Cisco Contracts in the West Midlands

Cisco
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 11 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
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 48 43 87
Rank change year-on-year -5 +44 -13
Contract jobs citing Cisco 69 105 87
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.61% 4.55% 2.47%
As % of the Vendors category 8.37% 9.36% 5.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 53 56
10th Percentile £200 £263 £176
25th Percentile £300 £313 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £457 £400 £345
Median % change year-on-year +14.13% +15.94% +6.15%
75th Percentile £539 £488 £488
90th Percentile £775 £613 £563
England median daily rate £490 £475 £439
% change year-on-year +3.16% +8.26% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 4
10th Percentile - - £15.45
25th Percentile £13.25 £12.50 £18.38
Median hourly rate £13.50 £13.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% -35.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £13.88 £14.25 £20.50
90th Percentile £13.95 £14.70 £21.40
England median hourly rate £27.50 £38.38 £23.91
% change year-on-year -28.34% +60.50% +19.55%

All Vendors
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 824 1,122 1,513
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 43.10% 48.66% 42.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 516 703 1,046
10th Percentile £228 £210 £200
25th Percentile £350 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £495 £475
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.21% +11.76%
75th Percentile £620 £588 £575
90th Percentile £703 £700 £674
England median daily rate £518 £535 £525
% change year-on-year -3.18% +1.90% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 29 31
10th Percentile £11.07 £13.15 £12.50
25th Percentile £13.25 £15.25 £14.75
Median hourly rate £16.82 £20.71 £17.28
Median % change year-on-year -18.76% +19.82% -4.00%
75th Percentile £26.98 £52.50 £21.26
90th Percentile £53.10 £72.30 £23.75
England median hourly rate £22.50 £38.50 £21.39
% change year-on-year -41.56% +79.99% +1.86%

Cisco
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Cisco as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco in the West Midlands

Cisco
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cisco in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Cisco in the West Midlands

Cisco
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco in the West Midlands

Cisco
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cisco in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Cisco in the West Midlands

Cisco
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 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
Birmingham -8 21 £475 +18.75% 13
Solihull -5 20 £363 -30.29% 1
Warwickshire +13 12 £750 +76.47% 5
Staffordshire +7 4 £238 -66.07% 6
Coventry -8 4 £450 +28.57% 1
Worcestershire +8 3 £725 +17.12%
Shropshire - 2 £117 -
Cisco
England

Cisco
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 5 (7.25%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (7.25%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (4.35%) MS Visio
3 2 (2.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.45%) CA PPM
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.25%) Azure
2 3 (4.35%) AWS
2 3 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (2.90%) OneDrive
3 2 (2.90%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 48 (69.57%) WAN
2 33 (47.83%) LAN
3 22 (31.88%) Firewall
3 22 (31.88%) MPLS
3 22 (31.88%) SD-WAN
4 20 (28.99%) VPN
5 13 (18.84%) Cisco Nexus
6 12 (17.39%) DNS
7 11 (15.94%) VoIP
7 11 (15.94%) Wi-Fi
8 10 (14.49%) Cisco IOS
8 10 (14.49%) Internet
9 9 (13.04%) PBX
9 9 (13.04%) WLAN
10 8 (11.59%) Cisco ISE
10 8 (11.59%) DHCP
10 8 (11.59%) Junos
11 7 (10.14%) BGP
11 7 (10.14%) Cisco Firepower
11 7 (10.14%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 3 (4.35%) Sonatype Nexus
2 2 (2.90%) JIRA
3 1 (1.45%) Rational DOORS
General
1 16 (23.19%) Telecoms
2 14 (20.29%) Social Skills
3 9 (13.04%) Public Sector
4 7 (10.14%) Finance
5 2 (2.90%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.90%) Legal
6 1 (1.45%) Aeronautics
6 1 (1.45%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.45%) Banking
6 1 (1.45%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 28 (40.58%) Network Engineer
2 18 (26.09%) Architect
3 12 (17.39%) Network Architect
4 9 (13.04%) Support Engineer
5 8 (11.59%) WAN Engineer
6 5 (7.25%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 5 (7.25%) Enterprise Architect
6 5 (7.25%) Network Support
6 5 (7.25%) Network Support Engineer
7 4 (5.80%) 2nd Line Support
7 4 (5.80%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 4 (5.80%) Lead
8 3 (4.35%) Administrator
8 3 (4.35%) Coordinator
8 3 (4.35%) Firewall Engineer
8 3 (4.35%) Junior
8 3 (4.35%) Project Coordinator
9 2 (2.90%) Cisco Engineer
9 2 (2.90%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 2 (2.90%) Desktop Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (13.04%) Web Services
2 1 (1.45%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 19 (27.54%) Data Centre
2 1 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (1.45%) Public Cloud
2 1 (1.45%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (11.59%) Windows
2 5 (7.25%) Linux
3 2 (2.90%) Mac OS
3 2 (2.90%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.45%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.45%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (1.45%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (1.45%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (18.84%) Project Delivery
2 12 (17.39%) ITIL
3 10 (14.49%) Architectural Design
4 9 (13.04%) Analytics
4 9 (13.04%) Data Analytics
4 9 (13.04%) Network Architecture
4 9 (13.04%) Performance Management
4 9 (13.04%) Programme Management
4 9 (13.04%) SOA
4 9 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (13.04%) Storage Management
5 8 (11.59%) Agile
5 8 (11.59%) Mentoring
6 7 (10.14%) Change Management
6 7 (10.14%) Customer Requirements
6 7 (10.14%) Network Design
7 6 (8.70%) Incident Management
7 6 (8.70%) Proactive Monitoring
7 6 (8.70%) Technical Leadership
7 6 (8.70%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 34 (49.28%) Cisco Certification
2 25 (36.23%) Security Cleared
3 19 (27.54%) CCNA
4 16 (23.19%) CCNP
5 11 (15.94%) SC Cleared
6 9 (13.04%) CCIE
6 9 (13.04%) CCIE Data Center
7 5 (7.25%) Degree
8 4 (5.80%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (4.35%) BC Cleared
9 3 (4.35%) JNCIS
10 2 (2.90%) MCSE
10 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (1.45%) Azure Certification
11 1 (1.45%) DV Cleared
11 1 (1.45%) JNCIA
11 1 (1.45%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (1.45%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (13.04%) SLA
2 5 (7.25%) ISO 9000
3 3 (4.35%) QA
4 1 (1.45%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (7.25%) Hyper-V
1 5 (7.25%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.90%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.45%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 7 (10.14%) FortiGate
2 3 (4.35%) Ansible
2 3 (4.35%) OpenView
2 3 (4.35%) Terraform
3 2 (2.90%) SCCM
Vendors
1 22 (31.88%) Juniper
2 10 (14.49%) CheckPoint
3 9 (13.04%) F5
4 7 (10.14%) Palo Alto
5 6 (8.70%) Aruba
5 6 (8.70%) Microsoft
5 6 (8.70%) VMware
6 5 (7.25%) Infoblox
6 5 (7.25%) ServiceNow
6 5 (7.25%) Symantec
6 5 (7.25%) Zscaler
7 3 (4.35%) BT
7 3 (4.35%) Fortinet
7 3 (4.35%) Fujitsu
7 3 (4.35%) McAfee
7 3 (4.35%) Openreach
8 2 (2.90%) Apple
9 1 (1.45%) Blue Coat
9 1 (1.45%) IBM
9 1 (1.45%) Nokia