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 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
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 116 102
Rank change year-on-year -36 -14 -22
Contract jobs citing Cisco 389 333 397
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.91% 2.47% 2.44%
As % of the Vendors category 4.46% 5.35% 5.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 273 216 258
10th Percentile £320 £335 £250
25th Percentile £413 £406 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £600 £581 £586
90th Percentile £723 £659 £650
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 19 10
10th Percentile £37.80 - £19.58
25th Percentile £44.00 - £23.80
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £23.99
Median % change year-on-year +86.88% +4.84% -21.98%
75th Percentile £78.75 £39.38 £30.25
90th Percentile - £62.11 £33.73
England median hourly rate £48.86 £30.00 £25.59
% change year-on-year +62.87% +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 8,726 6,225 7,075
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.93% 46.14% 43.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,680 4,021 4,621
10th Percentile £335 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £760
England median daily rate £513 £502 £525
% change year-on-year +2.07% -4.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 124 78
10th Percentile £16.94 £16.50 £18.13
25th Percentile £19.59 £23.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £36.00 £26.38 £30.80
Median % change year-on-year +36.49% -14.35% -17.88%
75th Percentile £65.00 £39.06 £64.69
90th Percentile £86.28 £63.75 £79.13
England median hourly rate £30.00 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +19.28% -28.14% -17.31%

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 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 12 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 12 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 -8 67 £508 -3.33% 42
South London -4 20 £475 -9.52% 13
West London -53 7 £513 +20.59% 8
East London +3 5 £500 -9.09% 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 18 (4.63%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.54%) JBoss
4 4 (1.03%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.51%) Apache
6 1 (0.26%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.26%) CloudStack
6 1 (0.26%) Confluence
6 1 (0.26%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 16 (4.11%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.26%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Monis
Cloud Services
1 110 (28.28%) Azure
2 54 (13.88%) AWS
3 37 (9.51%) Microsoft 365
4 24 (6.17%) Entra ID
5 15 (3.86%) GitHub
6 14 (3.60%) OneDrive
7 12 (3.08%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 11 (2.83%) GCP
9 9 (2.31%) SaaS
10 5 (1.29%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (1.29%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 4 (1.03%) Mimecast
11 4 (1.03%) Slack
12 3 (0.77%) IaaS
12 3 (0.77%) OpenShift
12 3 (0.77%) Power Platform
13 2 (0.51%) AWS Direct Connect
13 2 (0.51%) AWS IoT
13 2 (0.51%) Rubrik
14 1 (0.26%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 191 (49.10%) Firewall
2 106 (27.25%) BGP
3 103 (26.48%) WAN
4 81 (20.82%) Network Security
5 64 (16.45%) VLAN
6 62 (15.94%) VPN
7 58 (14.91%) LAN
8 54 (13.88%) Wireless
9 47 (12.08%) OSPF
10 45 (11.57%) Wi-Fi
11 44 (11.31%) DNS
12 39 (10.03%) SD-WAN
13 36 (9.25%) TCP/IP
14 33 (8.48%) Cisco ISE
15 32 (8.23%) VXLAN
16 31 (7.97%) MPLS
17 30 (7.71%) Multicast
18 29 (7.46%) Cisco Nexus
18 29 (7.46%) DHCP
19 26 (6.68%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.57%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.54%) Big Data
2 6 (1.54%) Hadoop
3 2 (0.51%) NoSQL
3 2 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.26%) Apache Hive
4 1 (0.26%) ClickHouse
4 1 (0.26%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 14 (3.60%) Git
2 6 (1.54%) JIRA
3 5 (1.29%) GitLab
4 3 (0.77%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.51%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.26%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.26%) Tricentis qTest
6 1 (0.26%) Zephyr
General
1 85 (21.85%) Social Skills
2 76 (19.54%) Finance
3 32 (8.23%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (8.23%) Banking
4 31 (7.97%) Telecoms
5 21 (5.40%) Documentation Skills
6 18 (4.63%) Public Sector
7 16 (4.11%) Legal
8 13 (3.34%) Financial Institution
9 7 (1.80%) Retail
10 6 (1.54%) Investment Banking
11 5 (1.29%) Law
11 5 (1.29%) Marketing
12 4 (1.03%) Automotive
12 4 (1.03%) Local Government
13 3 (0.77%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.77%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.51%) French Language
14 2 (0.51%) Front Office
14 2 (0.51%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 192 (49.36%) Network Engineer
2 52 (13.37%) Senior
3 49 (12.60%) Architect
4 39 (10.03%) Senior Network Engineer
5 38 (9.77%) Cisco Engineer
6 34 (8.74%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 28 (7.20%) Network Architect
8 26 (6.68%) Security Engineer
9 22 (5.66%) Network Security Engineer
10 16 (4.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 16 (4.11%) Support Engineer
11 15 (3.86%) Automation Engineer
12 14 (3.60%) Lead
13 13 (3.34%) Data Centre Engineer
13 13 (3.34%) Implementation Engineer
14 12 (3.08%) Analyst
14 12 (3.08%) Audio Visual Engineer
14 12 (3.08%) Consultant
15 11 (2.83%) Operations Engineer
15 11 (2.83%) Senior Cisco Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (9.25%) Terraform
2 19 (4.88%) 802.1X
3 15 (3.86%) REST
4 5 (1.29%) JSON
4 5 (1.29%) YAML
5 4 (1.03%) SAML
6 3 (0.77%) Middleware
7 2 (0.51%) .NET
7 2 (0.51%) .NET Core
7 2 (0.51%) ASP.NET
7 2 (0.51%) Blazor
7 2 (0.51%) eBPF
7 2 (0.51%) RFC 2544
8 1 (0.26%) ADO
8 1 (0.26%) Django
8 1 (0.26%) Elastic Stack
8 1 (0.26%) Kafka
8 1 (0.26%) NETCONF
8 1 (0.26%) XMPP
8 1 (0.26%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 113 (29.05%) Data Centre
2 24 (6.17%) Video Conferencing
3 23 (5.91%) Hybrid Cloud
4 22 (5.66%) Onboarding
5 14 (3.60%) Data Protection Act
6 12 (3.08%) IoT
7 10 (2.57%) Cloud Native
8 9 (2.31%) Analytical Mindset
9 8 (2.06%) Digital Signage
9 8 (2.06%) Virtual Team
10 7 (1.80%) Linux Command Line
10 7 (1.80%) Management Information System
10 7 (1.80%) PKI
10 7 (1.80%) Web Conferencing
11 6 (1.54%) Clustering
11 6 (1.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 5 (1.29%) Hedge funds
12 5 (1.29%) Public Cloud
12 5 (1.29%) Robotics
13 4 (1.03%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 72 (18.51%) Windows
2 29 (7.46%) Linux
3 26 (6.68%) Windows Server
4 10 (2.57%) Ubuntu
5 8 (2.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (2.06%) Windows 10
6 7 (1.80%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.03%) Android
8 3 (0.77%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (0.77%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.77%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.51%) VMS
10 1 (0.26%) CentOS
10 1 (0.26%) Debian
10 1 (0.26%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (21.59%) Migration
2 44 (11.31%) Project Delivery
3 42 (10.80%) Stakeholder Management
4 39 (10.03%) Validation
5 38 (9.77%) Infrastructure as Code
5 38 (9.77%) Problem-Solving
6 31 (7.97%) ITIL
7 29 (7.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 29 (7.46%) Runbook
8 27 (6.94%) High Availability
9 25 (6.43%) Zero Trust
10 24 (6.17%) Continuous Improvement
10 24 (6.17%) Data Protection
11 23 (5.91%) Agile
11 23 (5.91%) Low Latency
11 23 (5.91%) Network Design
12 21 (5.40%) Change Management
12 21 (5.40%) Load Balancing
13 20 (5.14%) CI/CD
14 19 (4.88%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 67 (17.22%) Python
2 17 (4.37%) PowerShell
3 13 (3.34%) Bash
4 4 (1.03%) C++
4 4 (1.03%) Java
4 4 (1.03%) SQL
5 3 (0.77%) C
6 2 (0.51%) Lisp
6 2 (0.51%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.26%) Go
7 1 (0.26%) Ladder Logic
7 1 (0.26%) R
Qualifications
1 83 (21.34%) Cisco Certification
2 75 (19.28%) CCNP
3 45 (11.57%) Security Cleared
4 37 (9.51%) SC Cleared
5 25 (6.43%) Degree
6 18 (4.63%) CCIE
6 18 (4.63%) CCNA
7 10 (2.57%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (1.80%) DV Cleared
9 6 (1.54%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.29%) CCSE
11 4 (1.03%) JNCIP
11 4 (1.03%) JNCIS
11 4 (1.03%) PMI Certification
11 4 (1.03%) PMP
12 3 (0.77%) CCIE Security
12 3 (0.77%) ISTQB
13 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.51%) Network+ Certification
14 1 (0.26%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.06%) SLA
2 7 (1.80%) QA
3 6 (1.54%) NIST
4 3 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (0.77%) GDPR
4 3 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.77%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.51%) Government Security Classifications
6 1 (0.26%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.26%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.26%) GRC
6 1 (0.26%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.26%) PMO
System Software
1 36 (9.25%) VMware Infrastructure
2 34 (8.74%) Active Directory
3 8 (2.06%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (1.80%) Docker
5 6 (1.54%) Firmware
5 6 (1.54%) VMware NSX
6 5 (1.29%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.77%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 3 (0.77%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.51%) vSphere
9 1 (0.26%) IAG
9 1 (0.26%) KVM
9 1 (0.26%) QEMU
9 1 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.26%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 56 (14.40%) Ansible
2 38 (9.77%) FortiGate
3 17 (4.37%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (3.34%) Kubernetes
5 10 (2.57%) Cisco Prime
6 7 (1.80%) Puppet
7 6 (1.54%) Cisco CUCM
7 6 (1.54%) Grafana
7 6 (1.54%) Red Hat Satellite
7 6 (1.54%) SCCM
8 5 (1.29%) Failover Clustering
8 5 (1.29%) Prometheus
9 4 (1.03%) systemd
10 3 (0.77%) Avamar
10 3 (0.77%) EMC VPLEX
10 3 (0.77%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.77%) QRadar
11 2 (0.51%) Docker Swarm
11 2 (0.51%) TrustSec
11 2 (0.51%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 92 (23.65%) Palo Alto
2 81 (20.82%) Microsoft
3 75 (19.28%) Fortinet
4 51 (13.11%) Arista
5 47 (12.08%) VMware
6 43 (11.05%) Juniper
7 42 (10.80%) Meraki
8 36 (9.25%) F5
9 35 (9.00%) Aruba
10 31 (7.97%) Zscaler
11 29 (7.46%) CheckPoint
12 16 (4.11%) Red Hat
13 13 (3.34%) ServiceNow
14 12 (3.08%) SolarWinds
15 10 (2.57%) Citrix
15 10 (2.57%) Google
15 10 (2.57%) Infoblox
16 9 (2.31%) NetApp
17 6 (1.54%) HP
17 6 (1.54%) Nokia