Cisco Contract Job Trends 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 3 December 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
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 15 14
Rank change year-on-year +3 -1 +3
Contract jobs citing Cisco 4 8 7
As % of all contract jobs in Newport 9.09% 10.67% 7.29%
As % of the Vendors category 30.77% 34.78% 17.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 4
10th Percentile - - £408
25th Percentile £525 £210 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £220 £488
Median % change year-on-year +150.00% -54.87% +21.72%
75th Percentile £575 £290 £547
90th Percentile - £326 £564
South Wales median daily rate £443 £388 £423
% change year-on-year +14.19% -8.28% -0.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 0
Median hourly rate £90.00 £51.25 -
Median % change year-on-year +75.61% - -
South Wales median hourly rate £85.00 £51.25 -
% change year-on-year +65.85% - -

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 13 23 40
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newport 29.55% 30.67% 41.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 16 33
10th Percentile £382 £181 £405
25th Percentile £506 £189 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £358 £575
Median % change year-on-year +53.85% -37.83% +21.05%
75th Percentile £575 £535 £638
90th Percentile £594 £681 £650
South Wales median daily rate £413 £400 £500
% change year-on-year +3.31% -20.00% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £50.00 £27.08
Median hourly rate £90.00 £51.25 £27.17
Median % change year-on-year +75.61% +88.66% +78.60%
75th Percentile - £54.06 £27.25
90th Percentile - £54.63 -
South Wales median hourly rate £20.50 £50.00 £23.92
% change year-on-year -59.00% +109.07% +32.86%

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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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Wireless
2 1 (25.00%) NX-OS
2 1 (25.00%) Wireless
General
1 2 (50.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Network Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Availability Management
1 1 (25.00%) Capacity Management
1 1 (25.00%) Impact Analysis
1 1 (25.00%) Release Management
1 1 (25.00%) SIEM
1 1 (25.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) CCNA
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (25.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (25.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (25.00%) Splunk