Cisco Contracts in the South West

Cisco
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Cisco products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cisco over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 52 41 67
Rank change year-on-year -11 +26 -20
Contract jobs citing Cisco 115 169 123
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 3.54% 5.00% 3.35%
As % of the Vendors category 8.63% 12.73% 8.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 137 69
10th Percentile £356 £325 £288
25th Percentile £427 £425 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £525 £463
Median % change year-on-year +1.90% +13.51% +22.92%
75th Percentile £669 £588 £550
90th Percentile £688 £689 £639
England median daily rate £500 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 17 15
10th Percentile - £56.43 £43.86
25th Percentile - £62.00 £49.11
Median hourly rate £46.39 £74.99 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.14% +38.87% +8.00%
75th Percentile - £77.75 £60.93
90th Percentile - £101.75 £67.88
England median hourly rate £25.00 £43.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -41.86% +79.84% +19.55%

All Vendors
South West

Cisco is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services advertised in the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,332 1,328 1,373
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 40.97% 39.26% 37.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 853 996 982
10th Percentile £201 £263 £214
25th Percentile £413 £413 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £594
90th Percentile £725 £714 £675
England median daily rate £515 £531 £525
% change year-on-year -3.01% +1.14% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 187 70 56
10th Percentile £13.79 £17.40 £15.13
25th Percentile £36.25 £49.17 £35.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £60.35 £44.82
Median % change year-on-year -21.29% +34.65% -5.64%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £56.00
90th Percentile £76.00 £84.13 £64.09
England median hourly rate £22.50 £37.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -40.00% +74.42% +7.50%

Cisco
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Cisco as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Cisco in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco in the South West over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Cisco in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco within the South West region over the 6 months to 1 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
Bristol +11 44 £650 +26.83% 9
Wiltshire -18 33 £570 -0.96% 9
Gloucestershire +11 15 £640 +42.22% 7
Devon +1 11 £425 -29.17% 6
Somerset -4 8 £295 -28.48% 6
Dorset -17 4 - - 6
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 9 (7.83%) Confluence
2 2 (1.74%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.87%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.87%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 7 (6.09%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.61%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 15 (13.04%) AWS
2 14 (12.17%) Azure
2 14 (12.17%) PaaS
3 10 (8.70%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (8.70%) SaaS
4 4 (3.48%) GCP
4 4 (3.48%) OpenShift
5 3 (2.61%) BigCommerce
6 1 (0.87%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.87%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 53 (46.09%) Firewall
2 24 (20.87%) VPN
3 21 (18.26%) Network Security
4 20 (17.39%) WAN
5 16 (13.91%) SD-WAN
5 16 (13.91%) VoIP
6 13 (11.30%) Cisco ISE
7 11 (9.57%) LAN
8 10 (8.70%) Cisco Nexus
8 10 (8.70%) PBX
9 9 (7.83%) NX-OS
10 8 (6.96%) BGP
11 7 (6.09%) SDH
11 7 (6.09%) TCP/IP
12 6 (5.22%) FTP
12 6 (5.22%) SAN
12 6 (5.22%) VLAN
13 5 (4.35%) VSAN
14 4 (3.48%) Junos
14 4 (3.48%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 18 (15.65%) Rational DOORS
2 9 (7.83%) JIRA
3 4 (3.48%) Bitbucket
4 2 (1.74%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 26 (22.61%) Telecoms
2 21 (18.26%) Public Sector
3 17 (14.78%) Social Skills
4 15 (13.04%) Manufacturing
5 14 (12.17%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (8.70%) Aerospace
7 7 (6.09%) Digital Economy
7 7 (6.09%) Marketing
8 5 (4.35%) Aeronautics
9 4 (3.48%) Electronics
9 4 (3.48%) Finance
9 4 (3.48%) Legal
10 3 (2.61%) Military
10 3 (2.61%) Retail
11 1 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 52 (45.22%) Network Engineer
2 39 (33.91%) Architect
3 21 (18.26%) Solutions Architect
4 15 (13.04%) Network Architect
5 9 (7.83%) Cisco Engineer
6 8 (6.96%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 8 (6.96%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
7 6 (5.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (5.22%) Support Engineer
8 5 (4.35%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 5 (4.35%) Virtualisation Engineer
9 4 (3.48%) Automation Architect
10 3 (2.61%) IT Engineer
10 3 (2.61%) Office Automation Architect
11 2 (1.74%) Automation Engineer
11 2 (1.74%) Firewall Engineer
11 2 (1.74%) Network Support
11 2 (1.74%) Network Support Engineer
11 2 (1.74%) Security Engineer
11 2 (1.74%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.35%) Flash
2 4 (3.48%) .NET
2 4 (3.48%) .NET Framework
2 4 (3.48%) ModSecurity
3 3 (2.61%) VML
4 2 (1.74%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 16 (13.91%) Data Centre
2 11 (9.57%) Video Conferencing
3 10 (8.70%) Blackberry
4 7 (6.09%) Cloud Native
4 7 (6.09%) Security Posture
5 6 (5.22%) Replication
6 5 (4.35%) Clustering
6 5 (4.35%) PKI
7 4 (3.48%) Operational Technology
7 4 (3.48%) Product Ownership
7 4 (3.48%) Public Cloud
8 3 (2.61%) Security Operations Centre
9 2 (1.74%) Driving Licence
9 2 (1.74%) Linux Command Line
10 1 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.87%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.87%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.87%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 10 (8.70%) Linux
2 9 (7.83%) Windows
3 7 (6.09%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.87%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (22.61%) ITIL
2 24 (20.87%) ArchiMate
2 24 (20.87%) TOGAF
3 20 (17.39%) Enterprise Architecture
4 19 (16.52%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (16.52%) Roadmaps
5 18 (15.65%) Decision-Making
5 18 (15.65%) Network Virtualisation
6 17 (14.78%) Architecture Governance
6 17 (14.78%) Strategic Roadmap
7 16 (13.91%) BPMN
7 16 (13.91%) Computer Science
8 13 (11.30%) Customer Engagement
9 11 (9.57%) Customer Requirements
9 11 (9.57%) Digital Strategy
10 10 (8.70%) Log Correlation
10 10 (8.70%) Security Architecture
10 10 (8.70%) SIEM
10 10 (8.70%) Use Case
10 10 (8.70%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.22%) Python
2 4 (3.48%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 72 (62.61%) Security Cleared
2 42 (36.52%) SC Cleared
3 35 (30.43%) DV Cleared
4 24 (20.87%) Cisco Certification
5 20 (17.39%) Degree
6 17 (14.78%) CCNP
7 13 (11.30%) CCNA
8 12 (10.43%) TOGAF Certification
9 11 (9.57%) HND
10 9 (7.83%) Master's Degree
10 9 (7.83%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 4 (3.48%) CCIE
11 4 (3.48%) Chartered Engineer
11 4 (3.48%) JNCIA
12 2 (1.74%) JNCIP
13 1 (0.87%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.87%) JNCIE
13 1 (0.87%) JNCIS
13 1 (0.87%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.87%) NCSC
1 1 (0.87%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (23.48%) VMware Infrastructure
2 23 (20.00%) VMware NSX
3 11 (9.57%) VMware ESXi
4 8 (6.96%) vSphere
5 4 (3.48%) Docker
6 2 (1.74%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 11 (9.57%) vCenter Server
2 8 (6.96%) Ansible
3 7 (6.09%) CSIRT
4 4 (3.48%) FortiGate
4 4 (3.48%) Kubernetes
4 4 (3.48%) OPNET
4 4 (3.48%) PowerCLI
4 4 (3.48%) Terraform
5 2 (1.74%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.87%) Check_MK
6 1 (0.87%) SCCM
Vendors
1 32 (27.83%) VMware
2 29 (25.22%) Juniper
3 26 (22.61%) Microsoft
4 21 (18.26%) Nokia
5 18 (15.65%) IBM
6 14 (12.17%) Palo Alto
7 13 (11.30%) F5
7 13 (11.30%) Google
8 10 (8.70%) Avaya
8 10 (8.70%) CheckPoint
8 10 (8.70%) Ericsson
8 10 (8.70%) Ribbon
9 9 (7.83%) Atlassian
9 9 (7.83%) Fortinet
10 7 (6.09%) SAP
11 6 (5.22%) Veeam
12 5 (4.35%) Dell
13 4 (3.48%) Ciena
13 4 (3.48%) Meraki
14 3 (2.61%) Sitecore