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

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 59 63
Rank change year-on-year -30 +4 +11
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 36 33 64
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 1.94% 2.87% 3.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.23% 8.19% 6.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 10 46
10th Percentile £303 £291 £335
25th Percentile £406 £326 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £444 £513
Median % change year-on-year +2.76% -13.41% +2.50%
75th Percentile £520 £550 £523
90th Percentile £539 £571 £608
South East median daily rate £463 £520 £513
% change year-on-year -11.06% +1.46% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £44.28 - -
25th Percentile £48.68 £18.50 -
Median hourly rate £57.02 £19.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +200.09% - -
75th Percentile £65.01 £19.50 -
90th Percentile £69.20 - -
South East median hourly rate £57.02 £19.00 £66.50
% change year-on-year +200.09% -71.43% -15.29%

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 852 403 934
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 45.88% 35.04% 45.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 541 211 453
10th Percentile £268 £325 £205
25th Percentile £358 £438 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £575 £663 £619
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
South East median daily rate £525 £544 £550
% change year-on-year -3.45% -1.14% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 122 20 86
10th Percentile £24.70 £50.62 £41.50
25th Percentile £72.20 £60.31 £53.43
Median hourly rate £83.00 £63.75 £62.07
Median % change year-on-year +30.21% +2.69% -4.26%
75th Percentile £88.00 £75.92 £72.33
90th Percentile £97.25 £87.60 £87.46
South East median hourly rate £52.25 £55.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.10% +9.24%

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 6 April 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 6 April 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 6 April 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 -19 19 £520 +57.58% 3
Wokingham -33 5 £458 -16.73% 1
Slough -7 1 £386 - 1
Bracknell - 1 - - 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 31 (86.11%) WAN
2 30 (83.33%) BGP
3 27 (75.00%) Firewall
4 26 (72.22%) LAN
5 24 (66.67%) OSPF
6 23 (63.89%) DHCP
6 23 (63.89%) DNS
7 19 (52.78%) Ethernet VPN
8 18 (50.00%) BIG-IP
8 18 (50.00%) Junos
8 18 (50.00%) VXLAN
9 13 (36.11%) 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
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 11 (30.56%) Firewall Specialist
2 11 (30.56%) 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%) IP Architect
9 1 (2.78%) Delivery Manager
9 1 (2.78%) Enterprise Architect
9 1 (2.78%) Lead
9 1 (2.78%) Mobile Engineer
9 1 (2.78%) Network Delivery Manager
9 1 (2.78%) Network Manager
9 1 (2.78%) Penetration Tester
9 1 (2.78%) Security Specialist
9 1 (2.78%) Telecoms Architect
9 1 (2.78%) Telecoms Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (50.00%) 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 22 (61.11%) Data Centre
2 18 (50.00%) Clustering
2 18 (50.00%) 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
Operating Systems
1 18 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (2.78%) Kali Linux
2 1 (2.78%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (52.78%) High Availability
1 19 (52.78%) Load Balancing
1 19 (52.78%) Observability
1 19 (52.78%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
3 9 (25.00%) Network Design
4 8 (22.22%) ITIL
5 7 (19.44%) ITSM
5 7 (19.44%) Service Management
6 6 (16.67%) Availability Management
7 5 (13.89%) Network Monitoring
8 4 (11.11%) Incident Response
9 3 (8.33%) Network Architecture
9 3 (8.33%) Network Segmentation
9 3 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
9 3 (8.33%) Test Automation
10 2 (5.56%) Computer Science
10 2 (5.56%) Continuous Improvement
10 2 (5.56%) Enterprise Architecture
10 2 (5.56%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 6 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 24 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 10 (27.78%) CCNP
3 9 (25.00%) CCIE
3 9 (25.00%) DV Cleared
4 7 (19.44%) JNCIA
4 7 (19.44%) JNCIP
4 7 (19.44%) JNCIS
4 7 (19.44%) SC Cleared
5 6 (16.67%) JNCIE
6 5 (13.89%) Network+ Certification
7 3 (8.33%) Degree
8 2 (5.56%) CCNA
8 2 (5.56%) CISSP
8 2 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (2.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (2.78%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (2.78%) CCSM
9 1 (2.78%) Master's Degree
9 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (2.78%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.78%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.78%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.78%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (2.78%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 18 (50.00%) FortiGate
2 6 (16.67%) Ansible
3 5 (13.89%) Nagios
4 1 (2.78%) Nessus
4 1 (2.78%) Nmap
Vendors
1 32 (88.89%) Cisco
2 30 (83.33%) Juniper
3 24 (66.67%) SolarWinds
4 22 (61.11%) F5
5 18 (50.00%) Extreme Networks
5 18 (50.00%) Splunk
6 6 (16.67%) Fortinet
7 5 (13.89%) Microsoft
8 2 (5.56%) CheckPoint
9 1 (2.78%) Aruba
9 1 (2.78%) BT
9 1 (2.78%) Citrix
9 1 (2.78%) Palo Alto
9 1 (2.78%) Polycom
9 1 (2.78%) VMware