 292 (33.45%) Network Engineer
2 108 (12.37%) Architect
3 75 (8.59%) Network Architect
4 65 (7.45%) Cisco Engineer
5 62 (7.10%) Analyst
6 53 (6.07%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 53 (6.07%) Support Engineer
7 50 (5.73%) Consultant
8 49 (5.61%) Senior
9 48 (5.50%) Security Engineer
10 45 (5.15%) Platform Engineer
11 44 (5.04%) IT Support
12 43 (4.93%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
13 39 (4.47%) Network Consultant
14 34 (3.89%) Network Security Engineer
15 31 (3.55%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
16 29 (3.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 29 (3.32%) Juniper Engineer
17 28 (3.21%) Desktop Support
17 28 (3.21%) Network Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (3.44%) 802.1X
2 18 (2.06%) XMPP
3 13 (1.49%) RFC 2544
4 12 (1.37%) Jinja
4 12 (1.37%) JSON
4 12 (1.37%) NETCONF
4 12 (1.37%) YANG
5 11 (1.26%) Flash
6 10 (1.15%) XML
7 7 (0.80%) REST
8 4 (0.46%) RESTCONF
9 3 (0.34%) LDAP
9 3 (0.34%) OpenConfig
10 2 (0.23%) Kafka
10 2 (0.23%) Middleware
10 2 (0.23%) Node.js
10 2 (0.23%) Regular Expression
10 2 (0.23%) SOAP
10 2 (0.23%) VML
10 2 (0.23%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 221 (25.32%) Data Centre
2 36 (4.12%) PKI
3 24 (2.75%) Data Protection Act
3 24 (2.75%) Linux Command Line
4 23 (2.63%) Cloud Native
5 21 (2.41%) Driving Licence
5 21 (2.41%) Hybrid Cloud
5 21 (2.41%) Onboarding
5 21 (2.41%) Replication
6 17 (1.95%) Video Conferencing
7 13 (1.49%) Fibre Optics
7 13 (1.49%) Management Information System
8 12 (1.37%) Product Ownership
9 11 (1.26%) Security Posture
9 11 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
10 10 (1.15%) Enterprise Storage
11 9 (1.03%) Operational Technology
11 9 (1.03%) Public Cloud
12 8 (0.92%) NHS
12 8 (0.92%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 165 (18.90%) Windows
2 95 (10.88%) Linux
3 79 (9.05%) Mac OS
4 75 (8.59%) Android
5 61 (6.99%) Windows Server
6 30 (3.44%) Windows 10
7 16 (1.83%) Unix
8 15 (1.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 7 (0.80%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (0.57%) CentOS
10 5 (0.57%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.34%) Windows 7
11 3 (0.34%) Windows 8
11 3 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.23%) Solaris
12 2 (0.23%) VMS
12 2 (0.23%) zOS
13 1 (0.11%) MVS
13 1 (0.11%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (11.80%) Migration
2 101 (11.57%) Problem-Solving
3 82 (9.39%) Service Management
4 75 (8.59%) Network Design
5 70 (8.02%) Agile
6 68 (7.79%) Roadmaps
7 63 (7.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 59 (6.76%) Collaborative Working
9 58 (6.64%) ITSM
10 57 (6.53%) ITIL
11 55 (6.30%) Change Management
12 53 (6.07%) Business Intelligence
13 52 (5.96%) Incident Response
14 50 (5.73%) Network Architecture
15 45 (5.15%) Load Balancing
16 44 (5.04%) Cybersecurity
17 41 (4.70%) High Availability
18 39 (4.47%) Performance Monitoring
19 38 (4.35%) Continuous Improvement
20 35 (4.01%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 113 (12.94%) Python
2 79 (9.05%) PowerShell
3 39 (4.47%) Bash
4 30 (3.44%) SQL
5 24 (2.75%) Perl
6 9 (1.03%) C++
6 9 (1.03%) JavaScript
7 8 (0.92%) Lisp
8 6 (0.69%) Java
9 5 (0.57%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (0.34%) Go
11 2 (0.23%) C
11 2 (0.23%) PHP
11 2 (0.23%) VB
12 1 (0.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 397 (45.48%) Security Cleared
2 302 (34.59%) SC Cleared
3 210 (24.05%) Cisco Certification
4 160 (18.33%) CCNP
5 105 (12.03%) DV Cleared
6 79 (9.05%) CCNA
7 62 (7.10%) Degree
8 55 (6.30%) CCIE
9 22 (2.52%) Computer Science Degree
10 20 (2.29%) CISSP
11 17 (1.95%) AWS Certification
11 17 (1.95%) JNCIE
11 17 (1.95%) Microsoft Certification
12 15 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
12 15 (1.72%) ITIL Certification
13 14 (1.60%) Azure Certification
13 14 (1.60%) JNCIS
14 13 (1.49%) JNCIA
15 12 (1.37%) CCDP
16 11 (1.26%) CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (3.89%) SLA
2 23 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (1.95%) NIST
4 15 (1.72%) GDPR
5 11 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (1.15%) PCI DSS
7 9 (1.03%) PMO
8 5 (0.57%) NCSC
9 4 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.34%) QA
11 2 (0.23%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.23%) Def Stans
12 1 (0.11%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.11%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.11%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.11%) MiFID
12 1 (0.11%) NIST 800
System Software
1 136 (15.58%) Active Directory
2 105 (12.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 50 (5.73%) VMware NSX
4 29 (3.32%) vSphere
5 23 (2.63%) Firmware
6 22 (2.52%) VMware ESXi
7 21 (2.41%) Docker
8 15 (1.72%) Hyper-V
9 12 (1.37%) NFS
10 11 (1.26%) GPFS
10 11 (1.26%) Virtual Machines
11 7 (0.80%) Snort
11 7 (0.80%) Virtual Servers
12 5 (0.57%) KVM
12 5 (0.57%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 5 (0.57%) Squid
13 3 (0.34%) BitLocker
14 2 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
15 1 (0.11%) Veritas Cluster Server
15 1 (0.11%) Xen
Systems Management
1 81 (9.28%) Ansible
2 57 (6.53%) FortiGate
3 47 (5.38%) SCCM
4 39 (4.47%) Microsoft Intune
4 39 (4.47%) Terraform
5 38 (4.35%) vCenter Server
6 23 (2.63%) vRealize
7 18 (2.06%) Kubernetes
8 11 (1.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 11 (1.26%) Cisco CUCM
8 11 (1.26%) VxRail
9 8 (0.92%) Nessus
9 8 (0.92%) WSUS
10 7 (0.80%) HP SiteScope
10 7 (0.80%) SCOM
11 6 (0.69%) NetBackup
12 5 (0.57%) Nexpose
12 5 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
12 5 (0.57%) Suricata
13 4 (0.46%) QRadar
Vendors
1 185 (21.19%) Microsoft
2 184 (21.08%) Juniper
3 146 (16.72%) Palo Alto
4 129 (14.78%) VMware
5 124 (14.20%) Fortinet
6 103 (11.80%) F5
7 101 (11.57%) SolarWinds
8 100 (11.45%) Meraki
9 81 (9.28%) Dell
10 72 (8.25%) CheckPoint
11 71 (8.13%) Splunk
12 67 (7.67%) HP
13 56 (6.41%) Aruba
14 54 (6.19%) Apple
15 52 (5.96%) ServiceNow
16 35 (4.01%) SAP
17 33 (3.78%) Zscaler
18 30 (3.44%) IBM
18 30 (3.44%) Oracle
19 29 (3.32%) Remedy