Cisco Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Cisco
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh citing 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 27 October 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
27 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 43 42
Rank change year-on-year -9 -1 +21
Contract jobs citing Cisco 22 24 34
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 3.31% 3.87% 4.48%
As % of the Vendors category 7.38% 9.56% 12.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 10 15
10th Percentile £231 - £200
25th Percentile £238 £413 £215
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £450 £240
Median % change year-on-year -30.56% +87.50% -48.11%
75th Percentile £450 £470 £265
90th Percentile £610 £475 £395
Scotland median daily rate £400 £425 £346
% change year-on-year -5.88% +22.74% -23.06%
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 citing vendor products and services in Edinburgh.

6 months to
27 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing vendor products and services 298 251 281
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 44.88% 40.48% 37.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 108 153
10th Percentile £205 £343 £156
25th Percentile £350 £425 £230
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% -10.53%
75th Percentile £533 £538 £513
90th Percentile £643 £625 £633
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £430
% change year-on-year - +4.65% -10.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 17 22
10th Percentile £15.81 £17.00 £13.25
25th Percentile £15.92 - £18.03
Median hourly rate £18.79 £17.87 £21.80
Median % change year-on-year +5.15% -18.01% +23.00%
75th Percentile £19.33 £40.00 £24.18
90th Percentile £60.65 £65.75 -
Scotland median hourly rate £15.00 £20.01 £19.94
% change year-on-year -25.05% +0.38% +12.51%

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 27 October 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 table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Vendors

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Palo Alto36.4%8
2VMware31.8%7
3Microsoft27.3%6
4Apple22.7%5
4F522.7%5
4Meraki22.7%5
7SolarWinds9.1%2
7Splunk9.1%2
9CheckPoint4.5%1
9CyberArk4.5%1
9Nokia4.5%1