Cisco Certification Contracts in the UK excluding London

Cisco Certification
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Cisco Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 116 130 177
Rank change year-on-year +14 +47 -44
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 371 474 439
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.81% 2.02% 1.43%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.91% 6.11% 5.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 241 309 271
10th Percentile £300 £249 £200
25th Percentile £350 £363 £311
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £438
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +14.29% +9.38%
75th Percentile £600 £563 £543
90th Percentile £750 £638 £600
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.50% - +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 37 34
10th Percentile £13.40 £13.75 £13.30
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.25 £13.79
Median hourly rate £15.00 £62.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -75.81% +77.14% -12.50%
75th Percentile £21.87 £77.75 £48.41
90th Percentile £25.83 £87.75 £66.09
UK median hourly rate £18.25 £62.00 £39.00
% change year-on-year -70.56% +58.97% -2.50%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,560 7,762 8,047
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 36.83% 33.02% 26.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,355 5,203 5,219
10th Percentile £269 £286 £254
25th Percentile £425 £420 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £530 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.94% +6.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £638 £635 £600
90th Percentile £725 £713 £675
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 932 648 525
10th Percentile £13.52 £13.97 £13.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £20.00 £16.49
Median hourly rate £40.94 £50.00 £31.41
Median % change year-on-year -18.12% +59.18% -7.63%
75th Percentile £63.29 £65.81 £56.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £79.19 £65.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year -25.93% +28.57% +12.00%

Cisco Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Cisco Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco Certification in the UK excluding London

Cisco Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cisco Certification in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Cisco Certification in the UK excluding London

Cisco Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco Certification in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco Certification in the UK excluding London

Cisco Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cisco Certification in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Cisco Certification in the UK excluding London

Cisco Certification
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cisco Certification in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Cisco Certification in the UK excluding London

Cisco Certification
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 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
South East +28 144 £513 +2.50% 60
North of England +35 83 £445 -7.39% 40
North West +34 55 £475 -2.26% 20
Midlands +14 54 £450 - 24
West Midlands +37 47 £450 +20.00% 17
South West -21 44 £535 -2.73% 23
East of England -18 31 £300 -13.04% 17
Yorkshire +25 24 £403 -6.67% 18
Scotland +21 20 £553 +11.06% 26
East Midlands -3 7 £325 -15.58% 7
North East +16 4 £345 +73.58% 3
Wales -1 1 - - 8
Cisco Certification
UK

Cisco Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 18 (4.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (2.43%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.62%) Confluence
4 4 (1.08%) IIS
5 2 (0.54%) IBM Domino
5 2 (0.54%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 13 (3.50%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.62%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 52 (14.02%) Azure
2 31 (8.36%) AWS
3 19 (5.12%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (3.77%) OCI
5 9 (2.43%) GCP
6 5 (1.35%) Cloudflare
7 4 (1.08%) PaaS
7 4 (1.08%) SaaS
8 3 (0.81%) Akamai
9 2 (0.54%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (0.54%) Catchpoint
9 2 (0.54%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.27%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.27%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.27%) IaaS
10 1 (0.27%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 144 (38.81%) Firewall
2 86 (23.18%) WAN
3 73 (19.68%) LAN
4 68 (18.33%) VPN
5 62 (16.71%) DNS
6 59 (15.90%) Network Security
7 54 (14.56%) Cisco ASA
8 50 (13.48%) Cisco ISE
9 46 (12.40%) BGP
9 46 (12.40%) DHCP
10 44 (11.86%) OSPF
11 40 (10.78%) Cisco Nexus
12 36 (9.70%) SAN
12 36 (9.70%) Wireless
13 35 (9.43%) MPLS
14 33 (8.89%) Cisco Firepower
15 30 (8.09%) Wi-Fi
16 29 (7.82%) IPsec
17 27 (7.28%) VoIP
18 25 (6.74%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.35%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (1.89%) JIRA
1 7 (1.89%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (1.62%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.27%) Hudson
General
1 104 (28.03%) Social Skills
2 59 (15.90%) Public Sector
3 50 (13.48%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (12.94%) Finance
5 38 (10.24%) Telecoms
6 30 (8.09%) Banking
7 9 (2.43%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (2.43%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (2.16%) Manufacturing
8 8 (2.16%) Marketing
9 6 (1.62%) Retail
10 5 (1.35%) Legal
11 4 (1.08%) Aeronautics
11 4 (1.08%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.08%) French Language
11 4 (1.08%) German Language
11 4 (1.08%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (0.81%) Digital Economy
12 3 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.81%) Law
Job Titles
1 189 (50.94%) Network Engineer
2 59 (15.90%) Senior
3 46 (12.40%) Architect
3 46 (12.40%) Senior Network Engineer
4 42 (11.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 29 (7.82%) Analyst
6 25 (6.74%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 22 (5.93%) Support Engineer
8 20 (5.39%) Network Architect
9 14 (3.77%) Cisco Engineer
9 14 (3.77%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 13 (3.50%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 13 (3.50%) Security Analyst
10 13 (3.50%) Technical Analyst
11 12 (3.23%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
12 11 (2.96%) Consultant
12 11 (2.96%) IT Engineer
12 11 (2.96%) Network Support
12 11 (2.96%) Network Support Engineer
12 11 (2.96%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.96%) Jinja
2 9 (2.43%) Web Services
3 5 (1.35%) Flash
4 3 (0.81%) 802.1X
4 3 (0.81%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 79 (21.29%) Data Centre
2 9 (2.43%) Operational Technology
3 8 (2.16%) Analytical Mindset
3 8 (2.16%) Management Information System
3 8 (2.16%) Security Posture
4 7 (1.89%) Driving Licence
4 7 (1.89%) Video Conferencing
5 6 (1.62%) Public Cloud
5 6 (1.62%) SCADA
6 5 (1.35%) Clustering
6 5 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (1.35%) NHS
6 5 (1.35%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 3 (0.81%) Blackberry
7 3 (0.81%) CCTV
7 3 (0.81%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 3 (0.81%) IoT
8 2 (0.54%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.54%) Fibre Optics
8 2 (0.54%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 54 (14.56%) Windows
2 29 (7.82%) Linux
3 25 (6.74%) Windows Server
4 23 (6.20%) Windows 10
5 18 (4.85%) Windows Server 2012
6 14 (3.77%) Windows Server 2016
6 14 (3.77%) Windows Server 2019
6 14 (3.77%) Windows XP
7 8 (2.16%) Windows 7
8 6 (1.62%) Unix
9 3 (0.81%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (23.72%) Problem-Solving
2 85 (22.91%) ITIL
3 55 (14.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 40 (10.78%) Migration
5 38 (10.24%) Computer Science
6 33 (8.89%) Customer Service
7 30 (8.09%) Change Management
8 29 (7.82%) Project Management
9 25 (6.74%) B2B
9 25 (6.74%) Mentoring
9 25 (6.74%) Network Monitoring
9 25 (6.74%) Storage Management
10 24 (6.47%) Project Delivery
11 21 (5.66%) Break/Fix
11 21 (5.66%) ITSM
11 21 (5.66%) Service Management
12 20 (5.39%) Network Architecture
13 19 (5.12%) Network Design
13 19 (5.12%) TOGAF
14 18 (4.85%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 25 (6.74%) Python
2 19 (5.12%) PowerShell
3 11 (2.96%) Perl
3 11 (2.96%) Tcl
4 5 (1.35%) Bash
5 2 (0.54%) SQL
6 1 (0.27%) C
Qualifications
1 230 (61.99%) CCNA
2 207 (55.80%) CCNP
3 136 (36.66%) Security Cleared
4 99 (26.68%) SC Cleared
5 86 (23.18%) Degree
6 45 (12.13%) DV Cleared
7 43 (11.59%) CCIE
8 31 (8.36%) Microsoft Certification
9 27 (7.28%) CISSP
10 26 (7.01%) JNCIA
10 26 (7.01%) Network+ Certification
11 24 (6.47%) MCSE
12 20 (5.39%) CISM
12 20 (5.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 18 (4.85%) A+ Certification
13 18 (4.85%) Computer Science Degree
14 17 (4.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 15 (4.04%) JNCIS
16 11 (2.96%) MCP
17 10 (2.70%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (5.93%) SLA
2 17 (4.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (3.50%) NIST
4 9 (2.43%) QA
5 7 (1.89%) GRC
6 6 (1.62%) COBIT
7 3 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.81%) NCSC
8 2 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.54%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.54%) GDPR
8 2 (0.54%) IASME
8 2 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.54%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.27%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.27%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.27%) SOC 2
System Software
1 52 (14.02%) VMware Infrastructure
2 41 (11.05%) Active Directory
3 28 (7.55%) Hyper-V
4 27 (7.28%) VMware ESXi
5 16 (4.31%) Firmware
6 12 (3.23%) VMware NSX
7 6 (1.62%) KVM
7 6 (1.62%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (1.62%) vSphere
8 5 (1.35%) VMware Workstation
9 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 28 (7.55%) SCCM
2 24 (6.47%) Ansible
3 23 (6.20%) vCenter Server
4 15 (4.04%) EMC NetWorker
4 15 (4.04%) SCOM
4 15 (4.04%) WSUS
5 14 (3.77%) NetBackup
6 11 (2.96%) Nessus
7 8 (2.16%) FortiGate
8 7 (1.89%) Terraform
9 5 (1.35%) OpenView
10 4 (1.08%) Microsoft Intune
11 3 (0.81%) Netcool
12 2 (0.54%) Rundeck
13 1 (0.27%) Cisco Prime
13 1 (0.27%) Nagios
13 1 (0.27%) QRadar
13 1 (0.27%) SolarWinds Orion
13 1 (0.27%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 259 (69.81%) Cisco
2 86 (23.18%) Juniper
3 74 (19.95%) Palo Alto
4 64 (17.25%) VMware
5 57 (15.36%) CheckPoint
6 49 (13.21%) Microsoft
7 36 (9.70%) SolarWinds
8 30 (8.09%) F5
9 27 (7.28%) Arista
10 25 (6.74%) Dell
10 25 (6.74%) Fortinet
11 22 (5.93%) Citrix
12 19 (5.12%) Symantec
13 16 (4.31%) Veeam
14 15 (4.04%) HP
14 15 (4.04%) Oracle
15 14 (3.77%) 3PAR
15 14 (3.77%) EMC
15 14 (3.77%) Extreme Networks
16 12 (3.23%) ScienceLogic