Cisco Contracts in the Midlands

Cisco
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 2 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 42 31 71
Rank change year-on-year -11 +40 -6
Contract jobs citing Cisco 100 179 162
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 3.58% 5.47% 3.21%
As % of the Vendors category 8.38% 10.93% 7.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 107 106
10th Percentile £205 £313 £179
25th Percentile £300 £316 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £375
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% +13.33% +15.38%
75th Percentile £600 £569 £450
90th Percentile £675 £700 £540
England median daily rate £500 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 3
10th Percentile - - £14.80
25th Percentile £13.25 £12.50 £16.75
Median hourly rate £13.50 £15.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -25.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £13.88 £20.00 -
90th Percentile £13.95 £21.36 -
England median hourly rate £25.00 £43.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -41.86% +79.84% +19.55%

All Vendors
Midlands

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 Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,194 1,638 2,200
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 42.77% 50.09% 43.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 766 1,102 1,522
10th Percentile £213 £206 £187
25th Percentile £350 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £460
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +3.26% +13.58%
75th Percentile £600 £594 £563
90th Percentile £688 £690 £650
England median daily rate £515 £530 £525
% change year-on-year -2.83% +0.95% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 48 70
10th Percentile £10.93 £12.64 £9.74
25th Percentile £12.75 £15.00 £13.26
Median hourly rate £15.61 £20.71 £17.30
Median % change year-on-year -24.63% +19.66% +15.35%
75th Percentile £26.50 £32.56 £23.13
90th Percentile £45.50 £66.00 £35.00
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 Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Cisco in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Cisco in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco in the Midlands over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Cisco in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 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
West Midlands -4 73 £475 +18.75% 32
East Midlands -16 27 £500 +6.67% 12
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 5 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (5.00%) MS Visio
2 2 (2.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.00%) CA PPM
Cloud Services
1 6 (6.00%) Azure
1 6 (6.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (3.00%) AWS
3 2 (2.00%) OneDrive
3 2 (2.00%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.00%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 45 (45.00%) WAN
2 31 (31.00%) Firewall
2 31 (31.00%) LAN
3 26 (26.00%) SD-WAN
4 21 (21.00%) MPLS
5 20 (20.00%) VPN
6 17 (17.00%) Cisco Nexus
6 17 (17.00%) DNS
7 13 (13.00%) DHCP
8 12 (12.00%) SAN
9 11 (11.00%) Ethernet
9 11 (11.00%) Wi-Fi
9 11 (11.00%) Wireless
10 10 (10.00%) Internet
10 10 (10.00%) Network Security
10 10 (10.00%) VoIP
11 9 (9.00%) NX-OS
11 9 (9.00%) PBX
11 9 (9.00%) WLAN
12 8 (8.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 5 (5.00%) JIRA
2 3 (3.00%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (1.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 19 (19.00%) Telecoms
2 15 (15.00%) Social Skills
3 11 (11.00%) Public Sector
4 7 (7.00%) Finance
5 2 (2.00%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.00%) Aeronautics
6 1 (1.00%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.00%) Automotive
6 1 (1.00%) Banking
6 1 (1.00%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.00%) Investment Banking
6 1 (1.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 42 (42.00%) Network Engineer
2 25 (25.00%) Architect
3 19 (19.00%) Network Architect
4 16 (16.00%) Support Engineer
5 9 (9.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 8 (8.00%) 2nd Line Support
6 8 (8.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 8 (8.00%) Network Support
6 8 (8.00%) Network Support Engineer
7 7 (7.00%) WAN Engineer
8 5 (5.00%) Enterprise Architect
8 5 (5.00%) Storage Engineer
9 4 (4.00%) Lead
10 3 (3.00%) Active Directory Engineer
10 3 (3.00%) Administrator
10 3 (3.00%) Coordinator
10 3 (3.00%) Junior
10 3 (3.00%) Printer Support
10 3 (3.00%) Project Coordinator
10 3 (3.00%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (9.00%) Web Services
2 1 (1.00%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 32 (32.00%) Data Centre
2 8 (8.00%) Cloud Native
3 6 (6.00%) HP Storage
4 4 (4.00%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (4.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (1.00%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.00%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.00%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 20 (20.00%) Windows
2 13 (13.00%) Linux
3 8 (8.00%) AIX
3 8 (8.00%) Solaris
4 6 (6.00%) Windows 10
5 4 (4.00%) Windows Server
5 4 (4.00%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (2.00%) Mac OS
7 1 (1.00%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (1.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (19.00%) ITIL
2 18 (18.00%) Project Delivery
3 13 (13.00%) Network Virtualisation
4 12 (12.00%) Network Architecture
5 10 (10.00%) Architectural Design
6 9 (9.00%) Agile
6 9 (9.00%) Analytics
6 9 (9.00%) Data Analytics
6 9 (9.00%) Mentoring
6 9 (9.00%) Network Packet Capture
6 9 (9.00%) Performance Management
6 9 (9.00%) Programme Management
6 9 (9.00%) SOA
6 9 (9.00%) Storage Management
7 8 (8.00%) Computer Security
7 8 (8.00%) Incident Response
7 8 (8.00%) Network Design
7 8 (8.00%) Password Management
8 7 (7.00%) Customer Requirements
8 7 (7.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.00%) PowerShell
1 5 (5.00%) SQL
2 4 (4.00%) Bash
Qualifications
1 43 (43.00%) Security Cleared
2 39 (39.00%) Cisco Certification
3 27 (27.00%) SC Cleared
4 25 (25.00%) CCNA
5 17 (17.00%) CCNP
6 11 (11.00%) CCIE
7 9 (9.00%) CCIE Data Center
8 7 (7.00%) Degree
9 4 (4.00%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (4.00%) DV Cleared
10 3 (3.00%) BC Cleared
10 3 (3.00%) JNCIS
11 2 (2.00%) CISSP
11 2 (2.00%) MCSE
11 2 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (1.00%) CCDP
12 1 (1.00%) CCSA
12 1 (1.00%) JNCIA
12 1 (1.00%) Network+ Certification
12 1 (1.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.00%) SLA
2 5 (5.00%) ISO 9000
3 4 (4.00%) QA
4 2 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.00%) PMO
System Software
1 14 (14.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (10.00%) VMware NSX
3 9 (9.00%) vSphere
4 5 (5.00%) Active Directory
4 5 (5.00%) Hyper-V
5 2 (2.00%) Firmware
5 2 (2.00%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (1.00%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 9 (9.00%) FortiGate
2 8 (8.00%) CSIRT
2 8 (8.00%) EMC NetWorker
3 6 (6.00%) HP Data Protector
3 6 (6.00%) NetBackup
4 5 (5.00%) OpenView
5 3 (3.00%) Ansible
5 3 (3.00%) Autotask
5 3 (3.00%) SCCM
5 3 (3.00%) Terraform
6 1 (1.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 21 (21.00%) Juniper
2 16 (16.00%) VMware
3 14 (14.00%) F5
4 11 (11.00%) Brocade
4 11 (11.00%) CheckPoint
4 11 (11.00%) Symantec
5 10 (10.00%) Palo Alto
6 8 (8.00%) EMC
6 8 (8.00%) Fortinet
7 7 (7.00%) HP
7 7 (7.00%) Microsoft
8 6 (6.00%) Aruba
9 5 (5.00%) Infoblox
9 5 (5.00%) Oracle
9 5 (5.00%) ServiceNow
9 5 (5.00%) Zscaler
10 3 (3.00%) BT
10 3 (3.00%) Fujitsu
10 3 (3.00%) Openreach
10 3 (3.00%) Remedy