Cisco Network Engineer Contracts in Reading

Cisco Network Engineer
Berkshire > Reading

The median Cisco Network Engineer daily rate in Reading is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 89 -
Rank change year-on-year +30 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Cisco Network Engineer 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.17% 0.17% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.18% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £200 -
Median % change year-on-year +187.50% - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate £538 £225 £425
% change year-on-year +138.89% -47.06% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Reading. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Reading with a recognized job title 563 1,112 996
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.30% 93.29% 95.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 340 632 664
10th Percentile £325 £213 £363
25th Percentile £450 £413 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £533 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.19% -3.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £623 £651
90th Percentile £700 £688 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £504 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -1.76% -2.38% +7.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 51 24
10th Percentile - £35.00 £26.45
25th Percentile - £52.90 £51.48
Median hourly rate £70.00 £61.60 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -5.23% +150.00%
75th Percentile £71.80 £74.66 £74.20
90th Percentile £75.03 £87.46 £79.19
Berkshire median hourly rate £63.37 £59.50 £56.89
% change year-on-year +6.51% +4.60% +170.88%

Cisco Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings that featured Cisco Network Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco Network Engineer in Reading

Cisco Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cisco Network Engineer in Reading.

Daily rate trend for Cisco Network Engineer in Reading

Cisco Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cisco Network Engineer in Reading.

Hourly rate trend for Cisco Network Engineer in Reading

Cisco Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Cisco Network Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Reading region featuring Cisco Network Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) VB
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Junos
1 1 (100.00%) F5
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Firepower
1 1 (100.00%) Preventative Maintenance
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector

Cisco Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Firepower
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (100.00%) Junos
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (100.00%) Preventative Maintenance
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) F5
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) SAP