{
 "title": "Network Switch Prices 2026: The UK Procurement Tracker",
 "url": "https://www.servnetuk.com/research/network-equipment-price-lead-time-tracker-2026",
 "publisher": "Servnet Research",
 "license": "CC BY 4.0 — free to reuse with attribution",
 "collected": "2026-08-02",
 "records": [
  {
   "metric": "Cisco hardware price uplift",
   "value": "~3.4% effective 2025-09-13",
   "source": "Networking Plus"
  },
  {
   "metric": "Cisco technical services uplift timing",
   "value": "early 2025-10",
   "source": "Networking Plus"
  },
  {
   "metric": "Firewall benchmark market price",
   "value": "USD 9,000 per device",
   "source": "IBISWorld"
  },
  {
   "metric": "Firewall price trend",
   "value": "3.33% CAGR from 2023 to 2026",
   "source": "IBISWorld"
  },
  {
   "metric": "SMB managed non-PoE switch price range",
   "value": "USD 250–600",
   "source": "VerusCorp"
  },
  {
   "metric": "SMB managed PoE switch price range",
   "value": "USD 400–1,000+",
   "source": "VerusCorp"
  },
  {
   "metric": "SMB switching hardware budget",
   "value": "USD 400–1,500 total",
   "source": "VerusCorp"
  }
 ]
}