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 23 January 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
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 95 90
Rank change year-on-year -70 -5 +31
Contract jobs citing Cisco 244 369 460
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.67% 2.64% 2.52%
As % of the Vendors category 3.61% 6.05% 6.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 243 297
10th Percentile £250 £277 £250
25th Percentile £360 £413 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £520 £515
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% +0.97% +3.00%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £650 £705
England median daily rate £475 £500 £486
% change year-on-year -5.00% +2.88% +2.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 4 20
10th Percentile £21.46 £15.27 £21.38
25th Percentile - £21.31 £24.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £24.66 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +1.99% -24.12% +30.00%
75th Percentile - £28.18 £41.25
90th Percentile £67.15 £34.52 £76.38
England median hourly rate £48.72 £22.52 £32.75
% change year-on-year +116.37% -31.24% +27.38%

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 6,761 6,095 7,324
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 46.23% 43.68% 40.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,443 3,777 5,021
10th Percentile £340 £313 £282
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% -0.91% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £763
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 70 138
10th Percentile £17.50 £21.48 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.35 £23.80 £18.25
Median hourly rate £25.77 £31.00 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.87% +1.64% +22.00%
75th Percentile £42.14 £58.00 £48.28
90th Percentile £67.70 £80.75 £79.23
England median hourly rate £23.50 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -21.67% -14.29% +7.69%

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 23 January 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 23 January 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 23 January 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 -44 23 £525 -0.47% 24
West London -12 9 £399 -11.39% 11
South London -1 7 £425 -10.53% 10
East London +2 3 £525 -16.67% 7
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 15 (6.15%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.28%) Confluence
2 8 (3.28%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.23%) Appian
4 2 (0.82%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.41%) Apache
5 1 (0.41%) JBoss
5 1 (0.41%) WebSphere
Applications
1 20 (8.20%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (5.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (4.51%) MS Visio
4 9 (3.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.64%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.41%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 6 (2.46%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.41%) Actimize
Cloud Services
1 63 (25.82%) Azure
2 36 (14.75%) Microsoft 365
3 33 (13.52%) AWS
4 24 (9.84%) GCP
5 12 (4.92%) Entra ID
6 5 (2.05%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (2.05%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 5 (2.05%) Azure Sentinel
6 5 (2.05%) Cloudflare
6 5 (2.05%) GitHub
6 5 (2.05%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 4 (1.64%) Akamai
7 4 (1.64%) Mimecast
7 4 (1.64%) OpenDNS
8 3 (1.23%) AWS CloudFormation
8 3 (1.23%) IaaS
8 3 (1.23%) PaaS
8 3 (1.23%) Tricentis Tosca
9 2 (0.82%) Serverless
9 2 (0.82%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 95 (38.93%) Firewall
2 82 (33.61%) WAN
3 58 (23.77%) VPN
4 52 (21.31%) Network Security
5 50 (20.49%) LAN
5 50 (20.49%) SD-WAN
6 46 (18.85%) Wireless
7 44 (18.03%) BGP
8 39 (15.98%) OSPF
9 26 (10.66%) Wi-Fi
10 22 (9.02%) Cisco Nexus
11 18 (7.38%) VLAN
12 17 (6.97%) DNS
13 15 (6.15%) MPLS
14 14 (5.74%) EIGRP
15 13 (5.33%) Cisco IOS
15 13 (5.33%) Cisco ISE
16 12 (4.92%) IPsec
17 11 (4.51%) Cisco ASA
17 11 (4.51%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.82%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.41%) Metadata
2 1 (0.41%) MySQL
2 1 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 11 (4.51%) GitLab
2 8 (3.28%) JIRA
3 7 (2.87%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.46%) Git
5 3 (1.23%) Cucumber
5 3 (1.23%) Robot Framework
5 3 (1.23%) Selenium
5 3 (1.23%) SonarQube
5 3 (1.23%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 55 (22.54%) Finance
2 48 (19.67%) Social Skills
3 35 (14.34%) Telecoms
4 30 (12.30%) Public Sector
5 23 (9.43%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (9.43%) Banking
6 15 (6.15%) Manufacturing
6 15 (6.15%) Marketing
7 14 (5.74%) Electronics
7 14 (5.74%) Legal
8 8 (3.28%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (2.46%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (2.05%) Law
10 5 (2.05%) Retail
11 3 (1.23%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.82%) Military
13 1 (0.41%) Front Office
13 1 (0.41%) Games
13 1 (0.41%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 72 (29.51%) Network Engineer
2 40 (16.39%) Architect
3 28 (11.48%) Network Architect
4 19 (7.79%) IT Support
5 17 (6.97%) Senior
6 14 (5.74%) Cisco Engineer
6 14 (5.74%) Project Manager
6 14 (5.74%) Support Engineer
7 12 (4.92%) Solutions Architect
8 11 (4.51%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 11 (4.51%) Desktop Support
8 11 (4.51%) Security Engineer
9 10 (4.10%) IT Engineer
10 9 (3.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (3.69%) Security Architect
11 8 (3.28%) Analyst
11 8 (3.28%) Coordinator
11 8 (3.28%) IT Support Engineer
11 8 (3.28%) Juniper Engineer
11 8 (3.28%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.46%) JSON
2 5 (2.05%) Jinja
2 5 (2.05%) NETCONF
2 5 (2.05%) XML
2 5 (2.05%) YANG
3 4 (1.64%) 802.1X
3 4 (1.64%) HTML
3 4 (1.64%) VML
3 4 (1.64%) XMPP
4 3 (1.23%) REST
5 2 (0.82%) CSS
5 2 (0.82%) 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 71 (29.10%) Data Centre
2 12 (4.92%) PKI
3 10 (4.10%) Hybrid Cloud
4 9 (3.69%) Driving Licence
5 8 (3.28%) Data Protection Act
6 7 (2.87%) Public Cloud
7 6 (2.46%) Cloud Native
7 6 (2.46%) Onboarding
8 5 (2.05%) Video Conferencing
9 4 (1.64%) Blackberry
9 4 (1.64%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.64%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.23%) Enterprise Storage
10 3 (1.23%) Handset
10 3 (1.23%) iPhone
10 3 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (1.23%) SCADA
10 3 (1.23%) Security Operations Centre
11 2 (0.82%) Life Science
11 2 (0.82%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 37 (15.16%) Windows
2 27 (11.07%) Mac OS
3 26 (10.66%) Android
4 13 (5.33%) Windows Server
5 11 (4.51%) Windows 10
6 10 (4.10%) Linux
7 2 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.82%) Unix
7 2 (0.82%) VMS
8 1 (0.41%) CentOS
8 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (15.98%) Problem-Solving
2 38 (15.57%) Migration
3 23 (9.43%) Network Design
4 22 (9.02%) Agile
4 22 (9.02%) Change Management
5 19 (7.79%) Network Architecture
5 19 (7.79%) Stakeholder Management
5 19 (7.79%) Zero Trust
6 18 (7.38%) ITIL
7 17 (6.97%) Business Intelligence
7 17 (6.97%) Infrastructure as Code
8 16 (6.56%) DevOps
8 16 (6.56%) Security Architecture
9 15 (6.15%) CI/CD
9 15 (6.15%) Programme Management
10 14 (5.74%) Digital Marketing
10 14 (5.74%) Network Monitoring
11 13 (5.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 13 (5.33%) Roadmaps
11 13 (5.33%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 41 (16.80%) Python
2 17 (6.97%) PowerShell
3 14 (5.74%) Bash
4 8 (3.28%) JavaScript
5 7 (2.87%) Perl
6 6 (2.46%) C++
7 4 (1.64%) C
7 4 (1.64%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.41%) Go
8 1 (0.41%) Java
8 1 (0.41%) SQL
Qualifications
1 59 (24.18%) Cisco Certification
2 56 (22.95%) Security Cleared
3 52 (21.31%) CCNP
4 50 (20.49%) SC Cleared
5 21 (8.61%) CCIE
6 18 (7.38%) Degree
6 18 (7.38%) DV Cleared
7 15 (6.15%) CCNA
8 8 (3.28%) CCSE
9 7 (2.87%) CISSP
10 6 (2.46%) Azure Certification
10 6 (2.46%) JNCIE
11 5 (2.05%) JNCIA
11 5 (2.05%) JNCIP
11 5 (2.05%) JNCIS
12 4 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
13 3 (1.23%) Network+ Certification
13 3 (1.23%) PMP
14 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
14 2 (0.82%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.10%) PMO
2 8 (3.28%) SLA
3 7 (2.87%) NIST
4 6 (2.46%) GDPR
4 6 (2.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.23%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.41%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.41%) MiFID
7 1 (0.41%) QA
System Software
1 16 (6.56%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (6.15%) Active Directory
3 9 (3.69%) Docker
3 9 (3.69%) Firmware
3 9 (3.69%) VMware NSX
4 6 (2.46%) Hyper-V
4 6 (2.46%) vSphere
5 5 (2.05%) Snort
6 4 (1.64%) Squid
7 2 (0.82%) KVM
7 2 (0.82%) vCloud
8 1 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 28 (11.48%) Ansible
2 27 (11.07%) FortiGate
3 21 (8.61%) Terraform
4 12 (4.92%) Kubernetes
5 11 (4.51%) SCCM
6 6 (2.46%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (2.46%) Nessus
7 4 (1.64%) Nexpose
7 4 (1.64%) Suricata
8 3 (1.23%) CASB
8 3 (1.23%) Cisco Prime
8 3 (1.23%) EMC NetWorker
8 3 (1.23%) Grafana
8 3 (1.23%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.82%) Istio
9 2 (0.82%) QRadar
9 2 (0.82%) Salt
9 2 (0.82%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 1 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.41%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 62 (25.41%) Palo Alto
2 43 (17.62%) Microsoft
3 40 (16.39%) Fortinet
4 38 (15.57%) Juniper
5 33 (13.52%) CheckPoint
6 32 (13.11%) Aruba
7 28 (11.48%) Dell
8 27 (11.07%) F5
9 26 (10.66%) HP
10 25 (10.25%) Apple
11 24 (9.84%) Meraki
11 24 (9.84%) ServiceNow
12 22 (9.02%) Zscaler
13 20 (8.20%) Arista
14 19 (7.79%) VMware
15 14 (5.74%) SAP
16 12 (4.92%) Remedy
16 12 (4.92%) Splunk
17 11 (4.51%) SolarWinds
18 10 (4.10%) Google