Cisco Engineer Contracts

Cisco Engineer
UK

The median Cisco Engineer daily rate in the UK is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 437 464 563
Rank change year-on-year +27 +99 +146
Contract jobs requiring a Cisco Engineer 83 118 155
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.28% 0.27% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.29% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 52 99
10th Percentile £369 £325 £398
25th Percentile £445 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £551 £575
90th Percentile £600 £722 £647
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 1
10th Percentile - £24.35 -
25th Percentile - £24.50 £61.00
Median hourly rate - £30.00 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year - -51.61% +254.29%
75th Percentile - £32.50 £63.00
90th Percentile - £53.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £30.00 £62.00
% change year-on-year - -51.61% +254.29%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Cisco Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Cisco Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco Engineer in the UK

Cisco Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Cisco Engineer in the UK

Cisco Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Cisco Engineer in the UK

Cisco Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Cisco Engineer in the UK

Cisco Engineer
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Engineer within the UK 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
England +8 61 £500 - 12
UK excluding London +37 38 £475 -2.56% 9
Work from Home +44 33 £500 +2.04% 4
London +23 30 £500 - 3
South West +48 12 £484 -0.77% 4
North of England +12 7 £475 +2.15%
Midlands +26 6 £438 +118.75% 2
South East +14 5 £600 -7.69% 3
North West +8 4 £488 +8.33%
Wales - 4 £425 -
West Midlands +15 3 £355 +77.50% 2
Scotland +15 3 £325 +3.67%
Yorkshire +10 3 £200 -56.99%
East Midlands - 3 £438 -
East of England +29 1 - - 1

Cisco Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Cisco Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Cisco Engineer in the job title.

1 83 (100.00%) Cisco
2 47 (56.63%) Firewall
3 42 (50.60%) Cisco Certification
4 31 (37.35%) CCNP
4 31 (37.35%) BGP
5 26 (31.33%) OSPF
6 23 (27.71%) Security Cleared
7 20 (24.10%) SC Cleared
7 20 (24.10%) Fortinet
8 18 (21.69%) Wireless
8 18 (21.69%) LAN
9 17 (20.48%) CCIE
9 17 (20.48%) VPN
10 16 (19.28%) WAN
11 15 (18.07%) CCNA
11 15 (18.07%) MPLS
12 14 (16.87%) Ansible
12 14 (16.87%) Social Skills
13 13 (15.66%) Arista
13 13 (15.66%) Multicast
13 13 (15.66%) Python
13 13 (15.66%) Network Security
13 13 (15.66%) Migration
14 12 (14.46%) Cisco ASA
15 11 (13.25%) Cisco IOS
15 11 (13.25%) Internet
15 11 (13.25%) Cisco Nexus
16 10 (12.05%) Data Centre
16 10 (12.05%) Problem-Solving
16 10 (12.05%) DV Cleared

Cisco Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 3 (3.61%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (3.61%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (6.02%) AWS
2 3 (3.61%) Azure
3 2 (2.41%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (1.20%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 47 (56.63%) Firewall
2 31 (37.35%) BGP
3 26 (31.33%) OSPF
4 18 (21.69%) LAN
4 18 (21.69%) Wireless
5 17 (20.48%) VPN
6 16 (19.28%) WAN
7 15 (18.07%) MPLS
8 13 (15.66%) Multicast
8 13 (15.66%) Network Security
9 12 (14.46%) Cisco ASA
10 11 (13.25%) Cisco IOS
10 11 (13.25%) Cisco Nexus
10 11 (13.25%) Internet
11 9 (10.84%) Cisco Firepower
11 9 (10.84%) Wi-Fi
12 8 (9.64%) HSRP
12 8 (9.64%) IPsec
13 7 (8.43%) Cisco ISE
14 6 (7.23%) SD-WAN
General
1 14 (16.87%) Social Skills
2 8 (9.64%) Banking
2 8 (9.64%) Finance
3 4 (4.82%) Public Sector
4 3 (3.61%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (3.61%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (3.61%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (2.41%) German Language
5 2 (2.41%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.41%) Multimedia
6 1 (1.20%) Electronics
6 1 (1.20%) Marketing
6 1 (1.20%) Retail
6 1 (1.20%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (8.43%) 802.1X
2 2 (2.41%) LDAP
2 2 (2.41%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.05%) Data Centre
2 3 (3.61%) Hedge funds
2 3 (3.61%) Security Posture
3 2 (2.41%) Derivative
3 2 (2.41%) Digital Signage
3 2 (2.41%) NHS
3 2 (2.41%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.20%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.20%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.02%) Windows
2 3 (3.61%) Linux
3 2 (2.41%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (15.66%) Migration
2 10 (12.05%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (10.84%) Project Delivery
4 7 (8.43%) Network Monitoring
5 6 (7.23%) Low Latency
6 5 (6.02%) ITIL
7 4 (4.82%) Change Management
7 4 (4.82%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (4.82%) Customer Experience
7 4 (4.82%) Customer Service
7 4 (4.82%) High Availability
7 4 (4.82%) Mentoring
7 4 (4.82%) Network Architecture
7 4 (4.82%) Network Design
7 4 (4.82%) Preventative Maintenance
7 4 (4.82%) Root Cause Analysis
7 4 (4.82%) Validation
8 3 (3.61%) Architecture Roadmap
8 3 (3.61%) Decision-Making
8 3 (3.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 13 (15.66%) Python
2 4 (4.82%) Perl
2 4 (4.82%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.20%) Bash
3 1 (1.20%) Lisp
3 1 (1.20%) VB
Qualifications
1 42 (50.60%) Cisco Certification
2 31 (37.35%) CCNP
3 23 (27.71%) Security Cleared
4 20 (24.10%) SC Cleared
5 17 (20.48%) CCIE
6 15 (18.07%) CCNA
7 10 (12.05%) DV Cleared
8 5 (6.02%) Degree
9 4 (4.82%) CCIE Service Provider
10 2 (2.41%) CCIE Security
11 1 (1.20%) CCIE Collaboration
11 1 (1.20%) CCIE Data Center
11 1 (1.20%) CCIE Wireless
11 1 (1.20%) CCNA CyberOps
11 1 (1.20%) CCSA
11 1 (1.20%) CISSP
11 1 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (1.20%) DBS Check
11 1 (1.20%) JNCIA
11 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.61%) SLA
2 2 (2.41%) HIPAA
2 2 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.41%) NIST
2 2 (2.41%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (4.82%) Firmware
2 3 (3.61%) VMware NSX
3 2 (2.41%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.20%) Docker
4 1 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (16.87%) Ansible
2 9 (10.84%) FortiGate
3 7 (8.43%) ZABBIX
4 3 (3.61%) Puppet
5 2 (2.41%) Cisco CUCM
5 2 (2.41%) Cisco UCCE
6 1 (1.20%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 83 (100.00%) Cisco
2 20 (24.10%) Fortinet
3 13 (15.66%) Arista
4 8 (9.64%) Palo Alto
5 7 (8.43%) Meraki
5 7 (8.43%) SolarWinds
6 6 (7.23%) CheckPoint
7 5 (6.02%) Juniper
7 5 (6.02%) Nokia
8 4 (4.82%) Aruba
9 3 (3.61%) F5
9 3 (3.61%) McAfee
9 3 (3.61%) Splunk
9 3 (3.61%) VMware
10 2 (2.41%) Citrix
10 2 (2.41%) Computacenter
10 2 (2.41%) HP
10 2 (2.41%) Infoblox
10 2 (2.41%) Microsoft
10 2 (2.41%) SAP