Cisco Certification Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Cisco Certification
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for Cisco Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 21 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 54 65
Rank change year-on-year -9 +11 +6
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 57 41 41
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 3.02% 3.47% 2.43%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.54% 9.72% 5.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 25 29
10th Percentile £335 £310 £394
25th Percentile £405 - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £450 £605
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -25.62% +51.25%
75th Percentile £700 £538 £608
90th Percentile £775 £610 £689
South East median daily rate £500 £450 £575
% change year-on-year +11.11% -21.74% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 1
10th Percentile £57.14 - -
25th Percentile £71.00 - £18.50
Median hourly rate £74.00 - £19.00
75th Percentile £104.00 - £19.50
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £71.00 £83.32 £19.00
% change year-on-year -14.78% +338.50% -68.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Berkshire

Cisco Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 871 422 752
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 46.21% 35.73% 44.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 521 254 401
10th Percentile £359 £330 £325
25th Percentile £450 £438 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year +7.62% -12.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £675 £609 £663
90th Percentile £775 £700 £738
South East median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 156 20 68
10th Percentile £30.81 £26.59 £41.43
25th Percentile £65.83 £32.05 £55.89
Median hourly rate £84.00 £57.50 £61.65
Median % change year-on-year +46.09% -6.74% -3.42%
75th Percentile £88.00 £87.31 £79.15
90th Percentile £104.00 £88.87 £98.25
South East median hourly rate £65.00 £28.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year +132.14% -51.18% -4.42%

Cisco Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cisco Certification relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Cisco Certification job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Cisco Certification
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Cisco Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Cisco Certification

Cisco Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco Certification in Berkshire over the 6 months to 21 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco Certification in Berkshire

Cisco Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Cisco Certification.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Cisco Certification

Cisco Certification
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cisco Certification in Berkshire over the 6 months to 21 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Cisco Certification in Berkshire

Cisco Certification
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 21 August 2026. 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
Reading -6 38 £638 +41.67% 4
Wokingham -9 6 £467 +3.67%
Bracknell -1 3 - -
Slough -4 3 £410 -8.89% 1
Cisco Certification
South East

Cisco Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 8 (14.04%) OpenStack
Applications
1 5 (8.77%) MS Visio
2 4 (7.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (7.02%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (7.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 20 (35.09%) Azure
2 19 (33.33%) AWS
3 4 (7.02%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (7.02%) GCP
3 4 (7.02%) GitHub
3 4 (7.02%) GitHub Actions
4 3 (5.26%) OpenShift
5 2 (3.51%) AWS CloudFormation
5 2 (3.51%) SaaS
5 2 (3.51%) Serverless
6 1 (1.75%) AWS Direct Connect
6 1 (1.75%) Cohesity
6 1 (1.75%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 34 (59.65%) WAN
2 32 (56.14%) BGP
3 31 (54.39%) LAN
4 22 (38.60%) Firewall
5 21 (36.84%) OSPF
6 17 (29.82%) DNS
7 16 (28.07%) MPLS
7 16 (28.07%) VXLAN
8 15 (26.32%) DHCP
9 12 (21.05%) BIG-IP
9 12 (21.05%) Ethernet VPN
9 12 (21.05%) SD-WAN
10 11 (19.30%) Junos
11 9 (15.79%) Cisco ISE
12 8 (14.04%) Wi-Fi
13 7 (12.28%) SNMP
13 7 (12.28%) TCP/IP
14 6 (10.53%) Network Security
14 6 (10.53%) TACACS
15 5 (8.77%) VPN
Development Applications
1 4 (7.02%) GitLab
1 4 (7.02%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.75%) Git
General
1 24 (42.11%) Social Skills
2 10 (17.54%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (15.79%) Aerospace
3 9 (15.79%) Influencing Skills
3 9 (15.79%) Telecoms
4 5 (8.77%) Finance
5 1 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.75%) Legal
5 1 (1.75%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 12 (21.05%) Architect
2 9 (15.79%) Firewall Specialist
2 9 (15.79%) Network Architect
2 9 (15.79%) Network Engineer
2 9 (15.79%) Network Specialist
3 8 (14.04%) Senior
4 6 (10.53%) Consultant
5 5 (8.77%) IP Architect
6 4 (7.02%) Cisco Engineer
6 4 (7.02%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 4 (7.02%) Security Consultant
7 3 (5.26%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 3 (5.26%) Delivery Manager
7 3 (5.26%) DevSecOps Engineer
7 3 (5.26%) Network Delivery Manager
7 3 (5.26%) Network Manager
7 3 (5.26%) Security Architect
7 3 (5.26%) Senior Network Engineer
8 2 (3.51%) Cloud Security Architect
8 2 (3.51%) IP Network Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (21.05%) 802.1X
2 10 (17.54%) NETCONF
2 10 (17.54%) YANG
3 9 (15.79%) Terraform
4 6 (10.53%) REST
5 5 (8.77%) OpenConfig
6 4 (7.02%) RESTCONF
7 3 (5.26%) ARM Templates
8 1 (1.75%) HTML
8 1 (1.75%) JSON
8 1 (1.75%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 20 (35.09%) Data Centre
2 15 (26.32%) Hybrid Cloud
3 11 (19.30%) Clustering
3 11 (19.30%) PKI
4 7 (12.28%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (8.77%) Cloud Native
6 4 (7.02%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (7.02%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (5.26%) Security Posture
8 2 (3.51%) CMDB
8 2 (3.51%) Private Cloud
8 2 (3.51%) Public Cloud
9 1 (1.75%) Enterprise Cloud
9 1 (1.75%) Life Science
9 1 (1.75%) Management Information System
9 1 (1.75%) Operational Technology
9 1 (1.75%) Product Ownership
9 1 (1.75%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (1.75%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 11 (19.30%) Windows
2 1 (1.75%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (26.32%) DevOps
2 14 (24.56%) Observability
3 13 (22.81%) High Availability
3 13 (22.81%) Vulnerability Management
4 12 (21.05%) Cloud Security
4 12 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
5 11 (19.30%) Cybersecurity
5 11 (19.30%) Identity Access Management
5 11 (19.30%) ITIL
5 11 (19.30%) Load Balancing
5 11 (19.30%) Network Design
5 11 (19.30%) SIEM
6 10 (17.54%) DevSecOps
6 10 (17.54%) TOGAF
7 9 (15.79%) Network Architecture
8 8 (14.04%) Change Management
8 8 (14.04%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (14.04%) Roadmaps
8 8 (14.04%) SDLC
8 8 (14.04%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 19 (33.33%) Python
2 7 (12.28%) PowerShell
3 6 (10.53%) Bash
4 4 (7.02%) Bicep
5 1 (1.75%) Java
5 1 (1.75%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 27 (47.37%) Security Cleared
2 16 (28.07%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 16 (28.07%) CCIE
2 16 (28.07%) SC Cleared
3 15 (26.32%) CCNP
4 13 (22.81%) CISSP
5 11 (19.30%) JNCIE
6 9 (15.79%) CISM
7 8 (14.04%) CCNA
8 4 (7.02%) AWS Certification
8 4 (7.02%) CEH
8 4 (7.02%) CompTIA Security+
8 4 (7.02%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 4 (7.02%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 3 (5.26%) Azure Certification
9 3 (5.26%) CCSP
9 3 (5.26%) DV Cleared
9 3 (5.26%) JNCIP
9 3 (5.26%) PMI Certification
9 3 (5.26%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (24.56%) NIST
2 8 (14.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (14.04%) NIST 800
3 4 (7.02%) COBIT
3 4 (7.02%) Def Stans
3 4 (7.02%) NCSC
4 3 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.75%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.75%) QA
System Software
1 3 (5.26%) Firmware
2 2 (3.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.75%) Docker
3 1 (1.75%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 19 (33.33%) Ansible
2 12 (21.05%) FortiGate
3 9 (15.79%) Kubernetes
4 4 (7.02%) Nagios
5 2 (3.51%) CASB
6 1 (1.75%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 36 (63.16%) Cisco
2 24 (42.11%) Juniper
3 20 (35.09%) F5
4 18 (31.58%) SolarWinds
5 11 (19.30%) Extreme Networks
5 11 (19.30%) Splunk
6 10 (17.54%) Fortinet
7 7 (12.28%) Microsoft
8 5 (8.77%) ServiceNow
9 4 (7.02%) Aruba
9 4 (7.02%) VMware
10 3 (5.26%) Arista
10 3 (5.26%) Google
10 3 (5.26%) Meraki
10 3 (5.26%) SevOne
11 2 (3.51%) NetScout
11 2 (3.51%) Palo Alto
12 1 (1.75%) Cramer
12 1 (1.75%) NetCracker
12 1 (1.75%) Nokia