Cisco Contract Job Trends in Newport

Cisco
South Wales > Newport

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Newport 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 17 September 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
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 - 12
Rank change year-on-year - - -6
Contract jobs citing Cisco 6 0 8
As % of all contract jobs in Newport 7.41% - 11.27%
As % of the Vendors category 18.18% - 40.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £220
Median % change year-on-year - - -46.67%
75th Percentile - - £290
90th Percentile - - £326
South Wales median daily rate £390 £200 £241
% change year-on-year +95.00% -17.10% -43.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 4
10th Percentile £52.75 - -
25th Percentile - - £50.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 - £51.25
75th Percentile - - £54.06
90th Percentile - - £54.63
South Wales median hourly rate £55.00 - £51.25
% change year-on-year - - +5.13%

All Vendors
Newport

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 Newport.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 33 5 20
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newport 40.74% 26.32% 28.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 4 11
10th Percentile £378 £262 £185
25th Percentile £496 £415 £198
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £544 £350
Median % change year-on-year +1.15% +55.36% -33.33%
75th Percentile £584 £594 £419
90th Percentile £688 - £518
South Wales median daily rate £468 £381 £370
% change year-on-year +22.62% +3.04% -26.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 6
10th Percentile £40.85 - £50.00
25th Percentile £53.13 - £50.31
Median hourly rate £55.00 - £53.75
Median % change year-on-year - - +13.16%
75th Percentile - - £77.50
90th Percentile £60.40 - £86.40
South Wales median hourly rate £19.50 £20.50 £51.25
% change year-on-year -4.88% -60.00% +114.30%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

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

Cisco job vacancy trend in Newport

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Daily Rate Trend in Newport

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing Cisco

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Hourly Rate Trend in Newport

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing Cisco

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newport 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) DHCP
1 1 (16.67%) DNS
1 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 1 (16.67%) Aerospace
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) NOC Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) ITSM
1 6 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 5 (83.33%) Customer Service
2 5 (83.33%) Decision-Making
3 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (50.00%) Service Management
5 2 (33.33%) Incident Management
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) CCNA
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 6 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (66.67%) DV Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) SLA
2 3 (50.00%) JSP 440
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Remedy
1 1 (16.67%) ServiceNow