Cisco Contracts in Wales

Cisco
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales requiring knowledge or experience of Cisco products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cisco over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 35 17
Rank change year-on-year +18 -18 +19
Contract jobs citing Cisco 26 9 54
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 8.87% 2.28% 8.50%
As % of the Vendors category 20.47% 5.84% 18.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 4 38
10th Percentile £219 - £273
25th Percentile £330 £220 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £260 £500
Median % change year-on-year +63.46% -48.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £466 £347 £538
90th Percentile £483 £431 £588
UK median daily rate £500 £488 £485
% change year-on-year +2.56% +0.52% +10.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £46.63
25th Percentile - - £47.19
Median hourly rate £45.00 - £48.75
75th Percentile - - £49.69
90th Percentile - - £49.88
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £27.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year +36.36% -45.00% +109.12%

All Vendors
Wales

Cisco falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 127 154 287
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 43.34% 38.99% 45.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 108 214
10th Percentile £185 £207 £189
25th Percentile £250 £413 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 £513 £475
Median % change year-on-year -18.29% +7.89% +5.56%
75th Percentile £488 £563 £550
90th Percentile £578 £625 £625
UK median daily rate £515 £517 £525
% change year-on-year -0.39% -1.52% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 12 6
10th Percentile £14.11 £11.02 £14.88
25th Percentile £16.00 £13.56 £16.13
Median hourly rate £21.76 £39.50 £24.53
Median % change year-on-year -44.92% +61.03% +9.02%
75th Percentile £32.25 £86.45 £44.31
90th Percentile £41.25 £87.80 £49.38
UK median hourly rate £26.45 £22.30 £43.75
% change year-on-year +18.61% -49.03% +108.14%

Cisco
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings citing Cisco as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco in Wales

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cisco in Wales.

Daily rate trend for Cisco in Wales

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Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco in Wales over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco in Wales

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cisco in Wales.

Hourly rate trend for Cisco in Wales

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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 within the Wales region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
South Wales +20 23 £425 +93.18% 7
West Wales - 1 £475 -
North Wales - 1 £400 - 1
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (7.69%) MS Visio
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.85%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 5 (19.23%) Azure
2 4 (15.38%) AWS
3 2 (7.69%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (3.85%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 18 (69.23%) Firewall
2 9 (34.62%) BGP
2 9 (34.62%) Cisco Firepower
2 9 (34.62%) OSPF
2 9 (34.62%) Wireless
3 7 (26.92%) Cisco ASA
3 7 (26.92%) Network Security
4 6 (23.08%) SD-WAN
5 5 (19.23%) Cisco IOS
5 5 (19.23%) DHCP
5 5 (19.23%) DNS
5 5 (19.23%) IPsec
5 5 (19.23%) VPN
6 3 (11.54%) 802.11
6 3 (11.54%) HSRP
7 2 (7.69%) Cisco ISE
7 2 (7.69%) IPv4
7 2 (7.69%) TCP/IP
7 2 (7.69%) VoIP
7 2 (7.69%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) JIRA
General
1 7 (26.92%) Social Skills
2 4 (15.38%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.85%) Marketing
4 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 16 (61.54%) Network Engineer
2 7 (26.92%) Senior
3 5 (19.23%) Senior Network Engineer
4 4 (15.38%) Cisco Engineer
4 4 (15.38%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 3 (11.54%) Senior Cisco Engineer
5 3 (11.54%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
6 2 (7.69%) IT Engineer
6 2 (7.69%) IT Support
6 2 (7.69%) IT Support Engineer
6 2 (7.69%) Network Supervisor
6 2 (7.69%) Support Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) Architect
7 1 (3.85%) Data Centre Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) Network Architect
7 1 (3.85%) Research Scientist
7 1 (3.85%) Security Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.54%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) Cyberattack
2 3 (11.54%) Data Centre
2 3 (11.54%) NHS
3 2 (7.69%) Blog
3 2 (7.69%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 1 (3.85%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (3.85%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (3.85%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.69%) Windows
1 2 (7.69%) Windows 10
2 1 (3.85%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (34.62%) Computer Science
1 9 (34.62%) Migration
2 5 (19.23%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (15.38%) Cloud Security
3 4 (15.38%) Network Design
4 3 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (11.54%) Roadmaps
5 2 (7.69%) Analytics
5 2 (7.69%) Artificial Intelligence
5 2 (7.69%) Data Analytics
5 2 (7.69%) High Availability
5 2 (7.69%) ITIL
5 2 (7.69%) Knowledge Transfer
5 2 (7.69%) Machine Learning
5 2 (7.69%) Network Monitoring
5 2 (7.69%) Network Optimisation
5 2 (7.69%) Performance Metrics
5 2 (7.69%) Service Delivery
5 2 (7.69%) Statistics
6 1 (3.85%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (15.38%) Python
2 2 (7.69%) Rust
Qualifications
1 20 (76.92%) Cisco Certification
2 15 (57.69%) CCNP
3 9 (34.62%) Degree
4 7 (26.92%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (23.08%) CCNA
6 5 (19.23%) CCIE
7 4 (15.38%) Master's Degree
7 4 (15.38%) PhD
8 2 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (3.85%) A+ Certification
9 1 (3.85%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (3.85%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (3.85%) SC Cleared
9 1 (3.85%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 6 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.85%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.85%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 5 (19.23%) Cacti
2 4 (15.38%) Cisco Prime
3 1 (3.85%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (30.77%) SolarWinds
2 6 (23.08%) VMware
3 4 (15.38%) Palo Alto
4 3 (11.54%) Ekahau
5 2 (7.69%) ServiceNow
6 1 (3.85%) Aerohive Networks
6 1 (3.85%) CheckPoint
6 1 (3.85%) F5
6 1 (3.85%) Fortinet
6 1 (3.85%) Juniper
6 1 (3.85%) Meraki
6 1 (3.85%) Microsoft
6 1 (3.85%) Snow
6 1 (3.85%) Splunk