Cisco Architect Contracts in England

Cisco Architect
UK > England

The median Cisco Architect daily rate in England is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 466 520 634
Rank change year-on-year +54 +114 +120
Contract jobs requiring a Cisco Architect 12 11 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.049% 0.030% 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.053% 0.033% 0.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 5 1
10th Percentile £514 £568 -
25th Percentile £538 £725 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £750 £600
Median % change year-on-year -23.33% +25.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile £613 £775 £625
90th Percentile £775 - -
UK median daily rate £575 £750 £613
% change year-on-year -23.33% +22.45% -5.77%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 22,468 33,792 45,579
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.32% 92.77% 94.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,943 22,421 32,381
10th Percentile £300 £284 £313
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.38% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £644 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £760
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £544
% change year-on-year -2.38% -3.40% +3.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 916 2,440 1,334
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.86 £14.28
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £36.92 £44.77
Median % change year-on-year -18.73% -17.54% +94.63%
75th Percentile £63.38 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £36.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.29% -18.89% +88.21%

Cisco Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Cisco Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco Architect in England

Cisco Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Cisco Architect in England

Cisco Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco Architect in England over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco Architect in England

Cisco Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Cisco Architect in England

Cisco Architect
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Architect within the England region over the 6 months to 19 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
South East +40 8 £575 - 1
London +49 4 £750 -
Cisco Architect
UK

Cisco Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 19 May 2025, Cisco Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Cisco Architect in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) Cisco
2 10 (83.33%) Security Cleared
3 9 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
3 9 (75.00%) CCNP
4 8 (66.67%) SC Cleared
4 8 (66.67%) Social Skills
5 6 (50.00%) CCNA
5 6 (50.00%) Fortinet
6 5 (41.67%) JNCIS
6 5 (41.67%) Network Design
6 5 (41.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (41.67%) Juniper
6 5 (41.67%) DV Cleared
6 5 (41.67%) Technical Leadership
7 4 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
8 3 (25.00%) Network Architecture
8 3 (25.00%) Software-Defined Networking
8 3 (25.00%) Firewall
8 3 (25.00%) Fujitsu
8 3 (25.00%) Network Security
9 2 (16.67%) Migration
9 2 (16.67%) Risk Management
9 2 (16.67%) CCIE
9 2 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
9 2 (16.67%) Business Strategy
9 2 (16.67%) Adaptive Security
9 2 (16.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 2 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
10 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving

Cisco Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
1 3 (25.00%) Firewall
1 3 (25.00%) Network Security
1 3 (25.00%) Software-Defined Networking
2 1 (8.33%) BGP
2 1 (8.33%) LAN
2 1 (8.33%) OSPF
2 1 (8.33%) WAN
2 1 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
General
1 8 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Network Design
1 5 (41.67%) Stakeholder Management
1 5 (41.67%) Technical Leadership
2 3 (25.00%) Network Architecture
3 2 (16.67%) Adaptive Security
3 2 (16.67%) Business Strategy
3 2 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (16.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 2 (16.67%) Migration
3 2 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (16.67%) Risk Management
4 1 (8.33%) Creative Problem-Solving
4 1 (8.33%) Customer Service
4 1 (8.33%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (8.33%) ITIL
4 1 (8.33%) Presales
4 1 (8.33%) PRINCE2
4 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (8.33%) Project Delivery
4 1 (8.33%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 10 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 9 (75.00%) CCNP
2 9 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (66.67%) SC Cleared
4 6 (50.00%) CCNA
5 5 (41.67%) DV Cleared
5 5 (41.67%) JNCIS
6 2 (16.67%) CCIE
7 1 (8.33%) CCDA
7 1 (8.33%) CCDP
7 1 (8.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) Cisco
2 6 (50.00%) Fortinet
3 5 (41.67%) Juniper
4 3 (25.00%) Fujitsu
5 1 (8.33%) CheckPoint
5 1 (8.33%) Meraki
5 1 (8.33%) Palo Alto