Cisco Contracts in the Thames Valley

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South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 20 May 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 27 45 50
Rank change year-on-year +18 +5 -11
Contract jobs citing Cisco 151 133 145
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 5.79% 4.69% 4.09%
As % of the Vendors category 12.30% 9.85% 9.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 71 96
10th Percentile £323 £275 £359
25th Percentile £413 £403 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £481 £475
Median % change year-on-year +6.65% +1.17% +26.67%
75th Percentile £608 £545 £540
90th Percentile £825 £575 £663
South East median daily rate £500 £450 £425
% change year-on-year +11.11% +5.88% +11.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 1
10th Percentile £21.58 £21.90 -
25th Percentile £24.06 £27.00 £25.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £78.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.78% +201.92% +13.04%
75th Percentile £75.24 £80.25 £26.50
90th Percentile £75.94 £80.70 -
South East median hourly rate £30.00 £62.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -51.61% +188.37% +7.50%

All Vendors
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,228 1,350 1,594
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 47.07% 47.64% 44.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 753 934 1,092
10th Percentile £205 £300 £200
25th Percentile £363 £406 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £615 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £484
% change year-on-year - +3.36% +4.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 48 54
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.08 -
25th Percentile £18.56 £22.38 £10.77
Median hourly rate £47.50 £48.70 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.46% +274.62% -
75th Percentile £61.60 £66.21 £31.00
90th Percentile £62.00 £80.25 £67.46
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £45.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year +5.56% +130.77% -11.36%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Cisco as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cisco in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Cisco in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cisco in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Cisco in the Thames Valley

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cisco in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Cisco in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 20 May 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
Berkshire +12 117 £513 +13.89% 28
Buckinghamshire +16 28 £625 +25.00% 6
Oxfordshire +9 6 £438 +6.06% 7
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 3 (1.99%) Exchange Server 2007
1 3 (1.99%) Exchange Server 2013
1 3 (1.99%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 20 (13.25%) Azure
2 14 (9.27%) OCI
3 12 (7.95%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (4.64%) AWS
5 3 (1.99%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (1.32%) Google Workspace
6 2 (1.32%) IaaS
6 2 (1.32%) PaaS
6 2 (1.32%) SaaS
7 1 (0.66%) Cloudflare
7 1 (0.66%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.66%) GCP
7 1 (0.66%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 82 (54.30%) Firewall
2 42 (27.81%) WAN
3 29 (19.21%) LAN
4 28 (18.54%) DMZ
5 27 (17.88%) Cisco ASA
6 24 (15.89%) Cisco Nexus
7 22 (14.57%) DNS
7 22 (14.57%) VPN
8 17 (11.26%) MPLS
9 16 (10.60%) Network Security
10 14 (9.27%) BGP
10 14 (9.27%) Cisco IOS
10 14 (9.27%) DHCP
10 14 (9.27%) SAN
11 13 (8.61%) Cisco ISE
12 12 (7.95%) SD-WAN
13 10 (6.62%) VoIP
14 8 (5.30%) Cisco Firepower
15 7 (4.64%) Wi-Fi
16 6 (3.97%) EIGRP
Development Applications
1 1 (0.66%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 31 (20.53%) Finance
2 29 (19.21%) Banking
3 23 (15.23%) Social Skills
4 12 (7.95%) Public Sector
5 11 (7.28%) Investment Banking
5 11 (7.28%) Telecoms
6 9 (5.96%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (4.64%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (2.65%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (2.65%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.99%) Electronics
9 3 (1.99%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.99%) Marketing
10 2 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.32%) Military
Job Titles
1 81 (53.64%) Network Engineer
2 33 (21.85%) Senior
3 31 (20.53%) Senior Network Engineer
4 19 (12.58%) Cisco Engineer
4 19 (12.58%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 17 (11.26%) Juniper Engineer
6 16 (10.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 14 (9.27%) Architect
8 11 (7.28%) Blue Coat Engineer
9 10 (6.62%) Storage Engineer
10 8 (5.30%) Analyst
10 8 (5.30%) Network Architect
11 7 (4.64%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 7 (4.64%) Network Analyst
11 7 (4.64%) Network Operations Engineer
11 7 (4.64%) Network Security Analyst
11 7 (4.64%) Operations Engineer
11 7 (4.64%) Security Analyst
11 7 (4.64%) Support Engineer
12 6 (3.97%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.99%) EDI
2 1 (0.66%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 30 (19.87%) Data Centre
2 10 (6.62%) Data Protection Act
3 7 (4.64%) Video Conferencing
3 7 (4.64%) Video Editing
4 6 (3.97%) Security Posture
5 3 (1.99%) Blackberry
5 3 (1.99%) CCTV
5 3 (1.99%) Operational Technology
5 3 (1.99%) SCADA
6 1 (0.66%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (0.66%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.66%) IoT
6 1 (0.66%) Life Science
6 1 (0.66%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.66%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 34 (22.52%) Windows
2 21 (13.91%) Linux
3 19 (12.58%) Windows Server
4 18 (11.92%) Windows 10
5 14 (9.27%) Windows Server 2012
5 14 (9.27%) Windows Server 2016
5 14 (9.27%) Windows Server 2019
5 14 (9.27%) Windows XP
6 7 (4.64%) Android
7 4 (2.65%) Mac OS
8 3 (1.99%) Mac OS X
8 3 (1.99%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (16.56%) Migration
2 23 (15.23%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (14.57%) ITIL
4 19 (12.58%) Proactive Monitoring
5 18 (11.92%) High Availability
6 17 (11.26%) B2B
6 17 (11.26%) Converged Infrastructure
6 17 (11.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 16 (10.60%) Performance Tuning
7 16 (10.60%) Project Management
7 16 (10.60%) Server Management
8 14 (9.27%) Break/Fix
8 14 (9.27%) Change Control
8 14 (9.27%) Disaster Recovery
8 14 (9.27%) Performance Monitoring
8 14 (9.27%) Storage Management
9 11 (7.28%) Architectural Patterns
9 11 (7.28%) Design Patterns
9 11 (7.28%) ITSM
10 10 (6.62%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 17 (11.26%) PowerShell
2 4 (2.65%) Python
3 1 (0.66%) Java
Qualifications
1 65 (43.05%) Cisco Certification
2 58 (38.41%) Security Cleared
3 40 (26.49%) CCNP
3 40 (26.49%) DV Cleared
4 30 (19.87%) CCNA
5 26 (17.22%) SC Cleared
6 19 (12.58%) Degree
7 6 (3.97%) CISM
8 5 (3.31%) Network+ Certification
9 4 (2.65%) JNCIA
9 4 (2.65%) JNCIS
10 3 (1.99%) CCIE
11 2 (1.32%) CCDP
12 1 (0.66%) BC Cleared
12 1 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.66%) CCIP
12 1 (0.66%) CEH
12 1 (0.66%) CISSP
12 1 (0.66%) HNC
12 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.97%) SLA
2 5 (3.31%) ISO 9000
3 2 (1.32%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.66%) QA
System Software
1 21 (13.91%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (12.58%) Active Directory
3 16 (10.60%) VMware ESXi
4 14 (9.27%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.99%) VMware NSX
6 2 (1.32%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 19 (12.58%) SCCM
2 17 (11.26%) SCOM
3 14 (9.27%) EMC NetWorker
3 14 (9.27%) NetBackup
3 14 (9.27%) vCenter Server
3 14 (9.27%) WSUS
4 13 (8.61%) Nessus
5 7 (4.64%) AirWatch
6 6 (3.97%) Endace
7 4 (2.65%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (1.99%) Ansible
8 3 (1.99%) Netcool
8 3 (1.99%) Terraform
9 2 (1.32%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 2 (1.32%) FortiGate
9 2 (1.32%) Network Intrusion Detection System
9 2 (1.32%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 75 (49.67%) Juniper
2 38 (25.17%) CheckPoint
3 34 (22.52%) Palo Alto
4 25 (16.56%) Microsoft
5 24 (15.89%) VMware
6 21 (13.91%) HP
7 17 (11.26%) Arista
8 15 (9.93%) Dell
9 14 (9.27%) 3PAR
9 14 (9.27%) Apple
9 14 (9.27%) EMC
9 14 (9.27%) Extreme Networks
9 14 (9.27%) Fortinet
9 14 (9.27%) Oracle
9 14 (9.27%) Symantec
9 14 (9.27%) Veeam
10 12 (7.95%) F5
10 12 (7.95%) ScienceLogic
11 11 (7.28%) Blue Coat
12 7 (4.64%) Polycom