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 14 November 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
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 20 17
Rank change year-on-year -13 -3 +27
Contract jobs citing Cisco 29 50 70
As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire 5.74% 8.55% 8.73%
As % of the Vendors category 11.15% 14.62% 16.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 34 42
10th Percentile £463 £440 £265
25th Percentile £525 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £671 £620
90th Percentile £675 £710 £688
South West median daily rate £550 £475 £550
% change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% +22.22%
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 £17.79 £75.00 £56.50
% change year-on-year -76.28% +32.76% -12.23%

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 260 342 423
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 51.49% 58.46% 52.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 184 238 316
10th Percentile £450 £356 £298
25th Percentile £525 £475 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £625
90th Percentile £725 £700 £688
South West median daily rate £513 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.33% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 1 18
10th Percentile £16.16 - £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 - £52.25
South West median hourly rate £23.50 £67.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -65.19% +22.73% -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 14 November 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 14 November 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 -7 15 £575 -9.09% 2
Chippenham -3 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 (17.24%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (17.24%) SharePoint
2 4 (13.79%) Confluence
2 4 (13.79%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (3.45%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.90%) AWS
1 2 (6.90%) Azure
2 1 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (3.45%) GCP
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 13 (44.83%) DNS
2 7 (24.14%) Unified Communications
3 6 (20.69%) BGP
3 6 (20.69%) Skype
4 4 (13.79%) Firewall
5 3 (10.34%) IPsec
5 3 (10.34%) MPLS
5 3 (10.34%) OSPF
5 3 (10.34%) VPN
6 2 (6.90%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (6.90%) Cisco IOS
6 2 (6.90%) DWDM
6 2 (6.90%) SDH
6 2 (6.90%) VLAN
6 2 (6.90%) VoIP
7 1 (3.45%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (3.45%) EIGRP
7 1 (3.45%) MQTT
7 1 (3.45%) Spanning Tree
7 1 (3.45%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (17.24%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (13.79%) JIRA
2 2 (6.90%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (3.45%) Bitbucket
General
1 8 (27.59%) Public Sector
2 5 (17.24%) Social Skills
2 5 (17.24%) Telecoms
3 4 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (10.34%) Electronics
4 3 (10.34%) Finance
4 3 (10.34%) Manufacturing
4 3 (10.34%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 8 (27.59%) Platform Engineer
2 6 (20.69%) Network Engineer
3 4 (13.79%) Cisco Engineer
4 3 (10.34%) Administrator
4 3 (10.34%) Cisco Voice Engineer
4 3 (10.34%) Communications Engineer
4 3 (10.34%) Network Administrator
4 3 (10.34%) Unified Communications Engineer
4 3 (10.34%) Voice Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Architect
5 2 (6.90%) Designer
5 2 (6.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (6.90%) Support Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Technical Designer
5 2 (6.90%) Telecoms Architect
6 1 (3.45%) 3rd Line Support
6 1 (3.45%) Analyst
6 1 (3.45%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Telephony Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.34%) NETCONF
1 3 (10.34%) RESTCONF
2 1 (3.45%) JFC
2 1 (3.45%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (27.59%) PKI
2 3 (10.34%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.45%) FMCG
3 1 (3.45%) Operational Technology
3 1 (3.45%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 12 (41.38%) Windows
2 11 (37.93%) Linux
3 10 (34.48%) Windows 10
4 4 (13.79%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (3.45%) Android
5 1 (3.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (34.48%) Root Cause Analysis
1 10 (34.48%) Service Management
2 8 (27.59%) Platform Engineering
3 4 (13.79%) Critical Thinking
3 4 (13.79%) NsoIT
4 3 (10.34%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (10.34%) Change Management
4 3 (10.34%) Customer Service
4 3 (10.34%) Digital Marketing
4 3 (10.34%) Logistics
4 3 (10.34%) Network Virtualisation
4 3 (10.34%) Proactive Monitoring
4 3 (10.34%) Programme Management
4 3 (10.34%) Server Management
4 3 (10.34%) Service Delivery
4 3 (10.34%) Software Testing
4 3 (10.34%) System Testing
4 3 (10.34%) Validation
5 2 (6.90%) ITIL
5 2 (6.90%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.34%) Python
Qualifications
1 26 (89.66%) Security Cleared
2 17 (58.62%) DV Cleared
2 17 (58.62%) SC Cleared
3 4 (13.79%) CCNP
3 4 (13.79%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (13.79%) Degree
System Software
1 14 (48.28%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (37.93%) Active Directory
3 10 (34.48%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (20.69%) VMware NSX
5 3 (10.34%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (3.45%) KVM
6 1 (3.45%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (34.48%) vCenter Server
2 5 (17.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 3 (10.34%) Ansible
3 3 (10.34%) WSUS
4 2 (6.90%) FortiGate
5 1 (3.45%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 17 (58.62%) Microsoft
2 15 (51.72%) VMware
3 8 (27.59%) Juniper
4 5 (17.24%) SolarWinds
4 5 (17.24%) Veeam
5 4 (13.79%) Atlassian
5 4 (13.79%) Palo Alto
5 4 (13.79%) SAP
6 2 (6.90%) F5
6 2 (6.90%) IBM
6 2 (6.90%) Nokia
7 1 (3.45%) Apple
7 1 (3.45%) Citrix
7 1 (3.45%) Fortinet
7 1 (3.45%) HP
7 1 (3.45%) McAfee
7 1 (3.45%) ServiceNow