Cisco Contract Job Trends in Macclesfield

Cisco
Cheshire > Macclesfield

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Macclesfield 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 13 December 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
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Cisco 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Macclesfield 5.56% - -
As % of the Vendors category 6.67% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £374 - -
25th Percentile £391 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £426 - -
75th Percentile £456 - -
90th Percentile £470 - -
Cheshire median daily rate £463 £513 £456
% change year-on-year -9.76% +12.33% -3.95%

All Vendors
Macclesfield

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 Macclesfield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 30 44 69
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Macclesfield 83.33% 75.86% 79.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 27 54
10th Percentile £474 £450 £291
25th Percentile - £469 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +58.49%
75th Percentile £669 £550 £549
90th Percentile £751 £606 £560
Cheshire median daily rate £455 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -13.33% - +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 3
10th Percentile £17.67 £17.55 £16.78
25th Percentile £18.12 £21.05 £17.13
Median hourly rate £18.87 £22.09 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -14.58% +24.66% -
75th Percentile - £24.18 -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £21.00 £23.05 £33.00
% change year-on-year -8.87% -30.17% +119.49%

Cisco
Job Vacancy Trend in Macclesfield

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

Cisco job vacancy trend in Macclesfield

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Daily Rate Trend in Macclesfield

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Macclesfield citing Cisco

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Hourly Rate Trend in Macclesfield

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Macclesfield citing Cisco

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Macclesfield 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Internet
2 1 (50.00%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Security Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) CMDB
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) ITSM
2 1 (50.00%) Network Design
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCSA
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) CCNA CyberOps
2 1 (50.00%) CCNP
2 1 (50.00%) CCSE
2 1 (50.00%) Check Point Certification
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 2 (100.00%) Zscaler
2 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint