Cisco Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Cisco
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 6 July 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
6 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 67 42
Rank change year-on-year -22 -25 +14
Contract jobs citing Cisco 33 14 52
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 1.73% 1.46% 3.62%
As % of the Vendors category 4.75% 3.07% 9.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 13 37
10th Percentile £213 £363 £314
25th Percentile £304 £388 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £433
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +3.88% -0.98%
75th Percentile £514 £488 £550
90th Percentile £550 £560 £708
North West median daily rate £480 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +1.05% - +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £29.00 - -
Median hourly rate £30.00 - -
75th Percentile £31.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £74.26 - -

All Vendors
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 695 456 521
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 36.43% 47.60% 36.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 412 304 350
10th Percentile £275 £292 £325
25th Percentile £392 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £472 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.74% -5.70% -
75th Percentile £583 £590 £588
90th Percentile £663 £703 £663
North West median daily rate £481 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +1.32% -5.00% +3.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 21 43
10th Percentile £22.65 £13.00 £12.08
25th Percentile £24.19 £14.20 £13.31
Median hourly rate £33.75 £22.63 £25.25
Median % change year-on-year +49.14% -10.38% +26.25%
75th Percentile £77.00 £60.00 £39.38
90th Percentile £92.75 £63.75 £64.00
North West median hourly rate £29.96 £30.52 £16.06
% change year-on-year -1.82% +90.01% -43.05%

Cisco
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Cisco job vacancy trend in Manchester

Cisco
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Cisco

Cisco
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco in Manchester over the 6 months to 6 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco in Manchester

Cisco
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Cisco

Cisco
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 6 July 2026. 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
Bolton +2 2 - - 1
Cisco
North West

Cisco
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (6.06%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (18.18%) Azure
2 5 (15.15%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (12.12%) AWS
4 3 (9.09%) Entra ID
4 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (6.06%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (3.03%) GCP
6 1 (3.03%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 16 (48.48%) Firewall
2 10 (30.30%) BGP
3 7 (21.21%) OSPF
3 7 (21.21%) VPN
3 7 (21.21%) WAN
4 6 (18.18%) Network Security
5 5 (15.15%) Cisco ASA
5 5 (15.15%) Cisco Firepower
5 5 (15.15%) EIGRP
6 4 (12.12%) IP Telephony
6 4 (12.12%) LAN
6 4 (12.12%) PSTN
6 4 (12.12%) Software-Defined Networking
6 4 (12.12%) TCP/IP
6 4 (12.12%) VLAN
6 4 (12.12%) Wireless
7 3 (9.09%) NetScaler
7 3 (9.09%) SD-WAN
7 3 (9.09%) VSAN
8 2 (6.06%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.03%) Power BI
General
1 6 (18.18%) Social Skills
2 4 (12.12%) Banking
2 4 (12.12%) Finance
3 3 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (6.06%) Retail
5 1 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.03%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.03%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (45.45%) Network Engineer
2 7 (21.21%) Analyst
3 4 (12.12%) Cisco Engineer
3 4 (12.12%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 4 (12.12%) Network Analyst
4 3 (9.09%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 3 (9.09%) Security Engineer
4 3 (9.09%) Storage Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) 2nd Line Support
5 2 (6.06%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) Support Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 1 (3.03%) Network Deployment Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) Network Field Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) WAN Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.09%) Flash
2 1 (3.03%) 802.1X
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.15%) Data Centre
2 4 (12.12%) Driving Licence
2 4 (12.12%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (12.12%) Replication
3 3 (9.09%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.03%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.03%) Product Ownership
4 1 (3.03%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (3.03%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.09%) Linux
1 3 (9.09%) Unix
2 1 (3.03%) AIX
2 1 (3.03%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (27.27%) ITIL
2 7 (21.21%) Change Management
3 5 (15.15%) Project Delivery
3 5 (15.15%) Validation
4 4 (12.12%) Agile
4 4 (12.12%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (12.12%) Migration
5 3 (9.09%) Data Loss Prevention
5 3 (9.09%) Infrastructure Maintenance
5 3 (9.09%) Performance Analysis
5 3 (9.09%) Risk Management
5 3 (9.09%) Ticket Management
5 3 (9.09%) Vulnerability Management
6 2 (6.06%) Information Security
6 2 (6.06%) Infrastructure Transformation
6 2 (6.06%) Kalman Filter
6 2 (6.06%) Knowledge Transfer
6 2 (6.06%) SIEM
6 2 (6.06%) Technical Leadership
6 2 (6.06%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.12%) Python
2 2 (6.06%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.03%) Bash
Qualifications
1 9 (27.27%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (18.18%) CCNA
3 5 (15.15%) CCNP
3 5 (15.15%) Security Cleared
4 4 (12.12%) ITIL Certification
4 4 (12.12%) SC Cleared
5 2 (6.06%) DBS Check
6 1 (3.03%) CSPO
6 1 (3.03%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.03%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (15.15%) Firmware
2 4 (12.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (9.09%) GPFS
3 3 (9.09%) NFS
3 3 (9.09%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (9.09%) vSphere
4 2 (6.06%) Active Directory
5 1 (3.03%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (9.09%) vRealize
1 3 (9.09%) VxRail
2 2 (6.06%) Ansible
2 2 (6.06%) Jamf Pro
2 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (3.03%) Nagios
3 1 (3.03%) Nessus
3 1 (3.03%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 10 (30.30%) Meraki
2 7 (21.21%) Microsoft
3 6 (18.18%) Fortinet
3 6 (18.18%) Palo Alto
4 5 (15.15%) ServiceNow
4 5 (15.15%) VMware
5 4 (12.12%) CheckPoint
5 4 (12.12%) IBM
6 3 (9.09%) Citrix
6 3 (9.09%) F5
6 3 (9.09%) Juniper
6 3 (9.09%) Oracle
7 2 (6.06%) SolarWinds
7 2 (6.06%) Splunk
7 2 (6.06%) Zscaler
8 1 (3.03%) Arista
8 1 (3.03%) Barracuda Networks
8 1 (3.03%) Brocade
8 1 (3.03%) ForeScout
8 1 (3.03%) Infoblox