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 24 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
24 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 72 76
Rank change year-on-year -2 +4 +21
Contract jobs citing Cisco 46 51 100
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 2.80% 2.43% 3.73%
As % of the Vendors category 5.99% 5.99% 8.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 36 66
10th Percentile £256 £200 £325
25th Percentile £313 £240 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £399 £322 £475
Median % change year-on-year +24.01% -32.26% +6.86%
75th Percentile £456 £432 £500
90th Percentile £486 £456 £538
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - +5.56%

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 768 852 1,113
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 46.80% 40.53% 41.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 447 552 793
10th Percentile £233 £179 £171
25th Percentile £363 £322 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £473
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -4.86% +5.11%
75th Percentile £538 £573 £538
90th Percentile £600 £663 £625
UK median daily rate £513 £513 £525
% change year-on-year - -2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 48 18
10th Percentile £16.02 £11.91 £12.85
25th Percentile £16.34 £16.00 £20.91
Median hourly rate £17.63 £17.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.68% -70.43% +74.24%
75th Percentile £24.25 £19.75 £64.50
90th Percentile £27.98 £60.23 £69.13
UK median hourly rate £25.40 £21.50 £41.80
% change year-on-year +18.14% -48.56% +94.42%

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 24 May 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 24 May 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
Edinburgh -1 20 £438 +82.29% 34
Glasgow +3 17 £384 -6.97% 46
Aberdeen +6 4 £456 - 38
Dundee - 1 £200 -
Aberdeenshire - 1 £325 - 5
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 (2.17%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (10.87%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (8.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.17%) Acrobat
3 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (2.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 9 (19.57%) Azure
2 4 (8.70%) AWS
3 2 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (4.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 1 (2.17%) GCP
4 1 (2.17%) npm
4 1 (2.17%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 23 (50.00%) WAN
2 21 (45.65%) Firewall
3 20 (43.48%) LAN
4 18 (39.13%) VPN
5 15 (32.61%) Network Security
6 13 (28.26%) Cisco Nexus
6 13 (28.26%) Wireless
7 10 (21.74%) SD-WAN
8 9 (19.57%) BGP
8 9 (19.57%) OSPF
9 8 (17.39%) IPsec
9 8 (17.39%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (10.87%) Cisco ASA
10 5 (10.87%) Cisco Firepower
10 5 (10.87%) TCP/IP
10 5 (10.87%) Unified Communications
11 4 (8.70%) EIGRP
12 3 (6.52%) Internet
12 3 (6.52%) MPLS
12 3 (6.52%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.52%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Cypress.io
1 1 (2.17%) Git
1 1 (2.17%) SonarQube
1 1 (2.17%) Sonatype Nexus
1 1 (2.17%) webpack
General
1 15 (32.61%) Social Skills
2 10 (21.74%) Telecoms
3 6 (13.04%) Public Sector
4 5 (10.87%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (10.87%) Finance
5 4 (8.70%) Banking
6 3 (6.52%) Electronics
6 3 (6.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (4.35%) Legal
8 1 (2.17%) Financial Institution
8 1 (2.17%) Law
Job Titles
1 24 (52.17%) Network Engineer
2 6 (13.04%) Field Engineer
3 4 (8.70%) Network Field Engineer
3 4 (8.70%) Senior
3 4 (8.70%) Senior Network Engineer
4 3 (6.52%) Cisco Engineer
4 3 (6.52%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 3 (6.52%) Project Engineer
4 3 (6.52%) Project Manager
4 3 (6.52%) Telecoms Engineer
5 2 (4.35%) Architect
5 2 (4.35%) Delivery Manager
5 2 (4.35%) Field Telecoms Engineer
5 2 (4.35%) Infrastructure Architect
5 2 (4.35%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
5 2 (4.35%) Technical Architect
5 2 (4.35%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
6 1 (2.17%) IT Support
6 1 (2.17%) Technical Design Authority
6 1 (2.17%) WAN Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.35%) CSS
2 1 (2.17%) HTML
2 1 (2.17%) Java RMI
2 1 (2.17%) Jest
2 1 (2.17%) React
2 1 (2.17%) RESTful
2 1 (2.17%) Spring Boot
2 1 (2.17%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 19 (41.30%) Data Centre
2 9 (19.57%) Driving Licence
3 4 (8.70%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (6.52%) Fibre Optics
5 2 (4.35%) Operational Technology
5 2 (4.35%) SCADA
6 1 (2.17%) Blackberry
6 1 (2.17%) PDA
6 1 (2.17%) Public Cloud
6 1 (2.17%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (13.04%) Windows
2 4 (8.70%) Windows 10
3 3 (6.52%) Linux
4 2 (4.35%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (4.35%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (2.17%) Windows 7
5 1 (2.17%) Windows Server
5 1 (2.17%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (2.17%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (2.17%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (26.09%) Network Monitoring
2 11 (23.91%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (17.39%) Project Delivery
3 8 (17.39%) Project Management
4 6 (13.04%) High Availability
4 6 (13.04%) Network Design
5 5 (10.87%) ITIL
5 5 (10.87%) Load Balancing
6 4 (8.70%) Change Management
6 4 (8.70%) Data Protection
6 4 (8.70%) Migration
7 3 (6.52%) Capacity Management
7 3 (6.52%) Coaching
7 3 (6.52%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (6.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 3 (6.52%) Mentoring
7 3 (6.52%) PRINCE2
7 3 (6.52%) Process Management
7 3 (6.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (6.52%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.17%) Java
1 1 (2.17%) JavaScript
1 1 (2.17%) Perl
1 1 (2.17%) PowerShell
1 1 (2.17%) Python
1 1 (2.17%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 17 (36.96%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (23.91%) CCNP
3 7 (15.22%) CCNA
4 6 (13.04%) SC Cleared
4 6 (13.04%) Security Cleared
5 4 (8.70%) Degree
6 3 (6.52%) APMP
6 3 (6.52%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (6.52%) HNC
6 3 (6.52%) PMI Certification
6 3 (6.52%) PMP
7 2 (4.35%) A+ Certification
7 2 (4.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (2.17%) BC Cleared
8 1 (2.17%) CCDP
8 1 (2.17%) CCIE
8 1 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (2.17%) MCP
8 1 (2.17%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.35%) QA
2 1 (2.17%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (2.17%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (10.87%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (4.35%) VMware NSX
3 1 (2.17%) Firmware
3 1 (2.17%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.17%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 4 (8.70%) FortiGate
2 2 (4.35%) SCCM
3 1 (2.17%) Cisco Prime
3 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.17%) ServiceCenter
3 1 (2.17%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 17 (36.96%) Palo Alto
2 10 (21.74%) Microsoft
3 8 (17.39%) F5
4 7 (15.22%) Nokia
5 5 (10.87%) Juniper
5 5 (10.87%) ServiceNow
6 4 (8.70%) Fortinet
6 4 (8.70%) Meraki
7 3 (6.52%) Salesforce
8 2 (4.35%) Adobe
8 2 (4.35%) CheckPoint
8 2 (4.35%) VMware
9 1 (2.17%) Autodesk
9 1 (2.17%) Commvault
9 1 (2.17%) Dell
9 1 (2.17%) HP
9 1 (2.17%) Peregrine
9 1 (2.17%) Remedy
9 1 (2.17%) SonicWALL
9 1 (2.17%) Symantec