Cisco Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Cisco
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Buckinghamshire 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 24 December 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
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 18 17
Rank change year-on-year -25 -1 +38
Contract jobs citing Cisco 7 41 44
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 1.59% 11.02% 8.04%
As % of the Vendors category 3.54% 20.00% 14.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 29 28
10th Percentile - £440 £210
25th Percentile - £490 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £520 £588
Median % change year-on-year -51.92% -11.49% +6.82%
75th Percentile - £599 £825
90th Percentile - £630 £911
South East median daily rate £500 £501 £450
% change year-on-year -0.25% +11.39% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 8
10th Percentile - - £23.89
25th Percentile - - £24.00
Median hourly rate - - £27.00
75th Percentile - - £30.00
90th Percentile - - £42.00
South East median hourly rate £83.32 £19.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year +338.50% -36.67% +13.21%

All Vendors
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 198 205 299
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 45.10% 55.11% 54.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 161 236
10th Percentile £253 £238 £225
25th Percentile £375 £380 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -1.00% -
75th Percentile £562 £554 £616
90th Percentile £639 £650 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £514 £510
% change year-on-year -2.68% +0.74% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 2 14
10th Percentile £18.00 £14.60 £13.29
25th Percentile £23.81 £18.50 £16.31
Median hourly rate £29.61 £25.00 £23.88
Median % change year-on-year +18.44% +4.71% +54.03%
75th Percentile - £31.50 £28.50
90th Percentile - £35.40 £30.00
South East median hourly rate £22.00 £38.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -42.11% -30.91% +110.61%

Cisco
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cisco relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire.

Cisco job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

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Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Cisco.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Cisco

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Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Cisco.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Cisco

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Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 24 December 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
Milton Keynes -24 5 £250 -54.13% 7
Newport Pagnell - 2 - -
Cisco
South East

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (85.71%) Firewall
2 4 (57.14%) Cisco IOS
3 2 (28.57%) BGP
3 2 (28.57%) EIGRP
3 2 (28.57%) MPLS
3 2 (28.57%) OSPF
3 2 (28.57%) SD-WAN
3 2 (28.57%) VPN
3 2 (28.57%) WAN
General
1 4 (57.14%) Games
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Platform Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Network Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco Network Architect
3 1 (14.29%) IT Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) IT Support
3 1 (14.29%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Video Conferencing
1 1 (14.29%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Mac OS
1 5 (71.43%) Windows
2 4 (57.14%) Android
3 1 (14.29%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) E-Commerce
2 2 (28.57%) Architectural Design
2 2 (28.57%) Design Patterns
2 2 (28.57%) Impact Assessments
2 2 (28.57%) Integration Patterns
2 2 (28.57%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (28.57%) Zero Trust
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) DV Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (57.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (57.14%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Meraki
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
1 4 (57.14%) Splunk
2 2 (28.57%) Zscaler
3 1 (14.29%) Apple
3 1 (14.29%) HP
3 1 (14.29%) Planview
3 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow