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

6 months to
13 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 55 66
Rank change year-on-year -28 +11 +8
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 38 37 62
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 2.03% 3.21% 3.04%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.48% 8.98% 6.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 14 44
10th Percentile £368 £300 £335
25th Percentile £416 £348 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £450 £513
Median % change year-on-year +1.33% -12.20% +5.13%
75th Percentile £525 £527 £608
90th Percentile £534 £559 -
South East median daily rate £463 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -7.50% -2.44% +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% +7.26%

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 848 412 920
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 45.32% 35.70% 45.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 540 219 437
10th Percentile £270 £325 £205
25th Percentile £360 £450 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £471 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -14.45% +2.80% -2.73%
75th Percentile £585 £661 £623
90th Percentile £688 £700 £688
South East median daily rate £525 £541 £550
% change year-on-year -3.00% -1.59% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 125 22 82
10th Percentile £23.37 £32.05 £41.50
25th Percentile £71.80 £59.44 £52.90
Median hourly rate £83.00 £63.75 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +30.21% +3.48% -4.75%
75th Percentile £88.00 £76.77 £76.55
90th Percentile £96.50 £88.69 £87.46
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £56.75 £57.35
% change year-on-year -7.49% -1.05% +5.11%

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 13 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 13 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 13 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 -11 20 £485 +7.78% 5
Wokingham -29 6 £460 -16.36%
Slough -7 1 £386 -14.23%
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 (5.26%) OpenStack
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.63%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (10.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (10.53%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 11 (28.95%) Azure
2 10 (26.32%) AWS
3 1 (2.63%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.63%) GCP
3 1 (2.63%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 33 (86.84%) WAN
2 31 (81.58%) BGP
3 29 (76.32%) Firewall
4 28 (73.68%) LAN
5 25 (65.79%) OSPF
6 23 (60.53%) DHCP
6 23 (60.53%) DNS
7 19 (50.00%) BIG-IP
7 19 (50.00%) Ethernet VPN
7 19 (50.00%) VXLAN
8 18 (47.37%) Junos
9 13 (34.21%) Cisco ISE
10 9 (23.68%) TCP/IP
11 8 (21.05%) MPLS
11 8 (21.05%) Network Security
11 8 (21.05%) VPN
12 6 (15.79%) VLAN
12 6 (15.79%) WLAN
13 4 (10.53%) SNMP
13 4 (10.53%) TACACS
Development Applications
1 1 (2.63%) Burp Suite
1 1 (2.63%) JIRA
1 1 (2.63%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 14 (36.84%) Social Skills
2 9 (23.68%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (10.53%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (7.89%) Telecoms
5 2 (5.26%) Military
6 1 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (34.21%) Network Engineer
2 11 (28.95%) Firewall Specialist
2 11 (28.95%) Network Specialist
3 8 (21.05%) Senior
4 7 (18.42%) Senior Network Engineer
5 5 (13.16%) Architect
5 5 (13.16%) IP Specialist
6 4 (10.53%) Network Architect
7 3 (7.89%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 2 (5.26%) Delivery Manager
8 2 (5.26%) IP Architect
8 2 (5.26%) IP Engineer
8 2 (5.26%) IP Network Engineer
8 2 (5.26%) Network Delivery Manager
8 2 (5.26%) Network Manager
9 1 (2.63%) Penetration Tester
9 1 (2.63%) Security Architect
9 1 (2.63%) Security Engineer
9 1 (2.63%) Security Specialist
9 1 (2.63%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (50.00%) 802.1X
2 6 (15.79%) NETCONF
2 6 (15.79%) YANG
3 4 (10.53%) OpenConfig
3 4 (10.53%) RESTCONF
4 2 (5.26%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 23 (60.53%) Data Centre
2 18 (47.37%) Clustering
2 18 (47.37%) PKI
3 6 (15.79%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (10.53%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (10.53%) Cloud Native
4 4 (10.53%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.63%) Private Cloud
5 1 (2.63%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.63%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 18 (47.37%) Windows
2 1 (2.63%) Kali Linux
2 1 (2.63%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (50.00%) High Availability
1 19 (50.00%) Load Balancing
1 19 (50.00%) Observability
1 19 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (47.37%) Identity Access Management
3 9 (23.68%) ITIL
3 9 (23.68%) Network Design
4 7 (18.42%) ITSM
4 7 (18.42%) Service Management
5 6 (15.79%) Availability Management
5 6 (15.79%) Network Monitoring
6 4 (10.53%) Incident Response
6 4 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (7.89%) Capacity Planning
7 3 (7.89%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (7.89%) Network Architecture
7 3 (7.89%) Network Segmentation
7 3 (7.89%) Test Automation
7 3 (7.89%) Validation
8 2 (5.26%) Network Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 6 (15.79%) Python
Qualifications
1 26 (68.42%) Security Cleared
2 12 (31.58%) CCNP
3 9 (23.68%) CCIE
3 9 (23.68%) DV Cleared
3 9 (23.68%) SC Cleared
4 7 (18.42%) JNCIA
4 7 (18.42%) JNCIP
4 7 (18.42%) JNCIS
5 6 (15.79%) JNCIE
6 5 (13.16%) Network+ Certification
7 3 (7.89%) CCNA
7 3 (7.89%) Degree
8 2 (5.26%) CISSP
8 2 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (5.26%) PMI Certification
8 2 (5.26%) PMP
9 1 (2.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (2.63%) CCSM
9 1 (2.63%) Master's Degree
9 1 (2.63%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.63%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.63%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.63%) Virtual Servers
1 1 (2.63%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (2.63%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 19 (50.00%) FortiGate
2 6 (15.79%) Ansible
3 5 (13.16%) Nagios
4 1 (2.63%) Nessus
4 1 (2.63%) Nmap
Vendors
1 34 (89.47%) Cisco
2 31 (81.58%) Juniper
3 25 (65.79%) SolarWinds
4 23 (60.53%) F5
5 18 (47.37%) Extreme Networks
5 18 (47.37%) Splunk
6 7 (18.42%) Fortinet
7 5 (13.16%) Microsoft
8 2 (5.26%) Aruba
8 2 (5.26%) CheckPoint
9 1 (2.63%) BT
9 1 (2.63%) Citrix
9 1 (2.63%) Ekahau
9 1 (2.63%) Palo Alto
9 1 (2.63%) Polycom
9 1 (2.63%) VMware