Cisco Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

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UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 3 May 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
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 84 96 76
Rank change year-on-year +12 -20 +48
Contract jobs citing Cisco 285 345 741
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.88% 2.26% 2.89%
As % of the Vendors category 6.28% 5.34% 6.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 212 486
10th Percentile £362 £255 £348
25th Percentile £423 £350 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £594 £625 £619
90th Percentile £773 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £488 £481
% change year-on-year +2.56% +1.44% +9.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 14 25
10th Percentile £27.80 £13.48 £12.50
25th Percentile £41.75 £15.78 £20.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £24.13 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +169.43% -51.75% +81.82%
75th Percentile £69.38 £29.06 £78.75
90th Percentile £72.00 £30.25 £80.70
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £27.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year +36.36% -45.00% +109.12%

All Vendors
Work from Home

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 with a remote or hybrid options requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 4,538 6,460 11,031
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 45.85% 42.34% 42.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,962 4,006 7,414
10th Percentile £325 £325 £330
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.05% - -
75th Percentile £625 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £515 £525
% change year-on-year - -1.90% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 220 260
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.92 £18.45
25th Percentile £19.87 £16.93 £32.44
Median hourly rate £47.25 £32.31 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +46.25% -41.26% +57.14%
75th Percentile £68.00 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £86.00 £72.50 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £26.33 £22.00 £43.50
% change year-on-year +19.67% -49.43% +105.65%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Cisco as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Cisco trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Cisco.

Cisco daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Cisco over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Cisco daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Cisco.

Cisco hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Cisco over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Cisco hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 14 (4.91%) Confluence
2 10 (3.51%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.75%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.40%) IIS
5 3 (1.05%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.70%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.35%) Apache
7 1 (0.35%) CMS
Applications
1 17 (5.96%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.70%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.35%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.35%) Revit
4 1 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.05%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 60 (21.05%) Azure
2 47 (16.49%) AWS
3 22 (7.72%) GCP
3 22 (7.72%) PaaS
3 22 (7.72%) SaaS
4 21 (7.37%) AWS CloudFormation
4 21 (7.37%) IaaS
5 16 (5.61%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (4.56%) Entra ID
7 7 (2.46%) Mimecast
8 4 (1.40%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (1.40%) Cloudflare
9 3 (1.05%) GitHub
9 3 (1.05%) OpenShift
10 2 (0.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 2 (0.70%) Amazon S3
10 2 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.70%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 2 (0.70%) Nutanix
10 2 (0.70%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 153 (53.68%) Firewall
2 86 (30.18%) BGP
3 73 (25.61%) VPN
4 71 (24.91%) OSPF
5 64 (22.46%) WAN
6 55 (19.30%) DNS
7 52 (18.25%) Network Security
8 50 (17.54%) LAN
9 49 (17.19%) TCP/IP
10 44 (15.44%) Cisco Nexus
11 40 (14.04%) Cisco ASA
12 39 (13.68%) Wireless
13 38 (13.33%) MPLS
14 35 (12.28%) DHCP
15 28 (9.82%) SD-WAN
16 25 (8.77%) Cisco ISE
17 24 (8.42%) Cisco Firepower
18 23 (8.07%) IPsec
18 23 (8.07%) Wi-Fi
19 20 (7.02%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.75%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.40%) Oracle Database
3 2 (0.70%) MySQL
4 1 (0.35%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.35%) Looker
4 1 (0.35%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.35%) Redis
4 1 (0.35%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 17 (5.96%) JIRA
2 9 (3.16%) Sonatype Nexus
3 5 (1.75%) Git
4 4 (1.40%) GitLab
5 2 (0.70%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.35%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.35%) Postman
6 1 (0.35%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.35%) TeamCity
General
1 66 (23.16%) Social Skills
2 34 (11.93%) Public Sector
3 30 (10.53%) Finance
4 27 (9.47%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (6.32%) Telecoms
6 8 (2.81%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (2.46%) Banking
8 5 (1.75%) Law
8 5 (1.75%) Legal
9 4 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.05%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.05%) Military
10 3 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.70%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.70%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.70%) German Language
11 2 (0.70%) Local Government
11 2 (0.70%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.70%) Retail
12 1 (0.35%) Police
Job Titles
1 118 (41.40%) Network Engineer
2 51 (17.89%) Architect
3 32 (11.23%) Cisco Engineer
4 26 (9.12%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 25 (8.77%) Senior
6 23 (8.07%) Technical Architect
7 22 (7.72%) Network Architect
8 20 (7.02%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
9 19 (6.67%) Cloud Architect
9 19 (6.67%) Security Engineer
10 18 (6.32%) Cloud Native Architect
10 18 (6.32%) Network Security Engineer
11 14 (4.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 14 (4.91%) Senior Network Engineer
12 12 (4.21%) Lead
12 12 (4.21%) Principal Engineer
12 12 (4.21%) Principal Network Engineer
13 11 (3.86%) Consultant
13 11 (3.86%) Network Security Architect
13 11 (3.86%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.51%) Flash
2 7 (2.46%) 802.1X
3 5 (1.75%) RFC 2544
4 3 (1.05%) LDAP
5 2 (0.70%) Kafka
5 2 (0.70%) NETCONF
5 2 (0.70%) REST
5 2 (0.70%) SAML
6 1 (0.35%) FIX Protocol
6 1 (0.35%) HTML
6 1 (0.35%) RabbitMQ
6 1 (0.35%) SOAP
6 1 (0.35%) WF
6 1 (0.35%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 52 (18.25%) Data Centre
2 22 (7.72%) Cloud Native
3 11 (3.86%) Clustering
4 10 (3.51%) Data Protection Act
5 9 (3.16%) Security Posture
6 7 (2.46%) Public Cloud
7 6 (2.11%) CSOC
7 6 (2.11%) Fibre Optics
7 6 (2.11%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (1.75%) Operational Technology
9 4 (1.40%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.05%) Client/Server
10 3 (1.05%) Life Science
10 3 (1.05%) PKI
10 3 (1.05%) Renewable Energy
10 3 (1.05%) Video Conferencing
11 2 (0.70%) Linux Command Line
11 2 (0.70%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.70%) PMI
11 2 (0.70%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 33 (11.58%) Windows
2 21 (7.37%) Linux
3 11 (3.86%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (2.46%) VMS
6 4 (1.40%) Windows 10
7 3 (1.05%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (1.05%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (1.05%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.35%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.35%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.35%) Solaris
8 1 (0.35%) Unix
8 1 (0.35%) VyOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (15.79%) Migration
2 33 (11.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 33 (11.58%) Problem-Solving
3 28 (9.82%) Network Monitoring
4 26 (9.12%) Infrastructure as Code
4 26 (9.12%) ITIL
5 25 (8.77%) Network Design
6 22 (7.72%) Change Management
7 21 (7.37%) Agile
8 19 (6.67%) High Availability
8 19 (6.67%) Network Architecture
8 19 (6.67%) Sprint Planning
9 18 (6.32%) Computer Science
9 18 (6.32%) Test Automation
10 17 (5.96%) Network Management
11 15 (5.26%) Network Virtualisation
11 15 (5.26%) Service Management
12 14 (4.91%) System Testing
12 14 (4.91%) Validation
13 13 (4.56%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 33 (11.58%) Python
2 19 (6.67%) Bicep
3 10 (3.51%) Bash
4 9 (3.16%) PowerShell
5 5 (1.75%) SQL
6 2 (0.70%) Java
6 2 (0.70%) Perl
6 2 (0.70%) PL/SQL
6 2 (0.70%) VBScript
7 1 (0.35%) C#
7 1 (0.35%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 93 (32.63%) Security Cleared
2 91 (31.93%) Cisco Certification
3 86 (30.18%) SC Cleared
4 58 (20.35%) CCNP
5 38 (13.33%) CCNA
6 28 (9.82%) CCIE
7 23 (8.07%) Degree
8 14 (4.91%) Master's Degree
8 14 (4.91%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 10 (3.51%) DV Cleared
10 6 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (1.75%) CCIE Service Provider
11 5 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (1.05%) AWS Certification
12 3 (1.05%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (1.05%) JNCIS
12 3 (1.05%) MCP
12 3 (1.05%) MCSE
12 3 (1.05%) PMI Certification
12 3 (1.05%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.56%) NIST
2 6 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (1.75%) NCSC
4 4 (1.40%) HIPAA
5 3 (1.05%) QA
6 2 (0.70%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 2 (0.70%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.70%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.70%) SLA
7 1 (0.35%) GDPR
7 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 37 (12.98%) VMware Infrastructure
2 26 (9.12%) Active Directory
3 21 (7.37%) VMware NSX
4 13 (4.56%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (1.40%) Firmware
5 4 (1.40%) vSphere
6 3 (1.05%) Docker
6 3 (1.05%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.35%) Terminal Server
7 1 (0.35%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 31 (10.88%) Ansible
2 30 (10.53%) Terraform
3 18 (6.32%) FortiGate
4 12 (4.21%) vCenter Server
5 9 (3.16%) ZABBIX
6 7 (2.46%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (2.11%) Cisco Prime
8 4 (1.40%) Kubernetes
8 4 (1.40%) Nagios
9 3 (1.05%) Progress Chef
9 3 (1.05%) QRadar
9 3 (1.05%) Trend Micro Deep Security
10 2 (0.70%) HP ALM
10 2 (0.70%) logstash
10 2 (0.70%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.70%) Packer
10 2 (0.70%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.70%) WSUS
11 1 (0.35%) Observium
Vendors
1 94 (32.98%) Palo Alto
2 57 (20.00%) Fortinet
3 48 (16.84%) CheckPoint
3 48 (16.84%) VMware
4 46 (16.14%) F5
5 33 (11.58%) SolarWinds
6 32 (11.23%) Microsoft
7 24 (8.42%) Juniper
8 20 (7.02%) Meraki
9 15 (5.26%) Aruba
10 11 (3.86%) Arista
10 11 (3.86%) ServiceNow
11 10 (3.51%) Atlassian
11 10 (3.51%) Citrix
11 10 (3.51%) Splunk
11 10 (3.51%) Zscaler
12 8 (2.81%) Red Hat
13 7 (2.46%) Nokia
14 6 (2.11%) HP
14 6 (2.11%) Oracle