Cisco Contract Job Trends in Wiltshire

Cisco
South West > Wiltshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wiltshire 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 4 February 2026, 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
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 13 25
Rank change year-on-year -29 +12 +20
Contract jobs citing Cisco 28 40 59
As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire 4.03% 9.55% 6.80%
As % of the Vendors category 9.76% 19.32% 13.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 30 34
10th Percentile £502 £420 £414
25th Percentile £521 £461 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £589
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -10.79% +7.00%
75th Percentile £588 £634 £684
90th Percentile £668 £725 £734
South West median daily rate £550 £475 £589
% change year-on-year +15.79% -19.29% +22.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 13
10th Percentile - - £41.93
25th Percentile - - £46.25
Median hourly rate - - £47.50
75th Percentile - - £50.00
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £37.50 £75.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -50.00% +50.00% -23.66%

All Vendors
Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 287 207 431
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 41.29% 49.40% 49.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 145 317
10th Percentile £425 £217 £252
25th Percentile £513 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £545
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +0.92% -3.54%
75th Percentile £725 £638 £638
90th Percentile £738 £737 £734
South West median daily rate £525 £520 £529
% change year-on-year +0.96% -1.65% -0.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 2 25
10th Percentile £20.00 - £14.36
25th Percentile £21.25 - £14.54
Median hourly rate £24.00 £12.59 £43.90
Median % change year-on-year +90.63% -71.32% -32.98%
75th Percentile £24.50 - £48.75
90th Percentile £25.15 - £50.00
South West median hourly rate £33.00 £58.00 £49.06
% change year-on-year -43.10% +18.23% -24.53%

Cisco
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

Cisco job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

Cisco
Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Cisco

Cisco
Daily Rate Histogram in Wiltshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco in Wiltshire over the 6 months to 4 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco in Wiltshire

Cisco
Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Cisco

Cisco
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 4 February 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
Corsham -25 18 £550 +15.79% 6
Chippenham -3 4 - -
Cisco
South West

Cisco
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire 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 5 (17.86%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (17.86%) SharePoint
2 4 (14.29%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (3.57%) Confluence
3 1 (3.57%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.14%) AWS
1 2 (7.14%) Azure
2 1 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (3.57%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 10 (35.71%) DNS
2 9 (32.14%) BGP
3 7 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
3 7 (25.00%) Cisco IOS
4 6 (21.43%) Network Security
4 6 (21.43%) Skype
5 5 (17.86%) MPLS
5 5 (17.86%) TACACS
5 5 (17.86%) VPN
6 4 (14.29%) OSPF
6 4 (14.29%) Unified Communications
7 2 (7.14%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (7.14%) DWDM
7 2 (7.14%) Firewall
7 2 (7.14%) SDH
7 2 (7.14%) VLAN
7 2 (7.14%) VoIP
8 1 (3.57%) EIGRP
8 1 (3.57%) LAN
8 1 (3.57%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (17.86%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (7.14%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (3.57%) Bitbucket
2 1 (3.57%) JIRA
General
1 11 (39.29%) Public Sector
2 5 (17.86%) Social Skills
2 5 (17.86%) Telecoms
3 3 (10.71%) Electronics
3 3 (10.71%) Finance
3 3 (10.71%) Manufacturing
3 3 (10.71%) Marketing
4 2 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (28.57%) Platform Engineer
2 6 (21.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 5 (17.86%) Security Engineer
4 4 (14.29%) Cisco Engineer
4 4 (14.29%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
4 4 (14.29%) Network Engineer
5 3 (10.71%) Cisco Voice Engineer
5 3 (10.71%) Communications Engineer
5 3 (10.71%) Unified Communications Engineer
5 3 (10.71%) Voice Engineer
6 2 (7.14%) Architect
6 2 (7.14%) Designer
6 2 (7.14%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 2 (7.14%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (7.14%) Technical Designer
6 2 (7.14%) Telecoms Architect
7 1 (3.57%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
7 1 (3.57%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 1 (3.57%) IT Analyst
7 1 (3.57%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (17.86%) LDAP
2 1 (3.57%) JFC
Miscellaneous
1 10 (35.71%) PKI
2 3 (10.71%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.57%) Operational Technology
3 1 (3.57%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 16 (57.14%) Linux
2 11 (39.29%) Windows
3 10 (35.71%) Windows 10
4 5 (17.86%) Ubuntu
5 4 (14.29%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (3.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (32.14%) Root Cause Analysis
2 8 (28.57%) Platform Engineering
3 6 (21.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 5 (17.86%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (17.86%) Waterfall
5 4 (14.29%) Agile
5 4 (14.29%) Service Management
6 3 (10.71%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (10.71%) Digital Marketing
6 3 (10.71%) Logistics
6 3 (10.71%) Penetration Testing
6 3 (10.71%) Proactive Monitoring
6 3 (10.71%) Programme Management
6 3 (10.71%) Project Management
6 3 (10.71%) Server Management
6 3 (10.71%) Software Testing
7 2 (7.14%) Critical Thinking
7 2 (7.14%) Decision-Making
7 2 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (7.14%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.71%) PHP
1 3 (10.71%) Python
Qualifications
1 26 (92.86%) Security Cleared
2 20 (71.43%) SC Cleared
3 17 (60.71%) DV Cleared
4 3 (10.71%) APMG
4 3 (10.71%) CompTIA Security+
4 3 (10.71%) GIAC
4 3 (10.71%) GSEC
4 3 (10.71%) SSCP
5 2 (7.14%) CCNP
5 2 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (7.14%) Degree
6 1 (3.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (17.86%) NIST
2 3 (10.71%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (10.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 17 (60.71%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (35.71%) Active Directory
2 10 (35.71%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (21.43%) VMware NSX
4 5 (17.86%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (3.57%) KVM
5 1 (3.57%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (53.57%) vCenter Server
2 5 (17.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 3 (10.71%) SCOM
3 3 (10.71%) WSUS
4 2 (7.14%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 18 (64.29%) VMware
2 16 (57.14%) Microsoft
3 5 (17.86%) Juniper
3 5 (17.86%) SolarWinds
3 5 (17.86%) Veeam
4 4 (14.29%) Palo Alto
5 3 (10.71%) SAP
6 2 (7.14%) F5
6 2 (7.14%) IBM
6 2 (7.14%) Nokia
7 1 (3.57%) Atlassian
7 1 (3.57%) Fortinet
7 1 (3.57%) McAfee