Cisco Contracts in Newport

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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 5 July 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
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 19 4
Rank change year-on-year +13 -15 +14
Contract jobs citing Cisco 8 4 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Newport 21.62% 4.21% 25.48%
As % of the Vendors category 72.73% 12.90% 45.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 25
10th Percentile - - £273
25th Percentile £285 - £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £290 £350 £525
Median % change year-on-year -17.14% -33.33% +50.00%
75th Percentile £295 - £538
90th Percentile - - £575
South Wales median daily rate £290 £294 £525
% change year-on-year -1.28% -44.05% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £50.13 £46.63
25th Percentile - £50.31 £47.19
Median hourly rate £45.00 £51.25 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% +5.13% +5.41%
75th Percentile - £52.81 £49.69
90th Percentile - £53.38 £49.88
South Wales median hourly rate £45.00 £51.25 £48.75
% change year-on-year -12.20% +5.13% +91.18%

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 11 31 88
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newport 29.73% 32.63% 56.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 17 67
10th Percentile £328 £147 £328
25th Percentile £393 £350 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £495 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% -5.71% -4.55%
75th Percentile £519 £625 £588
90th Percentile £530 - £638
South Wales median daily rate £360 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -28.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 10 2
10th Percentile - £11.00 £46.63
25th Percentile - £23.27 £47.19
Median hourly rate £45.00 £68.25 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year -34.07% +40.00% +144.85%
75th Percentile - £87.35 £49.69
90th Percentile - £87.82 £49.88
South Wales median hourly rate £19.51 £52.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -62.85% +162.50% +11.11%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

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

Job vacancy trend for Cisco in Newport

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Newport

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cisco in Newport.

Daily rate trend for Cisco in Newport

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Newport

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cisco in Newport.

Hourly rate trend for Cisco in Newport

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newport 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) AWS
1 3 (37.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 6 (75.00%) Network Security
2 4 (50.00%) BGP
2 4 (50.00%) Cisco IOS
2 4 (50.00%) Firewall
2 4 (50.00%) IPsec
2 4 (50.00%) OSPF
2 4 (50.00%) Wireless
3 3 (37.50%) SD-WAN
4 2 (25.00%) 802.11
4 2 (25.00%) HSRP
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Research Scientist
3 1 (12.50%) Security Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Cyberattack
2 2 (25.00%) Blog
3 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
3 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (12.50%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 4 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (37.50%) Network Design
3 3 (37.50%) Roadmaps
4 2 (25.00%) Analytics
4 2 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 2 (25.00%) Data Analytics
4 2 (25.00%) Machine Learning
4 2 (25.00%) Performance Metrics
5 1 (12.50%) High Availability
5 1 (12.50%) Knowledge Transfer
5 1 (12.50%) Network Optimisation
5 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (12.50%) Security Operations
5 1 (12.50%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) Python
2 2 (25.00%) Rust
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 8 (100.00%) Degree
2 6 (75.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (50.00%) CCNA
3 4 (50.00%) CCNP
3 4 (50.00%) Master's Degree
3 4 (50.00%) PhD
4 2 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) Cacti
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) SolarWinds
2 3 (37.50%) VMware