Cisco Contracts in the Thames Valley

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South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 7 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 44 46
Rank change year-on-year +15 +2 -5
Contract jobs citing Cisco 153 125 156
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 5.81% 4.39% 4.48%
As % of the Vendors category 12.15% 9.23% 10.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 70 105
10th Percentile £335 £274 £258
25th Percentile £413 £353 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £463 £450
Median % change year-on-year +10.81% +2.78% +20.00%
75th Percentile £608 £529 £538
90th Percentile £819 £575 £663
South East median daily rate £500 £450 £425
% change year-on-year +11.11% +5.88% +6.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 2
10th Percentile £22.09 £21.90 £25.65
25th Percentile £24.09 £27.00 £25.88
Median hourly rate £27.50 £78.50 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year -64.97% +196.23% +10.42%
75th Percentile £75.24 £80.25 £26.88
90th Percentile £75.77 £80.70 £26.95
South East median hourly rate £30.00 £62.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -51.61% +188.37% +2.38%

All Vendors
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,259 1,355 1,557
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 47.78% 47.59% 44.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 789 931 1,058
10th Percentile £205 £300 £185
25th Percentile £363 £410 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £593
90th Percentile £688 £701 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £485
% change year-on-year - +3.09% +7.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 47 51
10th Percentile £16.13 £18.08 £10.75
25th Percentile £20.17 £23.50 £10.77
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +284.62% -
75th Percentile £61.60 £66.21 £29.75
90th Percentile £63.21 £80.25 £67.50
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £45.00 £19.52
% change year-on-year +5.56% +130.53% -7.05%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Cisco in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for Cisco in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Hourly rate trend for Cisco in the Thames Valley

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cisco in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Cisco in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 7 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
Berkshire +12 118 £513 +13.89% 28
Buckinghamshire +15 27 £625 +25.00% 6
Oxfordshire +12 8 £438 +6.06% 5
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 5 (3.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.96%) Exchange Server 2007
2 3 (1.96%) Exchange Server 2013
3 2 (1.31%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (1.31%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.31%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 22 (14.38%) Azure
2 14 (9.15%) OCI
3 13 (8.50%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (4.58%) AWS
5 3 (1.96%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (1.31%) Google Workspace
6 2 (1.31%) IaaS
6 2 (1.31%) PaaS
6 2 (1.31%) SaaS
7 1 (0.65%) Cloudflare
7 1 (0.65%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.65%) GCP
7 1 (0.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 82 (53.59%) Firewall
2 44 (28.76%) WAN
3 28 (18.30%) LAN
4 26 (16.99%) Cisco ASA
4 26 (16.99%) DMZ
5 22 (14.38%) Cisco Nexus
5 22 (14.38%) DNS
6 20 (13.07%) VPN
7 17 (11.11%) MPLS
8 16 (10.46%) Cisco IOS
8 16 (10.46%) SAN
9 15 (9.80%) Network Security
10 14 (9.15%) BGP
10 14 (9.15%) DHCP
11 13 (8.50%) Cisco ISE
12 11 (7.19%) SD-WAN
13 10 (6.54%) VoIP
14 8 (5.23%) Cisco Firepower
15 7 (4.58%) Wireless
16 6 (3.92%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.31%) MySQL
1 2 (1.31%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.65%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 30 (19.61%) Finance
2 27 (17.65%) Banking
3 25 (16.34%) Social Skills
4 13 (8.50%) Telecoms
5 12 (7.84%) Public Sector
6 9 (5.88%) Investment Banking
6 9 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (3.92%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (3.27%) Marketing
9 4 (2.61%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.96%) Electronics
10 3 (1.96%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.31%) Military
11 2 (1.31%) Retail
Job Titles
1 80 (52.29%) Network Engineer
2 33 (21.57%) Senior
3 31 (20.26%) Senior Network Engineer
4 18 (11.76%) Cisco Engineer
4 18 (11.76%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 16 (10.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 15 (9.80%) Juniper Engineer
7 13 (8.50%) Architect
8 10 (6.54%) Storage Engineer
9 9 (5.88%) Blue Coat Engineer
10 8 (5.23%) Analyst
11 7 (4.58%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 7 (4.58%) Network Analyst
11 7 (4.58%) Network Architect
11 7 (4.58%) Network Operations Engineer
11 7 (4.58%) Network Security Analyst
11 7 (4.58%) Operations Engineer
11 7 (4.58%) Security Analyst
12 6 (3.92%) Audio Visual Technician
12 6 (3.92%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.27%) EDI
2 1 (0.65%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 30 (19.61%) Data Centre
2 10 (6.54%) Data Protection Act
3 7 (4.58%) Video Editing
4 6 (3.92%) Security Posture
4 6 (3.92%) Video Conferencing
5 5 (3.27%) CCTV
6 3 (1.96%) Blackberry
6 3 (1.96%) Operational Technology
6 3 (1.96%) SCADA
6 3 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.65%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (0.65%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.65%) IoT
7 1 (0.65%) Life Science
7 1 (0.65%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 35 (22.88%) Windows
2 23 (15.03%) Linux
3 19 (12.42%) Windows Server
4 17 (11.11%) Windows 10
5 16 (10.46%) Windows Server 2012
5 16 (10.46%) Windows Server 2019
6 14 (9.15%) Windows Server 2016
6 14 (9.15%) Windows XP
7 9 (5.88%) Android
8 5 (3.27%) Mac OS
9 3 (1.96%) Mac OS X
9 3 (1.96%) Windows 7
10 2 (1.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (1.31%) Ubuntu
10 2 (1.31%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (16.99%) Migration
1 26 (16.99%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (15.03%) ITIL
3 19 (12.42%) Proactive Monitoring
3 19 (12.42%) Project Management
4 17 (11.11%) B2B
4 17 (11.11%) Converged Infrastructure
4 17 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 16 (10.46%) High Availability
5 16 (10.46%) Performance Tuning
5 16 (10.46%) Server Management
6 14 (9.15%) Break/Fix
6 14 (9.15%) Disaster Recovery
6 14 (9.15%) Performance Monitoring
6 14 (9.15%) Storage Management
7 12 (7.84%) Change Control
8 10 (6.54%) Data Protection
9 9 (5.88%) Cybersecurity
9 9 (5.88%) Network Design
9 9 (5.88%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 17 (11.11%) PowerShell
2 4 (2.61%) Python
3 2 (1.31%) SQL
4 1 (0.65%) Java
Qualifications
1 66 (43.14%) Cisco Certification
2 59 (38.56%) Security Cleared
3 40 (26.14%) DV Cleared
4 39 (25.49%) CCNP
5 32 (20.92%) CCNA
6 27 (17.65%) SC Cleared
7 21 (13.73%) Degree
8 6 (3.92%) CISM
9 5 (3.27%) Network+ Certification
10 4 (2.61%) JNCIA
10 4 (2.61%) JNCIS
11 2 (1.31%) BC Cleared
11 2 (1.31%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (1.31%) CCDP
11 2 (1.31%) CCIE
12 1 (0.65%) CCIP
12 1 (0.65%) CISSP
12 1 (0.65%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.65%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.27%) ISO 9000
1 5 (3.27%) SLA
2 2 (1.31%) PCI DSS
2 2 (1.31%) QA
System Software
1 21 (13.73%) Active Directory
1 21 (13.73%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (10.46%) VMware ESXi
3 14 (9.15%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.96%) VMware NSX
5 2 (1.31%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 21 (13.73%) SCCM
2 17 (11.11%) SCOM
3 14 (9.15%) EMC NetWorker
3 14 (9.15%) NetBackup
3 14 (9.15%) vCenter Server
3 14 (9.15%) WSUS
4 13 (8.50%) Nessus
5 6 (3.92%) AirWatch
5 6 (3.92%) Endace
6 5 (3.27%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (1.96%) Ansible
7 3 (1.96%) Netcool
7 3 (1.96%) Terraform
8 2 (1.31%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 2 (1.31%) FortiGate
8 2 (1.31%) Network Intrusion Detection System
8 2 (1.31%) PaperCut
8 2 (1.31%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 74 (48.37%) Juniper
2 36 (23.53%) CheckPoint
3 33 (21.57%) Palo Alto
4 26 (16.99%) Microsoft
4 26 (16.99%) VMware
5 22 (14.38%) HP
6 17 (11.11%) Arista
7 16 (10.46%) Veeam
8 15 (9.80%) Dell
9 14 (9.15%) 3PAR
9 14 (9.15%) EMC
9 14 (9.15%) Extreme Networks
9 14 (9.15%) Oracle
9 14 (9.15%) Symantec
10 13 (8.50%) Apple
11 12 (7.84%) Fortinet
11 12 (7.84%) ScienceLogic
12 11 (7.19%) F5
13 9 (5.88%) Blue Coat
14 7 (4.58%) Polycom