Cisco Contracts in Reading

Cisco
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Cisco products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cisco over the 6 months to 3 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 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 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 40 45 42
Rank change year-on-year +5 -3 -13
Contract jobs citing Cisco 61 43 57
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 5.16% 4.10% 4.10%
As % of the Vendors category 10.29% 8.17% 10.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 16 27
10th Percentile £335 £444 £385
25th Percentile £400 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £540 £545
Median % change year-on-year -5.09% -0.92% +44.85%
75th Percentile £608 £585 £631
90th Percentile £633 £613 £703
Berkshire median daily rate £513 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +13.89% - +28.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £25.50
Median hourly rate £76.99 - £26.00
75th Percentile - - £26.50
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £73.50 £53.75 £26.00
% change year-on-year +36.73% +106.73% -34.38%

All Vendors
Reading

Cisco is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services advertised in Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 593 526 569
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 50.17% 50.19% 40.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 335 356 385
10th Percentile £213 £372 £213
25th Percentile £412 £484 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +15.00% +0.83%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £600
90th Percentile £688 £721 £675
Berkshire median daily rate £513 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -6.82% +10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 14 6
10th Percentile £14.50 £45.75 £26.50
25th Percentile £51.25 £49.68 £27.50
Median hourly rate £58.30 £64.68 £32.45
Median % change year-on-year -9.86% +99.34% -38.20%
75th Percentile £61.60 £69.05 £34.97
90th Percentile - £76.62 £43.75
Berkshire median hourly rate £58.30 £60.88 £42.50
% change year-on-year -4.23% +43.24% +26.87%

Cisco
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Cisco in Reading

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Cisco in Reading

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Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco in Reading over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco in Reading

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for Cisco in Reading

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Cloud Services
1 18 (29.51%) Azure
2 14 (22.95%) OCI
3 3 (4.92%) AWS
4 2 (3.28%) GCP
5 1 (1.64%) Cloudflare
5 1 (1.64%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 42 (68.85%) Firewall
2 21 (34.43%) WAN
3 16 (26.23%) LAN
4 14 (22.95%) DHCP
4 14 (22.95%) DNS
4 14 (22.95%) SAN
5 13 (21.31%) MPLS
6 11 (18.03%) Cisco ASA
7 10 (16.39%) BGP
8 9 (14.75%) DMZ
9 7 (11.48%) Cisco Nexus
9 7 (11.48%) SD-WAN
10 6 (9.84%) EIGRP
10 6 (9.84%) IPsec
11 5 (8.20%) OSPF
11 5 (8.20%) VPN
12 4 (6.56%) HSRP
13 3 (4.92%) GLBP
13 3 (4.92%) SNMP
13 3 (4.92%) SSL
Development Applications
1 2 (3.28%) JIRA
General
1 16 (26.23%) Social Skills
2 9 (14.75%) Banking
2 9 (14.75%) Finance
3 5 (8.20%) Telecoms
4 2 (3.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.64%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.64%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 32 (52.46%) Network Engineer
2 16 (26.23%) Senior
3 14 (22.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 14 (22.95%) Senior Network Engineer
4 10 (16.39%) Storage Engineer
5 6 (9.84%) Network Operations Engineer
5 6 (9.84%) Operations Engineer
6 5 (8.20%) Architect
7 4 (6.56%) Server Engineer
8 3 (4.92%) PowerShell Engineer
8 3 (4.92%) VMware Engineer
8 3 (4.92%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
9 2 (3.28%) Cisco Engineer
9 2 (3.28%) Head of Information
9 2 (3.28%) Head of Information Security
9 2 (3.28%) Head of Operations
9 2 (3.28%) Head of Security
9 2 (3.28%) Lead
9 2 (3.28%) Technical Delivery Manager
9 2 (3.28%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.64%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 24 (39.34%) Data Centre
2 6 (9.84%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.64%) Enterprise Cloud
3 1 (1.64%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.64%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.64%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 17 (27.87%) Windows
1 17 (27.87%) Windows Server
2 14 (22.95%) Linux
2 14 (22.95%) Windows 10
2 14 (22.95%) Windows Server 2012
2 14 (22.95%) Windows Server 2016
2 14 (22.95%) Windows Server 2019
2 14 (22.95%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (27.87%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (26.23%) ITIL
2 16 (26.23%) Performance Tuning
2 16 (26.23%) Project Management
3 14 (22.95%) Break/Fix
3 14 (22.95%) Converged Infrastructure
3 14 (22.95%) Disaster Recovery
3 14 (22.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 14 (22.95%) Performance Monitoring
3 14 (22.95%) Proactive Monitoring
3 14 (22.95%) Server Management
3 14 (22.95%) Storage Management
4 13 (21.31%) Migration
5 9 (14.75%) B2B
6 6 (9.84%) Availability Management
6 6 (9.84%) Data Protection
7 5 (8.20%) High Availability
8 4 (6.56%) Identity Access Management
9 3 (4.92%) Line Management
9 3 (4.92%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 15 (24.59%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.64%) Java
2 1 (1.64%) Python
Qualifications
1 30 (49.18%) Cisco Certification
2 25 (40.98%) Security Cleared
3 21 (34.43%) DV Cleared
4 19 (31.15%) CCNA
4 19 (31.15%) CCNP
5 16 (26.23%) SC Cleared
6 15 (24.59%) Degree
7 2 (3.28%) CCIE
7 2 (3.28%) JNCIA
7 2 (3.28%) JNCIS
8 1 (1.64%) CEH
8 1 (1.64%) CISSP
8 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.28%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.64%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (27.87%) Active Directory
2 16 (26.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (22.95%) Hyper-V
3 14 (22.95%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (3.28%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 14 (22.95%) EMC NetWorker
1 14 (22.95%) NetBackup
1 14 (22.95%) SCCM
1 14 (22.95%) SCOM
1 14 (22.95%) vCenter Server
1 14 (22.95%) WSUS
2 2 (3.28%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 2 (3.28%) Nessus
2 2 (3.28%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 35 (57.38%) Juniper
2 20 (32.79%) Palo Alto
3 18 (29.51%) Microsoft
4 16 (26.23%) VMware
5 15 (24.59%) Dell
6 14 (22.95%) 3PAR
6 14 (22.95%) CheckPoint
6 14 (22.95%) EMC
6 14 (22.95%) Extreme Networks
6 14 (22.95%) HP
6 14 (22.95%) Oracle
6 14 (22.95%) Symantec
6 14 (22.95%) Veeam
7 9 (14.75%) Arista
8 4 (6.56%) F5
9 3 (4.92%) Aruba
9 3 (4.92%) Fortinet
9 3 (4.92%) Zscaler
10 2 (3.28%) Blue Coat
10 2 (3.28%) Splunk