Cisco Contracts in Portsmouth

Cisco
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Portsmouth 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 20 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
20 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 32 6
Rank change year-on-year +5 -26 +12
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Cisco 7 4 52
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Portsmouth 3.54% 1.89% 18.71%
As % of the Vendors category 7.07% 3.28% 29.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 40
10th Percentile £423 £454 £273
25th Percentile £488 £459 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £518 £425
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +21.76% -8.90%
75th Percentile £625 £596 £450
90th Percentile £655 £606 £494
Hampshire median daily rate £575 £525 £450
% change year-on-year +9.52% +16.67% -9.09%

All Vendors
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 99 122 176
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth 50.00% 57.55% 63.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 53 109
10th Percentile - £360 £262
25th Percentile £200 £460 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £575 £500
Median % change year-on-year -24.35% +15.00% +6.67%
75th Percentile £548 £688 £588
90th Percentile £660 £780 £670
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £575 £513
% change year-on-year -8.70% +12.05% -2.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 46 11
10th Percentile - - £26.25
25th Percentile £24.66 £53.40 £45.62
Median hourly rate £33.89 £57.35 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.92% +4.27% +25.06%
75th Percentile £53.75 £61.30 £58.75
90th Percentile £59.93 £70.00 -
Hampshire median hourly rate £33.47 £57.35 £51.25
% change year-on-year -41.64% +11.90% +156.25%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Job vacancy trend for Cisco in Portsmouth

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Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Cisco.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Cisco

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Daily Rate Histogram in Portsmouth

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco in Portsmouth over the 6 months to 20 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco in Portsmouth

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Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Cisco.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Cisco

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) LAN
2 2 (28.57%) Firewall
2 2 (28.57%) WAN
3 1 (14.29%) BGP
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco Firepower
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (14.29%) Internet
3 1 (14.29%) OSPF
3 1 (14.29%) SD-WAN
3 1 (14.29%) VLAN
3 1 (14.29%) VPN
3 1 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
General
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Military
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Network Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Architect
3 2 (28.57%) Network Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco Network Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Juniper Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Juniper Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Systems Integrator
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Network Design
2 2 (28.57%) Network Architecture
2 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Agile
3 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (14.29%) High Availability
3 1 (14.29%) Migration
3 1 (14.29%) Network Segmentation
3 1 (14.29%) Preventative Maintenance
3 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) SC Cleared
1 6 (85.71%) Security Cleared
2 4 (57.14%) CCNP
2 4 (57.14%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (42.86%) CCNA
3 3 (42.86%) DV Cleared
3 3 (42.86%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Firmware
1 1 (14.29%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Fortinet
1 4 (57.14%) Juniper
2 2 (28.57%) Fujitsu
3 1 (14.29%) Meraki
3 1 (14.29%) Palo Alto
3 1 (14.29%) VMware