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 17 September 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
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 39 67
Rank change year-on-year -7 +28 +39
Contract jobs citing Cisco 23 35 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 3.61% 4.27% 3.22%
As % of the Vendors category 8.46% 11.18% 8.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 19 21
10th Percentile £361 £200 £163
25th Percentile £422 £203 £334
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £240 £493
Median % change year-on-year +87.50% -51.27% +8.48%
75th Percentile £471 £278 £538
90th Percentile £475 £408 £588
Scotland median daily rate £425 £275 £450
% change year-on-year +54.55% -38.89% +10.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £18.38 -
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 272 313 425
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 42.63% 38.17% 40.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 172 256
10th Percentile £358 £156 £180
25th Percentile £425 £231 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year +15.06% -10.53% +2.70%
75th Percentile £550 £534 £538
90th Percentile £625 £685 £590
Scotland median daily rate £455 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +1.11% -5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 26 3
10th Percentile £17.23 £13.36 -
25th Percentile £17.30 £18.00 -
Median hourly rate £17.87 £18.32 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -2.47% +3.40% -
75th Percentile £32.50 £23.89 £35.74
90th Percentile £60.13 £24.18 £46.54
Scotland median hourly rate £19.23 £19.00 £17.72
% change year-on-year +1.21% +7.22% -

Cisco
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Cisco as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco 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

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Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

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 and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.70%) AWS
1 2 (8.70%) Azure
2 1 (4.35%) GCP
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.35%) npm
2 1 (4.35%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 10 (43.48%) LAN
2 9 (39.13%) WAN
3 6 (26.09%) Firewall
4 5 (21.74%) Cisco Nexus
4 5 (21.74%) Unified Communications
4 5 (21.74%) VPN
5 4 (17.39%) Network Security
5 4 (17.39%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (13.04%) IPsec
6 3 (13.04%) SD-WAN
6 3 (13.04%) VLAN
6 3 (13.04%) VoIP
7 2 (8.70%) BGP
7 2 (8.70%) DHCP
7 2 (8.70%) DNS
7 2 (8.70%) EIGRP
7 2 (8.70%) OSPF
7 2 (8.70%) SDH
7 2 (8.70%) Wireless
8 1 (4.35%) MPLS
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Cypress.io
1 1 (4.35%) Git
1 1 (4.35%) SonarQube
1 1 (4.35%) Sonatype Nexus
1 1 (4.35%) webpack
General
1 10 (43.48%) Social Skills
2 4 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (13.04%) Banking
3 3 (13.04%) Electronics
3 3 (13.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (13.04%) Public Sector
3 3 (13.04%) Telecoms
4 2 (8.70%) Finance
5 1 (4.35%) Legal
5 1 (4.35%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (30.43%) Network Engineer
2 4 (17.39%) Field Engineer
2 4 (17.39%) Network Field Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Network Specialist
4 2 (8.70%) Architect
4 2 (8.70%) Consultant
4 2 (8.70%) Delivery Manager
4 2 (8.70%) Infrastructure Architect
4 2 (8.70%) Network Consultant
4 2 (8.70%) Telecoms Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Desktop Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Desktop Support
5 1 (4.35%) Field Telecoms Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) IT Support
5 1 (4.35%) Network Infrastructure Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Project Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Software Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Technical Design Authority
5 1 (4.35%) Technical Support
5 1 (4.35%) Technical Support Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) CSS
1 1 (4.35%) HTML
1 1 (4.35%) Java RMI
1 1 (4.35%) Jest
1 1 (4.35%) React
1 1 (4.35%) RESTful
1 1 (4.35%) Spring Boot
1 1 (4.35%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (30.43%) Data Centre
2 3 (13.04%) Driving Licence
2 3 (13.04%) Fibre Optics
3 2 (8.70%) SCADA
4 1 (4.35%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (4.35%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (4.35%) Onboarding
4 1 (4.35%) Public Cloud
4 1 (4.35%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (26.09%) Windows
2 5 (21.74%) Linux
3 3 (13.04%) Unix
4 1 (4.35%) Windows 10
4 1 (4.35%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (21.74%) Network Monitoring
1 5 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (21.74%) Project Delivery
2 4 (17.39%) Network Design
3 3 (13.04%) Coaching
3 3 (13.04%) High Availability
3 3 (13.04%) ITIL
3 3 (13.04%) Load Balancing
3 3 (13.04%) Mentoring
3 3 (13.04%) Process Management
3 3 (13.04%) Service Delivery
4 2 (8.70%) Change Management
4 2 (8.70%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 2 (8.70%) DevOps
4 2 (8.70%) Migration
4 2 (8.70%) Network Management
4 2 (8.70%) Project Management
4 2 (8.70%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (8.70%) Service Management
4 2 (8.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.35%) Java
1 1 (4.35%) JavaScript
1 1 (4.35%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 9 (39.13%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (26.09%) CCIE
2 6 (26.09%) CCNA
2 6 (26.09%) CCNP
3 4 (17.39%) SC Cleared
3 4 (17.39%) Security Cleared
4 3 (13.04%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (13.04%) CCIE Collaboration
5 2 (8.70%) HNC
6 1 (4.35%) A+ Certification
6 1 (4.35%) BC Cleared
6 1 (4.35%) CCDP
6 1 (4.35%) City & Guilds
6 1 (4.35%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.70%) Disclosure Scotland
1 2 (8.70%) QA
2 1 (4.35%) COBIT
2 1 (4.35%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (8.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (21.74%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.04%) F5
2 3 (13.04%) Meraki
2 3 (13.04%) Nokia
2 3 (13.04%) Palo Alto
2 3 (13.04%) Salesforce
3 1 (4.35%) Adobe
3 1 (4.35%) Autodesk
3 1 (4.35%) Oracle
3 1 (4.35%) SAP
3 1 (4.35%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.35%) Symantec