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 10 February 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
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 94 85
Rank change year-on-year -74 -9 +25
Contract jobs citing Cisco 246 355 451
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.64% 2.64% 2.43%
As % of the Vendors category 3.59% 5.97% 6.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 240 286
10th Percentile £258 £267 £228
25th Percentile £361 £413 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £516 £500
Median % change year-on-year -12.83% +3.25% -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £653 £725
England median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -0.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 22
10th Percentile £21.46 - £21.85
25th Percentile - - £24.44
Median hourly rate £25.15 £24.66 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +1.99% -24.12% +30.00%
75th Percentile - £31.71 £41.25
90th Percentile £80.45 £35.93 £75.63
England median hourly rate £61.00 £24.66 £34.00
% change year-on-year +147.36% -27.47% +32.24%

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 6,848 5,943 7,475
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 45.65% 44.16% 40.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,514 3,660 5,124
10th Percentile £350 £313 £280
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.71% -0.86% -3.34%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £755 £763
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 98 72 148
10th Percentile £17.84 £21.58 £13.72
25th Percentile £21.12 £24.09 £17.00
Median hourly rate £25.77 £34.75 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -25.84% +32.38% +5.00%
75th Percentile £41.75 £61.94 £43.75
90th Percentile £64.94 £80.68 £77.50
England median hourly rate £23.83 £30.45 £27.14
% change year-on-year -21.76% +12.20% -16.49%

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 10 February 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 10 February 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 10 February 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 -42 21 £525 -2.64% 35
South London -2 11 £438 -7.89% 5
West London -16 6 £399 +13.12% 13
East London 0 3 £525 -4.55% 11
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 (5.28%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.85%) Confluence
4 3 (1.22%) Appian
5 2 (0.81%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.41%) Apache
6 1 (0.41%) JBoss
6 1 (0.41%) WebSphere
Applications
1 18 (7.32%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (5.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (3.66%) MS Visio
4 8 (3.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.63%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.41%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 6 (2.44%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.41%) Actimize
Cloud Services
1 64 (26.02%) Azure
2 35 (14.23%) Microsoft 365
3 33 (13.41%) AWS
4 23 (9.35%) GCP
5 12 (4.88%) Entra ID
6 6 (2.44%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 5 (2.03%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (2.03%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (2.03%) Cloudflare
7 5 (2.03%) GitHub
7 5 (2.03%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 4 (1.63%) Akamai
8 4 (1.63%) Mimecast
8 4 (1.63%) OpenDNS
9 3 (1.22%) AWS CloudFormation
9 3 (1.22%) IaaS
9 3 (1.22%) PaaS
9 3 (1.22%) Tricentis Tosca
10 2 (0.81%) OneDrive
10 2 (0.81%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 100 (40.65%) Firewall
2 83 (33.74%) WAN
3 56 (22.76%) Network Security
4 55 (22.36%) VPN
5 51 (20.73%) LAN
6 45 (18.29%) BGP
6 45 (18.29%) SD-WAN
7 44 (17.89%) Wireless
8 39 (15.85%) OSPF
9 26 (10.57%) Wi-Fi
10 20 (8.13%) Cisco Nexus
11 18 (7.32%) VLAN
12 17 (6.91%) Cisco ASA
13 16 (6.50%) MPLS
14 15 (6.10%) DNS
14 15 (6.10%) EIGRP
15 13 (5.28%) Cisco ISE
16 11 (4.47%) Cisco IOS
16 11 (4.47%) IPsec
17 10 (4.07%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.81%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.41%) Metadata
2 1 (0.41%) MySQL
2 1 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (4.07%) GitLab
2 8 (3.25%) JIRA
3 6 (2.44%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.22%) Cucumber
4 3 (1.22%) Git
4 3 (1.22%) Robot Framework
4 3 (1.22%) Selenium
4 3 (1.22%) SonarQube
4 3 (1.22%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 59 (23.98%) Finance
2 49 (19.92%) Social Skills
3 34 (13.82%) Telecoms
4 30 (12.20%) Public Sector
5 24 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
6 23 (9.35%) Banking
7 15 (6.10%) Manufacturing
7 15 (6.10%) Marketing
8 14 (5.69%) Electronics
8 14 (5.69%) Legal
9 9 (3.66%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (2.85%) Financial Institution
10 7 (2.85%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (2.03%) Law
11 5 (2.03%) Retail
12 2 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.81%) Local Government
12 2 (0.81%) Military
13 1 (0.41%) International Banking
13 1 (0.41%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 72 (29.27%) Network Engineer
2 39 (15.85%) Architect
3 27 (10.98%) Network Architect
4 20 (8.13%) Senior
5 18 (7.32%) IT Support
6 14 (5.69%) Support Engineer
7 13 (5.28%) Project Manager
8 12 (4.88%) Cisco Engineer
9 11 (4.47%) Desktop Support
9 11 (4.47%) Security Engineer
9 11 (4.47%) Solutions Architect
10 10 (4.07%) IT Engineer
10 10 (4.07%) Security Architect
11 9 (3.66%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 9 (3.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 8 (3.25%) Analyst
12 8 (3.25%) Coordinator
12 8 (3.25%) IT Support Engineer
12 8 (3.25%) Support Specialist
13 7 (2.85%) Network Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.44%) JSON
2 5 (2.03%) NETCONF
2 5 (2.03%) XML
2 5 (2.03%) YANG
3 4 (1.63%) 802.1X
3 4 (1.63%) HTML
3 4 (1.63%) VML
3 4 (1.63%) XMPP
4 3 (1.22%) Jinja
4 3 (1.22%) REST
5 2 (0.81%) CSS
5 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Graph
6 1 (0.41%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.41%) Beautiful Soup
6 1 (0.41%) Django
6 1 (0.41%) Kafka
6 1 (0.41%) OpenConfig
6 1 (0.41%) Pandas
6 1 (0.41%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 69 (28.05%) Data Centre
2 11 (4.47%) PKI
3 10 (4.07%) Hybrid Cloud
4 9 (3.66%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (2.85%) Driving Licence
5 7 (2.85%) Public Cloud
6 6 (2.44%) Cloud Native
6 6 (2.44%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.44%) Video Conferencing
7 4 (1.63%) Blackberry
7 4 (1.63%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.22%) Handset
8 3 (1.22%) iPhone
8 3 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.22%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.22%) SCADA
8 3 (1.22%) Security Operations Centre
9 2 (0.81%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.81%) EMC VNX
9 2 (0.81%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 33 (13.41%) Windows
2 25 (10.16%) Mac OS
3 24 (9.76%) Android
4 11 (4.47%) Windows 10
4 11 (4.47%) Windows Server
5 8 (3.25%) Linux
6 2 (0.81%) Unix
6 2 (0.81%) VMS
7 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (15.45%) Migration
1 38 (15.45%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (9.76%) Network Design
3 21 (8.54%) Change Management
4 20 (8.13%) Agile
4 20 (8.13%) Stakeholder Management
5 19 (7.72%) Zero Trust
6 18 (7.32%) Network Architecture
7 17 (6.91%) Infrastructure as Code
8 16 (6.50%) Business Intelligence
8 16 (6.50%) ITIL
9 15 (6.10%) Programme Management
10 14 (5.69%) CI/CD
10 14 (5.69%) DevOps
10 14 (5.69%) Digital Marketing
10 14 (5.69%) Security Architecture
11 13 (5.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 13 (5.28%) Network Monitoring
11 13 (5.28%) SIEM
11 13 (5.28%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (15.04%) Python
2 17 (6.91%) PowerShell
3 11 (4.47%) Bash
4 8 (3.25%) JavaScript
5 6 (2.44%) Perl
6 5 (2.03%) C++
7 4 (1.63%) C
7 4 (1.63%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.41%) Java
8 1 (0.41%) SQL
Qualifications
1 58 (23.58%) Cisco Certification
2 55 (22.36%) Security Cleared
3 49 (19.92%) CCNP
4 48 (19.51%) SC Cleared
5 19 (7.72%) CCIE
5 19 (7.72%) Degree
6 17 (6.91%) CCNA
6 17 (6.91%) DV Cleared
7 7 (2.85%) CISSP
8 6 (2.44%) Azure Certification
9 5 (2.03%) CCSE
9 5 (2.03%) JNCIS
10 4 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.63%) JNCIA
10 4 (1.63%) JNCIE
10 4 (1.63%) JNCIP
11 3 (1.22%) Network+ Certification
12 2 (0.81%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.81%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.07%) PMO
2 7 (2.85%) NIST
3 6 (2.44%) GDPR
3 6 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.44%) SLA
4 3 (1.22%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.41%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.41%) MiFID
6 1 (0.41%) QA
System Software
1 15 (6.10%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (5.69%) Active Directory
3 9 (3.66%) Firmware
3 9 (3.66%) VMware NSX
4 8 (3.25%) Docker
5 7 (2.85%) vSphere
6 5 (2.03%) Hyper-V
6 5 (2.03%) Snort
7 4 (1.63%) Squid
8 2 (0.81%) KVM
8 2 (0.81%) vCloud
9 1 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.41%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 26 (10.57%) FortiGate
2 24 (9.76%) Ansible
3 18 (7.32%) Terraform
4 11 (4.47%) Kubernetes
5 10 (4.07%) SCCM
6 7 (2.85%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (2.44%) Nessus
8 4 (1.63%) Grafana
8 4 (1.63%) Nexpose
8 4 (1.63%) Prometheus
8 4 (1.63%) Suricata
9 3 (1.22%) CASB
9 3 (1.22%) Cisco Prime
9 3 (1.22%) EMC NetWorker
10 2 (0.81%) Istio
10 2 (0.81%) QRadar
10 2 (0.81%) Salt
10 2 (0.81%) Tivoli Storage Manager
11 1 (0.41%) EMC VPLEX
11 1 (0.41%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 70 (28.46%) Palo Alto
2 43 (17.48%) Microsoft
3 40 (16.26%) Fortinet
4 36 (14.63%) CheckPoint
5 35 (14.23%) Juniper
6 32 (13.01%) Aruba
7 30 (12.20%) F5
8 27 (10.98%) Dell
9 24 (9.76%) Apple
9 24 (9.76%) HP
10 23 (9.35%) Meraki
10 23 (9.35%) ServiceNow
11 20 (8.13%) Zscaler
12 19 (7.72%) Arista
13 18 (7.32%) VMware
14 14 (5.69%) SAP
15 12 (4.88%) Splunk
16 11 (4.47%) EMC
16 11 (4.47%) SolarWinds
17 10 (4.07%) Google