Cisco Contracts in Edinburgh

Cisco
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh 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 52 54 66
Rank change year-on-year +2 +12 +9
Contract jobs citing Cisco 15 18 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 2.40% 2.21% 3.53%
As % of the Vendors category 5.38% 5.64% 8.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 11 36
10th Percentile £245 £200 £290
25th Percentile £288 £223 £462
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £438 £496
Median % change year-on-year -5.82% -11.74% +13.23%
75th Percentile £588 - £520
90th Percentile £638 £538 £544
Scotland median daily rate £399 £420 £475
% change year-on-year -5.00% -11.58% +11.44%

All Vendors
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 279 319 540
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 44.64% 39.14% 41.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 181 393
10th Percentile £189 £210 £179
25th Percentile £400 £410 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £490 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.02% +3.16% -
75th Percentile £561 £588 £525
90th Percentile £638 £725 £600
Scotland median daily rate £465 £465 £473
% change year-on-year -0.11% -1.69% +5.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 25 4
10th Percentile - £15.46 -
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.25 £21.26
Median hourly rate £22.44 £17.72 £21.47
Median % change year-on-year +26.62% -17.45% -41.19%
75th Percentile £24.30 £55.00 £29.69
90th Percentile £31.54 £60.75 £44.13
Scotland median hourly rate £22.00 £17.50 £59.03
% change year-on-year +25.71% -70.35% +47.56%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Cisco in Edinburgh

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Cisco in Edinburgh

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Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate histogram for Cisco in Edinburgh

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Hourly rate trend for Cisco in Edinburgh

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 1 (6.67%) IIS
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (20.00%) Azure
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (53.33%) Firewall
1 8 (53.33%) LAN
2 7 (46.67%) WAN
3 5 (33.33%) VPN
4 4 (26.67%) IPsec
4 4 (26.67%) Network Security
5 3 (20.00%) Cisco Nexus
5 3 (20.00%) SD-WAN
5 3 (20.00%) Unified Communications
5 3 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (13.33%) DHCP
6 2 (13.33%) DNS
6 2 (13.33%) MPLS
6 2 (13.33%) SDH
7 1 (6.67%) 4G
7 1 (6.67%) ADSL
7 1 (6.67%) PSTN
7 1 (6.67%) TCP/IP
7 1 (6.67%) Wireless
7 1 (6.67%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (26.67%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (20.00%) Electronics
1 3 (20.00%) Public Sector
1 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
1 3 (20.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) Architect
2 2 (13.33%) Field Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Architect
2 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
2 2 (13.33%) Network Field Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) Technical Architect
2 2 (13.33%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
2 2 (13.33%) Telecoms Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Field Telecoms Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) ICT Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) IT Support
3 1 (6.67%) Lead
3 1 (6.67%) NOC Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Project Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) Java RMI
Miscellaneous
1 5 (33.33%) Data Centre
2 3 (20.00%) Driving Licence
2 3 (20.00%) Fibre Optics
3 2 (13.33%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (13.33%) SCADA
4 1 (6.67%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 5 (33.33%) Windows
2 4 (26.67%) Windows 10
3 3 (20.00%) Linux
4 2 (13.33%) Windows Server
4 2 (13.33%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (6.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (6.67%) Windows 7
5 1 (6.67%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (6.67%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 4 (26.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (26.67%) Network Monitoring
2 4 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (20.00%) Digital Strategy
3 3 (20.00%) High Availability
3 3 (20.00%) Load Balancing
3 3 (20.00%) Process Management
3 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (13.33%) Analytical Thinking
4 2 (13.33%) Data Protection
4 2 (13.33%) ITIL
4 2 (13.33%) Project Management
5 1 (6.67%) Break/Fix
5 1 (6.67%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
5 1 (6.67%) Customer Service
5 1 (6.67%) Identity Access Management
5 1 (6.67%) Inventory Management
5 1 (6.67%) Resource Allocation
5 1 (6.67%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) PowerShell
1 1 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 4 (26.67%) SC Cleared
3 3 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (20.00%) CCNA
3 3 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (13.33%) HNC
5 1 (6.67%) A+ Certification
5 1 (6.67%) BC Cleared
5 1 (6.67%) CCNP
5 1 (6.67%) Degree
5 1 (6.67%) DV Cleared
5 1 (6.67%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) QA
1 1 (6.67%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 3 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (13.33%) VMware NSX
4 1 (6.67%) Hyper-V
4 1 (6.67%) Terminal Services
4 1 (6.67%) Xen
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) SCCM
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (26.67%) F5
2 4 (26.67%) Palo Alto
3 3 (20.00%) Nokia
3 3 (20.00%) VMware
4 2 (13.33%) Fortinet
4 2 (13.33%) ServiceNow
5 1 (6.67%) Adobe
5 1 (6.67%) Aruba
5 1 (6.67%) Autodesk
5 1 (6.67%) CheckPoint
5 1 (6.67%) Citrix
5 1 (6.67%) Commvault
5 1 (6.67%) Dell
5 1 (6.67%) HP
5 1 (6.67%) Meraki
5 1 (6.67%) SonicWALL
5 1 (6.67%) Symantec