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 27 September 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
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 120 102
Rank change year-on-year -35 -18 -23
Contract jobs citing Cisco 376 321 414
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.86% 2.39% 2.54%
As % of the Vendors category 4.36% 5.14% 5.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 262 211 270
10th Percentile £325 £325 £250
25th Percentile £419 £400 £377
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £492 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% -1.60% -
75th Percentile £600 £582 £588
90th Percentile £725 £660 £650
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 19 10
10th Percentile - - £19.58
25th Percentile £44.00 - £23.80
Median hourly rate £48.00 £25.15 £23.99
Median % change year-on-year +90.85% +4.84% -21.98%
75th Percentile £78.75 - £30.25
90th Percentile - £39.00 £33.73
England median hourly rate £56.00 £30.00 £25.59
% change year-on-year +86.67% +17.23% -46.13%

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 8,622 6,243 7,069
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.62% 46.42% 43.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,613 4,058 4,504
10th Percentile £331 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £763
England median daily rate £514 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +1.28% -3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 139 115 80
10th Percentile £16.70 £16.50 £18.13
25th Percentile £19.50 £23.00 £24.42
Median hourly rate £36.50 £25.15 £34.25
Median % change year-on-year +45.13% -26.57% -8.67%
75th Percentile £63.75 £36.73 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.55 £81.25
England median hourly rate £26.69 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +6.12% -28.14% -20.20%

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 27 September 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 27 September 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 27 September 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 -3 68 £508 -3.33% 60
South London +1 20 £475 -9.52% 11
West London -52 7 £513 +20.59% 6
East London +2 5 £500 -6.98% 8
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 (4.52%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.60%) JBoss
4 3 (0.80%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.53%) Apache
6 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.27%) CloudStack
6 1 (0.27%) Confluence
6 1 (0.27%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 16 (4.26%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.27%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.27%) Monis
Cloud Services
1 104 (27.66%) Azure
2 50 (13.30%) AWS
3 33 (8.78%) Microsoft 365
4 24 (6.38%) Entra ID
5 14 (3.72%) GitHub
5 14 (3.72%) OneDrive
6 13 (3.46%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 10 (2.66%) GCP
8 9 (2.39%) SaaS
9 5 (1.33%) Mimecast
9 5 (1.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 4 (1.06%) AWS Direct Connect
10 4 (1.06%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (1.06%) Slack
11 3 (0.80%) IaaS
11 3 (0.80%) OpenShift
11 3 (0.80%) Power Platform
11 3 (0.80%) Rubrik
12 2 (0.53%) AWS IoT
13 1 (0.27%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 180 (47.87%) Firewall
2 100 (26.60%) BGP
3 97 (25.80%) WAN
4 80 (21.28%) Network Security
5 61 (16.22%) VPN
6 59 (15.69%) VLAN
7 57 (15.16%) LAN
8 53 (14.10%) Wireless
9 46 (12.23%) Wi-Fi
10 44 (11.70%) OSPF
11 41 (10.90%) DNS
12 40 (10.64%) SD-WAN
13 34 (9.04%) TCP/IP
14 33 (8.78%) Cisco ISE
14 33 (8.78%) MPLS
15 30 (7.98%) VXLAN
16 28 (7.45%) Multicast
17 27 (7.18%) DHCP
18 25 (6.65%) Cisco Nexus
19 22 (5.85%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.66%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.60%) Hadoop
3 5 (1.33%) Big Data
4 2 (0.53%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.27%) Apache Hive
5 1 (0.27%) ClickHouse
5 1 (0.27%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 14 (3.72%) Git
2 6 (1.60%) JIRA
3 5 (1.33%) GitLab
4 2 (0.53%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.27%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.27%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.27%) Tricentis qTest
5 1 (0.27%) Zephyr
General
1 80 (21.28%) Finance
1 80 (21.28%) Social Skills
2 36 (9.57%) Banking
3 34 (9.04%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (8.51%) Telecoms
5 22 (5.85%) Documentation Skills
6 20 (5.32%) Legal
7 17 (4.52%) Public Sector
8 13 (3.46%) Financial Institution
9 7 (1.86%) Investment Banking
10 6 (1.60%) Law
10 6 (1.60%) Retail
11 5 (1.33%) Marketing
12 4 (1.06%) Automotive
12 4 (1.06%) Local Government
12 4 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.53%) Front Office
14 2 (0.53%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 185 (49.20%) Network Engineer
2 50 (13.30%) Architect
3 49 (13.03%) Senior
4 37 (9.84%) Senior Network Engineer
5 35 (9.31%) Cisco Engineer
6 31 (8.24%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 28 (7.45%) Network Architect
8 26 (6.91%) Security Engineer
9 24 (6.38%) Network Security Engineer
10 18 (4.79%) Support Engineer
11 16 (4.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 14 (3.72%) Lead
13 13 (3.46%) Audio Visual Engineer
13 13 (3.46%) Automation Engineer
13 13 (3.46%) Implementation Engineer
14 12 (3.19%) Analyst
14 12 (3.19%) Consultant
14 12 (3.19%) Data Centre Engineer
15 10 (2.66%) Network Implementation Engineer
16 9 (2.39%) Network Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (9.31%) Terraform
2 19 (5.05%) 802.1X
3 13 (3.46%) REST
4 5 (1.33%) JSON
4 5 (1.33%) YAML
5 4 (1.06%) SAML
6 2 (0.53%) .NET
6 2 (0.53%) .NET Core
6 2 (0.53%) ASP.NET
6 2 (0.53%) Blazor
6 2 (0.53%) eBPF
6 2 (0.53%) RFC 2544
7 1 (0.27%) Django
7 1 (0.27%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.27%) Kafka
7 1 (0.27%) Middleware
7 1 (0.27%) NETCONF
7 1 (0.27%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.27%) XMPP
7 1 (0.27%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 110 (29.26%) Data Centre
2 24 (6.38%) Hybrid Cloud
2 24 (6.38%) Video Conferencing
3 22 (5.85%) Onboarding
4 12 (3.19%) Data Protection Act
4 12 (3.19%) IoT
5 9 (2.39%) Analytical Mindset
5 9 (2.39%) Cloud Native
6 8 (2.13%) Digital Signage
6 8 (2.13%) Virtual Team
7 7 (1.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 7 (1.86%) Linux Command Line
7 7 (1.86%) Management Information System
7 7 (1.86%) PKI
7 7 (1.86%) Web Conferencing
8 6 (1.60%) Clustering
9 5 (1.33%) Hedge funds
9 5 (1.33%) Public Cloud
9 5 (1.33%) Robotics
10 4 (1.06%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 68 (18.09%) Windows
2 29 (7.71%) Linux
3 24 (6.38%) Windows Server
4 9 (2.39%) Ubuntu
5 8 (2.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (2.13%) Windows 10
6 6 (1.60%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.80%) Android
7 3 (0.80%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (0.80%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.80%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.27%) Debian
8 1 (0.27%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.27%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (22.07%) Migration
2 49 (13.03%) Stakeholder Management
3 45 (11.97%) Project Delivery
4 39 (10.37%) Problem-Solving
4 39 (10.37%) Validation
5 38 (10.11%) Infrastructure as Code
6 31 (8.24%) Runbook
7 30 (7.98%) Zero Trust
8 29 (7.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 29 (7.71%) ITIL
9 26 (6.91%) High Availability
10 25 (6.65%) Continuous Improvement
10 25 (6.65%) Data Protection
11 22 (5.85%) Agile
11 22 (5.85%) Low Latency
12 21 (5.59%) Change Management
12 21 (5.59%) Load Balancing
13 20 (5.32%) Incident Response
14 19 (5.05%) CI/CD
14 19 (5.05%) Network Segmentation
Programming Languages
1 65 (17.29%) Python
2 15 (3.99%) PowerShell
3 14 (3.72%) Bash
4 4 (1.06%) C++
4 4 (1.06%) Java
4 4 (1.06%) SQL
5 3 (0.80%) C
6 2 (0.53%) Lisp
6 2 (0.53%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.27%) Go
7 1 (0.27%) Ladder Logic
7 1 (0.27%) R
Qualifications
1 82 (21.81%) Cisco Certification
2 73 (19.41%) CCNP
3 42 (11.17%) Security Cleared
4 34 (9.04%) SC Cleared
5 23 (6.12%) Degree
6 19 (5.05%) CCIE
6 19 (5.05%) CCNA
7 9 (2.39%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (1.86%) DV Cleared
9 5 (1.33%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.33%) CCSE
10 4 (1.06%) JNCIP
10 4 (1.06%) JNCIS
10 4 (1.06%) PMI Certification
10 4 (1.06%) PMP
11 3 (0.80%) CCIE Security
11 3 (0.80%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.53%) CISSP
12 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.53%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.66%) SLA
2 8 (2.13%) NIST
3 7 (1.86%) QA
4 4 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.06%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.53%) GDPR
6 2 (0.53%) Government Security Classifications
6 2 (0.53%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.27%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.27%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.27%) GRC
7 1 (0.27%) PMO
System Software
1 37 (9.84%) VMware Infrastructure
2 36 (9.57%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.86%) Docker
4 6 (1.60%) Firmware
4 6 (1.60%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (1.60%) VMware NSX
5 5 (1.33%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.80%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.80%) vSphere
7 2 (0.53%) IAG
8 1 (0.27%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 1 (0.27%) KVM
8 1 (0.27%) QEMU
8 1 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.27%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 53 (14.10%) Ansible
2 39 (10.37%) FortiGate
3 15 (3.99%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (3.19%) Kubernetes
5 10 (2.66%) Cisco Prime
6 7 (1.86%) Puppet
7 6 (1.60%) Cisco CUCM
7 6 (1.60%) Red Hat Satellite
7 6 (1.60%) SCCM
8 5 (1.33%) Failover Clustering
9 4 (1.06%) systemd
10 3 (0.80%) Grafana
11 2 (0.53%) Dell DRAC
11 2 (0.53%) Docker Swarm
11 2 (0.53%) EMC NetWorker
11 2 (0.53%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.53%) Nessus
11 2 (0.53%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.53%) TrustSec
11 2 (0.53%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 88 (23.40%) Palo Alto
2 82 (21.81%) Microsoft
3 78 (20.74%) Fortinet
4 48 (12.77%) VMware
5 47 (12.50%) Arista
6 43 (11.44%) Meraki
7 42 (11.17%) Juniper
8 36 (9.57%) Aruba
9 32 (8.51%) Zscaler
10 31 (8.24%) F5
11 26 (6.91%) CheckPoint
12 17 (4.52%) Red Hat
13 12 (3.19%) SolarWinds
14 10 (2.66%) Citrix
14 10 (2.66%) Google
14 10 (2.66%) Infoblox
14 10 (2.66%) ServiceNow
15 8 (2.13%) NetApp
16 6 (1.60%) Dell
16 6 (1.60%) Nokia