Cisco IPT Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Cisco IP Telephony (CIPT)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Cisco IPT skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 357 376 418
Rank change year-on-year +19 +42 +109
Contract jobs citing Cisco IPT 11 2 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.071% 0.011% 0.037%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.53% 0.077% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 1 2
10th Percentile £350 - -
25th Percentile £358 £575 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £600 £450
Median % change year-on-year -36.67% +33.33% +60.71%
75th Percentile £384 £625 £475
90th Percentile £395 - -
UK median daily rate £375 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -37.50% +9.09% +96.43%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

Cisco IPT falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,087 2,593 3,527
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.49% 14.46% 16.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,312 1,439 2,158
10th Percentile £200 £205 £206
25th Percentile £315 £357 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £453
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +10.50% +0.56%
75th Percentile £575 £596 £588
90th Percentile £640 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 218 247
10th Percentile £15.03 £14.16 £16.05
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.37 £24.63
Median hourly rate £42.50 £57.35 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.89% -0.26% +27.78%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £82.51 £75.00 £75.67
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £51.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -16.67% -9.72% +36.12%

Cisco IPT
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Cisco IPT as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco IPT in the UK excluding London

Cisco IPT
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Cisco IPT.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Cisco IPT

Cisco IPT
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco IPT in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco IPT in the UK excluding London

Cisco IPT
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Cisco IPT.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Cisco IPT

Cisco IPT
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco IPT within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 September 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
Midlands - 9 £380 - 1
West Midlands - 9 £380 - 1
Scotland - 1 £375 -
East of England - 1 £550 -
Cisco IPT
UK

Cisco IPT
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 9 (81.82%) DMVPN
1 9 (81.82%) DNS
1 9 (81.82%) Firewall
1 9 (81.82%) IPsec
1 9 (81.82%) SSL
1 9 (81.82%) VPN
1 9 (81.82%) WAN
1 9 (81.82%) Wireless
2 6 (54.55%) Network Security
General
1 6 (54.55%) Telecoms
2 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Legal
3 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Network Engineer
1 6 (54.55%) Security Engineer
2 4 (36.36%) Network Security Engineer
3 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 2 (18.18%) Firewall Engineer
4 2 (18.18%) Principal Engineer
4 2 (18.18%) Principal Network Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Data Governance Specialist
5 1 (9.09%) Data Protection Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (81.82%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 8 (72.73%) Data Centre
2 1 (9.09%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) Change Management
2 9 (81.82%) Inventory Management
3 2 (18.18%) Data Protection
4 1 (9.09%) Data Governance
4 1 (9.09%) Data Privacy
4 1 (9.09%) Data Security
4 1 (9.09%) Identity Management
4 1 (9.09%) Information Governance
4 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (9.09%) Product Management
4 1 (9.09%) Product Requirements
Qualifications
1 9 (81.82%) SC Cleared
1 9 (81.82%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (9.09%) GDPR
1 1 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (9.09%) PCI DSS
1 1 (9.09%) PERC
Vendors
1 9 (81.82%) Blue Coat
1 9 (81.82%) CheckPoint
1 9 (81.82%) Cisco
1 9 (81.82%) F5
1 9 (81.82%) Juniper
2 1 (9.09%) Infoblox