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 19 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
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 166 98 93
Rank change year-on-year -68 -5 +18
Contract jobs citing Cisco 267 342 438
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.62% 2.68% 2.41%
As % of the Vendors category 3.68% 5.96% 6.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 232 281
10th Percentile £273 £319 £240
25th Percentile £400 £425 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% +0.05% -4.31%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £588
90th Percentile £675 £675 £745
England median daily rate £481 £503 £475
% change year-on-year -4.23% +5.79% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 4 17
10th Percentile £21.46 - £20.35
25th Percentile - £24.66 £25.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £31.08 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.08% -4.37% +26.41%
75th Percentile £27.25 £40.94 £41.25
90th Percentile £82.75 £44.88 -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £33.52 £25.00
% change year-on-year +93.89% +34.09% -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 7,265 5,741 7,297
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 44.19% 44.92% 40.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,786 3,706 4,981
10th Percentile £350 £325 £281
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.58% -1.00% -2.65%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £660
90th Percentile £738 £754 £763
England median daily rate £501 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -4.67% +1.94% -4.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 84 141
10th Percentile £18.04 £20.26 £13.42
25th Percentile £20.96 £23.80 £16.86
Median hourly rate £26.14 £31.42 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.83% +25.69% -2.76%
75th Percentile £41.38 £56.19 £41.25
90th Percentile £65.51 £79.78 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.00 £30.20 £24.75
% change year-on-year -17.22% +22.01% -29.28%

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 19 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 19 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 19 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 -57 19 £550 - 32
South London -6 14 £438 -7.89% 1
West London -29 5 £399 -3.33% 9
East London -3 1 £525 -4.55% 10
Cisco
England

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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 (4.49%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.62%) Confluence
2 7 (2.62%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.12%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.37%) Apache
4 1 (0.37%) Appian
4 1 (0.37%) JBoss
4 1 (0.37%) WebSphere
Applications
1 17 (6.37%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (4.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (3.75%) MS Visio
4 8 (3.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.50%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.25%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.37%) Actimize
Cloud Services
1 64 (23.97%) Azure
2 35 (13.11%) AWS
3 34 (12.73%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (7.87%) GCP
5 14 (5.24%) Entra ID
6 6 (2.25%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (2.25%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 5 (1.87%) GitHub
8 4 (1.50%) Cloudflare
8 4 (1.50%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 3 (1.12%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (1.12%) Rubrik
10 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (0.75%) Mimecast
10 2 (0.75%) OCI
10 2 (0.75%) OneDrive
10 2 (0.75%) OpenDNS
10 2 (0.75%) OpenShift
10 2 (0.75%) ShareGate
10 2 (0.75%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 119 (44.57%) Firewall
2 100 (37.45%) WAN
3 76 (28.46%) Network Security
4 59 (22.10%) VPN
5 58 (21.72%) BGP
6 57 (21.35%) LAN
7 50 (18.73%) SD-WAN
8 49 (18.35%) Wireless
9 46 (17.23%) OSPF
10 28 (10.49%) MPLS
10 28 (10.49%) Wi-Fi
11 25 (9.36%) Cisco ASA
12 20 (7.49%) Cisco IOS
12 20 (7.49%) Cisco Nexus
13 19 (7.12%) Multicast
14 18 (6.74%) Cisco ISE
15 17 (6.37%) VLAN
16 16 (5.99%) VXLAN
17 15 (5.62%) EIGRP
17 15 (5.62%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.75%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.37%) Big Data
2 1 (0.37%) Metadata
2 1 (0.37%) MySQL
2 1 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 9 (3.37%) JIRA
2 8 (3.00%) Git
2 8 (3.00%) GitLab
3 6 (2.25%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.12%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.37%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.37%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.37%) Selenium
5 1 (0.37%) SonarQube
General
1 65 (24.34%) Finance
2 54 (20.22%) Social Skills
3 33 (12.36%) Telecoms
4 28 (10.49%) Banking
4 28 (10.49%) Public Sector
5 24 (8.99%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (5.62%) Financial Institution
7 14 (5.24%) Legal
7 14 (5.24%) Manufacturing
7 14 (5.24%) Marketing
8 13 (4.87%) Electronics
9 8 (3.00%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (3.00%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (2.25%) Law
11 5 (1.87%) Retail
12 2 (0.75%) Front Office
12 2 (0.75%) Local Government
12 2 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.37%) Military
Job Titles
1 87 (32.58%) Network Engineer
2 41 (15.36%) Architect
3 30 (11.24%) Senior
4 22 (8.24%) Network Architect
5 17 (6.37%) IT Support
5 17 (6.37%) Project Manager
6 12 (4.49%) Solutions Architect
7 11 (4.12%) Support Engineer
8 10 (3.75%) Desktop Support
8 10 (3.75%) Security Architect
8 10 (3.75%) Security Engineer
9 9 (3.37%) IT Engineer
9 9 (3.37%) Operations Engineer
9 9 (3.37%) Senior Network Engineer
10 8 (3.00%) Cisco Engineer
10 8 (3.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (3.00%) Network Manager
10 8 (3.00%) Network Security Engineer
11 7 (2.62%) 2nd Line Support
11 7 (2.62%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.62%) 802.1X
2 5 (1.87%) Jinja
3 4 (1.50%) HTML
3 4 (1.50%) JSON
3 4 (1.50%) REST
3 4 (1.50%) VML
4 3 (1.12%) NETCONF
4 3 (1.12%) XML
4 3 (1.12%) YANG
5 2 (0.75%) CSS
5 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (0.75%) SAML
6 1 (0.37%) ADO
6 1 (0.37%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.37%) Beautiful Soup
6 1 (0.37%) Django
6 1 (0.37%) Kafka
6 1 (0.37%) OpenConfig
6 1 (0.37%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 75 (28.09%) Data Centre
2 11 (4.12%) Data Protection Act
3 10 (3.75%) Hybrid Cloud
4 9 (3.37%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.25%) Cloud Native
5 6 (2.25%) Driving Licence
5 6 (2.25%) PKI
5 6 (2.25%) Public Cloud
6 5 (1.87%) Security Posture
7 3 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.12%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.12%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.12%) SCADA
7 3 (1.12%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (0.75%) EMC VNX
8 2 (0.75%) IoT
8 2 (0.75%) Life Science
8 2 (0.75%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.75%) Private Cloud
8 2 (0.75%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 33 (12.36%) Windows
2 24 (8.99%) Mac OS
3 23 (8.61%) Android
4 11 (4.12%) Linux
4 11 (4.12%) Windows 10
5 9 (3.37%) Windows Server
6 8 (3.00%) Unix
7 3 (1.12%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (13.48%) Migration
2 34 (12.73%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (9.36%) Change Management
4 24 (8.99%) Network Design
5 23 (8.61%) Agile
5 23 (8.61%) ITIL
5 23 (8.61%) Stakeholder Management
6 20 (7.49%) CI/CD
6 20 (7.49%) Load Balancing
7 17 (6.37%) Zero Trust
8 15 (5.62%) Business Intelligence
8 15 (5.62%) DevOps
8 15 (5.62%) Infrastructure as Code
8 15 (5.62%) ITSM
8 15 (5.62%) Network Architecture
9 14 (5.24%) AI
9 14 (5.24%) Break/Fix
9 14 (5.24%) Network Monitoring
9 14 (5.24%) Programme Management
9 14 (5.24%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 36 (13.48%) Python
2 15 (5.62%) PowerShell
3 5 (1.87%) Bash
4 4 (1.50%) C
4 4 (1.50%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.75%) ActionScript
5 2 (0.75%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.37%) C++
6 1 (0.37%) Perl
6 1 (0.37%) SQL
Qualifications
1 61 (22.85%) Cisco Certification
2 52 (19.48%) Security Cleared
3 49 (18.35%) CCNP
4 45 (16.85%) SC Cleared
5 24 (8.99%) CCIE
5 24 (8.99%) Degree
6 17 (6.37%) CCNA
7 16 (5.99%) DV Cleared
8 8 (3.00%) CISSP
9 7 (2.62%) Azure Certification
10 6 (2.25%) CCSE
11 5 (1.87%) PMP
12 4 (1.50%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (1.50%) JNCIP
13 3 (1.12%) HND
13 3 (1.12%) JNCIE
13 3 (1.12%) Network+ Certification
13 3 (1.12%) PMI Certification
14 2 (0.75%) HNC
14 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.12%) PMO
2 10 (3.75%) SLA
3 9 (3.37%) NIST
4 8 (3.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (2.25%) GDPR
6 3 (1.12%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.37%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.37%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.37%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.37%) MiFID
8 1 (0.37%) QA
System Software
1 15 (5.62%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (4.49%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.62%) VMware NSX
4 6 (2.25%) vSphere
5 4 (1.50%) Docker
5 4 (1.50%) Firmware
6 2 (0.75%) Snort
6 2 (0.75%) Squid
6 2 (0.75%) vCloud
6 2 (0.75%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.75%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.37%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.37%) IAG
7 1 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.37%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 35 (13.11%) Ansible
2 27 (10.11%) FortiGate
3 18 (6.74%) Terraform
4 15 (5.62%) Grafana
4 15 (5.62%) Prometheus
5 10 (3.75%) SCCM
6 6 (2.25%) Kubernetes
6 6 (2.25%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (1.87%) Salt
8 4 (1.50%) CASB
8 4 (1.50%) Nessus
9 3 (1.12%) Cisco Prime
10 2 (0.75%) EMC NetWorker
10 2 (0.75%) Istio
10 2 (0.75%) Nexpose
10 2 (0.75%) QRadar
10 2 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.75%) Suricata
10 2 (0.75%) Tivoli Storage Manager
11 1 (0.37%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 90 (33.71%) Palo Alto
2 47 (17.60%) CheckPoint
3 45 (16.85%) F5
4 42 (15.73%) Aruba
4 42 (15.73%) Fortinet
4 42 (15.73%) Juniper
5 41 (15.36%) Microsoft
6 37 (13.86%) Arista
7 30 (11.24%) ServiceNow
8 26 (9.74%) Dell
9 25 (9.36%) Zscaler
10 24 (8.99%) HP
10 24 (8.99%) Meraki
11 23 (8.61%) Apple
12 18 (6.74%) VMware
13 15 (5.62%) Splunk
14 14 (5.24%) Infoblox
15 13 (4.87%) SAP
16 9 (3.37%) EMC
16 9 (3.37%) Remedy