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 August 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 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 156 113 109
Rank change year-on-year -43 -4 -29
Contract jobs citing Cisco 368 341 397
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.83% 2.54% 2.45%
As % of the Vendors category 4.30% 5.51% 5.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 263 218 265
10th Percentile £325 £325 £252
25th Percentile £413 £406 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -1.23%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £556
90th Percentile £725 £658 £650
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 19 11
10th Percentile £29.00 - £20.50
25th Percentile £40.13 - £23.80
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +86.88% +4.01% -13.26%
75th Percentile £61.88 £39.38 £30.25
90th Percentile £78.75 £62.11 -
England median hourly rate £48.72 £30.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +62.40% +15.38% -45.26%

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 8,550 6,188 6,991
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.62% 46.07% 43.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,579 4,012 4,721
10th Percentile £350 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year - -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £751
England median daily rate £513 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +1.49% -3.81% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 127 87
10th Percentile £18.68 £16.24 £17.08
25th Percentile £19.85 £22.95 £20.50
Median hourly rate £35.50 £26.30 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +34.98% -4.36% -21.43%
75th Percentile £59.94 £38.75 £60.63
90th Percentile £81.63 £63.45 £75.50
England median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £29.00
% change year-on-year +29.22% -13.28% -26.68%

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 August 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 August 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 August 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 -12 56 £550 +2.61% 27
South London -5 16 £475 -9.52% 9
West London -52 7 £513 +20.59% 9
East London +5 5 £500 -9.09% 13
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 (4.62%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.63%) JBoss
2 6 (1.63%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.09%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.54%) Apache
4 2 (0.54%) Confluence
5 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.27%) CloudStack
Applications
1 14 (3.80%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.54%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.27%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 101 (27.45%) Azure
2 46 (12.50%) AWS
3 29 (7.88%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (5.71%) Entra ID
5 14 (3.80%) GitHub
6 13 (3.53%) OneDrive
7 11 (2.99%) GCP
8 10 (2.72%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 8 (2.17%) SaaS
10 6 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (1.36%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 3 (0.82%) Mimecast
12 3 (0.82%) OpenShift
12 3 (0.82%) Power Platform
12 3 (0.82%) Rubrik
13 2 (0.54%) AWS IoT
13 2 (0.54%) IaaS
14 1 (0.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 1 (0.27%) Datadog
14 1 (0.27%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 178 (48.37%) Firewall
2 102 (27.72%) WAN
3 99 (26.90%) BGP
4 78 (21.20%) Network Security
5 59 (16.03%) LAN
6 54 (14.67%) VLAN
6 54 (14.67%) VPN
7 52 (14.13%) OSPF
8 49 (13.32%) Wireless
9 42 (11.41%) Wi-Fi
10 40 (10.87%) DNS
11 36 (9.78%) SD-WAN
11 36 (9.78%) VXLAN
12 33 (8.97%) Cisco ISE
12 33 (8.97%) TCP/IP
13 30 (8.15%) Multicast
14 28 (7.61%) MPLS
15 27 (7.34%) Cisco IOS
15 27 (7.34%) Cisco Nexus
15 27 (7.34%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.72%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.63%) Big Data
2 6 (1.63%) Hadoop
3 2 (0.54%) NoSQL
3 2 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.27%) Apache Hive
4 1 (0.27%) ClickHouse
4 1 (0.27%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 16 (4.35%) Git
2 7 (1.90%) JIRA
3 5 (1.36%) GitLab
4 4 (1.09%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.54%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.27%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.27%) Tricentis qTest
6 1 (0.27%) Zephyr
General
1 81 (22.01%) Social Skills
2 65 (17.66%) Finance
3 32 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (7.61%) Telecoms
5 26 (7.07%) Banking
6 19 (5.16%) Documentation Skills
7 18 (4.89%) Public Sector
8 16 (4.35%) Financial Institution
9 14 (3.80%) Legal
10 6 (1.63%) Retail
11 5 (1.36%) Law
11 5 (1.36%) Marketing
12 4 (1.09%) Automotive
12 4 (1.09%) Investment Banking
12 4 (1.09%) Local Government
13 3 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.54%) French Language
14 2 (0.54%) Front Office
14 2 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 175 (47.55%) Network Engineer
2 53 (14.40%) Architect
3 51 (13.86%) Senior
4 35 (9.51%) Cisco Engineer
4 35 (9.51%) Senior Network Engineer
5 31 (8.42%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 26 (7.07%) Network Architect
7 24 (6.52%) Security Engineer
8 20 (5.43%) Network Security Engineer
9 16 (4.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 15 (4.08%) Automation Engineer
11 13 (3.53%) Audio Visual Engineer
12 12 (3.26%) Lead
13 11 (2.99%) Analyst
13 11 (2.99%) Data Centre Engineer
13 11 (2.99%) Implementation Engineer
13 11 (2.99%) Senior Cisco Engineer
14 10 (2.72%) Solutions Architect
14 10 (2.72%) Support Engineer
15 9 (2.45%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (8.15%) Terraform
2 22 (5.98%) 802.1X
3 14 (3.80%) REST
4 5 (1.36%) JSON
4 5 (1.36%) YAML
5 4 (1.09%) Jinja
5 4 (1.09%) SAML
6 3 (0.82%) Middleware
7 2 (0.54%) .NET
7 2 (0.54%) .NET Core
7 2 (0.54%) ADO
7 2 (0.54%) ASP.NET
7 2 (0.54%) Blazor
7 2 (0.54%) eBPF
7 2 (0.54%) RFC 2544
8 1 (0.27%) Elastic Stack
8 1 (0.27%) Kafka
8 1 (0.27%) SailPoint
8 1 (0.27%) Spine.js
8 1 (0.27%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 103 (27.99%) Data Centre
2 25 (6.79%) Video Conferencing
3 23 (6.25%) Onboarding
4 18 (4.89%) Hybrid Cloud
5 15 (4.08%) Data Protection Act
6 12 (3.26%) IoT
7 10 (2.72%) Cloud Native
8 9 (2.45%) Analytical Mindset
9 8 (2.17%) Virtual Team
10 7 (1.90%) Linux Command Line
10 7 (1.90%) PKI
10 7 (1.90%) Web Conferencing
11 6 (1.63%) Clustering
11 6 (1.63%) Management Information System
12 5 (1.36%) Digital Signage
12 5 (1.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 5 (1.36%) Public Cloud
12 5 (1.36%) Robotics
13 4 (1.09%) Driving Licence
13 4 (1.09%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 62 (16.85%) Windows
2 27 (7.34%) Linux
3 25 (6.79%) Windows Server
4 10 (2.72%) Ubuntu
5 8 (2.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (2.17%) Windows 10
6 5 (1.36%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.82%) VMS
7 3 (0.82%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (0.82%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.82%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.27%) Android
8 1 (0.27%) CentOS
8 1 (0.27%) Debian
8 1 (0.27%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (19.29%) Migration
2 42 (11.41%) Project Delivery
3 36 (9.78%) Infrastructure as Code
3 36 (9.78%) Validation
4 34 (9.24%) ITIL
4 34 (9.24%) Problem-Solving
5 33 (8.97%) Stakeholder Management
6 29 (7.88%) Continuous Improvement
7 27 (7.34%) Runbook
8 26 (7.07%) Agile
8 26 (7.07%) CI/CD
9 24 (6.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 23 (6.25%) Data Protection
10 23 (6.25%) DevOps
10 23 (6.25%) Low Latency
10 23 (6.25%) Network Design
11 22 (5.98%) Change Management
11 22 (5.98%) Load Balancing
12 21 (5.71%) Zero Trust
13 20 (5.43%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 64 (17.39%) Python
2 14 (3.80%) PowerShell
3 11 (2.99%) Bash
4 3 (0.82%) C
4 3 (0.82%) C++
4 3 (0.82%) Java
5 2 (0.54%) Lisp
5 2 (0.54%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.27%) ActionScript
6 1 (0.27%) Ladder Logic
6 1 (0.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 84 (22.83%) Cisco Certification
2 76 (20.65%) CCNP
3 41 (11.14%) Security Cleared
4 33 (8.97%) SC Cleared
5 27 (7.34%) Degree
6 22 (5.98%) CCIE
7 17 (4.62%) CCNA
8 11 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (1.90%) Azure Certification
9 7 (1.90%) DV Cleared
10 4 (1.09%) CCSE
10 4 (1.09%) JNCIP
10 4 (1.09%) JNCIS
10 4 (1.09%) PMP
11 3 (0.82%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.54%) CCIE Security
12 2 (0.54%) CISSP
12 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.54%) Network+ Certification
12 2 (0.54%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.26%) SLA
2 7 (1.90%) QA
3 6 (1.63%) NIST
4 3 (0.82%) GDPR
4 3 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.82%) PMO
5 2 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.54%) Government Security Classifications
5 2 (0.54%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.27%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.27%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.27%) GRC
6 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.27%) NIST 800
System Software
1 37 (10.05%) VMware Infrastructure
2 30 (8.15%) Active Directory
3 8 (2.17%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (1.90%) Docker
5 6 (1.63%) Firmware
5 6 (1.63%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.82%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 3 (0.82%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.82%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.27%) IAG
7 1 (0.27%) KVM
7 1 (0.27%) QEMU
7 1 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.27%) VMware Server
7 1 (0.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 56 (15.22%) Ansible
2 38 (10.33%) FortiGate
3 15 (4.08%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (3.26%) Kubernetes
5 9 (2.45%) Grafana
6 8 (2.17%) Prometheus
7 7 (1.90%) Cisco Prime
8 6 (1.63%) Cisco CUCM
8 6 (1.63%) Puppet
8 6 (1.63%) Red Hat Satellite
9 5 (1.36%) Failover Clustering
9 5 (1.36%) SCCM
10 4 (1.09%) systemd
11 3 (0.82%) Avamar
11 3 (0.82%) EMC VPLEX
11 3 (0.82%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (0.82%) QRadar
12 2 (0.54%) Dell DRAC
12 2 (0.54%) Docker Swarm
12 2 (0.54%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 87 (23.64%) Palo Alto
2 76 (20.65%) Microsoft
3 72 (19.57%) Fortinet
4 54 (14.67%) Arista
5 46 (12.50%) VMware
6 44 (11.96%) Juniper
7 43 (11.68%) F5
8 37 (10.05%) Meraki
9 33 (8.97%) Aruba
10 32 (8.70%) Zscaler
11 30 (8.15%) CheckPoint
12 17 (4.62%) ServiceNow
13 16 (4.35%) Red Hat
14 14 (3.80%) Infoblox
15 12 (3.26%) SolarWinds
16 10 (2.72%) Google
17 9 (2.45%) NetApp
18 8 (2.17%) HP
19 7 (1.90%) Citrix
20 6 (1.63%) Dell