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 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 49 31 59
Rank change year-on-year -18 +28 +1
Contract jobs citing Cisco 99 188 172
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 3.61% 5.44% 3.39%
As % of the Vendors category 8.26% 10.74% 7.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 121 107
10th Percentile £203 - £179
25th Percentile £300 £313 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £313
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% +36.00% -19.35%
75th Percentile £600 £563 £450
90th Percentile £756 £690 £515
England median daily rate £493 £475 £425
% change year-on-year +3.68% +11.76% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 5
10th Percentile - - £14.40
25th Percentile £13.25 £12.50 £15.75
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 £21.20
England median hourly rate £27.50 £59.80 £23.91
% change year-on-year -54.01% +150.10% +16.63%

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 1,198 1,750 2,156
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 43.67% 50.59% 42.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 749 1,169 1,487
10th Percentile £213 £208 £185
25th Percentile £350 £350 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.47% +5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £550
90th Percentile £700 £675 £650
England median daily rate £518 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -3.63% +2.38% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 58 91
10th Percentile £10.92 £13.13 £9.59
25th Percentile £12.75 £15.25 £12.44
Median hourly rate £15.61 £20.20 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.75% +18.82% +9.68%
75th Percentile £26.50 £37.69 £22.00
90th Percentile £47.42 £65.30 £29.38
England median hourly rate £22.50 £39.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -42.31% +85.71% -4.55%

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 25 April 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 25 April 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 +1 74 £463 +8.94% 35
East Midlands -18 24 £539 +17.12% 14
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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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.01%) nginx
Applications
1 5 (5.05%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (5.05%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (5.05%) MS Visio
2 2 (2.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.01%) CA PPM
1 1 (1.01%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
1 1 (1.01%) RMDS
1 1 (1.01%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 7 (7.07%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (6.06%) Azure
3 3 (3.03%) AWS
4 2 (2.02%) OneDrive
4 2 (2.02%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 56 (56.57%) WAN
2 41 (41.41%) LAN
3 32 (32.32%) Firewall
4 24 (24.24%) VPN
5 23 (23.23%) SD-WAN
6 22 (22.22%) MPLS
7 20 (20.20%) Cisco Nexus
8 17 (17.17%) DNS
9 14 (14.14%) Wi-Fi
10 13 (13.13%) DHCP
10 13 (13.13%) SAN
11 12 (12.12%) Cisco IOS
12 11 (11.11%) Ethernet
12 11 (11.11%) VoIP
12 11 (11.11%) Wireless
13 10 (10.10%) Internet
13 10 (10.10%) WLAN
14 9 (9.09%) PBX
15 8 (8.08%) Fibre Channel
15 8 (8.08%) Junos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.01%) MySQL
1 1 (1.01%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (5.05%) JIRA
2 3 (3.03%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (1.01%) Rational DOORS
General
1 21 (21.21%) Social Skills
2 19 (19.19%) Telecoms
3 10 (10.10%) Public Sector
4 8 (8.08%) Finance
5 2 (2.02%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.02%) Legal
6 1 (1.01%) Aeronautics
6 1 (1.01%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.01%) Automotive
6 1 (1.01%) Banking
6 1 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.01%) Investment Banking
6 1 (1.01%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 40 (40.40%) Network Engineer
2 22 (22.22%) Architect
3 15 (15.15%) Network Architect
3 15 (15.15%) Support Engineer
4 9 (9.09%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 8 (8.08%) 2nd Line Support
5 8 (8.08%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 8 (8.08%) WAN Engineer
6 7 (7.07%) Network Support
6 7 (7.07%) Network Support Engineer
7 5 (5.05%) Enterprise Architect
7 5 (5.05%) Lead
7 5 (5.05%) Storage Engineer
8 3 (3.03%) Active Directory Engineer
8 3 (3.03%) Backup Engineer
8 3 (3.03%) Firewall Engineer
8 3 (3.03%) Printer Engineer
8 3 (3.03%) Printer Support
8 3 (3.03%) Windows Engineer
8 3 (3.03%) Windows Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (9.09%) Web Services
2 1 (1.01%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.01%) EDI
2 1 (1.01%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 27 (27.27%) Data Centre
2 6 (6.06%) HP Storage
3 4 (4.04%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (4.04%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (1.01%) CCTV
4 1 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.01%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.01%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.01%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 22 (22.22%) Windows
2 15 (15.15%) Linux
3 8 (8.08%) AIX
3 8 (8.08%) Solaris
4 6 (6.06%) Windows 10
4 6 (6.06%) Windows Server
5 5 (5.05%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (3.03%) Mac OS
7 2 (2.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (2.02%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (1.01%) Android
8 1 (1.01%) Ubuntu
8 1 (1.01%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (1.01%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (20.20%) ITIL
2 18 (18.18%) Project Delivery
3 12 (12.12%) Network Architecture
4 11 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 10 (10.10%) Analytics
5 10 (10.10%) Architectural Design
6 9 (9.09%) Agile
6 9 (9.09%) Data Analytics
6 9 (9.09%) Mentoring
6 9 (9.09%) Performance Management
6 9 (9.09%) Programme Management
6 9 (9.09%) SOA
6 9 (9.09%) Storage Management
6 9 (9.09%) Technical Leadership
7 8 (8.08%) Customer Requirements
7 8 (8.08%) Network Design
8 7 (7.07%) Change Management
8 7 (7.07%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (7.07%) Technical Architecture
9 6 (6.06%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.06%) SQL
2 5 (5.05%) PowerShell
3 4 (4.04%) Bash
Qualifications
1 42 (42.42%) Cisco Certification
2 37 (37.37%) Security Cleared
3 26 (26.26%) CCNA
4 21 (21.21%) CCNP
5 18 (18.18%) SC Cleared
6 9 (9.09%) CCIE
6 9 (9.09%) CCIE Data Center
7 7 (7.07%) Degree
8 5 (5.05%) DV Cleared
9 4 (4.04%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (3.03%) BC Cleared
10 3 (3.03%) JNCIS
11 2 (2.02%) MCSE
11 2 (2.02%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (1.01%) Azure Certification
12 1 (1.01%) JNCIA
12 1 (1.01%) Network+ Certification
12 1 (1.01%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (9.09%) SLA
2 5 (5.05%) ISO 9000
3 4 (4.04%) QA
4 1 (1.01%) PMO
System Software
1 6 (6.06%) Active Directory
1 6 (6.06%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (5.05%) Hyper-V
3 2 (2.02%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.01%) BitLocker
4 1 (1.01%) Docker
4 1 (1.01%) VMware NSX
4 1 (1.01%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (8.08%) EMC NetWorker
1 8 (8.08%) FortiGate
2 6 (6.06%) HP Data Protector
2 6 (6.06%) NetBackup
3 5 (5.05%) OpenView
4 4 (4.04%) SCCM
5 3 (3.03%) Ansible
5 3 (3.03%) Autotask
5 3 (3.03%) Terraform
6 1 (1.01%) Kubernetes
6 1 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (1.01%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 26 (26.26%) Juniper
2 12 (12.12%) F5
3 11 (11.11%) Symantec
4 10 (10.10%) CheckPoint
4 10 (10.10%) Palo Alto
5 9 (9.09%) Brocade
6 8 (8.08%) EMC
6 8 (8.08%) Fortinet
6 8 (8.08%) VMware
7 7 (7.07%) Aruba
7 7 (7.07%) HP
7 7 (7.07%) Microsoft
8 5 (5.05%) Infoblox
8 5 (5.05%) Oracle
8 5 (5.05%) ServiceNow
8 5 (5.05%) Zscaler
9 3 (3.03%) Fujitsu
9 3 (3.03%) Openreach
9 3 (3.03%) Remedy
9 3 (3.03%) SolarWinds