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 20 June 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
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 104 113
Rank change year-on-year -63 +9 -13
Contract jobs citing Cisco 316 340 394
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.66% 2.72% 2.22%
As % of the Vendors category 4.03% 5.98% 5.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 221 217 265
10th Percentile £319 £309 £250
25th Percentile £400 £425 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £600 £584 £550
90th Percentile £675 £661 £683
England median daily rate £481 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.75% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 11 19
10th Percentile £28.35 £24.66 £19.60
25th Percentile £36.25 £25.15 £23.80
Median hourly rate £47.00 £37.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.33% +50.00% -18.70%
75th Percentile £50.00 £54.38 £41.25
90th Percentile £55.75 £65.57 -
England median hourly rate £47.00 £32.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year +44.62% +30.00% -42.86%

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 7,845 5,688 7,356
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 41.21% 45.48% 41.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,151 3,692 5,043
10th Percentile £350 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £532 £538
Median % change year-on-year -1.34% -1.00% -4.02%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
England median daily rate £505 £513 £520
% change year-on-year -1.46% -1.44% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 119 106 133
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £13.91
25th Percentile £25.51 £22.60 £17.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £28.60 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +24.13% +20.17% -16.49%
75th Percentile £57.34 £48.44 £38.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £65.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £34.94 £27.13 £24.00
% change year-on-year +28.81% +13.02% -39.36%

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 20 June 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 20 June 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 20 June 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 -41 36 £575 +7.28% 17
South London +3 19 £450 -14.29% 7
West London -41 6 £475 +11.76% 10
East London -2 4 £470 -14.55% 9
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 8 (2.53%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.58%) OpenStack
3 3 (0.95%) Confluence
4 1 (0.32%) Apache
4 1 (0.32%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 7 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.27%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 85 (26.90%) Azure
2 47 (14.87%) AWS
3 18 (5.70%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (3.80%) Entra ID
4 12 (3.80%) GCP
5 8 (2.53%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 8 (2.53%) SaaS
6 6 (1.90%) GitHub
6 6 (1.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 4 (1.27%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (0.95%) Mimecast
9 2 (0.63%) AWS IoT
9 2 (0.63%) OneDrive
9 2 (0.63%) OpenShift
9 2 (0.63%) Rubrik
10 1 (0.32%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.32%) Cloudflare
10 1 (0.32%) IBM Watson
10 1 (0.32%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.32%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 148 (46.84%) Firewall
2 110 (34.81%) WAN
3 81 (25.63%) BGP
4 80 (25.32%) Network Security
5 60 (18.99%) LAN
6 52 (16.46%) VPN
7 49 (15.51%) OSPF
8 42 (13.29%) Wireless
9 41 (12.97%) SD-WAN
10 38 (12.03%) VLAN
11 31 (9.81%) MPLS
12 29 (9.18%) Wi-Fi
13 28 (8.86%) Cisco IOS
14 27 (8.54%) VXLAN
15 26 (8.23%) Cisco ISE
15 26 (8.23%) Multicast
16 25 (7.91%) DNS
17 20 (6.33%) Cisco ASA
17 20 (6.33%) Cisco Nexus
18 19 (6.01%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.95%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.63%) NoSQL
2 2 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.32%) Apache Hive
3 1 (0.32%) Big Data
3 1 (0.32%) ClickHouse
3 1 (0.32%) Hadoop
3 1 (0.32%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 7 (2.22%) Git
2 5 (1.58%) JIRA
3 4 (1.27%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.32%) GitLab
4 1 (0.32%) Jenkins
General
1 69 (21.84%) Social Skills
2 61 (19.30%) Finance
3 22 (6.96%) Legal
3 22 (6.96%) Public Sector
3 22 (6.96%) Telecoms
4 18 (5.70%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (5.70%) Banking
4 18 (5.70%) Documentation Skills
5 17 (5.38%) Financial Institution
6 10 (3.16%) Law
7 7 (2.22%) Marketing
8 5 (1.58%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.27%) Local Government
9 4 (1.27%) Retail
10 3 (0.95%) Front Office
10 3 (0.95%) Investment Banking
10 3 (0.95%) Manufacturing
10 3 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.63%) Electronics
11 2 (0.63%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 141 (44.62%) Network Engineer
2 57 (18.04%) Architect
3 37 (11.71%) Senior
4 30 (9.49%) Network Architect
5 22 (6.96%) Security Engineer
6 20 (6.33%) Network Security Engineer
7 19 (6.01%) Senior Network Engineer
8 16 (5.06%) Cisco Engineer
9 15 (4.75%) Solutions Architect
10 14 (4.43%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 13 (4.11%) Automation Engineer
12 11 (3.48%) Operations Engineer
13 10 (3.16%) Security Architect
14 8 (2.53%) Network Security Architect
14 8 (2.53%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
15 7 (2.22%) Analyst
15 7 (2.22%) Cisco Architect
15 7 (2.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 7 (2.22%) Project Manager
16 6 (1.90%) Cisco Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.11%) 802.1X
2 8 (2.53%) REST
3 5 (1.58%) SAML
4 4 (1.27%) Jinja
5 2 (0.63%) .NET
5 2 (0.63%) .NET Core
5 2 (0.63%) ADO
5 2 (0.63%) ASP.NET
5 2 (0.63%) Blazor
5 2 (0.63%) Middleware
6 1 (0.32%) CSS
6 1 (0.32%) Django
6 1 (0.32%) HTML
6 1 (0.32%) Kafka
6 1 (0.32%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 81 (25.63%) Data Centre
2 15 (4.75%) Data Protection Act
3 12 (3.80%) Video Conferencing
4 11 (3.48%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (2.53%) Cloud Native
5 8 (2.53%) Onboarding
6 7 (2.22%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (2.22%) Security Posture
6 7 (2.22%) Virtual Team
7 6 (1.90%) IoT
7 6 (1.90%) PKI
8 5 (1.58%) Web Conferencing
9 4 (1.27%) Driving Licence
10 3 (0.95%) Distributed Systems
11 2 (0.63%) BYOD
11 2 (0.63%) Cloud Security Posture
11 2 (0.63%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 2 (0.63%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.63%) Operational Technology
11 2 (0.63%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 46 (14.56%) Windows
2 18 (5.70%) Windows Server
3 17 (5.38%) Linux
4 7 (2.22%) Unix
5 4 (1.27%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.95%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.95%) VMS
7 2 (0.63%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.63%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.32%) Android
8 1 (0.32%) CentOS
8 1 (0.32%) Debian
8 1 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (18.04%) Migration
2 28 (8.86%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (7.91%) ITIL
3 25 (7.91%) Network Design
4 24 (7.59%) Agile
5 23 (7.28%) Infrastructure as Code
5 23 (7.28%) Stakeholder Management
6 22 (6.96%) Runbook
7 21 (6.65%) Data Protection
7 21 (6.65%) Mentoring
7 21 (6.65%) Project Delivery
7 21 (6.65%) Validation
8 20 (6.33%) Zero Trust
9 19 (6.01%) CI/CD
10 17 (5.38%) Continuous Improvement
10 17 (5.38%) ITSM
10 17 (5.38%) Low Latency
11 15 (4.75%) Load Balancing
11 15 (4.75%) Technical Leadership
12 14 (4.43%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 50 (15.82%) Python
2 14 (4.43%) PowerShell
3 5 (1.58%) C
4 3 (0.95%) Bash
4 3 (0.95%) C++
4 3 (0.95%) Java
5 2 (0.63%) ActionScript
5 2 (0.63%) Lisp
6 1 (0.32%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.32%) Ladder Logic
6 1 (0.32%) SQL
Qualifications
1 72 (22.78%) Cisco Certification
2 62 (19.62%) CCNP
3 40 (12.66%) Security Cleared
4 31 (9.81%) SC Cleared
5 22 (6.96%) Degree
6 19 (6.01%) CCIE
7 15 (4.75%) CCNA
8 12 (3.80%) DV Cleared
9 6 (1.90%) Azure Certification
9 6 (1.90%) CCSE
9 6 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (1.58%) PMP
11 3 (0.95%) JNCIP
11 3 (0.95%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.63%) CCIE Security
12 2 (0.63%) CISSP
12 2 (0.63%) JNCIE
12 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.63%) Network+ Certification
13 1 (0.32%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.48%) SLA
2 6 (1.90%) NIST
3 5 (1.58%) PMO
3 5 (1.58%) QA
4 4 (1.27%) GDPR
5 3 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.63%) Government Security Classifications
6 2 (0.63%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.32%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.32%) GRC
7 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.32%) NIST 800
System Software
1 27 (8.54%) VMware Infrastructure
2 20 (6.33%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.22%) VMware NSX
4 6 (1.90%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.58%) Firmware
6 4 (1.27%) Hyper-V
6 4 (1.27%) vSphere
7 3 (0.95%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.63%) Docker
8 2 (0.63%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 2 (0.63%) vCloud
8 2 (0.63%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.32%) IAG
9 1 (0.32%) KVM
9 1 (0.32%) QEMU
9 1 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.32%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 51 (16.14%) Ansible
2 37 (11.71%) FortiGate
3 25 (7.91%) Terraform
4 17 (5.38%) Grafana
5 16 (5.06%) Prometheus
6 8 (2.53%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (2.22%) Kubernetes
8 5 (1.58%) Cisco CUCM
8 5 (1.58%) SCCM
9 4 (1.27%) Cisco Prime
9 4 (1.27%) Salt
10 3 (0.95%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.95%) QRadar
11 2 (0.63%) Avamar
11 2 (0.63%) EMC VPLEX
12 1 (0.32%) Istio
12 1 (0.32%) Nessus
12 1 (0.32%) SCOM
12 1 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.32%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 104 (32.91%) Palo Alto
2 64 (20.25%) Fortinet
3 54 (17.09%) Arista
3 54 (17.09%) Microsoft
4 42 (13.29%) Aruba
4 42 (13.29%) CheckPoint
4 42 (13.29%) Juniper
5 41 (12.97%) F5
6 31 (9.81%) VMware
7 29 (9.18%) Zscaler
8 24 (7.59%) Meraki
9 19 (6.01%) ServiceNow
10 13 (4.11%) Infoblox
11 11 (3.48%) SolarWinds
12 10 (3.16%) Splunk
13 8 (2.53%) EMC
14 7 (2.22%) Dell
15 6 (1.90%) BT
16 5 (1.58%) Google
16 5 (1.58%) Salesforce