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 20 October 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 20 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	89	66	35
Rank change year-on-year	-23	-31	+4
Contract jobs citing Cisco	38	19	50
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester	1.86%	1.83%	4.37%
As % of the Vendors category	5.09%	3.77%	10.50%
Number of daily rates quoted	20	13	27
10^th Percentile	£213	-	£345
25^th Percentile	£250	£170	£419
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£316	£350	£495
Median % change year-on-year	-9.71%	-29.29%	+10.00%
75^th Percentile	£457	£488	£550
90^th Percentile	£546	£595	£565
North West median daily rate	£483	£475	£485
% change year-on-year	+1.68%	-2.06%	+4.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted	1	0	0
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£29.00	-	-
Median hourly rate	£30.00	-	-
75^th Percentile	£31.00	-	-
90^th 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.

	6 months to 20 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services	747	504	476
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester	36.62%	48.60%	41.64%
Number of daily rates quoted	436	333	269
10^th Percentile	£275	£304	£363
25^th Percentile	£400	£393	£413
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£492	£458	£500
Median % change year-on-year	+7.57%	-8.50%	+3.04%
75^th Percentile	£583	£612	£575
90^th Percentile	£650	£723	£675
North West median daily rate	£495	£470	£500
% change year-on-year	+5.32%	-6.00%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	68	43	18
10^th Percentile	£19.00	£14.63	£15.89
25^th Percentile	£24.19	£19.07	£23.63
Median hourly rate	£37.50	£22.32	£31.75
Median % change year-on-year	+68.05%	-29.72%	+79.18%
75^th Percentile	£71.25	£31.40	£41.56
90^th Percentile	£87.50	£32.85	£64.13
North West median hourly rate	£28.25	£22.63	£35.00
% change year-on-year	+24.83%	-35.34%	-

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 Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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 20 October 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.

Cisco Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 20 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Cisco also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Manchester region with a requirement for Cisco.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Firewall	39.5%	15
2	VPN	31.6%	12
3	BGP	28.9%	11
3	Palo Alto	28.9%	11
5	ITIL	26.3%	10
5	ServiceNow	26.3%	10
7	Cisco Certification	23.7%	9
7	Python	23.7%	9
9	AWS	21.1%	8
9	Cisco IOS	21.1%	8
9	Fortinet	21.1%	8
9	Migration	21.1%	8
9	Network Security	21.1%	8
9	OSPF	21.1%	8
9	SC Cleared	21.1%	8
9	Security Cleared	21.1%	8
9	WAN	21.1%	8
9	Wireless	21.1%	8
19	Ansible	18.4%	7
19	Arista	18.4%	7
19	Change Management	18.4%	7
19	CheckPoint	18.4%	7
19	F5	18.4%	7
19	Meraki	18.4%	7
19	MPLS	18.4%	7
19	Project Delivery	18.4%	7
19	TCP/IP	18.4%	7
28	Azure	15.8%	6
28	CCNA	15.8%	6
28	Cisco ASA	15.8%	6

Cisco Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Vendors

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Palo Alto	28.9%	11
2	ServiceNow	26.3%	10
3	Fortinet	21.1%	8
4	Arista	18.4%	7
4	CheckPoint	18.4%	7
4	F5	18.4%	7
4	Meraki	18.4%	7
8	Microsoft	15.8%	6
9	Juniper	13.2%	5
9	VMware	13.2%	5
11	Splunk	10.5%	4
12	Adobe	7.9%	3
12	Citrix	7.9%	3
12	IBM	7.9%	3
12	iManage	7.9%	3
12	Intapp	7.9%	3
12	Litera	7.9%	3
12	Oracle	7.9%	3
19	AlgoSec	2.6%	1
19	ArcSight	2.6%	1