Cisco Contracts in the UK excluding London

Cisco
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 45 45 62
Rank change year-on-year 0 +17 -3
Contract jobs citing Cisco 779 1,092 1,131
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.83% 4.75% 3.72%
As % of the Vendors category 8.99% 10.67% 9.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 464 710 711
10th Percentile £242 £240 £193
25th Percentile £355 £332 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year +3.11% +5.88% +13.33%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £515
90th Percentile £675 £638 £600
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 55 75
10th Percentile £13.29 £12.80 £13.25
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.65 £16.49
Median hourly rate £25.00 £47.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.37% +115.91% +10.00%
75th Percentile £46.39 £65.74 £51.11
90th Percentile £76.99 £80.25 £64.72
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £50.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -45.00% +109.12% +19.55%

All Vendors
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 8,662 10,238 12,243
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 42.62% 44.56% 40.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,214 7,022 8,280
10th Percentile £208 £205 £187
25th Percentile £363 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £465
Median % change year-on-year - +7.53% +8.14%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 965 456 641
10th Percentile £11.88 £14.25 £10.77
25th Percentile £14.16 £17.50 £14.00
Median hourly rate £21.46 £34.00 £18.70
Median % change year-on-year -36.88% +81.82% +1.08%
75th Percentile £58.70 £60.84 £36.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £57.38
UK median hourly rate £21.50 £40.59 £21.50
% change year-on-year -47.03% +88.79% -2.27%

Cisco
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Cisco as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco in the UK excluding London

Cisco
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cisco in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Cisco in the UK excluding London

Cisco
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for Cisco in the UK excluding London

Cisco
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cisco in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Cisco in the UK excluding London

Cisco
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate histogram for Cisco in the UK excluding London

Cisco
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco within the UK excluding London 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
South East +11 355 £500 +11.11% 89
North of England +4 133 £437 +2.79% 76
South West -22 99 £525 +5.00% 51
Midlands -10 93 £457 +14.13% 49
North West 0 87 £475 +11.76% 39
West Midlands -2 66 £450 +12.50% 25
East of England -17 50 £370 +5.71% 34
Scotland +2 48 £330 -30.53% 39
Yorkshire -9 36 £458 -1.08% 30
East Midlands -14 27 £538 +16.22% 24
North East +22 10 £375 -6.25% 8
Wales -19 10 £241 -52.93% 10
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UK

Cisco
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 17 (2.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (1.28%) Confluence
2 10 (1.28%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.51%) Skype for Business
4 3 (0.39%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (0.39%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (0.26%) Apache
5 2 (0.26%) IBM Domino
5 2 (0.26%) nginx
Applications
1 52 (6.68%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.77%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (0.39%) Shopify
2 1 (0.13%) CA PPM
2 1 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.13%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
2 1 (0.13%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 64 (8.22%) Azure
2 57 (7.32%) Microsoft 365
3 44 (5.65%) AWS
4 15 (1.93%) OCI
4 15 (1.93%) PaaS
4 15 (1.93%) SaaS
5 9 (1.16%) Entra ID
6 8 (1.03%) GitHub
7 7 (0.90%) GCP
7 7 (0.90%) OneDrive
8 6 (0.77%) Cloud Computing
9 5 (0.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 4 (0.51%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 4 (0.51%) Nutanix
10 4 (0.51%) Route 53
11 3 (0.39%) BigCommerce
11 3 (0.39%) IaaS
12 2 (0.26%) Datadog
12 2 (0.26%) Fastly
12 2 (0.26%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 317 (40.69%) Firewall
2 229 (29.40%) WAN
3 161 (20.67%) LAN
4 137 (17.59%) VPN
5 106 (13.61%) BGP
6 89 (11.42%) Cisco ASA
6 89 (11.42%) Cisco Nexus
6 89 (11.42%) Wi-Fi
7 83 (10.65%) Network Security
8 79 (10.14%) DNS
9 76 (9.76%) MPLS
10 74 (9.50%) SD-WAN
11 73 (9.37%) Cisco ISE
12 68 (8.73%) Cisco Firepower
13 66 (8.47%) OSPF
14 59 (7.57%) DHCP
15 58 (7.45%) Wireless
16 51 (6.55%) DMZ
16 51 (6.55%) EIGRP
17 50 (6.42%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (0.77%) SQL Server
2 4 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (0.39%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.26%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 21 (2.70%) JIRA
2 20 (2.57%) Rational DOORS
3 9 (1.16%) Sonatype Nexus
4 4 (0.51%) Bitbucket
4 4 (0.51%) Hudson
5 2 (0.26%) Git
General
1 133 (17.07%) Social Skills
2 105 (13.48%) Finance
3 72 (9.24%) Public Sector
4 70 (8.99%) Telecoms
5 47 (6.03%) Banking
6 46 (5.91%) Analytical Skills
7 25 (3.21%) Manufacturing
8 14 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
9 13 (1.67%) Investment Banking
9 13 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
10 12 (1.54%) Aerospace
10 12 (1.54%) Legal
11 9 (1.16%) Marketing
12 7 (0.90%) Aeronautics
12 7 (0.90%) Digital Economy
12 7 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (0.90%) Military
13 5 (0.64%) Billing
13 5 (0.64%) Electronics
13 5 (0.64%) Retail
Job Titles
1 391 (50.19%) Network Engineer
2 140 (17.97%) Architect
3 95 (12.20%) Network Architect
4 82 (10.53%) Senior
5 64 (8.22%) Senior Network Engineer
6 63 (8.09%) Cisco Engineer
7 53 (6.80%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 52 (6.68%) Support Engineer
9 49 (6.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 30 (3.85%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
11 29 (3.72%) Solutions Architect
12 27 (3.47%) Storage Engineer
13 23 (2.95%) Analyst
13 23 (2.95%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
14 22 (2.82%) Network Specialist
14 22 (2.82%) Network Support
15 20 (2.57%) Network Support Engineer
16 19 (2.44%) 2nd Line Engineer
17 18 (2.31%) Juniper Engineer
17 18 (2.31%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (1.54%) Jinja
2 9 (1.16%) Web Services
3 8 (1.03%) 802.1X
4 5 (0.64%) Django
4 5 (0.64%) Flash
5 3 (0.39%) EDI
5 3 (0.39%) JSON
5 3 (0.39%) REST
5 3 (0.39%) RESTful
5 3 (0.39%) VML
5 3 (0.39%) XMPP
5 3 (0.39%) YANG
6 2 (0.26%) .NET
6 2 (0.26%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.26%) HornetQ
6 2 (0.26%) ModSecurity
6 2 (0.26%) RabbitMQ
6 2 (0.26%) VCL
7 1 (0.13%) CSS
7 1 (0.13%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 124 (15.92%) Data Centre
2 21 (2.70%) Video Conferencing
3 19 (2.44%) Driving Licence
4 18 (2.31%) Data Protection Act
5 15 (1.93%) Operational Technology
6 13 (1.67%) Blackberry
7 12 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (1.28%) Replication
9 9 (1.16%) Security Posture
9 9 (1.16%) Video Editing
10 8 (1.03%) Public Cloud
11 6 (0.77%) Clustering
11 6 (0.77%) HP Storage
11 6 (0.77%) Management Information System
12 5 (0.64%) Linux Command Line
12 5 (0.64%) PKI
12 5 (0.64%) Private Cloud
13 4 (0.51%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 4 (0.51%) Enterprise Software
13 4 (0.51%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 121 (15.53%) Windows
2 62 (7.96%) Linux
3 53 (6.80%) Windows 10
4 47 (6.03%) Windows Server
5 24 (3.08%) Windows Server 2012
6 23 (2.95%) Windows Server 2016
7 18 (2.31%) Windows Server 2019
8 16 (2.05%) Windows 7
9 14 (1.80%) Windows XP
10 12 (1.54%) AIX
11 11 (1.41%) Solaris
12 10 (1.28%) Android
13 9 (1.16%) Mac OS
14 4 (0.51%) Unix
15 3 (0.39%) Mac OS X
15 3 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 2 (0.26%) Data ONTAP
16 2 (0.26%) Debian
16 2 (0.26%) VMS
17 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (15.53%) ITIL
2 111 (14.25%) Network Design
3 93 (11.94%) Problem-Solving
4 75 (9.63%) Customer Requirements
5 73 (9.37%) Migration
6 57 (7.32%) Network Management
7 56 (7.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 55 (7.06%) Project Delivery
9 46 (5.91%) Project Management
10 40 (5.13%) Customer Service
11 39 (5.01%) Break/Fix
11 39 (5.01%) ITSM
12 38 (4.88%) Agile
13 37 (4.75%) Decision-Making
14 36 (4.62%) Change Management
15 35 (4.49%) Technical Leadership
15 35 (4.49%) TOGAF
16 33 (4.24%) High Availability
17 30 (3.85%) Data Protection
18 29 (3.72%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 39 (5.01%) Python
2 26 (3.34%) PowerShell
3 15 (1.93%) Bash
4 12 (1.54%) Perl
4 12 (1.54%) Tcl
5 11 (1.41%) SQL
6 4 (0.51%) Java
7 3 (0.39%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.39%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.26%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.13%) C
Qualifications
1 343 (44.03%) Security Cleared
2 254 (32.61%) Cisco Certification
3 168 (21.57%) SC Cleared
4 164 (21.05%) CCNP
5 145 (18.61%) CCNA
6 111 (14.25%) DV Cleared
7 68 (8.73%) Degree
8 33 (4.24%) CCIE
9 25 (3.21%) JNCIA
10 14 (1.80%) JNCIS
11 13 (1.67%) A+ Certification
11 13 (1.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 12 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
12 12 (1.54%) CISSP
12 12 (1.54%) TOGAF Certification
13 11 (1.41%) HND
14 9 (1.16%) CCIE Data Center
14 9 (1.16%) CCSA
14 9 (1.16%) CISM
14 9 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (4.36%) SLA
2 13 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (1.28%) ISO 9000
4 7 (0.90%) QA
5 6 (0.77%) PMO
6 3 (0.39%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.26%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.26%) GDPR
7 2 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.13%) NCSC
8 1 (0.13%) NEBOSH
8 1 (0.13%) NIST
System Software
1 73 (9.37%) VMware Infrastructure
2 64 (8.22%) Active Directory
3 34 (4.36%) VMware ESXi
4 31 (3.98%) Hyper-V
5 30 (3.85%) VMware NSX
6 25 (3.21%) Firmware
7 12 (1.54%) vSphere
8 4 (0.51%) ProxySG
8 4 (0.51%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.39%) Docker
9 3 (0.39%) SRDF
9 3 (0.39%) XenApp
10 2 (0.26%) KVM
10 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (0.26%) Varnish
10 2 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
11 1 (0.13%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.13%) NFS
11 1 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 50 (6.42%) FortiGate
2 48 (6.16%) SCCM
3 34 (4.36%) Ansible
3 34 (4.36%) vCenter Server
4 31 (3.98%) Endace
5 22 (2.82%) EMC NetWorker
5 22 (2.82%) NetBackup
6 19 (2.44%) SCOM
6 19 (2.44%) Terraform
7 17 (2.18%) WSUS
8 14 (1.80%) Microsoft Intune
8 14 (1.80%) Nessus
9 7 (0.90%) AirWatch
9 7 (0.90%) OpenView
10 6 (0.77%) HP Data Protector
11 5 (0.64%) Kubernetes
12 4 (0.51%) Autotask
12 4 (0.51%) Nagios
13 3 (0.39%) AppManager
13 3 (0.39%) Netcool
Vendors
1 259 (33.25%) Juniper
2 128 (16.43%) Palo Alto
3 113 (14.51%) Fortinet
4 109 (13.99%) Microsoft
5 101 (12.97%) VMware
6 98 (12.58%) CheckPoint
7 95 (12.20%) F5
8 50 (6.42%) Meraki
9 44 (5.65%) SolarWinds
10 41 (5.26%) Citrix
10 41 (5.26%) Dell
10 41 (5.26%) HP
11 38 (4.88%) Aruba
12 31 (3.98%) Nokia
13 29 (3.72%) Brocade
13 29 (3.72%) Veeam
14 26 (3.34%) Symantec
15 25 (3.21%) Arista
15 25 (3.21%) EMC
16 24 (3.08%) IBM