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 15 July 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
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 108 103
Rank change year-on-year -50 -5 -10
Contract jobs citing Cisco 344 367 418
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.74% 2.71% 2.40%
As % of the Vendors category 4.19% 5.91% 5.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 237 236 282
10th Percentile £323 £325 £232
25th Percentile £400 £406 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -1.96%
75th Percentile £575 £576 £550
90th Percentile £675 £659 £662
England median daily rate £482 £500 £493
% change year-on-year -3.70% +1.52% +6.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 15 17
10th Percentile £28.35 - £22.15
25th Percentile £36.25 - £23.80
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +86.88% +0.60% -18.70%
75th Percentile £50.00 £43.75 £41.25
90th Percentile £55.75 £63.84 -
England median hourly rate £47.00 £30.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +56.67% +9.09% -36.05%

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 8,213 6,211 7,390
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 41.59% 45.91% 42.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,363 4,032 5,064
10th Percentile £350 £325 £310
25th Percentile £425 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £526 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% +0.10% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £660 £650
90th Percentile £738 £765 £765
England median daily rate £510 £513 £515
% change year-on-year -0.49% -0.49% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 117 122
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.24 £13.93
25th Percentile £22.46 £22.50 £18.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £27.40 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.56% +9.60% -21.68%
75th Percentile £57.34 £48.75 £41.25
90th Percentile £82.75 £65.00 £69.15
England median hourly rate £35.50 £25.15 £25.25
% change year-on-year +41.15% -0.40% -29.86%

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 15 July 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 15 July 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 15 July 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 -18 45 £550 +2.61% 30
South London -5 22 £450 -16.28% 6
West London -46 7 £500 +17.65% 11
East London +2 4 £470 -14.55% 10
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 9 (2.62%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.16%) OpenStack
3 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.58%) Apache
4 2 (0.58%) Confluence
5 1 (0.29%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.29%) CloudStack
Applications
1 8 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.87%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 87 (25.29%) Azure
2 47 (13.66%) AWS
3 20 (5.81%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (4.65%) Entra ID
5 12 (3.49%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 11 (3.20%) GCP
7 9 (2.62%) GitHub
8 8 (2.33%) SaaS
9 5 (1.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 4 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (1.16%) OneDrive
11 3 (0.87%) Mimecast
12 2 (0.58%) AWS IoT
12 2 (0.58%) Power Platform
12 2 (0.58%) Rubrik
13 1 (0.29%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 1 (0.29%) Azure Sentinel
13 1 (0.29%) Cloudflare
13 1 (0.29%) IBM Watson
13 1 (0.29%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 170 (49.42%) Firewall
2 97 (28.20%) WAN
3 93 (27.03%) BGP
4 85 (24.71%) Network Security
5 61 (17.73%) VPN
6 58 (16.86%) LAN
7 56 (16.28%) OSPF
8 49 (14.24%) Wireless
9 42 (12.21%) VLAN
10 34 (9.88%) Wi-Fi
11 33 (9.59%) Cisco ISE
12 32 (9.30%) DNS
12 32 (9.30%) MPLS
13 31 (9.01%) SD-WAN
14 30 (8.72%) Cisco IOS
15 27 (7.85%) Multicast
15 27 (7.85%) VXLAN
16 26 (7.56%) TCP/IP
17 25 (7.27%) Cisco Nexus
18 24 (6.98%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.45%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.58%) NoSQL
2 2 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.29%) Apache Hive
3 1 (0.29%) Big Data
3 1 (0.29%) ClickHouse
3 1 (0.29%) Hadoop
3 1 (0.29%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 9 (2.62%) Git
2 4 (1.16%) Sonatype Nexus
3 3 (0.87%) JIRA
4 1 (0.29%) Jenkins
General
1 77 (22.38%) Social Skills
2 56 (16.28%) Finance
3 28 (8.14%) Banking
4 21 (6.10%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (5.81%) Telecoms
6 19 (5.52%) Documentation Skills
6 19 (5.52%) Financial Institution
6 19 (5.52%) Public Sector
7 12 (3.49%) Legal
8 6 (1.74%) Law
8 6 (1.74%) Retail
9 5 (1.45%) Local Government
9 5 (1.45%) Marketing
10 4 (1.16%) Front Office
10 4 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (0.87%) Investment Banking
11 3 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.58%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.29%) Corporate Banking
13 1 (0.29%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 165 (47.97%) Network Engineer
2 46 (13.37%) Architect
3 42 (12.21%) Senior
4 26 (7.56%) Security Engineer
5 23 (6.69%) Cisco Engineer
5 23 (6.69%) Network Architect
5 23 (6.69%) Network Security Engineer
5 23 (6.69%) Senior Network Engineer
6 19 (5.52%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 13 (3.78%) Automation Engineer
8 12 (3.49%) Operations Engineer
8 12 (3.49%) Solutions Architect
9 10 (2.91%) Audio Visual Engineer
10 9 (2.62%) Analyst
10 9 (2.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (2.33%) Cisco Architect
11 8 (2.33%) Data Centre Engineer
11 8 (2.33%) Designer
11 8 (2.33%) Firewall Engineer
11 8 (2.33%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.07%) 802.1X
2 8 (2.33%) REST
3 6 (1.74%) SAML
4 4 (1.16%) Jinja
5 2 (0.58%) .NET
5 2 (0.58%) .NET Core
5 2 (0.58%) ADO
5 2 (0.58%) ASP.NET
5 2 (0.58%) Blazor
5 2 (0.58%) Middleware
6 1 (0.29%) Django
6 1 (0.29%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.29%) Kafka
6 1 (0.29%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 83 (24.13%) Data Centre
2 19 (5.52%) Video Conferencing
3 17 (4.94%) Onboarding
4 16 (4.65%) Data Protection Act
5 13 (3.78%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (2.33%) IoT
6 8 (2.33%) Virtual Team
7 7 (2.03%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (2.03%) Cloud Native
8 6 (1.74%) Security Posture
8 6 (1.74%) Web Conferencing
9 5 (1.45%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.16%) Driving Licence
10 4 (1.16%) Linux Command Line
10 4 (1.16%) PKI
11 3 (0.87%) Distributed Systems
11 3 (0.87%) EMC Centera
11 3 (0.87%) EMC VMAX
11 3 (0.87%) EMC VNX
11 3 (0.87%) Symmetrix
Operating Systems
1 48 (13.95%) Windows
2 21 (6.10%) Linux
3 19 (5.52%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.74%) Ubuntu
4 6 (1.74%) Unix
4 6 (1.74%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.87%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.87%) VMS
5 3 (0.87%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.58%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.29%) Android
7 1 (0.29%) CentOS
7 1 (0.29%) Debian
7 1 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (17.73%) Migration
2 29 (8.43%) Project Delivery
3 28 (8.14%) Problem-Solving
4 26 (7.56%) Runbook
5 25 (7.27%) ITIL
6 24 (6.98%) Infrastructure as Code
6 24 (6.98%) Stakeholder Management
6 24 (6.98%) Validation
7 22 (6.40%) Data Protection
7 22 (6.40%) Network Design
8 20 (5.81%) Agile
8 20 (5.81%) CI/CD
9 19 (5.52%) Continuous Improvement
9 19 (5.52%) Load Balancing
10 18 (5.23%) Change Management
10 18 (5.23%) High Availability
10 18 (5.23%) Mentoring
10 18 (5.23%) Zero Trust
11 17 (4.94%) ITSM
11 17 (4.94%) Low Latency
Programming Languages
1 56 (16.28%) Python
2 16 (4.65%) PowerShell
3 6 (1.74%) Bash
4 5 (1.45%) C
5 3 (0.87%) C++
5 3 (0.87%) Java
6 2 (0.58%) ActionScript
6 2 (0.58%) Lisp
6 2 (0.58%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.29%) Ladder Logic
7 1 (0.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 78 (22.67%) Cisco Certification
2 68 (19.77%) CCNP
3 34 (9.88%) Security Cleared
4 27 (7.85%) SC Cleared
5 25 (7.27%) Degree
6 20 (5.81%) CCIE
7 17 (4.94%) CCNA
8 10 (2.91%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (2.62%) DV Cleared
10 7 (2.03%) Azure Certification
11 5 (1.45%) PMP
12 4 (1.16%) CCSE
13 3 (0.87%) JNCIP
13 3 (0.87%) PMI Certification
14 2 (0.58%) AWS Certification
14 2 (0.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 2 (0.58%) CISSP
14 2 (0.58%) JNCIS
14 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
14 2 (0.58%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.62%) SLA
2 5 (1.45%) NIST
2 5 (1.45%) QA
3 3 (0.87%) GDPR
3 3 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (0.87%) PMO
4 2 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.58%) Government Security Classifications
4 2 (0.58%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.29%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.29%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.29%) GRC
5 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (0.29%) NIST 800
System Software
1 29 (8.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 23 (6.69%) Active Directory
3 8 (2.33%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (1.74%) VMware NSX
5 5 (1.45%) Firmware
6 4 (1.16%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (1.16%) vSphere
7 3 (0.87%) Docker
7 3 (0.87%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 3 (0.87%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.58%) vCloud
8 2 (0.58%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.29%) IAG
9 1 (0.29%) KVM
9 1 (0.29%) QEMU
9 1 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.29%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 53 (15.41%) Ansible
2 33 (9.59%) FortiGate
3 27 (7.85%) Terraform
4 17 (4.94%) Grafana
5 16 (4.65%) Prometheus
6 10 (2.91%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (2.33%) Kubernetes
8 6 (1.74%) Cisco CUCM
9 5 (1.45%) SCCM
10 4 (1.16%) Cisco Prime
11 3 (0.87%) Avamar
11 3 (0.87%) EMC VPLEX
11 3 (0.87%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (0.87%) QRadar
11 3 (0.87%) Salt
12 2 (0.58%) Nessus
12 2 (0.58%) vCenter Server
13 1 (0.29%) Check_MK
13 1 (0.29%) Dell DRAC
13 1 (0.29%) SCOM
Vendors
1 100 (29.07%) Palo Alto
2 71 (20.64%) Fortinet
3 57 (16.57%) Microsoft
4 54 (15.70%) Arista
5 49 (14.24%) F5
6 48 (13.95%) Juniper
7 38 (11.05%) CheckPoint
8 36 (10.47%) VMware
9 31 (9.01%) Aruba
9 31 (9.01%) Meraki
10 28 (8.14%) Zscaler
11 16 (4.65%) ServiceNow
12 13 (3.78%) Infoblox
12 13 (3.78%) SolarWinds
13 9 (2.62%) EMC
13 9 (2.62%) Splunk
14 8 (2.33%) Citrix
15 7 (2.03%) Dell
15 7 (2.03%) Google
15 7 (2.03%) NetApp