Cisco Contracts in the South East

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England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 30 April 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
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 33 42
Rank change year-on-year +11 +9 -6
Contract jobs citing Cisco 371 361 374
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 6.67% 6.21% 4.82%
As % of the Vendors category 14.06% 12.47% 10.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 235 253
10th Percentile £329 £200 £204
25th Percentile £405 £325 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +5.88% +6.50%
75th Percentile £580 £555 £525
90th Percentile £680 £638 £663
England median daily rate £500 £475 £425
% change year-on-year +5.26% +11.76% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 11 18
10th Percentile £23.75 £27.00 -
25th Percentile £24.50 £38.25 £20.75
Median hourly rate £30.00 £62.00 £22.98
Median % change year-on-year -51.61% +169.83% +9.42%
75th Percentile £70.00 £71.63 £48.38
90th Percentile £75.24 £80.25 £83.83
England median hourly rate £27.50 £54.34 £23.91
% change year-on-year -49.39% +127.25% +19.55%

All Vendors
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 2,638 2,895 3,497
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 47.45% 49.83% 45.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,606 1,993 2,379
10th Percentile £213 £205 £185
25th Percentile £378 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £600 £610 £600
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
England median daily rate £519 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -3.40% +2.38% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 184 126 141
10th Percentile £12.00 £18.08 £10.77
25th Percentile £17.48 £22.04 £12.50
Median hourly rate £47.50 £45.00 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +130.53% -2.40%
75th Percentile £61.30 £63.00 £36.50
90th Percentile £65.00 £75.38 £62.15
England median hourly rate £22.50 £39.58 £21.00
% change year-on-year -43.15% +88.45% -3.45%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Cisco as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cisco in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Cisco in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco in the South East over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cisco in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Cisco in the South East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cisco in the South East over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Cisco in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco within the South East region over the 6 months to 30 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hampshire +1 159 £475 -5.00% 24
Thames Valley +17 157 £513 +6.65% 38
Berkshire +10 120 £513 +13.89% 28
Surrey +14 36 £500 +57.48% 10
Buckinghamshire +11 29 £625 +25.00% 6
Kent -4 20 £333 -1.48% 14
Oxfordshire +6 8 £438 +6.06% 4
East Sussex +12 7 £450 -35.71% 3
West Sussex +9 7 £400 - 8
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 9 (2.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.08%) Exchange Server 2007
2 4 (1.08%) Exchange Server 2013
2 4 (1.08%) nginx
2 4 (1.08%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.81%) Skype for Business
4 2 (0.54%) Apache
4 2 (0.54%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 6 (1.62%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.54%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 29 (7.82%) Azure
2 25 (6.74%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (4.04%) AWS
4 13 (3.50%) OCI
5 4 (1.08%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 4 (1.08%) GCP
5 4 (1.08%) OneDrive
6 3 (0.81%) Amazon EC2
6 3 (0.81%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (0.81%) Entra ID
6 3 (0.81%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 2 (0.54%) Amazon S3
7 2 (0.54%) Cloudflare
7 2 (0.54%) CloudFront
7 2 (0.54%) Datadog
7 2 (0.54%) Fastly
7 2 (0.54%) Google Workspace
7 2 (0.54%) Nutanix
7 2 (0.54%) PaaS
7 2 (0.54%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 159 (42.86%) Firewall
2 113 (30.46%) WAN
3 79 (21.29%) BGP
4 77 (20.75%) LAN
5 64 (17.25%) VPN
6 52 (14.02%) Cisco ASA
7 46 (12.40%) MPLS
8 45 (12.13%) Cisco Firepower
9 43 (11.59%) OSPF
10 38 (10.24%) Wi-Fi
11 37 (9.97%) Cisco Nexus
12 35 (9.43%) DNS
13 34 (9.16%) EIGRP
14 33 (8.89%) DMZ
15 31 (8.36%) Cisco ISE
16 30 (8.09%) Cisco IOS
16 30 (8.09%) SSL
17 27 (7.28%) Network Security
18 24 (6.47%) DMVPN
19 22 (5.93%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.62%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.81%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.54%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (0.81%) Git
1 3 (0.81%) Hudson
2 2 (0.54%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.27%) JIRA
3 1 (0.27%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.27%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 68 (18.33%) Finance
2 49 (13.21%) Social Skills
3 35 (9.43%) Banking
4 26 (7.01%) Public Sector
5 18 (4.85%) Telecoms
6 15 (4.04%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (2.43%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (2.16%) Investment Banking
10 6 (1.62%) Marketing
11 4 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.81%) Electronics
12 3 (0.81%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.81%) Retail
13 2 (0.54%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.54%) Law
13 2 (0.54%) Legal
13 2 (0.54%) Military
14 1 (0.27%) Aeronautics
Job Titles
1 201 (54.18%) Network Engineer
2 67 (18.06%) Architect
3 61 (16.44%) Network Architect
4 52 (14.02%) Senior
5 45 (12.13%) Senior Network Engineer
6 37 (9.97%) Cisco Engineer
7 35 (9.43%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 21 (5.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 19 (5.12%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
10 17 (4.58%) Network Specialist
11 16 (4.31%) Support Engineer
12 14 (3.77%) Juniper Engineer
13 13 (3.50%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
14 10 (2.70%) Operations Engineer
15 9 (2.43%) Analyst
15 9 (2.43%) Storage Engineer
16 8 (2.16%) Audio Visual Technician
16 8 (2.16%) Blue Coat Engineer
16 8 (2.16%) Network Operations Engineer
17 7 (1.89%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.35%) Django
1 5 (1.35%) EDI
2 4 (1.08%) JSON
2 4 (1.08%) YANG
3 3 (0.81%) 802.1X
3 3 (0.81%) REST
3 3 (0.81%) RESTful
3 3 (0.81%) XMPP
4 2 (0.54%) HornetQ
4 2 (0.54%) RabbitMQ
4 2 (0.54%) VCL
5 1 (0.27%) CSS
5 1 (0.27%) NETCONF
5 1 (0.27%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 56 (15.09%) Data Centre
2 13 (3.50%) Data Protection Act
3 12 (3.23%) Driving Licence
4 11 (2.96%) Video Conferencing
5 9 (2.43%) Video Editing
6 7 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (1.62%) Public Cloud
7 6 (1.62%) Security Posture
8 5 (1.35%) CCTV
8 5 (1.35%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.08%) Blackberry
10 3 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.81%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (0.81%) Operational Technology
10 3 (0.81%) SCADA
11 2 (0.54%) PKI
12 1 (0.27%) Enterprise Cloud
12 1 (0.27%) Onboarding
12 1 (0.27%) Renewable Energy
12 1 (0.27%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 42 (11.32%) Windows
2 34 (9.16%) Linux
3 22 (5.93%) Windows 10
4 20 (5.39%) Windows Server
5 15 (4.04%) Windows Server 2012
5 15 (4.04%) Windows Server 2019
6 13 (3.50%) Windows Server 2016
6 13 (3.50%) Windows XP
7 11 (2.96%) Android
8 5 (1.35%) Mac OS
8 5 (1.35%) Windows 7
9 4 (1.08%) Mac OS X
9 4 (1.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.54%) Debian
10 2 (0.54%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.54%) Unix
10 2 (0.54%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (23.99%) Network Design
2 54 (14.56%) Customer Requirements
3 45 (12.13%) Migration
4 42 (11.32%) Project Management
5 38 (10.24%) Problem-Solving
6 33 (8.89%) Network Management
7 31 (8.36%) ITIL
8 30 (8.09%) Technical Leadership
9 27 (7.28%) Project Delivery
10 25 (6.74%) B2B
11 23 (6.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 19 (5.12%) Proactive Monitoring
13 18 (4.85%) Server Management
14 17 (4.58%) Disaster Recovery
14 17 (4.58%) Performance Monitoring
15 16 (4.31%) Converged Infrastructure
16 15 (4.04%) High Availability
16 15 (4.04%) Performance Tuning
17 13 (3.50%) Data Protection
17 13 (3.50%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (4.58%) PowerShell
2 16 (4.31%) Python
3 10 (2.70%) Bash
4 5 (1.35%) SQL
5 4 (1.08%) Java
6 3 (0.81%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.81%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.54%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.27%) C
Qualifications
1 195 (52.56%) Security Cleared
2 124 (33.42%) Cisco Certification
3 76 (20.49%) CCNP
4 75 (20.22%) DV Cleared
5 69 (18.60%) SC Cleared
6 56 (15.09%) CCNA
7 33 (8.89%) Degree
8 14 (3.77%) JNCIA
9 9 (2.43%) CCIE
10 8 (2.16%) CISM
10 8 (2.16%) JNCIS
11 6 (1.62%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (1.35%) CCSA
12 5 (1.35%) Network+ Certification
13 4 (1.08%) CCDP
14 3 (0.81%) CEH
14 3 (0.81%) CISSP
15 2 (0.54%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 2 (0.54%) BC Cleared
15 2 (0.54%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.04%) SLA
2 5 (1.35%) ISO 9000
3 4 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.54%) GDPR
4 2 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (0.54%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.54%) QA
4 2 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 38 (10.24%) VMware Infrastructure
2 26 (7.01%) Active Directory
3 15 (4.04%) Hyper-V
3 15 (4.04%) VMware ESXi
4 7 (1.89%) VMware NSX
5 4 (1.08%) ProxySG
6 2 (0.54%) KVM
6 2 (0.54%) Varnish
6 2 (0.54%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.54%) vSphere
6 2 (0.54%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 34 (9.16%) FortiGate
2 29 (7.82%) Endace
3 25 (6.74%) SCCM
4 16 (4.31%) SCOM
5 14 (3.77%) WSUS
6 13 (3.50%) EMC NetWorker
6 13 (3.50%) Nessus
6 13 (3.50%) NetBackup
6 13 (3.50%) vCenter Server
7 10 (2.70%) Ansible
8 7 (1.89%) AirWatch
8 7 (1.89%) Microsoft Intune
9 5 (1.35%) Terraform
10 3 (0.81%) AppManager
10 3 (0.81%) Netcool
11 2 (0.54%) Cisco Prime
11 2 (0.54%) Nagios
11 2 (0.54%) PaperCut
11 2 (0.54%) Rundeck
11 2 (0.54%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 178 (47.98%) Juniper
2 77 (20.75%) Fortinet
3 63 (16.98%) CheckPoint
4 58 (15.63%) Palo Alto
5 57 (15.36%) F5
6 49 (13.21%) VMware
7 32 (8.63%) Microsoft
8 29 (7.82%) HP
9 25 (6.74%) Arista
10 18 (4.85%) Apple
10 18 (4.85%) Blue Coat
10 18 (4.85%) Dell
11 17 (4.58%) Meraki
12 16 (4.31%) Veeam
13 13 (3.50%) 3PAR
13 13 (3.50%) EMC
13 13 (3.50%) Extreme Networks
13 13 (3.50%) Oracle
13 13 (3.50%) Symantec
14 12 (3.23%) Aruba