Cisco Contracts 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 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 96 106
Rank change year-on-year -11 +10 +35
Contract jobs citing Cisco 331 420 652
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 2.64% 2.36% 2.41%
As % of the Vendors category 5.81% 5.81% 6.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 278 425
10th Percentile £316 £247 £220
25th Percentile £425 £350 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £523
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% -4.31% +10.00%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £638
90th Percentile £661 £747 £718
England median daily rate £516 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +3.10% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 21 13
10th Percentile £24.66 £23.25 £13.97
25th Percentile £27.56 £24.18 £20.00
Median hourly rate £41.25 £27.50 £30.75
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -10.57% +28.61%
75th Percentile £57.81 £41.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £65.00 - £75.00
England median hourly rate £37.07 £27.50 £54.34
% change year-on-year +34.81% -49.39% +127.25%

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 5,695 7,227 10,507
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 45.39% 40.53% 38.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,736 4,950 7,441
10th Percentile £325 £300 £325
25th Percentile £425 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £549 £563
Median % change year-on-year +0.23% -2.44% +2.27%
75th Percentile £653 £663 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £798
England median daily rate £525 £518 £538
% change year-on-year +1.30% -3.58% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 138 127
10th Percentile £15.91 £13.86 £16.28
25th Percentile £22.27 £17.00 £21.00
Median hourly rate £29.00 £23.99 £30.75
Median % change year-on-year +20.88% -21.98% -12.14%
75th Percentile £51.20 £36.56 £57.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £64.13 £70.00
England median hourly rate £27.13 £22.50 £39.55
% change year-on-year +20.56% -43.11% +88.33%

Cisco
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Cisco as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco in London

Cisco
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cisco in London.

Daily rate trend for Cisco in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cisco in London.

Hourly rate trend for Cisco in London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cisco in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Cisco in London

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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 1 May 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
Central London -3 51 £549 +30.60% 33
West London +21 24 £425 -15.00% 8
South London - 7 £525 -
East London +14 5 £550 -9.84% 3
North London -4 1 £413 -25.00%
Cisco
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 20 (6.04%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.81%) Confluence
4 4 (1.21%) Skype for Business
5 2 (0.60%) IIS
5 2 (0.60%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.30%) CMS
6 1 (0.30%) JBoss
Applications
1 17 (5.14%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (4.23%) MS Visio
3 8 (2.42%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (1.21%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.30%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.30%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 56 (16.92%) Azure
2 47 (14.20%) AWS
3 40 (12.08%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (5.74%) Entra ID
5 8 (2.42%) OneDrive
6 7 (2.11%) Power Platform
7 6 (1.81%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (1.51%) GCP
9 4 (1.21%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 4 (1.21%) GitHub
10 3 (0.91%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (0.91%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 3 (0.91%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (0.91%) Copilot Studio
10 3 (0.91%) IaaS
10 3 (0.91%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (0.91%) Nutanix
10 3 (0.91%) PowerApps
10 3 (0.91%) Serverless
11 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 176 (53.17%) Firewall
2 93 (28.10%) Network Security
3 87 (26.28%) BGP
4 76 (22.96%) OSPF
5 75 (22.66%) WAN
6 69 (20.85%) VPN
7 58 (17.52%) LAN
8 48 (14.50%) Wireless
9 47 (14.20%) DNS
10 38 (11.48%) SD-WAN
11 37 (11.18%) Wi-Fi
12 35 (10.57%) MPLS
13 30 (9.06%) Cisco Nexus
13 30 (9.06%) DHCP
14 28 (8.46%) VLAN
15 27 (8.16%) Cisco ASA
16 26 (7.85%) Cisco IOS
16 26 (7.85%) EIGRP
16 26 (7.85%) IPsec
16 26 (7.85%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.53%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.51%) MongoDB
2 5 (1.51%) MySQL
2 5 (1.51%) NoSQL
2 5 (1.51%) Power BI
3 3 (0.91%) Oracle Database
4 2 (0.60%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.30%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.30%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.30%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.30%) Sybase ASE
5 1 (0.30%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 15 (4.53%) JIRA
2 13 (3.93%) Sonatype Nexus
3 12 (3.63%) GitLab
4 5 (1.51%) Git
5 2 (0.60%) eggPlant
5 2 (0.60%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.30%) JIRA Agile
6 1 (0.30%) TeamCity
General
1 98 (29.61%) Social Skills
2 77 (23.26%) Finance
3 46 (13.90%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (9.37%) Banking
5 23 (6.95%) Public Sector
6 11 (3.32%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (3.02%) Telecoms
8 8 (2.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (1.81%) Legal
10 5 (1.51%) Financial Institution
10 5 (1.51%) Local Government
11 4 (1.21%) Electronics
11 4 (1.21%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.21%) Police
12 3 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.91%) Marketing
12 3 (0.91%) Military
12 3 (0.91%) Multimedia
12 3 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.91%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 140 (42.30%) Network Engineer
2 41 (12.39%) Senior
3 36 (10.88%) Architect
4 30 (9.06%) Cisco Engineer
5 26 (7.85%) Network Architect
6 25 (7.55%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 24 (7.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 24 (7.25%) Security Engineer
7 24 (7.25%) Senior Network Engineer
8 21 (6.34%) Network Security Engineer
9 17 (5.14%) Consultant
10 12 (3.63%) Principal Engineer
10 12 (3.63%) Support Engineer
11 11 (3.32%) Lead
11 11 (3.32%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
11 11 (3.32%) Principal Network Engineer
12 10 (3.02%) Network Specialist
13 9 (2.72%) Analyst
13 9 (2.72%) Network Consultant
13 9 (2.72%) Network Implementation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (5.14%) 802.1X
2 7 (2.11%) JSON
3 6 (1.81%) .NET
4 5 (1.51%) YAML
5 4 (1.21%) NETCONF
5 4 (1.21%) XML
6 3 (0.91%) ASP.NET
6 3 (0.91%) RESTful
7 2 (0.60%) .NET Framework
7 2 (0.60%) Kafka
7 2 (0.60%) React
7 2 (0.60%) REST
7 2 (0.60%) RESTCONF
7 2 (0.60%) SOAP
7 2 (0.60%) XMPP
7 2 (0.60%) YANG
8 1 (0.30%) .NET Core
8 1 (0.30%) Blazor
8 1 (0.30%) Elastic Stack
8 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 58 (17.52%) Data Centre
2 17 (5.14%) Video Conferencing
3 11 (3.32%) Data Protection Act
4 8 (2.42%) Security Posture
5 7 (2.11%) Hedge funds
6 6 (1.81%) Digital Signage
6 6 (1.81%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.51%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (1.51%) NHS
8 4 (1.21%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 4 (1.21%) PKI
9 3 (0.91%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (0.91%) Derivative
9 3 (0.91%) Driving Licence
9 3 (0.91%) Enterprise Storage
9 3 (0.91%) IVR
9 3 (0.91%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (0.91%) Management Information System
9 3 (0.91%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.60%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 53 (16.01%) Windows
2 31 (9.37%) Linux
3 22 (6.65%) Windows Server
4 17 (5.14%) Windows 10
5 14 (4.23%) Unix
6 7 (2.11%) Android
7 5 (1.51%) CatOS
7 5 (1.51%) Mac OS
7 5 (1.51%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (1.21%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.91%) VMS
10 2 (0.60%) CentOS
11 1 (0.30%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.30%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.30%) Solaris
11 1 (0.30%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (19.34%) Problem-Solving
2 53 (16.01%) Migration
3 46 (13.90%) Network Monitoring
4 33 (9.97%) ITIL
5 31 (9.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 23 (6.95%) Network Design
6 23 (6.95%) Service Delivery
7 22 (6.65%) Project Delivery
8 21 (6.34%) High Availability
9 19 (5.74%) Low Latency
10 18 (5.44%) Agile
10 18 (5.44%) Roadmaps
10 18 (5.44%) Service Management
10 18 (5.44%) Stakeholder Management
11 17 (5.14%) DevOps
11 17 (5.14%) Project Management
12 16 (4.83%) Change Management
12 16 (4.83%) Network Management
13 15 (4.53%) Customer Service
13 15 (4.53%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 62 (18.73%) Python
2 20 (6.04%) PowerShell
3 17 (5.14%) SQL
4 6 (1.81%) Bash
4 6 (1.81%) Perl
5 5 (1.51%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.91%) Bicep
6 3 (0.91%) C#
6 3 (0.91%) Java
7 2 (0.60%) VB
8 1 (0.30%) ActionScript
8 1 (0.30%) ActionScript 2.0
8 1 (0.30%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.30%) Tcl
8 1 (0.30%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 105 (31.72%) Cisco Certification
2 71 (21.45%) CCNP
3 56 (16.92%) Security Cleared
4 40 (12.08%) SC Cleared
5 33 (9.97%) CCIE
6 30 (9.06%) CCNA
7 27 (8.16%) Degree
8 18 (5.44%) DV Cleared
9 12 (3.63%) CCSA
10 11 (3.32%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (2.42%) CCSE
11 8 (2.42%) JNCIA
12 6 (1.81%) AWS Certification
12 6 (1.81%) CCIE Service Provider
13 5 (1.51%) JNCIS
14 4 (1.21%) ITIL Certification
15 3 (0.91%) Network+ Certification
16 2 (0.60%) CISSP
16 2 (0.60%) CWNA
16 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.32%) SLA
2 9 (2.72%) NIST
3 7 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.51%) Government Security Classifications
5 4 (1.21%) GDPR
6 3 (0.91%) QA
7 2 (0.60%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.60%) DICOM
7 2 (0.60%) HL7
7 2 (0.60%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 2 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (0.60%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.30%) GRC
8 1 (0.30%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.30%) PSD2
8 1 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 42 (12.69%) Active Directory
2 38 (11.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (3.32%) Firmware
4 7 (2.11%) Docker
5 5 (1.51%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.51%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (1.51%) vSphere
6 4 (1.21%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.91%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.91%) KVM
7 3 (0.91%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.30%) FreeRADIUS
8 1 (0.30%) iptables
8 1 (0.30%) NFS
Systems Management
1 49 (14.80%) Ansible
2 27 (8.16%) Terraform
3 12 (3.63%) ZABBIX
4 10 (3.02%) FortiGate
5 8 (2.42%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (2.11%) Cisco CUCM
6 7 (2.11%) Cisco Prime
6 7 (2.11%) Kubernetes
6 7 (2.11%) Puppet
7 5 (1.51%) Cisco UCCX
8 4 (1.21%) CA Spectrum
8 4 (1.21%) Nagios
8 4 (1.21%) SCCM
9 3 (0.91%) logstash
9 3 (0.91%) Netcool
9 3 (0.91%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.91%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.91%) QRadar
9 3 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.91%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 63 (19.03%) Microsoft
2 61 (18.43%) Palo Alto
3 53 (16.01%) CheckPoint
4 52 (15.71%) Fortinet
5 50 (15.11%) VMware
6 44 (13.29%) Juniper
7 41 (12.39%) F5
8 36 (10.88%) Arista
8 36 (10.88%) SolarWinds
9 34 (10.27%) Meraki
10 17 (5.14%) HP
10 17 (5.14%) Infoblox
11 15 (4.53%) Dell
12 10 (3.02%) Apple
12 10 (3.02%) Aruba
12 10 (3.02%) Splunk
13 9 (2.72%) EMC
13 9 (2.72%) Nokia
14 8 (2.42%) ServiceNow
14 8 (2.42%) Zscaler