Cisco Contracts in the North West

Cisco
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Cisco products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cisco over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 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 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 53 62 71
Rank change year-on-year +9 +9 -16
Contract jobs citing Cisco 89 112 132
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 3.22% 3.51% 3.25%
As % of the Vendors category 8.10% 8.71% 9.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 76 81
10th Percentile £300 £263 £230
25th Percentile £411 £325 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £405
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% +4.94% +1.25%
75th Percentile £533 £525 £500
90th Percentile £659 £550 £575
England median daily rate £490 £475 £425
% change year-on-year +3.16% +11.76% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
10th Percentile - - £13.52
25th Percentile - £12.67 £15.43
Median hourly rate - £13.30 £16.83
Median % change year-on-year - -20.98% -54.53%
75th Percentile - £13.92 £23.42
90th Percentile - - £34.69
England median hourly rate £27.50 £54.34 £23.91
% change year-on-year -49.39% +127.25% +19.55%

All Vendors
North West

Cisco is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services advertised in the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,099 1,286 1,439
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 39.78% 40.25% 35.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 650 862 989
10th Percentile £272 £288 £187
25th Percentile £394 £388 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +13.10%
75th Percentile £588 £586 £575
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £520 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -3.26% +2.38% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 148 58 97
10th Percentile £10.95 £14.60 £10.18
25th Percentile £11.95 £20.77 £14.25
Median hourly rate £16.06 £37.50 £19.25
Median % change year-on-year -57.17% +94.86% -30.01%
75th Percentile £25.54 £49.05 £42.20
90th Percentile £46.18 £54.27 £57.25
England median hourly rate £22.40 £39.55 £21.00
% change year-on-year -43.36% +88.33% -4.55%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Cisco in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Cisco in the North West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco in the North West over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco in the North West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Cisco in the North West

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. 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
Manchester 0 47 £433 -3.73% 25
Cheshire +1 17 £550 +33.33% 8
Cumbria - 17 £515 - 5
Merseyside +4 7 £285 -28.75% 4
Lancashire -2 1 £440 -12.00% 5
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 3 (3.37%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 14 (15.73%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.12%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 7 (7.87%) Azure
2 4 (4.49%) AWS
2 4 (4.49%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (2.25%) Nutanix
4 1 (1.12%) Datadog
4 1 (1.12%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.12%) GCP
4 1 (1.12%) IaaS
4 1 (1.12%) PaaS
4 1 (1.12%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 37 (41.57%) Firewall
2 22 (24.72%) Cisco Nexus
3 20 (22.47%) SD-WAN
4 19 (21.35%) Wireless
5 17 (19.10%) Cisco Firepower
6 16 (17.98%) Wi-Fi
7 15 (16.85%) Cisco ISE
7 15 (16.85%) DMZ
7 15 (16.85%) NetScaler
8 14 (15.73%) BGP
8 14 (15.73%) Cisco ASA
8 14 (15.73%) EIGRP
8 14 (15.73%) OSPF
9 13 (14.61%) Cisco IOS
9 13 (14.61%) HSRP
9 13 (14.61%) IPsec
10 12 (13.48%) SNMP
10 12 (13.48%) Spanning Tree
11 10 (11.24%) Network Security
11 10 (11.24%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.12%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (1.12%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (2.25%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (1.12%) JIRA
General
1 16 (17.98%) Finance
2 10 (11.24%) Social Skills
3 5 (5.62%) Public Sector
4 3 (3.37%) Banking
5 2 (2.25%) Investment Banking
6 1 (1.12%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.12%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 61 (68.54%) Network Engineer
2 20 (22.47%) Senior
3 15 (16.85%) Senior Network Engineer
4 13 (14.61%) Cisco Engineer
5 8 (8.99%) Support Engineer
6 6 (6.74%) Architect
6 6 (6.74%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 6 (6.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 6 (6.74%) Network Support
6 6 (6.74%) Network Support Engineer
6 6 (6.74%) SAN Engineer
6 6 (6.74%) SAN Storage Engineer
6 6 (6.74%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 6 (6.74%) Security Architect
6 6 (6.74%) Storage Engineer
6 6 (6.74%) VMware Engineer
6 6 (6.74%) Wireless Engineer
7 5 (5.62%) Network Architect
7 5 (5.62%) Network Security Architect
7 5 (5.62%) Wireless Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (13.48%) Jinja
2 2 (2.25%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 21 (23.60%) Data Centre
2 2 (2.25%) Driving Licence
2 2 (2.25%) Private Cloud
3 1 (1.12%) Clustering
3 1 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.12%) Security Posture
3 1 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.74%) Windows
2 4 (4.49%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.25%) Windows 10
3 2 (2.25%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (1.12%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (29.21%) ITSM
2 17 (19.10%) ITIL
3 16 (17.98%) Network Management
4 14 (15.73%) Change Management
5 12 (13.48%) DevOps
6 6 (6.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 5 (5.62%) Network Monitoring
8 3 (3.37%) Agile
8 3 (3.37%) Incident Response
8 3 (3.37%) Migration
8 3 (3.37%) Network Design
8 3 (3.37%) Problem-Solving
9 2 (2.25%) Break/Fix
9 2 (2.25%) Cloud Security
9 2 (2.25%) Cybersecurity
9 2 (2.25%) Load Balancing
9 2 (2.25%) Mobile Device Management
9 2 (2.25%) Project Delivery
9 2 (2.25%) Task Automation
9 2 (2.25%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 17 (19.10%) Python
2 12 (13.48%) Perl
2 12 (13.48%) Tcl
3 1 (1.12%) Bash
3 1 (1.12%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.12%) SQL
Qualifications
1 37 (41.57%) Cisco Certification
2 33 (37.08%) CCNP
3 28 (31.46%) CCNA
4 20 (22.47%) Security Cleared
5 17 (19.10%) SC Cleared
6 8 (8.99%) CCIE
7 5 (5.62%) CISSP
8 4 (4.49%) CCIE Security
8 4 (4.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 3 (3.37%) Degree
10 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (2.25%) VCAP
11 1 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (1.12%) CCSA
11 1 (1.12%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.49%) SLA
2 1 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.12%) NIST
2 1 (1.12%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 21 (23.60%) Firmware
2 6 (6.74%) VMware ESXi
3 5 (5.62%) Active Directory
3 5 (5.62%) Hyper-V
3 5 (5.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (2.25%) VMware NSX
5 1 (1.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (17.98%) Ansible
2 7 (7.87%) vCenter Server
3 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.12%) SolarWinds Orion
4 1 (1.12%) Terraform
4 1 (1.12%) WSUS
Vendors
1 31 (34.83%) Palo Alto
2 19 (21.35%) SolarWinds
3 16 (17.98%) Meraki
4 15 (16.85%) Citrix
4 15 (16.85%) VMware
5 13 (14.61%) F5
6 6 (6.74%) Microsoft
7 5 (5.62%) CheckPoint
7 5 (5.62%) Juniper
7 5 (5.62%) Veeam
8 4 (4.49%) Fortinet
9 3 (3.37%) Nimble Storage
10 2 (2.25%) 3PAR
10 2 (2.25%) Aruba
10 2 (2.25%) Brocade
10 2 (2.25%) Dell Compellent
10 2 (2.25%) Splunk
10 2 (2.25%) Tufin
10 2 (2.25%) WatchGuard
10 2 (2.25%) Zscaler