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 4 January 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
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 96 88
Rank change year-on-year -59 -8 +27
Contract jobs citing Cisco 244 369 475
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.71% 2.58% 2.62%
As % of the Vendors category 3.65% 5.87% 6.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 242 308
10th Percentile £259 £276 £251
25th Percentile £400 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £516 £515
Median % change year-on-year -12.83% +0.24% +3.00%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £670 £650 £704
England median daily rate £483 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -3.50% +2.56% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 2 15
10th Percentile £21.46 £12.59 £22.15
25th Percentile - £14.60 £24.63
Median hourly rate £25.15 £18.58 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +35.36% -42.83% +30.00%
75th Percentile - £21.93 £53.00
90th Percentile £47.20 £23.57 £77.00
England median hourly rate £54.86 £20.19 £34.00
% change year-on-year +171.75% -40.63% +32.24%

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 6,689 6,291 7,312
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 46.75% 43.97% 40.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,377 3,918 5,011
10th Percentile £347 £313 £300
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £751
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.53% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 68 110
10th Percentile £17.50 £20.86 £16.08
25th Percentile £21.46 £23.80 £22.19
Median hourly rate £25.47 £33.00 £36.24
Median % change year-on-year -22.82% -8.93% +42.10%
75th Percentile £41.85 £62.06 £60.00
90th Percentile £66.12 £84.28 £86.50
England median hourly rate £23.83 £30.00 £44.75
% change year-on-year -20.58% -32.96% +62.73%

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 4 January 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 4 January 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 4 January 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 -49 23 £513 -2.38% 61
West London +1 21 £425 +6.25% 57
South London -4 9 £438 -7.89% 46
East London +4 3 £525 +27.68% 76
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 (6.15%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.87%) Confluence
2 7 (2.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.23%) Appian
4 2 (0.82%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.41%) Apache
5 1 (0.41%) JBoss
5 1 (0.41%) WebSphere
Applications
1 23 (9.43%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (4.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (4.10%) MS Visio
4 8 (3.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.64%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.41%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 6 (2.46%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.41%) Actimize
Cloud Services
1 57 (23.36%) Azure
2 39 (15.98%) Microsoft 365
3 31 (12.70%) AWS
4 23 (9.43%) GCP
5 12 (4.92%) Entra ID
6 5 (2.05%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (2.05%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 5 (2.05%) Azure Sentinel
6 5 (2.05%) Cloudflare
6 5 (2.05%) GitHub
6 5 (2.05%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 4 (1.64%) Akamai
7 4 (1.64%) IaaS
7 4 (1.64%) Mimecast
7 4 (1.64%) OpenDNS
8 3 (1.23%) AWS CloudFormation
8 3 (1.23%) Nutanix
8 3 (1.23%) OneDrive
8 3 (1.23%) PaaS
8 3 (1.23%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 108 (44.26%) Firewall
2 76 (31.15%) WAN
3 57 (23.36%) SD-WAN
4 56 (22.95%) LAN
4 56 (22.95%) VPN
5 51 (20.90%) Network Security
6 48 (19.67%) Wireless
7 44 (18.03%) BGP
8 40 (16.39%) OSPF
9 37 (15.16%) Wi-Fi
10 34 (13.93%) Cisco Nexus
11 18 (7.38%) DNS
12 17 (6.97%) MPLS
13 15 (6.15%) Cisco IOS
13 15 (6.15%) VLAN
14 14 (5.74%) EIGRP
15 13 (5.33%) Cisco ISE
15 13 (5.33%) IPsec
15 13 (5.33%) TCP/IP
16 12 (4.92%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.82%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.41%) Metadata
2 1 (0.41%) MySQL
2 1 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 11 (4.51%) GitLab
2 8 (3.28%) Git
3 7 (2.87%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.46%) JIRA
5 5 (2.05%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (1.23%) Cucumber
6 3 (1.23%) Robot Framework
6 3 (1.23%) Selenium
6 3 (1.23%) SonarQube
General
1 48 (19.67%) Social Skills
2 47 (19.26%) Finance
3 38 (15.57%) Telecoms
4 31 (12.70%) Public Sector
5 25 (10.25%) Banking
6 23 (9.43%) Analytical Skills
7 13 (5.33%) Manufacturing
7 13 (5.33%) Marketing
8 12 (4.92%) Electronics
9 7 (2.87%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (2.46%) Legal
11 5 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (2.05%) Retail
12 4 (1.64%) Law
13 3 (1.23%) Financial Institution
13 3 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.82%) Military
14 2 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
15 1 (0.41%) Front Office
15 1 (0.41%) Games
Job Titles
1 68 (27.87%) Network Engineer
2 46 (18.85%) Architect
3 36 (14.75%) Network Architect
4 19 (7.79%) IT Support
5 18 (7.38%) Senior
6 16 (6.56%) Cisco Engineer
7 14 (5.74%) Support Engineer
8 13 (5.33%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 13 (5.33%) Project Manager
9 11 (4.51%) Desktop Support
10 10 (4.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 10 (4.10%) IT Engineer
10 10 (4.10%) Security Engineer
10 10 (4.10%) Solutions Architect
11 9 (3.69%) Security Architect
12 8 (3.28%) Analyst
12 8 (3.28%) IT Support Engineer
12 8 (3.28%) Juniper Engineer
12 8 (3.28%) Network Design Architect
13 7 (2.87%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.87%) Jinja
2 6 (2.46%) JSON
3 5 (2.05%) NETCONF
3 5 (2.05%) XML
3 5 (2.05%) YANG
4 4 (1.64%) VML
4 4 (1.64%) XMPP
5 3 (1.23%) 802.1X
5 3 (1.23%) HTML
5 3 (1.23%) REST
6 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Graph
7 1 (0.41%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.41%) Beautiful Soup
7 1 (0.41%) CSS
7 1 (0.41%) Kafka
7 1 (0.41%) OpenConfig
7 1 (0.41%) Pandas
7 1 (0.41%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 76 (31.15%) Data Centre
2 12 (4.92%) Driving Licence
3 10 (4.10%) PKI
4 9 (3.69%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (3.28%) Data Protection Act
6 7 (2.87%) Public Cloud
7 6 (2.46%) Cloud Native
7 6 (2.46%) Onboarding
8 5 (2.05%) Video Conferencing
9 4 (1.64%) Blackberry
9 4 (1.64%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.23%) Enterprise Storage
10 3 (1.23%) Handset
10 3 (1.23%) iPhone
10 3 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (1.23%) SCADA
10 3 (1.23%) Security Operations Centre
10 3 (1.23%) Security Posture
11 2 (0.82%) Distributed Systems
11 2 (0.82%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 37 (15.16%) Windows
2 30 (12.30%) Mac OS
3 29 (11.89%) Android
4 11 (4.51%) Windows 10
5 10 (4.10%) Windows Server
6 8 (3.28%) Linux
7 2 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.82%) VMS
8 1 (0.41%) CentOS
8 1 (0.41%) Unix
8 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (15.57%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (14.75%) Migration
3 28 (11.48%) Network Design
4 20 (8.20%) Change Management
5 19 (7.79%) Agile
5 19 (7.79%) Infrastructure as Code
6 18 (7.38%) DevOps
6 18 (7.38%) Network Architecture
6 18 (7.38%) Zero Trust
7 17 (6.97%) CI/CD
7 17 (6.97%) ITIL
8 15 (6.15%) Business Intelligence
8 15 (6.15%) Network Monitoring
8 15 (6.15%) Security Architecture
8 15 (6.15%) Stakeholder Management
9 14 (5.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 13 (5.33%) Load Balancing
10 13 (5.33%) Roadmaps
11 12 (4.92%) Digital Marketing
11 12 (4.92%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 43 (17.62%) Python
2 18 (7.38%) PowerShell
3 14 (5.74%) Bash
4 7 (2.87%) JavaScript
4 7 (2.87%) Perl
5 6 (2.46%) C++
6 4 (1.64%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (0.82%) C
8 1 (0.41%) Go
8 1 (0.41%) Java
8 1 (0.41%) SQL
Qualifications
1 66 (27.05%) Security Cleared
2 61 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 59 (24.18%) Cisco Certification
4 49 (20.08%) CCNP
5 23 (9.43%) CCIE
6 19 (7.79%) DV Cleared
7 16 (6.56%) Degree
8 14 (5.74%) CCNA
9 7 (2.87%) CISSP
10 6 (2.46%) Azure Certification
10 6 (2.46%) CCSE
11 5 (2.05%) JNCIA
11 5 (2.05%) JNCIE
11 5 (2.05%) JNCIS
12 4 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (1.64%) JNCIP
13 3 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (1.23%) Network+ Certification
14 2 (0.82%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.69%) SLA
2 8 (3.28%) PMO
3 7 (2.87%) NIST
4 6 (2.46%) GDPR
4 6 (2.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.23%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.41%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.41%) MiFID
7 1 (0.41%) QA
System Software
1 14 (5.74%) Active Directory
1 14 (5.74%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (3.69%) Docker
2 9 (3.69%) Firmware
3 6 (2.46%) VMware NSX
4 5 (2.05%) Hyper-V
4 5 (2.05%) Snort
5 4 (1.64%) Squid
5 4 (1.64%) vSphere
6 2 (0.82%) KVM
7 1 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 30 (12.30%) Ansible
2 23 (9.43%) FortiGate
3 20 (8.20%) Terraform
4 12 (4.92%) Kubernetes
5 10 (4.10%) SCCM
6 8 (3.28%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (2.46%) Nessus
8 4 (1.64%) Nexpose
8 4 (1.64%) Suricata
9 3 (1.23%) CASB
9 3 (1.23%) EMC NetWorker
10 2 (0.82%) Cisco Prime
10 2 (0.82%) Grafana
10 2 (0.82%) Istio
10 2 (0.82%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.82%) QRadar
10 2 (0.82%) Tivoli Storage Manager
11 1 (0.41%) PowerCLI
11 1 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.41%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 54 (22.13%) Palo Alto
2 50 (20.49%) Fortinet
3 39 (15.98%) Microsoft
4 35 (14.34%) Juniper
5 29 (11.89%) Dell
5 29 (11.89%) HP
6 28 (11.48%) Apple
6 28 (11.48%) CheckPoint
7 27 (11.07%) Aruba
7 27 (11.07%) F5
8 22 (9.02%) Meraki
9 21 (8.61%) ServiceNow
10 20 (8.20%) Arista
10 20 (8.20%) Zscaler
11 17 (6.97%) VMware
12 12 (4.92%) SAP
13 11 (4.51%) Remedy
14 10 (4.10%) Google
14 10 (4.10%) Splunk
15 8 (3.28%) SolarWinds