Cisco Contracts in England

Cisco
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 12 June 2024, 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
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 66 62 92
Rank change year-on-year -4 +30 +1
Contract jobs citing Cisco 1,161 1,696 1,973
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.10% 3.61% 2.81%
As % of the Vendors category 7.35% 8.48% 7.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 719 1,117 1,322
10th Percentile £263 £225 £230
25th Percentile £384 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £575
90th Percentile £675 £675 £663
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 59 95
10th Percentile £14.26 £12.50 £13.25
25th Percentile £21.19 £13.65 £20.50
Median hourly rate £26.00 £43.75 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -40.57% +82.98% +8.68%
75th Percentile £41.25 £70.00 £45.88
90th Percentile £59.42 £80.40 £60.93
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £50.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -50.00% +109.12% +8.68%

All Vendors
England

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 in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 15,802 19,999 28,009
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 42.13% 42.52% 39.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,992 13,722 19,314
10th Percentile £270 £267 £278
25th Percentile £408 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £530 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.03% +0.95% +6.92%
75th Percentile £630 £650 £638
90th Percentile £738 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,063 547 756
10th Percentile £12.28 £15.00 £12.25
25th Percentile £14.50 £18.84 £15.25
Median hourly rate £23.50 £37.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -36.49% +72.09% +7.50%
75th Percentile £59.10 £60.00 £48.48
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.25 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £22.56 £42.50 £21.64
% change year-on-year -46.92% +96.40% +5.56%

Cisco
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Cisco in England

Cisco
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Cisco in England

Cisco
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco in England

Cisco
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Cisco in England

Cisco
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cisco in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Cisco in England

Cisco
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco within the England region over the 6 months to 12 June 2024. 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
London -10 394 £500 -0.25% 139
South East +6 357 £500 +11.11% 104
North of England -12 133 £450 +5.88% 65
South West -11 114 £535 +4.39% 44
Midlands -14 103 £475 +11.76% 50
North West -6 92 £475 +8.57% 37
West Midlands -5 74 £475 +18.75% 33
East of England -32 45 £345 -4.83% 29
Yorkshire -11 32 £500 +11.11% 22
East Midlands -17 29 £375 -18.92% 17
North East +13 9 £400 +23.08% 7
Cisco
UK

Cisco
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 40 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (1.98%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.64%) Confluence
4 9 (0.78%) Skype for Business
5 5 (0.43%) IIS
6 4 (0.34%) IBM Domino
7 2 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (0.17%) nginx
7 2 (0.17%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.086%) Appian
8 1 (0.086%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.086%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 48 (4.13%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (1.46%) MS Visio
3 15 (1.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.34%) Chatbot
4 4 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.26%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.086%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.26%) Shopify
2 1 (0.086%) CA PPM
2 1 (0.086%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.086%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 135 (11.63%) Azure
2 107 (9.22%) AWS
3 74 (6.37%) Microsoft 365
4 34 (2.93%) GCP
5 31 (2.67%) SaaS
6 22 (1.89%) Entra ID
6 22 (1.89%) PaaS
7 19 (1.64%) OCI
8 18 (1.55%) Cloud Computing
9 15 (1.29%) Nutanix
10 13 (1.12%) OneDrive
11 10 (0.86%) GitHub
12 9 (0.78%) IaaS
13 8 (0.69%) Rubrik
14 6 (0.52%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 5 (0.43%) Azure DevOps
15 5 (0.43%) Cloudflare
15 5 (0.43%) OpenShift
15 5 (0.43%) Twilio
15 5 (0.43%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 483 (41.60%) Firewall
2 324 (27.91%) WAN
3 240 (20.67%) LAN
4 207 (17.83%) BGP
5 190 (16.37%) VPN
6 144 (12.40%) Network Security
7 142 (12.23%) Cisco Nexus
7 142 (12.23%) SD-WAN
8 137 (11.80%) OSPF
9 129 (11.11%) Cisco ASA
10 128 (11.02%) MPLS
11 127 (10.94%) DNS
12 125 (10.77%) Wireless
13 109 (9.39%) Wi-Fi
14 93 (8.01%) Cisco ISE
15 90 (7.75%) DHCP
16 85 (7.32%) Cisco Firepower
16 85 (7.32%) EIGRP
17 80 (6.89%) Cisco IOS
18 76 (6.55%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (0.86%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.26%) Power BI
2 3 (0.26%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.086%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.086%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.086%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (0.086%) Data Mining
3 1 (0.086%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 29 (2.50%) JIRA
2 24 (2.07%) Sonatype Nexus
3 20 (1.72%) Rational DOORS
4 13 (1.12%) Git
5 7 (0.60%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.43%) Bitbucket
6 5 (0.43%) TeamCity
7 3 (0.26%) GitLab
7 3 (0.26%) Hudson
8 1 (0.086%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.086%) Maven
8 1 (0.086%) SonarQube
General
1 229 (19.72%) Finance
2 219 (18.86%) Social Skills
3 109 (9.39%) Telecoms
4 100 (8.61%) Banking
5 85 (7.32%) Public Sector
6 75 (6.46%) Analytical Skills
7 27 (2.33%) Manufacturing
8 19 (1.64%) Marketing
8 19 (1.64%) Retail
9 16 (1.38%) Legal
10 15 (1.29%) Presentation Skills
11 14 (1.21%) Investment Banking
12 13 (1.12%) Financial Institution
13 11 (0.95%) Aerospace
14 10 (0.86%) Documentation Skills
15 9 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
16 8 (0.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 8 (0.69%) Mandarin Language
17 7 (0.60%) Digital Economy
17 7 (0.60%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 577 (49.70%) Network Engineer
2 181 (15.59%) Architect
3 120 (10.34%) Network Architect
4 119 (10.25%) Senior
5 104 (8.96%) Cisco Engineer
6 91 (7.84%) Senior Network Engineer
7 86 (7.41%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 77 (6.63%) Support Engineer
9 55 (4.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 38 (3.27%) Solutions Architect
11 31 (2.67%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
12 30 (2.58%) Security Engineer
13 29 (2.50%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
14 28 (2.41%) Network Security Engineer
14 28 (2.41%) Network Support
15 27 (2.33%) Storage Engineer
16 26 (2.24%) Analyst
16 26 (2.24%) Consultant
17 25 (2.15%) Network Specialist
17 25 (2.15%) Network Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (1.55%) 802.1X
1 18 (1.55%) Jinja
1 18 (1.55%) JSON
2 14 (1.21%) Web Services
2 14 (1.21%) XML
2 14 (1.21%) YANG
3 13 (1.12%) NETCONF
4 11 (0.95%) FIX Protocol
5 7 (0.60%) .NET
5 7 (0.60%) LDAP
6 6 (0.52%) Middleware
6 6 (0.52%) SAML
6 6 (0.52%) XMPP
7 5 (0.43%) Flash
7 5 (0.43%) RESTful
8 4 (0.34%) .NET Framework
8 4 (0.34%) ModSecurity
9 3 (0.26%) EDI
9 3 (0.26%) Ultra Messaging
9 3 (0.26%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 198 (17.05%) Data Centre
2 57 (4.91%) Video Conferencing
3 36 (3.10%) Data Protection Act
4 21 (1.81%) Cloud Native
5 20 (1.72%) PKI
6 18 (1.55%) Driving Licence
7 17 (1.46%) Replication
8 16 (1.38%) Clustering
8 16 (1.38%) Operational Technology
8 16 (1.38%) Security Posture
9 15 (1.29%) Management Information System
9 15 (1.29%) Public Cloud
9 15 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
10 13 (1.12%) Blackberry
11 12 (1.03%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 10 (0.86%) Video Editing
13 9 (0.78%) Linux Command Line
14 8 (0.69%) Hybrid Cloud
15 6 (0.52%) HP Storage
15 6 (0.52%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 156 (13.44%) Windows
2 93 (8.01%) Linux
3 57 (4.91%) Windows Server
4 51 (4.39%) Windows 10
5 34 (2.93%) Windows Server 2012
6 30 (2.58%) Windows Server 2016
7 23 (1.98%) Mac OS
8 20 (1.72%) Android
9 17 (1.46%) Unix
10 16 (1.38%) Solaris
11 15 (1.29%) Windows Server 2019
11 15 (1.29%) Windows XP
12 11 (0.95%) AIX
13 10 (0.86%) Windows 7
14 8 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 7 (0.60%) CentOS
15 7 (0.60%) Mac OS X
16 5 (0.43%) Oracle Linux
17 3 (0.26%) VMS
18 2 (0.17%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (11.71%) Problem-Solving
2 135 (11.63%) ITIL
3 131 (11.28%) Network Design
4 122 (10.51%) Migration
5 73 (6.29%) Customer Requirements
6 68 (5.86%) Agile
7 64 (5.51%) Project Management
8 63 (5.43%) Change Management
8 63 (5.43%) Network Management
9 61 (5.25%) Project Delivery
10 60 (5.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 58 (5.00%) Computer Science
12 57 (4.91%) Disaster Recovery
13 56 (4.82%) Customer Service
13 56 (4.82%) High Availability
13 56 (4.82%) ITSM
14 48 (4.13%) DevOps
15 47 (4.05%) Data Protection
15 47 (4.05%) Load Balancing
15 47 (4.05%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 96 (8.27%) Python
2 54 (4.65%) PowerShell
3 29 (2.50%) Bash
4 21 (1.81%) SQL
5 18 (1.55%) Perl
6 12 (1.03%) Tcl
7 8 (0.69%) Java
8 3 (0.26%) C
8 3 (0.26%) C#
8 3 (0.26%) Go
8 3 (0.26%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.26%) Ruby
8 3 (0.26%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 394 (33.94%) Cisco Certification
2 378 (32.56%) Security Cleared
3 262 (22.57%) CCNP
4 204 (17.57%) CCNA
5 201 (17.31%) SC Cleared
6 121 (10.42%) DV Cleared
7 115 (9.91%) Degree
8 86 (7.41%) CCIE
9 28 (2.41%) JNCIA
10 23 (1.98%) AWS Certification
10 23 (1.98%) CISSP
11 22 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
12 19 (1.64%) Master's Degree
13 17 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
13 17 (1.46%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 15 (1.29%) CCSA
15 14 (1.21%) CISM
16 12 (1.03%) JNCIS
16 12 (1.03%) TOGAF Certification
17 11 (0.95%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (3.79%) SLA
2 21 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (1.03%) GDPR
4 10 (0.86%) ISO 9000
4 10 (0.86%) PCI DSS
5 8 (0.69%) QA
5 8 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 6 (0.52%) PMO
7 5 (0.43%) NIST
8 4 (0.34%) HIPAA
8 4 (0.34%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.17%) GRC
9 2 (0.17%) NCSC
10 1 (0.086%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.086%) COBIT
10 1 (0.086%) GLBA
10 1 (0.086%) ISAE 3402
System Software
1 119 (10.25%) VMware Infrastructure
2 92 (7.92%) Active Directory
3 53 (4.57%) VMware NSX
4 37 (3.19%) Firmware
5 35 (3.01%) Hyper-V
6 34 (2.93%) VMware ESXi
7 32 (2.76%) vSphere
8 11 (0.95%) Docker
9 9 (0.78%) Virtual Servers
10 8 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
11 6 (0.52%) KVM
12 4 (0.34%) BitLocker
12 4 (0.34%) ProxySG
13 3 (0.26%) Microsoft App-V
13 3 (0.26%) SRDF
14 2 (0.17%) NFS
14 2 (0.17%) Squid
14 2 (0.17%) XenApp
15 1 (0.086%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 76 (6.55%) Ansible
2 62 (5.34%) FortiGate
3 54 (4.65%) SCCM
4 49 (4.22%) Terraform
5 35 (3.01%) vCenter Server
6 31 (2.67%) Endace
7 27 (2.33%) EMC NetWorker
8 25 (2.15%) Microsoft Intune
9 23 (1.98%) NetBackup
10 22 (1.89%) SCOM
11 19 (1.64%) WSUS
12 16 (1.38%) Kubernetes
13 15 (1.29%) CSIRT
14 14 (1.21%) Nessus
15 9 (0.78%) SolarWinds Orion
16 8 (0.69%) Netcool
16 8 (0.69%) VxRail
17 7 (0.60%) OpenView
18 6 (0.52%) Nagios
18 6 (0.52%) Puppet
Vendors
1 284 (24.46%) Juniper
2 233 (20.07%) Palo Alto
3 183 (15.76%) F5
4 170 (14.64%) Fortinet
5 160 (13.78%) CheckPoint
6 159 (13.70%) Microsoft
7 155 (13.35%) VMware
8 71 (6.12%) Meraki
9 70 (6.03%) SolarWinds
10 65 (5.60%) Citrix
11 62 (5.34%) Aruba
12 59 (5.08%) HP
13 57 (4.91%) Arista
14 55 (4.74%) Dell
15 53 (4.57%) EMC
16 51 (4.39%) Nokia
17 45 (3.88%) Avaya
18 31 (2.67%) Brocade
18 31 (2.67%) Veeam
18 31 (2.67%) Zscaler