Cisco Contract Job Trends in Warwickshire

Cisco
West Midlands > Warwickshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Warwickshire 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 18 September 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
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 25 42
Rank change year-on-year -2 +17 -1
Contract jobs citing Cisco 30 27 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Warwickshire 5.73% 6.35% 2.36%
As % of the Vendors category 11.72% 12.68% 4.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 23 6
10th Percentile £298 £500 £416
25th Percentile £351 £553 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £640 £469
Median % change year-on-year -40.63% +36.53% -6.25%
75th Percentile £391 £725 £581
90th Percentile £566 £775 £600
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £555 £385
% change year-on-year -14.41% +44.16% -3.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £17.10 - -
25th Percentile £20.06 - -
Median hourly rate £25.00 - -
75th Percentile £30.00 - -
90th Percentile £33.00 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £30.00 £60.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -50.00% +160.87% +2.22%

All Vendors
Warwickshire

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 Warwickshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 256 213 187
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Warwickshire 48.85% 50.12% 48.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 116 121
10th Percentile £325 £406 £180
25th Percentile £400 £500 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £579 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.57% +5.18% +5.77%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £700
90th Percentile £703 £688 £750
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 1 1
10th Percentile £14.13 - -
25th Percentile £26.11 - -
Median hourly rate £34.98 £35.00 £34.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.06% +1.45% +109.09%
75th Percentile £50.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £30.00 £31.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -4.76% +40.00% +29.61%

Cisco
Job Vacancy Trend in Warwickshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Cisco in Warwickshire

Cisco
Daily Rate Trend in Warwickshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Warwickshire citing Cisco.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Warwickshire citing Cisco

Cisco
Daily Rate Histogram in Warwickshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco in Warwickshire over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco in Warwickshire

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Hourly Rate Trend in Warwickshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Warwickshire citing Cisco.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Warwickshire citing Cisco

Cisco
Hourly Rate Histogram in Warwickshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cisco in Warwickshire over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Cisco in Warwickshire

Cisco
Contract Job Locations in Warwickshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco within the Warwickshire region over the 6 months to 18 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
Warwick -8 19 £380 -41.54% 5
Leamington Spa - 3 £475 -
Rugby - 3 - -
Cisco
West Midlands

Cisco
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Warwickshire 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 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (6.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 25 (83.33%) Firewall
2 19 (63.33%) WAN
3 18 (60.00%) Wireless
4 14 (46.67%) DNS
5 12 (40.00%) VPN
6 11 (36.67%) Network Security
7 9 (30.00%) Cisco IPT
7 9 (30.00%) DMVPN
7 9 (30.00%) IPsec
7 9 (30.00%) SSL
8 7 (23.33%) LAN
8 7 (23.33%) SD-WAN
8 7 (23.33%) Wireshark
9 5 (16.67%) DHCP
10 3 (10.00%) Telepresence
10 3 (10.00%) Unified Communications
11 2 (6.67%) Ethereal
11 2 (6.67%) Internet
11 2 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
12 1 (3.33%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 11 (36.67%) Telecoms
2 6 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (6.67%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 11 (36.67%) Network Engineer
2 6 (20.00%) Security Engineer
3 5 (16.67%) Support Engineer
3 5 (16.67%) Test Engineer
4 4 (13.33%) Consultant
4 4 (13.33%) Network Security Engineer
5 3 (10.00%) Desktop Engineer
5 3 (10.00%) Desktop Support
5 3 (10.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 3 (10.00%) Infrastructure Manager
5 3 (10.00%) Infrastructure Test Manager
5 3 (10.00%) Network Consultant
5 3 (10.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 3 (10.00%) Technical Consultant
5 3 (10.00%) Test Manager
6 2 (6.67%) Firewall Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) IT Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) Principal Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) Principal Network Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) Senior Network Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (30.00%) 802.1X
2 3 (10.00%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 15 (50.00%) Data Centre
2 5 (16.67%) Cloud Native
3 1 (3.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.33%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.00%) Mac OS
1 3 (10.00%) Windows
1 3 (10.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (30.00%) Change Management
1 9 (30.00%) Inventory Management
2 7 (23.33%) Service Management
3 5 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (16.67%) DevOps
3 5 (16.67%) End-to-End Testing
3 5 (16.67%) ITIL
3 5 (16.67%) Remote Testing
4 4 (13.33%) High Availability
4 4 (13.33%) Problem Management
5 3 (10.00%) Capacity Planning
5 3 (10.00%) Computer Science
5 3 (10.00%) Data Centre Operations
5 3 (10.00%) Defect Management
5 3 (10.00%) Infrastructure Management
5 3 (10.00%) Resource Management
5 3 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (10.00%) Test Management
5 3 (10.00%) Test Scripting
5 3 (10.00%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 13 (43.33%) SC Cleared
1 13 (43.33%) Security Cleared
2 7 (23.33%) CCIE
2 7 (23.33%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (20.00%) CCNP
4 5 (16.67%) Degree
5 4 (13.33%) CCIE Routing and Switching
6 3 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (6.67%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (3.33%) CCIE Security
8 1 (3.33%) CCIE Wireless
8 1 (3.33%) CCSE
8 1 (3.33%) CCSM
8 1 (3.33%) CWSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (6.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (16.67%) HP ALM
2 4 (13.33%) OpenView
3 1 (3.33%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 16 (53.33%) F5
2 10 (33.33%) CheckPoint
2 10 (33.33%) Juniper
3 9 (30.00%) Blue Coat
4 6 (20.00%) Fortinet
5 5 (16.67%) HP
5 5 (16.67%) Micro Focus
5 5 (16.67%) Microsoft
5 5 (16.67%) Progress
6 2 (6.67%) Meraki
6 2 (6.67%) Palo Alto
6 2 (6.67%) Zscaler
7 1 (3.33%) Aruba
7 1 (3.33%) Infoblox
7 1 (3.33%) SolarWinds