Cisco Contracts in England

Cisco
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 63 66 99
Rank change year-on-year +3 +33 -14
Contract jobs citing Cisco 1,208 1,668 1,917
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.28% 3.34% 2.70%
As % of the Vendors category 7.75% 7.96% 6.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 743 1,094 1,245
10th Percentile £263 £225 £210
25th Percentile £378 £350 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £427
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +11.24% +6.75%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £550
90th Percentile £719 £688 £642
UK median daily rate £488 £475 £445
% change year-on-year +2.63% +6.74% +9.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 70 105
10th Percentile £13.57 £12.65 £13.25
25th Percentile £23.25 £15.28 £20.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £54.34 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -49.39% +127.25% +19.55%
75th Percentile £41.25 £73.75 £36.00
90th Percentile £73.15 £80.25 £55.40
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £50.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -45.00% +109.12% +21.06%

All Vendors
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 15,587 20,944 27,996
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 42.27% 41.93% 39.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,907 14,399 19,131
10th Percentile £262 £269 £275
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £535 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.80% +1.90% +10.53%
75th Percentile £631 £650 £638
90th Percentile £744 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,019 601 789
10th Percentile £12.13 £15.00 £11.50
25th Percentile £14.45 £18.50 £15.00
Median hourly rate £22.50 £38.50 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.56% +83.33% -
75th Percentile £57.33 £64.50 £45.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £22.15 £42.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -47.88% +97.67% -2.27%

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 5 May 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 5 May 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 5 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
London +2 419 £500 -4.08% 201
South East +13 366 £500 +11.11% 116
North of England +3 130 £450 +5.88% 84
South West -2 111 £535 +7.00% 57
Midlands -5 99 £475 +11.76% 48
North West +5 86 £475 +11.76% 46
West Midlands 0 74 £463 +15.75% 28
East of England -8 58 £375 -0.66% 40
Yorkshire -8 36 £458 -3.68% 29
East Midlands -16 24 £539 +16.80% 20
North East +21 8 £375 -31.82% 12
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 49 (4.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (2.15%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.57%) Confluence
4 12 (0.99%) Skype for Business
5 8 (0.66%) IBM Domino
6 7 (0.58%) nginx
7 5 (0.41%) Exchange Server 2007
7 5 (0.41%) IBM Notes
8 3 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2013
8 3 (0.25%) IIS
9 2 (0.17%) Apache
9 2 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2010
9 2 (0.17%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.083%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 57 (4.72%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (1.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (1.32%) MS Visio
4 14 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.25%) Adobe Premiere
7 2 (0.17%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.083%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.33%) Shopify
2 3 (0.25%) Sage X3
3 1 (0.083%) CA PPM
3 1 (0.083%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.083%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.083%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
3 1 (0.083%) RMDS
3 1 (0.083%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 137 (11.34%) Azure
2 101 (8.36%) AWS
3 81 (6.71%) Microsoft 365
4 33 (2.73%) GCP
5 32 (2.65%) SaaS
6 22 (1.82%) Entra ID
7 21 (1.74%) PaaS
8 20 (1.66%) Cloud Computing
8 20 (1.66%) Nutanix
8 20 (1.66%) OCI
9 15 (1.24%) OneDrive
10 13 (1.08%) IaaS
11 10 (0.83%) GitHub
11 10 (0.83%) Rubrik
12 9 (0.75%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 7 (0.58%) Datadog
14 6 (0.50%) Route 53
15 5 (0.41%) Amazon EC2
15 5 (0.41%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 5 (0.41%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 522 (43.21%) Firewall
2 374 (30.96%) WAN
3 284 (23.51%) LAN
4 233 (19.29%) VPN
5 228 (18.87%) BGP
6 159 (13.16%) OSPF
7 149 (12.33%) MPLS
8 147 (12.17%) Network Security
9 144 (11.92%) Cisco ASA
10 142 (11.75%) Cisco Nexus
11 141 (11.67%) Wireless
12 135 (11.18%) DNS
13 127 (10.51%) SD-WAN
14 124 (10.26%) Wi-Fi
15 102 (8.44%) Cisco IOS
16 91 (7.53%) Cisco ISE
17 89 (7.37%) IPsec
18 85 (7.04%) DHCP
19 84 (6.95%) Cisco Firepower
20 80 (6.62%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (1.32%) SQL Server
2 5 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (0.33%) MySQL
4 3 (0.25%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.17%) Data Mining
5 2 (0.17%) Power BI
6 1 (0.083%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.083%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.083%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 30 (2.48%) JIRA
2 24 (1.99%) Git
3 21 (1.74%) Sonatype Nexus
4 20 (1.66%) Rational DOORS
5 9 (0.75%) Jenkins
6 8 (0.66%) TeamCity
7 3 (0.25%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.25%) Hudson
8 2 (0.17%) GitLab
9 1 (0.083%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 230 (19.04%) Social Skills
2 223 (18.46%) Finance
3 96 (7.95%) Telecoms
4 92 (7.62%) Banking
5 89 (7.37%) Public Sector
6 86 (7.12%) Analytical Skills
7 22 (1.82%) Manufacturing
8 21 (1.74%) Marketing
8 21 (1.74%) Presentation Skills
9 17 (1.41%) Legal
10 15 (1.24%) Retail
11 14 (1.16%) Investment Banking
11 14 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
12 13 (1.08%) Aerospace
13 12 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
13 12 (0.99%) Financial Institution
14 8 (0.66%) Mandarin Language
15 7 (0.58%) Digital Economy
15 7 (0.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 7 (0.58%) Military
Job Titles
1 584 (48.34%) Network Engineer
2 173 (14.32%) Architect
3 125 (10.35%) Senior
4 117 (9.69%) Network Architect
5 107 (8.86%) Cisco Engineer
6 94 (7.78%) Senior Network Engineer
7 92 (7.62%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 75 (6.21%) Support Engineer
9 61 (5.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 44 (3.64%) Network Specialist
11 35 (2.90%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
12 33 (2.73%) Solutions Architect
13 30 (2.48%) Analyst
14 28 (2.32%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
15 27 (2.24%) Storage Engineer
16 25 (2.07%) WAN Engineer
17 24 (1.99%) Consultant
18 23 (1.90%) Project Manager
19 21 (1.74%) Design Engineer
19 21 (1.74%) Network Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (2.40%) JSON
2 24 (1.99%) XML
2 24 (1.99%) YANG
3 23 (1.90%) Jinja
3 23 (1.90%) NETCONF
4 19 (1.57%) 802.1X
5 12 (0.99%) LDAP
6 11 (0.91%) FIX Protocol
7 10 (0.83%) Web Services
8 6 (0.50%) EDI
8 6 (0.50%) Flash
8 6 (0.50%) SAML
8 6 (0.50%) XMPP
9 5 (0.41%) .NET
9 5 (0.41%) Django
9 5 (0.41%) RESTful
10 3 (0.25%) REST
10 3 (0.25%) Ultra Messaging
10 3 (0.25%) VML
11 2 (0.17%) VCL
Miscellaneous
1 206 (17.05%) Data Centre
2 60 (4.97%) Video Conferencing
3 37 (3.06%) Data Protection Act
4 35 (2.90%) PKI
5 20 (1.66%) Clustering
5 20 (1.66%) Driving Licence
6 19 (1.57%) Replication
6 19 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
7 18 (1.49%) Management Information System
8 15 (1.24%) Blackberry
8 15 (1.24%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 14 (1.16%) Operational Technology
9 14 (1.16%) Public Cloud
10 10 (0.83%) Security Posture
10 10 (0.83%) Video Editing
11 9 (0.75%) Distributed Architecture
11 9 (0.75%) Hybrid Cloud
11 9 (0.75%) Linux Command Line
12 6 (0.50%) Cloud Native
12 6 (0.50%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 180 (14.90%) Windows
2 98 (8.11%) Linux
3 71 (5.88%) Windows Server
4 51 (4.22%) Windows 10
5 43 (3.56%) Windows Server 2012
6 30 (2.48%) Windows Server 2016
7 24 (1.99%) Android
7 24 (1.99%) Mac OS
8 19 (1.57%) Solaris
8 19 (1.57%) Windows Server 2019
9 17 (1.41%) Unix
10 16 (1.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 15 (1.24%) Windows XP
12 14 (1.16%) Windows 7
13 12 (0.99%) Mac OS X
14 11 (0.91%) AIX
15 9 (0.75%) CentOS
16 8 (0.66%) Oracle Linux
17 5 (0.41%) Ubuntu
18 3 (0.25%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (12.67%) ITIL
2 150 (12.42%) Network Design
2 150 (12.42%) Problem-Solving
3 122 (10.10%) Migration
4 76 (6.29%) Agile
4 76 (6.29%) Change Management
4 76 (6.29%) Customer Requirements
5 74 (6.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 67 (5.55%) Load Balancing
6 67 (5.55%) Project Management
7 64 (5.30%) Project Delivery
8 60 (4.97%) Network Management
9 59 (4.88%) Customer Service
9 59 (4.88%) High Availability
10 56 (4.64%) DevOps
10 56 (4.64%) Disaster Recovery
11 55 (4.55%) Computer Science
12 51 (4.22%) Roadmaps
13 50 (4.14%) Data Protection
13 50 (4.14%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 103 (8.53%) Python
2 54 (4.47%) PowerShell
3 34 (2.81%) Bash
4 31 (2.57%) SQL
5 22 (1.82%) Perl
6 12 (0.99%) Tcl
7 11 (0.91%) Java
8 5 (0.41%) C#
9 4 (0.33%) C
9 4 (0.33%) JavaScript
9 4 (0.33%) Ruby
10 3 (0.25%) Go
10 3 (0.25%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.17%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 412 (34.11%) Security Cleared
2 404 (33.44%) Cisco Certification
3 265 (21.94%) CCNP
4 216 (17.88%) SC Cleared
5 200 (16.56%) CCNA
6 125 (10.35%) DV Cleared
7 120 (9.93%) Degree
8 88 (7.28%) CCIE
9 26 (2.15%) JNCIA
10 20 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
11 19 (1.57%) CISSP
12 17 (1.41%) CISM
13 15 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
14 14 (1.16%) AWS Certification
14 14 (1.16%) JNCIS
14 14 (1.16%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 13 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
16 12 (0.99%) Master's Degree
16 12 (0.99%) TOGAF Certification
17 11 (0.91%) CCIE Service Provider
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (3.89%) SLA
2 21 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (1.16%) QA
4 12 (0.99%) GDPR
5 11 (0.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 10 (0.83%) ISO 9000
7 6 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 6 (0.50%) PCI DSS
8 5 (0.41%) NIST
8 5 (0.41%) PMO
9 4 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (0.33%) NCSC
10 2 (0.17%) GRC
11 1 (0.083%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.083%) COBIT
11 1 (0.083%) GLBA
11 1 (0.083%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.083%) ISAE 3402
11 1 (0.083%) SOC 2
System Software
1 105 (8.69%) VMware Infrastructure
2 102 (8.44%) Active Directory
3 38 (3.15%) VMware NSX
4 37 (3.06%) VMware ESXi
5 36 (2.98%) Hyper-V
6 35 (2.90%) Firmware
7 19 (1.57%) vSphere
8 15 (1.24%) Docker
9 12 (0.99%) Virtual Servers
10 8 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
11 7 (0.58%) KVM
12 4 (0.33%) ProxySG
13 3 (0.25%) BitLocker
13 3 (0.25%) SRDF
13 3 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
13 3 (0.25%) XenApp
14 2 (0.17%) Microsoft App-V
14 2 (0.17%) Squid
14 2 (0.17%) Varnish
15 1 (0.083%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 79 (6.54%) Ansible
2 76 (6.29%) FortiGate
3 58 (4.80%) SCCM
4 51 (4.22%) Terraform
5 38 (3.15%) vCenter Server
6 30 (2.48%) EMC NetWorker
6 30 (2.48%) Endace
7 22 (1.82%) Microsoft Intune
7 22 (1.82%) NetBackup
7 22 (1.82%) SCOM
8 21 (1.74%) Kubernetes
9 19 (1.57%) WSUS
10 14 (1.16%) Nessus
11 11 (0.91%) Netcool
12 8 (0.66%) SolarWinds Orion
12 8 (0.66%) Tivoli
12 8 (0.66%) Tivoli Storage Manager
13 7 (0.58%) Nagios
13 7 (0.58%) VxRail
14 6 (0.50%) HP Data Protector
Vendors
1 320 (26.49%) Juniper
2 224 (18.54%) Palo Alto
3 170 (14.07%) Fortinet
4 164 (13.58%) F5
5 158 (13.08%) Microsoft
6 146 (12.09%) VMware
7 145 (12.00%) CheckPoint
8 75 (6.21%) Meraki
9 71 (5.88%) Citrix
10 67 (5.55%) HP
11 64 (5.30%) SolarWinds
12 60 (4.97%) Aruba
12 60 (4.97%) Nokia
13 57 (4.72%) Dell
14 55 (4.55%) Arista
14 55 (4.55%) EMC
15 38 (3.15%) IBM
16 35 (2.90%) Avaya
16 35 (2.90%) Oracle
17 34 (2.81%) Veeam