Cisco Contract Job Trends in London

Cisco
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 17 September 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
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 120 103
Rank change year-on-year -33 -17 -23
Contract jobs citing Cisco 388 319 385
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.91% 2.37% 2.38%
As % of the Vendors category 4.45% 5.14% 5.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 273 210 248
10th Percentile £320 £331 £250
25th Percentile £413 £406 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £600 £583 £588
90th Percentile £725 £660 £650
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +8.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 18 10
10th Percentile - - £19.58
25th Percentile £44.00 - £23.80
Median hourly rate £48.00 £25.15 £23.99
Median % change year-on-year +90.85% +4.84% -21.98%
75th Percentile £78.75 £35.35 £30.25
90th Percentile - £62.55 £33.73
England median hourly rate £56.00 £30.00 £25.59
% change year-on-year +86.67% +17.23% -46.13%

All Vendors
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 8,715 6,204 7,009
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.84% 46.19% 43.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,667 4,017 4,543
10th Percentile £338 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £763
England median daily rate £514 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +2.65% -4.62% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 135 120 78
10th Percentile £16.93 £16.50 £18.13
25th Percentile £19.50 £23.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £37.50 £26.30 £30.80
Median % change year-on-year +42.59% -14.60% -17.88%
75th Percentile £65.00 £38.75 £64.69
90th Percentile £83.50 £63.88 £79.13
England median hourly rate £30.00 £25.15 £33.25
% change year-on-year +19.28% -24.36% -22.22%

Cisco
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cisco relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Cisco job vacancy trend in London

Cisco
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Cisco.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Cisco

Cisco
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco in London over the 6 months to 17 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco in London

Cisco
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Cisco.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Cisco

Cisco
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cisco in London over the 6 months to 17 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Cisco in London

Cisco
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 within the London region over the 6 months to 17 September 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
Central London -9 67 £508 -3.33% 50
South London -4 20 £475 -9.52% 14
West London -52 7 £513 +20.59% 7
East London +3 5 £500 -9.09% 10
Cisco
England

Cisco
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 18 (4.64%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.55%) JBoss
4 3 (0.77%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.52%) Apache
6 1 (0.26%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.26%) CloudStack
6 1 (0.26%) Confluence
6 1 (0.26%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 16 (4.12%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.26%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Monis
Cloud Services
1 112 (28.87%) Azure
2 55 (14.18%) AWS
3 37 (9.54%) Microsoft 365
4 24 (6.19%) Entra ID
5 15 (3.87%) GitHub
6 14 (3.61%) OneDrive
7 13 (3.35%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 11 (2.84%) GCP
9 9 (2.32%) SaaS
10 5 (1.29%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (1.29%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 4 (1.03%) Mimecast
11 4 (1.03%) Slack
12 3 (0.77%) AWS Direct Connect
12 3 (0.77%) IaaS
12 3 (0.77%) OpenShift
12 3 (0.77%) Power Platform
13 2 (0.52%) AWS IoT
13 2 (0.52%) Rubrik
14 1 (0.26%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 189 (48.71%) Firewall
2 105 (27.06%) BGP
3 103 (26.55%) WAN
4 80 (20.62%) Network Security
5 64 (16.49%) VLAN
6 63 (16.24%) VPN
7 58 (14.95%) LAN
8 53 (13.66%) Wireless
9 47 (12.11%) OSPF
10 45 (11.60%) Wi-Fi
11 43 (11.08%) DNS
12 39 (10.05%) SD-WAN
13 36 (9.28%) TCP/IP
14 32 (8.25%) Cisco ISE
15 31 (7.99%) MPLS
15 31 (7.99%) VXLAN
16 30 (7.73%) Multicast
17 28 (7.22%) Cisco Nexus
17 28 (7.22%) DHCP
18 26 (6.70%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.58%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.55%) Big Data
2 6 (1.55%) Hadoop
3 2 (0.52%) NoSQL
3 2 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.26%) Apache Hive
4 1 (0.26%) ClickHouse
4 1 (0.26%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 14 (3.61%) Git
2 6 (1.55%) JIRA
3 5 (1.29%) GitLab
4 3 (0.77%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.52%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.26%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.26%) Tricentis qTest
6 1 (0.26%) Zephyr
General
1 84 (21.65%) Social Skills
2 78 (20.10%) Finance
3 34 (8.76%) Banking
4 33 (8.51%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (7.99%) Telecoms
6 22 (5.67%) Documentation Skills
7 18 (4.64%) Legal
7 18 (4.64%) Public Sector
8 12 (3.09%) Financial Institution
9 7 (1.80%) Investment Banking
9 7 (1.80%) Retail
10 6 (1.55%) Law
11 5 (1.29%) Marketing
12 4 (1.03%) Automotive
12 4 (1.03%) Local Government
13 3 (0.77%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.77%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.52%) French Language
14 2 (0.52%) Front Office
14 2 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 192 (49.48%) Network Engineer
2 52 (13.40%) Senior
3 50 (12.89%) Architect
4 40 (10.31%) Senior Network Engineer
5 38 (9.79%) Cisco Engineer
6 34 (8.76%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 29 (7.47%) Network Architect
8 26 (6.70%) Security Engineer
9 22 (5.67%) Network Security Engineer
10 17 (4.38%) Support Engineer
11 16 (4.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 15 (3.87%) Automation Engineer
12 15 (3.87%) Lead
13 13 (3.35%) Data Centre Engineer
13 13 (3.35%) Implementation Engineer
14 12 (3.09%) Analyst
14 12 (3.09%) Audio Visual Engineer
14 12 (3.09%) Consultant
15 11 (2.84%) Senior Cisco Engineer
16 10 (2.58%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (9.28%) Terraform
2 19 (4.90%) 802.1X
3 15 (3.87%) REST
4 5 (1.29%) JSON
4 5 (1.29%) YAML
5 4 (1.03%) SAML
6 3 (0.77%) Middleware
7 2 (0.52%) .NET
7 2 (0.52%) .NET Core
7 2 (0.52%) ASP.NET
7 2 (0.52%) Blazor
7 2 (0.52%) eBPF
7 2 (0.52%) RFC 2544
8 1 (0.26%) ADO
8 1 (0.26%) Django
8 1 (0.26%) Elastic Stack
8 1 (0.26%) NETCONF
8 1 (0.26%) SailPoint
8 1 (0.26%) XMPP
8 1 (0.26%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 116 (29.90%) Data Centre
2 24 (6.19%) Hybrid Cloud
2 24 (6.19%) Video Conferencing
3 22 (5.67%) Onboarding
4 13 (3.35%) Data Protection Act
5 12 (3.09%) IoT
6 9 (2.32%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (2.32%) Cloud Native
7 8 (2.06%) Digital Signage
7 8 (2.06%) Virtual Team
8 7 (1.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 7 (1.80%) Linux Command Line
8 7 (1.80%) Management Information System
8 7 (1.80%) PKI
8 7 (1.80%) Web Conferencing
9 6 (1.55%) Clustering
10 5 (1.29%) Hedge funds
10 5 (1.29%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.29%) Robotics
11 4 (1.03%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 73 (18.81%) Windows
2 29 (7.47%) Linux
3 26 (6.70%) Windows Server
4 10 (2.58%) Ubuntu
5 8 (2.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (2.06%) Windows 10
6 7 (1.80%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.03%) Android
8 3 (0.77%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (0.77%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.77%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.52%) VMS
10 1 (0.26%) CentOS
10 1 (0.26%) Debian
10 1 (0.26%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (21.65%) Migration
2 44 (11.34%) Project Delivery
3 43 (11.08%) Stakeholder Management
4 40 (10.31%) Validation
5 39 (10.05%) Infrastructure as Code
5 39 (10.05%) Problem-Solving
6 31 (7.99%) ITIL
6 31 (7.99%) Runbook
7 29 (7.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 28 (7.22%) Zero Trust
9 26 (6.70%) High Availability
10 24 (6.19%) Continuous Improvement
10 24 (6.19%) Data Protection
10 24 (6.19%) Low Latency
11 23 (5.93%) Agile
11 23 (5.93%) Load Balancing
12 21 (5.41%) Change Management
12 21 (5.41%) Incident Response
12 21 (5.41%) Network Design
13 19 (4.90%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 69 (17.78%) Python
2 17 (4.38%) PowerShell
3 13 (3.35%) Bash
4 4 (1.03%) C++
4 4 (1.03%) Java
4 4 (1.03%) SQL
5 3 (0.77%) C
6 2 (0.52%) Lisp
6 2 (0.52%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.26%) Go
7 1 (0.26%) Ladder Logic
7 1 (0.26%) R
Qualifications
1 84 (21.65%) Cisco Certification
2 75 (19.33%) CCNP
3 45 (11.60%) Security Cleared
4 37 (9.54%) SC Cleared
5 25 (6.44%) Degree
6 19 (4.90%) CCNA
7 18 (4.64%) CCIE
8 10 (2.58%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (1.80%) DV Cleared
10 6 (1.55%) Azure Certification
11 5 (1.29%) CCSE
12 4 (1.03%) JNCIP
12 4 (1.03%) JNCIS
12 4 (1.03%) PMI Certification
12 4 (1.03%) PMP
13 3 (0.77%) CCIE Security
13 3 (0.77%) ISTQB
14 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
14 2 (0.52%) Network+ Certification
15 1 (0.26%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.32%) SLA
2 7 (1.80%) QA
3 6 (1.55%) NIST
4 3 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (0.77%) GDPR
4 3 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.77%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.52%) Government Security Classifications
6 1 (0.26%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.26%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.26%) GRC
6 1 (0.26%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.26%) PMO
System Software
1 35 (9.02%) VMware Infrastructure
2 34 (8.76%) Active Directory
3 8 (2.06%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (1.80%) Docker
5 6 (1.55%) Firmware
5 6 (1.55%) VMware NSX
6 5 (1.29%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.77%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 3 (0.77%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.52%) vSphere
9 1 (0.26%) IAG
9 1 (0.26%) KVM
9 1 (0.26%) QEMU
9 1 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.26%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 58 (14.95%) Ansible
2 39 (10.05%) FortiGate
3 17 (4.38%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (3.09%) Kubernetes
5 10 (2.58%) Cisco Prime
6 7 (1.80%) Puppet
7 6 (1.55%) Cisco CUCM
7 6 (1.55%) Red Hat Satellite
7 6 (1.55%) SCCM
8 5 (1.29%) Failover Clustering
8 5 (1.29%) Grafana
9 4 (1.03%) Prometheus
9 4 (1.03%) systemd
10 3 (0.77%) Avamar
10 3 (0.77%) EMC VPLEX
10 3 (0.77%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.77%) QRadar
11 2 (0.52%) Dell DRAC
11 2 (0.52%) Docker Swarm
11 2 (0.52%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 91 (23.45%) Palo Alto
2 82 (21.13%) Microsoft
3 76 (19.59%) Fortinet
4 51 (13.14%) Arista
5 46 (11.86%) VMware
6 43 (11.08%) Juniper
6 43 (11.08%) Meraki
7 35 (9.02%) Aruba
7 35 (9.02%) F5
8 33 (8.51%) Zscaler
9 26 (6.70%) CheckPoint
10 16 (4.12%) Red Hat
11 13 (3.35%) ServiceNow
12 12 (3.09%) SolarWinds
13 10 (2.58%) Citrix
13 10 (2.58%) Google
13 10 (2.58%) Infoblox
13 10 (2.58%) NetApp
14 6 (1.55%) Dell
14 6 (1.55%) HP