Cisco Contracts in the North of England

Cisco
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 69 76
Rank change year-on-year +38 +7 -11
Contract jobs citing Cisco 192 133 173
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 5.83% 2.79% 2.97%
As % of the Vendors category 11.44% 6.51% 7.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 81 122
10th Percentile £313 £275 £231
25th Percentile £385 £363 £328
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £531 £538
90th Percentile £638 £613 £623
England median daily rate £516 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +3.10% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £12.67
Median hourly rate £30.40 - £13.30
75th Percentile - - £13.92
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £37.07 £27.50 £54.34
% change year-on-year +34.81% -49.39% +127.25%

All Vendors
North of England

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 North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,679 2,042 2,322
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 50.96% 42.83% 39.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,078 1,194 1,581
10th Percentile £230 £250 £248
25th Percentile £363 £390 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £564 £585 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
England median daily rate £525 £518 £538
% change year-on-year +1.30% -3.58% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 212 66
10th Percentile £17.44 £10.95 £15.00
25th Percentile £21.24 £12.53 £19.77
Median hourly rate £32.50 £15.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +116.67% -57.14% +96.52%
75th Percentile £59.65 £21.08 £49.05
90th Percentile £86.00 £46.15 £54.88
England median hourly rate £27.13 £22.50 £39.55
% change year-on-year +20.56% -43.11% +88.33%

Cisco
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Cisco in the North of England

Cisco
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cisco in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Cisco in the North of England

Cisco
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco in the North of England

Cisco
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cisco in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Cisco in the North of England

Cisco
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West +28 126 £490 +3.16% 64
Yorkshire +27 56 £525 +14.75% 41
North East +1 9 £325 -13.33% 12
Cisco
England

Cisco
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 16 (8.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 7 (3.65%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.60%) Mattermost
3 5 (2.60%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.60%) Skype for Business
4 4 (2.08%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (3.65%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (3.65%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 16 (8.33%) Azure
2 10 (5.21%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (3.65%) AWS
4 6 (3.13%) Entra ID
5 5 (2.60%) GCP
6 3 (1.56%) IaaS
6 3 (1.56%) PaaS
7 1 (0.52%) Azure Storage
7 1 (0.52%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 98 (51.04%) Firewall
2 54 (28.13%) BGP
3 50 (26.04%) OSPF
4 47 (24.48%) WAN
5 39 (20.31%) EIGRP
5 39 (20.31%) Network Security
5 39 (20.31%) VPN
6 38 (19.79%) Cisco ASA
7 37 (19.27%) Cisco Firepower
8 36 (18.75%) Wi-Fi
9 34 (17.71%) HSRP
9 34 (17.71%) IPsec
10 31 (16.15%) DNS
11 29 (15.10%) Wireless
12 27 (14.06%) LAN
13 22 (11.46%) NetScaler
14 20 (10.42%) Cisco ISE
15 19 (9.90%) MPLS
16 15 (7.81%) Cisco Nexus
17 14 (7.29%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (10.42%) Oracle Database
2 1 (0.52%) MySQL
2 1 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.52%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (3.13%) JIRA
2 3 (1.56%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (1.04%) Git
3 2 (1.04%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.04%) Selenium
3 2 (1.04%) TestNG
4 1 (0.52%) Katalon Studio
General
1 35 (18.23%) Social Skills
2 11 (5.73%) Public Sector
3 9 (4.69%) Banking
4 8 (4.17%) Finance
4 8 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
4 8 (4.17%) Telecoms
5 5 (2.60%) Pharmaceutical
6 4 (2.08%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (2.08%) Local Government
7 3 (1.56%) Investment Banking
7 3 (1.56%) Legal
8 2 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.04%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.04%) Retail
8 2 (1.04%) Retail Banking
9 1 (0.52%) Advertising
9 1 (0.52%) Law
9 1 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.52%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 109 (56.77%) Network Engineer
2 31 (16.15%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 28 (14.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 13 (6.77%) IT Engineer
5 11 (5.73%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
5 11 (5.73%) Security Engineer
6 10 (5.21%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 10 (5.21%) Senior
7 9 (4.69%) Engineering Specialist
8 8 (4.17%) Senior Network Engineer
9 7 (3.65%) Analyst
9 7 (3.65%) Cisco Engineer
10 6 (3.13%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 6 (3.13%) Delivery Manager
10 6 (3.13%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
10 6 (3.13%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (3.13%) Operations Engineer
11 5 (2.60%) Architect
11 5 (2.60%) Network Security Engineer
11 5 (2.60%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (9.38%) 802.1X
2 5 (2.60%) XMPP
3 3 (1.56%) REST
4 2 (1.04%) pytest
5 1 (0.52%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 19 (9.90%) Data Centre
2 18 (9.38%) Linux Command Line
3 11 (5.73%) Management Information System
4 7 (3.65%) Data Protection Act
4 7 (3.65%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (3.13%) Video Conferencing
6 5 (2.60%) CMDB
7 2 (1.04%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.04%) EMC VMAX
7 2 (1.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (1.04%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.52%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.52%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (0.52%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.52%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.52%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 37 (19.27%) Linux
2 33 (17.19%) Windows
3 25 (13.02%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.08%) Windows 10
5 3 (1.56%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (1.56%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.52%) CentOS
6 1 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.52%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.52%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (18.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 34 (17.71%) Problem-Solving
3 31 (16.15%) Network Design
4 30 (15.63%) Network Management
5 29 (15.10%) Load Balancing
6 28 (14.58%) ITIL
7 25 (13.02%) Agile
8 23 (11.98%) Security Management
9 22 (11.46%) Network Architecture
10 17 (8.85%) ITSM
10 17 (8.85%) Microservices
10 17 (8.85%) Migration
11 16 (8.33%) Problem Management
11 16 (8.33%) SOA
12 15 (7.81%) Server Management
13 14 (7.29%) Impact Assessments
13 14 (7.29%) Roadmaps
14 11 (5.73%) Change Management
15 9 (4.69%) Network Monitoring
15 9 (4.69%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (13.02%) PowerShell
1 25 (13.02%) SQL
2 23 (11.98%) Bash
3 18 (9.38%) Perl
3 18 (9.38%) PL/SQL
4 10 (5.21%) Python
5 1 (0.52%) Go
Qualifications
1 87 (45.31%) Security Cleared
2 82 (42.71%) SC Cleared
3 62 (32.29%) Cisco Certification
4 29 (15.10%) CCNA
5 22 (11.46%) CCNP
6 19 (9.90%) Degree
7 7 (3.65%) CCIE
8 6 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (3.13%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (2.08%) APMP
9 4 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (1.04%) JNCIA
10 2 (1.04%) JNCIE
10 2 (1.04%) JNCIS
10 2 (1.04%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.52%) CCSE
11 1 (0.52%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.52%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.52%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.52%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.04%) GDPR
2 2 (1.04%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.52%) NIST
3 1 (0.52%) QA
3 1 (0.52%) SOC 2
System Software
1 34 (17.71%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.08%) Firmware
3 3 (1.56%) vSphere
4 2 (1.04%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.04%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.52%) Docker
5 1 (0.52%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 12 (6.25%) Ansible
2 8 (4.17%) Terraform
3 7 (3.65%) FortiGate
3 7 (3.65%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (2.60%) SCOM
5 4 (2.08%) NetBackup
6 3 (1.56%) Backup Exec
6 3 (1.56%) EMC NetWorker
6 3 (1.56%) HP Data Protector
6 3 (1.56%) SCCM
6 3 (1.56%) vCenter Server
7 2 (1.04%) Kubernetes
7 2 (1.04%) Nagios
7 2 (1.04%) Progress Chef
7 2 (1.04%) Puppet
7 2 (1.04%) vRealize
7 2 (1.04%) ZABBIX
8 1 (0.52%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 68 (35.42%) Palo Alto
2 32 (16.67%) Meraki
3 31 (16.15%) CheckPoint
4 28 (14.58%) Microsoft
5 21 (10.94%) Fortinet
5 21 (10.94%) Oracle
6 16 (8.33%) VMware
7 15 (7.81%) HP
7 15 (7.81%) SolarWinds
8 12 (6.25%) Veeam
9 9 (4.69%) EMC
10 8 (4.17%) Brocade
11 7 (3.65%) Aruba
11 7 (3.65%) F5
11 7 (3.65%) Remedy
12 6 (3.13%) Citrix
12 6 (3.13%) Red Hat
12 6 (3.13%) Splunk
13 5 (2.60%) Arista
14 4 (2.08%) Symantec