Cisco Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Cisco
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands 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 21 October 2026, 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
21 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 55 39
Rank change year-on-year -32 -16 -8
Contract jobs citing Cisco 4 18 24
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.29% 2.12% 3.15%
As % of the Vendors category 0.73% 4.80% 7.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 12 13
10th Percentile £277 £125 £253
25th Percentile £346 £132 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £158 £375
Median % change year-on-year +201.59% -58.00% -
75th Percentile £513 £246 £388
90th Percentile £528 £635 £478
England median daily rate £498 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -0.50% - +5.26%

All Vendors
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

6 months to
21 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 550 375 331
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 39.45% 44.17% 43.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 242 256 199
10th Percentile £232 £195 £263
25th Percentile £389 £338 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £420 £475
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -11.58% -
75th Percentile £593 £528 £550
90th Percentile £675 £638 £611
England median daily rate £520 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +1.96% -2.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 26 14
10th Percentile £13.10 £16.93 £13.86
25th Percentile £13.51 £18.60 £15.03
Median hourly rate £17.87 £21.28 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +25.15% +9.68%
75th Percentile £22.00 £25.15 £18.11
90th Percentile £28.50 - £51.30
England median hourly rate £25.27 £25.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +1.08% -28.57% -20.81%

Cisco Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Cisco job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Cisco Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Cisco.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Cisco

Cisco Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 21 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco in the East Midlands

Cisco Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Cisco.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Cisco

Cisco Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 21 October 2026. 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
Derbyshire -18 2 £500 +273.13% 5
Nottinghamshire -13 1 £230 - 4
Lincolnshire -15 1 - - 4
Cisco
England

Cisco Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Vendors

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Aruba50.0%2
1Fortinet50.0%2
1Infoblox50.0%2
1Juniper50.0%2
1Palo Alto50.0%2
6F525.0%1
6Meraki25.0%1
6Microsoft25.0%1
6ServiceNow25.0%1