Cisco Network Engineer Contract Job Trends in Wales

Cisco Network Engineer
UK > Wales

The median Cisco Network Engineer daily rate in Wales is £363, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 August 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 36 46
Rank change year-on-year -10 +10 +7
Contract jobs requiring a Cisco Network Engineer 6 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.93% 0.58% 0.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.04% 0.66% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £331 £413 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £425 -
Median % change year-on-year -14.71% - -
75th Percentile £394 £438 -
90th Percentile £459 - -
UK median daily rate £500 £483 £513
% change year-on-year +3.63% -5.85% +4.06%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 575 303 358
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.15% 88.34% 90.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 341 213 207
10th Percentile £250 £190 £136
25th Percentile £363 £266 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +15.63% -5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £488 £544
90th Percentile £675 £635 £613
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 26 61
10th Percentile £12.71 £13.08 £15.48
25th Percentile £17.40 £15.25 £19.00
Median hourly rate £21.25 £19.51 £25.60
Median % change year-on-year +8.95% -23.81% +13.78%
75th Percentile £36.70 £21.01 £40.00
90th Percentile £54.46 £23.98 £52.50
UK median hourly rate £41.92 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +66.68% -41.51% -1.58%

Cisco Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Cisco Network Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Cisco Network Engineer job vacancy trend in Wales

Cisco Network Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cisco Network Engineer job vacancies in Wales.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cisco Network Engineer job vacancies in Wales

Cisco Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco Network Engineer in Wales over the 6 months to 25 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco Network Engineer in Wales

Cisco Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Cisco Network Engineer job vacancies in Wales.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Cisco Network Engineer job vacancies in Wales

Cisco Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Network Engineer within the Wales region over the 6 months to 25 August 2026. 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 Wales -7 6 £363 -14.71% 2
Cisco Network Engineer
UK

Cisco Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales

For the 6 months to 25 August 2026, Cisco Network Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Wales region featuring Cisco Network Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Cisco
2 5 (83.33%) Meraki
2 5 (83.33%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (16.67%) CCNA
3 1 (16.67%) CCNP
3 1 (16.67%) Change Control
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (16.67%) DHCP
3 1 (16.67%) DNS
3 1 (16.67%) Firewall
3 1 (16.67%) Firmware
3 1 (16.67%) High Availability
3 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
3 1 (16.67%) LAN
3 1 (16.67%) Migration
3 1 (16.67%) Network Design
3 1 (16.67%) Performance Testing
3 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
3 1 (16.67%) Validation
3 1 (16.67%) VLAN
3 1 (16.67%) Wireless

Cisco Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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:

Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (16.67%) DHCP
2 1 (16.67%) DNS
2 1 (16.67%) Firewall
2 1 (16.67%) LAN
2 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
2 1 (16.67%) VLAN
2 1 (16.67%) Wireless
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) Change Control
1 1 (16.67%) High Availability
1 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
1 1 (16.67%) Migration
1 1 (16.67%) Network Design
1 1 (16.67%) Performance Testing
1 1 (16.67%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) CCNA
1 1 (16.67%) CCNP
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Firmware
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco
2 5 (83.33%) Meraki