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 August 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 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 112 102
Rank change year-on-year -38 -10 -18
Contract jobs citing Cisco 369 344 397
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.83% 2.54% 2.45%
As % of the Vendors category 4.30% 5.53% 5.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 264 221 266
10th Percentile £325 £325 £252
25th Percentile £413 £406 £376
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -1.96%
75th Percentile £600 £580 £550
90th Percentile £712 £659 £650
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 18 11
10th Percentile £29.00 - £20.50
25th Percentile £40.13 - £23.80
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +86.88% +4.01% -13.26%
75th Percentile £61.88 £39.69 £30.25
90th Percentile £78.75 £62.55 -
England median hourly rate £48.72 £30.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +62.40% +15.38% -39.53%

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 8,576 6,219 6,974
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.47% 46.01% 43.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,584 4,045 4,736
10th Percentile £350 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £414 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £531
Median % change year-on-year - -1.18% -3.41%
75th Percentile £638 £653 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £751
England median daily rate £513 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +0.99% -3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 126 88
10th Percentile £18.28 £15.84 £17.08
25th Percentile £19.59 £22.60 £20.50
Median hourly rate £35.50 £26.30 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +34.98% -4.36% -17.81%
75th Percentile £57.50 £40.56 £60.31
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £75.38
England median hourly rate £33.99 £25.15 £30.00
% change year-on-year +35.15% -16.17% -20.00%

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 August 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 August 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 August 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 -17 55 £550 +2.61% 32
South London -5 19 £475 -9.52% 10
West London -48 7 £513 +20.59% 8
East London +2 5 £500 -9.09% 8
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 17 (4.61%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.63%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.36%) JBoss
4 4 (1.08%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.54%) Apache
5 2 (0.54%) Confluence
6 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.27%) CloudStack
Applications
1 14 (3.79%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.54%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.27%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 105 (28.46%) Azure
2 48 (13.01%) AWS
3 29 (7.86%) Microsoft 365
4 24 (6.50%) Entra ID
5 13 (3.52%) GitHub
5 13 (3.52%) OneDrive
6 11 (2.98%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 11 (2.98%) GCP
7 8 (2.17%) SaaS
8 6 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (1.36%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 3 (0.81%) Mimecast
10 3 (0.81%) OpenShift
10 3 (0.81%) Power Platform
10 3 (0.81%) Rubrik
11 2 (0.54%) AWS IoT
11 2 (0.54%) IaaS
12 1 (0.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 1 (0.27%) Datadog
12 1 (0.27%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 185 (50.14%) Firewall
2 99 (26.83%) BGP
2 99 (26.83%) WAN
3 83 (22.49%) Network Security
4 61 (16.53%) LAN
5 59 (15.99%) VPN
6 54 (14.63%) OSPF
7 52 (14.09%) Wireless
8 50 (13.55%) VLAN
9 44 (11.92%) Wi-Fi
10 40 (10.84%) DNS
11 37 (10.03%) SD-WAN
12 34 (9.21%) Cisco ISE
13 33 (8.94%) TCP/IP
13 33 (8.94%) VXLAN
14 30 (8.13%) Cisco IOS
14 30 (8.13%) MPLS
15 29 (7.86%) Cisco Nexus
16 27 (7.32%) Multicast
17 26 (7.05%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.71%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.36%) Big Data
2 5 (1.36%) Hadoop
3 2 (0.54%) NoSQL
3 2 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.27%) Apache Hive
4 1 (0.27%) ClickHouse
4 1 (0.27%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 16 (4.34%) Git
2 7 (1.90%) JIRA
3 5 (1.36%) Sonatype Nexus
4 4 (1.08%) GitLab
5 2 (0.54%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.27%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.27%) Tricentis qTest
6 1 (0.27%) Zephyr
General
1 84 (22.76%) Social Skills
2 61 (16.53%) Finance
3 31 (8.40%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (7.05%) Banking
4 26 (7.05%) Telecoms
5 20 (5.42%) Public Sector
6 19 (5.15%) Documentation Skills
7 17 (4.61%) Financial Institution
8 15 (4.07%) Legal
9 7 (1.90%) Law
10 6 (1.63%) Retail
11 5 (1.36%) Marketing
12 4 (1.08%) Automotive
12 4 (1.08%) Front Office
12 4 (1.08%) Local Government
13 3 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.81%) Investment Banking
13 3 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.27%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 179 (48.51%) Network Engineer
2 49 (13.28%) Architect
2 49 (13.28%) Senior
3 35 (9.49%) Cisco Engineer
4 33 (8.94%) Senior Network Engineer
5 31 (8.40%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 25 (6.78%) Network Architect
6 25 (6.78%) Security Engineer
7 21 (5.69%) Network Security Engineer
8 16 (4.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 15 (4.07%) Automation Engineer
10 13 (3.52%) Audio Visual Engineer
11 11 (2.98%) Analyst
11 11 (2.98%) Implementation Engineer
11 11 (2.98%) Senior Cisco Engineer
12 10 (2.71%) Data Centre Engineer
12 10 (2.71%) Operations Engineer
12 10 (2.71%) Solutions Architect
12 10 (2.71%) Support Engineer
13 9 (2.44%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (5.96%) 802.1X
2 13 (3.52%) REST
3 6 (1.63%) SAML
4 4 (1.08%) Jinja
4 4 (1.08%) JSON
4 4 (1.08%) YAML
5 3 (0.81%) Middleware
6 2 (0.54%) .NET
6 2 (0.54%) .NET Core
6 2 (0.54%) ADO
6 2 (0.54%) ASP.NET
6 2 (0.54%) Blazor
6 2 (0.54%) eBPF
6 2 (0.54%) RFC 2544
7 1 (0.27%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.27%) Kafka
7 1 (0.27%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.27%) Spine.js
7 1 (0.27%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 94 (25.47%) Data Centre
2 25 (6.78%) Video Conferencing
3 24 (6.50%) Onboarding
4 19 (5.15%) Hybrid Cloud
5 16 (4.34%) Data Protection Act
6 11 (2.98%) IoT
7 10 (2.71%) Cloud Native
8 9 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
9 8 (2.17%) Virtual Team
10 7 (1.90%) Linux Command Line
10 7 (1.90%) PKI
10 7 (1.90%) Web Conferencing
11 6 (1.63%) Management Information System
11 6 (1.63%) Security Posture
12 5 (1.36%) Clustering
12 5 (1.36%) Digital Signage
12 5 (1.36%) Public Cloud
12 5 (1.36%) Robotics
13 4 (1.08%) Driving Licence
14 3 (0.81%) EMC VNX
Operating Systems
1 61 (16.53%) Windows
2 27 (7.32%) Linux
3 25 (6.78%) Windows Server
4 10 (2.71%) Ubuntu
5 8 (2.17%) Windows 10
6 7 (1.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (1.36%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.81%) VMS
8 3 (0.81%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (0.81%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.81%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.27%) Android
9 1 (0.27%) CentOS
9 1 (0.27%) Debian
9 1 (0.27%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (18.16%) Migration
2 41 (11.11%) Project Delivery
3 36 (9.76%) Problem-Solving
4 35 (9.49%) ITIL
5 33 (8.94%) Infrastructure as Code
5 33 (8.94%) Stakeholder Management
6 32 (8.67%) Validation
7 27 (7.32%) Continuous Improvement
8 26 (7.05%) Runbook
9 25 (6.78%) Agile
9 25 (6.78%) Change Management
10 24 (6.50%) CI/CD
10 24 (6.50%) Data Protection
10 24 (6.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 23 (6.23%) Network Design
12 21 (5.69%) DevOps
12 21 (5.69%) Load Balancing
12 21 (5.69%) Low Latency
12 21 (5.69%) Mentoring
12 21 (5.69%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 62 (16.80%) Python
2 16 (4.34%) PowerShell
3 11 (2.98%) Bash
4 3 (0.81%) C
4 3 (0.81%) C++
4 3 (0.81%) Java
5 2 (0.54%) ActionScript
5 2 (0.54%) Lisp
5 2 (0.54%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.27%) Ladder Logic
6 1 (0.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 82 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
2 72 (19.51%) CCNP
3 38 (10.30%) Security Cleared
4 30 (8.13%) SC Cleared
5 28 (7.59%) Degree
6 21 (5.69%) CCIE
7 16 (4.34%) CCNA
8 11 (2.98%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (1.90%) Azure Certification
9 7 (1.90%) DV Cleared
10 4 (1.08%) CCSE
10 4 (1.08%) JNCIP
10 4 (1.08%) JNCIS
10 4 (1.08%) PMP
11 3 (0.81%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.54%) CCIE Security
12 2 (0.54%) CISSP
12 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.54%) Network+ Certification
12 2 (0.54%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.52%) SLA
2 7 (1.90%) QA
3 6 (1.63%) NIST
4 3 (0.81%) GDPR
4 3 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.81%) PMO
5 2 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.54%) Government Security Classifications
5 2 (0.54%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.27%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.27%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.27%) GRC
6 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.27%) NIST 800
System Software
1 36 (9.76%) VMware Infrastructure
2 30 (8.13%) Active Directory
3 8 (2.17%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (1.63%) Docker
4 6 (1.63%) Firmware
5 5 (1.36%) VMware NSX
6 4 (1.08%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.81%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 3 (0.81%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.54%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.27%) IAG
9 1 (0.27%) KVM
9 1 (0.27%) QEMU
9 1 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.27%) VMware Server
9 1 (0.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 56 (15.18%) Ansible
2 38 (10.30%) FortiGate
3 30 (8.13%) Terraform
4 16 (4.34%) Microsoft Intune
5 12 (3.25%) Kubernetes
6 11 (2.98%) Grafana
7 10 (2.71%) Prometheus
8 8 (2.17%) Cisco Prime
9 6 (1.63%) Cisco CUCM
10 5 (1.36%) Puppet
10 5 (1.36%) Red Hat Satellite
10 5 (1.36%) SCCM
11 4 (1.08%) Failover Clustering
11 4 (1.08%) systemd
12 3 (0.81%) Avamar
12 3 (0.81%) EMC VPLEX
12 3 (0.81%) Jamf Pro
12 3 (0.81%) QRadar
13 2 (0.54%) Nessus
13 2 (0.54%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 93 (25.20%) Palo Alto
2 77 (20.87%) Microsoft
3 75 (20.33%) Fortinet
4 52 (14.09%) Arista
5 48 (13.01%) Juniper
6 47 (12.74%) VMware
7 45 (12.20%) F5
8 36 (9.76%) Meraki
9 34 (9.21%) Zscaler
10 31 (8.40%) Aruba
10 31 (8.40%) CheckPoint
11 17 (4.61%) ServiceNow
12 15 (4.07%) Infoblox
13 14 (3.79%) Red Hat
14 13 (3.52%) SolarWinds
15 10 (2.71%) Google
16 9 (2.44%) NetApp
17 8 (2.17%) HP
18 7 (1.90%) Citrix
18 7 (1.90%) EMC