Cisco Contracts in Scotland

Cisco
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 30 April 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
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 78 88 70
Rank change year-on-year +10 -18 +29
Contract jobs citing Cisco 41 40 104
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 2.54% 1.80% 3.63%
As % of the Vendors category 5.74% 4.51% 9.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 24 73
10th Percentile £248 £251 £326
25th Percentile £313 £309 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £399 £420 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -11.58% +11.44%
75th Percentile £456 £438 £500
90th Percentile £488 £515 £538
UK median daily rate £500 £488 £485
% change year-on-year +2.56% +0.52% +10.86%

All Vendors
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 714 887 1,140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 44.24% 39.95% 39.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 446 543 823
10th Percentile £236 £183 £175
25th Percentile £363 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £467 £473
Median % change year-on-year -0.54% -1.27% +5.11%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £538
90th Percentile £625 £688 £633
UK median daily rate £515 £518 £525
% change year-on-year -0.48% -1.43% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 52 16
10th Percentile £16.36 £13.28 £21.26
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.00 £43.86
Median hourly rate £22.00 £17.50 £59.03
Median % change year-on-year +25.71% -70.35% +47.56%
75th Percentile £24.62 £55.63 £65.39
90th Percentile £28.26 £60.00 £69.38
UK median hourly rate £27.13 £22.15 £43.75
% change year-on-year +22.46% -49.37% +108.33%

Cisco
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Cisco in Scotland

Cisco
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Cisco in Scotland

Cisco
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco in Scotland over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco in Scotland

Cisco
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Cisco in Scotland

Cisco
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 within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 30 April 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 +12 17 £375 -9.09% 20
Edinburgh +3 15 £413 -5.82% 9
Aberdeen +5 4 £456 - 2
Dundee - 1 £200 -
Aberdeenshire - 1 £325 -
Cisco
UK

Cisco
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (2.44%) IIS
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (12.20%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (9.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.44%) Acrobat
3 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (2.44%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 8 (19.51%) Azure
2 4 (9.76%) AWS
3 2 (4.88%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (4.88%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 20 (48.78%) Firewall
2 19 (46.34%) WAN
3 16 (39.02%) LAN
3 16 (39.02%) VPN
4 15 (36.59%) Network Security
5 13 (31.71%) Wireless
6 9 (21.95%) BGP
6 9 (21.95%) Cisco Nexus
6 9 (21.95%) OSPF
7 8 (19.51%) SD-WAN
8 6 (14.63%) IPsec
9 5 (12.20%) Cisco ASA
9 5 (12.20%) Cisco Firepower
9 5 (12.20%) TCP/IP
10 4 (9.76%) EIGRP
10 4 (9.76%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (7.32%) DHCP
11 3 (7.32%) DNS
11 3 (7.32%) MPLS
11 3 (7.32%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.76%) SQL Server
General
1 12 (29.27%) Social Skills
2 10 (24.39%) Telecoms
3 6 (14.63%) Public Sector
4 4 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (9.76%) Finance
5 3 (7.32%) Electronics
6 2 (4.88%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (4.88%) Legal
7 1 (2.44%) Banking
7 1 (2.44%) Financial Institution
7 1 (2.44%) Law
Job Titles
1 21 (51.22%) Network Engineer
2 5 (12.20%) Field Engineer
3 4 (9.76%) Senior
3 4 (9.76%) Senior Network Engineer
4 3 (7.32%) Cisco Engineer
4 3 (7.32%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 3 (7.32%) Network Field Engineer
4 3 (7.32%) Project Engineer
4 3 (7.32%) Project Manager
4 3 (7.32%) Telecoms Engineer
5 2 (4.88%) Architect
5 2 (4.88%) Field Telecoms Engineer
5 2 (4.88%) Infrastructure Architect
5 2 (4.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (4.88%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
5 2 (4.88%) Technical Architect
5 2 (4.88%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
6 1 (2.44%) Azure Engineer
6 1 (2.44%) ICT Analyst
6 1 (2.44%) WAN Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.44%) CSS
1 1 (2.44%) Java RMI
Miscellaneous
1 17 (41.46%) Data Centre
2 10 (24.39%) Driving Licence
3 4 (9.76%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (7.32%) Fibre Optics
5 2 (4.88%) Operational Technology
5 2 (4.88%) SCADA
6 1 (2.44%) Blackberry
6 1 (2.44%) PDA
6 1 (2.44%) PKI
6 1 (2.44%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 7 (17.07%) Windows
2 5 (12.20%) Windows 10
3 4 (9.76%) Linux
4 2 (4.88%) Windows Server
4 2 (4.88%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (4.88%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (4.88%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (2.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (2.44%) Unix
5 1 (2.44%) Windows 7
5 1 (2.44%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (2.44%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (24.39%) Network Monitoring
1 10 (24.39%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (17.07%) Project Delivery
3 6 (14.63%) Project Management
4 5 (12.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 5 (12.20%) ITIL
5 4 (9.76%) Data Protection
5 4 (9.76%) High Availability
5 4 (9.76%) Network Design
6 3 (7.32%) Capacity Management
6 3 (7.32%) Change Management
6 3 (7.32%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (7.32%) Customer Service
6 3 (7.32%) Digital Strategy
6 3 (7.32%) Load Balancing
6 3 (7.32%) PRINCE2
6 3 (7.32%) Process Management
6 3 (7.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (7.32%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (4.88%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.44%) Perl
1 1 (2.44%) PowerShell
1 1 (2.44%) Python
1 1 (2.44%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (34.15%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (24.39%) CCNP
3 7 (17.07%) Security Cleared
4 6 (14.63%) SC Cleared
5 5 (12.20%) CCNA
5 5 (12.20%) Degree
6 3 (7.32%) APMP
6 3 (7.32%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (7.32%) HNC
6 3 (7.32%) PMI Certification
6 3 (7.32%) PMP
7 2 (4.88%) A+ Certification
7 2 (4.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (2.44%) BC Cleared
8 1 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (2.44%) DV Cleared
8 1 (2.44%) MCP
8 1 (2.44%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.44%) Disclosure Scotland
1 1 (2.44%) QA
1 1 (2.44%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (14.63%) Active Directory
2 4 (9.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (4.88%) VMware NSX
4 1 (2.44%) Firmware
4 1 (2.44%) Hyper-V
4 1 (2.44%) Terminal Services
4 1 (2.44%) Xen
Systems Management
1 4 (9.76%) FortiGate
2 2 (4.88%) SCCM
3 1 (2.44%) Cisco Prime
3 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.44%) ServiceCenter
3 1 (2.44%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 16 (39.02%) Palo Alto
2 7 (17.07%) Microsoft
2 7 (17.07%) Nokia
3 6 (14.63%) F5
4 5 (12.20%) Juniper
4 5 (12.20%) ServiceNow
5 4 (9.76%) Fortinet
5 4 (9.76%) VMware
6 2 (4.88%) Adobe
6 2 (4.88%) Aruba
6 2 (4.88%) CheckPoint
6 2 (4.88%) HP
6 2 (4.88%) Meraki
7 1 (2.44%) Bomgar
7 1 (2.44%) Citrix
7 1 (2.44%) Commvault
7 1 (2.44%) Dell
7 1 (2.44%) Openreach
7 1 (2.44%) Peregrine
7 1 (2.44%) Symantec