Hybrid/Remote Cisco Network Engineer Contract Job Trends

Cisco Network Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Cisco Network Engineer daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £440, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025.

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

 6 months to
19 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 291 288 333
Rank change year-on-year -3 +45 +152
Contract jobs requiring a Cisco Network Engineer 23 26 41
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.23% 0.22% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.24% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 18 18
10th Percentile £270 £389 £342
25th Percentile £296 £461 £462
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £453 £650 £588
90th Percentile £499 £675 -
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% -0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £27.68
25th Percentile - - £32.81
Median hourly rate - - £43.75
75th Percentile - - £56.81
90th Percentile - - £63.23
UK median hourly rate - - £43.75
% change year-on-year - - -24.63%

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 remote/hybrid work 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 9,533 10,861 16,124
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.27% 93.14% 94.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,194 6,881 11,057
10th Percentile £329 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £622 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 341 197 360
10th Percentile £15.18 £18.50 £17.59
25th Percentile £20.50 £23.50 £27.19
Median hourly rate £45.46 £37.00 £53.25
Median % change year-on-year +22.86% -30.52% -3.18%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £87.55
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £34.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -25.00% -23.60% +48.33%

Cisco Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Cisco Network Engineer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Cisco Network Engineer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Cisco Network Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Cisco Network Engineer job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Cisco Network Engineer job vacancies

Cisco Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Cisco Network Engineer over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Cisco Network Engineer daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Cisco Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Cisco Network Engineer job vacancies.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Cisco Network Engineer job vacancies

Cisco Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 19 December 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 jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Cisco Network Engineer in the job title.

1 23 (100.00%) Cisco
2 13 (56.52%) CCNP
2 13 (56.52%) Cisco Certification
3 11 (47.83%) BGP
4 10 (43.48%) NX-OS
4 10 (43.48%) VXLAN
5 8 (34.78%) Cisco ISE
5 8 (34.78%) DNS
5 8 (34.78%) Wireless
6 7 (30.43%) Cisco Wireless
6 7 (30.43%) DHCP
6 7 (30.43%) Ekahau
6 7 (30.43%) FortiGate
6 7 (30.43%) Lisp
6 7 (30.43%) MS Visio
6 7 (30.43%) Remedy
6 7 (30.43%) ServiceNow
6 7 (30.43%) SharePoint
6 7 (30.43%) User Experience
7 6 (26.09%) Firewall
8 5 (21.74%) LAN
9 4 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (17.39%) SC Cleared
9 4 (17.39%) Security Cleared
9 4 (17.39%) VPN
9 4 (17.39%) WAN
10 3 (13.04%) Analytics
10 3 (13.04%) Case Management
10 3 (13.04%) CCIE
10 3 (13.04%) Defect Management

Cisco Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (30.43%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (30.43%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 11 (47.83%) BGP
2 10 (43.48%) NX-OS
2 10 (43.48%) VXLAN
3 8 (34.78%) Cisco ISE
3 8 (34.78%) DNS
3 8 (34.78%) Wireless
4 7 (30.43%) Cisco Wireless
4 7 (30.43%) DHCP
5 6 (26.09%) Firewall
6 5 (21.74%) LAN
7 4 (17.39%) VPN
7 4 (17.39%) WAN
8 3 (13.04%) Ethernet VPN
8 3 (13.04%) Multicast
8 3 (13.04%) OSPF
9 2 (8.70%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (8.70%) IPsec
9 2 (8.70%) Structured Cabling
9 2 (8.70%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (4.35%) DMZ
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 8 (34.78%) Banking
1 8 (34.78%) Investment Banking
2 4 (17.39%) Documentation Skills
2 4 (17.39%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.35%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.04%) RFC 2544
2 1 (4.35%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 13 (56.52%) Data Centre
2 3 (13.04%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (4.35%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (4.35%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (30.43%) User Experience
2 4 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (13.04%) Analytics
3 3 (13.04%) Case Management
3 3 (13.04%) Defect Management
3 3 (13.04%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (13.04%) Migration
3 3 (13.04%) Service Management
3 3 (13.04%) Test Scripting
4 2 (8.70%) Business Development
4 2 (8.70%) Knowledge Transfer
4 2 (8.70%) Network Design
4 2 (8.70%) Project Delivery
4 2 (8.70%) Project Management
4 2 (8.70%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (4.35%) DevOps
5 1 (4.35%) Load Balancing
5 1 (4.35%) Operational Acceptance Testing
5 1 (4.35%) Performance Tuning
5 1 (4.35%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 7 (30.43%) Lisp
2 1 (4.35%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (56.52%) CCNP
1 13 (56.52%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (17.39%) SC Cleared
2 4 (17.39%) Security Cleared
3 3 (13.04%) CCIE
3 3 (13.04%) Degree
4 2 (8.70%) CCNA
5 1 (4.35%) CCDP
5 1 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
Systems Management
1 7 (30.43%) FortiGate
2 1 (4.35%) Ansible
Vendors
1 23 (100.00%) Cisco
2 7 (30.43%) Ekahau
2 7 (30.43%) Remedy
2 7 (30.43%) ServiceNow
3 2 (8.70%) Arista
3 2 (8.70%) Aruba
3 2 (8.70%) CheckPoint
3 2 (8.70%) Palo Alto
4 1 (4.35%) F5
4 1 (4.35%) Meraki
4 1 (4.35%) VMware
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