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 5 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
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 107 91
Rank change year-on-year -56 -16 +17
Contract jobs citing Cisco 269 323 437
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.66% 2.43% 2.42%
As % of the Vendors category 3.71% 5.52% 6.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 221 276
10th Percentile £275 £300 £228
25th Percentile £400 £425 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.57% +1.00% -0.50%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £679 £675 £743
England median daily rate £481 £500 £486
% change year-on-year -3.75% +2.88% +2.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 3 18
10th Percentile £21.46 - £20.73
25th Percentile £24.23 - £24.44
Median hourly rate £25.15 £24.66 £32.25
Median % change year-on-year +1.99% -23.53% +25.44%
75th Percentile £26.14 £31.71 £41.25
90th Percentile £87.10 £35.93 -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £24.66 £27.50
% change year-on-year +163.57% -10.33% -4.35%

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 7,243 5,849 7,224
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 44.57% 44.07% 39.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,777 3,720 4,915
10th Percentile £350 £325 £275
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £547 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.93% -0.64% -2.22%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £669
90th Percentile £738 £751 £763
England median daily rate £506 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -3.57% +1.94% -4.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 107 79 144
10th Percentile £17.99 £21.45 £13.55
25th Percentile £21.00 £23.99 £16.97
Median hourly rate £25.77 £34.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.21% +36.00% -1.40%
75th Percentile £41.75 £59.75 £41.25
90th Percentile £63.49 £80.75 £69.40
England median hourly rate £24.00 £31.35 £25.25
% change year-on-year -23.43% +24.14% -27.86%

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 5 March 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 5 March 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 5 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
Central London -49 20 £550 +0.27% 56
South London -7 15 £425 -10.53% 2
West London -19 5 £399 +13.12% 9
East London +1 3 £525 -4.55% 12
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 13 (4.83%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.60%) Confluence
2 7 (2.60%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.12%) Appian
4 2 (0.74%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.37%) Apache
5 1 (0.37%) JBoss
5 1 (0.37%) WebSphere
Applications
1 18 (6.69%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (4.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (3.72%) MS Visio
4 8 (2.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.49%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.23%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.37%) Actimize
Cloud Services
1 67 (24.91%) Azure
2 34 (12.64%) AWS
2 34 (12.64%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (7.81%) GCP
4 15 (5.58%) Entra ID
5 6 (2.23%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 5 (1.86%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (1.86%) Cloudflare
6 5 (1.86%) GitHub
7 4 (1.49%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (1.49%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 3 (1.12%) OpenDNS
8 3 (1.12%) Rubrik
8 3 (1.12%) Tricentis Tosca
9 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (0.74%) OCI
9 2 (0.74%) OneDrive
9 2 (0.74%) OpenShift
9 2 (0.74%) ShareGate
9 2 (0.74%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 116 (43.12%) Firewall
2 96 (35.69%) WAN
3 72 (26.77%) Network Security
4 60 (22.30%) VPN
5 57 (21.19%) BGP
5 57 (21.19%) LAN
6 50 (18.59%) SD-WAN
6 50 (18.59%) Wireless
7 48 (17.84%) OSPF
8 30 (11.15%) Wi-Fi
9 27 (10.04%) MPLS
10 24 (8.92%) Cisco ASA
11 21 (7.81%) Cisco Nexus
12 20 (7.43%) Cisco IOS
13 19 (7.06%) VLAN
14 17 (6.32%) Cisco ISE
15 16 (5.95%) EIGRP
15 16 (5.95%) Multicast
16 14 (5.20%) NX-OS
17 13 (4.83%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.74%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.37%) Metadata
2 1 (0.37%) MySQL
2 1 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (3.72%) GitLab
2 9 (3.35%) JIRA
3 7 (2.60%) Git
4 6 (2.23%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.12%) Cucumber
5 3 (1.12%) Robot Framework
5 3 (1.12%) Selenium
5 3 (1.12%) SonarQube
5 3 (1.12%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 68 (25.28%) Finance
2 55 (20.45%) Social Skills
3 35 (13.01%) Telecoms
4 31 (11.52%) Public Sector
5 28 (10.41%) Banking
6 24 (8.92%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (5.58%) Legal
7 15 (5.58%) Manufacturing
7 15 (5.58%) Marketing
8 14 (5.20%) Electronics
9 13 (4.83%) Financial Institution
10 9 (3.35%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (2.97%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (2.23%) Law
13 5 (1.86%) Retail
14 2 (0.74%) Front Office
14 2 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.74%) Local Government
14 2 (0.74%) Military
14 2 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 88 (32.71%) Network Engineer
2 42 (15.61%) Architect
3 29 (10.78%) Senior
4 24 (8.92%) Network Architect
5 18 (6.69%) IT Support
6 15 (5.58%) Project Manager
7 12 (4.46%) Solutions Architect
7 12 (4.46%) Support Engineer
8 10 (3.72%) Desktop Support
8 10 (3.72%) IT Engineer
8 10 (3.72%) Security Architect
8 10 (3.72%) Security Engineer
9 9 (3.35%) Senior Network Engineer
10 8 (2.97%) Coordinator
10 8 (2.97%) Network Manager
10 8 (2.97%) Network Security Engineer
10 8 (2.97%) Support Specialist
11 7 (2.60%) Cisco Engineer
11 7 (2.60%) IT Support Engineer
11 7 (2.60%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.60%) 802.1X
2 6 (2.23%) Jinja
2 6 (2.23%) JSON
3 5 (1.86%) NETCONF
3 5 (1.86%) XML
3 5 (1.86%) YANG
4 4 (1.49%) HTML
4 4 (1.49%) REST
4 4 (1.49%) VML
5 2 (0.74%) CSS
5 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (0.74%) SAML
6 1 (0.37%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.37%) Beautiful Soup
6 1 (0.37%) Django
6 1 (0.37%) Kafka
6 1 (0.37%) OpenConfig
6 1 (0.37%) Pandas
6 1 (0.37%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 72 (26.77%) Data Centre
2 10 (3.72%) Data Protection Act
2 10 (3.72%) Hybrid Cloud
3 9 (3.35%) PKI
4 8 (2.97%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.23%) Driving Licence
5 6 (2.23%) Public Cloud
6 5 (1.86%) Cloud Native
6 5 (1.86%) Security Posture
7 4 (1.49%) Video Conferencing
8 3 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.12%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.12%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.12%) SCADA
8 3 (1.12%) Security Operations Centre
9 2 (0.74%) Blackberry
9 2 (0.74%) EMC VNX
9 2 (0.74%) Enterprise Storage
9 2 (0.74%) Life Science
9 2 (0.74%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 33 (12.27%) Windows
2 24 (8.92%) Mac OS
3 23 (8.55%) Android
4 11 (4.09%) Linux
4 11 (4.09%) Windows 10
5 9 (3.35%) Windows Server
6 8 (2.97%) Unix
7 2 (0.74%) VMS
8 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (14.87%) Migration
2 36 (13.38%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (9.29%) Change Management
3 25 (9.29%) Network Design
4 24 (8.92%) Agile
4 24 (8.92%) Stakeholder Management
5 22 (8.18%) ITIL
6 20 (7.43%) CI/CD
7 19 (7.06%) Load Balancing
7 19 (7.06%) Zero Trust
8 17 (6.32%) Network Architecture
9 16 (5.95%) Business Intelligence
9 16 (5.95%) Network Monitoring
10 15 (5.58%) Infrastructure as Code
10 15 (5.58%) Programme Management
10 15 (5.58%) Security Architecture
11 14 (5.20%) Break/Fix
11 14 (5.20%) Digital Marketing
11 14 (5.20%) ITSM
12 13 (4.83%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (14.50%) Python
2 16 (5.95%) PowerShell
3 8 (2.97%) Bash
4 6 (2.23%) JavaScript
5 4 (1.49%) C
6 3 (1.12%) C++
6 3 (1.12%) Kusto Query Language
6 3 (1.12%) Perl
7 2 (0.74%) ActionScript
8 1 (0.37%) SQL
Qualifications
1 61 (22.68%) Cisco Certification
2 52 (19.33%) Security Cleared
3 50 (18.59%) CCNP
4 45 (16.73%) SC Cleared
5 23 (8.55%) Degree
6 22 (8.18%) CCIE
7 17 (6.32%) CCNA
8 16 (5.95%) DV Cleared
9 7 (2.60%) Azure Certification
9 7 (2.60%) CISSP
10 6 (2.23%) CCSE
11 5 (1.86%) PMP
12 4 (1.49%) JNCIP
13 3 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
13 3 (1.12%) JNCIE
13 3 (1.12%) JNCIS
13 3 (1.12%) Network+ Certification
13 3 (1.12%) PMI Certification
14 2 (0.74%) CCSP
14 2 (0.74%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.09%) PMO
2 10 (3.72%) SLA
3 9 (3.35%) NIST
4 7 (2.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (2.23%) GDPR
6 4 (1.49%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.37%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.37%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.37%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.37%) MiFID
8 1 (0.37%) QA
System Software
1 15 (5.58%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (4.83%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.60%) Docker
3 7 (2.60%) Firmware
3 7 (2.60%) VMware NSX
4 6 (2.23%) vSphere
5 3 (1.12%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.12%) Snort
5 3 (1.12%) Squid
6 2 (0.74%) vCloud
6 2 (0.74%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.74%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.37%) IAG
7 1 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.37%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 35 (13.01%) Ansible
2 28 (10.41%) FortiGate
3 17 (6.32%) Terraform
4 12 (4.46%) Grafana
4 12 (4.46%) Prometheus
5 10 (3.72%) SCCM
6 6 (2.23%) Kubernetes
6 6 (2.23%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (1.86%) Nessus
7 5 (1.86%) Salt
8 4 (1.49%) CASB
9 3 (1.12%) Cisco Prime
9 3 (1.12%) Nexpose
9 3 (1.12%) Suricata
10 2 (0.74%) EMC NetWorker
10 2 (0.74%) Istio
10 2 (0.74%) QRadar
10 2 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.74%) Tivoli Storage Manager
11 1 (0.37%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 86 (31.97%) Palo Alto
2 44 (16.36%) CheckPoint
2 44 (16.36%) F5
2 44 (16.36%) Fortinet
2 44 (16.36%) Juniper
3 43 (15.99%) Microsoft
4 41 (15.24%) Aruba
5 32 (11.90%) Arista
6 30 (11.15%) ServiceNow
7 26 (9.67%) Meraki
7 26 (9.67%) Zscaler
8 25 (9.29%) Dell
9 24 (8.92%) HP
10 23 (8.55%) Apple
11 18 (6.69%) VMware
12 16 (5.95%) Splunk
13 14 (5.20%) Infoblox
13 14 (5.20%) SAP
14 10 (3.72%) Remedy
14 10 (3.72%) SolarWinds