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 February 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 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 99 95
Rank change year-on-year -66 -4 +10
Contract jobs citing Cisco 262 334 436
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.65% 2.49% 2.39%
As % of the Vendors category 3.68% 5.63% 5.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 232 276
10th Percentile £270 £278 £228
25th Percentile £400 £413 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% - -0.50%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £740
England median daily rate £481 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -3.75% +5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 3 18
10th Percentile £21.46 - £20.73
25th Percentile £23.31 - £24.44
Median hourly rate £25.15 £24.66 £32.25
Median % change year-on-year +1.99% -23.53% +27.19%
75th Percentile £26.20 £31.71 £41.25
90th Percentile £93.75 £35.93 -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £24.66 £30.00
% change year-on-year +163.57% -17.80% +16.69%

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 7,116 5,937 7,283
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 44.81% 44.20% 39.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,700 3,743 4,975
10th Percentile £350 £318 £275
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -2.22%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £671
90th Percentile £738 £752 £763
England median daily rate £505 £525 £520
% change year-on-year -3.81% +0.96% -3.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 79 143
10th Percentile £17.99 £21.50 £13.51
25th Percentile £21.00 £24.42 £17.00
Median hourly rate £26.50 £34.50 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.19% +35.29% +2.00%
75th Percentile £41.94 £61.13 £41.25
90th Percentile £66.12 £80.75 £69.60
England median hourly rate £24.00 £30.78 £26.00
% change year-on-year -22.03% +18.38% -21.21%

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 February 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 February 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 February 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 -38 20 £550 +0.27% 31
South London -6 15 £425 -10.53% 2
West London -17 5 £399 +13.12% 12
East London +2 3 £525 -4.55% 12
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 13 (4.96%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (2.29%) Confluence
4 3 (1.15%) Appian
5 2 (0.76%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.38%) Apache
6 1 (0.38%) JBoss
6 1 (0.38%) WebSphere
Applications
1 18 (6.87%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (4.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (3.44%) MS Visio
4 8 (3.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.53%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.29%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.38%) Actimize
Cloud Services
1 66 (25.19%) Azure
2 34 (12.98%) Microsoft 365
3 33 (12.60%) AWS
4 22 (8.40%) GCP
5 15 (5.73%) Entra ID
6 6 (2.29%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 5 (1.91%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (1.91%) Cloudflare
7 5 (1.91%) GitHub
8 4 (1.53%) Azure Sentinel
8 4 (1.53%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 3 (1.15%) Mimecast
9 3 (1.15%) OpenDNS
9 3 (1.15%) Rubrik
9 3 (1.15%) Tricentis Tosca
10 2 (0.76%) AWS CloudFormation
10 2 (0.76%) IaaS
10 2 (0.76%) OneDrive
10 2 (0.76%) OpenShift
10 2 (0.76%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 110 (41.98%) Firewall
2 92 (35.11%) WAN
3 67 (25.57%) Network Security
4 60 (22.90%) VPN
5 56 (21.37%) LAN
6 51 (19.47%) BGP
7 49 (18.70%) Wireless
8 48 (18.32%) SD-WAN
9 43 (16.41%) OSPF
10 30 (11.45%) Wi-Fi
11 24 (9.16%) MPLS
12 21 (8.02%) Cisco ASA
12 21 (8.02%) Cisco Nexus
13 19 (7.25%) VLAN
14 16 (6.11%) Cisco IOS
14 16 (6.11%) Cisco ISE
15 14 (5.34%) EIGRP
15 14 (5.34%) Multicast
16 12 (4.58%) DNS
16 12 (4.58%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.76%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.38%) Metadata
2 1 (0.38%) MySQL
2 1 (0.38%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (3.82%) GitLab
2 8 (3.05%) JIRA
3 6 (2.29%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.91%) Git
5 3 (1.15%) Cucumber
5 3 (1.15%) Robot Framework
5 3 (1.15%) Selenium
5 3 (1.15%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.76%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 64 (24.43%) Finance
2 56 (21.37%) Social Skills
3 35 (13.36%) Telecoms
4 31 (11.83%) Public Sector
5 26 (9.92%) Banking
6 22 (8.40%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (5.73%) Legal
7 15 (5.73%) Manufacturing
7 15 (5.73%) Marketing
8 14 (5.34%) Electronics
9 11 (4.20%) Financial Institution
10 9 (3.44%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (3.05%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (2.67%) Law
13 5 (1.91%) Retail
14 2 (0.76%) Front Office
14 2 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.76%) Local Government
14 2 (0.76%) Military
14 2 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 86 (32.82%) Network Engineer
2 38 (14.50%) Architect
3 27 (10.31%) Senior
4 24 (9.16%) Network Architect
5 18 (6.87%) IT Support
6 15 (5.73%) Project Manager
7 12 (4.58%) Solutions Architect
7 12 (4.58%) Support Engineer
8 10 (3.82%) Desktop Support
8 10 (3.82%) Security Architect
8 10 (3.82%) Security Engineer
9 9 (3.44%) IT Engineer
10 8 (3.05%) Coordinator
10 8 (3.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (3.05%) Network Manager
10 8 (3.05%) Network Security Engineer
10 8 (3.05%) Senior Network Engineer
10 8 (3.05%) Support Specialist
11 7 (2.67%) 2nd Line Support
11 7 (2.67%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.29%) JSON
2 5 (1.91%) 802.1X
2 5 (1.91%) NETCONF
2 5 (1.91%) XML
2 5 (1.91%) YANG
3 4 (1.53%) HTML
3 4 (1.53%) Jinja
3 4 (1.53%) REST
3 4 (1.53%) VML
4 2 (0.76%) CSS
4 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Graph
4 2 (0.76%) SAML
4 2 (0.76%) XMPP
5 1 (0.38%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.38%) Beautiful Soup
5 1 (0.38%) Django
5 1 (0.38%) Kafka
5 1 (0.38%) OpenConfig
5 1 (0.38%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 68 (25.95%) Data Centre
2 10 (3.82%) Hybrid Cloud
3 9 (3.44%) Data Protection Act
3 9 (3.44%) PKI
4 7 (2.67%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.29%) Driving Licence
5 6 (2.29%) Public Cloud
6 5 (1.91%) Cloud Native
6 5 (1.91%) Security Posture
7 4 (1.53%) Video Conferencing
8 3 (1.15%) Blackberry
8 3 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.15%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.15%) SCADA
8 3 (1.15%) Security Operations Centre
9 2 (0.76%) Enterprise Storage
9 2 (0.76%) Handset
9 2 (0.76%) iPhone
9 2 (0.76%) Life Science
9 2 (0.76%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 33 (12.60%) Windows
2 24 (9.16%) Mac OS
3 23 (8.78%) Android
4 11 (4.20%) Linux
4 11 (4.20%) Windows 10
5 9 (3.44%) Windows Server
6 8 (3.05%) Unix
7 2 (0.76%) VMS
8 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (14.89%) Migration
2 38 (14.50%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (9.92%) Network Design
4 24 (9.16%) Change Management
5 23 (8.78%) Stakeholder Management
6 21 (8.02%) Agile
7 18 (6.87%) ITIL
7 18 (6.87%) Zero Trust
8 17 (6.49%) CI/CD
8 17 (6.49%) Load Balancing
8 17 (6.49%) Network Architecture
9 16 (6.11%) Business Intelligence
10 15 (5.73%) Network Monitoring
10 15 (5.73%) Programme Management
11 14 (5.34%) Digital Marketing
11 14 (5.34%) Infrastructure as Code
11 14 (5.34%) Security Architecture
12 13 (4.96%) Break/Fix
12 13 (4.96%) Project Management
12 13 (4.96%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 36 (13.74%) Python
2 16 (6.11%) PowerShell
3 8 (3.05%) Bash
4 7 (2.67%) JavaScript
5 4 (1.53%) C
6 3 (1.15%) C++
6 3 (1.15%) Kusto Query Language
6 3 (1.15%) Perl
7 1 (0.38%) ActionScript
7 1 (0.38%) Java
7 1 (0.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 59 (22.52%) Cisco Certification
2 52 (19.85%) Security Cleared
3 48 (18.32%) CCNP
4 45 (17.18%) SC Cleared
5 20 (7.63%) CCIE
5 20 (7.63%) Degree
6 17 (6.49%) CCNA
7 16 (6.11%) DV Cleared
8 7 (2.67%) CISSP
9 6 (2.29%) Azure Certification
9 6 (2.29%) CCSE
10 5 (1.91%) PMP
11 4 (1.53%) JNCIP
12 3 (1.15%) JNCIE
12 3 (1.15%) JNCIS
12 3 (1.15%) Network+ Certification
12 3 (1.15%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.76%) CCSP
13 2 (0.76%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.20%) PMO
2 8 (3.05%) SLA
3 7 (2.67%) NIST
4 6 (2.29%) GDPR
4 6 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.15%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.38%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.38%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.38%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.38%) MiFID
7 1 (0.38%) QA
System Software
1 13 (4.96%) Active Directory
1 13 (4.96%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (2.67%) Docker
2 7 (2.67%) Firmware
2 7 (2.67%) VMware NSX
3 6 (2.29%) vSphere
4 3 (1.15%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.15%) Snort
4 3 (1.15%) Squid
5 2 (0.76%) vCloud
5 2 (0.76%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.38%) IAG
6 1 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.38%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 31 (11.83%) Ansible
2 27 (10.31%) FortiGate
3 16 (6.11%) Terraform
4 11 (4.20%) Grafana
4 11 (4.20%) Prometheus
5 10 (3.82%) SCCM
6 7 (2.67%) Kubernetes
6 7 (2.67%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (1.91%) Nessus
7 5 (1.91%) Salt
8 4 (1.53%) Cisco Prime
9 3 (1.15%) CASB
9 3 (1.15%) Nexpose
9 3 (1.15%) Suricata
10 2 (0.76%) EMC NetWorker
10 2 (0.76%) Istio
10 2 (0.76%) QRadar
10 2 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.76%) Tivoli Storage Manager
11 1 (0.38%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 84 (32.06%) Palo Alto
2 43 (16.41%) CheckPoint
2 43 (16.41%) Juniper
3 42 (16.03%) Aruba
3 42 (16.03%) Fortinet
3 42 (16.03%) Microsoft
4 40 (15.27%) F5
5 29 (11.07%) Arista
6 27 (10.31%) ServiceNow
7 26 (9.92%) Meraki
8 25 (9.54%) Dell
9 23 (8.78%) Apple
9 23 (8.78%) HP
10 22 (8.40%) Zscaler
11 16 (6.11%) VMware
12 14 (5.34%) SAP
13 13 (4.96%) Splunk
14 11 (4.20%) EMC
14 11 (4.20%) Infoblox
14 11 (4.20%) SolarWinds