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

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 63 73
Rank change year-on-year 0 +10 +2
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 61 37 41
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 3.12% 3.07% 2.29%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.67% 8.73% 5.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 27 28
10th Percentile £335 £315 £497
25th Percentile £400 - £548
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £605
Median % change year-on-year - -25.62% +51.25%
75th Percentile £530 £550 £608
90th Percentile £700 £650 £665
South East median daily rate £475 £495 £550
% change year-on-year -4.04% -10.00% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 1
10th Percentile £46.87 - -
25th Percentile £58.13 - £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% -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 914 424 801
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 46.73% 35.13% 44.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 533 261 417
10th Percentile £325 £325 £328
25th Percentile £425 £425 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £598
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.21% +10.74%
75th Percentile £650 £603 £650
90th Percentile £750 £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 171 19 76
10th Percentile £31.25 £30.99 £41.38
25th Percentile £72.60 £42.91 £55.57
Median hourly rate £84.00 £70.00 £61.65
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +13.54% -3.42%
75th Percentile £88.00 £87.38 £85.65
90th Percentile £104.00 £88.87 £97.50
South East median hourly rate £65.00 £28.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year +132.14% -51.18% -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 31 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 31 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 31 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 0 35 £520 +15.56% 5
Wokingham -12 8 £467 -15.18%
Slough +2 4 £410 -8.89% 1
Bracknell -1 3 - - 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 7 (11.48%) OpenStack
Applications
1 5 (8.20%) MS Visio
2 4 (6.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (6.56%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (6.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 17 (27.87%) AWS
1 17 (27.87%) Azure
2 3 (4.92%) GCP
3 2 (3.28%) AWS CloudFormation
3 2 (3.28%) OpenShift
3 2 (3.28%) SaaS
3 2 (3.28%) Serverless
4 1 (1.64%) AWS Direct Connect
4 1 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.64%) GitHub
4 1 (1.64%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 45 (73.77%) WAN
2 42 (68.85%) BGP
2 42 (68.85%) LAN
3 34 (55.74%) Firewall
4 32 (52.46%) OSPF
5 27 (44.26%) DNS
6 25 (40.98%) DHCP
7 24 (39.34%) VXLAN
8 21 (34.43%) BIG-IP
8 21 (34.43%) Ethernet VPN
9 20 (32.79%) Junos
10 16 (26.23%) Cisco ISE
10 16 (26.23%) MPLS
11 13 (21.31%) SD-WAN
12 9 (14.75%) Wi-Fi
13 8 (13.11%) Network Security
13 8 (13.11%) TCP/IP
14 7 (11.48%) SNMP
14 7 (11.48%) VPN
15 6 (9.84%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (1.64%) Git
1 1 (1.64%) GitLab
1 1 (1.64%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.64%) JIRA
1 1 (1.64%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 23 (37.70%) Social Skills
2 9 (14.75%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (14.75%) Telecoms
3 7 (11.48%) Influencing Skills
4 5 (8.20%) Aerospace
5 3 (4.92%) Finance
6 2 (3.28%) Military
7 1 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.64%) Legal
7 1 (1.64%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 15 (24.59%) Network Engineer
2 13 (21.31%) Firewall Specialist
2 13 (21.31%) Network Specialist
3 11 (18.03%) Architect
4 9 (14.75%) Network Architect
4 9 (14.75%) Senior
5 7 (11.48%) Senior Network Engineer
6 6 (9.84%) Consultant
7 5 (8.20%) IP Architect
8 4 (6.56%) Cisco Engineer
8 4 (6.56%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 4 (6.56%) Delivery Manager
8 4 (6.56%) Network Delivery Manager
8 4 (6.56%) Network Manager
8 4 (6.56%) Security Consultant
9 3 (4.92%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 3 (4.92%) IP Engineer
10 2 (3.28%) Cloud Architect
10 2 (3.28%) IP Network Consultant
10 2 (3.28%) Senior IP Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (34.43%) 802.1X
2 9 (14.75%) NETCONF
2 9 (14.75%) YANG
3 5 (8.20%) REST
4 4 (6.56%) OpenConfig
4 4 (6.56%) RESTCONF
5 1 (1.64%) HTML
5 1 (1.64%) JSON
5 1 (1.64%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 28 (45.90%) Data Centre
2 20 (32.79%) Clustering
2 20 (32.79%) PKI
3 11 (18.03%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (8.20%) Cloud Native
5 4 (6.56%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (6.56%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (6.56%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (4.92%) Security Posture
7 2 (3.28%) CMDB
7 2 (3.28%) Private Cloud
7 2 (3.28%) Public Cloud
8 1 (1.64%) Life Science
8 1 (1.64%) Management Information System
8 1 (1.64%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 20 (32.79%) Windows
2 1 (1.64%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (37.70%) High Availability
2 20 (32.79%) Identity Access Management
2 20 (32.79%) Load Balancing
2 20 (32.79%) Observability
3 17 (27.87%) ITIL
4 14 (22.95%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (21.31%) Network Design
6 11 (18.03%) DevOps
7 10 (16.39%) ITSM
8 9 (14.75%) Change Management
9 8 (13.11%) Network Architecture
9 8 (13.11%) Stakeholder Management
10 7 (11.48%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (11.48%) Cybersecurity
10 7 (11.48%) Microservices
10 7 (11.48%) Roadmaps
10 7 (11.48%) Service Management
10 7 (11.48%) TOGAF
10 7 (11.48%) Vulnerability Management
11 6 (9.84%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 14 (22.95%) Python
2 3 (4.92%) Bash
2 3 (4.92%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.64%) Bicep
3 1 (1.64%) Java
3 1 (1.64%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 33 (54.10%) Security Cleared
2 18 (29.51%) CCNP
3 15 (24.59%) CCIE
4 14 (22.95%) SC Cleared
5 10 (16.39%) JNCIE
6 9 (14.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 9 (14.75%) CCNA
6 9 (14.75%) DV Cleared
7 8 (13.11%) CISSP
7 8 (13.11%) JNCIP
8 7 (11.48%) JNCIA
8 7 (11.48%) JNCIS
9 6 (9.84%) CISM
10 4 (6.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 4 (6.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 4 (6.56%) PMI Certification
10 4 (6.56%) PMP
11 3 (4.92%) AWS Certification
12 2 (3.28%) Azure Certification
12 2 (3.28%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (14.75%) NIST
2 6 (9.84%) NIST 800
3 5 (8.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (6.56%) Def Stans
5 2 (3.28%) COBIT
6 1 (1.64%) Data Quality
6 1 (1.64%) NCSC
6 1 (1.64%) QA
System Software
1 3 (4.92%) Firmware
2 1 (1.64%) Docker
2 1 (1.64%) Virtual Servers
2 1 (1.64%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 21 (34.43%) FortiGate
2 13 (21.31%) Ansible
3 5 (8.20%) Nagios
4 4 (6.56%) Kubernetes
4 4 (6.56%) Terraform
5 2 (3.28%) CASB
6 1 (1.64%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 47 (77.05%) Cisco
2 36 (59.02%) Juniper
3 29 (47.54%) F5
3 29 (47.54%) SolarWinds
4 20 (32.79%) Extreme Networks
4 20 (32.79%) Splunk
5 11 (18.03%) Fortinet
6 6 (9.84%) Microsoft
7 5 (8.20%) Aruba
7 5 (8.20%) ServiceNow
8 3 (4.92%) Arista
8 3 (4.92%) Google
8 3 (4.92%) Meraki
8 3 (4.92%) SevOne
8 3 (4.92%) VMware
9 2 (3.28%) CheckPoint
9 2 (3.28%) NetScout
9 2 (3.28%) Palo Alto
10 1 (1.64%) BT
10 1 (1.64%) Ekahau