Cisco Contracts in Berkshire

Cisco
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring knowledge or experience of Cisco products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cisco over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 28 42
Rank change year-on-year -12 +14 -1
Contract jobs citing Cisco 54 120 84
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 4.60% 6.05% 4.64%
As % of the Vendors category 8.77% 12.36% 9.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 63 40
10th Percentile £300 £335 £275
25th Percentile £429 £409 £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £513 £450
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% +13.89% +5.88%
75th Percentile £500 £608 £518
90th Percentile £555 - £575
South East median daily rate £500 £488 £450
% change year-on-year +2.56% +8.33% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 6
10th Percentile - £21.38 £22.75
25th Percentile £18.50 £24.31 £28.44
Median hourly rate £19.00 £49.25 £56.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.42% -12.06% +115.38%
75th Percentile £19.50 £75.24 £80.25
90th Percentile - £76.12 £80.63
South East median hourly rate £19.00 £30.00 £62.00
% change year-on-year -36.67% -51.61% +169.83%

All Vendors
Berkshire

Cisco falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 616 971 930
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 52.51% 48.94% 51.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 384 559 595
10th Percentile £350 £211 £350
25th Percentile £450 £359 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% -6.82% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £608 £644
90th Percentile £700 £688 £721
South East median daily rate £514 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.80% - +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 46 36
10th Percentile £18.92 £17.30 £19.00
25th Percentile £25.75 £51.66 £31.31
Median hourly rate £42.78 £58.30 £60.88
Median % change year-on-year -26.63% -4.23% +21.75%
75th Percentile £65.62 £61.60 £71.25
90th Percentile £84.09 £64.15 £80.25
South East median hourly rate £24.66 £48.75 £45.00
% change year-on-year -49.42% +8.33% +130.53%

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

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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 1 May 2025.

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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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 1 May 2025. 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 -4 19 £450 -12.20% 18
Slough - 18 £450 - 9
Wokingham - 3 £550 - 3
Maidenhead -1 1 - - 6
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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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.70%) Appian
2 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 4 (7.41%) Azure
2 3 (5.56%) AWS
3 2 (3.70%) GitHub
3 2 (3.70%) OpenShift
4 1 (1.85%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (1.85%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.85%) GCP
4 1 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.85%) PaaS
4 1 (1.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (44.44%) VPN
2 23 (42.59%) WAN
3 21 (38.89%) LAN
3 21 (38.89%) MPLS
4 19 (35.19%) Ethernet
5 18 (33.33%) SAN
6 17 (31.48%) Wireshark
7 16 (29.63%) ATM
7 16 (29.63%) Frame Relay
7 16 (29.63%) GPRS
7 16 (29.63%) GSM
7 16 (29.63%) LTE
7 16 (29.63%) SDH
7 16 (29.63%) UMTS
8 14 (25.93%) Firewall
9 12 (22.22%) BGP
10 11 (20.37%) Network Security
11 9 (16.67%) OSPF
12 7 (12.96%) TCP/IP
12 7 (12.96%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.85%) MongoDB
1 1 (1.85%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (5.56%) GitLab
2 1 (1.85%) JIRA
2 1 (1.85%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 30 (55.56%) Telecoms
2 26 (48.15%) Social Skills
3 4 (7.41%) Public Sector
4 2 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (3.70%) Finance
4 2 (3.70%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.85%) Electronics
5 1 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.85%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 17 (31.48%) Network Engineer
2 16 (29.63%) IP Engineer
2 16 (29.63%) Test Engineer
3 8 (14.81%) Architect
4 6 (11.11%) IP Network Engineer
5 4 (7.41%) Consultant
6 3 (5.56%) Network Architect
6 3 (5.56%) Network Consultant
6 3 (5.56%) Senior
6 3 (5.56%) Wireless Engineer
7 2 (3.70%) Cisco Engineer
7 2 (3.70%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 2 (3.70%) IP Consultant
7 2 (3.70%) IP Network Consultant
7 2 (3.70%) Lead
7 2 (3.70%) Network Security Engineer
7 2 (3.70%) Product Architect
7 2 (3.70%) Product Owner
7 2 (3.70%) Security Engineer
7 2 (3.70%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.41%) 802.1X
2 3 (5.56%) RFC 2544
2 3 (5.56%) YAML
3 2 (3.70%) JSON
3 2 (3.70%) NETCONF
3 2 (3.70%) RESTCONF
4 1 (1.85%) Jinja
4 1 (1.85%) REST
4 1 (1.85%) SOAP
4 1 (1.85%) XML
4 1 (1.85%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 16 (29.63%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (12.96%) Data Centre
3 4 (7.41%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (5.56%) Onboarding
5 2 (3.70%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.85%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.85%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.85%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.85%) IoT
6 1 (1.85%) Private Cloud
6 1 (1.85%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.85%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (1.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 18 (33.33%) Linux
2 17 (31.48%) Unix
3 1 (1.85%) CentOS
3 1 (1.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (31.48%) Problem-Solving
1 17 (31.48%) Regression Testing
2 16 (29.63%) Fault Management
2 16 (29.63%) Project Management
2 16 (29.63%) Test Strategy
3 8 (14.81%) Network Design
4 6 (11.11%) CI/CD
4 6 (11.11%) Network Architecture
5 5 (9.26%) Security Operations
5 5 (9.26%) SIEM
5 5 (9.26%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (7.41%) Data Protection
6 4 (7.41%) Proactive Monitoring
6 4 (7.41%) Security Monitoring
6 4 (7.41%) Use Case
7 3 (5.56%) Data Collection
7 3 (5.56%) Infrastructure Automation
7 3 (5.56%) Project Delivery
7 3 (5.56%) Roadmaps
7 3 (5.56%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (29.63%) Java
2 8 (14.81%) Python
3 1 (1.85%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.85%) SQL
3 1 (1.85%) VB
Qualifications
1 27 (50.00%) CCNP
1 27 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (29.63%) ISEB
2 16 (29.63%) ISTQB
2 16 (29.63%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 11 (20.37%) Security Cleared
4 9 (16.67%) SC Cleared
5 5 (9.26%) Degree
6 4 (7.41%) CCSA
6 4 (7.41%) CCSE
6 4 (7.41%) Check Point Certification
7 3 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (3.70%) CCDP
8 2 (3.70%) CCIE
8 2 (3.70%) CCNA
8 2 (3.70%) JNCIP
9 1 (1.85%) BC Cleared
9 1 (1.85%) CCDA
9 1 (1.85%) CCIP
9 1 (1.85%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.56%) QA
2 2 (3.70%) NIST
3 1 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (3.70%) Ceph
1 2 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.85%) Docker
2 1 (1.85%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 7 (12.96%) Ansible
2 2 (3.70%) Argo
2 2 (3.70%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.85%) CASB
3 1 (1.85%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.85%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 23 (42.59%) Juniper
2 19 (35.19%) Microsoft
3 6 (11.11%) Palo Alto
4 5 (9.26%) Aruba
4 5 (9.26%) CheckPoint
4 5 (9.26%) Meraki
5 3 (5.56%) AirMagnet
5 3 (5.56%) Dell
5 3 (5.56%) Ekahau
5 3 (5.56%) Extreme Networks
5 3 (5.56%) HP
5 3 (5.56%) Rakuten
6 2 (3.70%) Blue Prism
6 2 (3.70%) F5
6 2 (3.70%) Google
6 2 (3.70%) Nokia
6 2 (3.70%) Red Hat
6 2 (3.70%) VMware
7 1 (1.85%) Blue Coat
7 1 (1.85%) Fortinet