Cisco Network Engineer Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Cisco Network Engineer
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Cisco Network Engineer daily rate in Cardiff is £363, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 August 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 29 35
Rank change year-on-year -4 +6 -
Contract jobs requiring a Cisco Network Engineer 6 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 1.74% 0.53% 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.95% 0.55% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £331 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 - -
75th Percentile £394 - -
90th Percentile £459 - -
South Wales median daily rate £363 £425 -
% change year-on-year -14.71% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Cardiff

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cardiff. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Cardiff with a recognized job title 307 182 207
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.99% 97.33% 92.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 211 134 155
10th Percentile £300 £217 £130
25th Percentile £341 £300 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £391 £438
Median % change year-on-year +18.21% -10.57% -
75th Percentile £575 £488 £550
90th Percentile £713 £650 £623
South Wales median daily rate £465 £381 £400
% change year-on-year +21.97% -4.69% -15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 9 12
10th Percentile £12.21 £12.21 -
25th Percentile £12.71 - £15.48
Median hourly rate £19.50 £13.08 £20.08
Median % change year-on-year +49.08% -34.86% -10.76%
75th Percentile £21.00 £17.00 £25.60
90th Percentile £21.33 £20.45 -
South Wales median hourly rate £21.25 £16.00 £25.60
% change year-on-year +32.81% -37.50% +13.78%

Cisco Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Cisco Network Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Cisco Network Engineer job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Cisco Network Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cisco Network Engineer job vacancies in Cardiff.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cisco Network Engineer job vacancies in Cardiff

Cisco Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Cardiff

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco Network Engineer in Cardiff over the 6 months to 25 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco Network Engineer in Cardiff

Cisco Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 25 August 2026, Cisco Network Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cardiff region featuring Cisco Network Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Cisco
2 5 (83.33%) Meraki
2 5 (83.33%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (16.67%) CCNA
3 1 (16.67%) CCNP
3 1 (16.67%) Change Control
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (16.67%) DHCP
3 1 (16.67%) DNS
3 1 (16.67%) Firewall
3 1 (16.67%) Firmware
3 1 (16.67%) High Availability
3 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
3 1 (16.67%) LAN
3 1 (16.67%) Migration
3 1 (16.67%) Network Design
3 1 (16.67%) Performance Testing
3 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
3 1 (16.67%) Validation
3 1 (16.67%) VLAN
3 1 (16.67%) Wireless

Cisco Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (16.67%) DHCP
2 1 (16.67%) DNS
2 1 (16.67%) Firewall
2 1 (16.67%) LAN
2 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
2 1 (16.67%) VLAN
2 1 (16.67%) Wireless
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) Change Control
1 1 (16.67%) High Availability
1 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
1 1 (16.67%) Migration
1 1 (16.67%) Network Design
1 1 (16.67%) Performance Testing
1 1 (16.67%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) CCNA
1 1 (16.67%) CCNP
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Firmware
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco
2 5 (83.33%) Meraki