Cisco Network Engineer Contracts

Cisco Network Engineer
UK

The median Cisco Network Engineer daily rate in the UK is £513 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 482 584 725
Rank change year-on-year +102 +141 -111
Contract jobs requiring a Cisco Network Engineer 89 103 119
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.18% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.19% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 58 75
10th Percentile £326 £413 £308
25th Percentile £455 £450 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £498 £485
Median % change year-on-year +3.02% +2.58% +21.25%
75th Percentile £553 £584 £550
90th Percentile £710 £681 £581
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £481 £475
% change year-on-year +1.30% +1.32% +26.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £24.50 £61.00 -
Median hourly rate £25.00 £62.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -59.68% - -
75th Percentile £25.50 £63.00 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £62.00 -
% change year-on-year -59.68% - -

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 39,507 53,867 83,506
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.79% 94.60% 95.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,718 37,620 58,687
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £544 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.40% +3.52% +9.38%
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 2,672 1,498 2,036
10th Percentile £12.82 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.29 £19.13 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £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 Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Cisco Network Engineer in the UK

Cisco Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Cisco Network Engineer in the UK

Cisco Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco Network Engineer over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco Network Engineer in the UK

Cisco Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Cisco Network Engineer in the UK

Cisco Network 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 Network Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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 +114 84 £513 +2.50% 5
UK excluding London +67 53 £488 +1.30% 3
South East +54 35 £800 +77.78% 2
London +91 31 £513 -6.82% 2
Work from Home +69 18 £588 +11.90% 2
South West +4 8 £488 +3.17% 1
North of England +31 7 £465 -19.13%
North West +19 6 £450 -21.74%
Midlands +18 2 £200 -
West Midlands +18 2 £200 -
East of England 0 2 - -
Scotland +39 1 £314 -36.98%
Yorkshire +15 1 £465 -

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, Cisco Network 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 Network Engineer in the job title.

1 89 (100.00%) Cisco
2 56 (62.92%) Firewall
3 37 (41.57%) Fortinet
4 30 (33.71%) Cisco Certification
5 27 (30.34%) Juniper
6 24 (26.97%) VPN
7 22 (24.72%) Banking
8 21 (23.60%) Security Cleared
8 21 (23.60%) WAN
9 20 (22.47%) CheckPoint
10 19 (21.35%) ITSM
11 18 (20.22%) LAN
11 18 (20.22%) CCNP
11 18 (20.22%) CCNA
11 18 (20.22%) F5
11 18 (20.22%) Cisco Nexus
12 16 (17.98%) Palo Alto
12 16 (17.98%) Finance
12 16 (17.98%) DMZ
12 16 (17.98%) Network Design
13 15 (16.85%) Blue Coat
13 15 (16.85%) High Availability
14 14 (15.73%) Investment Banking
14 14 (15.73%) Cisco ASA
15 13 (14.61%) BGP
15 13 (14.61%) Design Patterns
15 13 (14.61%) Architectural Patterns
15 13 (14.61%) Customer Requirements
15 13 (14.61%) Change Control
16 12 (13.48%) OSPF

Cisco Network 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 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (3.37%) AWS
1 3 (3.37%) Azure
2 2 (2.25%) GCP
3 1 (1.12%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 56 (62.92%) Firewall
2 24 (26.97%) VPN
3 21 (23.60%) WAN
4 18 (20.22%) Cisco Nexus
4 18 (20.22%) LAN
5 16 (17.98%) DMZ
6 14 (15.73%) Cisco ASA
7 13 (14.61%) BGP
8 12 (13.48%) OSPF
9 11 (12.36%) Wireless
10 9 (10.11%) Network Security
11 7 (7.87%) DNS
11 7 (7.87%) MPLS
12 6 (6.74%) Cisco ISE
12 6 (6.74%) VoIP
13 5 (5.62%) DHCP
13 5 (5.62%) EIGRP
13 5 (5.62%) IP Telephony
13 5 (5.62%) IPsec
14 4 (4.49%) VLAN
General
1 22 (24.72%) Banking
2 16 (17.98%) Finance
3 14 (15.73%) Investment Banking
4 8 (8.99%) Telecoms
5 6 (6.74%) Social Skills
6 4 (4.49%) Public Sector
7 3 (3.37%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (3.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.25%) Electronics
8 2 (2.25%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.25%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.12%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.87%) Data Centre
2 2 (2.25%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (1.12%) CMDB
3 1 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.12%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.12%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.12%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.25%) Linux
1 2 (2.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (21.35%) ITSM
2 16 (17.98%) Network Design
3 15 (16.85%) High Availability
4 13 (14.61%) Architectural Patterns
4 13 (14.61%) Change Control
4 13 (14.61%) Customer Requirements
4 13 (14.61%) Design Patterns
5 9 (10.11%) ITIL
6 6 (6.74%) Change Management
6 6 (6.74%) Incident Management
6 6 (6.74%) Migration
7 5 (5.62%) Customer Experience
7 5 (5.62%) Low Latency
8 4 (4.49%) Customer Service
8 4 (4.49%) Fault Management
8 4 (4.49%) Investment Management
8 4 (4.49%) Kalman Filter
8 4 (4.49%) Load Balancing
8 4 (4.49%) Problem Management
8 4 (4.49%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.37%) Python
Qualifications
1 30 (33.71%) Cisco Certification
2 21 (23.60%) Security Cleared
3 18 (20.22%) CCNA
3 18 (20.22%) CCNP
4 6 (6.74%) CCIE
4 6 (6.74%) DV Cleared
4 6 (6.74%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.25%) Degree
5 2 (2.25%) JNCIE
6 1 (1.12%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.87%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (2.25%) Firmware
2 1 (1.12%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.12%) KVM
2 1 (1.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (4.49%) Ansible
1 4 (4.49%) Nessus
2 3 (3.37%) FortiGate
3 2 (2.25%) SolarWinds Orion
4 1 (1.12%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (1.12%) Terraform
Vendors
1 89 (100.00%) Cisco
2 37 (41.57%) Fortinet
3 27 (30.34%) Juniper
4 20 (22.47%) CheckPoint
5 18 (20.22%) F5
6 16 (17.98%) Palo Alto
7 15 (16.85%) Blue Coat
8 8 (8.99%) SolarWinds
9 5 (5.62%) Arista
10 4 (4.49%) Avaya
10 4 (4.49%) Riverbed
10 4 (4.49%) ScienceLogic
11 3 (3.37%) Infoblox
11 3 (3.37%) Meraki
11 3 (3.37%) Microsoft
12 2 (2.25%) Forcepoint
12 2 (2.25%) SAP
12 2 (2.25%) VMware
13 1 (1.12%) Brocade
13 1 (1.12%) Fujitsu