Cisco Certification Contracts with Work from Home Options

Cisco Certification
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) 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 183 179 274
Rank change year-on-year -4 +95 -16
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 173 341 424
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.15% 1.36% 0.96%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.21% 5.33% 4.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 214 286
10th Percentile £300 £363 £350
25th Percentile £350 £433 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £519
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -3.57% +22.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £588
90th Percentile £751 £746 £650
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.50% - +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 13 9
10th Percentile £16.33 £34.70 £25.20
25th Percentile £18.50 £47.50 £26.75
Median hourly rate £20.74 £77.50 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -73.24% +80.23% +85.26%
75th Percentile £23.75 £80.25 £54.75
90th Percentile £24.35 £81.00 £60.92
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
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,106 6,392 8,786
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 27.20% 25.44% 19.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,588 4,298 6,173
10th Percentile £325 £380 £369
25th Percentile £438 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £725 £745 £700
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 263 280 222
10th Percentile £15.85 £19.25 £19.37
25th Percentile £25.25 £42.50 £35.63
Median hourly rate £43.00 £65.00 £48.79
Median % change year-on-year -33.85% +33.22% +21.98%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.81 £65.44
90th Percentile £82.84 £85.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year -25.93% +28.57% +12.00%

Cisco Certification
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Cisco Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Cisco Certification trend for jobs with a WFH option

Cisco Certification
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 Certification.

Cisco Certification daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Cisco Certification
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Cisco Certification over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Cisco Certification daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Cisco Certification
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 Certification.

Cisco Certification hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Cisco Certification
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 6 (3.47%) IIS
2 3 (1.73%) Apache
2 3 (1.73%) WebLogic
2 3 (1.73%) WebSphere
3 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.16%) OpenStack
3 2 (1.16%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.73%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (1.73%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 11 (6.36%) Azure
2 10 (5.78%) AWS
3 5 (2.89%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (1.73%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (1.16%) Catchpoint
5 2 (1.16%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (1.16%) GCP
5 2 (1.16%) OneDrive
5 2 (1.16%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (0.58%) Cloudflare
6 1 (0.58%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.58%) IaaS
6 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (0.58%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 71 (41.04%) Firewall
2 50 (28.90%) WAN
3 42 (24.28%) BGP
4 38 (21.97%) Cisco ASA
5 37 (21.39%) OSPF
6 34 (19.65%) VPN
7 31 (17.92%) Cisco Nexus
7 31 (17.92%) LAN
8 29 (16.76%) MPLS
9 27 (15.61%) Network Security
10 23 (13.29%) Cisco ISE
10 23 (13.29%) DNS
11 22 (12.72%) SD-WAN
12 20 (11.56%) Wireless
13 18 (10.40%) DHCP
14 17 (9.83%) EIGRP
15 16 (9.25%) IPsec
16 15 (8.67%) TCP/IP
17 14 (8.09%) Wi-Fi
18 13 (7.51%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.73%) DB2
1 3 (1.73%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (2.89%) Sonatype Nexus
2 4 (2.31%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.58%) Jenkins
General
1 38 (21.97%) Finance
2 36 (20.81%) Social Skills
3 16 (9.25%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (9.25%) Telecoms
4 15 (8.67%) Public Sector
5 5 (2.89%) Banking
6 4 (2.31%) Aeronautics
6 4 (2.31%) Aerospace
7 3 (1.73%) Legal
8 2 (1.16%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.58%) Back Office
9 1 (0.58%) Digital Health
9 1 (0.58%) Fire and Rescue
9 1 (0.58%) German Language
9 1 (0.58%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.58%) Local Government
9 1 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.58%) Police
9 1 (0.58%) Retail
Job Titles
1 82 (47.40%) Network Engineer
2 22 (12.72%) Architect
3 19 (10.98%) Senior
4 16 (9.25%) Consultant
5 13 (7.51%) Network Consultant
6 11 (6.36%) Cisco Engineer
7 10 (5.78%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 9 (5.20%) Analyst
9 8 (4.62%) Network Architect
9 8 (4.62%) Operations Engineer
9 8 (4.62%) Senior Network Engineer
10 7 (4.05%) Security Analyst
10 7 (4.05%) Senior Consultant
10 7 (4.05%) Senior Network Consultant
10 7 (4.05%) Solutions Architect
11 6 (3.47%) Developer
12 5 (2.89%) Firewall Engineer
12 5 (2.89%) Network Operations Engineer
13 4 (2.31%) Automation Engineer
13 4 (2.31%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.78%) FIX Protocol
2 6 (3.47%) Web Services
3 5 (2.89%) Jinja
3 5 (2.89%) XML
4 3 (1.73%) .NET
4 3 (1.73%) EDI
4 3 (1.73%) EJB
4 3 (1.73%) J2EE
4 3 (1.73%) JSP
4 3 (1.73%) LDAP
4 3 (1.73%) Servlets
5 2 (1.16%) Ultra Messaging
6 1 (0.58%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 19 (10.98%) Data Centre
2 7 (4.05%) Management Information System
3 5 (2.89%) Clustering
3 5 (2.89%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (2.31%) Operational Technology
5 3 (1.73%) CCTV
5 3 (1.73%) SCADA
5 3 (1.73%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.16%) IPTV
6 2 (1.16%) NHS
6 2 (1.16%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.58%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (0.58%) IoT
7 1 (0.58%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.58%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (0.58%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 1 (0.58%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 9 (5.20%) Windows
2 8 (4.62%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.73%) Linux
3 3 (1.73%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.58%) Debian
4 1 (0.58%) Unix
4 1 (0.58%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (16.18%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (10.98%) ITIL
3 18 (10.40%) Change Management
4 17 (9.83%) Low Latency
4 17 (9.83%) Network Design
5 16 (9.25%) Roadmaps
6 15 (8.67%) Information Security
6 15 (8.67%) Strategic Roadmap
7 13 (7.51%) High Availability
8 12 (6.94%) Cybersecurity
9 11 (6.36%) Computer Science
9 11 (6.36%) Incident Management
9 11 (6.36%) Mentoring
10 10 (5.78%) Algorithmic Trading
10 10 (5.78%) Decision-Making
10 10 (5.78%) DevOps
10 10 (5.78%) Load Balancing
10 10 (5.78%) Migration
10 10 (5.78%) Network Monitoring
10 10 (5.78%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 21 (12.14%) Python
2 7 (4.05%) Perl
3 6 (3.47%) PowerShell
4 5 (2.89%) Tcl
5 3 (1.73%) Bash
5 3 (1.73%) Java
5 3 (1.73%) SQL
Qualifications
1 121 (69.94%) CCNP
2 80 (46.24%) CCNA
3 48 (27.75%) CCIE
4 39 (22.54%) Security Cleared
5 28 (16.18%) SC Cleared
6 19 (10.98%) Degree
6 19 (10.98%) JNCIA
7 17 (9.83%) CISSP
8 9 (5.20%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 9 (5.20%) CISM
8 9 (5.20%) DV Cleared
9 8 (4.62%) CCDP
10 7 (4.05%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (4.05%) CCSP
10 7 (4.05%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (4.05%) JNCIS
11 5 (2.89%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (2.89%) Network+ Certification
12 4 (2.31%) CCIP
12 4 (2.31%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.20%) SLA
2 5 (2.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (2.89%) QA
3 4 (2.31%) NIST
4 3 (1.73%) GRC
5 2 (1.16%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (1.16%) NCSC
6 1 (0.58%) GDPR
6 1 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.58%) NIST 800
System Software
1 15 (8.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (8.09%) VMware NSX
3 7 (4.05%) Active Directory
3 7 (4.05%) Firmware
4 4 (2.31%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.73%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.16%) KVM
7 1 (0.58%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.58%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 16 (9.25%) Ansible
2 5 (2.89%) SCCM
3 4 (2.31%) FortiGate
4 3 (1.73%) Kibana
5 2 (1.16%) ITRS Geneos
5 2 (1.16%) Nessus
6 1 (0.58%) Icinga
6 1 (0.58%) Nagios
6 1 (0.58%) QRadar
6 1 (0.58%) Terraform
6 1 (0.58%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 132 (76.30%) Cisco
2 47 (27.17%) Palo Alto
3 30 (17.34%) Juniper
4 24 (13.87%) F5
5 21 (12.14%) VMware
6 18 (10.40%) Fortinet
6 18 (10.40%) SolarWinds
7 17 (9.83%) CheckPoint
8 12 (6.94%) Microsoft
9 10 (5.78%) Arista
9 10 (5.78%) Meraki
10 8 (4.62%) Nokia
10 8 (4.62%) Zscaler
11 7 (4.05%) Aruba
11 7 (4.05%) Citrix
12 4 (2.31%) Ciena
12 4 (2.31%) IBM
12 4 (2.31%) Infoblox
12 4 (2.31%) Splunk
13 3 (1.73%) Blue Coat