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 14 April 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
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 173 99 96
Rank change year-on-year -74 -3 +12
Contract jobs citing Cisco 273 337 420
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.58% 2.66% 2.36%
As % of the Vendors category 3.61% 5.91% 5.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 171 228 276
10th Percentile £325 £307 £250
25th Percentile £400 £425 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -0.74%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £588
90th Percentile £675 £650 £748
England median daily rate £495 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -1.00% +2.56% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 6 16
10th Percentile £21.33 £24.66 £19.63
25th Percentile £21.46 £27.56 £24.63
Median hourly rate £25.15 £41.25 £32.25
Median % change year-on-year -39.03% +27.91% +25.44%
75th Percentile £38.75 £57.81 £41.25
90th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 -
England median hourly rate £61.00 £37.07 £27.50
% change year-on-year +64.54% +34.81% -52.22%

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 7,556 5,706 7,174
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 43.83% 45.10% 40.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,976 3,746 4,921
10th Percentile £350 £323 £281
25th Percentile £425 £423 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £539 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.60% -2.00% -2.22%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £663
90th Percentile £738 £767 £769
England median daily rate £500 £525 £520
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -3.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 117 88 142
10th Percentile £18.07 £15.84 £13.46
25th Percentile £21.00 £23.35 £16.86
Median hourly rate £32.00 £29.07 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.08% +21.13% -6.90%
75th Percentile £43.75 £51.88 £39.77
90th Percentile £68.12 £67.88 £67.70
England median hourly rate £27.80 £28.75 £22.50
% change year-on-year -3.32% +27.78% -41.56%

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 14 April 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 14 April 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 14 April 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
South London 0 19 £450 -14.29% 3
Central London -51 19 £600 +11.94% 37
West London -39 3 £423 -0.59% 14
East London -5 2 £334 -39.36% 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 10 (3.66%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.83%) OpenStack
4 4 (1.47%) Confluence
5 1 (0.37%) Apache
5 1 (0.37%) JBoss
5 1 (0.37%) WebSphere
Applications
1 10 (3.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.93%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.93%) MS Visio
3 6 (2.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.20%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.37%) Actimize
Cloud Services
1 72 (26.37%) Azure
2 39 (14.29%) AWS
3 31 (11.36%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (6.23%) GCP
5 14 (5.13%) Entra ID
6 8 (2.93%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 4 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (1.47%) Mimecast
8 3 (1.10%) Cloudflare
8 3 (1.10%) Rubrik
8 3 (1.10%) SaaS
9 2 (0.73%) AWS IoT
9 2 (0.73%) GitHub
9 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (0.73%) OCI
9 2 (0.73%) OneDrive
9 2 (0.73%) OpenShift
9 2 (0.73%) ShareGate
9 2 (0.73%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 1 (0.37%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 126 (46.15%) Firewall
2 102 (37.36%) WAN
3 71 (26.01%) BGP
3 71 (26.01%) Network Security
4 57 (20.88%) VPN
5 54 (19.78%) LAN
6 53 (19.41%) OSPF
7 47 (17.22%) SD-WAN
8 38 (13.92%) Wireless
9 29 (10.62%) MPLS
10 28 (10.26%) Wi-Fi
11 26 (9.52%) Cisco IOS
12 25 (9.16%) Cisco ASA
13 24 (8.79%) Multicast
13 24 (8.79%) VLAN
14 23 (8.42%) Cisco Nexus
14 23 (8.42%) VXLAN
15 20 (7.33%) Cisco ISE
16 18 (6.59%) NX-OS
17 14 (5.13%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.73%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.37%) Big Data
2 1 (0.37%) Metadata
2 1 (0.37%) MySQL
2 1 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (2.56%) Git
2 5 (1.83%) Sonatype Nexus
3 4 (1.47%) JIRA
4 3 (1.10%) GitLab
5 1 (0.37%) Jenkins
General
1 61 (22.34%) Finance
2 60 (21.98%) Social Skills
3 28 (10.26%) Telecoms
4 24 (8.79%) Banking
4 24 (8.79%) Public Sector
5 19 (6.96%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (5.86%) Legal
7 15 (5.49%) Financial Institution
8 10 (3.66%) Marketing
9 8 (2.93%) Electronics
9 8 (2.93%) Law
9 8 (2.93%) Manufacturing
10 7 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (2.20%) Retail
12 2 (0.73%) Front Office
12 2 (0.73%) Local Government
12 2 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.37%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 105 (38.46%) Network Engineer
2 39 (14.29%) Architect
3 35 (12.82%) Senior
4 23 (8.42%) Network Architect
5 14 (5.13%) Project Manager
5 14 (5.13%) Senior Network Engineer
6 13 (4.76%) Operations Engineer
6 13 (4.76%) Security Engineer
7 12 (4.40%) Cisco Engineer
8 11 (4.03%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 11 (4.03%) IT Support
8 11 (4.03%) Solutions Architect
9 9 (3.30%) Network Security Engineer
9 9 (3.30%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
9 9 (3.30%) Support Engineer
10 8 (2.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 7 (2.56%) Azure Engineer
11 7 (2.56%) Coordinator
11 7 (2.56%) Security Architect
11 7 (2.56%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.56%) 802.1X
2 6 (2.20%) REST
3 4 (1.47%) HTML
3 4 (1.47%) Jinja
3 4 (1.47%) VML
4 3 (1.10%) JSON
5 2 (0.73%) ADO
5 2 (0.73%) CSS
5 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (0.73%) Middleware
5 2 (0.73%) NETCONF
5 2 (0.73%) SAML
5 2 (0.73%) XML
5 2 (0.73%) YANG
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
Miscellaneous
1 72 (26.37%) Data Centre
2 11 (4.03%) Data Protection Act
2 11 (4.03%) Hybrid Cloud
3 8 (2.93%) Cloud Native
3 8 (2.93%) Onboarding
4 7 (2.56%) Security Posture
5 6 (2.20%) Driving Licence
5 6 (2.20%) PKI
6 5 (1.83%) IoT
7 4 (1.47%) EMC VNX
7 4 (1.47%) Video Conferencing
8 3 (1.10%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.73%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.73%) Celerra
9 2 (0.73%) Cloud Security Posture
9 2 (0.73%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.73%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.73%) SCADA
9 2 (0.73%) Symmetrix DMX
9 2 (0.73%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 40 (14.65%) Windows
2 15 (5.49%) Android
3 14 (5.13%) Mac OS
4 13 (4.76%) Linux
5 12 (4.40%) Windows 10
5 12 (4.40%) Windows Server
6 8 (2.93%) Unix
7 3 (1.10%) VMS
8 1 (0.37%) CentOS
8 1 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.37%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (16.12%) Migration
2 33 (12.09%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (9.52%) ITIL
4 24 (8.79%) Network Design
5 22 (8.06%) Change Management
6 21 (7.69%) Load Balancing
6 21 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
7 18 (6.59%) Agile
8 17 (6.23%) ITSM
9 16 (5.86%) DevOps
9 16 (5.86%) Zero Trust
10 15 (5.49%) CI/CD
11 14 (5.13%) AI
11 14 (5.13%) Infrastructure as Code
12 13 (4.76%) Data Protection
12 13 (4.76%) Low Latency
12 13 (4.76%) Mentoring
12 13 (4.76%) SIEM
12 13 (4.76%) Validation
13 12 (4.40%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 40 (14.65%) Python
2 17 (6.23%) PowerShell
3 7 (2.56%) C
4 4 (1.47%) Bash
5 3 (1.10%) C++
5 3 (1.10%) Java
5 3 (1.10%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.73%) ActionScript
7 1 (0.37%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.37%) SQL
Qualifications
1 61 (22.34%) Cisco Certification
2 52 (19.05%) Security Cleared
3 50 (18.32%) CCNP
4 44 (16.12%) SC Cleared
5 24 (8.79%) CCIE
6 21 (7.69%) Degree
7 16 (5.86%) DV Cleared
8 14 (5.13%) CCNA
9 9 (3.30%) Azure Certification
10 6 (2.20%) CCSE
10 6 (2.20%) PMP
11 4 (1.47%) CISSP
11 4 (1.47%) JNCIP
11 4 (1.47%) PMI Certification
12 3 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (1.10%) HND
12 3 (1.10%) JNCIE
13 2 (0.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 2 (0.73%) CEH
13 2 (0.73%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.66%) SLA
2 9 (3.30%) PMO
3 6 (2.20%) NIST
4 5 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.47%) GDPR
6 1 (0.37%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.37%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.37%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.37%) MiFID
6 1 (0.37%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.37%) QA
System Software
1 14 (5.13%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (4.40%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.56%) VMware NSX
4 5 (1.83%) vSphere
5 4 (1.47%) Firmware
6 2 (0.73%) Docker
6 2 (0.73%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 2 (0.73%) vCloud
6 2 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.73%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.73%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.37%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.37%) IAG
7 1 (0.37%) Snort
7 1 (0.37%) Squid
7 1 (0.37%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 35 (12.82%) Ansible
2 27 (9.89%) FortiGate
3 17 (6.23%) Terraform
4 16 (5.86%) Grafana
4 16 (5.86%) Prometheus
5 10 (3.66%) SCCM
6 9 (3.30%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (2.56%) Kubernetes
8 5 (1.83%) QRadar
8 5 (1.83%) Salt
9 4 (1.47%) CASB
10 3 (1.10%) Cisco Prime
10 3 (1.10%) Nessus
11 2 (0.73%) Avamar
11 2 (0.73%) EMC NetWorker
11 2 (0.73%) EMC VPLEX
11 2 (0.73%) Istio
11 2 (0.73%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 1 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.37%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 88 (32.23%) Palo Alto
2 48 (17.58%) CheckPoint
2 48 (17.58%) F5
3 47 (17.22%) Fortinet
4 46 (16.85%) Arista
5 41 (15.02%) Juniper
5 41 (15.02%) Microsoft
6 38 (13.92%) Aruba
7 30 (10.99%) ServiceNow
8 24 (8.79%) Meraki
8 24 (8.79%) Zscaler
9 18 (6.59%) Dell
10 17 (6.23%) VMware
11 16 (5.86%) HP
12 15 (5.49%) Apple
13 12 (4.40%) Splunk
14 11 (4.03%) Infoblox
15 10 (3.66%) EMC
16 9 (3.30%) Remedy
16 9 (3.30%) SolarWinds