Cisco Wireless Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Cisco Wireless
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Cisco Wireless skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 366 345 389
Rank change year-on-year -21 +44 +87
Contract jobs citing Cisco Wireless 23 9 17
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.13% 0.060% 0.087%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.02% 0.38% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 8 12
10th Percentile - £309 £378
25th Percentile £413 £313 £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £390 £490
Median % change year-on-year +21.79% -20.41% +18.79%
75th Percentile £588 £422 £493
90th Percentile £594 £506 £518
UK median daily rate £475 £525 £575
% change year-on-year -9.52% -8.70% +32.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £31.89
25th Percentile - - £32.47
Median hourly rate - - £33.44
75th Percentile - - £34.75
90th Percentile - - £34.90
UK median hourly rate - - £33.44
% change year-on-year - - +1.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

Cisco Wireless 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 2,245 2,384 3,491
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.35% 15.97% 17.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,485 1,343 2,088
10th Percentile £200 £200 £205
25th Percentile £300 £319 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £563 £575 £598
90th Percentile £643 £650 £683
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 136 124 272
10th Percentile £15.42 £16.79 £17.30
25th Percentile £18.28 £21.46 £24.32
Median hourly rate £42.50 £37.50 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -33.62% +25.53%
75th Percentile £67.88 £65.00 £66.25
90th Percentile £83.38 £73.38 £75.23
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £37.25 £56.40
% change year-on-year -8.72% -33.95% +37.46%

Cisco Wireless
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cisco Wireless relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Cisco Wireless job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Cisco Wireless
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Cisco Wireless
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco Wireless in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco Wireless in the UK excluding London

Cisco Wireless
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Cisco Wireless
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 Wireless within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 December 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
North West -15 12 £575 +43.75%
North of England -39 12 £575 +43.75% 1
Midlands -28 9 £463 +54.17% 1
West Midlands - 9 £463 - 1
Scotland +8 4 £425 +30.77%
Northern Ireland - 4 £475 -
Wales - 1 £550 - 1
Cisco Wireless
UK

Cisco Wireless
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (34.78%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (47.83%) MS Visio
2 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (13.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.70%) AWS
1 2 (8.70%) Azure
1 2 (8.70%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 23 (100.00%) Wireless
2 13 (56.52%) Cisco ISE
2 13 (56.52%) Firewall
3 12 (52.17%) BGP
4 9 (39.13%) NX-OS
5 8 (34.78%) VXLAN
6 7 (30.43%) DHCP
6 7 (30.43%) DNS
7 5 (21.74%) Cisco ASA
8 4 (17.39%) Cisco Firepower
8 4 (17.39%) Cisco Nexus
8 4 (17.39%) EIGRP
8 4 (17.39%) MPLS
8 4 (17.39%) SD-WAN
9 3 (13.04%) LAN
9 3 (13.04%) OSPF
9 3 (13.04%) WAN
9 3 (13.04%) WLAN
10 1 (4.35%) 4G
10 1 (4.35%) 5G
General
1 7 (30.43%) Banking
1 7 (30.43%) Investment Banking
2 4 (17.39%) Social Skills
3 2 (8.70%) Legal
4 1 (4.35%) Aerospace
4 1 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Finance
4 1 (4.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (73.91%) Network Engineer
2 7 (30.43%) Cisco Engineer
2 7 (30.43%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 7 (30.43%) Cisco Wireless Engineer
2 7 (30.43%) RF Engineer
2 7 (30.43%) Wireless Engineer
2 7 (30.43%) Wireless Network Engineer
3 5 (21.74%) Senior
3 5 (21.74%) Senior Network Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Architect
5 2 (8.70%) Network Architect
6 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Wireless Architect
Miscellaneous
1 17 (73.91%) Data Centre
2 3 (13.04%) Virtual Team
3 1 (4.35%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (30.43%) User Experience
2 6 (26.09%) Project Delivery
3 3 (13.04%) Change Control
3 3 (13.04%) Customer Service
3 3 (13.04%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (13.04%) Knowledge Transfer
3 3 (13.04%) Network Management
3 3 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (13.04%) Service Delivery
3 3 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (13.04%) Strategic Thinking
3 3 (13.04%) Time Management
4 1 (4.35%) Data Protection
4 1 (4.35%) ITSM
4 1 (4.35%) Load Balancing
4 1 (4.35%) Network Design
4 1 (4.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (4.35%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 8 (34.78%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 18 (78.26%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (69.57%) CCNP
3 5 (21.74%) CCNA
3 5 (21.74%) Security Cleared
4 3 (13.04%) SC Cleared
5 1 (4.35%) CCIE
5 1 (4.35%) Citrix Certification
5 1 (4.35%) DV Cleared
Systems Management
1 9 (39.13%) FortiGate
2 1 (4.35%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 23 (100.00%) Cisco
2 8 (34.78%) Ekahau
2 8 (34.78%) Remedy
2 8 (34.78%) ServiceNow
3 5 (21.74%) Fortinet
4 3 (13.04%) Aruba
4 3 (13.04%) Microsoft
5 2 (8.70%) F5
5 2 (8.70%) Meraki
5 2 (8.70%) Palo Alto
6 1 (4.35%) Juniper