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 26 July 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
26 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 30 39
Rank change year-on-year 0 +9 +3
Contract jobs citing Cisco 75 103 94
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 6.19% 5.68% 5.14%
As % of the Vendors category 10.81% 11.33% 9.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 42 43
10th Percentile £293 £350 £263
25th Percentile £450 £478 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £584 £425
Median % change year-on-year -17.01% +37.41% -15.00%
75th Percentile £575 £608 £572
90th Percentile £588 £646 £600
South East median daily rate £550 £500 £450
% change year-on-year +10.00% +11.11% +1.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 6
10th Percentile - £34.47 £18.50
25th Percentile - £58.44 £20.00
Median hourly rate - £73.50 £49.25
Median % change year-on-year - +49.23% +89.42%
75th Percentile - £75.68 £79.00
90th Percentile - £76.47 £80.25
South East median hourly rate £89.63 £47.95 £62.00
% change year-on-year +86.93% -22.67% +22.12%

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 694 909 966
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 57.31% 50.14% 52.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 420 487 597
10th Percentile £350 £281 £313
25th Percentile £450 £449 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £570 £530
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% +7.55% +6.00%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £638
90th Percentile £675 £738 £721
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 43 35
10th Percentile £14.57 £14.50 £17.50
25th Percentile £14.75 £18.63 £24.75
Median hourly rate £20.75 £58.30 £58.75
Median % change year-on-year -64.41% -0.77% +38.24%
75th Percentile £38.42 £61.60 £66.33
90th Percentile £56.50 £68.20 £74.08
South East median hourly rate £19.91 £55.80 £45.00
% change year-on-year -64.32% +24.00% +127.85%

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

Cisco
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 26 July 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 26 July 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
Bracknell +5 21 £575 +12.20% 23
Reading -5 21 £450 -24.37% 14
Slough - 12 £450 - 2
Wokingham -7 2 £483 -17.24% 1
Maidenhead - 1 - - 9
Cisco
South East

Cisco
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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (6.67%) AWS
2 2 (2.67%) Azure
2 2 (2.67%) GitHub
2 2 (2.67%) OpenShift
3 1 (1.33%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 30 (40.00%) Firewall
2 20 (26.67%) VPN
3 17 (22.67%) WAN
4 16 (21.33%) BGP
5 15 (20.00%) SAN
6 14 (18.67%) LAN
6 14 (18.67%) MPLS
7 13 (17.33%) Ethernet
7 13 (17.33%) Network Security
7 13 (17.33%) OSPF
8 12 (16.00%) Wireshark
9 11 (14.67%) ATM
9 11 (14.67%) Frame Relay
9 11 (14.67%) GPRS
9 11 (14.67%) GSM
9 11 (14.67%) LTE
9 11 (14.67%) SDH
9 11 (14.67%) UMTS
9 11 (14.67%) VLAN
10 7 (9.33%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.33%) MongoDB
1 1 (1.33%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (4.00%) GitLab
2 1 (1.33%) JIRA
2 1 (1.33%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 34 (45.33%) Social Skills
2 24 (32.00%) Telecoms
3 5 (6.67%) Public Sector
4 2 (2.67%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 26 (34.67%) Network Engineer
2 17 (22.67%) Test Engineer
3 12 (16.00%) Architect
4 10 (13.33%) IP Engineer
4 10 (13.33%) Network Architect
5 9 (12.00%) Cisco Engineer
6 7 (9.33%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 7 (9.33%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 6 (8.00%) Consultant
7 6 (8.00%) Juniper Engineer
8 5 (6.67%) IP Network Engineer
8 5 (6.67%) Senior
9 4 (5.33%) Cisco Architect
9 4 (5.33%) Cisco Network Architect
10 3 (4.00%) Analyst
10 3 (4.00%) Network Analyst
10 3 (4.00%) Network Consultant
10 3 (4.00%) Security Consultant
10 3 (4.00%) Test Analyst
10 3 (4.00%) Wireless Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (14.67%) RFC 2544
2 4 (5.33%) 802.1X
3 3 (4.00%) YAML
4 2 (2.67%) JSON
4 2 (2.67%) NETCONF
4 2 (2.67%) RESTCONF
5 1 (1.33%) Jinja
5 1 (1.33%) REST
5 1 (1.33%) SOAP
5 1 (1.33%) XML
5 1 (1.33%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 13 (17.33%) Data Centre
2 11 (14.67%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (13.33%) Onboarding
4 8 (10.67%) Fibre Optics
5 6 (8.00%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.33%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.33%) FlexPod
6 1 (1.33%) Life Science
6 1 (1.33%) Private Cloud
6 1 (1.33%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.33%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 12 (16.00%) Linux
1 12 (16.00%) Unix
2 1 (1.33%) CentOS
2 1 (1.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (18.67%) Network Design
2 13 (17.33%) Collaborative Working
2 13 (17.33%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (14.67%) Fault Management
3 11 (14.67%) Project Management
3 11 (14.67%) Regression Testing
3 11 (14.67%) Test Strategy
4 10 (13.33%) Migration
4 10 (13.33%) Test Scripting
5 8 (10.67%) Defect Management
5 8 (10.67%) Project Delivery
6 7 (9.33%) Data Protection
6 7 (9.33%) Security Operations
6 7 (9.33%) Service Management
6 7 (9.33%) SIEM
7 6 (8.00%) Case Management
7 6 (8.00%) Proactive Monitoring
7 6 (8.00%) Security Monitoring
8 5 (6.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 5 (6.67%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 11 (14.67%) Java
2 9 (12.00%) Python
3 1 (1.33%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 33 (44.00%) Security Cleared
2 28 (37.33%) Cisco Certification
3 27 (36.00%) CCNP
4 21 (28.00%) SC Cleared
5 12 (16.00%) DV Cleared
6 11 (14.67%) ISEB
6 11 (14.67%) ISTQB
6 11 (14.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 6 (8.00%) CCNA
7 6 (8.00%) CCSA
7 6 (8.00%) CCSE
7 6 (8.00%) Check Point Certification
8 3 (4.00%) CCDA
8 3 (4.00%) CCDP
8 3 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (4.00%) Degree
8 3 (4.00%) JNCIA
9 2 (2.67%) CCIE
9 2 (2.67%) JNCIP
10 1 (1.33%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.67%) QA
2 1 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.33%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (5.33%) Ceph
2 1 (1.33%) Docker
2 1 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (10.67%) Ansible
2 2 (2.67%) Argo
2 2 (2.67%) HP ALM
3 1 (1.33%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (1.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 30 (40.00%) Juniper
2 17 (22.67%) Microsoft
3 7 (9.33%) CheckPoint
3 7 (9.33%) Palo Alto
4 6 (8.00%) Meraki
5 5 (6.67%) Aruba
6 4 (5.33%) Dell
6 4 (5.33%) Splunk
7 3 (4.00%) AirMagnet
7 3 (4.00%) Broadcom
7 3 (4.00%) CrowdStrike
7 3 (4.00%) CyberArk
7 3 (4.00%) Ekahau
7 3 (4.00%) Extreme Networks
7 3 (4.00%) HP
7 3 (4.00%) Symantec
8 2 (2.67%) F5
8 2 (2.67%) Fortinet
8 2 (2.67%) Red Hat
8 2 (2.67%) VMware