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 17 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
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 99 90
Rank change year-on-year -66 -9 +21
Contract jobs citing Cisco 256 348 448
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.66% 2.60% 2.43%
As % of the Vendors category 3.70% 5.89% 6.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 238 281
10th Percentile £260 £269 £230
25th Percentile £361 £413 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £509 £493
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +3.30% -3.90%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £650 £725
England median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 3 22
10th Percentile £21.46 - £21.85
25th Percentile £23.31 - £24.44
Median hourly rate £25.15 £24.66 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +1.99% -24.12% +30.00%
75th Percentile £26.20 £31.71 £41.25
90th Percentile £93.75 £35.93 £75.63
England median hourly rate £65.00 £24.66 £32.50
% change year-on-year +163.56% -24.12% +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 6,927 5,904 7,394
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 45.00% 44.11% 40.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,557 3,650 5,046
10th Percentile £350 £313 £281
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £548 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.20% -0.36% -3.08%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £751 £763
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 73 145
10th Percentile £18.02 £21.50 £13.59
25th Percentile £21.46 £23.80 £17.78
Median hourly rate £27.71 £35.00 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +32.08% +6.00%
75th Percentile £44.75 £61.50 £43.75
90th Percentile £66.12 £80.60 £77.50
England median hourly rate £23.83 £30.89 £26.78
% change year-on-year -22.87% +15.35% -20.06%

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 17 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 17 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 17 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 21 £525 -4.28% 48
South London -5 12 £438 -7.89% 2
West London -19 6 £399 +13.12% 13
East London -1 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 (5.08%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.73%) Confluence
4 3 (1.17%) Appian
5 2 (0.78%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.39%) Apache
6 1 (0.39%) JBoss
6 1 (0.39%) WebSphere
Applications
1 17 (6.64%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (5.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (3.52%) MS Visio
4 8 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.56%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.39%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 6 (2.34%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.39%) Actimize
Cloud Services
1 64 (25.00%) Azure
2 34 (13.28%) AWS
2 34 (13.28%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (9.38%) GCP
4 13 (5.08%) Entra ID
5 5 (1.95%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (1.95%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 5 (1.95%) GitHub
6 4 (1.56%) Akamai
6 4 (1.56%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (1.56%) Cloudflare
6 4 (1.56%) Mimecast
6 4 (1.56%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 3 (1.17%) AWS CloudFormation
7 3 (1.17%) IaaS
7 3 (1.17%) OpenDNS
7 3 (1.17%) PaaS
7 3 (1.17%) Tricentis Tosca
8 2 (0.78%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (0.78%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 103 (40.23%) Firewall
2 87 (33.98%) WAN
3 59 (23.05%) Network Security
4 58 (22.66%) VPN
5 53 (20.70%) LAN
6 50 (19.53%) BGP
7 46 (17.97%) Wireless
8 44 (17.19%) SD-WAN
9 42 (16.41%) OSPF
10 26 (10.16%) Wi-Fi
11 22 (8.59%) Cisco Nexus
12 20 (7.81%) MPLS
13 19 (7.42%) Cisco ASA
13 19 (7.42%) VLAN
14 16 (6.25%) Cisco ISE
14 16 (6.25%) EIGRP
15 15 (5.86%) DNS
16 13 (5.08%) Cisco IOS
17 12 (4.69%) Multicast
18 11 (4.30%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.78%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.39%) Metadata
2 1 (0.39%) MySQL
2 1 (0.39%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (3.91%) GitLab
2 8 (3.13%) JIRA
3 6 (2.34%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.56%) Git
4 4 (1.56%) Sonatype Nexus
5 3 (1.17%) Cucumber
5 3 (1.17%) Robot Framework
5 3 (1.17%) Selenium
5 3 (1.17%) SonarQube
General
1 60 (23.44%) Finance
2 51 (19.92%) Social Skills
3 34 (13.28%) Telecoms
4 30 (11.72%) Public Sector
5 24 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (8.59%) Banking
7 15 (5.86%) Manufacturing
7 15 (5.86%) Marketing
8 14 (5.47%) Electronics
8 14 (5.47%) Legal
9 9 (3.52%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (3.13%) Financial Institution
11 7 (2.73%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.95%) Law
12 5 (1.95%) Retail
13 2 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.78%) Local Government
13 2 (0.78%) Military
14 1 (0.39%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.39%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 79 (30.86%) Network Engineer
2 37 (14.45%) Architect
3 25 (9.77%) Network Architect
4 24 (9.38%) Senior
5 16 (6.25%) IT Support
6 13 (5.08%) Project Manager
6 13 (5.08%) Support Engineer
7 12 (4.69%) Cisco Engineer
7 12 (4.69%) Security Engineer
8 11 (4.30%) Solutions Architect
9 10 (3.91%) Desktop Support
9 10 (3.91%) Security Architect
10 9 (3.52%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 9 (3.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (3.52%) IT Engineer
11 8 (3.13%) Coordinator
11 8 (3.13%) Network Security Engineer
11 8 (3.13%) Support Specialist
12 7 (2.73%) 2nd Line Support
12 7 (2.73%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.34%) JSON
2 5 (1.95%) NETCONF
2 5 (1.95%) XML
2 5 (1.95%) YANG
3 4 (1.56%) 802.1X
3 4 (1.56%) HTML
3 4 (1.56%) VML
3 4 (1.56%) XMPP
4 3 (1.17%) Jinja
4 3 (1.17%) REST
5 2 (0.78%) CSS
5 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Graph
6 1 (0.39%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.39%) Beautiful Soup
6 1 (0.39%) Django
6 1 (0.39%) Kafka
6 1 (0.39%) OpenConfig
6 1 (0.39%) Pandas
6 1 (0.39%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 70 (27.34%) Data Centre
2 11 (4.30%) PKI
3 9 (3.52%) Data Protection Act
3 9 (3.52%) Hybrid Cloud
4 7 (2.73%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.34%) Driving Licence
5 6 (2.34%) Public Cloud
5 6 (2.34%) Video Conferencing
6 5 (1.95%) Cloud Native
7 4 (1.56%) Blackberry
7 4 (1.56%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.17%) Handset
8 3 (1.17%) iPhone
8 3 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.17%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.17%) SCADA
8 3 (1.17%) Security Operations Centre
9 2 (0.78%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.78%) Enterprise Storage
9 2 (0.78%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 32 (12.50%) Windows
2 24 (9.38%) Mac OS
3 23 (8.98%) Android
4 13 (5.08%) Linux
5 11 (4.30%) Windows 10
6 10 (3.91%) Windows Server
7 7 (2.73%) Unix
8 2 (0.78%) VMS
9 1 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (15.23%) Migration
2 38 (14.84%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (9.38%) Network Design
4 22 (8.59%) Change Management
5 21 (8.20%) Stakeholder Management
6 19 (7.42%) Agile
7 18 (7.03%) Zero Trust
8 17 (6.64%) Network Architecture
9 16 (6.25%) Business Intelligence
9 16 (6.25%) ITIL
10 15 (5.86%) Infrastructure as Code
10 15 (5.86%) Load Balancing
10 15 (5.86%) Programme Management
11 14 (5.47%) CI/CD
11 14 (5.47%) DevOps
11 14 (5.47%) Digital Marketing
11 14 (5.47%) Network Monitoring
11 14 (5.47%) Security Architecture
12 13 (5.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 13 (5.08%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (15.23%) Python
2 15 (5.86%) PowerShell
3 10 (3.91%) Bash
4 8 (3.13%) JavaScript
5 6 (2.34%) Perl
6 5 (1.95%) C++
7 4 (1.56%) C
8 3 (1.17%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.39%) ActionScript
9 1 (0.39%) Java
9 1 (0.39%) SQL
Qualifications
1 59 (23.05%) Cisco Certification
2 55 (21.48%) Security Cleared
3 50 (19.53%) CCNP
4 48 (18.75%) SC Cleared
5 19 (7.42%) CCIE
5 19 (7.42%) Degree
6 17 (6.64%) CCNA
6 17 (6.64%) DV Cleared
7 7 (2.73%) CISSP
8 6 (2.34%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.95%) CCSE
9 5 (1.95%) JNCIS
10 4 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.56%) JNCIA
10 4 (1.56%) JNCIE
10 4 (1.56%) JNCIP
11 3 (1.17%) Network+ Certification
12 2 (0.78%) CCSA
12 2 (0.78%) CEH
12 2 (0.78%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.91%) PMO
2 7 (2.73%) NIST
3 6 (2.34%) GDPR
3 6 (2.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.95%) SLA
5 3 (1.17%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.39%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.39%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.39%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.39%) MiFID
7 1 (0.39%) QA
System Software
1 15 (5.86%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (5.47%) Active Directory
3 9 (3.52%) Firmware
3 9 (3.52%) VMware NSX
4 7 (2.73%) Docker
4 7 (2.73%) vSphere
5 5 (1.95%) Hyper-V
6 4 (1.56%) Snort
7 3 (1.17%) Squid
8 2 (0.78%) KVM
8 2 (0.78%) vCloud
9 1 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.39%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 30 (11.72%) Ansible
2 26 (10.16%) FortiGate
3 19 (7.42%) Terraform
4 10 (3.91%) Grafana
4 10 (3.91%) Kubernetes
4 10 (3.91%) Prometheus
4 10 (3.91%) SCCM
5 7 (2.73%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (1.95%) Nessus
6 5 (1.95%) Salt
7 3 (1.17%) CASB
7 3 (1.17%) Cisco Prime
7 3 (1.17%) EMC NetWorker
7 3 (1.17%) Nexpose
7 3 (1.17%) Suricata
8 2 (0.78%) Istio
8 2 (0.78%) QRadar
8 2 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.78%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 1 (0.39%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 78 (30.47%) Palo Alto
2 42 (16.41%) CheckPoint
2 42 (16.41%) Fortinet
2 42 (16.41%) Microsoft
3 39 (15.23%) Juniper
4 38 (14.84%) Aruba
4 38 (14.84%) F5
5 26 (10.16%) Arista
5 26 (10.16%) Dell
5 26 (10.16%) ServiceNow
6 25 (9.77%) Meraki
7 23 (8.98%) Apple
8 22 (8.59%) HP
9 20 (7.81%) Zscaler
10 17 (6.64%) VMware
11 14 (5.47%) SAP
11 14 (5.47%) Splunk
12 12 (4.69%) EMC
12 12 (4.69%) SolarWinds
13 10 (3.91%) Remedy