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 14 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 62 71
Rank change year-on-year -2 +9 +7
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 65 41 39
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 3.35% 3.42% 2.24%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.14% 9.53% 5.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 27 28
10th Percentile £327 £315 £459
25th Percentile £403 - £591
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £467 £450 £605
Median % change year-on-year +3.67% -25.62% +51.25%
75th Percentile £594 £550 £615
90th Percentile £775 £650 £690
South East median daily rate £485 £490 £575
% change year-on-year -1.02% -14.78% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 1
10th Percentile £48.25 - -
25th Percentile £64.40 - £18.50
Median hourly rate £71.33 - £19.00
75th Percentile £104.00 - £19.50
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £71.17 £83.32 £19.00
% change year-on-year -14.58% +338.50% -68.85%

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 911 430 777
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 46.89% 35.86% 44.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 534 265 410
10th Percentile £351 £344 £325
25th Percentile £442 £440 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £656 £606 £660
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 174 16 74
10th Percentile £31.25 £29.40 £41.33
25th Percentile £71.11 £32.25 £55.80
Median hourly rate £83.25 £70.00 £61.65
Median % change year-on-year +18.93% +13.54% -5.00%
75th Percentile £88.00 £87.84 £83.48
90th Percentile £104.00 £88.87 £97.50
South East median hourly rate £68.22 £27.76 £57.35
% change year-on-year +145.73% -51.60% -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 14 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 14 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 14 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 -1 40 £550 +22.22% 5
Wokingham -11 7 £448 -18.50%
Bracknell 0 3 - - 1
Slough -2 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 (12.31%) OpenStack
Applications
1 5 (7.69%) MS Visio
2 4 (6.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (6.15%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (6.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 20 (30.77%) Azure
2 19 (29.23%) AWS
3 4 (6.15%) GCP
4 3 (4.62%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (4.62%) GitHub
4 3 (4.62%) GitHub Actions
4 3 (4.62%) OpenShift
5 2 (3.08%) AWS CloudFormation
5 2 (3.08%) SaaS
5 2 (3.08%) Serverless
6 1 (1.54%) AWS Direct Connect
6 1 (1.54%) Cohesity
6 1 (1.54%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 44 (67.69%) WAN
2 42 (64.62%) BGP
3 41 (63.08%) LAN
4 32 (49.23%) Firewall
5 31 (47.69%) OSPF
6 27 (41.54%) DNS
7 25 (38.46%) DHCP
7 25 (38.46%) VXLAN
8 21 (32.31%) BIG-IP
8 21 (32.31%) Ethernet VPN
9 20 (30.77%) Junos
10 16 (24.62%) Cisco ISE
10 16 (24.62%) MPLS
11 12 (18.46%) SD-WAN
12 8 (12.31%) TCP/IP
12 8 (12.31%) Wi-Fi
13 7 (10.77%) Network Security
13 7 (10.77%) SNMP
14 6 (9.23%) TACACS
14 6 (9.23%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 3 (4.62%) GitLab
1 3 (4.62%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.54%) Git
General
1 24 (36.92%) Social Skills
2 10 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (13.85%) Telecoms
4 8 (12.31%) Aerospace
4 8 (12.31%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (6.15%) Finance
6 2 (3.08%) Military
7 1 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.54%) Legal
7 1 (1.54%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 14 (21.54%) Network Engineer
2 13 (20.00%) Architect
2 13 (20.00%) Firewall Specialist
2 13 (20.00%) Network Specialist
3 11 (16.92%) Senior
4 10 (15.38%) Network Architect
5 7 (10.77%) Senior Network Engineer
6 6 (9.23%) Consultant
7 5 (7.69%) IP Architect
8 4 (6.15%) Cisco Engineer
8 4 (6.15%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 4 (6.15%) Security Consultant
9 3 (4.62%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 3 (4.62%) Delivery Manager
9 3 (4.62%) Network Delivery Manager
9 3 (4.62%) Network Manager
9 3 (4.62%) Security Architect
10 2 (3.08%) Cloud Security Architect
10 2 (3.08%) DevSecOps Engineer
10 2 (3.08%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (32.31%) 802.1X
2 10 (15.38%) NETCONF
2 10 (15.38%) YANG
3 6 (9.23%) REST
4 5 (7.69%) OpenConfig
5 4 (6.15%) RESTCONF
6 2 (3.08%) ARM Templates
7 1 (1.54%) HTML
7 1 (1.54%) JSON
7 1 (1.54%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 29 (44.62%) Data Centre
2 20 (30.77%) Clustering
2 20 (30.77%) PKI
3 14 (21.54%) Hybrid Cloud
4 6 (9.23%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (7.69%) Cloud Native
6 4 (6.15%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (6.15%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (4.62%) Security Posture
8 2 (3.08%) CMDB
8 2 (3.08%) Private Cloud
8 2 (3.08%) Public Cloud
9 1 (1.54%) Enterprise Cloud
9 1 (1.54%) Life Science
9 1 (1.54%) Management Information System
9 1 (1.54%) Operational Technology
9 1 (1.54%) Product Ownership
9 1 (1.54%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (1.54%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 20 (30.77%) Windows
2 1 (1.54%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (35.38%) High Availability
2 22 (33.85%) Observability
3 20 (30.77%) Identity Access Management
3 20 (30.77%) Load Balancing
4 16 (24.62%) ITIL
5 14 (21.54%) DevOps
5 14 (21.54%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (18.46%) Network Design
7 11 (16.92%) Stakeholder Management
7 11 (16.92%) Vulnerability Management
8 10 (15.38%) Cloud Security
8 10 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
8 10 (15.38%) ITSM
8 10 (15.38%) TOGAF
9 9 (13.85%) Network Architecture
9 9 (13.85%) SIEM
10 8 (12.31%) Change Management
10 8 (12.31%) DevSecOps
10 8 (12.31%) Roadmaps
11 7 (10.77%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 18 (27.69%) Python
2 6 (9.23%) PowerShell
3 5 (7.69%) Bash
4 3 (4.62%) Bicep
5 1 (1.54%) Java
5 1 (1.54%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 35 (53.85%) Security Cleared
2 16 (24.62%) CCIE
2 16 (24.62%) CCNP
2 16 (24.62%) SC Cleared
3 14 (21.54%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 12 (18.46%) CISSP
5 11 (16.92%) JNCIE
6 9 (13.85%) DV Cleared
7 8 (12.31%) CCNA
7 8 (12.31%) CISM
7 8 (12.31%) JNCIP
8 7 (10.77%) JNCIA
8 7 (10.77%) JNCIS
9 4 (6.15%) AWS Certification
9 4 (6.15%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 4 (6.15%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 3 (4.62%) Azure Certification
10 3 (4.62%) CEH
10 3 (4.62%) CompTIA Security+
10 3 (4.62%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (18.46%) NIST
2 7 (10.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (10.77%) NIST 800
3 4 (6.15%) Def Stans
4 3 (4.62%) COBIT
4 3 (4.62%) NCSC
5 2 (3.08%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (3.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (1.54%) Data Quality
6 1 (1.54%) QA
System Software
1 3 (4.62%) Firmware
2 2 (3.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.54%) Docker
3 1 (1.54%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 21 (32.31%) FortiGate
2 18 (27.69%) Ansible
3 8 (12.31%) Kubernetes
3 8 (12.31%) Terraform
4 5 (7.69%) Nagios
5 2 (3.08%) CASB
6 1 (1.54%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 46 (70.77%) Cisco
2 34 (52.31%) Juniper
3 29 (44.62%) F5
4 28 (43.08%) SolarWinds
5 20 (30.77%) Extreme Networks
5 20 (30.77%) Splunk
6 10 (15.38%) Fortinet
7 7 (10.77%) Microsoft
8 5 (7.69%) ServiceNow
9 4 (6.15%) Aruba
9 4 (6.15%) VMware
10 3 (4.62%) Arista
10 3 (4.62%) Google
10 3 (4.62%) Meraki
10 3 (4.62%) SevOne
11 2 (3.08%) NetScout
11 2 (3.08%) Palo Alto
12 1 (1.54%) Dell
12 1 (1.54%) NetCracker
12 1 (1.54%) Veeam