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 22 March 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
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 105 98
Rank change year-on-year -57 -7 +13
Contract jobs citing Cisco 279 334 432
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.68% 2.60% 2.38%
As % of the Vendors category 3.79% 5.80% 5.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 179 224 277
10th Percentile £281 £303 £246
25th Percentile £400 £425 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.31%
75th Percentile £600 £589 £588
90th Percentile £675 £650 £747
England median daily rate £489 £500 £486
% change year-on-year -2.15% +2.88% +2.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 5 16
10th Percentile £21.46 - £19.63
25th Percentile - £24.66 £24.81
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% +15.38% +26.41%
75th Percentile £27.25 £47.50 £41.25
90th Percentile £82.75 £55.75 -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £36.65 £25.00
% change year-on-year +77.37% +46.58% -24.24%

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 7,366 5,760 7,274
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 44.22% 44.87% 40.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,861 3,727 4,963
10th Percentile £350 £325 £281
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% - -4.42%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £651
90th Percentile £738 £754 £763
England median daily rate £501 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -4.67% +2.44% -4.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 84 144
10th Percentile £18.04 £20.26 £13.55
25th Percentile £20.96 £23.80 £16.97
Median hourly rate £26.75 £31.42 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.87% +25.69% -2.76%
75th Percentile £41.38 £55.38 £41.25
90th Percentile £65.51 £74.63 £79.28
England median hourly rate £25.15 £30.40 £24.50
% change year-on-year -17.27% +24.08% -30.00%

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 22 March 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 22 March 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 22 March 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 -43 20 £568 +3.46% 36
South London -6 14 £438 -7.89% 1
West London -32 4 £399 -3.33% 8
East London -5 1 £525 -4.55% 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 12 (4.30%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.51%) Confluence
2 7 (2.51%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.08%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.36%) Apache
4 1 (0.36%) Appian
4 1 (0.36%) JBoss
4 1 (0.36%) WebSphere
Applications
1 17 (6.09%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (4.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (3.58%) MS Visio
4 8 (2.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.43%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.15%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.36%) Actimize
Cloud Services
1 70 (25.09%) Azure
2 39 (13.98%) AWS
3 37 (13.26%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (7.53%) GCP
5 15 (5.38%) Entra ID
6 6 (2.15%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (2.15%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 5 (1.79%) GitHub
8 4 (1.43%) Cloudflare
8 4 (1.43%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 3 (1.08%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (1.08%) Rubrik
10 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (0.72%) Mimecast
10 2 (0.72%) OCI
10 2 (0.72%) OneDrive
10 2 (0.72%) OpenDNS
10 2 (0.72%) OpenShift
10 2 (0.72%) ShareGate
10 2 (0.72%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 126 (45.16%) Firewall
2 106 (37.99%) WAN
3 77 (27.60%) Network Security
4 65 (23.30%) BGP
5 61 (21.86%) VPN
6 60 (21.51%) LAN
7 51 (18.28%) OSPF
8 50 (17.92%) SD-WAN
9 49 (17.56%) Wireless
10 29 (10.39%) MPLS
11 28 (10.04%) Wi-Fi
12 25 (8.96%) Cisco ASA
13 23 (8.24%) Cisco IOS
14 21 (7.53%) Cisco Nexus
14 21 (7.53%) Multicast
14 21 (7.53%) VLAN
15 18 (6.45%) Cisco ISE
16 17 (6.09%) VXLAN
17 16 (5.73%) NX-OS
18 15 (5.38%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.72%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.36%) Big Data
2 1 (0.36%) Metadata
2 1 (0.36%) MySQL
2 1 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 9 (3.23%) JIRA
2 8 (2.87%) Git
2 8 (2.87%) GitLab
3 6 (2.15%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.08%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.36%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.36%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.36%) Selenium
5 1 (0.36%) SonarQube
General
1 67 (24.01%) Finance
2 58 (20.79%) Social Skills
3 33 (11.83%) Telecoms
4 29 (10.39%) Public Sector
5 28 (10.04%) Banking
6 24 (8.60%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (5.38%) Financial Institution
8 14 (5.02%) Legal
8 14 (5.02%) Manufacturing
8 14 (5.02%) Marketing
9 13 (4.66%) Electronics
10 8 (2.87%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (2.87%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (2.15%) Law
12 5 (1.79%) Retail
13 2 (0.72%) Front Office
13 2 (0.72%) Local Government
13 2 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 1 (0.36%) Military
Job Titles
1 94 (33.69%) Network Engineer
2 43 (15.41%) Architect
3 34 (12.19%) Senior
4 24 (8.60%) Network Architect
5 17 (6.09%) IT Support
6 16 (5.73%) Project Manager
7 13 (4.66%) Senior Network Engineer
7 13 (4.66%) Solutions Architect
8 12 (4.30%) Security Engineer
9 11 (3.94%) Cisco Engineer
9 11 (3.94%) Operations Engineer
9 11 (3.94%) Support Engineer
10 10 (3.58%) Desktop Support
10 10 (3.58%) Security Architect
11 9 (3.23%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 9 (3.23%) IT Engineer
12 8 (2.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 8 (2.87%) Network Manager
12 8 (2.87%) Network Security Engineer
13 7 (2.51%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.51%) 802.1X
2 5 (1.79%) Jinja
3 4 (1.43%) HTML
3 4 (1.43%) JSON
3 4 (1.43%) REST
3 4 (1.43%) VML
4 3 (1.08%) NETCONF
4 3 (1.08%) XML
4 3 (1.08%) YANG
5 2 (0.72%) CSS
5 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (0.72%) SAML
6 1 (0.36%) ADO
6 1 (0.36%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.36%) Beautiful Soup
6 1 (0.36%) Django
6 1 (0.36%) Kafka
6 1 (0.36%) OpenConfig
6 1 (0.36%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 81 (29.03%) Data Centre
2 12 (4.30%) Data Protection Act
3 10 (3.58%) Hybrid Cloud
4 9 (3.23%) Onboarding
5 7 (2.51%) Security Posture
6 6 (2.15%) Cloud Native
6 6 (2.15%) Driving Licence
6 6 (2.15%) PKI
6 6 (2.15%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.08%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.08%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.08%) SCADA
7 3 (1.08%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (0.72%) EMC VNX
8 2 (0.72%) IoT
8 2 (0.72%) Life Science
8 2 (0.72%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.72%) Private Cloud
8 2 (0.72%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 36 (12.90%) Windows
2 24 (8.60%) Mac OS
3 23 (8.24%) Android
4 11 (3.94%) Linux
4 11 (3.94%) Windows 10
5 10 (3.58%) Windows Server
6 8 (2.87%) Unix
7 3 (1.08%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (13.26%) Migration
2 34 (12.19%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (8.96%) Change Management
3 25 (8.96%) ITIL
3 25 (8.96%) Network Design
4 23 (8.24%) Agile
4 23 (8.24%) Stakeholder Management
5 21 (7.53%) Load Balancing
6 20 (7.17%) CI/CD
7 17 (6.09%) Network Architecture
7 17 (6.09%) Zero Trust
8 16 (5.73%) Infrastructure as Code
8 16 (5.73%) SIEM
9 15 (5.38%) Business Intelligence
9 15 (5.38%) DevOps
9 15 (5.38%) ITSM
10 14 (5.02%) AI
10 14 (5.02%) Network Monitoring
10 14 (5.02%) Programme Management
10 14 (5.02%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (13.98%) Python
2 18 (6.45%) PowerShell
3 5 (1.79%) Bash
4 4 (1.43%) C
4 4 (1.43%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.72%) ActionScript
5 2 (0.72%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.36%) C++
6 1 (0.36%) Perl
6 1 (0.36%) SQL
Qualifications
1 63 (22.58%) Cisco Certification
2 54 (19.35%) Security Cleared
3 51 (18.28%) CCNP
4 47 (16.85%) SC Cleared
5 24 (8.60%) CCIE
5 24 (8.60%) Degree
6 17 (6.09%) CCNA
7 16 (5.73%) DV Cleared
8 8 (2.87%) Azure Certification
8 8 (2.87%) CISSP
9 6 (2.15%) CCSE
10 5 (1.79%) PMP
11 4 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (1.43%) JNCIP
12 3 (1.08%) HND
12 3 (1.08%) JNCIE
12 3 (1.08%) Network+ Certification
12 3 (1.08%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.72%) HNC
13 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.94%) PMO
2 10 (3.58%) SLA
3 9 (3.23%) NIST
4 8 (2.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (2.51%) GDPR
6 3 (1.08%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.36%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.36%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.36%) MiFID
8 1 (0.36%) QA
System Software
1 15 (5.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (4.30%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.51%) VMware NSX
4 6 (2.15%) vSphere
5 4 (1.43%) Docker
5 4 (1.43%) Firmware
6 2 (0.72%) Snort
6 2 (0.72%) Squid
6 2 (0.72%) vCloud
6 2 (0.72%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.72%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.36%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.36%) IAG
7 1 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.36%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 37 (13.26%) Ansible
2 27 (9.68%) FortiGate
3 19 (6.81%) Terraform
4 16 (5.73%) Grafana
4 16 (5.73%) Prometheus
5 10 (3.58%) SCCM
6 8 (2.87%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (2.15%) Kubernetes
8 5 (1.79%) QRadar
8 5 (1.79%) Salt
9 4 (1.43%) CASB
9 4 (1.43%) Nessus
10 3 (1.08%) Cisco Prime
11 2 (0.72%) EMC NetWorker
11 2 (0.72%) Istio
11 2 (0.72%) Nexpose
11 2 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.72%) Suricata
11 2 (0.72%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 1 (0.36%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 94 (33.69%) Palo Alto
2 47 (16.85%) CheckPoint
2 47 (16.85%) F5
3 45 (16.13%) Fortinet
4 44 (15.77%) Microsoft
5 42 (15.05%) Aruba
6 41 (14.70%) Arista
6 41 (14.70%) Juniper
7 33 (11.83%) ServiceNow
8 26 (9.32%) Dell
9 25 (8.96%) Zscaler
10 24 (8.60%) HP
10 24 (8.60%) Meraki
11 23 (8.24%) Apple
12 18 (6.45%) VMware
13 15 (5.38%) Splunk
14 14 (5.02%) Infoblox
15 13 (4.66%) SAP
16 9 (3.23%) EMC
16 9 (3.23%) Remedy