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 6 August 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
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 113 102
Rank change year-on-year -46 -11 -18
Contract jobs citing Cisco 363 355 395
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.80% 2.61% 2.43%
As % of the Vendors category 4.28% 5.68% 5.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 253 227 265
10th Percentile £325 £325 £252
25th Percentile £400 £406 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.85%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £550
90th Percentile £699 £658 £650
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +9.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 16 12
10th Percentile £29.00 - £20.83
25th Percentile £40.13 - £23.80
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £24.59
Median % change year-on-year +86.88% +2.28% -20.03%
75th Percentile £61.88 £41.88 £30.25
90th Percentile £78.75 £63.41 -
England median hourly rate £51.50 £30.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +71.67% +20.00% -44.95%

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 8,479 6,249 6,962
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.06% 45.97% 42.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,518 4,067 4,747
10th Percentile £350 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year - -0.94% -4.80%
75th Percentile £638 £653 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £763
England median daily rate £510 £510 £525
% change year-on-year - -2.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 140 120 86
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £17.60
25th Percentile £20.34 £22.50 £20.69
Median hourly rate £35.50 £26.30 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +34.98% -4.36% -21.43%
75th Percentile £57.86 £41.50 £60.94
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £75.63
England median hourly rate £35.50 £25.15 £29.00
% change year-on-year +41.15% -13.28% -26.77%

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 6 August 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 6 August 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 6 August 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 -16 53 £550 +2.61% 39
South London -11 21 £463 -11.90% 9
West London -45 7 £513 +20.59% 8
East London +4 4 £470 -14.55% 6
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 14 (3.86%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.10%) OpenStack
4 3 (0.83%) JBoss
5 2 (0.55%) Apache
5 2 (0.55%) Confluence
6 1 (0.28%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.28%) CloudStack
Applications
1 12 (3.31%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.55%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.28%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 103 (28.37%) Azure
2 51 (14.05%) AWS
3 27 (7.44%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (6.06%) Entra ID
5 13 (3.58%) GCP
6 11 (3.03%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 11 (3.03%) OneDrive
7 9 (2.48%) GitHub
8 8 (2.20%) SaaS
9 6 (1.65%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (1.38%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 3 (0.83%) Mimecast
11 3 (0.83%) OpenShift
11 3 (0.83%) Rubrik
12 2 (0.55%) AWS IoT
12 2 (0.55%) IaaS
12 2 (0.55%) Power Platform
13 1 (0.28%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 1 (0.28%) Amazon EC2
13 1 (0.28%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 183 (50.41%) Firewall
2 100 (27.55%) WAN
3 94 (25.90%) BGP
4 85 (23.42%) Network Security
5 62 (17.08%) VPN
6 59 (16.25%) LAN
7 55 (15.15%) OSPF
8 54 (14.88%) Wireless
9 51 (14.05%) VLAN
10 41 (11.29%) DNS
11 40 (11.02%) Wi-Fi
12 34 (9.37%) Cisco ISE
12 34 (9.37%) SD-WAN
13 33 (9.09%) MPLS
13 33 (9.09%) TCP/IP
14 31 (8.54%) Cisco IOS
15 30 (8.26%) Multicast
16 28 (7.71%) VXLAN
17 27 (7.44%) Cisco Nexus
17 27 (7.44%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.75%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.83%) Big Data
2 3 (0.83%) Hadoop
3 2 (0.55%) NoSQL
3 2 (0.55%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.28%) Apache Hive
4 1 (0.28%) ClickHouse
4 1 (0.28%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 13 (3.58%) Git
2 7 (1.93%) JIRA
3 5 (1.38%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.55%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.28%) Tricentis qTest
5 1 (0.28%) Zephyr
General
1 82 (22.59%) Social Skills
2 60 (16.53%) Finance
3 26 (7.16%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (7.16%) Banking
4 22 (6.06%) Telecoms
5 20 (5.51%) Public Sector
6 19 (5.23%) Financial Institution
7 18 (4.96%) Documentation Skills
8 12 (3.31%) Legal
9 7 (1.93%) Law
10 6 (1.65%) Retail
11 5 (1.38%) Local Government
11 5 (1.38%) Marketing
12 4 (1.10%) Automotive
12 4 (1.10%) Front Office
13 3 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.83%) Investment Banking
13 3 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.28%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 175 (48.21%) Network Engineer
2 50 (13.77%) Senior
3 46 (12.67%) Architect
4 32 (8.82%) Senior Network Engineer
5 31 (8.54%) Cisco Engineer
6 27 (7.44%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 25 (6.89%) Security Engineer
8 23 (6.34%) Network Architect
9 21 (5.79%) Network Security Engineer
10 16 (4.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 14 (3.86%) Audio Visual Engineer
12 13 (3.58%) Automation Engineer
13 11 (3.03%) Implementation Engineer
13 11 (3.03%) Operations Engineer
13 11 (3.03%) Solutions Architect
14 10 (2.75%) Analyst
14 10 (2.75%) Data Centre Engineer
15 9 (2.48%) Senior Cisco Engineer
15 9 (2.48%) Support Engineer
16 8 (2.20%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (5.23%) 802.1X
2 8 (2.20%) REST
3 6 (1.65%) SAML
4 4 (1.10%) Jinja
5 3 (0.83%) Middleware
6 2 (0.55%) .NET
6 2 (0.55%) .NET Core
6 2 (0.55%) ADO
6 2 (0.55%) ASP.NET
6 2 (0.55%) Blazor
6 2 (0.55%) eBPF
7 1 (0.28%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.28%) Kafka
7 1 (0.28%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 87 (23.97%) Data Centre
2 24 (6.61%) Video Conferencing
3 20 (5.51%) Onboarding
4 18 (4.96%) Hybrid Cloud
5 15 (4.13%) Data Protection Act
6 10 (2.75%) Cloud Native
7 9 (2.48%) IoT
8 8 (2.20%) Virtual Team
9 7 (1.93%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (1.93%) Linux Command Line
9 7 (1.93%) PKI
9 7 (1.93%) Web Conferencing
10 6 (1.65%) Management Information System
10 6 (1.65%) Security Posture
11 5 (1.38%) Digital Signage
11 5 (1.38%) Public Cloud
11 5 (1.38%) Robotics
12 4 (1.10%) Driving Licence
13 3 (0.83%) EMC VMAX
13 3 (0.83%) EMC VNX
Operating Systems
1 56 (15.43%) Windows
2 30 (8.26%) Linux
3 25 (6.89%) Windows Server
4 10 (2.75%) Ubuntu
5 7 (1.93%) Windows 10
6 6 (1.65%) Unix
7 5 (1.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (1.10%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.83%) VMS
9 3 (0.83%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (0.83%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.83%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.28%) Android
10 1 (0.28%) CentOS
10 1 (0.28%) Debian
10 1 (0.28%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (18.18%) Migration
2 38 (10.47%) Project Delivery
3 32 (8.82%) Problem-Solving
4 31 (8.54%) ITIL
5 28 (7.71%) Stakeholder Management
6 27 (7.44%) Infrastructure as Code
7 26 (7.16%) Change Management
7 26 (7.16%) Runbook
8 25 (6.89%) Agile
8 25 (6.89%) Continuous Improvement
8 25 (6.89%) Validation
9 23 (6.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 22 (6.06%) Data Protection
10 22 (6.06%) Network Design
11 21 (5.79%) CI/CD
11 21 (5.79%) Load Balancing
11 21 (5.79%) Zero Trust
12 20 (5.51%) DevOps
12 20 (5.51%) Low Latency
12 20 (5.51%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 58 (15.98%) Python
2 16 (4.41%) PowerShell
3 11 (3.03%) Bash
4 3 (0.83%) C
4 3 (0.83%) C++
4 3 (0.83%) Java
5 2 (0.55%) ActionScript
5 2 (0.55%) Lisp
5 2 (0.55%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.28%) Ladder Logic
6 1 (0.28%) SQL
Qualifications
1 82 (22.59%) Cisco Certification
2 73 (20.11%) CCNP
3 34 (9.37%) Security Cleared
4 28 (7.71%) Degree
5 26 (7.16%) SC Cleared
6 19 (5.23%) CCIE
7 17 (4.68%) CCNA
8 11 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (2.48%) DV Cleared
10 7 (1.93%) Azure Certification
11 4 (1.10%) CCSE
11 4 (1.10%) JNCIP
11 4 (1.10%) JNCIS
11 4 (1.10%) PMP
12 2 (0.55%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.55%) CISSP
12 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.55%) Network+ Certification
12 2 (0.55%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.58%) SLA
2 6 (1.65%) NIST
2 6 (1.65%) QA
3 3 (0.83%) GDPR
3 3 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (0.83%) PMO
4 2 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.55%) Government Security Classifications
4 2 (0.55%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.28%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.28%) GRC
5 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (0.28%) NIST 800
System Software
1 33 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
2 29 (7.99%) Active Directory
3 8 (2.20%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (1.38%) Firmware
4 5 (1.38%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (1.10%) Docker
6 3 (0.83%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 3 (0.83%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.83%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.55%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.28%) IAG
8 1 (0.28%) KVM
8 1 (0.28%) QEMU
8 1 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.28%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.28%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 55 (15.15%) Ansible
2 36 (9.92%) FortiGate
3 31 (8.54%) Terraform
4 17 (4.68%) Grafana
5 16 (4.41%) Prometheus
6 15 (4.13%) Microsoft Intune
7 11 (3.03%) Kubernetes
8 7 (1.93%) Cisco Prime
9 6 (1.65%) Cisco CUCM
10 5 (1.38%) SCCM
11 4 (1.10%) systemd
12 3 (0.83%) Avamar
12 3 (0.83%) EMC VPLEX
12 3 (0.83%) Jamf Pro
12 3 (0.83%) Puppet
12 3 (0.83%) QRadar
12 3 (0.83%) Red Hat Satellite
12 3 (0.83%) Salt
13 2 (0.55%) Dell DRAC
13 2 (0.55%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 99 (27.27%) Palo Alto
2 74 (20.39%) Fortinet
3 72 (19.83%) Microsoft
4 55 (15.15%) Arista
5 51 (14.05%) F5
6 49 (13.50%) Juniper
7 44 (12.12%) VMware
8 37 (10.19%) CheckPoint
9 36 (9.92%) Meraki
10 33 (9.09%) Aruba
10 33 (9.09%) Zscaler
11 15 (4.13%) ServiceNow
12 14 (3.86%) Infoblox
13 11 (3.03%) SolarWinds
14 9 (2.48%) Google
14 9 (2.48%) Splunk
15 8 (2.20%) EMC
15 8 (2.20%) HP
15 8 (2.20%) NetApp
15 8 (2.20%) Red Hat