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 October 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 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 160 124 102
Rank change year-on-year -36 -22 -27
Contract jobs citing Cisco 372 312 402
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.84% 2.34% 2.51%
As % of the Vendors category 4.30% 5.05% 5.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 261 207 260
10th Percentile £325 £325 £250
25th Percentile £415 £400 £387
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £510
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -6.86% +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £582 £588
90th Percentile £725 £659 £650
England median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 21 10
10th Percentile - - £19.58
25th Percentile £44.00 - £23.80
Median hourly rate £55.00 £25.15 £23.99
Median % change year-on-year +118.69% +4.84% -21.98%
75th Percentile £78.75 - £30.25
90th Percentile - £40.00 £33.73
England median hourly rate £59.63 £30.00 £23.99
% change year-on-year +98.75% +25.05% -49.49%

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 8,645 6,178 6,957
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.70% 46.41% 43.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,620 4,015 4,411
10th Percentile £331 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £748 £750
England median daily rate £515 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +1.48% -3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 142 116 79
10th Percentile £16.70 £16.50 £18.13
25th Percentile £19.50 £23.34 £24.34
Median hourly rate £37.00 £25.58 £33.50
Median % change year-on-year +44.67% -23.66% -16.25%
75th Percentile £63.00 £38.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £83.10
England median hourly rate £25.92 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +3.06% -28.14% -20.16%

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 October 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 October 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 October 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 +6 71 £500 -4.76% 52
South London -6 15 £475 -13.64% 11
West London -49 7 £513 +20.59% 4
East London +1 5 £500 -6.98% 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 17 (4.57%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.61%) JBoss
4 2 (0.54%) Apache
4 2 (0.54%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.27%) CloudStack
5 1 (0.27%) Confluence
5 1 (0.27%) IIS
5 1 (0.27%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 16 (4.30%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.27%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.27%) Monis
1 1 (0.27%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 106 (28.49%) Azure
2 52 (13.98%) AWS
3 32 (8.60%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (6.99%) Entra ID
5 16 (4.30%) GitHub
6 14 (3.76%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 14 (3.76%) OneDrive
7 11 (2.96%) GCP
8 9 (2.42%) SaaS
9 5 (1.34%) AWS Direct Connect
9 5 (1.34%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (1.34%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 4 (1.08%) Mimecast
10 4 (1.08%) Power Platform
10 4 (1.08%) Slack
11 3 (0.81%) IaaS
11 3 (0.81%) OpenShift
11 3 (0.81%) Rubrik
12 2 (0.54%) AWS IoT
13 1 (0.27%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 177 (47.58%) Firewall
2 97 (26.08%) BGP
3 94 (25.27%) WAN
4 83 (22.31%) Network Security
5 62 (16.67%) VPN
6 58 (15.59%) LAN
7 57 (15.32%) VLAN
8 54 (14.52%) Wireless
9 46 (12.37%) Wi-Fi
10 44 (11.83%) OSPF
11 41 (11.02%) SD-WAN
12 40 (10.75%) DNS
13 35 (9.41%) MPLS
14 34 (9.14%) TCP/IP
15 33 (8.87%) Cisco ISE
16 28 (7.53%) DHCP
16 28 (7.53%) VXLAN
17 27 (7.26%) Multicast
18 25 (6.72%) Cisco Nexus
19 22 (5.91%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.69%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.61%) Hadoop
3 5 (1.34%) Big Data
4 2 (0.54%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.27%) Apache Hive
5 1 (0.27%) ClickHouse
5 1 (0.27%) Metadata
5 1 (0.27%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 14 (3.76%) Git
2 6 (1.61%) JIRA
3 5 (1.34%) GitLab
4 2 (0.54%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.27%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.27%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.27%) Tricentis qTest
5 1 (0.27%) Zephyr
General
1 84 (22.58%) Finance
2 83 (22.31%) Social Skills
3 40 (10.75%) Banking
4 35 (9.41%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (8.33%) Telecoms
6 22 (5.91%) Documentation Skills
7 20 (5.38%) Legal
8 19 (5.11%) Public Sector
9 13 (3.49%) Financial Institution
10 7 (1.88%) Investment Banking
11 6 (1.61%) Retail
12 4 (1.08%) Automotive
12 4 (1.08%) Law
12 4 (1.08%) Local Government
12 4 (1.08%) Marketing
12 4 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.54%) French Language
14 2 (0.54%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 180 (48.39%) Network Engineer
2 54 (14.52%) Architect
3 49 (13.17%) Senior
4 37 (9.95%) Senior Network Engineer
5 36 (9.68%) Cisco Engineer
6 31 (8.33%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 29 (7.80%) Network Architect
8 27 (7.26%) Security Engineer
9 24 (6.45%) Network Security Engineer
10 19 (5.11%) Support Engineer
11 15 (4.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 14 (3.76%) Analyst
12 14 (3.76%) Audio Visual Engineer
12 14 (3.76%) Lead
13 13 (3.49%) Implementation Engineer
14 12 (3.23%) Consultant
14 12 (3.23%) Data Centre Engineer
15 11 (2.96%) Automation Engineer
16 10 (2.69%) Network Implementation Engineer
16 10 (2.69%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (9.14%) Terraform
2 20 (5.38%) 802.1X
3 14 (3.76%) REST
4 5 (1.34%) JSON
4 5 (1.34%) YAML
5 4 (1.08%) SAML
6 2 (0.54%) .NET
6 2 (0.54%) .NET Core
6 2 (0.54%) ASP.NET
6 2 (0.54%) Blazor
6 2 (0.54%) eBPF
6 2 (0.54%) RFC 2544
7 1 (0.27%) Django
7 1 (0.27%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.27%) Kafka
7 1 (0.27%) Middleware
7 1 (0.27%) NETCONF
7 1 (0.27%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.27%) XMPP
7 1 (0.27%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 109 (29.30%) Data Centre
2 24 (6.45%) Video Conferencing
3 23 (6.18%) Hybrid Cloud
4 22 (5.91%) Onboarding
5 14 (3.76%) IoT
6 12 (3.23%) Data Protection Act
7 11 (2.96%) Management Information System
8 9 (2.42%) Cloud Native
8 9 (2.42%) Digital Signage
9 8 (2.15%) Analytical Mindset
9 8 (2.15%) Virtual Team
10 7 (1.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 7 (1.88%) Linux Command Line
10 7 (1.88%) PKI
10 7 (1.88%) Public Cloud
11 6 (1.61%) Clustering
11 6 (1.61%) Web Conferencing
12 5 (1.34%) Hedge funds
12 5 (1.34%) Robotics
13 4 (1.08%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 69 (18.55%) Windows
2 29 (7.80%) Linux
3 24 (6.45%) Windows Server
4 9 (2.42%) Ubuntu
5 8 (2.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (2.15%) Windows 10
6 6 (1.61%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.81%) Android
7 3 (0.81%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.81%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.54%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.27%) Debian
9 1 (0.27%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.27%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (21.77%) Migration
2 56 (15.05%) Stakeholder Management
3 46 (12.37%) Project Delivery
4 41 (11.02%) Validation
5 38 (10.22%) Infrastructure as Code
5 38 (10.22%) Problem-Solving
6 32 (8.60%) Zero Trust
7 31 (8.33%) Runbook
8 29 (7.80%) ITIL
9 28 (7.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 27 (7.26%) Continuous Improvement
10 27 (7.26%) Data Protection
11 26 (6.99%) High Availability
12 23 (6.18%) Agile
12 23 (6.18%) Load Balancing
13 21 (5.65%) AI
13 21 (5.65%) Change Management
13 21 (5.65%) Incident Response
13 21 (5.65%) Network Segmentation
14 20 (5.38%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 62 (16.67%) Python
2 13 (3.49%) Bash
2 13 (3.49%) PowerShell
3 6 (1.61%) SQL
4 4 (1.08%) C++
4 4 (1.08%) Java
5 3 (0.81%) C
6 2 (0.54%) Lisp
6 2 (0.54%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.27%) Bicep
7 1 (0.27%) Go
7 1 (0.27%) Ladder Logic
7 1 (0.27%) R
Qualifications
1 83 (22.31%) Cisco Certification
2 74 (19.89%) CCNP
3 39 (10.48%) Security Cleared
4 32 (8.60%) SC Cleared
5 26 (6.99%) Degree
6 22 (5.91%) CCIE
7 18 (4.84%) CCNA
8 9 (2.42%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (1.61%) DV Cleared
10 5 (1.34%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.34%) CCSE
10 5 (1.34%) PMI Certification
11 4 (1.08%) CCIE Security
11 4 (1.08%) CISSP
11 4 (1.08%) JNCIP
11 4 (1.08%) JNCIS
11 4 (1.08%) PMP
12 3 (0.81%) ISTQB
13 2 (0.54%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.96%) SLA
2 9 (2.42%) NIST
3 7 (1.88%) QA
4 5 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.34%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.81%) GDPR
6 2 (0.54%) Government Security Classifications
6 2 (0.54%) GRC
6 2 (0.54%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.27%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.27%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.27%) ISO 31000
7 1 (0.27%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 1 (0.27%) PMO
System Software
1 37 (9.95%) VMware Infrastructure
2 35 (9.41%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.88%) Docker
4 6 (1.61%) Firmware
4 6 (1.61%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (1.61%) VMware NSX
5 5 (1.34%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.81%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.81%) vSphere
7 2 (0.54%) IAG
8 1 (0.27%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 1 (0.27%) ISA Server
8 1 (0.27%) KVM
8 1 (0.27%) QEMU
8 1 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.27%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 51 (13.71%) Ansible
2 39 (10.48%) FortiGate
3 15 (4.03%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (2.96%) Kubernetes
5 10 (2.69%) Cisco Prime
6 7 (1.88%) Puppet
7 6 (1.61%) Cisco CUCM
7 6 (1.61%) Red Hat Satellite
7 6 (1.61%) SCCM
8 5 (1.34%) Failover Clustering
9 4 (1.08%) Grafana
9 4 (1.08%) systemd
10 2 (0.54%) Dell DRAC
10 2 (0.54%) Docker Swarm
10 2 (0.54%) EMC NetWorker
10 2 (0.54%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.54%) Nessus
10 2 (0.54%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.54%) TrustSec
10 2 (0.54%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 91 (24.46%) Palo Alto
2 83 (22.31%) Microsoft
3 74 (19.89%) Fortinet
4 48 (12.90%) VMware
5 43 (11.56%) Arista
5 43 (11.56%) Juniper
6 42 (11.29%) Meraki
7 35 (9.41%) Aruba
8 32 (8.60%) F5
9 31 (8.33%) Zscaler
10 26 (6.99%) CheckPoint
11 17 (4.57%) Red Hat
12 11 (2.96%) Google
12 11 (2.96%) SolarWinds
13 10 (2.69%) Citrix
13 10 (2.69%) Infoblox
13 10 (2.69%) ServiceNow
14 8 (2.15%) NetApp
15 6 (1.61%) Dell
15 6 (1.61%) Genesys