Cisco Contract Job Trends in West Sussex

Cisco
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in West Sussex 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 12 October 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
12 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 26 39
Rank change year-on-year -2 +13 +12
Contract jobs citing Cisco 3 2 7
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 1.52% 1.43% 2.41%
As % of the Vendors category 2.70% 2.41% 4.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile £309 £336 £299
25th Percentile £343 £372 £316
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £438 £348
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +25.90% +39.00%
75th Percentile £494 £497 £376
90th Percentile £550 £529 £390
South East median daily rate £500 £520 £450
% change year-on-year -3.85% +15.56% -10.00%

All Vendors
West Sussex

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 West Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 111 83 169
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 56.35% 59.29% 58.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 61 129
10th Percentile £196 £170 £200
25th Percentile £205 £313 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £450 £493
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -8.72% +1.65%
75th Percentile £525 £528 £518
90th Percentile £638 £638 £678
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 2 2
10th Percentile - - £13.26
25th Percentile £15.50 £27.00 £14.78
Median hourly rate £16.02 £28.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -42.78% +60.00% -17.84%
75th Percentile £20.69 £29.00 £20.41
90th Percentile - - £22.04
South East median hourly rate £20.75 £57.00 £51.96
% change year-on-year -63.59% +9.69% +136.18%

Cisco
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cisco relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex.

Cisco job vacancy trend in West Sussex

Cisco
Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Cisco.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Cisco

Cisco
Daily Rate Histogram in West Sussex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco in West Sussex over the 6 months to 12 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco in West Sussex

Cisco
Hourly Rate Trend in West Sussex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Cisco.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Cisco

Cisco
Contract Job Locations in West Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 12 October 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
Crawley -5 1 £400 +23.08% 4
Worthing - 1 £575 -
Burgess Hill - 1 £286 -
Cisco
South East

Cisco
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) BGP
2 1 (33.33%) Junos
2 1 (33.33%) LAN
2 1 (33.33%) MGCP
2 1 (33.33%) OSPF
2 1 (33.33%) SCCP
2 1 (33.33%) Telepresence
2 1 (33.33%) VoIP
2 1 (33.33%) VPN
2 1 (33.33%) WebEx
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Electronics
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Audio Visual Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Juniper Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Juniper Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Network Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) NHS
1 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
1 1 (33.33%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) High Availability
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Edge Computing
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
2 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (33.33%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (33.33%) Network Segmentation
2 1 (33.33%) Problem Management
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) JNCIA
1 1 (33.33%) JNCIP
1 1 (33.33%) JNCIS
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (33.33%) VMware NSX
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Juniper
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) SAP
1 1 (33.33%) VMware