Cisco Contract Job Trends in Exeter

Cisco
Devon > Exeter

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Exeter 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 3 May 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
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 12 10
Rank change year-on-year -14 -2 +18
Contract jobs citing Cisco 8 1 18
As % of all contract jobs in Exeter 3.94% 2.50% 12.16%
As % of the Vendors category 16.33% 11.11% 41.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 16
10th Percentile £407 - -
25th Percentile £442 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £413 £425
Median % change year-on-year +12.73% -2.94% -45.16%
75th Percentile £499 £419 £600
90th Percentile £600 - -
Devon median daily rate £495 £406 £475
% change year-on-year +21.85% -14.47% -13.64%

All Vendors
Exeter

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 Exeter.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 49 9 43
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Exeter 24.14% 22.50% 29.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 4 38
10th Percentile £55 £199 £129
25th Percentile £213 £232 £158
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £331 £425
Median % change year-on-year +26.64% -22.06% -22.73%
75th Percentile £505 £439 £494
90th Percentile £551 £476 £600
Devon median daily rate £420 £406 £425
% change year-on-year +3.26% -4.41% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £27.26
Median hourly rate £15.00 - £27.52
75th Percentile - - £27.77
90th Percentile - - -
Devon median hourly rate £18.50 £55.00 £26.40
% change year-on-year -66.36% +108.37% -56.01%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Exeter

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

Cisco job vacancy trend in Exeter

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Daily Rate Trend in Exeter

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Exeter citing Cisco

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Daily Rate Histogram in Exeter

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco in Exeter over the 6 months to 3 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco in Exeter

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Hourly Rate Trend in Exeter

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Exeter citing Cisco

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Exeter 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 6 (75.00%) BGP
1 6 (75.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 6 (75.00%) OSPF
1 6 (75.00%) VLAN
1 6 (75.00%) VXLAN
2 5 (62.50%) NX-OS
General
1 2 (25.00%) Police
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Network Engineer
1 2 (25.00%) Network Specialist
2 1 (12.50%) Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Design Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Network Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Network Design Specialist
2 1 (12.50%) Senior
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Network Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Design Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Design Specialist
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 6 (75.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 4 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (50.00%) Network Design
2 3 (37.50%) Mentoring
2 3 (37.50%) Network Architecture
2 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 2 (25.00%) Service Design
4 1 (12.50%) Customer Requirements
4 1 (12.50%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (12.50%) IT Strategy
4 1 (12.50%) Load Balancing
4 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (12.50%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (12.50%) Technology Roadmap
4 1 (12.50%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (25.00%) CCNP
3 1 (12.50%) CCIE
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) F5