Cisco Contract Job Trends in Devon

Cisco
South West > Devon

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Devon 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 16 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
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 25 27
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 +8
Contract jobs citing Cisco 1 10 13
As % of all contract jobs in Devon 0.65% 4.57% 5.04%
As % of the Vendors category 2.56% 13.89% 16.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 9 9
10th Percentile - - £543
25th Percentile £725 £406 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £413 £600
Median % change year-on-year +81.82% -31.25% -
75th Percentile £775 £430 -
90th Percentile - £436 -
South West median daily rate £550 £473 £550
% change year-on-year +16.40% -14.09% +17.33%

All Vendors
Devon

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 Devon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 39 72 79
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Devon 25.32% 32.88% 30.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 43 66
10th Percentile £174 £191 £238
25th Percentile £210 £406 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £475 £575
Median % change year-on-year -42.11% -17.39% +27.78%
75th Percentile £488 £600 £674
90th Percentile £655 £685 £688
South West median daily rate £525 £523 £550
% change year-on-year +0.48% -5.00% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 4
10th Percentile £19.80 - £23.56
25th Percentile £22.18 - £39.75
Median hourly rate £24.58 - £53.75
Median % change year-on-year - - +313.46%
75th Percentile £26.06 - £63.13
90th Percentile £27.70 - £73.25
South West median hourly rate £23.54 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -63.79% +18.18% -15.38%

Cisco
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Cisco job vacancy trend in Devon

Cisco
Daily Rate Trend in Devon

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Cisco

Cisco
Hourly Rate Trend in Devon

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Cisco

Cisco
Contract Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco within the Devon region over the 6 months to 16 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
Plymouth +2 1 £750 - 1
Cisco
South West

Cisco
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon 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 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Lead Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Network Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC