Cisco Network Engineer Contracts in London

Cisco Network Engineer
England > London

The median Cisco Network Engineer daily rate in London is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 328 353 453
Rank change year-on-year +25 +100 +105
Contract jobs requiring a Cisco Network Engineer 25 38 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.20% 0.21% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.23% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 24 20
10th Percentile £463 £358 £413
25th Percentile £475 £468 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -6.82% +15.79%
75th Percentile £580 £544 £728
90th Percentile £600 £650 £738
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +6.21%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Cisco Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Cisco Network Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco Network Engineer in London

Cisco Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cisco Network Engineer in London.

Daily rate trend for Cisco Network Engineer in London

Cisco Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco Network Engineer in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco Network Engineer in London

Cisco Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cisco Network Engineer in London.

Hourly rate trend for Cisco Network Engineer in London

Cisco Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Network Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 1 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
Central London +6 4 £524 -
South London - 3 £600 -
Cisco Network Engineer
England

Cisco Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Cisco Network Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Cisco Network Engineer in the job title.

1 25 (100.00%) Cisco
2 18 (72.00%) OSPF
2 18 (72.00%) BGP
2 18 (72.00%) Cisco Certification
3 17 (68.00%) Firewall
4 13 (52.00%) CCNP
5 12 (48.00%) Fortinet
5 12 (48.00%) Multicast
5 12 (48.00%) Ansible
5 12 (48.00%) Arista
6 10 (40.00%) Python
7 9 (36.00%) MPLS
8 8 (32.00%) VPN
9 7 (28.00%) CCIE
9 7 (28.00%) Banking
9 7 (28.00%) IPsec
9 7 (28.00%) HSRP
9 7 (28.00%) SolarWinds
9 7 (28.00%) ZABBIX
9 7 (28.00%) Project Delivery
10 6 (24.00%) Low Latency
10 6 (24.00%) Finance
10 6 (24.00%) VRRP
10 6 (24.00%) Migration
10 6 (24.00%) IGMP
10 6 (24.00%) CCNA
11 5 (20.00%) Nokia
11 5 (20.00%) Internet
11 5 (20.00%) CheckPoint
11 5 (20.00%) Broadband

Cisco Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (8.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.00%) AWS
2 1 (4.00%) Azure
2 1 (4.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 18 (72.00%) BGP
1 18 (72.00%) OSPF
2 17 (68.00%) Firewall
3 12 (48.00%) Multicast
4 9 (36.00%) MPLS
5 8 (32.00%) VPN
6 7 (28.00%) HSRP
6 7 (28.00%) IPsec
7 6 (24.00%) IGMP
7 6 (24.00%) VRRP
8 5 (20.00%) Broadband
8 5 (20.00%) Internet
9 4 (16.00%) Cisco IOS
9 4 (16.00%) GPON
9 4 (16.00%) IPv6
9 4 (16.00%) WAN
9 4 (16.00%) Wireless
10 3 (12.00%) DNS
10 3 (12.00%) Network Security
10 3 (12.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 7 (28.00%) Banking
2 6 (24.00%) Finance
3 2 (8.00%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (8.00%) Multimedia
3 2 (8.00%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (8.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.00%) Hedge funds
2 2 (8.00%) Derivative
2 2 (8.00%) Digital Signage
2 2 (8.00%) NHS
3 1 (4.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (4.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.00%) Linux
2 1 (4.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (28.00%) Project Delivery
2 6 (24.00%) Low Latency
2 6 (24.00%) Migration
3 5 (20.00%) Network Monitoring
4 4 (16.00%) ITIL
5 3 (12.00%) Change Management
5 3 (12.00%) Configuration Management
6 2 (8.00%) Algorithmic Trading
6 2 (8.00%) Architecture Roadmap
6 2 (8.00%) B2B
6 2 (8.00%) Customer Experience
6 2 (8.00%) Decision-Making
6 2 (8.00%) Electronic Trading
6 2 (8.00%) Fintech
6 2 (8.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (8.00%) Network Management
6 2 (8.00%) Process Improvement
6 2 (8.00%) Product Management
6 2 (8.00%) Roadmaps
6 2 (8.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 10 (40.00%) Python
2 3 (12.00%) Perl
2 3 (12.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (4.00%) Bash
Qualifications
1 18 (72.00%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (52.00%) CCNP
3 7 (28.00%) CCIE
4 6 (24.00%) CCNA
5 4 (16.00%) CCIE Service Provider
5 4 (16.00%) Degree
6 2 (8.00%) SC Cleared
6 2 (8.00%) Security Cleared
7 1 (4.00%) CCSA
7 1 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (4.00%) DV Cleared
7 1 (4.00%) JNCIA
System Software
1 2 (8.00%) Firmware
2 1 (4.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (48.00%) Ansible
2 7 (28.00%) ZABBIX
3 3 (12.00%) FortiGate
3 3 (12.00%) Puppet
4 2 (8.00%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 25 (100.00%) Cisco
2 12 (48.00%) Arista
2 12 (48.00%) Fortinet
3 7 (28.00%) SolarWinds
4 5 (20.00%) CheckPoint
4 5 (20.00%) Nokia
5 2 (8.00%) Infoblox
5 2 (8.00%) McAfee
5 2 (8.00%) Meraki
5 2 (8.00%) Splunk
6 1 (4.00%) Aruba
6 1 (4.00%) Citrix
6 1 (4.00%) F5
6 1 (4.00%) Forcepoint
6 1 (4.00%) ForeScout
6 1 (4.00%) Juniper
6 1 (4.00%) Microsoft
6 1 (4.00%) Palo Alto