Cisco Engineer Contracts

Cisco Engineer
UK

The median Cisco Engineer daily rate in the UK is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 481 550 677
Rank change year-on-year +69 +127 -93
Contract jobs requiring a Cisco Engineer 106 156 154
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.25% 0.27% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.29% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 98 100
10th Percentile £329 £388 £306
25th Percentile £409 £450 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +20.00%
75th Percentile £551 £575 £550
90th Percentile £673 £649 £581
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -2.50% +11.11% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 1
10th Percentile £24.33 - -
25th Percentile £24.44 £61.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 £62.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -55.65% +254.29% -55.70%
75th Percentile £32.50 £63.00 £18.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £62.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -55.65% +254.29% -55.70%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 39,586 54,569 84,106
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.66% 95.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,744 38,105 59,089
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.01%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,669 1,523 2,070
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.45 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -17.38% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.02 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Cisco Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Cisco Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco Engineer in the UK

Cisco Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Cisco Engineer in the UK

Cisco Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco Engineer over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco Engineer in the UK

Cisco Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Cisco Engineer in the UK

Cisco Engineer
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 14 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
England +99 100 £500 - 5
UK excluding London +50 63 £488 -2.50% 2
London +69 37 £500 -9.09% 3
South East +33 37 £800 +60.00% 1
Work from Home +62 25 £535 +7.00% 2
North of England +28 14 £465 -15.45%
North West +31 13 £450 -18.18%
South West +8 9 £488 +3.17% 1
West Midlands +15 2 £200 -52.94%
Midlands +15 2 £200 -38.46%
East of England +9 2 - -
Scotland +36 1 £314 -36.98%
Yorkshire +21 1 £465 -

Cisco Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 14 May 2024, Cisco Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Cisco Engineer in the job title.

1 106 (100.00%) Cisco
2 55 (51.89%) Firewall
3 36 (33.96%) Fortinet
4 30 (28.30%) Cisco Certification
5 29 (27.36%) Juniper
6 25 (23.58%) VPN
7 24 (22.64%) Security Cleared
8 22 (20.75%) WAN
9 21 (19.81%) Banking
10 19 (17.92%) ITSM
11 18 (16.98%) LAN
11 18 (16.98%) CheckPoint
11 18 (16.98%) CCNP
12 17 (16.04%) CCNA
12 17 (16.04%) Cisco Nexus
12 17 (16.04%) F5
13 16 (15.09%) Finance
13 16 (15.09%) Network Design
14 15 (14.15%) Wireless
14 15 (14.15%) DMZ
14 15 (14.15%) Palo Alto
15 14 (13.21%) Data Centre
15 14 (13.21%) High Availability
15 14 (13.21%) Cisco ASA
15 14 (13.21%) BGP
15 14 (13.21%) Blue Coat
16 13 (12.26%) Customer Requirements
16 13 (12.26%) Investment Banking
16 13 (12.26%) OSPF
16 13 (12.26%) Change Control

Cisco Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 4 (3.77%) Azure
2 3 (2.83%) AWS
3 2 (1.89%) GCP
4 1 (0.94%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 55 (51.89%) Firewall
2 25 (23.58%) VPN
3 22 (20.75%) WAN
4 18 (16.98%) LAN
5 17 (16.04%) Cisco Nexus
6 15 (14.15%) DMZ
6 15 (14.15%) Wireless
7 14 (13.21%) BGP
7 14 (13.21%) Cisco ASA
8 13 (12.26%) OSPF
9 10 (9.43%) Network Security
10 9 (8.49%) Cisco ISE
11 8 (7.55%) MPLS
12 7 (6.60%) DNS
12 7 (6.60%) SAN
12 7 (6.60%) VoIP
13 6 (5.66%) DWDM
13 6 (5.66%) EIGRP
13 6 (5.66%) VLAN
13 6 (5.66%) WLAN
General
1 21 (19.81%) Banking
2 16 (15.09%) Finance
3 13 (12.26%) Investment Banking
4 9 (8.49%) Telecoms
5 8 (7.55%) Social Skills
6 5 (4.72%) Public Sector
7 4 (3.77%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (3.77%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.89%) Electronics
9 2 (1.89%) Marketing
10 1 (0.94%) German Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.89%) XMPP
2 1 (0.94%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 14 (13.21%) Data Centre
2 3 (2.83%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (1.89%) Operational Technology
4 1 (0.94%) CMDB
4 1 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (0.94%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.94%) Onboarding
4 1 (0.94%) PKI
4 1 (0.94%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.89%) Linux
1 2 (1.89%) Unix
1 2 (1.89%) Windows
2 1 (0.94%) VMS
2 1 (0.94%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (17.92%) ITSM
2 16 (15.09%) Network Design
3 14 (13.21%) High Availability
4 13 (12.26%) Change Control
4 13 (12.26%) Customer Requirements
5 12 (11.32%) Architectural Patterns
5 12 (11.32%) Design Patterns
5 12 (11.32%) Migration
6 11 (10.38%) ITIL
7 9 (8.49%) Incident Management
8 7 (6.60%) Change Management
9 6 (5.66%) Problem Management
10 5 (4.72%) Customer Experience
11 4 (3.77%) Customer Service
11 4 (3.77%) Fault Management
11 4 (3.77%) Kalman Filter
11 4 (3.77%) Load Balancing
11 4 (3.77%) Low Latency
11 4 (3.77%) Problem-Solving
11 4 (3.77%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 5 (4.72%) Python
2 2 (1.89%) C
2 2 (1.89%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.94%) Bash
3 1 (0.94%) C#
3 1 (0.94%) Go
3 1 (0.94%) Java
3 1 (0.94%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 30 (28.30%) Cisco Certification
2 24 (22.64%) Security Cleared
3 18 (16.98%) CCNP
4 17 (16.04%) CCNA
5 9 (8.49%) SC Cleared
6 6 (5.66%) CCIE
6 6 (5.66%) Degree
6 6 (5.66%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.89%) JNCIE
7 2 (1.89%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (0.94%) BC Cleared
8 1 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.94%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.94%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.49%) SLA
2 1 (0.94%) QA
System Software
1 10 (9.43%) Firmware
2 6 (5.66%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (2.83%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.83%) VMware NSX
4 2 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.89%) vSphere
5 1 (0.94%) KVM
Systems Management
1 7 (6.60%) vCenter Server
2 5 (4.72%) Ansible
3 4 (3.77%) FortiGate
3 4 (3.77%) Nessus
4 2 (1.89%) Cisco CUCM
4 2 (1.89%) SolarWinds Orion
5 1 (0.94%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (0.94%) Cisco UCCE
5 1 (0.94%) SCOM
5 1 (0.94%) Terraform
5 1 (0.94%) VxRail
Vendors
1 106 (100.00%) Cisco
2 36 (33.96%) Fortinet
3 29 (27.36%) Juniper
4 18 (16.98%) CheckPoint
5 17 (16.04%) F5
6 15 (14.15%) Palo Alto
7 14 (13.21%) Blue Coat
8 10 (9.43%) VMware
9 8 (7.55%) SolarWinds
10 5 (4.72%) Microsoft
11 4 (3.77%) Arista
11 4 (3.77%) Avaya
11 4 (3.77%) Nokia
11 4 (3.77%) ScienceLogic
12 3 (2.83%) Infoblox
12 3 (2.83%) Meraki
12 3 (2.83%) Riverbed
13 2 (1.89%) Alcatel-Lucent
13 2 (1.89%) Ciena
13 2 (1.89%) Forcepoint