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 5 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 71 61
Rank change year-on-year +2 -10 +16
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 35 38 58
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 2.64% 2.37% 3.27%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.04% 5.92% 7.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 20 29
10th Percentile £235 £169 £343
25th Percentile £417 £310 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £603 £400
Median % change year-on-year -8.71% +50.63% -1.72%
75th Percentile £630 £656 £490
90th Percentile £775 £688 £525
South East median daily rate £538 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +2.38% +5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £19.70
25th Percentile - - £21.50
Median hourly rate - - £25.00
75th Percentile - - £25.25
90th Percentile - - £25.40
South East median hourly rate £83.32 £20.08 £25.00
% change year-on-year +315.02% -19.70% +6.38%

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 497 642 769
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 37.42% 40.02% 43.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 339 345 436
10th Percentile £255 £289 £210
25th Percentile £402 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £565 £525
Median % change year-on-year -11.50% +7.62% -
75th Percentile £558 £645 £623
90th Percentile £628 £712 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% +1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 54 52
10th Percentile £19.09 £41.74 £31.44
25th Percentile £20.79 £56.04 £49.90
Median hourly rate £30.11 £61.60 £63.60
Median % change year-on-year -51.12% -3.14% +170.63%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.27 £72.65
90th Percentile £88.55 £100.00 £76.06
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £58.49 £60.00
% change year-on-year -57.00% -2.52% +33.33%

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 5 November 2025.

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
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 5 November 2025. 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 +20 27 £575 -4.96% 9
Bracknell -2 4 £550 - 1
Wokingham -13 1 £450 +172.73% 3
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 12 (34.29%) OpenStack
2 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.86%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 18 (51.43%) AWS
2 13 (37.14%) Azure
3 6 (17.14%) OpenShift
4 5 (14.29%) GCP
5 4 (11.43%) Entra ID
6 2 (5.71%) Google Workspace
6 2 (5.71%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (2.86%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 15 (42.86%) WAN
2 14 (40.00%) BGP
2 14 (40.00%) LAN
2 14 (40.00%) MPLS
3 10 (28.57%) Firewall
4 8 (22.86%) OSPF
5 7 (20.00%) Network Security
5 7 (20.00%) TACACS
5 7 (20.00%) Wireless
6 6 (17.14%) SNMP
7 4 (11.43%) Internet
8 3 (8.57%) VPN
8 3 (8.57%) WebEx
9 2 (5.71%) SD-WAN
9 2 (5.71%) VLAN
10 1 (2.86%) Cisco ICM
10 1 (2.86%) Cisco IOS
10 1 (2.86%) CTI
10 1 (2.86%) DNS
10 1 (2.86%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.86%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Burp Suite
1 1 (2.86%) GitLab
1 1 (2.86%) Jenkins
General
1 17 (48.57%) Social Skills
2 7 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
3 5 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (11.43%) Finance
5 2 (5.71%) Public Sector
5 2 (5.71%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (34.29%) Architect
2 9 (25.71%) Network Engineer
3 7 (20.00%) IP Architect
4 6 (17.14%) Designer
4 6 (17.14%) IP Designer
4 6 (17.14%) IP Specialist
5 5 (14.29%) Security Architect
6 4 (11.43%) Consultant
7 3 (8.57%) Cisco Engineer
7 3 (8.57%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 3 (8.57%) Senior
7 3 (8.57%) Test Engineer
8 2 (5.71%) Forensic Consultant
8 2 (5.71%) Juniper Engineer
8 2 (5.71%) Quality Engineer
8 2 (5.71%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 2 (5.71%) Senior Consultant
9 1 (2.86%) Network Security Engineer
9 1 (2.86%) Support Engineer
9 1 (2.86%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (17.14%) NETCONF
1 6 (17.14%) REST
1 6 (17.14%) YANG
2 3 (8.57%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 15 (42.86%) Hybrid Cloud
2 11 (31.43%) Cloud Native
3 9 (25.71%) Data Centre
4 5 (14.29%) Security Posture
5 3 (8.57%) Cloud Security Posture
5 3 (8.57%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (8.57%) Fibre Optics
5 3 (8.57%) Management Information System
5 3 (8.57%) Public Cloud
6 2 (5.71%) IoT
7 1 (2.86%) Clustering
7 1 (2.86%) Life Science
7 1 (2.86%) Onboarding
7 1 (2.86%) Private Cloud
7 1 (2.86%) SCADA
7 1 (2.86%) TM Forum
7 1 (2.86%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.57%) Linux
1 3 (8.57%) Windows
2 2 (5.71%) Mac OS
2 2 (5.71%) Unix
3 1 (2.86%) Kali Linux
3 1 (2.86%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (34.29%) Network Virtualisation
2 10 (28.57%) Strategic Thinking
2 10 (28.57%) TOGAF
3 9 (25.71%) Network Architecture
3 9 (25.71%) Network Design
3 9 (25.71%) Roadmaps
4 8 (22.86%) Incident Response
5 7 (20.00%) DevOps
5 7 (20.00%) Information Security
5 7 (20.00%) Network Segmentation
5 7 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (20.00%) Test Automation
6 6 (17.14%) Enterprise Architecture
6 6 (17.14%) Microservices
6 6 (17.14%) Security Architecture
6 6 (17.14%) SIEM
6 6 (17.14%) Validation
7 5 (14.29%) CI/CD
7 5 (14.29%) Cloud Security
7 5 (14.29%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 15 (42.86%) Python
2 2 (5.71%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.86%) Bash
3 1 (2.86%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (42.86%) CCIE
2 13 (37.14%) CCNP
3 12 (34.29%) JNCIE
3 12 (34.29%) Security Cleared
4 11 (31.43%) CCNA
4 11 (31.43%) SC Cleared
5 10 (28.57%) AWS Certification
6 9 (25.71%) CISSP
7 7 (20.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 7 (20.00%) CCSP
8 4 (11.43%) Degree
9 3 (8.57%) Azure Certification
9 3 (8.57%) CCDA
9 3 (8.57%) CCDP
9 3 (8.57%) JNCIA
10 2 (5.71%) CISM
10 2 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (5.71%) GCFE
10 2 (5.71%) GCIH
10 2 (5.71%) GREM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (14.29%) NIST
2 4 (11.43%) GDPR
2 4 (11.43%) PCI DSS
2 4 (11.43%) PSD2
3 1 (2.86%) QA
3 1 (2.86%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (17.14%) VMware Infrastructure
1 6 (17.14%) VMware NSX
2 4 (11.43%) Docker
3 2 (5.71%) Active Directory
4 1 (2.86%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 14 (40.00%) Ansible
2 7 (20.00%) Terraform
3 4 (11.43%) Kubernetes
4 2 (5.71%) Cisco CUCM
4 2 (5.71%) EnCase
4 2 (5.71%) FTK
5 1 (2.86%) Cisco UCCE
5 1 (2.86%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (2.86%) Nessus
5 1 (2.86%) Nmap
Vendors
1 19 (54.29%) Cisco
2 10 (28.57%) Juniper
3 7 (20.00%) Fortinet
3 7 (20.00%) VMware
4 6 (17.14%) F5
5 4 (11.43%) Microsoft
6 2 (5.71%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (5.71%) Darktrace
7 1 (2.86%) Avaya
7 1 (2.86%) CheckPoint
7 1 (2.86%) FireEye
7 1 (2.86%) Genesys
7 1 (2.86%) Meraki
7 1 (2.86%) Palo Alto
7 1 (2.86%) Polycom
7 1 (2.86%) SolarWinds
7 1 (2.86%) Tanium