Cisco Contracts in Hertfordshire

Cisco
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire 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 38 54 41
Rank change year-on-year +16 -13 -5
Contract jobs citing Cisco 7 19 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 2.18% 2.28% 4.07%
As % of the Vendors category 4.93% 6.79% 7.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 13 17
10th Percentile £450 £185 £273
25th Percentile £525 £345 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £365 £425
Median % change year-on-year +50.68% -14.12% +6.25%
75th Percentile £575 £450 £525
90th Percentile - £575 £723
East of England median daily rate £438 £375 £378
% change year-on-year +16.67% -0.66% -5.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £71.25 - -
Median hourly rate £72.50 - -
75th Percentile £73.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £72.50 £13.58 £13.58
% change year-on-year +433.87% - -7.15%

All Vendors
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 142 280 433
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 44.24% 33.57% 53.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 151 283
10th Percentile £419 £176 £213
25th Percentile £455 £309 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +19.44% -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £578 £613 £650
90th Percentile £644 £713 £738
East of England median daily rate £502 £500 £450
% change year-on-year +0.35% +11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 67 48
10th Percentile £16.95 £14.50 £17.55
25th Percentile £28.81 £45.00 £31.50
Median hourly rate £65.25 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.38% - +136.36%
75th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £65.19
90th Percentile - £85.00 £72.15
East of England median hourly rate £21.28 £21.37 £19.81
% change year-on-year -0.42% +7.87% +24.79%

Cisco
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Cisco in Hertfordshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Cisco in Hertfordshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Cisco in Hertfordshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Cisco in Hertfordshire

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Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 1 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
Watford - 3 £550 - 7
Stevenage +24 2 £540 +20.00% 8
Hertford - 1 £400 -
Welwyn Garden City - 1 - -
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East of England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Akamai
1 1 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) Firewall
2 4 (57.14%) DHCP
2 4 (57.14%) DNS
3 3 (42.86%) TCP/IP
4 2 (28.57%) LAN
4 2 (28.57%) Network Security
4 2 (28.57%) OSPF
4 2 (28.57%) SD-WAN
4 2 (28.57%) WAN
5 1 (14.29%) BGP
5 1 (14.29%) BGP-4
5 1 (14.29%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (14.29%) DMVPN
5 1 (14.29%) EIGRP
5 1 (14.29%) GLBP
5 1 (14.29%) IGRP
5 1 (14.29%) Junos
5 1 (14.29%) Multicast
5 1 (14.29%) NetScaler
5 1 (14.29%) Software-Defined Networking
General
1 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Aerospace
2 1 (14.29%) Legal
2 1 (14.29%) Retail
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Network Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Architect
2 3 (42.86%) Network Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Network Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) 802.1X
1 1 (14.29%) HTML
1 1 (14.29%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Data Centre
2 1 (14.29%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Break/Fix
2 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (14.29%) Business Strategy
3 1 (14.29%) Coaching
3 1 (14.29%) Due Diligence
3 1 (14.29%) IT Strategy
3 1 (14.29%) Load Balancing
3 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
3 1 (14.29%) Network Architecture
3 1 (14.29%) Network Management
3 1 (14.29%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
3 1 (14.29%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (14.29%) Technology Roadmap
3 1 (14.29%) Technology Strategy
3 1 (14.29%) The Twelve-Factor App
3 1 (14.29%) WAN Optimisation
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (57.14%) CCNP
3 3 (42.86%) CCNA
4 1 (14.29%) CCDP
4 1 (14.29%) CCIE
4 1 (14.29%) CCIE Data Center
4 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) JNCIE
4 1 (14.29%) JNCIP
4 1 (14.29%) JNCIS
4 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) CheckPoint
2 2 (28.57%) Juniper
3 1 (14.29%) Arista
3 1 (14.29%) Blue Coat
3 1 (14.29%) Citrix
3 1 (14.29%) F5
3 1 (14.29%) Palo Alto
3 1 (14.29%) Riverbed
3 1 (14.29%) VMware
3 1 (14.29%) Zscaler