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 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 August 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
17 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 43 34
Rank change year-on-year 0 -9 +25
Contract jobs citing Cisco 97 95 143
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 4.39% 3.95% 4.88%
As % of the Vendors category 8.89% 10.03% 10.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 55 91
10th Percentile £325 £309 £313
25th Percentile £363 £445 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £505 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% +12.22% +5.88%
75th Percentile £538 £545 £482
90th Percentile £617 £599 £554
England median daily rate £500 £500 £450
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65.75 - -
Median hourly rate £66.50 - £47.83
75th Percentile £67.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £30.00 £26.00 £45.70
% change year-on-year +15.38% -43.11% +86.87%

All Vendors
North West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,091 947 1,304
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 49.41% 39.33% 44.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 701 542 825
10th Percentile £304 £298 £225
25th Percentile £388 £406 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £575 £599 £586
90th Percentile £675 £675 £656
England median daily rate £508 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 92 95
10th Percentile £13.00 £10.95 £15.75
25th Percentile £19.07 £11.07 £17.48
Median hourly rate £26.26 £16.06 £29.30
Median % change year-on-year +63.51% -45.19% +45.55%
75th Percentile £51.37 £35.52 £46.18
90th Percentile £68.63 £55.21 £55.51
England median hourly rate £25.15 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -16.17% -14.29% +55.56%

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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 17 August 2025.

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 17 August 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
Cheshire -11 38 £438 -12.50% 11
Cumbria +17 29 £525 +1.94% 2
Manchester -31 21 £450 -10.89% 24
Merseyside -1 5 £550 +86.44% 1
Lancashire -1 4 £375 -25.00% 17
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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 8 (8.25%) Mattermost
1 8 (8.25%) Skype for Business
2 2 (2.06%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.06%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.03%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (3.09%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 13 (13.40%) Azure
2 4 (4.12%) AWS
2 4 (4.12%) GCP
3 3 (3.09%) SaaS
4 2 (2.06%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.03%) Azure Storage
5 1 (1.03%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.03%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 56 (57.73%) Firewall
2 30 (30.93%) BGP
3 28 (28.87%) WAN
4 25 (25.77%) Network Security
5 24 (24.74%) OSPF
6 21 (21.65%) Wi-Fi
7 18 (18.56%) Cisco ASA
7 18 (18.56%) EIGRP
8 16 (16.49%) LAN
9 14 (14.43%) Cisco Firepower
9 14 (14.43%) IPsec
10 13 (13.40%) HSRP
11 12 (12.37%) MPLS
11 12 (12.37%) WLAN
12 11 (11.34%) VPN
12 11 (11.34%) Wireless
13 10 (10.31%) SAN
13 10 (10.31%) TCP/IP
14 9 (9.28%) NetScaler
14 9 (9.28%) Unified Communications
Development Applications
1 1 (1.03%) Hudson
1 1 (1.03%) JIRA
General
1 17 (17.53%) Social Skills
2 11 (11.34%) Public Sector
3 6 (6.19%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (6.19%) Finance
4 5 (5.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (3.09%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.06%) Banking
6 2 (2.06%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.06%) Retail
7 1 (1.03%) Advertising
7 1 (1.03%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.03%) Italian Language
7 1 (1.03%) Law
7 1 (1.03%) Legal
7 1 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.03%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.03%) Polish Language
7 1 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.03%) Social Housing
7 1 (1.03%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 61 (62.89%) Network Engineer
2 19 (19.59%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 11 (11.34%) Security Engineer
4 10 (10.31%) Support Engineer
5 9 (9.28%) Network Security Engineer
5 9 (9.28%) Operations Engineer
6 8 (8.25%) Analyst
6 8 (8.25%) Messaging Engineer
6 8 (8.25%) Messaging Support
6 8 (8.25%) Messaging Support Engineer
6 8 (8.25%) Operations Support Engineer
7 7 (7.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (7.22%) Messaging Analyst
7 7 (7.22%) Messaging Support Analyst
7 7 (7.22%) Operational Support Analyst
7 7 (7.22%) Operations Analyst
7 7 (7.22%) Operations Support Analyst
7 7 (7.22%) Storage Engineer
7 7 (7.22%) Support Analyst
8 5 (5.15%) Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (11.34%) 802.1X
2 9 (9.28%) XMPP
3 1 (1.03%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 14 (14.43%) Data Centre
1 14 (14.43%) Management Information System
2 7 (7.22%) CMDB
3 5 (5.15%) Video Conferencing
4 4 (4.12%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (4.12%) Replication
5 2 (2.06%) Clustering
5 2 (2.06%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.03%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 11 (11.34%) Linux
2 6 (6.19%) Windows
3 5 (5.15%) Windows Server
4 3 (3.09%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (3.09%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (1.03%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (25.77%) ITIL
2 22 (22.68%) Network Design
3 17 (17.53%) Problem Management
3 17 (17.53%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (16.49%) Network Architecture
4 16 (16.49%) Network Management
5 11 (11.34%) Load Balancing
6 9 (9.28%) B2B
6 9 (9.28%) Change Management
7 8 (8.25%) Asset Management
7 8 (8.25%) Impact Assessments
7 8 (8.25%) Incident Response
7 8 (8.25%) Procure-to-Pay
7 8 (8.25%) Roadmaps
8 7 (7.22%) Infrastructure Automation
8 7 (7.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 7 (7.22%) Network Monitoring
8 7 (7.22%) Project Delivery
8 7 (7.22%) SIEM
8 7 (7.22%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 14 (14.43%) PowerShell
2 8 (8.25%) SQL
3 6 (6.19%) Python
4 4 (4.12%) Perl
Qualifications
1 33 (34.02%) SC Cleared
1 33 (34.02%) Security Cleared
2 29 (29.90%) Cisco Certification
3 23 (23.71%) CCNP
4 17 (17.53%) Degree
5 10 (10.31%) CCNA
6 8 (8.25%) ITIL Certification
7 6 (6.19%) CCIE
8 5 (5.15%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (4.12%) JNCIE
9 4 (4.12%) Master's Degree
10 3 (3.09%) CCDP
10 3 (3.09%) CCSA
10 3 (3.09%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (2.06%) CCSE
11 2 (2.06%) DBS Check
12 1 (1.03%) CCNA CyberOps
12 1 (1.03%) Check Point Certification
12 1 (1.03%) CISSP
12 1 (1.03%) CompTIA Security+
System Software
1 16 (16.49%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.09%) Firmware
4 2 (2.06%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 8 (8.25%) SCOM
2 5 (5.15%) vCenter Server
3 3 (3.09%) Backup Exec
3 3 (3.09%) NetBackup
4 2 (2.06%) Ansible
4 2 (2.06%) Cisco CUCM
4 2 (2.06%) EMC NetWorker
4 2 (2.06%) HP Data Protector
4 2 (2.06%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.03%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (1.03%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 43 (44.33%) Palo Alto
2 20 (20.62%) Meraki
3 19 (19.59%) CheckPoint
4 14 (14.43%) Microsoft
5 13 (13.40%) SolarWinds
6 11 (11.34%) F5
6 11 (11.34%) Fortinet
7 10 (10.31%) Zscaler
8 9 (9.28%) Splunk
9 8 (8.25%) Red Hat
9 8 (8.25%) Veeam
9 8 (8.25%) VMware
10 5 (5.15%) NetApp
11 4 (4.12%) Arista
11 4 (4.12%) Dell
11 4 (4.12%) EMC
11 4 (4.12%) HP
12 3 (3.09%) BMC
12 3 (3.09%) Remedy
12 3 (3.09%) Symantec