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 17 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 62 64
Rank change year-on-year -26 +2 +12
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 36 32 71
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 1.96% 2.74% 3.49%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.22% 7.94% 7.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 11 47
10th Percentile £368 £250 £326
25th Percentile £416 £275 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £350 £513
Median % change year-on-year +31.43% -31.71% +2.50%
75th Percentile £553 £556 £519
90th Percentile £588 £650 £608
South East median daily rate £466 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -11.19% +2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £44.28 - -
25th Percentile £48.68 £18.50 -
Median hourly rate £57.02 £19.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +200.09% -24.00% -25.37%
75th Percentile £65.01 £19.50 -
90th Percentile £69.20 - -
South East median hourly rate £57.02 £19.00 £63.00
% change year-on-year +200.09% -69.84% +88.06%

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 853 403 915
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 46.51% 34.56% 44.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 556 217 448
10th Percentile £255 £300 £205
25th Percentile £353 £419 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £550 £515
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +6.90% -9.74%
75th Percentile £550 £663 £615
90th Percentile £634 £700 £688
South East median daily rate £517 £541 £550
% change year-on-year -4.48% -1.59% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 25 76
10th Percentile £24.70 £41.25 £41.25
25th Percentile £71.95 £55.87 £51.45
Median hourly rate £83.54 £61.76 £61.30
Median % change year-on-year +35.26% +0.75% -5.22%
75th Percentile £88.00 £75.50 £69.19
90th Percentile £95.00 £86.66 £85.65
South East median hourly rate £42.25 £56.75 £57.35
% change year-on-year -25.55% -1.05% +14.70%

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 17 March 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 17 March 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 17 March 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 -9 19 £550 +120.00% 4
Wokingham -39 5 £458 -16.73% 1
Slough -10 1 £386 -
Bracknell - 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 2 (5.56%) OpenStack
2 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.78%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 4 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (11.11%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 10 (27.78%) Azure
2 9 (25.00%) AWS
3 1 (2.78%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.78%) GCP
3 1 (2.78%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 29 (80.56%) WAN
2 28 (77.78%) BGP
3 25 (69.44%) Firewall
4 24 (66.67%) LAN
5 22 (61.11%) OSPF
6 21 (58.33%) DHCP
6 21 (58.33%) DNS
7 17 (47.22%) Ethernet VPN
8 16 (44.44%) BIG-IP
8 16 (44.44%) Junos
8 16 (44.44%) VXLAN
9 11 (30.56%) Cisco ISE
10 9 (25.00%) TCP/IP
11 8 (22.22%) MPLS
12 7 (19.44%) Network Security
12 7 (19.44%) VPN
13 5 (13.89%) VLAN
13 5 (13.89%) WLAN
14 4 (11.11%) SNMP
14 4 (11.11%) TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.78%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Burp Suite
1 1 (2.78%) JIRA
1 1 (2.78%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 13 (36.11%) Social Skills
2 9 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (5.56%) Military
4 2 (5.56%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 9 (25.00%) Firewall Specialist
2 9 (25.00%) Network Specialist
3 7 (19.44%) Senior
4 6 (16.67%) Senior Network Engineer
5 5 (13.89%) Architect
5 5 (13.89%) IP Specialist
6 4 (11.11%) Network Architect
7 3 (8.33%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 2 (5.56%) Consultant
8 2 (5.56%) IP Architect
9 1 (2.78%) Cisco Specialist
9 1 (2.78%) Delivery Manager
9 1 (2.78%) Enterprise Architect
9 1 (2.78%) Network Manager
9 1 (2.78%) Penetration Tester
9 1 (2.78%) Security Architect
9 1 (2.78%) Security Specialist
9 1 (2.78%) Test Engineer
9 1 (2.78%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (44.44%) 802.1X
2 6 (16.67%) NETCONF
2 6 (16.67%) YANG
3 4 (11.11%) OpenConfig
3 4 (11.11%) RESTCONF
4 2 (5.56%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 20 (55.56%) Data Centre
2 16 (44.44%) Clustering
2 16 (44.44%) PKI
3 6 (16.67%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (11.11%) Cloud Native
4 4 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.78%) Private Cloud
5 1 (2.78%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.78%) TM Forum
5 1 (2.78%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 17 (47.22%) Windows
2 1 (2.78%) Kali Linux
2 1 (2.78%) Linux
2 1 (2.78%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (52.78%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (50.00%) High Availability
3 17 (47.22%) Load Balancing
3 17 (47.22%) Observability
4 16 (44.44%) Identity Access Management
5 9 (25.00%) Network Design
6 8 (22.22%) ITIL
7 7 (19.44%) ITSM
7 7 (19.44%) Service Management
8 6 (16.67%) Availability Management
9 5 (13.89%) Network Monitoring
10 4 (11.11%) Incident Response
11 3 (8.33%) Network Architecture
11 3 (8.33%) Network Segmentation
11 3 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
11 3 (8.33%) Test Automation
12 2 (5.56%) Capacity Planning
12 2 (5.56%) Computer Science
12 2 (5.56%) Enterprise Architecture
12 2 (5.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 7 (19.44%) Python
2 1 (2.78%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 24 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 12 (33.33%) CCNP
3 10 (27.78%) CCIE
4 9 (25.00%) DV Cleared
4 9 (25.00%) SC Cleared
5 7 (19.44%) JNCIA
5 7 (19.44%) JNCIP
5 7 (19.44%) JNCIS
6 6 (16.67%) JNCIE
7 5 (13.89%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (8.33%) Degree
9 2 (5.56%) CCNA
9 2 (5.56%) CISSP
9 2 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (2.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (2.78%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (2.78%) CCIE Collaboration
10 1 (2.78%) CCSM
10 1 (2.78%) Master's Degree
10 1 (2.78%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.78%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (5.56%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.78%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.78%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 16 (44.44%) FortiGate
2 6 (16.67%) Ansible
3 5 (13.89%) Nagios
4 2 (5.56%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (2.78%) Cisco UCCE
5 1 (2.78%) Nessus
5 1 (2.78%) Nmap
Vendors
1 32 (88.89%) Cisco
2 28 (77.78%) Juniper
3 22 (61.11%) SolarWinds
4 20 (55.56%) F5
5 16 (44.44%) Extreme Networks
5 16 (44.44%) Splunk
6 6 (16.67%) Fortinet
6 6 (16.67%) Microsoft
7 2 (5.56%) CheckPoint
8 1 (2.78%) Aruba
8 1 (2.78%) Avaya
8 1 (2.78%) BT
8 1 (2.78%) Citrix
8 1 (2.78%) Genesys
8 1 (2.78%) Palo Alto
8 1 (2.78%) Polycom
8 1 (2.78%) VMware