Cisco Contracts in England

Cisco
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 16 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
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 64 66 98
Rank change year-on-year +2 +32 -9
Contract jobs citing Cisco 1,156 1,622 1,903
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.18% 3.37% 2.71%
As % of the Vendors category 7.54% 8.04% 6.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 718 1,048 1,253
10th Percentile £263 £220 £213
25th Percentile £375 £350 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% +5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £550
90th Percentile £701 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 68 100
10th Percentile £13.29 £12.62 £13.25
25th Percentile £17.25 £14.75 £20.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £38.38 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -28.34% +60.50% +19.55%
75th Percentile £41.25 £71.25 £43.98
90th Percentile £75.24 £80.25 £60.92
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £50.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -45.00% +109.12% +19.55%

All Vendors
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 15,332 20,184 27,733
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 42.14% 41.89% 39.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,743 13,917 19,006
10th Percentile £263 £263 £275
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.26% +2.38% +10.53%
75th Percentile £635 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,020 579 790
10th Percentile £12.13 £15.00 £11.99
25th Percentile £14.46 £18.50 £15.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £36.00 £21.45
Median % change year-on-year -38.89% +67.83% +2.14%
75th Percentile £56.70 £63.49 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £64.55
UK median hourly rate £21.50 £41.98 £21.50
% change year-on-year -48.78% +95.24% -2.27%

Cisco
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Cisco as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco in England

Cisco
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cisco in England.

Daily rate trend for Cisco in England

Cisco
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco in England

Cisco
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cisco in England.

Hourly rate trend for Cisco in England

Cisco
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cisco in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Cisco in England

Cisco
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco within the England region over the 6 months to 16 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
London +4 396 £500 -4.76% 152
South East +10 355 £500 +11.11% 91
North of England -2 132 £437 +2.79% 74
South West -18 99 £525 +5.00% 49
Midlands -6 93 £457 +14.13% 46
North West -3 86 £475 +11.76% 39
West Midlands -1 66 £450 +12.50% 24
East of England -18 50 £370 +5.71% 34
Yorkshire -8 36 £458 -1.08% 27
East Midlands -12 27 £538 +16.22% 22
North East +18 10 £375 -6.25% 9
Cisco
UK

Cisco
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 45 (3.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (2.16%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.64%) Confluence
4 11 (0.95%) Skype for Business
5 6 (0.52%) IBM Domino
6 5 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2007
7 4 (0.35%) IIS
7 4 (0.35%) nginx
8 3 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2013
8 3 (0.26%) IBM Notes
9 2 (0.17%) Apache
9 2 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2010
9 2 (0.17%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.087%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 55 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (1.38%) MS Visio
4 14 (1.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.43%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.26%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.087%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.26%) Shopify
2 1 (0.087%) CA PPM
2 1 (0.087%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.087%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.087%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
2 1 (0.087%) RMDS
2 1 (0.087%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 130 (11.25%) Azure
2 105 (9.08%) AWS
3 76 (6.57%) Microsoft 365
4 35 (3.03%) GCP
5 31 (2.68%) SaaS
6 21 (1.82%) PaaS
7 20 (1.73%) Cloud Computing
7 20 (1.73%) OCI
8 19 (1.64%) Entra ID
9 17 (1.47%) Nutanix
10 14 (1.21%) OneDrive
11 10 (0.87%) GitHub
12 9 (0.78%) IaaS
13 8 (0.69%) Rubrik
14 7 (0.61%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 6 (0.52%) Datadog
16 5 (0.43%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 5 (0.43%) Cloudflare
16 5 (0.43%) Power Platform
16 5 (0.43%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 482 (41.70%) Firewall
2 350 (30.28%) WAN
3 259 (22.40%) LAN
4 208 (17.99%) VPN
5 207 (17.91%) BGP
6 144 (12.46%) OSPF
7 140 (12.11%) Cisco Nexus
8 138 (11.94%) MPLS
9 137 (11.85%) Network Security
10 134 (11.59%) Wireless
11 132 (11.42%) Cisco ASA
12 127 (10.99%) DNS
13 125 (10.81%) SD-WAN
14 119 (10.29%) Wi-Fi
15 92 (7.96%) Cisco ISE
16 86 (7.44%) Cisco IOS
17 83 (7.18%) DHCP
18 81 (7.01%) Cisco Firepower
19 79 (6.83%) EIGRP
20 76 (6.57%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (1.04%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.26%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (0.26%) Power BI
2 3 (0.26%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.17%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.087%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.087%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.087%) MySQL
4 1 (0.087%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 28 (2.42%) JIRA
2 24 (2.08%) Sonatype Nexus
3 20 (1.73%) Rational DOORS
4 18 (1.56%) Git
5 7 (0.61%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.52%) TeamCity
7 4 (0.35%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.26%) GitLab
8 3 (0.26%) Hudson
General
1 229 (19.81%) Finance
2 217 (18.77%) Social Skills
3 98 (8.48%) Telecoms
4 95 (8.22%) Banking
5 86 (7.44%) Public Sector
6 74 (6.40%) Analytical Skills
7 24 (2.08%) Manufacturing
8 19 (1.64%) Marketing
8 19 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
9 18 (1.56%) Legal
10 16 (1.38%) Retail
11 14 (1.21%) Investment Banking
12 13 (1.12%) Financial Institution
12 13 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
13 12 (1.04%) Aerospace
13 12 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
14 9 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 8 (0.69%) Mandarin Language
16 7 (0.61%) Digital Economy
16 7 (0.61%) Military
Job Titles
1 559 (48.36%) Network Engineer
2 176 (15.22%) Architect
3 118 (10.21%) Senior
4 115 (9.95%) Network Architect
5 101 (8.74%) Cisco Engineer
6 90 (7.79%) Senior Network Engineer
7 83 (7.18%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 75 (6.49%) Support Engineer
9 54 (4.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 38 (3.29%) Solutions Architect
11 35 (3.03%) Network Specialist
12 33 (2.85%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
13 30 (2.60%) Analyst
14 27 (2.34%) Storage Engineer
15 26 (2.25%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
16 23 (1.99%) Consultant
16 23 (1.99%) Network Support
16 23 (1.99%) WAN Engineer
17 21 (1.82%) Network Support Engineer
17 21 (1.82%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (1.99%) JSON
2 21 (1.82%) Jinja
3 19 (1.64%) 802.1X
4 18 (1.56%) XML
4 18 (1.56%) YANG
5 17 (1.47%) NETCONF
6 14 (1.21%) Web Services
7 11 (0.95%) FIX Protocol
7 11 (0.95%) LDAP
8 6 (0.52%) .NET
8 6 (0.52%) Flash
8 6 (0.52%) Middleware
8 6 (0.52%) SAML
8 6 (0.52%) XMPP
9 5 (0.43%) Django
9 5 (0.43%) RESTful
10 3 (0.26%) EDI
10 3 (0.26%) REST
10 3 (0.26%) Ultra Messaging
10 3 (0.26%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 188 (16.26%) Data Centre
2 61 (5.28%) Video Conferencing
3 35 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
4 27 (2.34%) PKI
5 19 (1.64%) Driving Licence
6 18 (1.56%) Clustering
7 17 (1.47%) Management Information System
7 17 (1.47%) Operational Technology
7 17 (1.47%) Replication
8 16 (1.38%) Blackberry
9 15 (1.30%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 14 (1.21%) Public Cloud
10 14 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
11 10 (0.87%) Security Posture
11 10 (0.87%) Video Editing
12 9 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
12 9 (0.78%) Linux Command Line
13 7 (0.61%) Distributed Architecture
13 7 (0.61%) NHS
14 6 (0.52%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 170 (14.71%) Windows
2 96 (8.30%) Linux
3 63 (5.45%) Windows Server
4 53 (4.58%) Windows 10
5 37 (3.20%) Windows Server 2012
6 30 (2.60%) Windows Server 2016
7 23 (1.99%) Mac OS
8 21 (1.82%) Android
9 19 (1.64%) Unix
10 17 (1.47%) Solaris
11 16 (1.38%) Windows Server 2019
12 15 (1.30%) Windows 7
12 15 (1.30%) Windows XP
13 12 (1.04%) Mac OS X
14 11 (0.95%) AIX
14 11 (0.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 7 (0.61%) CentOS
16 6 (0.52%) Oracle Linux
17 3 (0.26%) VMS
18 2 (0.17%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (12.11%) ITIL
2 137 (11.85%) Network Design
3 136 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
4 115 (9.95%) Migration
5 76 (6.57%) Customer Requirements
6 69 (5.97%) Agile
6 69 (5.97%) Change Management
7 66 (5.71%) Project Management
8 64 (5.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 62 (5.36%) Project Delivery
10 61 (5.28%) Network Management
11 60 (5.19%) Customer Service
11 60 (5.19%) Load Balancing
12 55 (4.76%) Computer Science
13 54 (4.67%) High Availability
14 52 (4.50%) DevOps
15 51 (4.41%) Disaster Recovery
16 49 (4.24%) ITSM
17 48 (4.15%) Data Protection
18 47 (4.07%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 96 (8.30%) Python
2 52 (4.50%) PowerShell
3 32 (2.77%) Bash
4 28 (2.42%) SQL
5 22 (1.90%) Perl
6 12 (1.04%) Tcl
7 10 (0.87%) Java
8 4 (0.35%) C#
8 4 (0.35%) Ruby
9 3 (0.26%) C
9 3 (0.26%) Go
9 3 (0.26%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.26%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.17%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 394 (34.08%) Cisco Certification
2 384 (33.22%) Security Cleared
3 259 (22.40%) CCNP
4 198 (17.13%) CCNA
4 198 (17.13%) SC Cleared
5 123 (10.64%) DV Cleared
6 116 (10.03%) Degree
7 86 (7.44%) CCIE
8 28 (2.42%) JNCIA
9 23 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
10 20 (1.73%) CISSP
11 19 (1.64%) AWS Certification
12 17 (1.47%) CISM
12 17 (1.47%) Master's Degree
12 17 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
13 16 (1.38%) JNCIS
14 15 (1.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 13 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
16 12 (1.04%) TOGAF Certification
17 11 (0.95%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (4.07%) SLA
2 21 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (1.12%) GDPR
4 12 (1.04%) QA
5 10 (0.87%) ISO 9000
6 9 (0.78%) PCI DSS
6 9 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 6 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 5 (0.43%) NIST
8 5 (0.43%) PMO
9 4 (0.35%) HIPAA
9 4 (0.35%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.26%) NCSC
11 2 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.17%) GRC
12 1 (0.087%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.087%) COBIT
12 1 (0.087%) GLBA
12 1 (0.087%) ISAE 3402
System Software
1 99 (8.56%) VMware Infrastructure
2 96 (8.30%) Active Directory
3 38 (3.29%) VMware NSX
4 37 (3.20%) Firmware
4 37 (3.20%) VMware ESXi
5 35 (3.03%) Hyper-V
6 18 (1.56%) vSphere
7 13 (1.12%) Docker
8 12 (1.04%) Virtual Servers
9 8 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
10 7 (0.61%) KVM
11 4 (0.35%) ProxySG
12 3 (0.26%) BitLocker
12 3 (0.26%) SRDF
12 3 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
12 3 (0.26%) XenApp
13 2 (0.17%) Microsoft App-V
13 2 (0.17%) Squid
13 2 (0.17%) Varnish
14 1 (0.087%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 74 (6.40%) Ansible
2 70 (6.06%) FortiGate
3 55 (4.76%) SCCM
4 47 (4.07%) Terraform
5 37 (3.20%) vCenter Server
6 31 (2.68%) Endace
7 28 (2.42%) EMC NetWorker
8 22 (1.90%) NetBackup
8 22 (1.90%) SCOM
9 21 (1.82%) WSUS
10 20 (1.73%) Microsoft Intune
11 19 (1.64%) Kubernetes
12 15 (1.30%) Nessus
13 9 (0.78%) Netcool
14 8 (0.69%) SolarWinds Orion
15 7 (0.61%) AirWatch
15 7 (0.61%) Nagios
15 7 (0.61%) VxRail
16 6 (0.52%) Tivoli
16 6 (0.52%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 306 (26.47%) Juniper
2 213 (18.43%) Palo Alto
3 169 (14.62%) F5
4 161 (13.93%) Fortinet
5 159 (13.75%) Microsoft
6 146 (12.63%) CheckPoint
7 138 (11.94%) VMware
8 70 (6.06%) Meraki
9 66 (5.71%) Citrix
10 64 (5.54%) SolarWinds
11 61 (5.28%) HP
12 60 (5.19%) Aruba
13 58 (5.02%) Dell
14 54 (4.67%) Nokia
15 53 (4.58%) EMC
16 52 (4.50%) Arista
17 41 (3.55%) Avaya
18 34 (2.94%) IBM
19 33 (2.85%) Apple
19 33 (2.85%) Veeam