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 12 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
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 127 98 81
Rank change year-on-year -29 -17 +33
Contract jobs citing Cisco 305 409 564
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.18% 2.64% 2.80%
As % of the Vendors category 4.70% 6.03% 6.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 198 274 379
10th Percentile £324 £259 £252
25th Percentile £400 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £650 £743
England median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 4 12
10th Percentile - £14.03 £21.85
25th Percentile - £18.19 £23.88
Median hourly rate £25.15 £22.40 £31.63
Median % change year-on-year +12.28% -29.17% +26.50%
75th Percentile - £34.10 £71.56
90th Percentile £54.08 £52.64 £77.38
England median hourly rate £30.00 £23.10 £43.90
% change year-on-year +29.87% -47.38% +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 6,489 6,788 8,279
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 46.46% 43.76% 41.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,185 4,264 5,763
10th Percentile £325 £313 £304
25th Percentile £420 £425 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £775
England median daily rate £507 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.43% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 64 120
10th Percentile £17.50 £20.73 £16.99
25th Percentile £22.50 £23.80 £22.69
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.25 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.65% -12.42% +61.00%
75th Percentile £37.12 £65.25 £60.00
90th Percentile £63.40 £97.75 £83.55
England median hourly rate £25.00 £33.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -24.24% -25.84% +74.51%

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 12 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 12 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 12 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
Central London -37 41 £525 +8.34% 84
West London +16 38 £425 -10.53% 11
South London +4 13 £563 +18.42% 7
East London 0 4 £555 +146.67% 4
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 13 (4.26%) SharePoint
2 12 (3.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.97%) Confluence
4 3 (0.98%) Appian
5 2 (0.66%) nginx
6 1 (0.33%) Apache
6 1 (0.33%) Mattermost
6 1 (0.33%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.33%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 29 (9.51%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (4.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (3.28%) MS Visio
4 7 (2.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.31%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.33%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.33%) OmniGraffle
6 1 (0.33%) Revit
Business Applications
1 2 (0.66%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 62 (20.33%) Azure
2 45 (14.75%) Microsoft 365
3 34 (11.15%) AWS
4 19 (6.23%) GCP
5 13 (4.26%) Entra ID
6 11 (3.61%) Akamai
7 7 (2.30%) GitHub
8 6 (1.97%) Azure Sentinel
8 6 (1.97%) Nutanix
9 5 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (1.64%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 5 (1.64%) IaaS
10 4 (1.31%) Cloudflare
10 4 (1.31%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (1.31%) Mimecast
10 4 (1.31%) OpenDNS
10 4 (1.31%) PaaS
10 4 (1.31%) SaaS
11 3 (0.98%) Tricentis Tosca
11 3 (0.98%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 144 (47.21%) Firewall
2 75 (24.59%) WAN
3 73 (23.93%) LAN
4 67 (21.97%) SD-WAN
5 63 (20.66%) BGP
6 58 (19.02%) OSPF
7 57 (18.69%) VPN
8 55 (18.03%) Wireless
9 54 (17.70%) Cisco Nexus
10 51 (16.72%) Network Security
11 43 (14.10%) Wi-Fi
12 37 (12.13%) DNS
13 28 (9.18%) VLAN
14 24 (7.87%) DHCP
15 21 (6.89%) Cisco ISE
16 20 (6.56%) IPsec
16 20 (6.56%) MPLS
17 19 (6.23%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
17 19 (6.23%) TCP/IP
18 16 (5.25%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.33%) MongoDB
1 1 (0.33%) MySQL
1 1 (0.33%) NoSQL
1 1 (0.33%) Power BI
1 1 (0.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (3.93%) Git
2 11 (3.61%) GitLab
3 8 (2.62%) JIRA
4 6 (1.97%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.97%) Sonatype Nexus
5 3 (0.98%) Cucumber
5 3 (0.98%) Robot Framework
5 3 (0.98%) Selenium
5 3 (0.98%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.66%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.66%) Snyk
7 1 (0.33%) Mercurial
7 1 (0.33%) Subversion
General
1 56 (18.36%) Finance
2 53 (17.38%) Social Skills
3 43 (14.10%) Telecoms
4 34 (11.15%) Public Sector
5 31 (10.16%) Banking
6 28 (9.18%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (4.59%) Manufacturing
7 14 (4.59%) Marketing
8 13 (4.26%) Electronics
9 8 (2.62%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.97%) Law
12 5 (1.64%) Legal
13 4 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.98%) Retail
15 2 (0.66%) Financial Institution
15 2 (0.66%) Front Office
15 2 (0.66%) Investment Banking
15 2 (0.66%) Military
Job Titles
1 90 (29.51%) Network Engineer
2 48 (15.74%) Architect
3 34 (11.15%) Network Architect
4 30 (9.84%) Cisco Engineer
5 26 (8.52%) Senior
6 23 (7.54%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 16 (5.25%) IT Support
7 16 (5.25%) Security Engineer
8 14 (4.59%) Consultant
8 14 (4.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 14 (4.59%) Project Manager
9 13 (4.26%) Juniper Engineer
10 12 (3.93%) Desktop Support
11 11 (3.61%) Analyst
11 11 (3.61%) Network Design Architect
12 10 (3.28%) IT Engineer
12 10 (3.28%) Network Security Engineer
12 10 (3.28%) Solutions Architect
12 10 (3.28%) Support Engineer
13 8 (2.62%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.95%) XMPP
2 8 (2.62%) Jinja
3 6 (1.97%) JSON
3 6 (1.97%) NETCONF
3 6 (1.97%) XML
3 6 (1.97%) YANG
4 5 (1.64%) REST
5 2 (0.66%) 802.1X
5 2 (0.66%) RESTCONF
6 1 (0.33%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.33%) eBPF
6 1 (0.33%) FIX Protocol
6 1 (0.33%) Kafka
6 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Graph
6 1 (0.33%) Node.js
6 1 (0.33%) OpenConfig
6 1 (0.33%) Regular Expression
6 1 (0.33%) Spring Boot
6 1 (0.33%) WebRTC
6 1 (0.33%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 85 (27.87%) Data Centre
2 12 (3.93%) Driving Licence
3 11 (3.61%) PKI
4 9 (2.95%) Data Protection Act
4 9 (2.95%) Enterprise Storage
5 8 (2.62%) Onboarding
5 8 (2.62%) Video Conferencing
6 7 (2.30%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (2.30%) Management Information System
6 7 (2.30%) Public Cloud
7 5 (1.64%) Blackberry
8 4 (1.31%) SCADA
8 4 (1.31%) Security Posture
9 3 (0.98%) BYOD
9 3 (0.98%) Cloud Native
9 3 (0.98%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (0.98%) Handset
9 3 (0.98%) iPhone
10 2 (0.66%) Clustering
10 2 (0.66%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 41 (13.44%) Windows
2 31 (10.16%) Mac OS
3 30 (9.84%) Android
4 17 (5.57%) Linux
5 13 (4.26%) Windows Server
6 7 (2.30%) Windows 10
7 4 (1.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.98%) CentOS
9 2 (0.66%) VMS
9 2 (0.66%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.66%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.66%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (12.79%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (11.15%) Migration
3 30 (9.84%) Network Design
4 28 (9.18%) Network Monitoring
5 24 (7.87%) ITIL
6 21 (6.89%) Network Architecture
7 20 (6.56%) Change Management
8 19 (6.23%) High Availability
8 19 (6.23%) Infrastructure as Code
8 19 (6.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 18 (5.90%) Agile
10 16 (5.25%) Business Intelligence
10 16 (5.25%) CI/CD
10 16 (5.25%) Customer Service
10 16 (5.25%) DevOps
11 15 (4.92%) Stakeholder Management
12 13 (4.26%) Digital Marketing
12 13 (4.26%) Programme Management
13 12 (3.93%) Cybersecurity
13 12 (3.93%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 53 (17.38%) Python
2 21 (6.89%) PowerShell
3 15 (4.92%) Bash
4 9 (2.95%) Perl
5 8 (2.62%) C++
6 5 (1.64%) JavaScript
7 4 (1.31%) Kusto Query Language
7 4 (1.31%) SQL
8 3 (0.98%) Go
8 3 (0.98%) Java
9 1 (0.33%) C
9 1 (0.33%) PHP
9 1 (0.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 87 (28.52%) Security Cleared
2 80 (26.23%) SC Cleared
3 76 (24.92%) Cisco Certification
4 56 (18.36%) CCNP
5 26 (8.52%) Degree
6 22 (7.21%) DV Cleared
7 21 (6.89%) CCIE
7 21 (6.89%) CCNA
8 13 (4.26%) CISSP
9 9 (2.95%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (2.62%) JNCIA
11 7 (2.30%) CCSA
11 7 (2.30%) JNCIS
12 6 (1.97%) JNCIE
13 4 (1.31%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (1.31%) CCSE
13 4 (1.31%) CISM
13 4 (1.31%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (1.31%) JNCIP
13 4 (1.31%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.26%) SLA
2 9 (2.95%) NIST
3 7 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (2.30%) PMO
4 5 (1.64%) GDPR
5 3 (0.98%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.33%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.33%) NIST 800
System Software
1 29 (9.51%) Active Directory
2 19 (6.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (5.90%) Firmware
4 9 (2.95%) Docker
5 7 (2.30%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (1.97%) Hyper-V
6 6 (1.97%) VMware NSX
7 5 (1.64%) Snort
8 4 (1.31%) Squid
9 3 (0.98%) vSphere
10 2 (0.66%) KVM
11 1 (0.33%) Microsoft App-V
11 1 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
11 1 (0.33%) Xen
Systems Management
1 41 (13.44%) Ansible
2 26 (8.52%) FortiGate
3 17 (5.57%) Terraform
4 12 (3.93%) Kubernetes
5 10 (3.28%) Microsoft Intune
6 9 (2.95%) SCCM
7 6 (1.97%) Nessus
7 6 (1.97%) NetBackup
8 4 (1.31%) CA Spectrum
8 4 (1.31%) Nexpose
8 4 (1.31%) Suricata
8 4 (1.31%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.98%) EMC NetWorker
9 3 (0.98%) QRadar
9 3 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.66%) Cisco Prime
10 2 (0.66%) HAProxy
10 2 (0.66%) McAfee ePO
10 2 (0.66%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 2 (0.66%) vMotion
Vendors
1 71 (23.28%) Fortinet
2 62 (20.33%) Microsoft
3 57 (18.69%) Palo Alto
4 49 (16.07%) Juniper
5 42 (13.77%) F5
6 37 (12.13%) Dell
7 30 (9.84%) HP
8 29 (9.51%) Apple
8 29 (9.51%) CheckPoint
9 28 (9.18%) VMware
10 23 (7.54%) Meraki
11 22 (7.21%) Arista
12 21 (6.89%) ServiceNow
13 19 (6.23%) SolarWinds
14 14 (4.59%) Splunk
15 13 (4.26%) SAP
15 13 (4.26%) Zscaler
16 11 (3.61%) Isilon
17 9 (2.95%) Aruba
17 9 (2.95%) Google