Cisco Contracts 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 1 April 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
1 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 64 79
Rank change year-on-year +12 +15 -11
Contract jobs citing Cisco 13 14 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 2.15% 1.71% 2.85%
As % of the Vendors category 5.06% 4.23% 7.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 31
10th Percentile £245 - £450
25th Percentile £288 - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £438 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.82% -12.40% +12.49%
75th Percentile £588 £447 £512
90th Percentile £638 £494 £528
Scotland median daily rate £400 £438 £475
% change year-on-year -8.68% -7.79% +13.10%

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 257 331 546
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 42.41% 40.37% 39.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 186 400
10th Percentile £181 £179 £222
25th Percentile £362 £407 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -6.75% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £538 £588 £538
90th Percentile £638 £681 £601
Scotland median daily rate £450 £475 £473
% change year-on-year -5.26% +0.42% +5.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 24 6
10th Percentile £21.00 £16.00 £16.63
25th Percentile £22.22 £16.25 -
Median hourly rate £24.09 £17.86 £21.26
Median % change year-on-year +34.88% -15.99% -35.58%
75th Percentile £24.18 £60.00 £21.57
90th Percentile £28.38 £60.75 £22.62
Scotland median hourly rate £24.09 £17.61 £55.00
% change year-on-year +36.80% -67.98% +50.68%

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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

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cisco in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for Cisco in Edinburgh

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Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 1 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco in Edinburgh

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cisco in Edinburgh.

Hourly rate trend for Cisco in Edinburgh

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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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.69%) IIS
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) Azure
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (61.54%) Firewall
2 5 (38.46%) LAN
2 5 (38.46%) VPN
3 4 (30.77%) IPsec
3 4 (30.77%) Network Security
3 4 (30.77%) WAN
4 3 (23.08%) Cisco Nexus
4 3 (23.08%) SD-WAN
4 3 (23.08%) Unified Communications
4 3 (23.08%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (15.38%) DHCP
5 2 (15.38%) DNS
6 1 (7.69%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (7.69%) MPLS
6 1 (7.69%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (7.69%) TCP/IP
6 1 (7.69%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (30.77%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (23.08%) Public Sector
1 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Network Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Architect
2 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Architect
2 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
2 2 (15.38%) IT Support
2 2 (15.38%) Lead
2 2 (15.38%) Technical Architect
2 2 (15.38%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Field Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) ICT Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Network Field Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) NOC Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Data Centre
1 2 (15.38%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (7.69%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 5 (38.46%) Windows
2 4 (30.77%) Windows 10
3 3 (23.08%) Linux
4 2 (15.38%) Windows Server
4 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (7.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (7.69%) Windows 7
5 1 (7.69%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (7.69%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) Network Monitoring
2 3 (23.08%) Digital Strategy
2 3 (23.08%) High Availability
2 3 (23.08%) ITIL
2 3 (23.08%) Load Balancing
2 3 (23.08%) Project Delivery
3 2 (15.38%) Data Protection
3 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (15.38%) ITSM
3 2 (15.38%) Service Management
3 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (7.69%) Break/Fix
4 1 (7.69%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (7.69%) Deployment Automation
4 1 (7.69%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (7.69%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (7.69%) Roadmaps
4 1 (7.69%) Server Management
4 1 (7.69%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
1 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) CCNA
1 3 (23.08%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
3 1 (7.69%) A+ Certification
3 1 (7.69%) CCNP
3 1 (7.69%) Degree
3 1 (7.69%) DV Cleared
3 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 5 (38.46%) Active Directory
2 3 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (15.38%) VMware NSX
4 1 (7.69%) Hyper-V
4 1 (7.69%) Terminal Services
4 1 (7.69%) Xen
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) SCCM
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 4 (30.77%) F5
2 4 (30.77%) Palo Alto
3 3 (23.08%) ServiceNow
3 3 (23.08%) VMware
4 2 (15.38%) Adobe
4 2 (15.38%) Autodesk
4 2 (15.38%) Fortinet
4 2 (15.38%) Symantec
5 1 (7.69%) Aruba
5 1 (7.69%) CheckPoint
5 1 (7.69%) Citrix
5 1 (7.69%) Commvault
5 1 (7.69%) Dell
5 1 (7.69%) HP
5 1 (7.69%) Meraki
5 1 (7.69%) SonicWALL