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 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 21 July 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
21 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 34 38
Rank change year-on-year +4 +4 +17
Contract jobs citing Cisco 102 131 148
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.16% 5.15% 4.99%
As % of the Vendors category 10.65% 10.85% 9.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 66 75
10th Percentile £298 £353 £263
25th Percentile £429 £463 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £470
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +17.02% -6.00%
75th Percentile £581 £608 £555
90th Percentile £600 £638 £600
South East median daily rate £525 £503 £450
% change year-on-year +4.48% +11.67% +4.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 7
10th Percentile £76.59 £34.47 £18.50
25th Percentile £84.97 £58.44 £21.50
Median hourly rate £89.63 £73.50 £73.50
Median % change year-on-year +21.95% -0.01% +241.86%
75th Percentile - £75.68 £80.25
90th Percentile - £76.47 £80.55
South East median hourly rate £89.63 £47.95 £62.00
% change year-on-year +86.93% -22.67% +34.78%

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 958 1,207 1,488
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 57.82% 47.48% 50.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 558 697 995
10th Percentile £302 £232 £277
25th Percentile £406 £410 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £520
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -1.44% +4.00%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £623
90th Percentile £675 £699 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £518 £500
% change year-on-year -3.39% +3.51% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 63 54
10th Percentile £14.04 £14.64 £14.68
25th Percentile £14.20 £18.54 £18.19
Median hourly rate £18.87 £47.50 £38.65
Median % change year-on-year -60.27% +22.90% +134.24%
75th Percentile £42.36 £61.60 £66.00
90th Percentile £69.50 £65.31 £71.63
South East median hourly rate £19.91 £55.08 £45.00
% change year-on-year -63.85% +22.39% +125.00%

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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 21 July 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 21 July 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 -2 75 £485 -15.71% 63
Buckinghamshire +13 20 £400 -24.17% 17
Oxfordshire -9 7 £600 +29.03% 12
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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 18 (17.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (15.69%) IBM Domino
3 1 (0.98%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 21 (20.59%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (6.86%) AWS
2 7 (6.86%) Azure
3 4 (3.92%) Entra ID
4 2 (1.96%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 2 (1.96%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (1.96%) GitHub
4 2 (1.96%) OpenShift
5 1 (0.98%) GCP
5 1 (0.98%) PaaS
5 1 (0.98%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 54 (52.94%) Firewall
2 26 (25.49%) VPN
3 18 (17.65%) Cisco IOS
3 18 (17.65%) WAN
4 17 (16.67%) MPLS
4 17 (16.67%) SAN
5 16 (15.69%) BGP
6 15 (14.71%) LAN
6 15 (14.71%) Network Security
7 13 (12.75%) Ethernet
7 13 (12.75%) OSPF
8 12 (11.76%) TCP/IP
8 12 (11.76%) VLAN
8 12 (11.76%) Wireshark
9 11 (10.78%) ATM
9 11 (10.78%) GPRS
9 11 (10.78%) GSM
9 11 (10.78%) LTE
9 11 (10.78%) SDH
9 11 (10.78%) UMTS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.98%) MongoDB
1 1 (0.98%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (4.90%) JIRA
2 3 (2.94%) GitLab
3 1 (0.98%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 40 (39.22%) Social Skills
2 25 (24.51%) Telecoms
3 16 (15.69%) Games
4 8 (7.84%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (4.90%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (4.90%) Public Sector
6 2 (1.96%) Aerospace
6 2 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (1.96%) Legal
7 1 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.98%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 29 (28.43%) Network Engineer
2 17 (16.67%) Test Engineer
3 16 (15.69%) Platform Engineer
4 15 (14.71%) Architect
5 10 (9.80%) IP Engineer
5 10 (9.80%) Network Architect
6 8 (7.84%) Cisco Engineer
6 8 (7.84%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 7 (6.86%) Consultant
8 6 (5.88%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 5 (4.90%) IP Network Engineer
9 5 (4.90%) Juniper Engineer
9 5 (4.90%) Senior
10 4 (3.92%) Analyst
10 4 (3.92%) Cisco Architect
10 4 (3.92%) Cisco Network Architect
11 3 (2.94%) Network Consultant
11 3 (2.94%) Security Consultant
11 3 (2.94%) Support Engineer
11 3 (2.94%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (10.78%) RFC 2544
2 4 (3.92%) 802.1X
3 3 (2.94%) YAML
4 2 (1.96%) JSON
4 2 (1.96%) NETCONF
4 2 (1.96%) RESTCONF
5 1 (0.98%) Jinja
5 1 (0.98%) REST
5 1 (0.98%) SOAP
5 1 (0.98%) XML
5 1 (0.98%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 17 (16.67%) Data Centre
2 11 (10.78%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (9.80%) Onboarding
4 8 (7.84%) Fibre Optics
5 6 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (2.94%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (1.96%) Private Cloud
7 2 (1.96%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.98%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.98%) FlexPod
8 1 (0.98%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.98%) Life Science
8 1 (0.98%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.98%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 24 (23.53%) Windows
2 22 (21.57%) Mac OS
3 16 (15.69%) Android
4 13 (12.75%) Linux
5 12 (11.76%) Unix
6 1 (0.98%) CentOS
6 1 (0.98%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.98%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (15.69%) E-Commerce
3 14 (13.73%) Migration
3 14 (13.73%) Network Design
4 13 (12.75%) Collaborative Working
5 11 (10.78%) Fault Management
5 11 (10.78%) Project Management
5 11 (10.78%) Regression Testing
5 11 (10.78%) Service Management
5 11 (10.78%) Test Strategy
6 10 (9.80%) Test Scripting
7 9 (8.82%) Computer Science
7 9 (8.82%) Data Protection
7 9 (8.82%) Security Operations
7 9 (8.82%) SIEM
8 8 (7.84%) Defect Management
8 8 (7.84%) Project Delivery
9 7 (6.86%) ITIL
10 6 (5.88%) Disaster Recovery
10 6 (5.88%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 19 (18.63%) PowerShell
2 11 (10.78%) Java
3 9 (8.82%) Python
4 2 (1.96%) SQL
Qualifications
1 36 (35.29%) Security Cleared
2 29 (28.43%) Cisco Certification
3 26 (25.49%) CCNP
4 24 (23.53%) SC Cleared
5 12 (11.76%) DV Cleared
6 11 (10.78%) ISEB
6 11 (10.78%) ISTQB
6 11 (10.78%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 9 (8.82%) Degree
8 6 (5.88%) CCSA
8 6 (5.88%) CCSE
8 6 (5.88%) Check Point Certification
9 5 (4.90%) A+ Certification
9 5 (4.90%) CCNA
9 5 (4.90%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (1.96%) CCDA
11 2 (1.96%) CCDP
11 2 (1.96%) CCIE
11 2 (1.96%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.92%) GDPR
2 3 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (1.96%) QA
4 1 (0.98%) NIST
4 1 (0.98%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 20 (19.61%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.92%) Ceph
2 4 (3.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.96%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.98%) Docker
4 1 (0.98%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.98%) vSphere
4 1 (0.98%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 19 (18.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (16.67%) SCCM
3 8 (7.84%) Ansible
4 2 (1.96%) Argo
4 2 (1.96%) HP ALM
4 2 (1.96%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.98%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (0.98%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 41 (40.20%) Microsoft
2 29 (28.43%) Juniper
3 22 (21.57%) Meraki
4 20 (19.61%) Splunk
5 13 (12.75%) Palo Alto
6 11 (10.78%) CheckPoint
7 7 (6.86%) Aruba
8 5 (4.90%) Dell
8 5 (4.90%) F5
8 5 (4.90%) ServiceNow
8 5 (4.90%) VMware
9 4 (3.92%) HP
10 3 (2.94%) AirMagnet
10 3 (2.94%) Broadcom
10 3 (2.94%) CrowdStrike
10 3 (2.94%) CyberArk
10 3 (2.94%) Ekahau
10 3 (2.94%) Extreme Networks
10 3 (2.94%) Symantec
11 2 (1.96%) Fortinet