Cisco Contracts with Work from Home Options

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The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 93 78 122
Rank change year-on-year -15 +44 -9
Contract jobs citing Cisco 351 726 935
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.33% 2.90% 2.13%
As % of the Vendors category 5.48% 6.72% 5.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 222 467 627
10th Percentile £255 £345 £306
25th Percentile £350 £413 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £622 £619 £554
90th Percentile £724 £700 £625
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 24 25
10th Percentile £13.33 £12.50 -
25th Percentile £14.66 £19.63 £20.75
Median hourly rate £23.63 £50.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.75% +92.31% +30.00%
75th Percentile £26.69 £79.13 £37.50
90th Percentile £30.25 £80.78 £56.05
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £50.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -45.00% +109.12% +19.55%

All Vendors
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 6,405 10,809 17,180
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 42.58% 43.14% 39.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,005 7,268 11,686
10th Percentile £325 £329 £345
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.53%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £625
90th Percentile £725 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 216 252 260
10th Percentile £13.65 £17.55 £14.31
25th Percentile £16.68 £30.56 £19.50
Median hourly rate £32.12 £53.68 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.17% +34.19% +26.98%
75th Percentile £58.13 £67.81 £57.41
90th Percentile £70.00 £80.25 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £42.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -48.24% +97.67% -3.91%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Cisco as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Cisco trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Cisco.

Cisco daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Cisco over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Cisco daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Cisco.

Cisco hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Cisco over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Cisco hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 15 (4.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (3.13%) Confluence
3 3 (0.85%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.57%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (0.57%) nginx
4 2 (0.57%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.28%) IBM Notes
5 1 (0.28%) IIS
5 1 (0.28%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 8 (2.28%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.71%) Chatbot
2 6 (1.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 45 (12.82%) Azure
2 38 (10.83%) AWS
3 20 (5.70%) GCP
4 18 (5.13%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (4.27%) Cloud Computing
6 9 (2.56%) IaaS
6 9 (2.56%) SaaS
7 8 (2.28%) PaaS
8 7 (1.99%) Entra ID
8 7 (1.99%) Nutanix
8 7 (1.99%) Rubrik
8 7 (1.99%) Twilio
9 6 (1.71%) GitHub
10 5 (1.42%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 3 (0.85%) Route 53
12 2 (0.57%) Amazon EKS
12 2 (0.57%) Datadog
12 2 (0.57%) OneDrive
12 2 (0.57%) Power Platform
13 1 (0.28%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 149 (42.45%) Firewall
2 94 (26.78%) WAN
3 71 (20.23%) LAN
4 62 (17.66%) BGP
5 59 (16.81%) VPN
6 55 (15.67%) Cisco ASA
7 51 (14.53%) Network Security
7 51 (14.53%) OSPF
8 48 (13.68%) SD-WAN
9 44 (12.54%) Cisco Nexus
10 43 (12.25%) Cisco ISE
11 40 (11.40%) Wireless
12 39 (11.11%) MPLS
13 26 (7.41%) DNS
13 26 (7.41%) SAN
13 26 (7.41%) TCP/IP
14 25 (7.12%) Wi-Fi
15 22 (6.27%) EIGRP
16 21 (5.98%) VoIP
17 20 (5.70%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.42%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (0.85%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.57%) NonStop SQL
3 2 (0.57%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 11 (3.13%) JIRA
2 9 (2.56%) Sonatype Nexus
3 8 (2.28%) Git
3 8 (2.28%) Jenkins
4 7 (1.99%) TeamCity
5 4 (1.14%) Rational DOORS
6 3 (0.85%) GitLab
7 1 (0.28%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 85 (24.22%) Finance
2 63 (17.95%) Social Skills
3 39 (11.11%) Telecoms
4 29 (8.26%) Banking
5 17 (4.84%) Public Sector
6 13 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (3.42%) Manufacturing
8 11 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (2.28%) Retail
10 6 (1.71%) Billing
11 5 (1.42%) Aerospace
11 5 (1.42%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.14%) Aeronautics
12 4 (1.14%) Legal
13 3 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.57%) Electronics
14 2 (0.57%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.57%) Pharmaceutical
15 1 (0.28%) Front Office
15 1 (0.28%) Law
Job Titles
1 134 (38.18%) Network Engineer
2 48 (13.68%) Architect
3 34 (9.69%) Senior
4 26 (7.41%) Cisco Engineer
5 25 (7.12%) Network Architect
6 22 (6.27%) Consultant
7 21 (5.98%) Support Engineer
8 19 (5.41%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 18 (5.13%) Solutions Architect
10 14 (3.99%) Senior Network Engineer
11 12 (3.42%) Network Consultant
11 12 (3.42%) Project Manager
12 9 (2.56%) Developer
12 9 (2.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 8 (2.28%) Analyst
13 8 (2.28%) Network Specialist
13 8 (2.28%) Operations Engineer
13 8 (2.28%) Programme Manager
13 8 (2.28%) Security Engineer
14 7 (1.99%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.13%) LDAP
2 10 (2.85%) FIX Protocol
2 10 (2.85%) Web Services
3 7 (1.99%) Middleware
4 6 (1.71%) Jinja
4 6 (1.71%) JSON
5 4 (1.14%) 802.1X
5 4 (1.14%) YANG
6 3 (0.85%) Django
6 3 (0.85%) EDI
6 3 (0.85%) REST
6 3 (0.85%) RESTful
6 3 (0.85%) XML
7 2 (0.57%) Elastic Stack
7 2 (0.57%) Regular Expression
7 2 (0.57%) Ultra Messaging
8 1 (0.28%) NETCONF
8 1 (0.28%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 40 (11.40%) Data Centre
2 18 (5.13%) Video Conferencing
3 14 (3.99%) Clustering
4 13 (3.70%) Management Information System
5 9 (2.56%) Replication
6 8 (2.28%) IVR
6 8 (2.28%) Operational Technology
7 6 (1.71%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (1.71%) PKI
7 6 (1.71%) Public Cloud
8 5 (1.42%) NHS
9 3 (0.85%) CCTV
9 3 (0.85%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 3 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (0.85%) IoT
9 3 (0.85%) iPhone
9 3 (0.85%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (0.85%) SCADA
10 2 (0.57%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 48 (13.68%) Windows
2 22 (6.27%) Linux
3 16 (4.56%) Windows Server
4 12 (3.42%) Windows Server 2016
5 10 (2.85%) Solaris
5 10 (2.85%) Windows Server 2012
6 8 (2.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (1.99%) Oracle Linux
7 7 (1.99%) Windows 10
8 6 (1.71%) Mac OS
9 4 (1.14%) Mac OS X
9 4 (1.14%) Unix
10 3 (0.85%) AIX
10 3 (0.85%) Android
11 2 (0.57%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.28%) CentOS
12 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (11.40%) Migration
2 37 (10.54%) ITIL
3 32 (9.12%) Agile
3 32 (9.12%) Problem-Solving
4 31 (8.83%) Network Design
5 28 (7.98%) DevOps
5 28 (7.98%) Load Balancing
6 26 (7.41%) Change Management
7 24 (6.84%) High Availability
8 19 (5.41%) Stakeholder Management
9 18 (5.13%) Low Latency
10 17 (4.84%) Customer Service
10 17 (4.84%) Disaster Recovery
10 17 (4.84%) Network Virtualisation
11 16 (4.56%) Continuous Improvement
12 15 (4.27%) Cybersecurity
12 15 (4.27%) Roadmaps
13 14 (3.99%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 14 (3.99%) Network Management
13 14 (3.99%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 41 (11.68%) Python
2 14 (3.99%) PowerShell
3 13 (3.70%) Bash
4 11 (3.13%) SQL
5 8 (2.28%) Perl
6 6 (1.71%) Tcl
7 3 (0.85%) Java
7 3 (0.85%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.85%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 132 (37.61%) Cisco Certification
2 100 (28.49%) CCNP
3 61 (17.38%) Security Cleared
4 54 (15.38%) CCNA
5 46 (13.11%) CCIE
6 39 (11.11%) SC Cleared
7 28 (7.98%) Degree
8 14 (3.99%) JNCIA
9 12 (3.42%) DV Cleared
10 10 (2.85%) BPSS Clearance
11 9 (2.56%) AWS Certification
12 8 (2.28%) CCDP
12 8 (2.28%) CISSP
12 8 (2.28%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (2.28%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (1.99%) Azure Certification
13 7 (1.99%) CISM
13 7 (1.99%) Master's Degree
14 6 (1.71%) BC Cleared
14 6 (1.71%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (5.13%) SLA
2 11 (3.13%) GDPR
3 10 (2.85%) QA
4 9 (2.56%) PCI DSS
5 8 (2.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.42%) PMO
8 4 (1.14%) HIPAA
8 4 (1.14%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.57%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.28%) GLBA
10 1 (0.28%) ISAE 3402
10 1 (0.28%) ISO 9000
10 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.28%) NCSC
10 1 (0.28%) NIST
System Software
1 35 (9.97%) Active Directory
1 35 (9.97%) VMware Infrastructure
2 25 (7.12%) VMware NSX
3 12 (3.42%) Firmware
4 8 (2.28%) vSphere
5 7 (1.99%) Docker
6 5 (1.42%) Hyper-V
7 4 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.57%) Squid
8 2 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.57%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.57%) XenApp
9 1 (0.28%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.28%) KVM
9 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.28%) Terminal Server
9 1 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 35 (9.97%) Ansible
2 21 (5.98%) Terraform
3 20 (5.70%) FortiGate
4 11 (3.13%) Kubernetes
4 11 (3.13%) SCCM
5 10 (2.85%) EMC NetWorker
6 7 (1.99%) Netcool
6 7 (1.99%) Tivoli
6 7 (1.99%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 5 (1.42%) AirWatch
7 5 (1.42%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (1.14%) Nessus
8 4 (1.14%) VxRail
9 3 (0.85%) Kibana
9 3 (0.85%) SolarWinds Orion
9 3 (0.85%) TrustSec
9 3 (0.85%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.57%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 2 (0.57%) Host Intrusion Detection System
10 2 (0.57%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 77 (21.94%) Palo Alto
2 50 (14.25%) F5
3 49 (13.96%) Juniper
4 45 (12.82%) Fortinet
4 45 (12.82%) VMware
5 39 (11.11%) Microsoft
6 29 (8.26%) CheckPoint
7 28 (7.98%) HP
7 28 (7.98%) SolarWinds
8 27 (7.69%) Citrix
9 21 (5.98%) Splunk
10 20 (5.70%) Dell
11 19 (5.41%) Meraki
12 18 (5.13%) EMC
13 17 (4.84%) Avaya
14 14 (3.99%) ServiceNow
15 13 (3.70%) Arista
16 12 (3.42%) Genesys
16 12 (3.42%) IBM
16 12 (3.42%) Zscaler