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 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
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 94 92
Rank change year-on-year -69 -2 +29
Contract jobs citing Cisco 241 366 454
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.65% 2.67% 2.45%
As % of the Vendors category 3.56% 6.08% 6.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 242 292
10th Percentile £250 £276 £240
25th Percentile £361 £413 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £516 £511
Median % change year-on-year -7.99% +0.98% +2.25%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £650 £700
England median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 4 20
10th Percentile £21.46 £15.27 £21.38
25th Percentile - £21.31 £24.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £24.66 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +1.99% -24.12% +30.00%
75th Percentile - £28.18 £41.25
90th Percentile £67.15 £34.52 £76.38
England median hourly rate £48.72 £22.52 £32.50
% change year-on-year +116.37% -30.72% +26.41%

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 6,761 6,016 7,441
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 46.16% 43.87% 40.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,435 3,709 5,105
10th Percentile £340 £313 £275
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 £763
England median daily rate £506 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.62% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 69 145
10th Percentile £17.69 £21.45 £13.87
25th Percentile £21.46 £23.80 £18.00
Median hourly rate £25.77 £31.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.87% +3.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £42.75 £55.75 £46.85
90th Percentile £67.70 £80.75 £77.50
England median hourly rate £23.50 £30.00 £32.41
% change year-on-year -21.67% -7.44% -0.28%

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 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 27 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 27 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 -54 22 £525 -0.47% 25
South London -1 9 £438 -7.89% 10
West London -16 6 £399 -11.39% 10
East London +3 3 £525 -11.02% 9
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 (5.39%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.90%) Confluence
4 3 (1.24%) Appian
5 2 (0.83%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.41%) Apache
6 1 (0.41%) JBoss
6 1 (0.41%) WebSphere
Applications
1 20 (8.30%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (5.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (3.73%) MS Visio
4 8 (3.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.66%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.41%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 6 (2.49%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.41%) Actimize
Cloud Services
1 61 (25.31%) Azure
2 36 (14.94%) Microsoft 365
3 31 (12.86%) AWS
4 22 (9.13%) GCP
5 11 (4.56%) Entra ID
6 5 (2.07%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (2.07%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 5 (2.07%) Azure Sentinel
6 5 (2.07%) Cloudflare
6 5 (2.07%) GitHub
6 5 (2.07%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 4 (1.66%) Akamai
7 4 (1.66%) Mimecast
7 4 (1.66%) OpenDNS
8 3 (1.24%) AWS CloudFormation
8 3 (1.24%) IaaS
8 3 (1.24%) PaaS
8 3 (1.24%) Tricentis Tosca
9 2 (0.83%) Serverless
9 2 (0.83%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 93 (38.59%) Firewall
2 80 (33.20%) WAN
3 56 (23.24%) VPN
4 52 (21.58%) Network Security
5 47 (19.50%) LAN
5 47 (19.50%) SD-WAN
6 46 (19.09%) Wireless
7 41 (17.01%) BGP
8 36 (14.94%) OSPF
9 24 (9.96%) Wi-Fi
10 20 (8.30%) Cisco Nexus
11 18 (7.47%) VLAN
12 17 (7.05%) DNS
13 15 (6.22%) MPLS
14 14 (5.81%) Cisco ASA
14 14 (5.81%) EIGRP
15 13 (5.39%) Cisco ISE
16 12 (4.98%) Cisco IOS
16 12 (4.98%) IPsec
17 11 (4.56%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.83%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.41%) Metadata
2 1 (0.41%) MySQL
2 1 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (4.15%) GitLab
2 8 (3.32%) JIRA
3 6 (2.49%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.66%) Git
5 3 (1.24%) Cucumber
5 3 (1.24%) Robot Framework
5 3 (1.24%) Selenium
5 3 (1.24%) SonarQube
5 3 (1.24%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 56 (23.24%) Finance
2 48 (19.92%) Social Skills
3 32 (13.28%) Telecoms
4 30 (12.45%) Public Sector
5 23 (9.54%) Banking
6 22 (9.13%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (6.22%) Manufacturing
7 15 (6.22%) Marketing
8 14 (5.81%) Electronics
8 14 (5.81%) Legal
9 8 (3.32%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (2.07%) Financial Institution
11 5 (2.07%) Law
11 5 (2.07%) Retail
12 2 (0.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.83%) Military
13 1 (0.41%) Front Office
13 1 (0.41%) Games
13 1 (0.41%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 71 (29.46%) Network Engineer
2 37 (15.35%) Architect
3 26 (10.79%) Network Architect
4 19 (7.88%) IT Support
4 19 (7.88%) Senior
5 14 (5.81%) Project Manager
5 14 (5.81%) Support Engineer
6 13 (5.39%) Cisco Engineer
7 11 (4.56%) Desktop Support
7 11 (4.56%) Security Engineer
8 10 (4.15%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 10 (4.15%) IT Engineer
8 10 (4.15%) Solutions Architect
9 9 (3.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (3.73%) Security Architect
10 8 (3.32%) Analyst
10 8 (3.32%) Coordinator
10 8 (3.32%) IT Support Engineer
10 8 (3.32%) Support Specialist
11 7 (2.90%) Network Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.49%) JSON
2 5 (2.07%) NETCONF
2 5 (2.07%) XML
2 5 (2.07%) YANG
3 4 (1.66%) 802.1X
3 4 (1.66%) HTML
3 4 (1.66%) Jinja
3 4 (1.66%) VML
3 4 (1.66%) XMPP
4 3 (1.24%) REST
5 2 (0.83%) CSS
5 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Graph
6 1 (0.41%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.41%) Beautiful Soup
6 1 (0.41%) Django
6 1 (0.41%) Kafka
6 1 (0.41%) OpenConfig
6 1 (0.41%) Pandas
6 1 (0.41%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 68 (28.22%) Data Centre
2 12 (4.98%) PKI
3 10 (4.15%) Hybrid Cloud
4 9 (3.73%) Driving Licence
5 8 (3.32%) Data Protection Act
6 7 (2.90%) Public Cloud
7 6 (2.49%) Cloud Native
7 6 (2.49%) Onboarding
8 5 (2.07%) Video Conferencing
9 4 (1.66%) Blackberry
9 4 (1.66%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.66%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.24%) Enterprise Storage
10 3 (1.24%) Handset
10 3 (1.24%) iPhone
10 3 (1.24%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (1.24%) SCADA
10 3 (1.24%) Security Operations Centre
11 2 (0.83%) Life Science
11 2 (0.83%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 34 (14.11%) Windows
2 27 (11.20%) Mac OS
3 26 (10.79%) Android
4 12 (4.98%) Windows Server
5 11 (4.56%) Windows 10
6 8 (3.32%) Linux
7 2 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.83%) Unix
7 2 (0.83%) VMS
8 1 (0.41%) CentOS
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 (15.77%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (14.52%) Migration
3 22 (9.13%) Network Design
4 21 (8.71%) Agile
4 21 (8.71%) Change Management
5 19 (7.88%) Network Architecture
5 19 (7.88%) Stakeholder Management
5 19 (7.88%) Zero Trust
6 16 (6.64%) Business Intelligence
6 16 (6.64%) Infrastructure as Code
6 16 (6.64%) ITIL
7 15 (6.22%) DevOps
7 15 (6.22%) Programme Management
8 14 (5.81%) CI/CD
8 14 (5.81%) Digital Marketing
8 14 (5.81%) Security Architecture
9 13 (5.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 13 (5.39%) Network Monitoring
9 13 (5.39%) Roadmaps
9 13 (5.39%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 37 (15.35%) Python
2 17 (7.05%) PowerShell
3 13 (5.39%) Bash
4 8 (3.32%) JavaScript
5 7 (2.90%) Perl
6 6 (2.49%) C++
7 4 (1.66%) C
7 4 (1.66%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.41%) Java
8 1 (0.41%) SQL
Qualifications
1 55 (22.82%) Cisco Certification
1 55 (22.82%) Security Cleared
2 49 (20.33%) SC Cleared
3 47 (19.50%) CCNP
4 19 (7.88%) Degree
5 18 (7.47%) CCIE
5 18 (7.47%) DV Cleared
6 16 (6.64%) CCNA
7 7 (2.90%) CISSP
8 6 (2.49%) Azure Certification
9 5 (2.07%) CCSE
9 5 (2.07%) JNCIA
9 5 (2.07%) JNCIS
10 4 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.66%) JNCIE
11 3 (1.24%) JNCIP
11 3 (1.24%) Network+ Certification
11 3 (1.24%) PMP
12 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.83%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.15%) PMO
2 8 (3.32%) SLA
3 7 (2.90%) NIST
4 6 (2.49%) GDPR
4 6 (2.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.24%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.83%) 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 15 (6.22%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (5.81%) Active Directory
3 10 (4.15%) Firmware
4 9 (3.73%) VMware NSX
5 8 (3.32%) Docker
6 6 (2.49%) vSphere
7 5 (2.07%) Hyper-V
7 5 (2.07%) Snort
8 4 (1.66%) Squid
9 2 (0.83%) KVM
9 2 (0.83%) vCloud
10 1 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 26 (10.79%) FortiGate
2 24 (9.96%) Ansible
3 18 (7.47%) Terraform
4 11 (4.56%) Kubernetes
4 11 (4.56%) SCCM
5 6 (2.49%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (2.49%) Nessus
6 4 (1.66%) Nexpose
6 4 (1.66%) Suricata
7 3 (1.24%) CASB
7 3 (1.24%) Cisco Prime
7 3 (1.24%) EMC NetWorker
7 3 (1.24%) Grafana
7 3 (1.24%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.83%) Istio
8 2 (0.83%) QRadar
8 2 (0.83%) Salt
8 2 (0.83%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 1 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.41%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 64 (26.56%) Palo Alto
2 43 (17.84%) Microsoft
3 38 (15.77%) Fortinet
4 35 (14.52%) Juniper
5 33 (13.69%) CheckPoint
6 32 (13.28%) Aruba
7 29 (12.03%) Dell
8 27 (11.20%) F5
9 26 (10.79%) HP
10 25 (10.37%) Apple
11 24 (9.96%) Meraki
12 22 (9.13%) ServiceNow
13 20 (8.30%) Zscaler
14 18 (7.47%) VMware
15 17 (7.05%) Arista
16 14 (5.81%) SAP
17 12 (4.98%) Splunk
18 11 (4.56%) SolarWinds
19 10 (4.15%) Google
19 10 (4.15%) Remedy