Cisco Contracts in Chester

Cisco
Cheshire > Chester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Chester 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 22 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
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 11 9
Rank change year-on-year +7 -2 0
Contract jobs citing Cisco 17 2 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Chester 24.29% 3.64% 13.00%
As % of the Vendors category 33.33% 10.53% 26.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 8
10th Percentile - - £280
25th Percentile - £463 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year -31.58% -13.64% +29.41%
75th Percentile - £488 £588
90th Percentile £463 - £591
Cheshire median daily rate £425 £550 £438
% change year-on-year -22.73% +25.71% +2.94%

All Vendors
Chester

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 Chester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 51 19 50
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester 72.86% 34.55% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 5 30
10th Percentile - £220 £288
25th Percentile £325 £250 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £418 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -12.11% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £631 £531 £575
90th Percentile £736 £625 £589
Cheshire median daily rate £475 £510 £450
% change year-on-year -6.86% +13.33% -1.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 0 1
10th Percentile £24.45 - -
25th Percentile £50.00 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 - £40.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +90.48%
75th Percentile £86.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £50.00 £17.72 £18.82
% change year-on-year +182.17% -5.84% +11.86%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

Job postings citing Cisco as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Chester.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco in Chester

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Chester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cisco in Chester.

Daily rate trend for Cisco in Chester

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Daily Rate Histogram in Chester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco in Chester over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco in Chester

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Chester

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cisco in Chester.

Hourly rate trend for Cisco in Chester

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chester 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 8 (47.06%) Mattermost
1 8 (47.06%) Skype for Business
2 3 (17.65%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.88%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 11 (64.71%) Skype
2 8 (47.06%) Softphone
2 8 (47.06%) Unified Communications
2 8 (47.06%) WebEx
3 6 (35.29%) WAN
3 6 (35.29%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (35.29%) Wireless
4 5 (29.41%) LAN
4 5 (29.41%) WLAN
5 4 (23.53%) VPN
6 1 (5.88%) BGP
6 1 (5.88%) DMZ
6 1 (5.88%) DNS
6 1 (5.88%) DWDM
6 1 (5.88%) Firewall
6 1 (5.88%) Internet
6 1 (5.88%) L2TP
6 1 (5.88%) MPLS
6 1 (5.88%) OSPF
6 1 (5.88%) SSL
General
1 11 (64.71%) Social Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Banking
3 3 (17.65%) Investment Banking
3 3 (17.65%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Finance
4 1 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (47.06%) Analyst
1 8 (47.06%) Messaging Engineer
1 8 (47.06%) Messaging Support
1 8 (47.06%) Messaging Support Engineer
1 8 (47.06%) Operations Engineer
1 8 (47.06%) Operations Support Engineer
1 8 (47.06%) Support Engineer
2 7 (41.18%) Messaging Analyst
2 7 (41.18%) Messaging Support Analyst
2 7 (41.18%) Operational Support Analyst
2 7 (41.18%) Operations Analyst
2 7 (41.18%) Operations Support Analyst
2 7 (41.18%) Support Analyst
3 6 (35.29%) Network Engineer
4 3 (17.65%) Service Desk Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Implementation Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Network Implementation Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (47.06%) XMPP
2 1 (5.88%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 13 (76.47%) Management Information System
2 5 (29.41%) CMDB
2 5 (29.41%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (47.06%) Linux
2 3 (17.65%) Windows
2 3 (17.65%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (76.47%) ITIL
1 13 (76.47%) Problem Management
2 9 (52.94%) B2B
3 8 (47.06%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (47.06%) Procure-to-Pay
4 5 (29.41%) Asset Management
4 5 (29.41%) Performance Metrics
5 3 (17.65%) Chat Support
5 3 (17.65%) Customer Service
5 3 (17.65%) ITSM
6 1 (5.88%) Architecture Roadmap
6 1 (5.88%) Change Management
6 1 (5.88%) Decision-Making
6 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (5.88%) Process Improvement
6 1 (5.88%) Product Management
6 1 (5.88%) Project Delivery
6 1 (5.88%) Roadmaps
6 1 (5.88%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 9 (52.94%) PowerShell
2 8 (47.06%) SQL
3 1 (5.88%) Perl
3 1 (5.88%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (52.94%) Degree
2 8 (47.06%) ITIL Certification
3 6 (35.29%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (29.41%) CCNA
5 1 (5.88%) CCIE
5 1 (5.88%) CCNP
System Software
1 8 (47.06%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (47.06%) SCOM
2 1 (5.88%) Ansible
Vendors
1 11 (64.71%) Microsoft
2 9 (52.94%) Splunk
3 8 (47.06%) Red Hat
4 3 (17.65%) Citrix
4 3 (17.65%) Remedy
5 1 (5.88%) Arista
5 1 (5.88%) Fortinet
5 1 (5.88%) McAfee