Cisco Contracts in the Thames Valley

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South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Cisco products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cisco over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 41 42
Rank change year-on-year +10 +1 -1
Contract jobs citing Cisco 153 131 163
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 5.66% 4.47% 4.70%
As % of the Vendors category 11.70% 9.25% 10.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 76 109
10th Percentile £287 £275 £242
25th Percentile £413 £405 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £481 £425
Median % change year-on-year +6.65% +13.07% +13.33%
75th Percentile £608 £543 £538
90th Percentile £814 £578 £663
South East median daily rate £488 £475 £425
% change year-on-year +2.63% +11.76% +6.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 6 3
10th Percentile £23.11 £22.75 £23.65
25th Percentile £24.31 £28.44 £24.34
Median hourly rate £30.00 £56.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -46.43% +115.38% +8.33%
75th Percentile £73.93 £80.25 £26.75
90th Percentile £75.42 £80.63 £26.90
South East median hourly rate £30.00 £62.00 £22.98
% change year-on-year -51.61% +169.83% +4.44%

All Vendors
Thames Valley

Cisco is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services advertised in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,308 1,416 1,545
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 48.41% 48.34% 44.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 807 972 1,052
10th Percentile £205 £300 £189
25th Percentile £363 £413 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.75% +3.90% +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 48 56
10th Percentile £16.25 £18.08 £10.76
25th Percentile £22.50 £22.38 £10.77
Median hourly rate £47.50 £48.70 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.46% +247.86% +3.90%
75th Percentile £61.60 £66.21 £28.38
90th Percentile £63.13 £80.25 £62.44
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £45.00 £19.52
% change year-on-year +5.56% +130.53% -2.40%

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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 25 April 2024.

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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Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cisco in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram 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 25 April 2024. 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 +11 115 £513 +13.89% 30
Buckinghamshire +12 30 £625 +25.00% 4
Oxfordshire +12 8 £438 +50.86% 3
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South East

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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 6 (3.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.61%) Exchange Server 2007
2 4 (2.61%) Exchange Server 2013
3 2 (1.31%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (1.31%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.31%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 21 (13.73%) Azure
2 14 (9.15%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (7.84%) OCI
4 7 (4.58%) AWS
5 3 (1.96%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (1.31%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.31%) Google Workspace
6 2 (1.31%) IaaS
6 2 (1.31%) PaaS
6 2 (1.31%) SaaS
7 1 (0.65%) Cloudflare
7 1 (0.65%) GCP
7 1 (0.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 81 (52.94%) Firewall
2 44 (28.76%) WAN
3 28 (18.30%) LAN
4 26 (16.99%) Cisco ASA
5 25 (16.34%) DMZ
6 21 (13.73%) Cisco Nexus
6 21 (13.73%) DNS
6 21 (13.73%) VPN
7 19 (12.42%) MPLS
8 18 (11.76%) Cisco IOS
9 17 (11.11%) BGP
10 15 (9.80%) Network Security
11 14 (9.15%) Cisco ISE
11 14 (9.15%) SAN
12 12 (7.84%) DHCP
13 11 (7.19%) SD-WAN
14 10 (6.54%) VoIP
15 8 (5.23%) OSPF
16 7 (4.58%) Wi-Fi
16 7 (4.58%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.96%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.31%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.65%) Git
1 1 (0.65%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 31 (20.26%) Finance
2 27 (17.65%) Banking
3 23 (15.03%) Social Skills
4 13 (8.50%) Telecoms
5 12 (7.84%) Public Sector
6 9 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (5.23%) Investment Banking
8 6 (3.92%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (3.92%) Marketing
9 4 (2.61%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.96%) Electronics
10 3 (1.96%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.96%) Retail
11 2 (1.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.31%) Military
Job Titles
1 78 (50.98%) Network Engineer
2 33 (21.57%) Senior
3 31 (20.26%) Senior Network Engineer
4 17 (11.11%) Cisco Engineer
4 17 (11.11%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 15 (9.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 14 (9.15%) Architect
7 13 (8.50%) Juniper Engineer
8 9 (5.88%) Network Architect
9 8 (5.23%) Analyst
9 8 (5.23%) Blue Coat Engineer
9 8 (5.23%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
9 8 (5.23%) Storage Engineer
10 7 (4.58%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 7 (4.58%) Network Analyst
10 7 (4.58%) Network Operations Engineer
10 7 (4.58%) Network Security Analyst
10 7 (4.58%) Operations Engineer
10 7 (4.58%) Security Analyst
10 7 (4.58%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.27%) EDI
2 1 (0.65%) CSS
2 1 (0.65%) JSON
2 1 (0.65%) NETCONF
2 1 (0.65%) XML
2 1 (0.65%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 29 (18.95%) Data Centre
2 10 (6.54%) Data Protection Act
3 7 (4.58%) Video Conferencing
3 7 (4.58%) Video Editing
4 6 (3.92%) Security Posture
5 5 (3.27%) CCTV
6 4 (2.61%) Blackberry
7 3 (1.96%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.96%) SCADA
7 3 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.65%) Enterprise Cloud
8 1 (0.65%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.65%) IoT
8 1 (0.65%) Life Science
8 1 (0.65%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 35 (22.88%) Windows
2 21 (13.73%) Linux
3 18 (11.76%) Windows Server
4 15 (9.80%) Windows 10
5 14 (9.15%) Windows Server 2012
5 14 (9.15%) Windows Server 2019
6 12 (7.84%) Windows Server 2016
6 12 (7.84%) Windows XP
7 9 (5.88%) Android
8 5 (3.27%) Mac OS
9 4 (2.61%) Mac OS X
9 4 (2.61%) Windows 7
10 2 (1.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (1.31%) Ubuntu
10 2 (1.31%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (15.69%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (14.38%) ITIL
2 22 (14.38%) Migration
3 17 (11.11%) B2B
3 17 (11.11%) Proactive Monitoring
3 17 (11.11%) Project Management
4 16 (10.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 15 (9.80%) Converged Infrastructure
5 15 (9.80%) High Availability
6 14 (9.15%) Performance Tuning
6 14 (9.15%) Server Management
7 12 (7.84%) Break/Fix
7 12 (7.84%) Disaster Recovery
7 12 (7.84%) Performance Monitoring
7 12 (7.84%) Storage Management
8 11 (7.19%) Change Control
9 10 (6.54%) Cybersecurity
9 10 (6.54%) Data Protection
9 10 (6.54%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 9 (5.88%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 15 (9.80%) PowerShell
2 6 (3.92%) Python
3 2 (1.31%) SQL
4 1 (0.65%) Java
Qualifications
1 67 (43.79%) Cisco Certification
2 57 (37.25%) Security Cleared
3 41 (26.80%) CCNP
4 39 (25.49%) DV Cleared
5 29 (18.95%) CCNA
6 24 (15.69%) SC Cleared
7 19 (12.42%) Degree
8 6 (3.92%) CISM
8 6 (3.92%) JNCIS
9 5 (3.27%) Network+ Certification
10 4 (2.61%) CCDP
10 4 (2.61%) JNCIA
11 2 (1.31%) BC Cleared
11 2 (1.31%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (1.31%) CCIE
12 1 (0.65%) CCIP
12 1 (0.65%) CEH
12 1 (0.65%) CISSP
12 1 (0.65%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (0.65%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.92%) SLA
2 5 (3.27%) ISO 9000
3 2 (1.31%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.31%) QA
System Software
1 22 (14.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 20 (13.07%) Active Directory
3 14 (9.15%) VMware ESXi
4 12 (7.84%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.96%) VMware NSX
6 2 (1.31%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 19 (12.42%) SCCM
2 15 (9.80%) SCOM
3 13 (8.50%) Nessus
4 12 (7.84%) EMC NetWorker
4 12 (7.84%) NetBackup
4 12 (7.84%) vCenter Server
4 12 (7.84%) WSUS
5 7 (4.58%) AirWatch
6 6 (3.92%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (3.27%) Ansible
8 4 (2.61%) Terraform
9 3 (1.96%) Netcool
10 2 (1.31%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 2 (1.31%) Endace
10 2 (1.31%) FortiGate
10 2 (1.31%) Network Intrusion Detection System
10 2 (1.31%) PaperCut
10 2 (1.31%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 68 (44.44%) Juniper
2 36 (23.53%) CheckPoint
3 31 (20.26%) Palo Alto
4 27 (17.65%) VMware
5 25 (16.34%) Microsoft
6 21 (13.73%) HP
7 17 (11.11%) Arista
8 14 (9.15%) Apple
8 14 (9.15%) Veeam
9 13 (8.50%) Dell
9 13 (8.50%) Fortinet
10 12 (7.84%) 3PAR
10 12 (7.84%) EMC
10 12 (7.84%) Extreme Networks
10 12 (7.84%) Oracle
10 12 (7.84%) ScienceLogic
10 12 (7.84%) Symantec
11 8 (5.23%) Blue Coat
11 8 (5.23%) F5
11 8 (5.23%) Meraki