Cisco Network Engineer Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Cisco Network Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Cisco Network Engineer daily rate in the Thames Valley is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 106 136
Rank change year-on-year +3 +30 +34
Contract jobs requiring a Cisco Network Engineer 12 20 7
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.71% 0.92% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.78% 1.01% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 3 5
10th Percentile £316 - £303
25th Percentile £525 £463 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £475 £400
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% +18.75% -26.67%
75th Percentile £575 £488 £413
90th Percentile - - £465
South East median daily rate £550 £488 £400
% change year-on-year +12.82% +21.88% -23.81%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 1,540 1,984 2,534
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.59% 91.47% 94.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 980 1,118 1,706
10th Percentile £250 £263 £215
25th Percentile £393 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £588 £608 £620
90th Percentile £663 £675 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £505 £508
% change year-on-year -0.99% -0.49% +1.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 89 95
10th Percentile £14.75 £18.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £15.91 £26.00 £22.80
Median hourly rate £25.15 £58.30 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.86% +16.60% +166.67%
75th Percentile £56.88 £64.73 £67.75
90th Percentile £86.83 £94.50 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £24.00 £59.25 £52.00
% change year-on-year -59.49% +13.93% +100.00%

Cisco Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Cisco Network Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Cisco Network Engineer job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Cisco Network Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cisco Network Engineer job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cisco Network Engineer job vacancies in the Thames Valley

Cisco Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco Network Engineer in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 11 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco Network Engineer in the Thames Valley

Cisco Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Cisco Network Engineer job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Cisco Network Engineer job vacancies in the Thames Valley

Cisco Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Network Engineer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 11 October 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
Berkshire +7 12 £550 +15.79% 1
Cisco Network Engineer
South East

Cisco Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 11 October 2025, Cisco Network Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Thames Valley region featuring Cisco Network Engineer in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) Cisco
2 11 (91.67%) Security Cleared
3 10 (83.33%) Juniper
4 9 (75.00%) SC Cleared
5 8 (66.67%) Social Skills
6 7 (58.33%) Collaborative Working
7 3 (25.00%) CCNP
7 3 (25.00%) CCNA
7 3 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (16.67%) Service Management
8 2 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
8 2 (16.67%) Firewall
8 2 (16.67%) CCDA
8 2 (16.67%) CCDP
8 2 (16.67%) Internet
8 2 (16.67%) Fibre Optics
8 2 (16.67%) Project Delivery
8 2 (16.67%) Case Management
8 2 (16.67%) Data Centre
8 2 (16.67%) Defect Management
8 2 (16.67%) RFC 2544
8 2 (16.67%) DV Cleared
8 2 (16.67%) JNCIA
8 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (16.67%) Onboarding
8 2 (16.67%) Test Scripting
9 1 (8.33%) Operational Acceptance Testing
9 1 (8.33%) Test Automation
9 1 (8.33%) LAN
9 1 (8.33%) WAN

Cisco Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) Firewall
1 2 (16.67%) Internet
2 1 (8.33%) LAN
2 1 (8.33%) WAN
General
1 8 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Data Centre
1 2 (16.67%) Fibre Optics
1 2 (16.67%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (16.67%) Case Management
2 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (16.67%) Defect Management
2 2 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (16.67%) Project Delivery
2 2 (16.67%) Service Management
2 2 (16.67%) Test Scripting
3 1 (8.33%) Network Design
3 1 (8.33%) Operational Acceptance Testing
3 1 (8.33%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 11 (91.67%) Security Cleared
2 9 (75.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (25.00%) CCNA
3 3 (25.00%) CCNP
3 3 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (16.67%) CCDA
4 2 (16.67%) CCDP
4 2 (16.67%) DV Cleared
4 2 (16.67%) JNCIA
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) Cisco
2 10 (83.33%) Juniper