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 26 November 2025, 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
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 133 99 82
Rank change year-on-year -34 -17 +28
Contract jobs citing Cisco 309 412 541
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.18% 2.61% 2.75%
As % of the Vendors category 4.68% 5.95% 6.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 199 273 357
10th Percentile £325 £263 £260
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.31% +2.00% +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £650 £732
England median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +1.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 3 13
10th Percentile £22.94 £13.10 £21.95
25th Percentile - £15.88 £24.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £21.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.76% -35.38% +30.00%
75th Percentile - £22.65 £70.00
90th Percentile £50.24 £23.34 £77.25
England median hourly rate £30.00 £23.80 £43.90
% change year-on-year +26.05% -45.79% +70.75%

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 6,605 6,922 8,106
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 46.52% 43.79% 41.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,273 4,357 5,621
10th Percentile £325 £313 £300
25th Percentile £419 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £738 £763
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 136 66 112
10th Percentile £17.74 £20.22 £16.87
25th Percentile £22.50 £23.80 £22.69
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.50 £39.38
Median % change year-on-year -34.68% -2.22% +53.15%
75th Percentile £41.25 £65.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £63.50 £93.13 £85.95
England median hourly rate £25.00 £33.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -24.24% -26.67% +70.68%

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 26 November 2025.

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 26 November 2025.

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 26 November 2025. 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
West London +17 38 £425 -5.56% 5
Central London -38 36 £525 +5.26% 16
South London +2 13 £500 +5.26% 5
East London +5 4 £555 +122.00% 3
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 14 (4.53%) Microsoft Exchange
1 14 (4.53%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.94%) Confluence
3 3 (0.97%) Appian
4 2 (0.65%) nginx
5 1 (0.32%) Apache
5 1 (0.32%) JBoss
5 1 (0.32%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.32%) WebSphere
Applications
1 30 (9.71%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (4.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (3.24%) MS Visio
4 7 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.29%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.32%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.32%) OmniGraffle
6 1 (0.32%) Revit
Business Applications
1 4 (1.29%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.32%) Actimize
Cloud Services
1 66 (21.36%) Azure
2 48 (15.53%) Microsoft 365
3 36 (11.65%) AWS
4 22 (7.12%) GCP
5 14 (4.53%) Entra ID
6 11 (3.56%) Akamai
7 8 (2.59%) GitHub
8 7 (2.27%) Azure Sentinel
9 5 (1.62%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (1.62%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 5 (1.62%) Cloudflare
9 5 (1.62%) IaaS
9 5 (1.62%) Nutanix
9 5 (1.62%) OpenDNS
10 4 (1.29%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (1.29%) Mimecast
10 4 (1.29%) PaaS
10 4 (1.29%) SaaS
11 3 (0.97%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (0.97%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 148 (47.90%) Firewall
2 79 (25.57%) WAN
3 73 (23.62%) LAN
4 72 (23.30%) SD-WAN
5 63 (20.39%) BGP
6 60 (19.42%) VPN
7 59 (19.09%) Wireless
8 58 (18.77%) OSPF
9 55 (17.80%) Cisco Nexus
9 55 (17.80%) Network Security
10 47 (15.21%) Wi-Fi
11 34 (11.00%) DNS
12 26 (8.41%) VLAN
13 22 (7.12%) Cisco ISE
13 22 (7.12%) DHCP
14 21 (6.80%) MPLS
15 19 (6.15%) IPsec
16 18 (5.83%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
17 17 (5.50%) TCP/IP
18 16 (5.18%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.65%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.32%) Metadata
2 1 (0.32%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.32%) MySQL
2 1 (0.32%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.32%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 12 (3.88%) Git
1 12 (3.88%) GitLab
2 8 (2.59%) JIRA
3 7 (2.27%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.94%) Sonatype Nexus
5 3 (0.97%) Cucumber
5 3 (0.97%) Robot Framework
5 3 (0.97%) Selenium
5 3 (0.97%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.65%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.65%) Snyk
7 1 (0.32%) Mercurial
7 1 (0.32%) Subversion
General
1 58 (18.77%) Finance
2 55 (17.80%) Social Skills
3 45 (14.56%) Telecoms
4 37 (11.97%) Public Sector
5 33 (10.68%) Banking
6 32 (10.36%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (4.53%) Manufacturing
7 14 (4.53%) Marketing
8 13 (4.21%) Electronics
9 8 (2.59%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.94%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.62%) Law
12 5 (1.62%) Legal
13 4 (1.29%) Retail
14 3 (0.97%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.65%) Front Office
15 2 (0.65%) Local Government
15 2 (0.65%) Military
Job Titles
1 92 (29.77%) Network Engineer
2 49 (15.86%) Architect
3 35 (11.33%) Network Architect
4 27 (8.74%) Cisco Engineer
5 26 (8.41%) Senior
6 22 (7.12%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 18 (5.83%) IT Support
8 15 (4.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 15 (4.85%) Project Manager
8 15 (4.85%) Security Engineer
9 14 (4.53%) Juniper Engineer
10 13 (4.21%) Consultant
11 12 (3.88%) Analyst
11 12 (3.88%) Desktop Support
11 12 (3.88%) Support Engineer
12 11 (3.56%) IT Engineer
12 11 (3.56%) Network Design Architect
13 10 (3.24%) Solutions Architect
14 9 (2.91%) Network Security Engineer
15 8 (2.59%) Network Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.59%) Jinja
2 7 (2.27%) JSON
2 7 (2.27%) XMPP
3 6 (1.94%) NETCONF
3 6 (1.94%) XML
3 6 (1.94%) YANG
4 5 (1.62%) REST
5 2 (0.65%) 802.1X
5 2 (0.65%) Kafka
5 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (0.65%) RESTCONF
6 1 (0.32%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.32%) Beautiful Soup
6 1 (0.32%) eBPF
6 1 (0.32%) FIX Protocol
6 1 (0.32%) Node.js
6 1 (0.32%) OpenConfig
6 1 (0.32%) Pandas
6 1 (0.32%) Regular Expression
6 1 (0.32%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 90 (29.13%) Data Centre
2 14 (4.53%) Driving Licence
3 11 (3.56%) PKI
4 10 (3.24%) Data Protection Act
5 9 (2.91%) Enterprise Storage
5 9 (2.91%) Public Cloud
6 8 (2.59%) Onboarding
6 8 (2.59%) Video Conferencing
7 7 (2.27%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (2.27%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.62%) Blackberry
9 4 (1.29%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.29%) SCADA
9 4 (1.29%) Security Posture
10 3 (0.97%) BYOD
10 3 (0.97%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (0.97%) Handset
10 3 (0.97%) iPhone
10 3 (0.97%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.97%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 43 (13.92%) Windows
2 34 (11.00%) Mac OS
3 33 (10.68%) Android
4 16 (5.18%) Linux
5 14 (4.53%) Windows Server
6 10 (3.24%) Windows 10
7 4 (1.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.97%) CentOS
9 2 (0.65%) VMS
9 2 (0.65%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.32%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (13.59%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (11.00%) Migration
3 31 (10.03%) Network Design
4 27 (8.74%) Network Monitoring
5 23 (7.44%) Change Management
5 23 (7.44%) ITIL
6 22 (7.12%) Infrastructure as Code
7 21 (6.80%) Network Architecture
8 20 (6.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 19 (6.15%) Agile
10 17 (5.50%) CI/CD
10 17 (5.50%) DevOps
10 17 (5.50%) High Availability
11 16 (5.18%) Business Intelligence
11 16 (5.18%) Customer Service
12 15 (4.85%) Stakeholder Management
13 14 (4.53%) Break/Fix
13 14 (4.53%) Zero Trust
14 13 (4.21%) Cybersecurity
14 13 (4.21%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 55 (17.80%) Python
2 22 (7.12%) PowerShell
3 17 (5.50%) Bash
4 9 (2.91%) Perl
5 8 (2.59%) C++
6 5 (1.62%) JavaScript
6 5 (1.62%) Kusto Query Language
7 3 (0.97%) Go
7 3 (0.97%) Java
7 3 (0.97%) SQL
8 2 (0.65%) C
9 1 (0.32%) PHP
9 1 (0.32%) VBA
Qualifications
1 91 (29.45%) Security Cleared
2 83 (26.86%) SC Cleared
3 76 (24.60%) Cisco Certification
4 58 (18.77%) CCNP
5 24 (7.77%) DV Cleared
6 23 (7.44%) CCIE
6 23 (7.44%) Degree
7 21 (6.80%) CCNA
8 13 (4.21%) CISSP
9 9 (2.91%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (2.59%) JNCIA
11 7 (2.27%) CCSA
11 7 (2.27%) JNCIS
12 6 (1.94%) JNCIE
13 4 (1.29%) Azure Certification
13 4 (1.29%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (1.29%) CCSE
13 4 (1.29%) CISM
13 4 (1.29%) JNCIP
13 4 (1.29%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.53%) SLA
2 9 (2.91%) NIST
3 8 (2.59%) PMO
4 7 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.62%) GDPR
6 3 (0.97%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.32%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.32%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.32%) MiFID
8 1 (0.32%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.32%) QA
System Software
1 28 (9.06%) Active Directory
2 18 (5.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (5.18%) Firmware
4 11 (3.56%) Docker
5 6 (1.94%) Hyper-V
5 6 (1.94%) Snort
5 6 (1.94%) VMware NSX
6 5 (1.62%) Squid
7 4 (1.29%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.65%) KVM
8 2 (0.65%) vSphere
9 1 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.32%) Xen
Systems Management
1 39 (12.62%) Ansible
2 26 (8.41%) FortiGate
3 18 (5.83%) Terraform
4 14 (4.53%) Kubernetes
5 11 (3.56%) SCCM
6 10 (3.24%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (2.27%) Nessus
8 6 (1.94%) NetBackup
9 5 (1.62%) Nexpose
9 5 (1.62%) Suricata
10 4 (1.29%) CA Spectrum
11 3 (0.97%) EMC NetWorker
11 3 (0.97%) QRadar
11 3 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.65%) CASB
12 2 (0.65%) Cisco Prime
12 2 (0.65%) HAProxy
12 2 (0.65%) McAfee ePO
12 2 (0.65%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 2 (0.65%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 71 (22.98%) Fortinet
2 61 (19.74%) Microsoft
3 60 (19.42%) Palo Alto
4 52 (16.83%) Juniper
5 44 (14.24%) F5
6 40 (12.94%) Dell
7 33 (10.68%) HP
8 32 (10.36%) Apple
9 31 (10.03%) CheckPoint
10 27 (8.74%) Meraki
11 26 (8.41%) VMware
12 22 (7.12%) ServiceNow
13 21 (6.80%) Arista
14 19 (6.15%) SolarWinds
15 16 (5.18%) Zscaler
16 14 (4.53%) Splunk
17 13 (4.21%) SAP
18 12 (3.88%) Aruba
19 11 (3.56%) Google
19 11 (3.56%) Isilon