Cisco Network Engineer Contracts

Cisco Network Engineer
UK

The median Cisco Network 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 451 481 607
Rank change year-on-year +30 +126 +138
Contract jobs requiring a Cisco Network Engineer 69 101 111
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.24% 0.23% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.25% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 46 65
10th Percentile £351 £316 £413
25th Percentile £445 £398 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £498
Median % change year-on-year - +0.50% +5.68%
75th Percentile £550 £552 £575
90th Percentile £600 £725 £663
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £481
% change year-on-year -2.56% +1.30% +6.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
10th Percentile - £24.30 -
25th Percentile - £24.38 £61.00
Median hourly rate - £25.00 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year - -59.68% -
75th Percentile - £46.50 £63.00
90th Percentile - £59.10 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £25.00 £62.00
% change year-on-year - -59.68% -

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 Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Cisco Network Engineer in the UK

Cisco Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Cisco Network Engineer in the UK

Cisco Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Cisco Network Engineer in the UK

Cisco Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Cisco Network Engineer in the UK

Cisco Network 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 Network 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 +16 53 £500 - 8
UK excluding London +43 35 £475 -2.56% 5
Work from Home +42 26 £500 -6.54% 3
London +25 25 £500 -2.44% 3
South West +46 10 £473 -3.08% 2
Midlands +26 6 £438 +118.75% 2
North of England +18 6 £475 +2.15%
South East +16 5 £600 -7.69% 1
North West +15 4 £488 +8.33%
Wales - 4 £425 -
West Midlands +15 3 £355 +77.50% 2
Scotland +15 3 £325 +3.67%
East Midlands - 3 £438 -
Yorkshire +9 2 £200 -56.99%
East of England +29 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Cisco Network 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 Network Engineer in the job title.

1 69 (100.00%) Cisco
2 45 (65.22%) Firewall
3 35 (50.72%) Cisco Certification
4 30 (43.48%) BGP
5 26 (37.68%) OSPF
5 26 (37.68%) CCNP
6 19 (27.54%) Fortinet
7 17 (24.64%) Security Cleared
8 16 (23.19%) LAN
8 16 (23.19%) WAN
8 16 (23.19%) Wireless
9 15 (21.74%) MPLS
9 15 (21.74%) VPN
9 15 (21.74%) SC Cleared
10 14 (20.29%) CCIE
10 14 (20.29%) Ansible
11 13 (18.84%) Multicast
11 13 (18.84%) Arista
11 13 (18.84%) CCNA
12 12 (17.39%) Python
12 12 (17.39%) Migration
13 11 (15.94%) Network Security
13 11 (15.94%) Cisco IOS
13 11 (15.94%) Internet
14 10 (14.49%) Cisco ASA
14 10 (14.49%) Cisco Nexus
15 9 (13.04%) FortiGate
15 9 (13.04%) Data Centre
15 9 (13.04%) Project Delivery
15 9 (13.04%) Wi-Fi

Cisco Network 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 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (4.35%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.25%) AWS
2 3 (4.35%) Azure
3 2 (2.90%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (1.45%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 45 (65.22%) Firewall
2 30 (43.48%) BGP
3 26 (37.68%) OSPF
4 16 (23.19%) LAN
4 16 (23.19%) WAN
4 16 (23.19%) Wireless
5 15 (21.74%) MPLS
5 15 (21.74%) VPN
6 13 (18.84%) Multicast
7 11 (15.94%) Cisco IOS
7 11 (15.94%) Internet
7 11 (15.94%) Network Security
8 10 (14.49%) Cisco ASA
8 10 (14.49%) Cisco Nexus
9 9 (13.04%) Wi-Fi
10 8 (11.59%) HSRP
10 8 (11.59%) IPsec
11 7 (10.14%) Cisco Firepower
12 6 (8.70%) SD-WAN
12 6 (8.70%) VRRP
General
1 8 (11.59%) Banking
1 8 (11.59%) Finance
2 7 (10.14%) Social Skills
3 4 (5.80%) Public Sector
4 3 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (2.90%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.90%) Multimedia
6 1 (1.45%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.45%) Electronics
6 1 (1.45%) Marketing
6 1 (1.45%) Retail
6 1 (1.45%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.25%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.04%) Data Centre
2 3 (4.35%) Hedge funds
3 2 (2.90%) Derivative
3 2 (2.90%) Digital Signage
3 2 (2.90%) NHS
3 2 (2.90%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.45%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.45%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.25%) Windows
2 2 (2.90%) Linux
2 2 (2.90%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (17.39%) Migration
2 9 (13.04%) Project Delivery
3 7 (10.14%) Network Monitoring
3 7 (10.14%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (8.70%) Low Latency
5 5 (7.25%) ITIL
6 4 (5.80%) Change Management
6 4 (5.80%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (5.80%) Network Architecture
6 4 (5.80%) Preventative Maintenance
6 4 (5.80%) Validation
7 3 (4.35%) Agile
7 3 (4.35%) Architecture Roadmap
7 3 (4.35%) Customer Requirements
7 3 (4.35%) Decision-Making
7 3 (4.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 3 (4.35%) Network Design
7 3 (4.35%) Network Management
7 3 (4.35%) Process Improvement
7 3 (4.35%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 12 (17.39%) Python
2 4 (5.80%) Perl
2 4 (5.80%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.45%) Bash
3 1 (1.45%) Lisp
3 1 (1.45%) VB
Qualifications
1 35 (50.72%) Cisco Certification
2 26 (37.68%) CCNP
3 17 (24.64%) Security Cleared
4 15 (21.74%) SC Cleared
5 14 (20.29%) CCIE
6 13 (18.84%) CCNA
7 6 (8.70%) DV Cleared
8 5 (7.25%) Degree
9 4 (5.80%) CCIE Service Provider
10 1 (1.45%) CCIE Data Center
10 1 (1.45%) CCIE Wireless
10 1 (1.45%) CCSA
10 1 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (1.45%) DBS Check
10 1 (1.45%) JNCIA
10 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.35%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (4.35%) Firmware
1 3 (4.35%) VMware NSX
2 1 (1.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (20.29%) Ansible
2 9 (13.04%) FortiGate
3 7 (10.14%) ZABBIX
4 3 (4.35%) Puppet
5 2 (2.90%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 69 (100.00%) Cisco
2 19 (27.54%) Fortinet
3 13 (18.84%) Arista
4 7 (10.14%) Meraki
4 7 (10.14%) Palo Alto
4 7 (10.14%) SolarWinds
5 6 (8.70%) CheckPoint
6 5 (7.25%) Juniper
6 5 (7.25%) Nokia
7 4 (5.80%) Aruba
8 3 (4.35%) McAfee
8 3 (4.35%) Splunk
8 3 (4.35%) VMware
9 2 (2.90%) Citrix
9 2 (2.90%) F5
9 2 (2.90%) HP
9 2 (2.90%) Infoblox
9 2 (2.90%) Microsoft
10 1 (1.45%) AlgoSec
10 1 (1.45%) Ubiquiti