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 6 December 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
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 139 94 85
Rank change year-on-year -45 -9 +28
Contract jobs citing Cisco 296 410 526
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.06% 2.61% 2.71%
As % of the Vendors category 4.42% 5.91% 6.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 270 347
10th Percentile £317 £258 £252
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £511 £500
Median % change year-on-year -11.98% +2.25% +5.26%
75th Percentile £565 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £650 £730
England median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +1.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 1 14
10th Percentile £22.94 - £22.05
25th Percentile - £11.25 £24.44
Median hourly rate £25.15 £12.50 £32.25
Median % change year-on-year +101.20% -61.24% +29.00%
75th Percentile - £13.75 £61.50
90th Percentile £50.24 - £77.13
England median hourly rate £30.00 £24.70 £43.83
% change year-on-year +21.46% -43.64% +70.46%

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 6,690 6,934 7,945
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 46.56% 44.12% 40.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,354 4,366 5,490
10th Percentile £329 £313 £300
25th Percentile £419 £425 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £644 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £765
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 131 62 108
10th Percentile £17.98 £18.64 £16.96
25th Percentile £22.50 £23.80 £23.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.50 £38.45
Median % change year-on-year -31.10% -5.08% +50.79%
75th Percentile £41.75 £65.00 £60.31
90th Percentile £63.32 £91.33 £86.33
England median hourly rate £23.83 £32.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -26.69% -26.97% +71.15%

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 6 December 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 6 December 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 6 December 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 +14 37 £425 -5.56% 7
Central London -48 32 £510 +0.99% 13
South London +1 13 £438 -7.89% 7
East London +2 3 £525 +110.00% 2
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 15 (5.07%) SharePoint
2 13 (4.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.36%) Confluence
4 3 (1.01%) Appian
5 1 (0.34%) Apache
5 1 (0.34%) JBoss
5 1 (0.34%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.34%) WebSphere
Applications
1 29 (9.80%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (4.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (3.38%) MS Visio
4 8 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.35%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.34%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 5 (1.69%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.34%) Actimize
Cloud Services
1 61 (20.61%) Azure
2 45 (15.20%) Microsoft 365
3 31 (10.47%) AWS
4 21 (7.09%) GCP
5 15 (5.07%) Entra ID
6 11 (3.72%) Akamai
7 7 (2.36%) Azure Sentinel
8 6 (2.03%) Cloudflare
9 5 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (1.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 5 (1.69%) GitHub
9 5 (1.69%) IaaS
9 5 (1.69%) Nutanix
9 5 (1.69%) OpenDNS
10 4 (1.35%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (1.35%) Mimecast
10 4 (1.35%) PaaS
11 3 (1.01%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (1.01%) OneDrive
11 3 (1.01%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 139 (46.96%) Firewall
2 78 (26.35%) WAN
3 72 (24.32%) SD-WAN
4 69 (23.31%) LAN
5 64 (21.62%) BGP
6 60 (20.27%) VPN
7 58 (19.59%) OSPF
8 57 (19.26%) Wireless
9 56 (18.92%) Network Security
10 54 (18.24%) Cisco Nexus
11 48 (16.22%) Wi-Fi
12 30 (10.14%) DNS
13 22 (7.43%) Cisco ISE
13 22 (7.43%) VLAN
14 20 (6.76%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
14 20 (6.76%) MPLS
15 19 (6.42%) DHCP
16 18 (6.08%) EIGRP
17 17 (5.74%) IPsec
18 16 (5.41%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.01%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.34%) Metadata
2 1 (0.34%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.34%) MySQL
2 1 (0.34%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.34%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (3.38%) Git
1 10 (3.38%) GitLab
2 7 (2.36%) Jenkins
2 7 (2.36%) JIRA
3 6 (2.03%) Sonatype Nexus
4 3 (1.01%) Cucumber
4 3 (1.01%) Robot Framework
4 3 (1.01%) Selenium
4 3 (1.01%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.68%) Snyk
6 1 (0.34%) Mercurial
6 1 (0.34%) Subversion
General
1 55 (18.58%) Finance
1 55 (18.58%) Social Skills
2 44 (14.86%) Telecoms
3 37 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 31 (10.47%) Banking
5 30 (10.14%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (4.73%) Manufacturing
6 14 (4.73%) Marketing
7 13 (4.39%) Electronics
8 8 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (2.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (2.03%) Retail
11 5 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.01%) Financial Institution
12 3 (1.01%) Law
12 3 (1.01%) Legal
13 2 (0.68%) Front Office
13 2 (0.68%) Military
13 2 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.34%) Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 86 (29.05%) Network Engineer
2 47 (15.88%) Architect
3 36 (12.16%) Network Architect
4 25 (8.45%) Cisco Engineer
4 25 (8.45%) Senior
5 19 (6.42%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 19 (6.42%) IT Support
6 15 (5.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 14 (4.73%) Project Manager
7 14 (4.73%) Security Engineer
8 13 (4.39%) Support Engineer
9 12 (4.05%) Juniper Engineer
10 11 (3.72%) Analyst
10 11 (3.72%) Consultant
10 11 (3.72%) Desktop Support
10 11 (3.72%) IT Engineer
10 11 (3.72%) Network Design Architect
11 9 (3.04%) Network Security Engineer
12 8 (2.70%) Network Specialist
12 8 (2.70%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.36%) Jinja
1 7 (2.36%) JSON
1 7 (2.36%) XMPP
2 6 (2.03%) NETCONF
2 6 (2.03%) XML
2 6 (2.03%) YANG
3 5 (1.69%) REST
4 3 (1.01%) VML
5 2 (0.68%) 802.1X
5 2 (0.68%) HTML
5 2 (0.68%) Kafka
5 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Graph
6 1 (0.34%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.34%) eBPF
6 1 (0.34%) Node.js
6 1 (0.34%) OpenConfig
6 1 (0.34%) Pandas
6 1 (0.34%) RESTCONF
6 1 (0.34%) SOAP
6 1 (0.34%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 90 (30.41%) Data Centre
2 15 (5.07%) Driving Licence
3 11 (3.72%) PKI
4 10 (3.38%) Data Protection Act
5 9 (3.04%) Enterprise Storage
6 8 (2.70%) Video Conferencing
7 7 (2.36%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (2.36%) Management Information System
7 7 (2.36%) Onboarding
7 7 (2.36%) Public Cloud
8 5 (1.69%) Blackberry
8 5 (1.69%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.35%) SCADA
10 3 (1.01%) BYOD
10 3 (1.01%) Handset
10 3 (1.01%) iPhone
10 3 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (1.01%) Security Operations Centre
10 3 (1.01%) Security Posture
11 2 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 42 (14.19%) Windows
2 35 (11.82%) Mac OS
3 34 (11.49%) Android
4 14 (4.73%) Linux
4 14 (4.73%) Windows Server
5 11 (3.72%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.01%) CentOS
6 3 (1.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.68%) VMS
7 2 (0.68%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.34%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (13.18%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (12.16%) Migration
3 29 (9.80%) Network Design
4 24 (8.11%) Change Management
5 22 (7.43%) Infrastructure as Code
5 22 (7.43%) Network Monitoring
6 20 (6.76%) Agile
6 20 (6.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 20 (6.76%) Network Architecture
7 18 (6.08%) CI/CD
7 18 (6.08%) DevOps
7 18 (6.08%) ITIL
8 17 (5.74%) High Availability
9 16 (5.41%) Business Intelligence
9 16 (5.41%) Customer Service
10 15 (5.07%) Load Balancing
10 15 (5.07%) Stakeholder Management
11 13 (4.39%) Break/Fix
11 13 (4.39%) Digital Marketing
11 13 (4.39%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 52 (17.57%) Python
2 21 (7.09%) PowerShell
3 17 (5.74%) Bash
4 9 (3.04%) Perl
5 8 (2.70%) C++
6 6 (2.03%) JavaScript
7 5 (1.69%) Kusto Query Language
8 3 (1.01%) C
8 3 (1.01%) Java
8 3 (1.01%) SQL
9 2 (0.68%) Go
10 1 (0.34%) PHP
10 1 (0.34%) VBA
Qualifications
1 84 (28.38%) Security Cleared
2 76 (25.68%) SC Cleared
3 73 (24.66%) Cisco Certification
4 59 (19.93%) CCNP
5 25 (8.45%) CCIE
6 24 (8.11%) DV Cleared
7 21 (7.09%) CCNA
7 21 (7.09%) Degree
8 12 (4.05%) CISSP
9 9 (3.04%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (2.36%) CCSA
11 6 (2.03%) JNCIA
11 6 (2.03%) JNCIE
11 6 (2.03%) JNCIS
12 5 (1.69%) CCSE
13 4 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (1.35%) CISM
13 4 (1.35%) JNCIP
14 3 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
14 3 (1.01%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.73%) SLA
2 8 (2.70%) NIST
2 8 (2.70%) PMO
3 6 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.35%) GDPR
5 3 (1.01%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.34%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.34%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.34%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.34%) MiFID
7 1 (0.34%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.34%) QA
System Software
1 26 (8.78%) Active Directory
2 16 (5.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (4.73%) Firmware
4 11 (3.72%) Docker
5 6 (2.03%) Hyper-V
5 6 (2.03%) Snort
6 5 (1.69%) Squid
7 4 (1.35%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (1.35%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.68%) KVM
8 2 (0.68%) vSphere
9 1 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 33 (11.15%) Ansible
2 26 (8.78%) FortiGate
3 20 (6.76%) Terraform
4 14 (4.73%) Kubernetes
5 12 (4.05%) SCCM
6 9 (3.04%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (2.36%) Nessus
8 6 (2.03%) NetBackup
9 5 (1.69%) Nexpose
9 5 (1.69%) Suricata
10 4 (1.35%) CA Spectrum
11 3 (1.01%) CASB
11 3 (1.01%) EMC NetWorker
11 3 (1.01%) QRadar
11 3 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.68%) McAfee ePO
12 2 (0.68%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 2 (0.68%) vCenter Server
13 1 (0.34%) Cisco UCCX
13 1 (0.34%) Puppet
Vendors
1 69 (23.31%) Fortinet
2 54 (18.24%) Microsoft
3 53 (17.91%) Palo Alto
4 48 (16.22%) Juniper
5 43 (14.53%) F5
6 41 (13.85%) Dell
7 34 (11.49%) HP
8 33 (11.15%) Apple
9 30 (10.14%) CheckPoint
10 28 (9.46%) Meraki
11 23 (7.77%) VMware
12 21 (7.09%) ServiceNow
13 19 (6.42%) Arista
14 18 (6.08%) SolarWinds
15 17 (5.74%) Zscaler
16 14 (4.73%) Aruba
16 14 (4.73%) Splunk
17 13 (4.39%) SAP
18 11 (3.72%) Google
18 11 (3.72%) Isilon