Cisco Contracts in England

Cisco
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Cisco products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cisco over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 62 70 98
Rank change year-on-year +8 +28 -14
Contract jobs citing Cisco 1,217 1,663 1,909
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.29% 3.29% 2.68%
As % of the Vendors category 7.79% 7.85% 6.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 751 1,099 1,239
10th Percentile £263 £225 £209
25th Percentile £376 £350 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year +3.16% +11.76% +6.25%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £548
90th Percentile £723 £688 £648
UK median daily rate £487 £485 £438
% change year-on-year +0.36% +10.86% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 71 101
10th Percentile £13.65 £12.67 £13.25
25th Percentile £23.34 £16.80 £20.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £59.80 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -54.01% +150.10% +19.55%
75th Percentile £41.25 £75.00 £40.75
90th Percentile £72.62 £80.25 £55.83
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £53.35 £23.91
% change year-on-year -48.45% +123.13% +19.55%

All Vendors
England

Cisco is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services advertised in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 15,613 21,186 27,948
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 42.24% 41.91% 39.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,913 14,600 19,083
10th Percentile £256 £265 £270
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.26% +2.38% +10.53%
75th Percentile £631 £650 £638
90th Percentile £738 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £518 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.43% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,002 609 793
10th Percentile £12.01 £15.19 £11.50
25th Percentile £14.27 £18.75 £15.00
Median hourly rate £22.40 £39.55 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -43.36% +88.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £55.00 £64.50 £43.80
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.15 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £43.75 £21.00
% change year-on-year -49.71% +108.33% -6.67%

Cisco
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Cisco in England

Cisco
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Cisco in England

Cisco
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco in England

Cisco
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Cisco in England

Cisco
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cisco in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Cisco in England

Cisco
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 within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
London +11 416 £500 -4.76% 166
South East +12 365 £488 +8.33% 111
North of England +6 132 £445 -1.11% 84
South West -4 120 £589 +17.70% 52
Midlands -14 99 £475 +11.76% 49
North West +3 89 £475 +11.76% 49
West Midlands +7 74 £463 +12.24% 37
East of England -2 59 £375 -1.32% 44
Yorkshire -6 36 £458 -6.63% 26
East Midlands -16 24 £539 +17.12% 12
North East +24 7 £375 -31.82% 12
Cisco
UK

Cisco
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:

Application Platforms
1 53 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (2.30%) SharePoint
3 20 (1.64%) Confluence
4 15 (1.23%) Skype for Business
5 8 (0.66%) IBM Domino
6 7 (0.58%) nginx
7 6 (0.49%) Exchange Server 2007
8 5 (0.41%) IBM Notes
9 4 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2013
10 3 (0.25%) IIS
11 2 (0.16%) Apache
11 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2010
11 2 (0.16%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.082%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 60 (4.93%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (1.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (1.31%) MS Visio
4 15 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.25%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.082%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.082%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.33%) Shopify
2 3 (0.25%) Sage X3
3 1 (0.082%) CA PPM
3 1 (0.082%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.082%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.082%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
3 1 (0.082%) RMDS
3 1 (0.082%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 140 (11.50%) Azure
2 99 (8.13%) AWS
3 85 (6.98%) Microsoft 365
4 33 (2.71%) GCP
5 30 (2.47%) SaaS
6 26 (2.14%) Entra ID
7 21 (1.73%) PaaS
8 20 (1.64%) Nutanix
9 19 (1.56%) Cloud Computing
9 19 (1.56%) OCI
10 17 (1.40%) OneDrive
11 13 (1.07%) IaaS
12 10 (0.82%) GitHub
12 10 (0.82%) Rubrik
13 9 (0.74%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 7 (0.58%) Datadog
15 6 (0.49%) Route 53
16 5 (0.41%) Amazon EC2
16 5 (0.41%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 5 (0.41%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 533 (43.80%) Firewall
2 379 (31.14%) WAN
3 291 (23.91%) LAN
4 237 (19.47%) VPN
5 233 (19.15%) BGP
6 165 (13.56%) OSPF
7 151 (12.41%) Network Security
8 149 (12.24%) MPLS
9 144 (11.83%) Cisco ASA
10 142 (11.67%) Wireless
11 140 (11.50%) Cisco Nexus
12 135 (11.09%) DNS
13 127 (10.44%) SD-WAN
14 125 (10.27%) Wi-Fi
15 104 (8.55%) Cisco IOS
16 91 (7.48%) Cisco ISE
17 89 (7.31%) IPsec
18 85 (6.98%) DHCP
19 83 (6.82%) EIGRP
20 81 (6.66%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (1.40%) SQL Server
2 5 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (0.33%) MySQL
4 3 (0.25%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.16%) Data Mining
5 2 (0.16%) Power BI
6 1 (0.082%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.082%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.082%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 31 (2.55%) JIRA
2 24 (1.97%) Git
3 20 (1.64%) Rational DOORS
3 20 (1.64%) Sonatype Nexus
4 9 (0.74%) Jenkins
5 8 (0.66%) TeamCity
6 3 (0.25%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.25%) Hudson
7 2 (0.16%) GitLab
8 1 (0.082%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 230 (18.90%) Social Skills
2 222 (18.24%) Finance
3 92 (7.56%) Telecoms
4 91 (7.48%) Banking
5 89 (7.31%) Public Sector
6 86 (7.07%) Analytical Skills
7 23 (1.89%) Manufacturing
8 22 (1.81%) Marketing
8 22 (1.81%) Presentation Skills
9 16 (1.31%) Legal
10 14 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
10 14 (1.15%) Retail
11 13 (1.07%) Aerospace
11 13 (1.07%) Investment Banking
12 11 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
12 11 (0.90%) Financial Institution
13 8 (0.66%) Mandarin Language
14 7 (0.58%) Aeronautics
14 7 (0.58%) Digital Economy
14 7 (0.58%) Military
Job Titles
1 590 (48.48%) Network Engineer
2 171 (14.05%) Architect
3 128 (10.52%) Senior
4 117 (9.61%) Network Architect
5 108 (8.87%) Cisco Engineer
6 97 (7.97%) Senior Network Engineer
7 92 (7.56%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 81 (6.66%) Support Engineer
9 61 (5.01%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 45 (3.70%) Network Specialist
11 36 (2.96%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
12 33 (2.71%) Solutions Architect
13 31 (2.55%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
14 30 (2.47%) Analyst
15 26 (2.14%) Storage Engineer
15 26 (2.14%) WAN Engineer
16 24 (1.97%) IT Support
17 23 (1.89%) Project Manager
18 22 (1.81%) Consultant
18 22 (1.81%) Network Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (2.38%) JSON
2 24 (1.97%) XML
2 24 (1.97%) YANG
3 23 (1.89%) Jinja
3 23 (1.89%) NETCONF
4 19 (1.56%) 802.1X
5 12 (0.99%) FIX Protocol
5 12 (0.99%) LDAP
6 9 (0.74%) Web Services
7 7 (0.58%) Flash
8 6 (0.49%) EDI
8 6 (0.49%) SAML
8 6 (0.49%) XMPP
9 5 (0.41%) .NET
9 5 (0.41%) Django
9 5 (0.41%) RESTful
10 3 (0.25%) REST
10 3 (0.25%) Ultra Messaging
10 3 (0.25%) VML
11 2 (0.16%) VCL
Miscellaneous
1 206 (16.93%) Data Centre
2 63 (5.18%) Video Conferencing
3 36 (2.96%) Data Protection Act
4 35 (2.88%) PKI
5 21 (1.73%) Clustering
6 20 (1.64%) Driving Licence
6 20 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
7 19 (1.56%) Management Information System
8 18 (1.48%) Replication
9 16 (1.31%) Blackberry
10 15 (1.23%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 14 (1.15%) Operational Technology
11 14 (1.15%) Public Cloud
12 10 (0.82%) Security Posture
12 10 (0.82%) Video Editing
13 9 (0.74%) Distributed Architecture
13 9 (0.74%) Hybrid Cloud
13 9 (0.74%) Linux Command Line
14 7 (0.58%) iPhone
15 6 (0.49%) HP Storage
Operating Systems
1 185 (15.20%) Windows
2 95 (7.81%) Linux
3 71 (5.83%) Windows Server
4 51 (4.19%) Windows 10
5 43 (3.53%) Windows Server 2012
6 30 (2.47%) Windows Server 2016
7 25 (2.05%) Android
8 24 (1.97%) Mac OS
9 19 (1.56%) Solaris
10 18 (1.48%) Windows Server 2019
11 16 (1.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 16 (1.31%) Unix
11 16 (1.31%) Windows 7
12 14 (1.15%) Mac OS X
12 14 (1.15%) Windows XP
13 11 (0.90%) AIX
14 9 (0.74%) CentOS
15 8 (0.66%) Oracle Linux
16 5 (0.41%) Ubuntu
17 3 (0.25%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (12.74%) ITIL
2 151 (12.41%) Problem-Solving
3 150 (12.33%) Network Design
4 117 (9.61%) Migration
5 76 (6.24%) Agile
5 76 (6.24%) Change Management
5 76 (6.24%) Customer Requirements
6 74 (6.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 68 (5.59%) Load Balancing
8 64 (5.26%) Project Management
9 61 (5.01%) Project Delivery
10 60 (4.93%) Customer Service
11 59 (4.85%) High Availability
12 57 (4.68%) Network Management
13 56 (4.60%) Disaster Recovery
14 55 (4.52%) Computer Science
15 53 (4.35%) DevOps
16 50 (4.11%) ITSM
16 50 (4.11%) Roadmaps
17 49 (4.03%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 104 (8.55%) Python
2 52 (4.27%) PowerShell
3 34 (2.79%) Bash
4 31 (2.55%) SQL
5 22 (1.81%) Perl
6 12 (0.99%) Tcl
7 11 (0.90%) Java
8 5 (0.41%) C#
9 4 (0.33%) C
9 4 (0.33%) JavaScript
9 4 (0.33%) Ruby
10 3 (0.25%) Go
10 3 (0.25%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.16%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 418 (34.35%) Security Cleared
2 410 (33.69%) Cisco Certification
3 267 (21.94%) CCNP
4 216 (17.75%) SC Cleared
5 202 (16.60%) CCNA
6 127 (10.44%) DV Cleared
7 119 (9.78%) Degree
8 88 (7.23%) CCIE
9 27 (2.22%) JNCIA
10 19 (1.56%) CISSP
10 19 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
11 17 (1.40%) CISM
11 17 (1.40%) JNCIS
12 16 (1.31%) BPSS Clearance
13 15 (1.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 13 (1.07%) AWS Certification
14 13 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
15 12 (0.99%) CCDP
15 12 (0.99%) Master's Degree
15 12 (0.99%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (4.03%) SLA
2 20 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (1.15%) QA
4 11 (0.90%) GDPR
4 11 (0.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 10 (0.82%) ISO 9000
6 6 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 5 (0.41%) NIST
7 5 (0.41%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.41%) PMO
8 4 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (0.33%) NCSC
9 2 (0.16%) GRC
10 1 (0.082%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.082%) COBIT
10 1 (0.082%) GLBA
10 1 (0.082%) ISAE 3402
System Software
1 111 (9.12%) VMware Infrastructure
2 106 (8.71%) Active Directory
3 39 (3.20%) VMware NSX
4 37 (3.04%) VMware ESXi
5 35 (2.88%) Firmware
5 35 (2.88%) Hyper-V
6 19 (1.56%) vSphere
7 15 (1.23%) Docker
8 12 (0.99%) Virtual Servers
9 8 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
10 7 (0.58%) KVM
11 4 (0.33%) ProxySG
12 3 (0.25%) BitLocker
12 3 (0.25%) SRDF
12 3 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
12 3 (0.25%) XenApp
13 2 (0.16%) Microsoft App-V
13 2 (0.16%) Squid
13 2 (0.16%) Varnish
14 1 (0.082%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 79 (6.49%) FortiGate
2 77 (6.33%) Ansible
3 60 (4.93%) SCCM
4 51 (4.19%) Terraform
5 38 (3.12%) vCenter Server
6 29 (2.38%) EMC NetWorker
7 26 (2.14%) Microsoft Intune
8 24 (1.97%) Endace
9 21 (1.73%) Kubernetes
9 21 (1.73%) NetBackup
9 21 (1.73%) SCOM
10 18 (1.48%) WSUS
11 14 (1.15%) Nessus
12 11 (0.90%) Netcool
13 8 (0.66%) SolarWinds Orion
13 8 (0.66%) Tivoli
13 8 (0.66%) Tivoli Storage Manager
14 7 (0.58%) AirWatch
14 7 (0.58%) Nagios
14 7 (0.58%) VxRail
Vendors
1 318 (26.13%) Juniper
2 221 (18.16%) Palo Alto
3 172 (14.13%) Fortinet
4 160 (13.15%) Microsoft
5 157 (12.90%) F5
6 152 (12.49%) VMware
7 145 (11.91%) CheckPoint
8 78 (6.41%) Meraki
9 74 (6.08%) Citrix
10 68 (5.59%) HP
11 63 (5.18%) SolarWinds
12 61 (5.01%) Nokia
13 59 (4.85%) Aruba
14 56 (4.60%) Dell
14 56 (4.60%) EMC
15 55 (4.52%) Arista
16 37 (3.04%) IBM
17 34 (2.79%) Oracle
18 33 (2.71%) Apple
18 33 (2.71%) Avaya