Cisco Contracts 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 31 May 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 62 63
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 +32
Contract jobs citing Cisco 920 1,182 1,692
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.80% 3.22% 3.56%
As % of the Vendors category 7.97% 7.66% 8.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 571 732 1,109
10th Percentile £313 £263 £225
25th Percentile £425 £378 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £588
90th Percentile £638 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 36 63
10th Percentile £17.86 £13.29 £12.53
25th Percentile £24.66 £16.00 £13.29
Median hourly rate £30.40 £26.25 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.81% -38.95% +79.84%
75th Percentile £44.74 £41.25 £69.13
90th Percentile £67.25 £55.70 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £32.70 £26.25 £50.00
% change year-on-year +24.57% -47.50% +109.12%

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 11,538 15,429 20,047
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.61% 41.97% 42.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,367 9,830 13,797
10th Percentile £278 £263 £265
25th Percentile £406 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £518 £534
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% -3.09% +1.71%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £510 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -0.97% -1.90% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 498 1,039 559
10th Percentile £14.80 £12.23 £14.95
25th Percentile £17.50 £14.48 £18.50
Median hourly rate £26.75 £22.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +18.89% -40.00% +74.42%
75th Percentile £54.69 £57.50 £62.59
90th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £22.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +15.12% -47.88% +97.67%

Cisco
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Cisco as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco in England

Cisco
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cisco in England.

Daily rate trend for Cisco in England

Cisco
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco in England

Cisco
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cisco in England.

Hourly rate trend for Cisco in England

Cisco
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cisco in England over the 6 months to 31 May 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 31 May 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 +7 326 £500 - 221
North of England +29 199 £500 +11.11% 152
South East -12 151 £500 - 185
North West +22 121 £500 +5.26% 72
South West +30 110 £550 +2.80% 81
Midlands +6 97 £450 -5.26% 103
West Midlands +9 71 £438 -7.89% 57
Yorkshire +40 68 £503 +8.17% 61
East Midlands +8 26 £513 +2.50% 42
East of England -5 20 £429 +22.50% 66
North East 0 9 £325 -16.13% 20
Cisco
UK

Cisco
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 39 (4.24%) Confluence
2 22 (2.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (2.39%) SharePoint
3 16 (1.74%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 13 (1.41%) Skype for Business
5 9 (0.98%) Mattermost
6 3 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2013
6 3 (0.33%) IBM Domino
6 3 (0.33%) IIS
6 3 (0.33%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.22%) Apache
7 2 (0.22%) nginx
8 1 (0.11%) CMS
8 1 (0.11%) JBoss
Applications
1 52 (5.65%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (1.96%) MS Visio
3 15 (1.63%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.54%) AutoCAD
4 5 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.22%) Revit
6 1 (0.11%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (0.76%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.11%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 122 (13.26%) Azure
2 108 (11.74%) AWS
3 81 (8.80%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (2.83%) GCP
5 23 (2.50%) Entra ID
6 18 (1.96%) PaaS
7 17 (1.85%) SaaS
8 9 (0.98%) GitHub
9 8 (0.87%) IaaS
9 8 (0.87%) Power Platform
10 7 (0.76%) Mimecast
11 6 (0.65%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (0.65%) Cloudflare
11 6 (0.65%) OpenShift
12 5 (0.54%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 5 (0.54%) Nutanix
12 5 (0.54%) OneDrive
13 4 (0.43%) AWS CloudFormation
13 4 (0.43%) Serverless
14 3 (0.33%) Akamai
Communications & Networking
1 414 (45.00%) Firewall
2 221 (24.02%) WAN
3 218 (23.70%) BGP
4 189 (20.54%) OSPF
4 189 (20.54%) VPN
5 165 (17.93%) Network Security
6 162 (17.61%) LAN
7 147 (15.98%) DNS
8 115 (12.50%) Wireless
9 107 (11.63%) MPLS
10 95 (10.33%) Cisco ASA
11 94 (10.22%) SD-WAN
12 91 (9.89%) Cisco Nexus
13 88 (9.57%) Wi-Fi
14 86 (9.35%) IPsec
15 77 (8.37%) DHCP
16 75 (8.15%) Cisco ISE
16 75 (8.15%) TCP/IP
17 74 (8.04%) EIGRP
18 72 (7.83%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (2.39%) Oracle Database
2 18 (1.96%) SQL Server
3 8 (0.87%) MySQL
4 4 (0.43%) NoSQL
4 4 (0.43%) Power BI
5 3 (0.33%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.22%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.22%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.11%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.11%) Sybase ASE
7 1 (0.11%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 56 (6.09%) JIRA
2 25 (2.72%) Sonatype Nexus
3 21 (2.28%) Git
4 14 (1.52%) GitLab
4 14 (1.52%) Jenkins
5 13 (1.41%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.22%) eggPlant
6 2 (0.22%) Selenium
6 2 (0.22%) TestNG
7 1 (0.11%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.11%) JIRA Agile
7 1 (0.11%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.11%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.11%) webpack
General
1 260 (28.26%) Social Skills
2 101 (10.98%) Analytical Skills
3 99 (10.76%) Finance
4 79 (8.59%) Public Sector
5 75 (8.15%) Telecoms
6 44 (4.78%) Banking
7 22 (2.39%) Documentation Skills
8 18 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 18 (1.96%) Manufacturing
9 13 (1.41%) Legal
9 13 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
10 12 (1.30%) Local Government
11 9 (0.98%) Law
12 7 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (0.76%) Retail
13 6 (0.65%) Investment Banking
13 6 (0.65%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (0.54%) Aerospace
14 5 (0.54%) Financial Institution
14 5 (0.54%) Military
Job Titles
1 399 (43.37%) Network Engineer
2 96 (10.43%) Architect
3 73 (7.93%) Senior
4 68 (7.39%) Cisco Engineer
4 68 (7.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 63 (6.85%) Network Architect
6 60 (6.52%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 55 (5.98%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 39 (4.24%) Security Engineer
9 37 (4.02%) Senior Network Engineer
10 33 (3.59%) Consultant
11 32 (3.48%) IT Engineer
11 32 (3.48%) Support Engineer
12 30 (3.26%) Analyst
12 30 (3.26%) Network Security Engineer
13 23 (2.50%) Test Engineer
14 22 (2.39%) IP Engineer
15 20 (2.17%) Network Consultant
16 17 (1.85%) Implementation Engineer
16 17 (1.85%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (4.78%) 802.1X
2 15 (1.63%) REST
3 12 (1.30%) Flash
3 12 (1.30%) NETCONF
3 12 (1.30%) XMPP
4 10 (1.09%) SOAP
5 9 (0.98%) RESTCONF
5 9 (0.98%) RFC 2544
6 8 (0.87%) JSON
7 6 (0.65%) .NET
8 5 (0.54%) RESTful
8 5 (0.54%) Spine.js
9 4 (0.43%) ASP.NET
9 4 (0.43%) XML
10 3 (0.33%) Kafka
10 3 (0.33%) React
10 3 (0.33%) YAML
11 2 (0.22%) .NET Core
11 2 (0.22%) ASP.NET MVC
11 2 (0.22%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 128 (13.91%) Data Centre
2 32 (3.48%) Video Conferencing
3 30 (3.26%) Hybrid Cloud
4 29 (3.15%) Data Protection Act
5 23 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
6 20 (2.17%) Linux Command Line
6 20 (2.17%) Management Information System
7 19 (2.07%) PKI
8 17 (1.85%) Public Cloud
9 16 (1.74%) Clustering
10 14 (1.52%) Onboarding
11 11 (1.20%) CMDB
11 11 (1.20%) Security Posture
12 10 (1.09%) Blackberry
12 10 (1.09%) CSOC
12 10 (1.09%) Fibre Optics
13 9 (0.98%) NHS
14 8 (0.87%) Driving Licence
14 8 (0.87%) Hedge funds
15 7 (0.76%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 142 (15.43%) Windows
2 111 (12.07%) Linux
3 61 (6.63%) Windows Server
4 33 (3.59%) Windows 10
5 25 (2.72%) Unix
6 16 (1.74%) Mac OS
6 16 (1.74%) VMS
7 13 (1.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 10 (1.09%) Android
9 9 (0.98%) Windows Server 2012
10 6 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
11 5 (0.54%) CatOS
12 4 (0.43%) Windows 7
12 4 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
13 3 (0.33%) Mac OS X
13 3 (0.33%) Windows 8
13 3 (0.33%) Windows Server 2003
14 2 (0.22%) CentOS
14 2 (0.22%) Ubuntu
14 2 (0.22%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 176 (19.13%) Problem-Solving
2 116 (12.61%) ITIL
3 114 (12.39%) Migration
4 95 (10.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 93 (10.11%) Agile
6 91 (9.89%) Network Design
7 81 (8.80%) Network Monitoring
8 72 (7.83%) Service Management
9 67 (7.28%) Network Architecture
10 60 (6.52%) Change Management
11 58 (6.30%) Validation
12 57 (6.20%) Load Balancing
13 55 (5.98%) Roadmaps
14 53 (5.76%) High Availability
14 53 (5.76%) Network Management
15 50 (5.43%) Project Management
16 45 (4.89%) Computer Science
17 44 (4.78%) Customer Service
18 40 (4.35%) Stakeholder Management
19 39 (4.24%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 121 (13.15%) Python
2 61 (6.63%) PowerShell
3 52 (5.65%) SQL
4 45 (4.89%) Bash
5 25 (2.72%) Perl
6 20 (2.17%) Java
7 18 (1.96%) PL/SQL
8 10 (1.09%) VB
9 5 (0.54%) JavaScript
10 3 (0.33%) C#
11 2 (0.22%) Go
12 1 (0.11%) ActionScript
12 1 (0.11%) ActionScript 2.0
12 1 (0.11%) Bicep
12 1 (0.11%) C
12 1 (0.11%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.11%) Tcl
12 1 (0.11%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.11%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 340 (36.96%) Security Cleared
2 330 (35.87%) Cisco Certification
3 278 (30.22%) SC Cleared
4 224 (24.35%) CCNP
5 109 (11.85%) CCNA
6 99 (10.76%) Degree
7 80 (8.70%) DV Cleared
8 63 (6.85%) CCIE
9 42 (4.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 30 (3.26%) Computer Science Degree
11 20 (2.17%) ITIL Certification
12 18 (1.96%) ISTQB
13 17 (1.85%) ISEB
13 17 (1.85%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 17 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
14 16 (1.74%) CCSA
14 16 (1.74%) JNCIS
14 16 (1.74%) Master's Degree
15 15 (1.63%) CCSE
16 13 (1.41%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (2.93%) SLA
2 16 (1.74%) NIST
3 15 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (0.98%) QA
5 6 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (0.54%) GDPR
6 5 (0.54%) NCSC
7 4 (0.43%) Government Security Classifications
7 4 (0.43%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.22%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.11%) GRC
9 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.11%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.11%) PMO
9 1 (0.11%) PSD2
9 1 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.11%) SOC 2
System Software
1 111 (12.07%) Active Directory
2 95 (10.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 29 (3.15%) VMware ESXi
4 28 (3.04%) VMware NSX
5 24 (2.61%) Firmware
6 12 (1.30%) vSphere
7 11 (1.20%) Hyper-V
8 7 (0.76%) Docker
8 7 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (0.54%) BitLocker
9 5 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (0.43%) Ceph
10 4 (0.43%) XenApp
11 3 (0.33%) KVM
12 2 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.11%) FreeRADIUS
13 1 (0.11%) iptables
13 1 (0.11%) Microsoft App-V
13 1 (0.11%) SRDF
13 1 (0.11%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 130 (14.13%) Ansible
2 46 (5.00%) Terraform
3 41 (4.46%) FortiGate
4 34 (3.70%) vCenter Server
5 25 (2.72%) SCCM
6 21 (2.28%) Microsoft Intune
7 19 (2.07%) Puppet
8 15 (1.63%) Progress Chef
9 14 (1.52%) ZABBIX
10 12 (1.30%) SCOM
11 11 (1.20%) Cisco CUCM
12 10 (1.09%) Kubernetes
12 10 (1.09%) Nagios
13 9 (0.98%) Cisco Prime
14 6 (0.65%) Cisco UCCX
15 5 (0.54%) HP ALM
15 5 (0.54%) NetBackup
15 5 (0.54%) OpenView
16 4 (0.43%) CA Spectrum
16 4 (0.43%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 198 (21.52%) Palo Alto
2 171 (18.59%) Microsoft
3 149 (16.20%) Juniper
4 141 (15.33%) VMware
5 124 (13.48%) F5
6 122 (13.26%) CheckPoint
7 118 (12.83%) Fortinet
8 80 (8.70%) SolarWinds
9 78 (8.48%) Meraki
10 56 (6.09%) Arista
11 46 (5.00%) HP
12 40 (4.35%) Aruba
13 38 (4.13%) Citrix
13 38 (4.13%) ServiceNow
14 36 (3.91%) Splunk
15 35 (3.80%) Oracle
16 27 (2.93%) Atlassian
17 26 (2.83%) Dell
18 25 (2.72%) Nokia
18 25 (2.72%) Red Hat