Cisco Contract Job Trends in Dorset

Cisco
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Dorset 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 14 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
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 13 20
Rank change year-on-year +3 +7 -9
Contract jobs citing Cisco 3 10 15
As % of all contract jobs in Dorset 3.45% 9.52% 6.49%
As % of the Vendors category 10.34% 19.23% 14.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 4
10th Percentile - £281 £246
25th Percentile - £327 £297
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £425 £388
Median % change year-on-year +27.06% +9.68% -8.82%
75th Percentile - £469 £451
90th Percentile - - £454
South West median daily rate £550 £473 £550
% change year-on-year +16.40% -14.09% +18.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 10
10th Percentile - - £53.51
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £65.98
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £37.50 £75.00 £60.25
% change year-on-year -50.00% +24.49% -8.02%

All Vendors
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 29 52 106
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 33.33% 49.52% 45.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 24 50
10th Percentile £231 £223 £179
25th Percentile £366 £355 £357
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £540 £559 £638
90th Percentile £558 £684 -
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 36
10th Percentile - - £23.43
25th Percentile - - £55.87
Median hourly rate £20.00 - £56.49
Median % change year-on-year - - +254.45%
75th Percentile - - £65.98
90th Percentile - - £69.62
South West median hourly rate £23.50 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -63.85% +18.18% -15.38%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Cisco job vacancy trend in Dorset

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Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Cisco

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Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Cisco

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset 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 3 (100.00%) 4G
1 3 (100.00%) 5G
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 3 (100.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Engineering Specialist
1 3 (100.00%) Test Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 3 (100.00%) Change Management
1 3 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 3 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Security Hardening
1 3 (100.00%) Service Management
1 3 (100.00%) Test Scripting
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Check_MK
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 3 (100.00%) Juniper
1 3 (100.00%) Splunk