Cisco Contracts in Edinburgh

Cisco
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring knowledge or experience of Cisco products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cisco over the 6 months leading up to 25 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two 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
25 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 34 65
Rank change year-on-year -14 +31 +30
Contract jobs citing Cisco 20 41 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 3.08% 4.73% 3.77%
As % of the Vendors category 6.90% 12.31% 8.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 24 35
10th Percentile £248 £200 £231
25th Percentile £400 £224 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £240 £500
Median % change year-on-year +87.50% -52.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £475 £438 £533
90th Percentile £638 £438 £550
Scotland median daily rate £400 £350 £475
% change year-on-year +14.14% -26.32% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £18.38 -
Scotland median hourly rate - £18.38 -

All Vendors
Edinburgh

Cisco falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 290 333 522
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 44.62% 38.41% 43.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 194 369
10th Percentile £199 £158 £181
25th Percentile £413 £246 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £525 £559 £538
90th Percentile £600 £688 £595
Scotland median daily rate £461 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +2.50% -5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 26 4
10th Percentile - £13.38 £18.78
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.25 £20.38
Median hourly rate £22.00 £18.00 £21.47
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -16.14% +22.66%
75th Percentile £24.09 £18.75 £29.69
90th Percentile £47.35 £60.75 £44.13
Scotland median hourly rate £19.17 £18.00 £23.86
% change year-on-year +6.50% -24.56% -40.35%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Cisco in Edinburgh

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Cisco in Edinburgh

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Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 25 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco in Edinburgh

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Hourly rate trend for Cisco in Edinburgh

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 (5.00%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (20.00%) Azure
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (5.00%) GCP
3 1 (5.00%) npm
3 1 (5.00%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 11 (55.00%) LAN
2 10 (50.00%) WAN
3 8 (40.00%) Firewall
4 7 (35.00%) Cisco Nexus
4 7 (35.00%) VPN
5 6 (30.00%) IPsec
6 5 (25.00%) SD-WAN
6 5 (25.00%) Unified Communications
6 5 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (15.00%) Network Security
8 2 (10.00%) MPLS
8 2 (10.00%) SDH
9 1 (5.00%) ADSL
9 1 (5.00%) BGP
9 1 (5.00%) DHCP
9 1 (5.00%) DNS
9 1 (5.00%) OSPF
9 1 (5.00%) PSTN
9 1 (5.00%) TCP/IP
9 1 (5.00%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (5.00%) Git
1 1 (5.00%) SonarQube
1 1 (5.00%) Sonatype Nexus
1 1 (5.00%) webpack
General
1 7 (35.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 3 (15.00%) Banking
3 3 (15.00%) Electronics
3 3 (15.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (15.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Finance
4 1 (5.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 9 (45.00%) Network Engineer
2 4 (20.00%) Field Engineer
2 4 (20.00%) Network Field Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Architect
3 2 (10.00%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure Architect
3 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
3 2 (10.00%) Technical Architect
3 2 (10.00%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
3 2 (10.00%) Telecoms Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Field Telecoms Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) ICT Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) IT Support
4 1 (5.00%) Lead
4 1 (5.00%) NOC Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Project Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Software Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Technical Design Authority
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) CSS
1 1 (5.00%) HTML
1 1 (5.00%) Java RMI
1 1 (5.00%) Jest
1 1 (5.00%) React
1 1 (5.00%) RESTful
1 1 (5.00%) Spring Boot
1 1 (5.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (40.00%) Data Centre
2 3 (15.00%) Driving Licence
2 3 (15.00%) Fibre Optics
3 2 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (10.00%) SCADA
4 1 (5.00%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (25.00%) Windows
2 3 (15.00%) Linux
2 3 (15.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (5.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (5.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (5.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (5.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (5.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) Network Monitoring
2 5 (25.00%) High Availability
2 5 (25.00%) Load Balancing
2 5 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 3 (15.00%) Coaching
3 3 (15.00%) Digital Strategy
3 3 (15.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 3 (15.00%) Process Management
3 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (10.00%) Analytical Thinking
4 2 (10.00%) Change Management
4 2 (10.00%) Data Protection
4 2 (10.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 2 (10.00%) ITIL
4 2 (10.00%) Network Design
4 2 (10.00%) Project Management
4 2 (10.00%) Roadmaps
5 1 (5.00%) Penetration Testing
5 1 (5.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.00%) Java
1 1 (5.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (5.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (5.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (30.00%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (20.00%) CCNA
2 4 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 4 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (15.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (10.00%) CCIE
4 2 (10.00%) CCNP
4 2 (10.00%) HNC
5 1 (5.00%) A+ Certification
5 1 (5.00%) BC Cleared
5 1 (5.00%) CCDP
5 1 (5.00%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) QA
2 1 (5.00%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (5.00%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (5.00%) Terminal Services
2 1 (5.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (5.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) SCCM
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (30.00%) F5
3 5 (25.00%) Palo Alto
4 3 (15.00%) Nokia
4 3 (15.00%) Salesforce
5 2 (10.00%) ServiceNow
6 1 (5.00%) Adobe
6 1 (5.00%) Autodesk
6 1 (5.00%) Commvault
6 1 (5.00%) Dell
6 1 (5.00%) Fortinet
6 1 (5.00%) Meraki
6 1 (5.00%) SonicWALL
6 1 (5.00%) Symantec
6 1 (5.00%) VMware
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