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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 56 72
Rank change year-on-year -15 +16 -5
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 55 37 45
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 2.81% 3.03% 2.33%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.10% 8.55% 5.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 24 33
10th Percentile £332 £308 -
25th Percentile £400 - £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £423 £450 £605
Median % change year-on-year -6.11% -25.62% +42.35%
75th Percentile £520 £541 £608
90th Percentile £531 £559 £648
South East median daily rate £470 £483 £513
% change year-on-year -2.59% -5.85% +1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile £53.08 - -
25th Percentile £70.67 - £18.50
Median hourly rate £77.00 - £19.00
75th Percentile £104.00 - £19.50
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £74.17 £83.32 £19.00
% change year-on-year -10.98% +338.50% -69.35%

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 901 433 882
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 46.09% 35.40% 45.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 532 262 429
10th Percentile £313 £325 £313
25th Percentile £414 £443 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £525 £583
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -9.87% +5.91%
75th Percentile £638 £607 £650
90th Percentile £750 £700 £735
South East median daily rate £544 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +3.57% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 164 20 91
10th Percentile £31.25 £26.54 £41.50
25th Percentile £74.98 £32.25 £55.94
Median hourly rate £83.58 £70.00 £61.71
Median % change year-on-year +19.39% +13.44% -5.25%
75th Percentile £88.00 £87.31 £85.65
90th Percentile £104.35 £88.87 £90.00
South East median hourly rate £65.00 £41.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year +58.54% -28.51% -5.70%

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 July 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 July 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 July 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 -8 32 £480 +6.67% 5
Wokingham -17 8 £467 -15.18%
Slough +1 4 £410 -8.89%
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 9 (16.36%) OpenStack
Applications
1 5 (9.09%) MS Visio
2 4 (7.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (7.27%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (7.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 18 (32.73%) AWS
1 18 (32.73%) Azure
2 2 (3.64%) GCP
2 2 (3.64%) OpenShift
2 2 (3.64%) SaaS
2 2 (3.64%) Serverless
3 1 (1.82%) AWS CloudFormation
3 1 (1.82%) AWS Direct Connect
Communications & Networking
1 46 (83.64%) WAN
2 44 (80.00%) LAN
3 41 (74.55%) BGP
4 34 (61.82%) Firewall
5 29 (52.73%) OSPF
6 24 (43.64%) DNS
6 24 (43.64%) VXLAN
7 22 (40.00%) DHCP
8 21 (38.18%) BIG-IP
8 21 (38.18%) Ethernet VPN
9 20 (36.36%) Junos
10 18 (32.73%) MPLS
11 15 (27.27%) Cisco ISE
12 10 (18.18%) SD-WAN
13 9 (16.36%) Wi-Fi
14 8 (14.55%) Network Security
14 8 (14.55%) TCP/IP
15 7 (12.73%) VPN
16 5 (9.09%) SNMP
17 4 (7.27%) TACACS
Development Applications
1 1 (1.82%) Git
1 1 (1.82%) JIRA
1 1 (1.82%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 23 (41.82%) Social Skills
2 9 (16.36%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (16.36%) Telecoms
3 3 (5.45%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (3.64%) Aerospace
4 2 (3.64%) Military
5 1 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.82%) Finance
5 1 (1.82%) Legal
Job Titles
1 13 (23.64%) Firewall Specialist
1 13 (23.64%) Network Specialist
2 12 (21.82%) Architect
2 12 (21.82%) Network Engineer
3 10 (18.18%) Network Architect
4 9 (16.36%) Senior
5 7 (12.73%) Senior Network Engineer
6 6 (10.91%) IP Architect
7 4 (7.27%) Consultant
7 4 (7.27%) Delivery Manager
7 4 (7.27%) Network Delivery Manager
7 4 (7.27%) Network Manager
8 3 (5.45%) Cisco Engineer
8 3 (5.45%) IP Engineer
8 3 (5.45%) IP Specialist
9 2 (3.64%) Cloud Security Architect
9 2 (3.64%) IP Network Consultant
9 2 (3.64%) IP Network Engineer
9 2 (3.64%) Senior IP Engineer
9 2 (3.64%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (38.18%) 802.1X
2 11 (20.00%) NETCONF
2 11 (20.00%) YANG
3 7 (12.73%) REST
4 4 (7.27%) OpenConfig
4 4 (7.27%) RESTCONF
5 1 (1.82%) HTML
5 1 (1.82%) JSON
5 1 (1.82%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 28 (50.91%) Data Centre
2 20 (36.36%) Clustering
2 20 (36.36%) PKI
3 13 (23.64%) Hybrid Cloud
4 7 (12.73%) Cloud Native
5 4 (7.27%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (7.27%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (5.45%) Security Posture
7 2 (3.64%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (3.64%) Private Cloud
7 2 (3.64%) Public Cloud
8 1 (1.82%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 20 (36.36%) Windows
2 1 (1.82%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (40.00%) High Availability
2 20 (36.36%) Identity Access Management
2 20 (36.36%) Load Balancing
2 20 (36.36%) Observability
3 15 (27.27%) Network Design
4 14 (25.45%) ITIL
4 14 (25.45%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (21.82%) DevOps
6 10 (18.18%) ITSM
6 10 (18.18%) Network Architecture
7 9 (16.36%) Microservices
7 9 (16.36%) Roadmaps
7 9 (16.36%) TOGAF
8 7 (12.73%) Change Management
8 7 (12.73%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (12.73%) Enterprise Architecture
8 7 (12.73%) Network Segmentation
8 7 (12.73%) Network Virtualisation
8 7 (12.73%) Service Management
8 7 (12.73%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 15 (27.27%) Python
2 2 (3.64%) Bash
2 2 (3.64%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.82%) Java
3 1 (1.82%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 30 (54.55%) Security Cleared
2 18 (32.73%) CCNP
3 17 (30.91%) CCIE
4 12 (21.82%) JNCIE
5 11 (20.00%) SC Cleared
6 9 (16.36%) DV Cleared
7 8 (14.55%) JNCIP
8 7 (12.73%) JNCIA
8 7 (12.73%) JNCIS
9 6 (10.91%) CCNA
10 5 (9.09%) CISSP
11 4 (7.27%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (7.27%) PMI Certification
11 4 (7.27%) PMP
12 3 (5.45%) AWS Certification
13 2 (3.64%) Azure Certification
13 2 (3.64%) CISM
13 2 (3.64%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 2 (3.64%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 2 (3.64%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.27%) NIST
2 2 (3.64%) Def Stans
2 2 (3.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (3.64%) NIST 800
3 1 (1.82%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.82%) QA
System Software
1 3 (5.45%) Firmware
2 1 (1.82%) Docker
2 1 (1.82%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 21 (38.18%) FortiGate
2 14 (25.45%) Ansible
3 3 (5.45%) Kubernetes
3 3 (5.45%) Terraform
4 2 (3.64%) CASB
4 2 (3.64%) Nagios
5 1 (1.82%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 44 (80.00%) Cisco
2 36 (65.45%) Juniper
3 29 (52.73%) F5
4 26 (47.27%) SolarWinds
5 20 (36.36%) Extreme Networks
5 20 (36.36%) Splunk
6 11 (20.00%) Fortinet
7 6 (10.91%) Microsoft
8 5 (9.09%) Aruba
9 3 (5.45%) Arista
9 3 (5.45%) ServiceNow
10 2 (3.64%) CheckPoint
10 2 (3.64%) Google
10 2 (3.64%) Palo Alto
11 1 (1.82%) BT
11 1 (1.82%) Cramer
11 1 (1.82%) Ekahau
11 1 (1.82%) NetCracker
11 1 (1.82%) Nokia