Cisco Contracts in Berkshire

Cisco
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire 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 17 May 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
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 27 39 41
Rank change year-on-year +12 +2 -11
Contract jobs citing Cisco 117 89 105
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 6.12% 5.13% 4.50%
As % of the Vendors category 12.65% 10.15% 10.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 41 68
10th Percentile £335 £275 £369
25th Percentile £411 £350 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year +13.89% +5.88% +21.43%
75th Percentile £608 £570 £538
90th Percentile £611 £580 £632
South East median daily rate £500 £450 £425
% change year-on-year +11.11% +5.88% +9.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 1
10th Percentile £20.90 £21.90 -
25th Percentile £24.50 £27.00 £25.50
Median hourly rate £73.50 £78.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +201.92% +13.04%
75th Percentile £75.24 £80.25 £26.50
90th Percentile £76.29 £80.70 -
South East median hourly rate £30.00 £62.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -51.61% +188.37% +7.50%

All Vendors
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 925 877 986
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 48.40% 50.55% 42.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 528 559 638
10th Percentile £213 £350 £234
25th Percentile £363 £425 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £608 £638 £600
90th Percentile £688 £721 £663
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £485
% change year-on-year - +3.09% +5.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 34 11
10th Percentile £14.50 £21.00 £25.50
25th Percentile £23.42 £45.63 £27.50
Median hourly rate £58.15 £63.84 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.91% +27.68% +135.29%
75th Percentile £61.60 £73.75 £73.95
90th Percentile £63.25 £80.25 £82.75
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £45.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year +5.56% +130.77% -11.36%

Cisco
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Cisco in Berkshire

Cisco
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Cisco in Berkshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco in Berkshire over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco in Berkshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Cisco in Berkshire

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cisco in Berkshire over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Cisco in Berkshire

Cisco
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 17 May 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
Reading +6 57 £513 -3.30% 12
Bracknell +10 29 £513 +46.43% 7
Ascot - 11 - -
Maidenhead +2 7 £375 - 1
Windsor - 7 - -
Newbury -5 1 - - 2
Hungerford - 1 £475 -
Cisco
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 16 (13.68%) Azure
2 14 (11.97%) OCI
3 7 (5.98%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (1.71%) AWS
5 1 (0.85%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.85%) Cloudflare
5 1 (0.85%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 63 (53.85%) Firewall
2 37 (31.62%) WAN
3 28 (23.93%) DMZ
4 24 (20.51%) LAN
5 22 (18.80%) Cisco Nexus
6 20 (17.09%) DNS
7 17 (14.53%) MPLS
7 17 (14.53%) VPN
8 14 (11.97%) BGP
8 14 (11.97%) DHCP
8 14 (11.97%) SAN
9 13 (11.11%) Cisco ASA
10 10 (8.55%) SD-WAN
10 10 (8.55%) VoIP
11 8 (6.84%) Cisco IOS
12 7 (5.98%) Cisco Firepower
13 6 (5.13%) EIGRP
13 6 (5.13%) OSPF
14 5 (4.27%) Internet
14 5 (4.27%) SSL
General
1 28 (23.93%) Banking
2 20 (17.09%) Finance
3 19 (16.24%) Social Skills
4 11 (9.40%) Investment Banking
5 8 (6.84%) Telecoms
6 6 (5.13%) Public Sector
7 4 (3.42%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (1.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.71%) Military
9 1 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 69 (58.97%) Network Engineer
2 29 (24.79%) Senior
3 27 (23.08%) Senior Network Engineer
4 15 (12.82%) Cisco Engineer
4 15 (12.82%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 14 (11.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 13 (11.11%) Juniper Engineer
7 11 (9.40%) Architect
7 11 (9.40%) Blue Coat Engineer
8 10 (8.55%) Storage Engineer
9 8 (6.84%) Network Architect
10 7 (5.98%) Network Operations Engineer
10 7 (5.98%) Operations Engineer
11 6 (5.13%) Audio Visual Technician
11 6 (5.13%) Build Engineer
11 6 (5.13%) Network Build Engineer
12 5 (4.27%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 5 (4.27%) Support Engineer
12 5 (4.27%) WAN Engineer
13 4 (3.42%) Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.56%) EDI
2 1 (0.85%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 27 (23.08%) Data Centre
2 9 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
3 7 (5.98%) Video Editing
4 3 (2.56%) CCTV
4 3 (2.56%) Operational Technology
4 3 (2.56%) SCADA
5 1 (0.85%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.85%) IoT
5 1 (0.85%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 22 (18.80%) Windows
2 19 (16.24%) Linux
3 17 (14.53%) Windows Server
4 14 (11.97%) Windows 10
4 14 (11.97%) Windows Server 2012
4 14 (11.97%) Windows Server 2016
4 14 (11.97%) Windows Server 2019
4 14 (11.97%) Windows XP
5 7 (5.98%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (21.37%) Migration
2 22 (18.80%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (16.24%) Proactive Monitoring
4 17 (14.53%) B2B
4 17 (14.53%) High Availability
5 16 (13.68%) Performance Tuning
5 16 (13.68%) Project Management
6 15 (12.82%) ITIL
7 14 (11.97%) Break/Fix
7 14 (11.97%) Converged Infrastructure
7 14 (11.97%) Disaster Recovery
7 14 (11.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 14 (11.97%) Performance Monitoring
7 14 (11.97%) Server Management
7 14 (11.97%) Storage Management
8 13 (11.11%) Change Control
9 11 (9.40%) Architectural Patterns
9 11 (9.40%) Design Patterns
9 11 (9.40%) ITSM
10 9 (7.69%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 15 (12.82%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.85%) Java
2 1 (0.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 47 (40.17%) Cisco Certification
2 43 (36.75%) Security Cleared
3 28 (23.93%) DV Cleared
4 27 (23.08%) CCNA
5 24 (20.51%) CCNP
5 24 (20.51%) SC Cleared
6 16 (13.68%) Degree
7 4 (3.42%) JNCIA
7 4 (3.42%) JNCIS
7 4 (3.42%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (1.71%) CCDP
8 2 (1.71%) CCIE
9 1 (0.85%) BC Cleared
9 1 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.85%) CCIP
9 1 (0.85%) CEH
9 1 (0.85%) CISSP
9 1 (0.85%) HNC
9 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.27%) ISO 9000
2 2 (1.71%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.85%) QA
3 1 (0.85%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (16.24%) VMware Infrastructure
2 17 (14.53%) Active Directory
3 14 (11.97%) Hyper-V
3 14 (11.97%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (2.56%) VMware NSX
5 2 (1.71%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 14 (11.97%) EMC NetWorker
1 14 (11.97%) NetBackup
1 14 (11.97%) SCCM
1 14 (11.97%) SCOM
1 14 (11.97%) vCenter Server
1 14 (11.97%) WSUS
2 6 (5.13%) Endace
3 2 (1.71%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 2 (1.71%) Nessus
3 2 (1.71%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 63 (53.85%) Juniper
2 34 (29.06%) CheckPoint
3 21 (17.95%) Palo Alto
4 19 (16.24%) Microsoft
4 19 (16.24%) VMware
5 17 (14.53%) Arista
6 15 (12.82%) Dell
7 14 (11.97%) 3PAR
7 14 (11.97%) EMC
7 14 (11.97%) Extreme Networks
7 14 (11.97%) HP
7 14 (11.97%) Oracle
7 14 (11.97%) Symantec
7 14 (11.97%) Veeam
8 13 (11.11%) Fortinet
9 11 (9.40%) Blue Coat
10 8 (6.84%) F5
11 7 (5.98%) Apple
11 7 (5.98%) Polycom
12 3 (2.56%) Splunk