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 19 December 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
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 25 16
Rank change year-on-year -23 -9 +24
Contract jobs citing Cisco 24 33 69
As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire 4.01% 6.99% 8.89%
As % of the Vendors category 8.36% 13.04% 17.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 23 42
10th Percentile £459 £461 £265
25th Percentile £525 £463 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £588 £649 £667
90th Percentile £675 £725 £721
South West median daily rate £550 £473 £550
% change year-on-year +16.40% -14.09% +17.65%
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 £60.25
% change year-on-year -50.00% +24.49% -8.02%

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 287 253 404
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 47.91% 53.60% 52.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 178 299
10th Percentile £450 £311 £274
25th Percentile £519 £461 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £594 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year +7.95% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £725 £613 £620
90th Percentile £738 £712 £688
South West median daily rate £525 £514 £550
% change year-on-year +2.10% -6.51% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 2 17
10th Percentile £16.50 - £14.36
25th Percentile £21.25 - £40.85
Median hourly rate £24.00 £12.59 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +90.63% -73.49% -27.48%
75th Percentile £24.50 - £50.00
90th Percentile £24.96 - -
South West median hourly rate £23.58 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -63.73% +18.18% -15.38%

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 19 December 2025.

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 19 December 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
Corsham -19 13 £550 +15.79% 1
Chippenham -2 4 - -
Trowbridge - 1 £200 -
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 (20.83%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (20.83%) SharePoint
2 4 (16.67%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (4.17%) Confluence
3 1 (4.17%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.33%) AWS
1 2 (8.33%) Azure
2 1 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (4.17%) GCP
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (41.67%) DNS
2 6 (25.00%) Skype
3 4 (16.67%) BGP
3 4 (16.67%) OSPF
3 4 (16.67%) Unified Communications
4 3 (12.50%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (8.33%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (8.33%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (8.33%) DWDM
5 2 (8.33%) Firewall
5 2 (8.33%) SDH
5 2 (8.33%) VLAN
5 2 (8.33%) VoIP
6 1 (4.17%) DMVPN
6 1 (4.17%) EIGRP
6 1 (4.17%) LAN
6 1 (4.17%) MQTT
6 1 (4.17%) Network Security
6 1 (4.17%) WAN
6 1 (4.17%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (20.83%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (4.17%) Bitbucket
2 1 (4.17%) JIRA
General
1 8 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 5 (20.83%) Telecoms
3 3 (12.50%) Electronics
3 3 (12.50%) Finance
3 3 (12.50%) Manufacturing
3 3 (12.50%) Marketing
3 3 (12.50%) Social Skills
4 2 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (33.33%) Platform Engineer
2 4 (16.67%) Cisco Engineer
2 4 (16.67%) Network Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Cisco Voice Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Communications Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Unified Communications Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Voice Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Architect
4 2 (8.33%) Designer
4 2 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (8.33%) Support Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Technical Designer
4 2 (8.33%) Telecoms Architect
5 1 (4.17%) 3rd Line Support
5 1 (4.17%) Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Telephony Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) JFC
1 1 (4.17%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.83%) PKI
2 3 (12.50%) Data Centre
3 1 (4.17%) FMCG
3 1 (4.17%) Operational Technology
3 1 (4.17%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 12 (50.00%) Windows
2 11 (45.83%) Linux
3 10 (41.67%) Windows 10
4 4 (16.67%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (4.17%) Android
5 1 (4.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (41.67%) Root Cause Analysis
2 8 (33.33%) Platform Engineering
3 4 (16.67%) Service Management
4 3 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (12.50%) Digital Marketing
4 3 (12.50%) Logistics
4 3 (12.50%) Proactive Monitoring
4 3 (12.50%) Programme Management
4 3 (12.50%) Server Management
4 3 (12.50%) Software Testing
5 2 (8.33%) ArchiMate
5 2 (8.33%) Architecture Governance
5 2 (8.33%) Boundary Protection
5 2 (8.33%) Customer Requirements
5 2 (8.33%) Decision-Making
5 2 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (8.33%) Risk Assessment
5 2 (8.33%) Strategic Roadmap
5 2 (8.33%) TOGAF
5 2 (8.33%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 21 (87.50%) Security Cleared
2 15 (62.50%) SC Cleared
3 14 (58.33%) DV Cleared
4 2 (8.33%) CCNP
4 2 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (8.33%) Degree
5 1 (4.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 12 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (45.83%) Active Directory
3 10 (41.67%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (25.00%) VMware NSX
5 1 (4.17%) KVM
5 1 (4.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (41.67%) vCenter Server
2 5 (20.83%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 3 (12.50%) WSUS
4 2 (8.33%) FortiGate
5 1 (4.17%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 17 (70.83%) Microsoft
2 13 (54.17%) VMware
3 5 (20.83%) Juniper
3 5 (20.83%) SolarWinds
3 5 (20.83%) Veeam
4 4 (16.67%) Palo Alto
4 4 (16.67%) SAP
5 2 (8.33%) F5
5 2 (8.33%) IBM
5 2 (8.33%) Nokia
6 1 (4.17%) Apple
6 1 (4.17%) Atlassian
6 1 (4.17%) Citrix
6 1 (4.17%) Fortinet
6 1 (4.17%) HP
6 1 (4.17%) McAfee
6 1 (4.17%) ServiceNow