Cisco Engineer Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Cisco Engineer
UK > Scotland

The median Cisco Engineer daily rate in Scotland is £314, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 117 140
Rank change year-on-year +6 +23 +30
Contract jobs requiring a Cisco Engineer 3 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.19% 0.12% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.13% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile £221 £387 £315
25th Percentile £253 £416 £328
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £314 £475 £357
Median % change year-on-year -34.00% +33.15% +29.73%
75th Percentile £379 £536 £388
90th Percentile £414 £567 £401
UK median daily rate £485 £480 £475
% change year-on-year +1.04% +1.05% -4.04%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 1,414 1,575 2,275
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.01% 91.57% 94.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 833 951 1,428
10th Percentile £213 £200 £250
25th Percentile £360 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 £450 £480
Median % change year-on-year +0.89% -6.25% +1.05%
75th Percentile £540 £538 £581
90th Percentile £625 £650 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 53 61
10th Percentile £17.30 £13.33 £12.26
25th Percentile £20.00 £16.37 £16.50
Median hourly rate £24.62 £20.94 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +17.57% +7.38% +10.05%
75th Percentile £41.65 £24.18 £59.03
90th Percentile £64.67 £28.25 £62.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £44.00
% change year-on-year -27.63% -21.02% +40.98%

Cisco Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Cisco Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Cisco Engineer job vacancy trend in Scotland

Cisco Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cisco Engineer job vacancies in Scotland.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cisco Engineer job vacancies in Scotland

Cisco Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco Engineer in Scotland over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco Engineer in Scotland

Cisco Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Cisco Engineer job vacancies in Scotland.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Cisco Engineer job vacancies in Scotland

Cisco Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Engineer within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 13 December 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
Glasgow -2 2 £313 -45.65%
North Lanarkshire - 1 £314 -
Cisco Engineer
UK

Cisco Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, Cisco Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Scotland region featuring Cisco Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco ISE
2 2 (66.67%) MPLS
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) WAN
3 1 (33.33%) 802.1X
3 1 (33.33%) BGP
3 1 (33.33%) CCNA
3 1 (33.33%) CheckPoint
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco Firepower
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (33.33%) Ethernet VPN
3 1 (33.33%) F5
3 1 (33.33%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 1 (33.33%) Firewall
3 1 (33.33%) IPv4
3 1 (33.33%) Kalman Filter
3 1 (33.33%) LAN
3 1 (33.33%) Meraki
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Multicast
3 1 (33.33%) Nokia
3 1 (33.33%) OSPF
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) SDH
3 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery

Cisco Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco ISE
1 2 (66.67%) MPLS
1 2 (66.67%) WAN
2 1 (33.33%) BGP
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Firepower
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (33.33%) Ethernet VPN
2 1 (33.33%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) IPv4
2 1 (33.33%) LAN
2 1 (33.33%) Multicast
2 1 (33.33%) OSPF
2 1 (33.33%) SDH
2 1 (33.33%) VXLAN
2 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (33.33%) Wireless
General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (33.33%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) CCNA
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) CheckPoint
2 1 (33.33%) F5
2 1 (33.33%) Meraki
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Nokia
2 1 (33.33%) SolarWinds