Cisco Contracts

Cisco
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 30 April 2025, 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
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 65 64
Rank change year-on-year -3 -1 +38
Contract jobs citing Cisco 1,044 1,342 2,002
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 3.57% 3.08% 3.35%
As % of the Vendors category 7.53% 7.25% 7.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 658 821 1,331
10th Percentile £302 £254 £245
25th Percentile £407 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £485
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +0.52% +10.86%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £585
90th Percentile £650 £713 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £475 £463
% change year-on-year +1.58% +2.70% +14.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 46 82
10th Percentile £17.55 £13.65 £13.29
25th Percentile £21.58 £23.34 £18.88
Median hourly rate £37.50 £27.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% -45.00% +109.12%
75th Percentile £66.88 £41.25 £73.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.62 £80.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.52 £30.00 £51.68
% change year-on-year +11.74% -41.94% +134.89%

All Vendors
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 13,870 18,503 25,530
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.44% 42.44% 42.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,703 11,477 17,115
10th Percentile £288 £263 £273
25th Percentile £406 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £518 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.48% -1.43% -
75th Percentile £619 £627 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 569 1,097 689
10th Percentile £14.84 £12.08 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.13 £14.48 £19.06
Median hourly rate £27.13 £22.15 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year +22.46% -49.37% +108.33%
75th Percentile £57.50 £57.33 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £75.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.18 £21.46 £38.50
% change year-on-year +12.67% -44.26% +107.55%

Cisco
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Cisco as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco in the UK

Cisco
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Cisco in the UK

Cisco
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco in the UK

Cisco
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Cisco in the UK

Cisco
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cisco over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Cisco in the UK

Cisco
Top 18 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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 +1 888 £511 +3.31% 585
UK excluding London +2 585 £483 +1.58% 412
London 0 336 £505 +1.00% 216
Work from Home +16 292 £500 +5.26% 288
North of England +38 192 £500 +11.11% 91
South East -22 141 £500 +2.56% 123
North West +23 126 £490 +3.16% 50
South West +19 100 £550 -6.54% 60
Midlands +4 77 £444 -6.58% 64
Yorkshire +33 56 £525 +14.75% 33
West Midlands -3 51 £425 -8.21% 37
Scotland +10 41 £399 -5.00% 34
Wales +20 26 £425 +41.67% 7
East Midlands +12 26 £475 -11.83% 25
East of England -7 18 £438 +16.67% 25
North East +1 9 £325 -13.33% 11
Northern Ireland -8 1 - - 9
Channel Islands - 1 £450 -

Cisco
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:

Application Platforms
1 31 (2.97%) Confluence
2 30 (2.87%) SharePoint
3 24 (2.30%) Microsoft Exchange
4 16 (1.53%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 9 (0.86%) Skype for Business
6 5 (0.48%) IIS
6 5 (0.48%) Mattermost
6 5 (0.48%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.19%) Appian
8 2 (0.19%) CMS
9 1 (0.096%) Apache
9 1 (0.096%) JBoss
Applications
1 51 (4.89%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (2.11%) MS Visio
3 14 (1.34%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.38%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.19%) Acrobat
6 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.096%) Revit
7 1 (0.096%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.096%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (0.86%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.096%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 152 (14.56%) Azure
2 121 (11.59%) AWS
3 84 (8.05%) Microsoft 365
4 45 (4.31%) PaaS
5 41 (3.93%) SaaS
6 34 (3.26%) GCP
6 34 (3.26%) IaaS
7 28 (2.68%) Entra ID
8 23 (2.20%) AWS CloudFormation
9 11 (1.05%) OneDrive
10 10 (0.96%) Cloudflare
11 9 (0.86%) Power Platform
12 8 (0.77%) GitHub
12 8 (0.77%) OpenShift
13 7 (0.67%) Cloud Computing
13 7 (0.67%) Mimecast
14 6 (0.57%) Azure DevOps
15 5 (0.48%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 5 (0.48%) Nutanix
16 4 (0.38%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 491 (47.03%) Firewall
2 265 (25.38%) BGP
3 247 (23.66%) WAN
4 239 (22.89%) OSPF
5 232 (22.22%) VPN
6 208 (19.92%) Network Security
7 181 (17.34%) LAN
8 156 (14.94%) DNS
9 150 (14.37%) Wireless
10 116 (11.11%) Cisco ASA
11 113 (10.82%) MPLS
12 106 (10.15%) Wi-Fi
13 104 (9.96%) TCP/IP
14 101 (9.67%) SD-WAN
15 98 (9.39%) IPsec
16 97 (9.29%) Cisco Nexus
17 92 (8.81%) DHCP
18 87 (8.33%) Cisco Firepower
18 87 (8.33%) Cisco ISE
18 87 (8.33%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (2.20%) Oracle Database
2 21 (2.01%) SQL Server
3 7 (0.67%) MySQL
4 5 (0.48%) MongoDB
4 5 (0.48%) NoSQL
4 5 (0.48%) Power BI
5 4 (0.38%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.19%) Hadoop
6 2 (0.19%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.096%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.096%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.096%) Looker
7 1 (0.096%) Redis
7 1 (0.096%) Sybase ASE
7 1 (0.096%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 45 (4.31%) JIRA
2 20 (1.92%) Sonatype Nexus
3 19 (1.82%) Git
4 16 (1.53%) GitLab
5 13 (1.25%) Jenkins
6 10 (0.96%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.19%) eggPlant
7 2 (0.19%) Selenium
7 2 (0.19%) TestNG
8 1 (0.096%) JIRA Agile
8 1 (0.096%) Katalon Studio
8 1 (0.096%) Postman
8 1 (0.096%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.096%) TeamCity
General
1 283 (27.11%) Social Skills
2 111 (10.63%) Finance
3 110 (10.54%) Analytical Skills
4 88 (8.43%) Public Sector
5 83 (7.95%) Telecoms
6 45 (4.31%) Banking
7 30 (2.87%) Documentation Skills
8 18 (1.72%) Manufacturing
9 16 (1.53%) Legal
10 14 (1.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 11 (1.05%) Electronics
11 11 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
12 10 (0.96%) Military
13 9 (0.86%) Local Government
13 9 (0.86%) Marketing
14 8 (0.77%) Pharmaceutical
14 8 (0.77%) Presentation Skills
14 8 (0.77%) Retail
15 7 (0.67%) Financial Institution
15 7 (0.67%) Law
Job Titles
1 451 (43.20%) Network Engineer
2 129 (12.36%) Architect
3 94 (9.00%) Senior
4 84 (8.05%) Cisco Engineer
5 78 (7.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 70 (6.70%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 67 (6.42%) Network Architect
8 52 (4.98%) Senior Network Engineer
9 51 (4.89%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
10 47 (4.50%) Security Engineer
11 41 (3.93%) Technical Architect
12 36 (3.45%) Consultant
12 36 (3.45%) Network Security Engineer
13 33 (3.16%) IT Engineer
14 29 (2.78%) Support Engineer
15 24 (2.30%) Analyst
15 24 (2.30%) Network Consultant
16 22 (2.11%) Lead
17 21 (2.01%) IP Engineer
18 20 (1.92%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (5.17%) 802.1X
2 16 (1.53%) REST
3 12 (1.15%) Flash
3 12 (1.15%) SOAP
4 9 (0.86%) JSON
5 7 (0.67%) NETCONF
5 7 (0.67%) XMPP
5 7 (0.67%) YAML
6 6 (0.57%) .NET
7 5 (0.48%) RFC 2544
7 5 (0.48%) Spine.js
7 5 (0.48%) XML
8 4 (0.38%) RESTful
9 3 (0.29%) ASP.NET
9 3 (0.29%) Kafka
9 3 (0.29%) LDAP
9 3 (0.29%) RESTCONF
10 2 (0.19%) .NET Framework
10 2 (0.19%) SAML
10 2 (0.19%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 150 (14.37%) Data Centre
2 41 (3.93%) Video Conferencing
3 31 (2.97%) Data Protection Act
4 30 (2.87%) Hybrid Cloud
5 27 (2.59%) Cloud Native
6 25 (2.39%) Self-Motivation
7 23 (2.20%) Linux Command Line
8 21 (2.01%) PKI
9 19 (1.82%) Driving Licence
10 18 (1.72%) Management Information System
10 18 (1.72%) Public Cloud
11 16 (1.53%) NHS
12 15 (1.44%) Security Posture
13 14 (1.34%) Clustering
14 11 (1.05%) Blackberry
15 10 (0.96%) CMDB
15 10 (0.96%) CSOC
15 10 (0.96%) Onboarding
16 8 (0.77%) Fibre Optics
16 8 (0.77%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 168 (16.09%) Windows
2 126 (12.07%) Linux
3 77 (7.38%) Windows Server
4 44 (4.21%) Windows 10
5 32 (3.07%) Unix
6 17 (1.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 16 (1.53%) VMS
8 14 (1.34%) Windows Server 2012
9 12 (1.15%) Mac OS
10 10 (0.96%) Windows Server 2016
10 10 (0.96%) Windows Server 2019
11 8 (0.77%) Android
12 5 (0.48%) CatOS
13 4 (0.38%) CentOS
13 4 (0.38%) Windows 7
14 3 (0.29%) Windows Server 2003
15 2 (0.19%) Ubuntu
16 1 (0.096%) Mac OS X
16 1 (0.096%) Solaris
16 1 (0.096%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (18.77%) Problem-Solving
2 127 (12.16%) Migration
3 113 (10.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 104 (9.96%) ITIL
5 101 (9.67%) Network Design
6 92 (8.81%) Agile
7 81 (7.76%) Network Monitoring
8 77 (7.38%) Network Architecture
9 67 (6.42%) Network Management
10 61 (5.84%) Roadmaps
11 60 (5.75%) High Availability
12 59 (5.65%) Load Balancing
13 57 (5.46%) Change Management
14 55 (5.27%) Service Management
15 54 (5.17%) Project Management
15 54 (5.17%) Validation
16 50 (4.79%) Computer Science
17 49 (4.69%) Customer Service
17 49 (4.69%) Infrastructure as Code
18 48 (4.60%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 127 (12.16%) Python
2 58 (5.56%) PowerShell
3 49 (4.69%) SQL
4 44 (4.21%) Bash
5 26 (2.49%) Perl
6 21 (2.01%) Bicep
7 19 (1.82%) Java
8 18 (1.72%) PL/SQL
9 8 (0.77%) VB
10 5 (0.48%) JavaScript
11 3 (0.29%) C#
12 2 (0.19%) Rust
12 2 (0.19%) VBScript
13 1 (0.096%) ActionScript
13 1 (0.096%) ActionScript 2.0
13 1 (0.096%) C
13 1 (0.096%) Go
13 1 (0.096%) Lisp
13 1 (0.096%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.096%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 377 (36.11%) Cisco Certification
2 355 (34.00%) Security Cleared
3 296 (28.35%) SC Cleared
4 256 (24.52%) CCNP
5 137 (13.12%) CCNA
6 104 (9.96%) Degree
7 80 (7.66%) DV Cleared
8 78 (7.47%) CCIE
9 51 (4.89%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 31 (2.97%) Computer Science Degree
11 27 (2.59%) Microsoft Certification
12 20 (1.92%) Master's Degree
13 18 (1.72%) ISTQB
14 17 (1.63%) CCSA
14 17 (1.63%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 17 (1.63%) JNCIS
15 16 (1.53%) ISEB
15 16 (1.53%) MCSE
16 14 (1.34%) ITIL Certification
17 13 (1.25%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (2.97%) NIST
2 26 (2.49%) SLA
3 22 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (1.34%) QA
5 13 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials
6 12 (1.15%) NCSC
7 8 (0.77%) PCI DSS
8 7 (0.67%) GDPR
9 5 (0.48%) Government Security Classifications
10 4 (0.38%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.19%) 21 CFR Part 11
12 2 (0.19%) Accessibility
12 2 (0.19%) DICOM
12 2 (0.19%) GRC
12 2 (0.19%) HL7
12 2 (0.19%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 2 (0.19%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.19%) PSD2
13 1 (0.096%) SOC 2
System Software
1 131 (12.55%) VMware Infrastructure
2 127 (12.16%) Active Directory
3 44 (4.21%) VMware NSX
4 22 (2.11%) VMware ESXi
5 21 (2.01%) Firmware
6 15 (1.44%) Hyper-V
7 13 (1.25%) vSphere
8 10 (0.96%) Docker
9 7 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
10 6 (0.57%) BitLocker
11 5 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
12 3 (0.29%) KVM
12 3 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
13 2 (0.19%) Ceph
14 1 (0.096%) FreeRADIUS
14 1 (0.096%) iptables
14 1 (0.096%) SRDF
14 1 (0.096%) Terminal Server
14 1 (0.096%) Terminal Services
14 1 (0.096%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 110 (10.54%) Ansible
2 64 (6.13%) Terraform
3 55 (5.27%) FortiGate
4 33 (3.16%) vCenter Server
5 30 (2.87%) SCCM
6 22 (2.11%) Microsoft Intune
7 19 (1.82%) Cisco Prime
7 19 (1.82%) Puppet
8 17 (1.63%) Progress Chef
9 15 (1.44%) ZABBIX
10 13 (1.25%) Kubernetes
11 10 (0.96%) Cisco CUCM
12 7 (0.67%) SCOM
13 6 (0.57%) Cacti
13 6 (0.57%) Cisco UCCX
13 6 (0.57%) Nagios
13 6 (0.57%) NetBackup
14 5 (0.48%) EMC NetWorker
15 4 (0.38%) SolarWinds Orion
15 4 (0.38%) WSUS
Vendors
1 267 (25.57%) Palo Alto
2 176 (16.86%) VMware
3 164 (15.71%) Microsoft
4 149 (14.27%) Fortinet
5 145 (13.89%) Juniper
6 143 (13.70%) CheckPoint
7 127 (12.16%) F5
8 96 (9.20%) SolarWinds
9 90 (8.62%) Meraki
10 48 (4.60%) Arista
11 46 (4.41%) Citrix
11 46 (4.41%) HP
12 44 (4.21%) Aruba
13 36 (3.45%) Oracle
14 33 (3.16%) Nokia
15 32 (3.07%) ServiceNow
16 30 (2.87%) Splunk
17 28 (2.68%) Dell
17 28 (2.68%) Zscaler
18 26 (2.49%) Red Hat