Cisco Contracts in Cumbria

Cisco
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cumbria 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 4 23 -
Rank change year-on-year +19 - -
Contract jobs citing Cisco 74 17 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cumbria 37.95% 6.56% -
As % of the Vendors category 61.16% 21.25% -
Number of daily rates quoted 34 11 0
10th Percentile £369 £463 -
25th Percentile £416 £483 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £515 -
Median % change year-on-year +4.37% - -
75th Percentile £597 £515 -
90th Percentile £638 £519 -
North West median daily rate £490 £475 £425
% change year-on-year +3.16% +11.76% +4.94%

All Vendors
Cumbria

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 Cumbria.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 121 80 25
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria 62.05% 30.89% 43.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 32 16
10th Percentile £378 £276 £369
25th Percentile £422 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £426
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +19.13% -14.80%
75th Percentile £600 £538 £478
90th Percentile £638 £584 £517
North West median daily rate £495 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.00% - +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 37 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.26 - -
Median hourly rate £31.76 £10.95 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +190.05% -54.38% -55.35%
75th Percentile £58.58 £11.38 -
90th Percentile £81.63 £40.68 -
North West median hourly rate £32.50 £16.06 £37.50
% change year-on-year +102.37% -57.17% +97.73%

Cisco
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

Job vacancy trend for Cisco in Cumbria

Cisco
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria

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

Daily rate trend for Cisco in Cumbria

Cisco
Daily Rate Histogram in Cumbria

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco in Cumbria over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco in Cumbria

Cisco
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cumbria

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

Hourly rate trend for Cisco in Cumbria

Cisco
Contract Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco within the Cumbria 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
Barrow-in-Furness +18 67 £550 +6.80% 3
Carlisle - 1 £275 - 1
Cisco
North West

Cisco
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cumbria 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 1 (1.35%) Azure
1 1 (1.35%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 56 (75.68%) Firewall
2 34 (45.95%) BGP
2 34 (45.95%) OSPF
3 33 (44.59%) Cisco ASA
3 33 (44.59%) Cisco Firepower
4 32 (43.24%) HSRP
4 32 (43.24%) IPsec
5 30 (40.54%) EIGRP
6 26 (35.14%) Wi-Fi
7 24 (32.43%) WAN
8 22 (29.73%) NetScaler
9 19 (25.68%) Cisco ISE
10 17 (22.97%) Wireless
11 16 (21.62%) VPN
12 12 (16.22%) Cisco Wireless
12 12 (16.22%) Network Security
13 9 (12.16%) Cisco Nexus
14 7 (9.46%) LAN
15 6 (8.11%) Broadband
15 6 (8.11%) Converged Networks
General
1 9 (12.16%) Public Sector
2 2 (2.70%) Legal
3 1 (1.35%) Advertising
3 1 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (1.35%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 65 (87.84%) Network Engineer
2 31 (41.89%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 5 (6.76%) Storage Engineer
4 4 (5.41%) Senior
4 4 (5.41%) Senior Network Engineer
5 3 (4.05%) Backup Engineer
5 3 (4.05%) Storage and Backup Engineer
6 2 (2.70%) Architect
6 2 (2.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (2.70%) Network Architect
6 2 (2.70%) Network Security Engineer
6 2 (2.70%) Security Engineer
7 1 (1.35%) Administrator
7 1 (1.35%) Design Engineer
7 1 (1.35%) Firewall Engineer
7 1 (1.35%) Network Design Engineer
7 1 (1.35%) Senior Design Engineer
7 1 (1.35%) Senior Firewall Engineer
7 1 (1.35%) Senior Network Design Engineer
7 1 (1.35%) Storage Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (22.97%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 14 (18.92%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.35%) Linux
1 1 (1.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (35.14%) Network Management
2 25 (33.78%) Load Balancing
3 22 (29.73%) Network Design
4 14 (18.92%) Impact Assessments
4 14 (18.92%) Network Architecture
5 9 (12.16%) ITSM
6 6 (8.11%) ITIL
6 6 (8.11%) Storage Management
7 5 (6.76%) Problem Management
8 4 (5.41%) Change Management
8 4 (5.41%) Disaster Recovery
9 3 (4.05%) Migration
10 2 (2.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 2 (2.70%) Proactive Monitoring
10 2 (2.70%) Threat Detection
11 1 (1.35%) Active Listening
11 1 (1.35%) Antivirus Management
11 1 (1.35%) Line Management
11 1 (1.35%) Patch Management
11 1 (1.35%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 64 (86.49%) SC Cleared
1 64 (86.49%) Security Cleared
2 6 (8.11%) CCNA
2 6 (8.11%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (1.35%) DBS Check
System Software
1 4 (5.41%) Firmware
2 2 (2.70%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.35%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (5.41%) NetBackup
2 3 (4.05%) EMC NetWorker
2 3 (4.05%) HP Data Protector
3 1 (1.35%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 57 (77.03%) Palo Alto
2 19 (25.68%) CheckPoint
3 18 (24.32%) Meraki
4 9 (12.16%) SolarWinds
5 5 (6.76%) Brocade
5 5 (6.76%) EMC
5 5 (6.76%) HP
6 3 (4.05%) Veritas
7 1 (1.35%) Citrix
7 1 (1.35%) Microsoft
7 1 (1.35%) VMware