Cisco Certification Contracts in England

Cisco Certification
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Cisco Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 155 175 256
Rank change year-on-year +20 +81 -28
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 572 743 792
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.55% 1.49% 1.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.97% 5.37% 5.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 376 463 531
10th Percentile £300 £269 £225
25th Percentile £350 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% - +17.65%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £575
90th Percentile £751 £706 £675
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.50% - +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 41 29
10th Percentile - - £13.00
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.25 £13.41
Median hourly rate £23.50 £65.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -64.12% +138.18% -12.29%
75th Percentile £41.25 £80.00 £51.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £86.25 £68.30
UK median hourly rate £20.74 £62.00 £39.00
% change year-on-year -66.55% +58.97% -2.50%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

Cisco Certification is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,511 13,832 15,393
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.22% 27.69% 21.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,094 9,256 10,129
10th Percentile £310 £333 £319
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +6.60%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 983 739 679
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.00 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.07 £20.00 £18.88
Median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £39.29
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +33.62% +3.39%
75th Percentile £62.50 £68.41 £56.00
90th Percentile £76.64 £80.25 £67.80
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -25.93% +27.06% +12.88%

Cisco Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Cisco Certification in England

Cisco Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Cisco Certification in England

Cisco Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco Certification in England over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco Certification in England

Cisco Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Cisco Certification in England

Cisco Certification
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cisco Certification in England over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Cisco Certification in England

Cisco Certification
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 Certification within the England region over the 6 months to 5 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 +56 201 £525 -2.33% 125
South East +36 148 £513 +2.50% 62
North of England +28 82 £450 -7.41% 46
Midlands +16 57 £438 -2.78% 23
North West +29 55 £475 -5.00% 24
West Midlands +37 50 £450 +20.00% 16
South West -15 44 £535 -2.73% 29
East of England -7 32 £323 -5.15% 20
Yorkshire +15 24 £403 -19.50% 20
East Midlands -3 7 £325 -15.58% 7
North East +13 3 £345 +6.15% 3
Cisco Certification
UK

Cisco Certification
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 21 (3.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (2.27%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.22%) Confluence
4 4 (0.70%) IBM Domino
5 2 (0.35%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.17%) Apache
6 1 (0.17%) IIS
6 1 (0.17%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.17%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.17%) WebSphere
Applications
1 19 (3.32%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (2.97%) MS Visio
3 10 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (1.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 87 (15.21%) Azure
2 58 (10.14%) AWS
3 31 (5.42%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (3.50%) GCP
5 19 (3.32%) OCI
6 9 (1.57%) SaaS
7 8 (1.40%) Cloudflare
8 7 (1.22%) Azure Sentinel
9 6 (1.05%) Cloud Computing
10 5 (0.87%) Nutanix
11 4 (0.70%) Entra ID
11 4 (0.70%) PaaS
12 3 (0.52%) Akamai
12 3 (0.52%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 3 (0.52%) Azure Monitor
12 3 (0.52%) IaaS
12 3 (0.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 2 (0.35%) OneDrive
13 2 (0.35%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 213 (37.24%) Firewall
2 141 (24.65%) WAN
3 116 (20.28%) LAN
4 107 (18.71%) BGP
5 99 (17.31%) Network Security
6 97 (16.96%) VPN
7 93 (16.26%) DNS
8 84 (14.69%) OSPF
9 80 (13.99%) MPLS
10 75 (13.11%) Cisco ASA
10 75 (13.11%) Cisco Nexus
11 74 (12.94%) Wireless
12 69 (12.06%) DHCP
13 59 (10.31%) Cisco ISE
14 57 (9.97%) IPsec
15 49 (8.57%) SD-WAN
16 39 (6.82%) Cisco IOS
16 39 (6.82%) TCP/IP
17 38 (6.64%) Cisco Firepower
18 37 (6.47%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.35%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.17%) DB2
2 1 (0.17%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 12 (2.10%) Sonatype Nexus
2 8 (1.40%) JIRA
3 7 (1.22%) Rational DOORS
4 6 (1.05%) Git
5 1 (0.17%) Jenkins
General
1 178 (31.12%) Social Skills
2 95 (16.61%) Finance
3 61 (10.66%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (10.14%) Public Sector
5 56 (9.79%) Telecoms
6 43 (7.52%) Banking
7 15 (2.62%) Marketing
8 14 (2.45%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (1.40%) Legal
10 8 (1.40%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.05%) Aerospace
11 6 (1.05%) Local Government
11 6 (1.05%) Retail
12 4 (0.70%) Aeronautics
12 4 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (0.70%) French Language
12 4 (0.70%) German Language
12 4 (0.70%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 308 (53.85%) Network Engineer
2 84 (14.69%) Senior
3 62 (10.84%) Architect
3 62 (10.84%) Senior Network Engineer
4 46 (8.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 33 (5.77%) Analyst
6 29 (5.07%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 28 (4.90%) Cisco Engineer
7 28 (4.90%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 25 (4.37%) Consultant
8 25 (4.37%) Security Architect
8 25 (4.37%) Support Engineer
9 23 (4.02%) Network Architect
10 17 (2.97%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 14 (2.45%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
12 13 (2.27%) Network Support
12 13 (2.27%) Network Support Engineer
12 13 (2.27%) Security Analyst
12 13 (2.27%) Security Engineer
12 13 (2.27%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.50%) Jinja
1 20 (3.50%) XML
2 18 (3.15%) NETCONF
3 17 (2.97%) JSON
4 16 (2.80%) YANG
5 11 (1.92%) 802.1X
5 11 (1.92%) FIX Protocol
6 10 (1.75%) Web Services
7 5 (0.87%) Flash
8 3 (0.52%) .NET
8 3 (0.52%) EDI
8 3 (0.52%) SAML
8 3 (0.52%) Ultra Messaging
9 1 (0.17%) EJB
9 1 (0.17%) J2EE
9 1 (0.17%) JSP
9 1 (0.17%) MFC
9 1 (0.17%) RESTful
9 1 (0.17%) XMPP
9 1 (0.17%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 117 (20.45%) Data Centre
2 21 (3.67%) Management Information System
3 13 (2.27%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 13 (2.27%) Operational Technology
4 11 (1.92%) PKI
4 11 (1.92%) Security Posture
5 10 (1.75%) Clustering
5 10 (1.75%) Video Conferencing
6 9 (1.57%) Distributed Architecture
6 9 (1.57%) Public Cloud
7 8 (1.40%) Data Protection Act
7 8 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (1.22%) Driving Licence
8 7 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (1.22%) IoT
9 6 (1.05%) NHS
9 6 (1.05%) SCADA
10 5 (0.87%) Cloud Native
10 5 (0.87%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (0.87%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 64 (11.19%) Windows
2 41 (7.17%) Linux
3 25 (4.37%) Windows 10
4 23 (4.02%) Windows Server
5 18 (3.15%) Windows Server 2012
6 14 (2.45%) Windows Server 2016
6 14 (2.45%) Windows Server 2019
6 14 (2.45%) Windows XP
7 11 (1.92%) Unix
8 9 (1.57%) Windows 7
9 6 (1.05%) Mac OS
10 4 (0.70%) Android
10 4 (0.70%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (20.80%) Problem-Solving
2 106 (18.53%) ITIL
3 61 (10.66%) Computer Science
4 59 (10.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 57 (9.97%) Change Management
6 56 (9.79%) Migration
7 45 (7.87%) Customer Service
8 38 (6.64%) Network Design
9 37 (6.47%) Cybersecurity
9 37 (6.47%) Project Management
10 34 (5.94%) DevOps
11 32 (5.59%) Mentoring
12 31 (5.42%) ITSM
12 31 (5.42%) Network Monitoring
13 29 (5.07%) Information Security
14 28 (4.90%) High Availability
14 28 (4.90%) Roadmaps
15 27 (4.72%) Incident Management
15 27 (4.72%) Network Architecture
15 27 (4.72%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 62 (10.84%) Python
2 25 (4.37%) PowerShell
3 15 (2.62%) Perl
4 11 (1.92%) Tcl
5 8 (1.40%) Bash
6 4 (0.70%) Java
7 3 (0.52%) SQL
8 2 (0.35%) C
8 2 (0.35%) C#
8 2 (0.35%) Go
8 2 (0.35%) Ruby
9 1 (0.17%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 333 (58.22%) CCNP
2 293 (51.22%) CCNA
3 158 (27.62%) Security Cleared
4 124 (21.68%) Degree
5 115 (20.10%) SC Cleared
6 105 (18.36%) CCIE
7 55 (9.62%) CISSP
8 51 (8.92%) DV Cleared
9 41 (7.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 36 (6.29%) JNCIA
11 34 (5.94%) CISM
11 34 (5.94%) Computer Science Degree
12 30 (5.24%) Microsoft Certification
13 21 (3.67%) CISA
14 20 (3.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 19 (3.32%) CCSP
15 19 (3.32%) Network+ Certification
16 18 (3.15%) CCSK
16 18 (3.15%) MCSE
17 17 (2.97%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (5.77%) SLA
2 29 (5.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 29 (5.07%) NIST
3 11 (1.92%) GRC
3 11 (1.92%) QA
4 10 (1.75%) NCSC
5 9 (1.57%) NIST 800
6 7 (1.22%) COBIT
7 6 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 6 (1.05%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.70%) GDPR
9 3 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.52%) ISO 22301
9 3 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 2 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.35%) IASME
10 2 (0.35%) ISO 31000
11 1 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.17%) ISA99
11 1 (0.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 62 (10.84%) VMware Infrastructure
2 42 (7.34%) Active Directory
3 33 (5.77%) Hyper-V
4 23 (4.02%) VMware ESXi
5 22 (3.85%) Firmware
6 20 (3.50%) VMware NSX
7 12 (2.10%) vSphere
8 11 (1.92%) KVM
9 7 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
10 5 (0.87%) VMware Workstation
11 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 45 (7.87%) Ansible
2 26 (4.55%) SCCM
3 23 (4.02%) vCenter Server
4 17 (2.97%) Terraform
5 15 (2.62%) EMC NetWorker
5 15 (2.62%) FortiGate
5 15 (2.62%) SCOM
5 15 (2.62%) WSUS
6 14 (2.45%) NetBackup
7 12 (2.10%) Nessus
8 7 (1.22%) SolarWinds Orion
9 5 (0.87%) OpenView
10 3 (0.52%) ITRS Geneos
10 3 (0.52%) Kibana
10 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.52%) Netcool
11 2 (0.35%) OpenNMS
11 2 (0.35%) QRadar
11 2 (0.35%) Rundeck
11 2 (0.35%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 404 (70.63%) Cisco
2 115 (20.10%) Palo Alto
3 108 (18.88%) Juniper
4 86 (15.03%) CheckPoint
5 78 (13.64%) Microsoft
6 71 (12.41%) VMware
7 63 (11.01%) F5
8 52 (9.09%) SolarWinds
9 45 (7.87%) Fortinet
10 41 (7.17%) Arista
11 35 (6.12%) Nokia
12 26 (4.55%) Infoblox
13 25 (4.37%) Citrix
14 23 (4.02%) Meraki
15 21 (3.67%) Dell
16 19 (3.32%) Symantec
16 19 (3.32%) Zscaler
17 17 (2.97%) HP
18 16 (2.80%) Oracle
18 16 (2.80%) Veeam