Cisco Contracts in the Thames Valley

Cisco
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 27 43
Rank change year-on-year -10 +16 +3
Contract jobs citing Cisco 74 157 132
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 4.90% 5.85% 4.51%
As % of the Vendors category 9.32% 12.20% 9.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 94 76
10th Percentile £302 £293 £275
25th Percentile £439 £413 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £513 £481
Median % change year-on-year -7.32% +6.65% +13.07%
75th Percentile £576 £608 £529
90th Percentile £630 £808 £575
South East median daily rate £500 £488 £450
% change year-on-year +2.56% +8.33% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 10 6
10th Percentile - £23.11 £22.75
25th Percentile £18.50 £24.31 £28.44
Median hourly rate £19.00 £30.00 £56.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.67% -46.43% +115.38%
75th Percentile £19.50 £73.93 £80.25
90th Percentile - £75.42 £80.63
South East median hourly rate £19.00 £30.00 £62.00
% change year-on-year -36.67% -51.61% +169.83%

All Vendors
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 794 1,287 1,417
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 52.55% 47.92% 48.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 495 799 975
10th Percentile £350 £205 £300
25th Percentile £441 £363 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -3.75% +3.90%
75th Percentile £627 £600 £619
90th Percentile £695 £688 £706
South East median daily rate £514 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.80% - +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 71 47
10th Percentile - £16.25 £18.08
25th Percentile £14.20 £22.59 £23.50
Median hourly rate £24.66 £52.50 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -53.03% +7.14% +276.92%
75th Percentile £46.30 £61.60 £66.21
90th Percentile £67.50 £63.29 £80.25
South East median hourly rate £24.66 £48.75 £45.00
% change year-on-year -49.42% +8.33% +130.53%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Cisco as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cisco in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Cisco in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cisco in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Cisco in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 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
Berkshire -12 54 £450 -12.20% 55
Buckinghamshire +7 19 £615 -1.60% 17
Oxfordshire -2 1 - - 19
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (2.70%) Appian
1 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (14.86%) Azure
2 10 (13.51%) AWS
3 9 (12.16%) PaaS
3 9 (12.16%) SaaS
4 8 (10.81%) IaaS
5 7 (9.46%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.70%) GitHub
6 2 (2.70%) OpenShift
7 1 (1.35%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.35%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.35%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 30 (40.54%) MPLS
1 30 (40.54%) VPN
1 30 (40.54%) WAN
2 23 (31.08%) LAN
3 21 (28.38%) Firewall
4 19 (25.68%) Ethernet
4 19 (25.68%) SAN
5 18 (24.32%) BGP
6 17 (22.97%) Wireshark
7 16 (21.62%) ATM
7 16 (21.62%) Frame Relay
7 16 (21.62%) GPRS
7 16 (21.62%) GSM
7 16 (21.62%) LTE
7 16 (21.62%) SDH
7 16 (21.62%) UMTS
8 15 (20.27%) OSPF
9 14 (18.92%) VSAN
10 13 (17.57%) Network Security
10 13 (17.57%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.35%) MongoDB
1 1 (1.35%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (4.05%) GitLab
2 1 (1.35%) JIRA
2 1 (1.35%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 31 (41.89%) Telecoms
2 30 (40.54%) Social Skills
3 8 (10.81%) Public Sector
4 3 (4.05%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.70%) Finance
5 2 (2.70%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.35%) Electronics
6 1 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.35%) Law
6 1 (1.35%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 22 (29.73%) Architect
2 21 (28.38%) Network Engineer
3 16 (21.62%) IP Engineer
3 16 (21.62%) Test Engineer
4 14 (18.92%) Senior
4 14 (18.92%) Technical Architect
5 11 (14.86%) Senior Architect
5 11 (14.86%) Senior Technical Architect
6 6 (8.11%) IP Network Engineer
7 4 (5.41%) Consultant
7 4 (5.41%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
7 4 (5.41%) Network Architect
7 4 (5.41%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
8 3 (4.05%) Network Consultant
8 3 (4.05%) Wireless Engineer
9 2 (2.70%) Analyst
9 2 (2.70%) Principal Engineer
9 2 (2.70%) Product Owner
9 2 (2.70%) Solutions Architect
9 2 (2.70%) VMware Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.41%) 802.1X
2 3 (4.05%) RFC 2544
2 3 (4.05%) YAML
3 2 (2.70%) JSON
3 2 (2.70%) NETCONF
3 2 (2.70%) RESTCONF
4 1 (1.35%) Jinja
4 1 (1.35%) REST
4 1 (1.35%) SOAP
4 1 (1.35%) XML
4 1 (1.35%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 16 (21.62%) Self-Motivation
2 13 (17.57%) Hybrid Cloud
3 11 (14.86%) PKI
4 7 (9.46%) Data Centre
5 6 (8.11%) Public Cloud
6 4 (5.41%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (4.05%) Onboarding
7 3 (4.05%) Security Operations Centre
8 2 (2.70%) Product Ownership
8 2 (2.70%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (1.35%) Client/Server
9 1 (1.35%) Cloud Native
9 1 (1.35%) Cyber Defence
9 1 (1.35%) Driving Licence
9 1 (1.35%) Fibre Optics
9 1 (1.35%) IoT
9 1 (1.35%) Management Information System
9 1 (1.35%) Private Cloud
9 1 (1.35%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 18 (24.32%) Linux
2 17 (22.97%) Unix
3 3 (4.05%) Windows
4 2 (2.70%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.35%) CentOS
5 1 (1.35%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (24.32%) CI/CD
1 18 (24.32%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (22.97%) Regression Testing
3 16 (21.62%) Fault Management
3 16 (21.62%) Project Management
3 16 (21.62%) Test Strategy
4 15 (20.27%) ITIL
4 15 (20.27%) TOGAF
5 14 (18.92%) DevSecOps
6 12 (16.22%) Infrastructure as Code
6 12 (16.22%) Use Case
7 11 (14.86%) Containerisation
8 10 (13.51%) Continuous Delivery
8 10 (13.51%) Continuous Integration
8 10 (13.51%) IT Strategy
8 10 (13.51%) Microservices
8 10 (13.51%) Zachman Framework
9 9 (12.16%) Technology Strategy
10 8 (10.81%) Migration
10 8 (10.81%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 16 (21.62%) Java
2 8 (10.81%) Python
3 2 (2.70%) SQL
4 1 (1.35%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.35%) VB
Qualifications
1 29 (39.19%) Cisco Certification
2 28 (37.84%) CCNP
3 23 (31.08%) Security Cleared
4 20 (27.03%) SC Cleared
5 16 (21.62%) ISEB
5 16 (21.62%) ISTQB
5 16 (21.62%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 12 (16.22%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (14.86%) MCSE
7 11 (14.86%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 6 (8.11%) Degree
9 5 (6.76%) DV Cleared
10 4 (5.41%) CCSA
10 4 (5.41%) CCSE
10 4 (5.41%) Check Point Certification
11 3 (4.05%) CCIE
11 3 (4.05%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (2.70%) CCDP
12 2 (2.70%) CCNA
12 2 (2.70%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (18.92%) NIST
2 12 (16.22%) Cyber Essentials
2 12 (16.22%) NCSC
3 3 (4.05%) QA
4 1 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.35%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.35%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (22.97%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (18.92%) VMware NSX
3 2 (2.70%) Ceph
3 2 (2.70%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.35%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.35%) Docker
4 1 (1.35%) vSphere
4 1 (1.35%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 7 (9.46%) Ansible
2 2 (2.70%) Argo
2 2 (2.70%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.35%) CASB
3 1 (1.35%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.35%) HP ALM
3 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.35%) SCCM
Vendors
1 24 (32.43%) Microsoft
2 23 (31.08%) Juniper
3 22 (29.73%) Palo Alto
4 17 (22.97%) VMware
5 7 (9.46%) Aruba
6 5 (6.76%) CheckPoint
6 5 (6.76%) Meraki
7 4 (5.41%) F5
7 4 (5.41%) HP
8 3 (4.05%) AirMagnet
8 3 (4.05%) Dell
8 3 (4.05%) Ekahau
8 3 (4.05%) Extreme Networks
8 3 (4.05%) Rakuten
9 2 (2.70%) Blue Prism
9 2 (2.70%) Citrix
9 2 (2.70%) Google
9 2 (2.70%) Nokia
9 2 (2.70%) Red Hat
10 1 (1.35%) Fortinet