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

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 57 73
Rank change year-on-year -8 +16 +5
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 63 39 38
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 3.23% 3.25% 2.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.87% 9.24% 4.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 27 27
10th Percentile £326 £315 £466
25th Percentile £401 - £601
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £458 £450 £605
Median % change year-on-year +1.83% -25.62% +51.25%
75th Percentile £574 £550 £623
90th Percentile £768 £650 £692
South East median daily rate £485 £490 £588
% change year-on-year -1.02% -16.60% +11.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 1
10th Percentile £47.56 - -
25th Percentile £61.26 - £18.50
Median hourly rate £74.17 - £19.00
75th Percentile £104.00 - £19.50
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £71.33 £83.32 £19.00
% change year-on-year -14.39% +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 917 422 774
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 47.00% 35.20% 44.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 534 259 409
10th Percentile £325 £325 £323
25th Percentile £426 £431 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £650 £604 £653
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 172 17 70
10th Percentile £31.25 £29.93 £41.25
25th Percentile £71.71 £32.31 £55.22
Median hourly rate £83.54 £70.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +19.34% +13.64% -5.08%
75th Percentile £88.00 £87.50 £85.65
90th Percentile £104.00 £88.87 £97.75
South East median hourly rate £67.00 £28.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year +139.29% -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 7 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 7 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 7 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 38 £525 +16.67% 10
Wokingham -11 7 £448 -18.50%
Slough -1 3 £410 -8.89% 1
Bracknell -3 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 8 (12.70%) OpenStack
Applications
1 5 (7.94%) MS Visio
2 4 (6.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (6.35%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (6.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 19 (30.16%) Azure
2 18 (28.57%) AWS
3 4 (6.35%) GCP
4 3 (4.76%) OpenShift
5 2 (3.17%) AWS CloudFormation
5 2 (3.17%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (3.17%) GitHub
5 2 (3.17%) GitHub Actions
5 2 (3.17%) SaaS
5 2 (3.17%) Serverless
6 1 (1.59%) AWS Direct Connect
6 1 (1.59%) Cohesity
6 1 (1.59%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 44 (69.84%) WAN
2 42 (66.67%) BGP
3 41 (65.08%) LAN
4 32 (50.79%) Firewall
5 31 (49.21%) OSPF
6 27 (42.86%) DNS
7 25 (39.68%) DHCP
7 25 (39.68%) VXLAN
8 21 (33.33%) BIG-IP
8 21 (33.33%) Ethernet VPN
9 20 (31.75%) Junos
10 16 (25.40%) Cisco ISE
10 16 (25.40%) MPLS
11 12 (19.05%) SD-WAN
12 8 (12.70%) TCP/IP
12 8 (12.70%) Wi-Fi
13 7 (11.11%) Network Security
13 7 (11.11%) SNMP
14 6 (9.52%) TACACS
14 6 (9.52%) VPN
Development Applications
1 2 (3.17%) GitLab
1 2 (3.17%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.59%) Git
General
1 24 (38.10%) Social Skills
2 10 (15.87%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (14.29%) Telecoms
4 7 (11.11%) Aerospace
4 7 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (4.76%) Finance
6 2 (3.17%) Military
7 1 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.59%) Legal
7 1 (1.59%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 14 (22.22%) Network Engineer
2 13 (20.63%) Architect
2 13 (20.63%) Firewall Specialist
2 13 (20.63%) Network Specialist
3 10 (15.87%) Network Architect
3 10 (15.87%) Senior
4 7 (11.11%) Senior Network Engineer
5 6 (9.52%) Consultant
6 5 (7.94%) IP Architect
7 4 (6.35%) Cisco Engineer
7 4 (6.35%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 4 (6.35%) Security Consultant
8 3 (4.76%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 3 (4.76%) Delivery Manager
8 3 (4.76%) Network Delivery Manager
8 3 (4.76%) Network Manager
8 3 (4.76%) Security Architect
9 2 (3.17%) Cloud Architect
9 2 (3.17%) IP Network Consultant
9 2 (3.17%) IP Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (33.33%) 802.1X
2 10 (15.87%) NETCONF
2 10 (15.87%) YANG
3 6 (9.52%) REST
4 5 (7.94%) OpenConfig
5 4 (6.35%) RESTCONF
6 1 (1.59%) ARM Templates
6 1 (1.59%) HTML
6 1 (1.59%) JSON
6 1 (1.59%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 29 (46.03%) Data Centre
2 20 (31.75%) Clustering
2 20 (31.75%) PKI
3 13 (20.63%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (7.94%) Cloud Native
4 5 (7.94%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (6.35%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (6.35%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (4.76%) Security Posture
7 2 (3.17%) CMDB
7 2 (3.17%) Private Cloud
7 2 (3.17%) Public Cloud
8 1 (1.59%) Enterprise Cloud
8 1 (1.59%) Life Science
8 1 (1.59%) Management Information System
8 1 (1.59%) Operational Technology
8 1 (1.59%) Product Ownership
8 1 (1.59%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (1.59%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 20 (31.75%) Windows
2 1 (1.59%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (36.51%) High Availability
2 21 (33.33%) Observability
3 20 (31.75%) Identity Access Management
3 20 (31.75%) Load Balancing
4 16 (25.40%) ITIL
5 14 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (20.63%) DevOps
7 12 (19.05%) Network Design
8 10 (15.87%) ITSM
8 10 (15.87%) Stakeholder Management
8 10 (15.87%) TOGAF
9 9 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
9 9 (14.29%) Network Architecture
9 9 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
10 8 (12.70%) Change Management
10 8 (12.70%) Cloud Security
10 8 (12.70%) Roadmaps
11 7 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
11 7 (11.11%) Service Management
11 7 (11.11%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 17 (26.98%) Python
2 5 (7.94%) PowerShell
3 4 (6.35%) Bash
4 2 (3.17%) Bicep
5 1 (1.59%) Java
5 1 (1.59%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 34 (53.97%) Security Cleared
2 16 (25.40%) CCIE
2 16 (25.40%) CCNP
3 15 (23.81%) SC Cleared
4 12 (19.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 11 (17.46%) CISSP
5 11 (17.46%) JNCIE
6 9 (14.29%) DV Cleared
7 8 (12.70%) CCNA
7 8 (12.70%) JNCIP
8 7 (11.11%) CISM
8 7 (11.11%) JNCIA
8 7 (11.11%) JNCIS
9 4 (6.35%) AWS Certification
9 4 (6.35%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 4 (6.35%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 3 (4.76%) Azure Certification
10 3 (4.76%) CCSP
10 3 (4.76%) PMI Certification
10 3 (4.76%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (15.87%) NIST
2 6 (9.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (9.52%) NIST 800
3 4 (6.35%) Def Stans
4 2 (3.17%) COBIT
4 2 (3.17%) NCSC
5 1 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.59%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.59%) QA
System Software
1 3 (4.76%) Firmware
2 2 (3.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.59%) Docker
3 1 (1.59%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 21 (33.33%) FortiGate
2 17 (26.98%) Ansible
3 7 (11.11%) Kubernetes
3 7 (11.11%) Terraform
4 5 (7.94%) Nagios
5 2 (3.17%) CASB
6 1 (1.59%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 46 (73.02%) Cisco
2 34 (53.97%) Juniper
3 29 (46.03%) F5
4 28 (44.44%) SolarWinds
5 20 (31.75%) Extreme Networks
5 20 (31.75%) Splunk
6 10 (15.87%) Fortinet
7 7 (11.11%) Microsoft
8 5 (7.94%) ServiceNow
9 4 (6.35%) Aruba
9 4 (6.35%) VMware
10 3 (4.76%) Arista
10 3 (4.76%) Google
10 3 (4.76%) Meraki
10 3 (4.76%) SevOne
11 2 (3.17%) NetScout
11 2 (3.17%) Palo Alto
12 1 (1.59%) Cramer
12 1 (1.59%) NetCracker
12 1 (1.59%) Nokia