Cisco Contracts in the Midlands

Cisco
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 28 August 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
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 50 33
Rank change year-on-year +6 -17 +46
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Cisco 122 93 164
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.78% 3.45% 5.50%
As % of the Vendors category 10.25% 7.63% 10.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 70 98
10th Percentile £238 £165 £296
25th Percentile £350 £267 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £400
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% +25.00% -3.03%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £500
90th Percentile £634 £675 £600
England median daily rate £500 £500 £453
% change year-on-year - +10.50% -4.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 3
10th Percentile £23.03 £13.33 £14.00
25th Percentile £29.00 £13.44 £16.25
Median hourly rate £30.00 £13.75 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +118.18% -31.25% -11.11%
75th Percentile £31.00 £13.94 £21.50
90th Percentile £38.65 £13.98 £22.40
England median hourly rate £30.00 £25.59 £47.50
% change year-on-year +17.23% -46.13% +86.27%

All Vendors
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,190 1,219 1,510
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 46.65% 45.27% 50.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 768 816 971
10th Percentile £232 £250 £210
25th Percentile £350 £360 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £452 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.38% +2.63% -2.06%
75th Percentile £572 £600 £595
90th Percentile £638 £688 £700
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 38 46
10th Percentile £13.81 £12.75 £12.75
25th Percentile £18.05 £13.95 £15.69
Median hourly rate £25.15 £16.41 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +53.26% -27.07% +28.13%
75th Percentile £31.00 £36.19 £62.19
90th Percentile £50.00 £55.00 £91.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £29.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -13.28% -27.50% +77.78%

Cisco
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Cisco in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Cisco.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Cisco

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco in the Midlands over the 6 months to 28 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco in the Midlands

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Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Cisco.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Cisco

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cisco in the Midlands over the 6 months to 28 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Cisco in the Midlands

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DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +19 102 £495 -1.00% 38
East Midlands -13 20 £494 +31.67% 16
Cisco
England

Cisco
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (9.02%) Apache
1 11 (9.02%) WebLogic
2 3 (2.46%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.64%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (8.20%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.82%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 22 (18.03%) AWS
2 20 (16.39%) Azure
3 11 (9.02%) Azure Monitor
4 7 (5.74%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (4.92%) GCP
6 1 (0.82%) Azure Stack
6 1 (0.82%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 56 (45.90%) Firewall
2 39 (31.97%) WAN
3 32 (26.23%) DNS
3 32 (26.23%) Wireless
4 24 (19.67%) DHCP
4 24 (19.67%) LAN
5 21 (17.21%) Network Security
5 21 (17.21%) VPN
6 16 (13.11%) BGP
6 16 (13.11%) IPsec
7 14 (11.48%) SD-WAN
8 11 (9.02%) OSPF
8 11 (9.02%) Wireshark
9 10 (8.20%) Cisco Nexus
10 9 (7.38%) DMVPN
10 9 (7.38%) MPLS
10 9 (7.38%) SSL
10 9 (7.38%) TCP/IP
10 9 (7.38%) VLAN
11 8 (6.56%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.64%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (3.28%) JIRA
2 1 (0.82%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 37 (30.33%) Social Skills
2 15 (12.30%) Telecoms
3 12 (9.84%) Public Sector
4 8 (6.56%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (6.56%) Manufacturing
5 7 (5.74%) Finance
5 7 (5.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (5.74%) Legal
6 4 (3.28%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.82%) Financial Institution
7 1 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 46 (37.70%) Network Engineer
2 12 (9.84%) Cisco Engineer
2 12 (9.84%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 11 (9.02%) Support Engineer
4 9 (7.38%) Analyst
4 9 (7.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 6 (4.92%) Architect
5 6 (4.92%) Network Architect
5 6 (4.92%) Platform Engineer
6 5 (4.10%) Break Fix Engineer
6 5 (4.10%) IT Engineer
6 5 (4.10%) Monitoring Engineer
6 5 (4.10%) Network Support
6 5 (4.10%) Network Support Engineer
6 5 (4.10%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 5 (4.10%) Security Engineer
6 5 (4.10%) Support Analyst
6 5 (4.10%) Test Engineer
7 4 (3.28%) Consultant
7 4 (3.28%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.38%) 802.1X
2 3 (2.46%) Flash
2 3 (2.46%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 20 (16.39%) Data Centre
2 8 (6.56%) Onboarding
3 6 (4.92%) Virtual Team
4 5 (4.10%) Cloud Native
5 4 (3.28%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (3.28%) PKI
5 4 (3.28%) Product Ownership
5 4 (3.28%) Replication
6 3 (2.46%) Driving Licence
6 3 (2.46%) Linux Command Line
6 3 (2.46%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (1.64%) Fibre Optics
7 2 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.64%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.82%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.82%) Handset
8 1 (0.82%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.82%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 27 (22.13%) Windows
2 19 (15.57%) Linux
3 12 (9.84%) Unix
4 8 (6.56%) Windows 10
5 5 (4.10%) Windows Server
6 3 (2.46%) Windows 7
6 3 (2.46%) Windows 8
6 3 (2.46%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (1.64%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.82%) CentOS
8 1 (0.82%) Rocky
8 1 (0.82%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (18.03%) ITIL
2 20 (16.39%) Continuous Improvement
2 20 (16.39%) Service Management
3 17 (13.93%) Change Management
4 13 (10.66%) Agile
4 13 (10.66%) Incident Management
4 13 (10.66%) Incident Response
4 13 (10.66%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (9.02%) Analytics
5 11 (9.02%) Business Intelligence
5 11 (9.02%) Full-Stack Development
5 11 (9.02%) Log Analytics
5 11 (9.02%) Observability
5 11 (9.02%) Performance Monitoring
5 11 (9.02%) Proactive Management
5 11 (9.02%) Synthetic Monitoring
5 11 (9.02%) Test Strategy
5 11 (9.02%) Visualisation
6 9 (7.38%) Load Balancing
6 9 (7.38%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 13 (10.66%) SQL
2 6 (4.92%) PowerShell
3 4 (3.28%) Python
4 1 (0.82%) Perl
Qualifications
1 52 (42.62%) Security Cleared
2 38 (31.15%) Cisco Certification
2 38 (31.15%) SC Cleared
3 26 (21.31%) CCNP
4 20 (16.39%) CCNA
5 13 (10.66%) DV Cleared
6 11 (9.02%) Degree
7 10 (8.20%) CCIE
8 9 (7.38%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (2.46%) CCIE Routing and Switching
9 3 (2.46%) ISACA
9 3 (2.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (1.64%) CISA
10 2 (1.64%) CISM
10 2 (1.64%) CISSP
10 2 (1.64%) GIAC
10 2 (1.64%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (1.64%) SANS
11 1 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.82%) CCSM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.74%) SLA
2 3 (2.46%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.82%) Def Stans
3 1 (0.82%) GDPR
3 1 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 14 (11.48%) Active Directory
2 8 (6.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (4.10%) Firmware
4 4 (3.28%) vSphere
5 3 (2.46%) BitLocker
5 3 (2.46%) GPFS
5 3 (2.46%) Hyper-V
5 3 (2.46%) NFS
5 3 (2.46%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (1.64%) Docker
7 1 (0.82%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 9 (7.38%) Ansible
2 7 (5.74%) SCCM
3 6 (4.92%) Cisco CUCM
3 6 (4.92%) FortiGate
3 6 (4.92%) OpenView
4 5 (4.10%) HP ALM
5 3 (2.46%) vRealize
6 2 (1.64%) Cisco Prime
6 2 (1.64%) Kubernetes
6 2 (1.64%) Nagios
7 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.82%) Nessus
7 1 (0.82%) Network Intrusion Detection System
7 1 (0.82%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 29 (23.77%) Juniper
2 26 (21.31%) Microsoft
3 20 (16.39%) F5
4 15 (12.30%) CheckPoint
4 15 (12.30%) Fortinet
4 15 (12.30%) Oracle
5 14 (11.48%) SolarWinds
6 11 (9.02%) AppDynamics
6 11 (9.02%) Dynatrace
6 11 (9.02%) Splunk
7 10 (8.20%) Palo Alto
8 8 (6.56%) ServiceNow
8 8 (6.56%) VMware
9 7 (5.74%) Blue Coat
10 6 (4.92%) Meraki
10 6 (4.92%) Remedy
10 6 (4.92%) Salesforce
11 5 (4.10%) HP
11 5 (4.10%) Micro Focus
11 5 (4.10%) Peregrine