Cisco Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Cisco
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh 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 August 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
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 51 34
Rank change year-on-year +13 -17 +31
Contract jobs citing Cisco 31 19 45
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 4.04% 2.91% 5.38%
As % of the Vendors category 9.31% 6.48% 13.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 7 24
10th Percentile £238 £351 £200
25th Percentile £316 £433 £224
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £455 £240
Median % change year-on-year -9.34% +89.58% -52.00%
75th Percentile £444 £556 £438
90th Percentile £570 £638 £438
Scotland median daily rate £425 £425 £311
% change year-on-year - +36.55% -34.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £18.19
Median hourly rate - - £18.38
75th Percentile - - £18.56
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate - - £18.38

All Vendors
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 333 293 334
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 43.36% 44.80% 39.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 180 137 186
10th Percentile £238 £286 £156
25th Percentile £404 £425 £228
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £479 £425
Median % change year-on-year -0.84% +12.71% -10.53%
75th Percentile £575 £526 £538
90th Percentile £643 £599 £688
Scotland median daily rate £460 £472 £433
% change year-on-year -2.54% +9.01% -8.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 15 26
10th Percentile - £16.85 £13.23
25th Percentile £15.81 - £15.13
Median hourly rate £19.33 £17.30 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.73% -3.89% +1.58%
75th Percentile £71.50 £23.13 £18.49
90th Percentile £82.20 £60.75 £24.18
Scotland median hourly rate £16.09 £18.87 £18.07
% change year-on-year -14.73% +4.46% +1.95%

Cisco
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Cisco job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Cisco
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Cisco

Cisco
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 3 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco in Edinburgh

Cisco
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Cisco

Cisco
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 3 (9.68%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (9.68%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (29.03%) Azure
2 4 (12.90%) Nutanix
3 3 (9.68%) Entra ID
3 3 (9.68%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (9.68%) OneDrive
4 2 (6.45%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (61.29%) VPN
2 17 (54.84%) Firewall
3 14 (45.16%) LAN
4 13 (41.94%) Wi-Fi
5 11 (35.48%) Network Security
5 11 (35.48%) SD-WAN
6 9 (29.03%) Cisco Nexus
7 8 (25.81%) IPsec
7 8 (25.81%) Unified Communications
7 8 (25.81%) WAN
8 5 (16.13%) Internet
9 3 (9.68%) BIG-IP
9 3 (9.68%) NGFW
9 3 (9.68%) Wireless
10 2 (6.45%) Ethernet VPN
10 2 (6.45%) HSRP
10 2 (6.45%) OSPF
10 2 (6.45%) Structured Cabling
10 2 (6.45%) VLAN
10 2 (6.45%) VXLAN
General
1 5 (16.13%) Public Sector
2 3 (9.68%) Finance
3 2 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 24 (77.42%) Network Engineer
2 4 (12.90%) Field Engineer
2 4 (12.90%) IT Engineer
2 4 (12.90%) Network Field Engineer
2 4 (12.90%) Telephony Engineer
3 3 (9.68%) IT Support
3 3 (9.68%) IT Support Engineer
3 3 (9.68%) Support Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) Consultant
4 2 (6.45%) Industrial Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) LAN Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) Network Consultant
4 2 (6.45%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) Network Security Consultant
4 2 (6.45%) SCADA Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) Security Consultant
5 1 (3.23%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (3.23%) Senior
5 1 (3.23%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (35.48%) Data Centre
2 3 (9.68%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (6.45%) Operational Technology
3 2 (6.45%) SCADA
4 1 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 16 (51.61%) Windows
2 13 (41.94%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (38.71%) Load Balancing
1 12 (38.71%) Roadmaps
2 11 (35.48%) High Availability
2 11 (35.48%) Network Management
3 9 (29.03%) Migration
4 8 (25.81%) Digital Innovation
4 8 (25.81%) Programme Delivery
5 6 (19.35%) Network Monitoring
6 3 (9.68%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (9.68%) Data Protection
6 3 (9.68%) Network Design
6 3 (9.68%) Project Delivery
6 3 (9.68%) Vulnerability Management
7 2 (6.45%) GAP Analysis
7 2 (6.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 2 (6.45%) Network Segmentation
7 2 (6.45%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (6.45%) Validation
8 1 (3.23%) Change Management
8 1 (3.23%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.45%) Python
Qualifications
1 17 (54.84%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (35.48%) CCNP
3 8 (25.81%) CCNA
4 1 (3.23%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (25.81%) QA
2 6 (19.35%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 3 (9.68%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.45%) Hyper-V
2 2 (6.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 19 (61.29%) Palo Alto
2 17 (54.84%) F5
3 5 (16.13%) VMware
4 3 (9.68%) Apple
4 3 (9.68%) Meraki
4 3 (9.68%) Microsoft
5 2 (6.45%) CheckPoint
5 2 (6.45%) Fortinet
5 2 (6.45%) SolarWinds
5 2 (6.45%) Splunk
5 2 (6.45%) Veeam
6 1 (3.23%) Zscaler