Cisco Contracts in the UK excluding London

Cisco
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 12 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
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 43 45 61
Rank change year-on-year +2 +16 0
Contract jobs citing Cisco 798 1,099 1,126
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.90% 4.68% 3.70%
As % of the Vendors category 9.12% 10.46% 9.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 476 715 707
10th Percentile £253 £240 £192
25th Percentile £363 £325 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +5.88% +13.33%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £513
90th Percentile £675 £638 £600
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 55 74
10th Percentile £13.29 £12.80 £13.25
25th Percentile £14.13 £13.65 £16.49
Median hourly rate £24.75 £47.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.89% +115.91% +10.00%
75th Percentile £46.39 £65.74 £49.33
90th Percentile £76.82 £80.25 £65.35
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £50.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -45.00% +109.12% +19.55%

All Vendors
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 8,753 10,503 12,218
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 42.73% 44.69% 40.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,263 7,193 8,247
10th Percentile £206 £205 £187
25th Percentile £363 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £465
Median % change year-on-year - +7.53% +9.41%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £690 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 963 476 644
10th Percentile £11.84 £14.25 £10.81
25th Percentile £14.16 £17.67 £14.25
Median hourly rate £21.46 £37.50 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.77% +97.37% +2.65%
75th Percentile £59.94 £62.00 £36.13
90th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £57.17
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £42.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -48.24% +97.67% -4.10%

Cisco
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Cisco as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco in the UK excluding London

Cisco
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cisco in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Cisco in the UK excluding London

Cisco
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco in the UK excluding London

Cisco
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cisco in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Cisco in the UK excluding London

Cisco
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cisco in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Cisco in the UK excluding London

Cisco
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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
South East +10 359 £500 +11.11% 102
North of England -8 131 £440 +3.53% 68
South West -8 108 £535 +7.00% 43
Midlands -12 97 £469 +17.25% 49
North West -1 86 £463 +8.82% 40
West Midlands -2 69 £457 +14.13% 26
East of England -13 55 £370 +2.78% 33
Scotland +1 46 £375 -21.05% 38
Yorkshire -4 36 £458 +1.67% 21
East Midlands -9 27 £538 +16.22% 23
Wales -19 10 £263 -50.00% 11
North East +22 9 £375 +3.45% 8
Northern Ireland +4 1 £210 - 2
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UK

Cisco
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 20 (2.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (1.63%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.25%) Confluence
4 5 (0.63%) nginx
4 5 (0.63%) Skype for Business
5 3 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2007
5 3 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.25%) Apache
6 2 (0.25%) IBM Domino
7 1 (0.13%) WebSphere
Applications
1 50 (6.27%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.75%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (0.38%) Sage X3
1 3 (0.38%) Shopify
2 1 (0.13%) CA PPM
2 1 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.13%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
2 1 (0.13%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 70 (8.77%) Azure
2 63 (7.89%) Microsoft 365
3 45 (5.64%) AWS
4 15 (1.88%) OCI
5 14 (1.75%) PaaS
5 14 (1.75%) SaaS
6 10 (1.25%) Entra ID
7 9 (1.13%) OneDrive
8 8 (1.00%) GCP
8 8 (1.00%) GitHub
9 5 (0.63%) Cloud Computing
9 5 (0.63%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 4 (0.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 4 (0.50%) Nutanix
10 4 (0.50%) Route 53
11 3 (0.38%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (0.38%) BigCommerce
11 3 (0.38%) IaaS
12 2 (0.25%) Amazon S3
12 2 (0.25%) CloudFront
Communications & Networking
1 334 (41.85%) Firewall
2 236 (29.57%) WAN
3 166 (20.80%) LAN
4 140 (17.54%) VPN
5 107 (13.41%) BGP
6 91 (11.40%) Cisco Nexus
7 90 (11.28%) Cisco ASA
7 90 (11.28%) Network Security
7 90 (11.28%) Wi-Fi
8 83 (10.40%) DNS
9 77 (9.65%) SD-WAN
10 76 (9.52%) MPLS
11 75 (9.40%) Cisco ISE
12 69 (8.65%) Cisco Firepower
13 67 (8.40%) OSPF
14 62 (7.77%) Wireless
15 56 (7.02%) DHCP
16 54 (6.77%) Cisco IOS
17 53 (6.64%) SAN
18 51 (6.39%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (1.25%) SQL Server
2 4 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (0.38%) MySQL
3 3 (0.38%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.25%) NonStop SQL
4 2 (0.25%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 22 (2.76%) JIRA
2 20 (2.51%) Rational DOORS
3 9 (1.13%) Sonatype Nexus
4 4 (0.50%) Bitbucket
4 4 (0.50%) Hudson
5 3 (0.38%) Git
General
1 142 (17.79%) Social Skills
2 106 (13.28%) Finance
3 70 (8.77%) Public Sector
3 70 (8.77%) Telecoms
4 53 (6.64%) Analytical Skills
5 46 (5.76%) Banking
6 26 (3.26%) Manufacturing
7 17 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
8 14 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
9 13 (1.63%) Aerospace
10 12 (1.50%) Investment Banking
10 12 (1.50%) Legal
11 9 (1.13%) Marketing
12 7 (0.88%) Aeronautics
12 7 (0.88%) Digital Economy
12 7 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (0.88%) Military
13 5 (0.63%) Billing
13 5 (0.63%) Electronics
13 5 (0.63%) Retail
Job Titles
1 401 (50.25%) Network Engineer
2 139 (17.42%) Architect
3 94 (11.78%) Network Architect
4 83 (10.40%) Senior
5 65 (8.15%) Senior Network Engineer
6 63 (7.89%) Cisco Engineer
7 55 (6.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 53 (6.64%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 53 (6.64%) Support Engineer
9 31 (3.88%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
10 28 (3.51%) Solutions Architect
11 27 (3.38%) Storage Engineer
12 23 (2.88%) Analyst
12 23 (2.88%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
12 23 (2.88%) Network Specialist
13 21 (2.63%) Network Support
14 19 (2.38%) Network Support Engineer
14 19 (2.38%) WAN Engineer
15 18 (2.26%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 17 (2.13%) Juniper Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (1.50%) Jinja
2 9 (1.13%) Web Services
3 8 (1.00%) 802.1X
4 6 (0.75%) EDI
5 5 (0.63%) Django
5 5 (0.63%) Flash
6 4 (0.50%) JSON
6 4 (0.50%) YANG
7 3 (0.38%) REST
7 3 (0.38%) RESTful
7 3 (0.38%) VML
7 3 (0.38%) XMPP
8 2 (0.25%) .NET
8 2 (0.25%) .NET Framework
8 2 (0.25%) HornetQ
8 2 (0.25%) ModSecurity
8 2 (0.25%) RabbitMQ
8 2 (0.25%) VCL
9 1 (0.13%) Elastic Stack
9 1 (0.13%) NETCONF
Miscellaneous
1 127 (15.91%) Data Centre
2 21 (2.63%) Video Conferencing
3 19 (2.38%) Driving Licence
4 18 (2.26%) Data Protection Act
5 16 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
6 15 (1.88%) Operational Technology
7 12 (1.50%) Blackberry
8 10 (1.25%) Replication
8 10 (1.25%) Security Posture
9 9 (1.13%) Public Cloud
9 9 (1.13%) Video Editing
10 7 (0.88%) Management Information System
11 6 (0.75%) CCTV
11 6 (0.75%) Clustering
11 6 (0.75%) HP Storage
12 5 (0.63%) Linux Command Line
12 5 (0.63%) PKI
12 5 (0.63%) Private Cloud
13 4 (0.50%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 4 (0.50%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 126 (15.79%) Windows
2 65 (8.15%) Linux
3 53 (6.64%) Windows 10
4 52 (6.52%) Windows Server
5 28 (3.51%) Windows Server 2012
6 24 (3.01%) Windows Server 2016
7 21 (2.63%) Windows Server 2019
8 14 (1.75%) Android
8 14 (1.75%) Windows 7
8 14 (1.75%) Windows XP
9 12 (1.50%) AIX
9 12 (1.50%) Mac OS
10 11 (1.38%) Solaris
11 6 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 4 (0.50%) Ubuntu
12 4 (0.50%) Unix
13 3 (0.38%) Mac OS X
13 3 (0.38%) Windows Server 2008
14 2 (0.25%) Debian
14 2 (0.25%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (16.42%) ITIL
2 114 (14.29%) Network Design
3 100 (12.53%) Problem-Solving
4 76 (9.52%) Migration
5 74 (9.27%) Customer Requirements
6 63 (7.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 57 (7.14%) Network Management
7 57 (7.14%) Project Delivery
8 48 (6.02%) Project Management
9 40 (5.01%) Customer Service
9 40 (5.01%) ITSM
10 39 (4.89%) Agile
10 39 (4.89%) Load Balancing
11 38 (4.76%) Change Management
11 38 (4.76%) Decision-Making
11 38 (4.76%) Technical Leadership
12 37 (4.64%) Break/Fix
13 34 (4.26%) TOGAF
14 33 (4.14%) High Availability
15 31 (3.88%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 40 (5.01%) Python
2 27 (3.38%) PowerShell
3 15 (1.88%) Bash
4 14 (1.75%) SQL
5 12 (1.50%) Perl
5 12 (1.50%) Tcl
6 4 (0.50%) Java
7 3 (0.38%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.38%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.25%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.13%) C
Qualifications
1 352 (44.11%) Security Cleared
2 258 (32.33%) Cisco Certification
3 174 (21.80%) SC Cleared
4 168 (21.05%) CCNP
5 149 (18.67%) CCNA
6 110 (13.78%) DV Cleared
7 72 (9.02%) Degree
8 32 (4.01%) CCIE
9 24 (3.01%) JNCIA
10 13 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
10 13 (1.63%) JNCIS
11 12 (1.50%) CISSP
11 12 (1.50%) TOGAF Certification
11 12 (1.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 11 (1.38%) A+ Certification
12 11 (1.38%) HND
13 9 (1.13%) CCIE Data Center
13 9 (1.13%) CCSA
13 9 (1.13%) CISM
13 9 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (4.26%) SLA
2 15 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (1.25%) ISO 9000
4 8 (1.00%) QA
5 6 (0.75%) PMO
6 3 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.38%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.25%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.25%) GDPR
7 2 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.13%) NCSC
8 1 (0.13%) NIST
System Software
1 74 (9.27%) VMware Infrastructure
2 65 (8.15%) Active Directory
3 33 (4.14%) VMware ESXi
4 31 (3.88%) Hyper-V
4 31 (3.88%) VMware NSX
5 25 (3.13%) Firmware
6 12 (1.50%) vSphere
7 4 (0.50%) ProxySG
7 4 (0.50%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.38%) Docker
8 3 (0.38%) SRDF
8 3 (0.38%) XenApp
9 2 (0.25%) KVM
9 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.25%) Varnish
9 2 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.13%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.13%) NFS
10 1 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 51 (6.39%) FortiGate
2 49 (6.14%) SCCM
3 34 (4.26%) Ansible
3 34 (4.26%) vCenter Server
4 31 (3.88%) Endace
5 22 (2.76%) EMC NetWorker
5 22 (2.76%) NetBackup
6 19 (2.38%) Microsoft Intune
6 19 (2.38%) SCOM
6 19 (2.38%) Terraform
7 17 (2.13%) WSUS
8 13 (1.63%) Nessus
9 7 (0.88%) AirWatch
9 7 (0.88%) OpenView
10 6 (0.75%) HP Data Protector
11 5 (0.63%) Kubernetes
12 4 (0.50%) Autotask
12 4 (0.50%) Nagios
13 3 (0.38%) AppManager
13 3 (0.38%) Netcool
Vendors
1 259 (32.46%) Juniper
2 130 (16.29%) Palo Alto
3 118 (14.79%) Fortinet
4 108 (13.53%) Microsoft
5 106 (13.28%) VMware
6 97 (12.16%) CheckPoint
6 97 (12.16%) F5
7 50 (6.27%) Meraki
8 45 (5.64%) HP
9 44 (5.51%) SolarWinds
10 43 (5.39%) Citrix
11 41 (5.14%) Dell
12 40 (5.01%) Aruba
13 32 (4.01%) Veeam
14 31 (3.88%) Nokia
15 29 (3.63%) Brocade
16 26 (3.26%) EMC
16 26 (3.26%) Symantec
17 25 (3.13%) Arista
18 24 (3.01%) IBM