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 April 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 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 101 99
Rank change year-on-year -67 -2 +9
Contract jobs citing Cisco 275 338 423
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.61% 2.66% 2.36%
As % of the Vendors category 3.65% 5.91% 5.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 173 229 277
10th Percentile £330 £317 £250
25th Percentile £400 £425 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.08%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £588
90th Percentile £675 £650 £747
England median daily rate £496 £501 £488
% change year-on-year -0.98% +2.67% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 6 15
10th Percentile £21.33 £24.66 £18.90
25th Percentile £21.46 £27.56 £24.63
Median hourly rate £25.15 £41.25 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -39.03% +26.92% +26.41%
75th Percentile £38.75 £57.81 £41.25
90th Percentile £58.75 £65.00 -
England median hourly rate £63.14 £37.07 £25.00
% change year-on-year +70.30% +48.29% -48.51%

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 7,524 5,719 7,230
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 43.99% 45.09% 40.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,968 3,752 4,943
10th Percentile £350 £325 £280
25th Percentile £425 £422 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £545
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -1.38% -3.11%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £660
90th Percentile £738 £768 £763
England median daily rate £500 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -4.76% +1.94% -4.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 88 141
10th Percentile £17.99 £16.48 £13.42
25th Percentile £20.91 £23.57 £16.86
Median hourly rate £29.00 £29.07 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.24% +18.65% -5.20%
75th Percentile £43.25 £54.13 £41.25
90th Percentile £68.33 £67.88 £69.50
England median hourly rate £26.61 £29.00 £22.79
% change year-on-year -8.26% +27.25% -40.03%

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 April 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 April 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 April 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
South London -3 19 £450 -14.29% 4
Central London -48 19 £600 +9.24% 34
West London -40 3 £423 +2.42% 12
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 11 (4.00%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.45%) Confluence
3 4 (1.45%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.36%) Apache
4 1 (0.36%) JBoss
4 1 (0.36%) WebSphere
Applications
1 10 (3.64%) Microsoft Excel
1 10 (3.64%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.91%) MS Visio
3 6 (2.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.18%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.36%) Actimize
Cloud Services
1 73 (26.55%) Azure
2 37 (13.45%) AWS
3 33 (12.00%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (6.18%) GCP
5 14 (5.09%) Entra ID
6 8 (2.91%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 4 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (1.45%) Mimecast
8 3 (1.09%) Cloudflare
8 3 (1.09%) Rubrik
9 2 (0.73%) GitHub
9 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (0.73%) OCI
9 2 (0.73%) OneDrive
9 2 (0.73%) OpenShift
9 2 (0.73%) SaaS
9 2 (0.73%) ShareGate
9 2 (0.73%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 1 (0.36%) Amazon S3
10 1 (0.36%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 127 (46.18%) Firewall
2 104 (37.82%) WAN
3 74 (26.91%) Network Security
4 71 (25.82%) BGP
5 61 (22.18%) VPN
6 55 (20.00%) LAN
7 54 (19.64%) OSPF
8 47 (17.09%) SD-WAN
9 40 (14.55%) Wireless
10 29 (10.55%) MPLS
11 28 (10.18%) Wi-Fi
12 27 (9.82%) Cisco ASA
13 25 (9.09%) Cisco IOS
14 24 (8.73%) Multicast
14 24 (8.73%) VLAN
15 23 (8.36%) Cisco Nexus
16 20 (7.27%) Cisco ISE
16 20 (7.27%) VXLAN
17 17 (6.18%) NX-OS
18 15 (5.45%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.73%) 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 7 (2.55%) Git
2 5 (1.82%) Sonatype Nexus
3 4 (1.45%) JIRA
4 3 (1.09%) GitLab
5 1 (0.36%) Jenkins
General
1 62 (22.55%) Finance
2 57 (20.73%) Social Skills
3 26 (9.45%) Telecoms
4 25 (9.09%) Banking
5 24 (8.73%) Public Sector
6 18 (6.55%) Analytical Skills
7 16 (5.82%) Legal
8 15 (5.45%) Financial Institution
9 11 (4.00%) Marketing
10 9 (3.27%) Electronics
10 9 (3.27%) Manufacturing
11 8 (2.91%) Law
12 7 (2.55%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (2.18%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (2.18%) Retail
14 2 (0.73%) Front Office
14 2 (0.73%) Local Government
14 2 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
15 1 (0.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 1 (0.36%) Military
Job Titles
1 102 (37.09%) Network Engineer
2 42 (15.27%) Architect
3 37 (13.45%) Senior
4 24 (8.73%) Network Architect
5 14 (5.09%) Project Manager
5 14 (5.09%) Senior Network Engineer
6 13 (4.73%) IT Support
7 12 (4.36%) Cisco Engineer
7 12 (4.36%) Operations Engineer
7 12 (4.36%) Security Engineer
7 12 (4.36%) Solutions Architect
8 11 (4.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 10 (3.64%) Support Engineer
10 9 (3.27%) Security Architect
11 8 (2.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (2.91%) IT Engineer
11 8 (2.91%) Network Security Engineer
11 8 (2.91%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
12 7 (2.55%) Azure Engineer
12 7 (2.55%) Network Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.55%) 802.1X
2 6 (2.18%) REST
3 4 (1.45%) HTML
3 4 (1.45%) Jinja
3 4 (1.45%) VML
4 3 (1.09%) JSON
5 2 (0.73%) ADO
5 2 (0.73%) CSS
5 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (0.73%) Middleware
5 2 (0.73%) NETCONF
5 2 (0.73%) SAML
5 2 (0.73%) XML
5 2 (0.73%) YANG
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 74 (26.91%) Data Centre
2 11 (4.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 10 (3.64%) Data Protection Act
4 8 (2.91%) Onboarding
4 8 (2.91%) Security Posture
5 7 (2.55%) Cloud Native
6 6 (2.18%) Driving Licence
6 6 (2.18%) PKI
7 4 (1.45%) EMC VNX
7 4 (1.45%) Video Conferencing
8 3 (1.09%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.09%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.09%) SCADA
9 2 (0.73%) Celerra
9 2 (0.73%) Cloud Security Posture
9 2 (0.73%) EMC Centera
9 2 (0.73%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.73%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.73%) Symmetrix
9 2 (0.73%) Symmetrix DMX
Operating Systems
1 40 (14.55%) Windows
2 16 (5.82%) Android
3 15 (5.45%) Mac OS
4 13 (4.73%) Linux
5 12 (4.36%) Windows 10
5 12 (4.36%) Windows Server
6 8 (2.91%) Unix
7 4 (1.45%) VMS
8 1 (0.36%) CentOS
8 1 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.36%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (16.00%) Migration
2 32 (11.64%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (9.45%) ITIL
4 25 (9.09%) Network Design
5 23 (8.36%) Change Management
6 22 (8.00%) Load Balancing
7 21 (7.64%) Stakeholder Management
8 19 (6.91%) Agile
9 16 (5.82%) DevOps
9 16 (5.82%) ITSM
9 16 (5.82%) Zero Trust
10 15 (5.45%) SIEM
11 14 (5.09%) AI
11 14 (5.09%) CI/CD
11 14 (5.09%) Infrastructure as Code
12 13 (4.73%) Low Latency
12 13 (4.73%) Mentoring
12 13 (4.73%) Network Architecture
12 13 (4.73%) Project Management
13 12 (4.36%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 35 (12.73%) Python
2 17 (6.18%) PowerShell
3 4 (1.45%) Bash
3 4 (1.45%) C
4 3 (1.09%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.73%) ActionScript
6 1 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.36%) SQL
Qualifications
1 62 (22.55%) Cisco Certification
2 52 (18.91%) Security Cleared
3 51 (18.55%) CCNP
4 45 (16.36%) SC Cleared
5 24 (8.73%) CCIE
6 20 (7.27%) Degree
7 16 (5.82%) DV Cleared
8 14 (5.09%) CCNA
9 9 (3.27%) Azure Certification
10 7 (2.55%) CISSP
11 6 (2.18%) CCSE
11 6 (2.18%) PMP
12 4 (1.45%) JNCIP
12 4 (1.45%) PMI Certification
13 3 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
13 3 (1.09%) HND
13 3 (1.09%) JNCIE
14 2 (0.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 2 (0.73%) CEH
14 2 (0.73%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.64%) SLA
2 9 (3.27%) PMO
3 8 (2.91%) NIST
4 7 (2.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (2.18%) GDPR
6 2 (0.73%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.36%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.36%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.36%) MiFID
7 1 (0.36%) QA
System Software
1 14 (5.09%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (4.73%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.55%) VMware NSX
4 5 (1.82%) vSphere
5 2 (0.73%) Docker
5 2 (0.73%) EMC RecoverPoint
5 2 (0.73%) Firmware
5 2 (0.73%) vCloud
5 2 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.73%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.73%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.36%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.36%) IAG
6 1 (0.36%) Snort
6 1 (0.36%) Squid
6 1 (0.36%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 35 (12.73%) Ansible
2 27 (9.82%) FortiGate
3 17 (6.18%) Terraform
4 16 (5.82%) Grafana
4 16 (5.82%) Prometheus
5 10 (3.64%) SCCM
6 9 (3.27%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (2.18%) Kubernetes
8 5 (1.82%) QRadar
8 5 (1.82%) Salt
9 4 (1.45%) CASB
10 3 (1.09%) Cisco Prime
10 3 (1.09%) Nessus
11 2 (0.73%) Avamar
11 2 (0.73%) EMC NetWorker
11 2 (0.73%) EMC VPLEX
11 2 (0.73%) Istio
11 2 (0.73%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 1 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.36%) Suricata
Vendors
1 92 (33.45%) Palo Alto
2 49 (17.82%) F5
3 48 (17.45%) CheckPoint
4 47 (17.09%) Arista
4 47 (17.09%) Fortinet
5 43 (15.64%) Microsoft
6 42 (15.27%) Juniper
7 39 (14.18%) Aruba
8 31 (11.27%) ServiceNow
9 24 (8.73%) Meraki
9 24 (8.73%) Zscaler
10 18 (6.55%) Dell
11 17 (6.18%) HP
11 17 (6.18%) VMware
12 16 (5.82%) Apple
13 13 (4.73%) Splunk
14 11 (4.00%) Infoblox
15 10 (3.64%) EMC
16 9 (3.27%) Remedy
16 9 (3.27%) SAP