Cisco Network Engineer Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Cisco Network Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Cisco Network Engineer daily rate for remote or hybrid work 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 278 320 413
Rank change year-on-year +42 +93 +166
Contract jobs requiring a Cisco Network Engineer 26 25 64
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.26% 0.16% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.17% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 8 38
10th Percentile £436 £243 £446
25th Percentile £461 £419 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £535 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +7.00% +6.95%
75th Percentile £525 £603 £619
90th Percentile £543 £650 £729
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £498
% change year-on-year - +0.50% +5.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £25.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £25.00 £62.00
% change year-on-year - -59.68% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Cisco Network Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Cisco Network Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Cisco Network Engineer trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Cisco Network Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Cisco Network Engineer.

Cisco Network Engineer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Cisco Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Cisco Network Engineer daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Cisco Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Cisco Network Engineer.

Cisco Network Engineer hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Cisco Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Cisco Network Engineer in the job title.

1 26 (100.00%) Cisco
2 15 (57.69%) Firewall
3 11 (42.31%) BGP
4 9 (34.62%) SC Cleared
4 9 (34.62%) Security Cleared
4 9 (34.62%) MPLS
4 9 (34.62%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (34.62%) WAN
5 8 (30.77%) VPN
5 8 (30.77%) OSPF
6 7 (26.92%) LAN
6 7 (26.92%) Migration
7 6 (23.08%) Wireless
7 6 (23.08%) Cisco IOS
7 6 (23.08%) CCIE
7 6 (23.08%) SolarWinds
8 5 (19.23%) ZABBIX
8 5 (19.23%) Cisco Nexus
8 5 (19.23%) Network Monitoring
8 5 (19.23%) CCNP
8 5 (19.23%) Nokia
9 4 (15.38%) CCNA
9 4 (15.38%) Internet
9 4 (15.38%) Broadband
9 4 (15.38%) IPv6
9 4 (15.38%) ITIL
9 4 (15.38%) Fortinet
9 4 (15.38%) Data Centre
9 4 (15.38%) Multicast
9 4 (15.38%) Meraki

Cisco Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (7.69%) Azure
1 2 (7.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 15 (57.69%) Firewall
2 11 (42.31%) BGP
3 9 (34.62%) MPLS
3 9 (34.62%) WAN
4 8 (30.77%) OSPF
4 8 (30.77%) VPN
5 7 (26.92%) LAN
6 6 (23.08%) Cisco IOS
6 6 (23.08%) Wireless
7 5 (19.23%) Cisco Nexus
8 4 (15.38%) Broadband
8 4 (15.38%) GPON
8 4 (15.38%) Internet
8 4 (15.38%) IPv6
8 4 (15.38%) Multicast
8 4 (15.38%) SD-WAN
9 3 (11.54%) Cisco ASA
9 3 (11.54%) Network Security
9 3 (11.54%) Spanning Tree
10 2 (7.69%) Cisco Wireless
General
1 2 (7.69%) Social Skills
2 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (3.85%) Finance
2 1 (3.85%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.69%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.69%) Linux
2 1 (3.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (26.92%) Migration
2 5 (19.23%) Network Monitoring
3 4 (15.38%) ITIL
3 4 (15.38%) Network Architecture
3 4 (15.38%) Project Delivery
4 3 (11.54%) Incident Management
5 2 (7.69%) Network Design
6 1 (3.85%) Change Management
6 1 (3.85%) Cloud Security
6 1 (3.85%) Containerisation
6 1 (3.85%) Customer Service
6 1 (3.85%) Data Loss Prevention
6 1 (3.85%) Infrastructure as Code
6 1 (3.85%) Knowledge Transfer
6 1 (3.85%) Load Balancing
6 1 (3.85%) Network Management
6 1 (3.85%) Network Virtualisation
6 1 (3.85%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (3.85%) Service Delivery
6 1 (3.85%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.69%) Python
2 1 (3.85%) Lisp
2 1 (3.85%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (34.62%) Cisco Certification
1 9 (34.62%) SC Cleared
1 9 (34.62%) Security Cleared
2 6 (23.08%) CCIE
3 5 (19.23%) CCNP
4 4 (15.38%) CCIE Service Provider
4 4 (15.38%) CCNA
5 3 (11.54%) DV Cleared
6 1 (3.85%) CCIE Data Center
6 1 (3.85%) CCSA
6 1 (3.85%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (3.85%) Firmware
1 1 (3.85%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (3.85%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 5 (19.23%) ZABBIX
2 2 (7.69%) FortiGate
3 1 (3.85%) Ansible
Vendors
1 26 (100.00%) Cisco
2 6 (23.08%) SolarWinds
3 5 (19.23%) Nokia
4 4 (15.38%) Fortinet
4 4 (15.38%) Meraki
5 2 (7.69%) Aruba
5 2 (7.69%) HP
6 1 (3.85%) Arista
6 1 (3.85%) CheckPoint
6 1 (3.85%) Citrix
6 1 (3.85%) Forcepoint
6 1 (3.85%) ForeScout
6 1 (3.85%) Infoblox
6 1 (3.85%) Mellanox
6 1 (3.85%) Microsoft
6 1 (3.85%) Palo Alto
6 1 (3.85%) Ubiquiti
6 1 (3.85%) VMware
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