Cisco Contracts in Reading

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Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 29 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
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 41 45
Rank change year-on-year +3 +4 -2
Contract jobs citing Cisco 21 60 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 3.85% 5.07% 3.98%
As % of the Vendors category 6.75% 10.34% 8.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 44 15
10th Percentile £262 £335 £443
25th Percentile - £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £513 £530
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% -3.30% -3.20%
75th Percentile £520 £608 £578
90th Percentile £550 £637 £615
Berkshire median daily rate £450 £513 £450
% change year-on-year -12.20% +13.89% -4.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £76.99 -
Berkshire median hourly rate - £73.50 £53.75
% change year-on-year - +36.73% +106.73%

All Vendors
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 311 580 511
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 57.06% 49.03% 49.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 335 354
10th Percentile £350 £213 £372
25th Percentile £469 £413 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +15.00%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £675
90th Percentile £700 £688 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £543 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +5.85% -6.82% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 26 14
10th Percentile £45.97 £14.50 £45.75
25th Percentile £51.17 £52.90 £49.68
Median hourly rate £61.10 £58.30 £64.68
Median % change year-on-year +4.79% -9.86% +99.34%
75th Percentile £69.77 £61.60 £69.05
90th Percentile £74.22 - £76.62
Berkshire median hourly rate £53.50 £58.30 £60.88
% change year-on-year -8.23% -4.23% +21.75%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Cisco in Reading

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Cisco in Reading

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Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco in Reading over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco in Reading

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for Cisco in Reading

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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 3 (14.29%) AWS
2 1 (4.76%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 11 (52.38%) Firewall
1 11 (52.38%) Network Security
2 10 (47.62%) VLAN
3 7 (33.33%) BGP
3 7 (33.33%) OSPF
3 7 (33.33%) TCP/IP
3 7 (33.33%) VPN
4 5 (23.81%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (19.05%) LAN
5 4 (19.05%) WAN
5 4 (19.05%) Wireless
6 3 (14.29%) 802.11
7 2 (9.52%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (9.52%) MPLS
7 2 (9.52%) SD-WAN
8 1 (4.76%) 4G
8 1 (4.76%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (4.76%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (4.76%) Junos
8 1 (4.76%) Radio Access Network
General
1 4 (19.05%) Social Skills
2 3 (14.29%) Manufacturing
2 3 (14.29%) Public Sector
2 3 (14.29%) Telecoms
3 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Electronics
3 1 (4.76%) Finance
3 1 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (4.76%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 7 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 3 (14.29%) Consultant
2 3 (14.29%) Senior
2 3 (14.29%) Wireless Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) CyberArk Consultant
3 2 (9.52%) Security Consultant
3 2 (9.52%) Test Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Cisco Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Design Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) IP Network Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Network Analyst
4 1 (4.76%) Network Security Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Presales Consultant
4 1 (4.76%) Procurement Consultant
4 1 (4.76%) Quality Analyst
4 1 (4.76%) Quality Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Security Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Senior Network Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (14.29%) 802.1X
2 2 (9.52%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.76%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (4.76%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (4.76%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.76%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (33.33%) Security Operations
1 7 (33.33%) SIEM
2 6 (28.57%) Proactive Monitoring
2 6 (28.57%) Security Monitoring
3 5 (23.81%) Network Design
4 3 (14.29%) Computer Science
4 3 (14.29%) Data Collection
4 3 (14.29%) GAP Analysis
5 2 (9.52%) Cloud Security
5 2 (9.52%) Defect Management
5 2 (9.52%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (9.52%) Project Delivery
5 2 (9.52%) Service Management
5 2 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (9.52%) Test Scripting
6 1 (4.76%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (4.76%) Incident Management
6 1 (4.76%) Migration
6 1 (4.76%) Programme Management
6 1 (4.76%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (4.76%) VB
Qualifications
1 8 (38.10%) CCNP
1 8 (38.10%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (28.57%) CCSA
2 6 (28.57%) CCSE
2 6 (28.57%) Check Point Certification
3 4 (19.05%) Degree
3 4 (19.05%) Security Cleared
4 3 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (14.29%) SC Cleared
5 1 (4.76%) CCIE
5 1 (4.76%) CCNA
5 1 (4.76%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) NIST
2 1 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.76%) QA
Systems Management
1 7 (33.33%) Ansible
2 1 (4.76%) CASB
2 1 (4.76%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 8 (38.10%) Palo Alto
2 6 (28.57%) Aruba
2 6 (28.57%) CheckPoint
3 5 (23.81%) Juniper
4 3 (14.29%) AirMagnet
4 3 (14.29%) Ekahau
4 3 (14.29%) Extreme Networks
4 3 (14.29%) Meraki
4 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
4 3 (14.29%) Splunk
5 2 (9.52%) Broadcom
5 2 (9.52%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (9.52%) CyberArk
5 2 (9.52%) F5
5 2 (9.52%) HP
5 2 (9.52%) Symantec
6 1 (4.76%) Citrix
6 1 (4.76%) Computacenter
6 1 (4.76%) Kenna
6 1 (4.76%) SAP