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 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 91 74 119
Rank change year-on-year -17 +45 -5
Contract jobs citing Cisco 346 732 945
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.34% 2.97% 2.15%
As % of the Vendors category 5.51% 6.87% 5.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 468 643
10th Percentile £267 £342 £306
25th Percentile £350 £413 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £556
90th Percentile £718 £700 £631
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 24 25
10th Percentile £13.25 £12.50 -
25th Percentile £14.44 £19.63 £20.75
Median hourly rate £23.50 £50.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -53.00% +92.31% +30.00%
75th Percentile £27.88 £79.13 £40.75
90th Percentile £30.25 £80.78 £60.93
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 6,274 10,651 17,288
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 42.39% 43.21% 39.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,941 7,177 11,778
10th Percentile £325 £325 £343
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 £745 £714
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 204 246 258
10th Percentile £13.31 £17.06 £14.46
25th Percentile £16.50 £25.71 £19.81
Median hourly rate £28.50 £53.35 £41.25
Median % change year-on-year -46.58% +29.33% +42.24%
75th Percentile £53.19 £68.44 £57.09
90th Percentile £70.00 £80.25 £72.88
UK median hourly rate £21.50 £41.98 £21.50
% change year-on-year -48.78% +95.24% -2.27%

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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 16 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 16 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 (4.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (3.18%) Confluence
3 3 (0.87%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.58%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (0.58%) nginx
4 2 (0.58%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.29%) IBM Notes
5 1 (0.29%) IIS
5 1 (0.29%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 8 (2.31%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.73%) Chatbot
2 6 (1.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 43 (12.43%) Azure
2 37 (10.69%) AWS
3 19 (5.49%) GCP
4 18 (5.20%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (4.05%) Cloud Computing
6 8 (2.31%) SaaS
7 7 (2.02%) IaaS
7 7 (2.02%) PaaS
7 7 (2.02%) Twilio
8 6 (1.73%) Entra ID
8 6 (1.73%) GitHub
8 6 (1.73%) Nutanix
8 6 (1.73%) Rubrik
9 4 (1.16%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 3 (0.87%) Datadog
10 3 (0.87%) Power Platform
11 2 (0.58%) Amazon EKS
11 2 (0.58%) OneDrive
11 2 (0.58%) Route 53
12 1 (0.29%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 147 (42.49%) Firewall
2 92 (26.59%) WAN
3 68 (19.65%) LAN
4 62 (17.92%) BGP
5 57 (16.47%) VPN
6 54 (15.61%) Cisco ASA
7 51 (14.74%) OSPF
8 50 (14.45%) Network Security
9 49 (14.16%) SD-WAN
10 45 (13.01%) Cisco Nexus
11 41 (11.85%) Cisco ISE
12 38 (10.98%) MPLS
12 38 (10.98%) Wireless
13 26 (7.51%) DNS
14 25 (7.23%) SAN
14 25 (7.23%) TCP/IP
14 25 (7.23%) Wi-Fi
15 22 (6.36%) EIGRP
16 21 (6.07%) IPsec
16 21 (6.07%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.45%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.87%) Power BI
2 3 (0.87%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.58%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 11 (3.18%) Sonatype Nexus
2 10 (2.89%) JIRA
3 7 (2.02%) Git
3 7 (2.02%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.73%) TeamCity
5 4 (1.16%) GitLab
5 4 (1.16%) Rational DOORS
General
1 85 (24.57%) Finance
2 62 (17.92%) Social Skills
3 38 (10.98%) Telecoms
4 30 (8.67%) Banking
5 17 (4.91%) Public Sector
6 13 (3.76%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (3.47%) Manufacturing
8 11 (3.18%) Presentation Skills
9 9 (2.60%) Retail
10 6 (1.73%) Billing
11 5 (1.45%) Aerospace
11 5 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.16%) Aeronautics
12 4 (1.16%) Legal
13 3 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.87%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.58%) Electronics
14 2 (0.58%) Pharmaceutical
15 1 (0.29%) Law
15 1 (0.29%) Police
Job Titles
1 132 (38.15%) Network Engineer
2 50 (14.45%) Architect
3 33 (9.54%) Senior
4 27 (7.80%) Network Architect
5 26 (7.51%) Cisco Engineer
6 21 (6.07%) Support Engineer
7 20 (5.78%) Consultant
8 18 (5.20%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 18 (5.20%) Solutions Architect
9 14 (4.05%) Senior Network Engineer
10 13 (3.76%) Project Manager
11 10 (2.89%) Network Consultant
12 9 (2.60%) Developer
12 9 (2.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 8 (2.31%) Analyst
13 8 (2.31%) Operations Engineer
13 8 (2.31%) Security Engineer
14 7 (2.02%) IT Support
14 7 (2.02%) Network Specialist
14 7 (2.02%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.89%) FIX Protocol
1 10 (2.89%) LDAP
1 10 (2.89%) Web Services
2 7 (2.02%) Middleware
3 6 (1.73%) Jinja
3 6 (1.73%) JSON
4 4 (1.16%) 802.1X
4 4 (1.16%) YANG
5 3 (0.87%) Django
5 3 (0.87%) EDI
5 3 (0.87%) REST
5 3 (0.87%) RESTful
5 3 (0.87%) XML
6 2 (0.58%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (0.58%) Regular Expression
6 2 (0.58%) Ultra Messaging
7 1 (0.29%) NETCONF
7 1 (0.29%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 39 (11.27%) Data Centre
2 18 (5.20%) Video Conferencing
3 13 (3.76%) Clustering
3 13 (3.76%) Management Information System
4 8 (2.31%) IVR
4 8 (2.31%) Operational Technology
4 8 (2.31%) Replication
5 6 (1.73%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (1.73%) PKI
5 6 (1.73%) Public Cloud
6 5 (1.45%) NHS
7 3 (0.87%) CCTV
7 3 (0.87%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 3 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (0.87%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (0.87%) IoT
7 3 (0.87%) iPhone
7 3 (0.87%) Linux Command Line
7 3 (0.87%) SCADA
8 2 (0.58%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 46 (13.29%) Windows
2 22 (6.36%) Linux
3 14 (4.05%) Windows Server
4 12 (3.47%) Windows Server 2016
5 9 (2.60%) Solaris
5 9 (2.60%) Windows Server 2012
6 7 (2.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (2.02%) Windows 10
7 6 (1.73%) Mac OS
7 6 (1.73%) Oracle Linux
7 6 (1.73%) Unix
8 4 (1.16%) Mac OS X
9 3 (0.87%) AIX
9 3 (0.87%) Android
10 2 (0.58%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (10.98%) Migration
2 37 (10.69%) ITIL
3 34 (9.83%) Problem-Solving
4 32 (9.25%) Agile
5 29 (8.38%) DevOps
6 27 (7.80%) Load Balancing
6 27 (7.80%) Network Design
7 25 (7.23%) Change Management
8 23 (6.65%) High Availability
9 19 (5.49%) Low Latency
10 18 (5.20%) Stakeholder Management
11 17 (4.91%) Customer Service
12 16 (4.62%) Disaster Recovery
12 16 (4.62%) Roadmaps
13 15 (4.34%) Computer Science
13 15 (4.34%) Continuous Improvement
13 15 (4.34%) Cybersecurity
13 15 (4.34%) Network Virtualisation
14 14 (4.05%) Network Management
15 13 (3.76%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 41 (11.85%) Python
2 13 (3.76%) PowerShell
3 12 (3.47%) Bash
4 11 (3.18%) SQL
5 8 (2.31%) Perl
6 6 (1.73%) Tcl
7 3 (0.87%) Java
7 3 (0.87%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.87%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 134 (38.73%) Cisco Certification
2 104 (30.06%) CCNP
3 58 (16.76%) Security Cleared
4 57 (16.47%) CCNA
5 45 (13.01%) CCIE
6 38 (10.98%) SC Cleared
7 29 (8.38%) Degree
8 14 (4.05%) JNCIA
9 12 (3.47%) DV Cleared
10 10 (2.89%) AWS Certification
11 9 (2.60%) BPSS Clearance
11 9 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (2.31%) CCDP
12 8 (2.31%) CISSP
12 8 (2.31%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (2.02%) Azure Certification
13 7 (2.02%) CISM
13 7 (2.02%) Master's Degree
14 6 (1.73%) JNCIS
15 5 (1.45%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (5.49%) SLA
2 10 (2.89%) GDPR
3 9 (2.60%) PCI DSS
3 9 (2.60%) QA
4 7 (2.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 6 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.45%) PMO
7 4 (1.16%) HIPAA
7 4 (1.16%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.58%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.29%) GLBA
9 1 (0.29%) ISAE 3402
9 1 (0.29%) ISO 9000
9 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.29%) NCSC
9 1 (0.29%) NIST
System Software
1 34 (9.83%) VMware Infrastructure
2 33 (9.54%) Active Directory
3 24 (6.94%) VMware NSX
4 12 (3.47%) Firmware
5 8 (2.31%) vSphere
6 6 (1.73%) Docker
7 5 (1.45%) Hyper-V
8 4 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.58%) Squid
9 2 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.58%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.58%) XenApp
10 1 (0.29%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.29%) KVM
10 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.29%) Terminal Server
10 1 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 34 (9.83%) Ansible
2 19 (5.49%) FortiGate
2 19 (5.49%) Terraform
3 10 (2.89%) Kubernetes
3 10 (2.89%) SCCM
4 9 (2.60%) EMC NetWorker
5 6 (1.73%) Netcool
5 6 (1.73%) Tivoli
5 6 (1.73%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 5 (1.45%) AirWatch
6 5 (1.45%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (1.16%) Nessus
7 4 (1.16%) VxRail
8 3 (0.87%) Kibana
8 3 (0.87%) SolarWinds Orion
8 3 (0.87%) TrustSec
8 3 (0.87%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.58%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 2 (0.58%) Host Intrusion Detection System
9 2 (0.58%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 78 (22.54%) Palo Alto
2 51 (14.74%) F5
3 46 (13.29%) Juniper
4 45 (13.01%) Fortinet
5 43 (12.43%) VMware
6 39 (11.27%) Microsoft
7 29 (8.38%) CheckPoint
7 29 (8.38%) SolarWinds
8 27 (7.80%) HP
9 26 (7.51%) Citrix
10 21 (6.07%) Splunk
11 19 (5.49%) Dell
11 19 (5.49%) Meraki
12 17 (4.91%) Avaya
12 17 (4.91%) EMC
13 14 (4.05%) Arista
14 13 (3.76%) Aruba
14 13 (3.76%) ServiceNow
15 12 (3.47%) Genesys
15 12 (3.47%) Zscaler