Cisco Contract Job Trends in Stoke-on-Trent

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Staffordshire > Stoke-on-Trent

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Stoke-on-Trent 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 18 December 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
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 8 16
Rank change year-on-year +5 +8 -
Contract jobs citing Cisco 3 3 3
As % of all contract jobs in Stoke-on-Trent 15.79% 9.38% 5.26%
As % of the Vendors category 27.27% 15.79% 8.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 3
10th Percentile - £393 £503
25th Percentile - £419 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year -26.32% -9.52% -
75th Percentile - £488 £556
90th Percentile - - £568
Staffordshire median daily rate £350 £450 £513
% change year-on-year -22.22% -12.20% +32.26%

All Vendors
Stoke-on-Trent

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 Stoke-on-Trent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 11 19 35
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent 57.89% 59.38% 61.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 10 25
10th Percentile £200 £374 £170
25th Percentile £240 £378 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £459 £450
Median % change year-on-year -23.71% +1.94% +36.36%
75th Percentile £402 £488 £538
90th Percentile £424 £618 £575
Staffordshire median daily rate £338 £438 £450
% change year-on-year -22.86% -2.78% -4.83%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cisco relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent.

Cisco job vacancy trend in Stoke-on-Trent

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Daily Rate Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Stoke-on-Trent citing Cisco.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Stoke-on-Trent citing Cisco

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Hourly Rate Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Stoke-on-Trent citing Cisco.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Stoke-on-Trent citing Cisco

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stoke-on-Trent 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%) LAN
1 2 (66.67%) VoIP
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Legal
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Handset
1 1 (33.33%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Operational Stability
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco CUCM