Cisco Contracts in the UK excluding London

Cisco
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 5 May 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 44 47 61
Rank change year-on-year +3 +14 -5
Contract jobs citing Cisco 807 1,099 1,138
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.92% 4.60% 3.68%
As % of the Vendors category 9.17% 10.35% 9.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 478 729 708
10th Percentile £263 £244 £190
25th Percentile £375 £338 £293
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £414
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +8.76% +10.33%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £513
90th Percentile £675 £638 £600
UK median daily rate £488 £475 £445
% change year-on-year +2.63% +6.74% +9.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 58 76
10th Percentile £13.29 £12.90 £13.25
25th Percentile £14.38 £14.25 £16.49
Median hourly rate £27.50 £51.68 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -46.78% +134.89% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68.13 £68.25 £47.63
90th Percentile £76.47 £80.25 £64.09
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £50.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -45.00% +109.12% +21.06%

All Vendors
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 8,798 10,623 12,352
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 42.79% 44.47% 39.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,292 7,304 8,351
10th Percentile £206 £205 £185
25th Percentile £363 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £465
Median % change year-on-year - +7.53% +9.41%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £694 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 954 480 641
10th Percentile £11.80 £14.25 £10.77
25th Percentile £14.16 £17.67 £14.00
Median hourly rate £21.46 £37.50 £18.70
Median % change year-on-year -42.77% +100.53% +1.08%
75th Percentile £59.50 £62.50 £35.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £70.03 £55.00
UK median hourly rate £22.15 £42.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -47.88% +97.67% -2.27%

Cisco
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Cisco in the UK excluding London

Cisco
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cisco in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Cisco in the UK excluding London

Cisco
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco in the UK excluding London

Cisco
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cisco in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Cisco in the UK excluding London

Cisco
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cisco in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Cisco in the UK excluding London

Cisco
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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 May 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
South East +13 366 £500 +11.11% 116
North of England +3 130 £450 +5.88% 83
South West -2 111 £535 +7.00% 57
Midlands -5 99 £475 +11.76% 48
North West +5 86 £475 +11.76% 45
West Midlands 0 74 £463 +15.75% 28
East of England -8 58 £375 -0.66% 40
Scotland -6 42 £400 -15.79% 42
Yorkshire -8 36 £458 -3.68% 29
East Midlands -16 24 £539 +16.80% 20
Wales -21 9 £260 -48.00% 11
North East +21 8 £375 -31.82% 12
Northern Ireland +5 1 £210 - 1
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UK

Cisco
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:

Application Platforms
1 19 (2.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (1.61%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.12%) Confluence
4 5 (0.62%) nginx
4 5 (0.62%) Skype for Business
5 3 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2007
5 3 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.25%) Apache
6 2 (0.25%) IBM Domino
7 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 46 (5.70%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.74%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (0.50%) Shopify
2 3 (0.37%) Sage X3
3 1 (0.12%) CA PPM
3 1 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.12%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
3 1 (0.12%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 69 (8.55%) Azure
2 61 (7.56%) Microsoft 365
3 44 (5.45%) AWS
4 15 (1.86%) OCI
5 14 (1.73%) SaaS
6 13 (1.61%) PaaS
7 9 (1.12%) Entra ID
7 9 (1.12%) OneDrive
8 8 (0.99%) GitHub
9 7 (0.87%) GCP
10 5 (0.62%) Cloud Computing
10 5 (0.62%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 4 (0.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 4 (0.50%) BigCommerce
11 4 (0.50%) Nutanix
11 4 (0.50%) Route 53
12 3 (0.37%) Amazon EC2
12 3 (0.37%) Datadog
12 3 (0.37%) IaaS
13 2 (0.25%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 341 (42.26%) Firewall
2 242 (29.99%) WAN
3 173 (21.44%) LAN
4 138 (17.10%) VPN
5 110 (13.63%) BGP
6 96 (11.90%) Cisco Nexus
7 92 (11.40%) Cisco ASA
7 92 (11.40%) Wi-Fi
8 90 (11.15%) Network Security
9 79 (9.79%) DNS
10 78 (9.67%) SD-WAN
11 76 (9.42%) MPLS
12 74 (9.17%) Cisco ISE
13 69 (8.55%) Cisco Firepower
14 68 (8.43%) OSPF
15 60 (7.43%) Wireless
16 58 (7.19%) Cisco IOS
17 54 (6.69%) SAN
18 53 (6.57%) DHCP
19 50 (6.20%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (1.24%) SQL Server
2 4 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (0.37%) MySQL
3 3 (0.37%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.25%) NonStop SQL
4 2 (0.25%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 21 (2.60%) JIRA
2 20 (2.48%) Rational DOORS
3 9 (1.12%) Sonatype Nexus
4 4 (0.50%) Git
4 4 (0.50%) Hudson
5 3 (0.37%) Bitbucket
General
1 146 (18.09%) Social Skills
2 104 (12.89%) Finance
3 72 (8.92%) Public Sector
4 71 (8.80%) Telecoms
5 53 (6.57%) Analytical Skills
6 45 (5.58%) Banking
7 25 (3.10%) Manufacturing
8 17 (2.11%) Presentation Skills
9 14 (1.73%) Organisational Skills
10 13 (1.61%) Aerospace
11 11 (1.36%) Investment Banking
11 11 (1.36%) Legal
11 11 (1.36%) Marketing
12 8 (0.99%) Retail
13 7 (0.87%) Aeronautics
13 7 (0.87%) Digital Economy
13 7 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (0.87%) Military
14 6 (0.74%) Electronics
15 5 (0.62%) Billing
Job Titles
1 405 (50.19%) Network Engineer
2 142 (17.60%) Architect
3 98 (12.14%) Network Architect
4 83 (10.29%) Senior
5 65 (8.05%) Senior Network Engineer
6 64 (7.93%) Cisco Engineer
7 55 (6.82%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 55 (6.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 51 (6.32%) Support Engineer
9 30 (3.72%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
10 28 (3.47%) Solutions Architect
11 27 (3.35%) Storage Engineer
12 25 (3.10%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
13 24 (2.97%) Network Specialist
14 23 (2.85%) Analyst
15 19 (2.35%) Network Support
15 19 (2.35%) WAN Engineer
16 18 (2.23%) 2nd Line Engineer
17 17 (2.11%) Network Support Engineer
18 16 (1.98%) Juniper Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (1.49%) Jinja
2 9 (1.12%) Web Services
3 8 (0.99%) 802.1X
4 6 (0.74%) EDI
5 5 (0.62%) Django
5 5 (0.62%) Flash
5 5 (0.62%) JSON
5 5 (0.62%) YANG
6 3 (0.37%) REST
6 3 (0.37%) RESTful
6 3 (0.37%) VML
6 3 (0.37%) XMPP
7 2 (0.25%) HornetQ
7 2 (0.25%) NETCONF
7 2 (0.25%) RabbitMQ
7 2 (0.25%) VCL
7 2 (0.25%) XML
8 1 (0.12%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.12%) Elastic Stack
8 1 (0.12%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 129 (15.99%) Data Centre
2 20 (2.48%) Driving Licence
2 20 (2.48%) Video Conferencing
3 19 (2.35%) Data Protection Act
4 16 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (1.73%) Operational Technology
6 12 (1.49%) Blackberry
7 10 (1.24%) Replication
8 9 (1.12%) Management Information System
8 9 (1.12%) Security Posture
8 9 (1.12%) Video Editing
9 8 (0.99%) Public Cloud
10 6 (0.74%) CCTV
10 6 (0.74%) Clustering
10 6 (0.74%) HP Storage
11 5 (0.62%) Linux Command Line
11 5 (0.62%) PKI
11 5 (0.62%) Private Cloud
12 4 (0.50%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 4 (0.50%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 121 (14.99%) Windows
2 64 (7.93%) Linux
3 53 (6.57%) Windows Server
4 47 (5.82%) Windows 10
5 28 (3.47%) Windows Server 2012
6 24 (2.97%) Windows Server 2016
7 21 (2.60%) Windows Server 2019
8 14 (1.73%) Android
8 14 (1.73%) Windows XP
9 12 (1.49%) AIX
10 11 (1.36%) Solaris
10 11 (1.36%) Windows 7
11 10 (1.24%) Mac OS
12 6 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 5 (0.62%) Unix
14 3 (0.37%) Mac OS X
14 3 (0.37%) Ubuntu
14 3 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
15 2 (0.25%) Debian
15 2 (0.25%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (15.86%) ITIL
2 116 (14.37%) Network Design
3 101 (12.52%) Problem-Solving
4 78 (9.67%) Migration
5 75 (9.29%) Customer Requirements
6 63 (7.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 56 (6.94%) Network Management
8 55 (6.82%) Project Delivery
9 49 (6.07%) Project Management
10 43 (5.33%) Load Balancing
11 40 (4.96%) Technical Leadership
12 39 (4.83%) Customer Service
12 39 (4.83%) ITSM
13 38 (4.71%) Agile
13 38 (4.71%) Change Management
13 38 (4.71%) Decision-Making
14 33 (4.09%) Break/Fix
14 33 (4.09%) Network Virtualisation
14 33 (4.09%) TOGAF
15 32 (3.97%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 41 (5.08%) Python
2 26 (3.22%) PowerShell
3 15 (1.86%) Bash
4 14 (1.73%) SQL
5 12 (1.49%) Perl
5 12 (1.49%) Tcl
6 5 (0.62%) Java
7 3 (0.37%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.37%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.25%) C
8 2 (0.25%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 355 (43.99%) Security Cleared
2 263 (32.59%) Cisco Certification
3 171 (21.19%) CCNP
3 171 (21.19%) SC Cleared
4 150 (18.59%) CCNA
5 113 (14.00%) DV Cleared
6 72 (8.92%) Degree
7 32 (3.97%) CCIE
8 23 (2.85%) JNCIA
9 13 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
10 12 (1.49%) JNCIS
10 12 (1.49%) TOGAF Certification
10 12 (1.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 11 (1.36%) CISSP
11 11 (1.36%) HND
12 9 (1.12%) CCIE Data Center
12 9 (1.12%) CCSA
12 9 (1.12%) CISM
12 9 (1.12%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (0.99%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (4.09%) SLA
2 13 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (1.24%) ISO 9000
4 8 (0.99%) QA
5 6 (0.74%) PMO
6 3 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.37%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.25%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.25%) GDPR
7 2 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.12%) NCSC
8 1 (0.12%) NIST
System Software
1 77 (9.54%) VMware Infrastructure
2 60 (7.43%) Active Directory
3 33 (4.09%) VMware ESXi
4 32 (3.97%) Hyper-V
5 30 (3.72%) VMware NSX
6 23 (2.85%) Firmware
7 12 (1.49%) vSphere
8 4 (0.50%) ProxySG
8 4 (0.50%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.37%) SRDF
9 3 (0.37%) XenApp
10 2 (0.25%) Docker
10 2 (0.25%) KVM
10 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (0.25%) Varnish
10 2 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
11 1 (0.12%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 51 (6.32%) FortiGate
2 45 (5.58%) SCCM
3 34 (4.21%) Ansible
3 34 (4.21%) vCenter Server
4 30 (3.72%) Endace
5 22 (2.73%) EMC NetWorker
5 22 (2.73%) NetBackup
6 19 (2.35%) SCOM
7 18 (2.23%) Terraform
8 17 (2.11%) Microsoft Intune
8 17 (2.11%) WSUS
9 13 (1.61%) Nessus
10 7 (0.87%) OpenView
11 6 (0.74%) AirWatch
11 6 (0.74%) HP Data Protector
12 4 (0.50%) Autotask
12 4 (0.50%) Kubernetes
12 4 (0.50%) Nagios
13 3 (0.37%) AppManager
13 3 (0.37%) Netcool
Vendors
1 263 (32.59%) Juniper
2 132 (16.36%) Palo Alto
3 118 (14.62%) Fortinet
4 109 (13.51%) VMware
5 104 (12.89%) Microsoft
6 97 (12.02%) CheckPoint
6 97 (12.02%) F5
7 54 (6.69%) Meraki
8 45 (5.58%) SolarWinds
9 44 (5.45%) Citrix
9 44 (5.45%) HP
10 41 (5.08%) Aruba
10 41 (5.08%) Dell
11 32 (3.97%) Nokia
11 32 (3.97%) Veeam
12 27 (3.35%) Brocade
13 26 (3.22%) EMC
13 26 (3.22%) Symantec
14 25 (3.10%) Arista
15 24 (2.97%) IBM