Cisco Administrator Contract Job Trends

Cisco Administrator
UK

The median Cisco Administrator daily rate in the UK is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 557 558 642
Rank change year-on-year +1 +84 +182
Contract jobs requiring a Cisco Administrator 2 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.006% 0.003% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% 0.003% 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% +5.56% +3.45%
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 - £450

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 29,857 35,495 46,616
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.99% 92.95% 94.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,875 21,555 31,928
10th Percentile £275 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,610 1,583 1,515
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.85 £14.73
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.50 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%
75th Percentile £51.61 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.57 £74.84 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.08 £43.00 £44.00
% change year-on-year -41.69% -2.27% +100.00%

Cisco Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Cisco Administrator in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco Administrator in the UK

Cisco Administrator
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cisco Administrator job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cisco Administrator job vacancies in the UK

Cisco Administrator
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Cisco Administrator job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Cisco Administrator job vacancies in the UK

Cisco Administrator
Top 6 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Administrator within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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
England - 2 £575 - 2
UK excluding London - 2 £575 - 2
Work from Home +25 1 £575 +21.05% 2
Midlands - 1 - -
South East - 1 £575 - 2
West Midlands - 1 - -

Cisco Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 28 September 2025, Cisco Administrator contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Cisco Administrator in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) CCIE
2 1 (50.00%) CCNP
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Internet
2 1 (50.00%) OSPF
2 1 (50.00%) BGP
2 1 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) WLAN
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (50.00%) Wireless
2 1 (50.00%) CWSP
2 1 (50.00%) VLAN
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Wireless Security
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Aruba
2 1 (50.00%) Unified Communications
2 1 (50.00%) F5
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (50.00%) Software-Defined Networking

Cisco Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) OneDrive
1 1 (50.00%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) 5G
1 1 (50.00%) BGP
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Internet
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) NaaS
1 1 (50.00%) OSPF
1 1 (50.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (50.00%) Software-Defined Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Unified Communications
1 1 (50.00%) VLAN
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
1 1 (50.00%) WebEx
1 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (50.00%) Wireless
1 1 (50.00%) Wireless Security
1 1 (50.00%) WLAN
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (50.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CCIE
1 1 (50.00%) CCIE Routing and Switching
1 1 (50.00%) CCIE Wireless
1 1 (50.00%) CCNP
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (50.00%) CWSP
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco CUCM
1 1 (50.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) Aruba
2 1 (50.00%) F5
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Zscaler