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 24 August 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
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 70 40
Rank change year-on-year -16 -30 +1
Contract jobs citing Cisco 38 18 50
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 1.92% 1.75% 4.13%
As % of the Vendors category 4.87% 3.57% 10.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 14 33
10th Percentile £213 £325 £333
25th Percentile £250 £369 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £316 £463 £505
Median % change year-on-year -31.68% -8.42% +12.22%
75th Percentile £477 £553 £565
90th Percentile £588 £633 £740
North West median daily rate £487 £475 £505
% change year-on-year +2.47% -5.94% +12.22%
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 £30.00 £66.50 -
% change year-on-year -54.89% - -

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 780 504 460
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 39.39% 49.12% 38.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 451 321 284
10th Percentile £275 £308 £363
25th Percentile £375 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £579 £600 £613
90th Percentile £663 £703 £675
North West median daily rate £493 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +3.82% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 35 21
10th Percentile £21.39 £13.00 £15.63
25th Percentile £24.19 £19.07 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £22.32 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.05% -28.02% +74.94%
75th Percentile £70.00 £30.77 £60.00
90th Percentile £87.00 £62.25 £97.50
North West median hourly rate £29.00 £25.15 £16.93
% change year-on-year +15.33% +48.57% -51.64%

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 24 August 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 24 August 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 +5 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 (5.26%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.63%) Confluence
2 1 (2.63%) nginx
Applications
1 3 (7.89%) Acrobat
Cloud Services
1 8 (21.05%) AWS
1 8 (21.05%) Azure
2 6 (15.79%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (7.89%) Entra ID
3 3 (7.89%) GitHub
3 3 (7.89%) OCI
4 2 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (5.26%) GCP
4 2 (5.26%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (2.63%) Akamai
5 1 (2.63%) AWS Direct Connect
5 1 (2.63%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (2.63%) Kong
5 1 (2.63%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.63%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 15 (39.47%) Firewall
2 11 (28.95%) BGP
2 11 (28.95%) VPN
3 8 (21.05%) OSPF
3 8 (21.05%) Wireless
4 7 (18.42%) Network Security
5 6 (15.79%) Cisco ASA
5 6 (15.79%) Cisco Firepower
5 6 (15.79%) WAN
6 5 (13.16%) EIGRP
6 5 (13.16%) Software-Defined Networking
6 5 (13.16%) TCP/IP
7 4 (10.53%) Cisco IOS
7 4 (10.53%) IP Telephony
7 4 (10.53%) LAN
7 4 (10.53%) PSTN
8 3 (7.89%) NetScaler
8 3 (7.89%) SD-WAN
8 3 (7.89%) VLAN
8 3 (7.89%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.63%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (7.89%) Git
2 2 (5.26%) GitLab
2 2 (5.26%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.63%) JIRA
3 1 (2.63%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 5 (13.16%) Finance
2 4 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (10.53%) Banking
2 4 (10.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (10.53%) Social Skills
3 3 (7.89%) Law
3 3 (7.89%) Legal
4 2 (5.26%) Retail
5 1 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.63%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.63%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (52.63%) Network Engineer
2 10 (26.32%) Analyst
3 4 (10.53%) Cisco Engineer
3 4 (10.53%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 4 (10.53%) Network Analyst
4 3 (7.89%) 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
4 3 (7.89%) Automation Engineer
4 3 (7.89%) Deployment Engineer
4 3 (7.89%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 3 (7.89%) Network Deployment Engineer
4 3 (7.89%) Service Analyst
4 3 (7.89%) Service Desk Analyst
4 3 (7.89%) Storage Analyst
5 2 (5.26%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 2 (5.26%) 2nd Line Support
5 2 (5.26%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 2 (5.26%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 2 (5.26%) Security Engineer
5 2 (5.26%) Support Engineer
6 1 (2.63%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.89%) Flash
1 3 (7.89%) Terraform
2 1 (2.63%) JSON
2 1 (2.63%) JWT
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (2.63%) OpenID
2 1 (2.63%) REST
2 1 (2.63%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.53%) Data Centre
1 4 (10.53%) Driving Licence
1 4 (10.53%) Legacy Systems
1 4 (10.53%) Replication
2 3 (7.89%) Blackberry
2 3 (7.89%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (7.89%) Linux Command Line
2 3 (7.89%) Smartphone
3 2 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (5.26%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 2 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.63%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (2.63%) PKI
4 1 (2.63%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 6 (15.79%) Linux
2 5 (13.16%) Unix
2 5 (13.16%) Windows
3 3 (7.89%) Windows 10
4 1 (2.63%) AIX
4 1 (2.63%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (28.95%) ITIL
2 7 (18.42%) Agile
2 7 (18.42%) Project Delivery
3 6 (15.79%) Validation
4 5 (13.16%) Change Management
5 4 (10.53%) Migration
5 4 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (7.89%) CI/CD
6 3 (7.89%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (7.89%) Infrastructure as Code
6 3 (7.89%) Infrastructure Maintenance
6 3 (7.89%) Network Segmentation
6 3 (7.89%) Performance Analysis
6 3 (7.89%) Ticket Management
7 2 (5.26%) DevSecOps
7 2 (5.26%) High Availability
7 2 (5.26%) Knowledge Transfer
7 2 (5.26%) Observability
7 2 (5.26%) Roadmaps
7 2 (5.26%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 7 (18.42%) Python
2 4 (10.53%) Bash
2 4 (10.53%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (28.95%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (23.68%) Security Cleared
3 8 (21.05%) SC Cleared
4 7 (18.42%) CCNP
5 6 (15.79%) CCNA
6 4 (10.53%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (5.26%) DBS Check
7 2 (5.26%) Degree
8 1 (2.63%) CCIE
8 1 (2.63%) CEH
8 1 (2.63%) CISSP
8 1 (2.63%) CSPO
8 1 (2.63%) Master's Degree
8 1 (2.63%) SANS
8 1 (2.63%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.63%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (13.16%) Firmware
1 5 (13.16%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (7.89%) GPFS
2 3 (7.89%) NFS
2 3 (7.89%) VMware ESXi
2 3 (7.89%) vSphere
3 2 (5.26%) Active Directory
3 2 (5.26%) Docker
3 2 (5.26%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 5 (13.16%) Ansible
2 3 (7.89%) vRealize
2 3 (7.89%) VxRail
3 2 (5.26%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (5.26%) Kubernetes
3 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (2.63%) Argo
4 1 (2.63%) Grafana
4 1 (2.63%) Istio
4 1 (2.63%) Nagios
4 1 (2.63%) Network Intrusion Detection System
4 1 (2.63%) Progress Chef
4 1 (2.63%) Prometheus
4 1 (2.63%) Puppet
4 1 (2.63%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 9 (23.68%) Meraki
1 9 (23.68%) Palo Alto
1 9 (23.68%) ServiceNow
2 8 (21.05%) Fortinet
3 7 (18.42%) CheckPoint
4 6 (15.79%) VMware
5 5 (13.16%) F5
5 5 (13.16%) Microsoft
6 4 (10.53%) IBM
6 4 (10.53%) Oracle
7 3 (7.89%) Adobe
7 3 (7.89%) Citrix
7 3 (7.89%) iManage
7 3 (7.89%) Intapp
7 3 (7.89%) Juniper
7 3 (7.89%) Litera
8 2 (5.26%) Splunk
8 2 (5.26%) Zscaler
9 1 (2.63%) Aruba
9 1 (2.63%) Ribbon