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

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 53 66
Rank change year-on-year -21 +13 +2
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 51 37 52
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 2.69% 3.14% 2.63%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.96% 8.73% 5.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 22 38
10th Percentile £355 £303 -
25th Percentile £400 - £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £450 £603
Median % change year-on-year -4.44% -25.31% +33.89%
75th Percentile £520 £516 £608
90th Percentile £531 £561 £641
South East median daily rate £475 £490 £513
% change year-on-year -3.06% -4.39% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £47.22 - -
25th Percentile £56.01 - £18.50
Median hourly rate £71.33 - £19.00
75th Percentile £75.25 - £19.50
90th Percentile £77.20 - -
South East median hourly rate £61.92 - £19.00
% change year-on-year - - -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 856 424 897
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 45.22% 36.02% 45.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 510 250 422
10th Percentile £306 £324 £281
25th Percentile £403 £425 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.48% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £609 £638
90th Percentile £733 £700 £722
South East median daily rate £538 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +2.38% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 157 23 96
10th Percentile £31.25 £27.81 £41.50
25th Percentile £71.80 £42.91 £54.50
Median hourly rate £83.50 £70.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +19.29% +13.64% -5.72%
75th Percentile £88.00 £87.38 £85.65
90th Percentile £104.50 £88.87 £88.77
South East median hourly rate £61.16 £47.50 £57.35
% change year-on-year +28.76% -17.18% -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 3 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 3 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 3 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 -18 28 £510 +13.33% 10
Wokingham -18 8 £467 -15.18% 1
Slough +2 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 8 (15.69%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (7.84%) MS Visio
2 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 18 (35.29%) AWS
1 18 (35.29%) Azure
2 2 (3.92%) GCP
2 2 (3.92%) SaaS
2 2 (3.92%) Serverless
3 1 (1.96%) AWS CloudFormation
3 1 (1.96%) AWS Direct Connect
3 1 (1.96%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 45 (88.24%) WAN
2 43 (84.31%) LAN
3 40 (78.43%) BGP
4 34 (66.67%) Firewall
5 29 (56.86%) OSPF
6 24 (47.06%) VXLAN
7 23 (45.10%) DNS
8 22 (43.14%) DHCP
9 21 (41.18%) BIG-IP
9 21 (41.18%) Ethernet VPN
10 20 (39.22%) Junos
11 17 (33.33%) MPLS
12 15 (29.41%) Cisco ISE
13 10 (19.61%) SD-WAN
14 8 (15.69%) Network Security
14 8 (15.69%) Wi-Fi
15 7 (13.73%) VPN
16 6 (11.76%) TCP/IP
17 4 (7.84%) Wireless
18 3 (5.88%) TACACS
Development Applications
1 1 (1.96%) JIRA
1 1 (1.96%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 19 (37.25%) Social Skills
2 8 (15.69%) Telecoms
3 7 (13.73%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (3.92%) Military
5 1 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.96%) Finance
5 1 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (1.96%) Legal
Job Titles
1 13 (25.49%) Firewall Specialist
1 13 (25.49%) Network Specialist
2 12 (23.53%) Network Engineer
3 11 (21.57%) Architect
4 9 (17.65%) Network Architect
4 9 (17.65%) Senior
5 7 (13.73%) Senior Network Engineer
6 6 (11.76%) IP Architect
7 4 (7.84%) Delivery Manager
7 4 (7.84%) Network Delivery Manager
7 4 (7.84%) Network Manager
8 3 (5.88%) Cisco Engineer
8 3 (5.88%) IP Engineer
8 3 (5.88%) IP Specialist
9 2 (3.92%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 2 (3.92%) Cloud Architect
9 2 (3.92%) Cloud Security Architect
9 2 (3.92%) IP Network Engineer
9 2 (3.92%) Senior IP Engineer
9 2 (3.92%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (41.18%) 802.1X
2 10 (19.61%) NETCONF
2 10 (19.61%) YANG
3 7 (13.73%) REST
4 3 (5.88%) OpenConfig
4 3 (5.88%) RESTCONF
5 1 (1.96%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (52.94%) Data Centre
2 20 (39.22%) Clustering
2 20 (39.22%) PKI
3 12 (23.53%) Hybrid Cloud
4 7 (13.73%) Cloud Native
5 4 (7.84%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (5.88%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (5.88%) Security Posture
7 2 (3.92%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (1.96%) Management Information System
8 1 (1.96%) Private Cloud
8 1 (1.96%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 20 (39.22%) Windows
2 1 (1.96%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (43.14%) High Availability
2 20 (39.22%) Identity Access Management
2 20 (39.22%) Load Balancing
2 20 (39.22%) Observability
3 14 (27.45%) Network Design
4 13 (25.49%) ITIL
4 13 (25.49%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (21.57%) DevOps
6 10 (19.61%) ITSM
6 10 (19.61%) Network Architecture
7 9 (17.65%) Microservices
7 9 (17.65%) Roadmaps
7 9 (17.65%) TOGAF
8 7 (13.73%) Change Management
8 7 (13.73%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (13.73%) Enterprise Architecture
8 7 (13.73%) Network Segmentation
8 7 (13.73%) Network Virtualisation
8 7 (13.73%) Service Management
8 7 (13.73%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 13 (25.49%) Python
2 2 (3.92%) Bash
2 2 (3.92%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.96%) Java
3 1 (1.96%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 28 (54.90%) Security Cleared
2 17 (33.33%) CCNP
3 16 (31.37%) CCIE
4 11 (21.57%) JNCIE
5 9 (17.65%) DV Cleared
5 9 (17.65%) SC Cleared
6 8 (15.69%) JNCIP
7 7 (13.73%) JNCIA
7 7 (13.73%) JNCIS
8 5 (9.80%) CCNA
9 4 (7.84%) PMI Certification
9 4 (7.84%) PMP
10 3 (5.88%) AWS Certification
10 3 (5.88%) CISSP
11 2 (3.92%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (3.92%) Azure Certification
11 2 (3.92%) CCSP
11 2 (3.92%) Degree
11 2 (3.92%) Network+ Certification
12 1 (1.96%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.92%) NIST
2 1 (1.96%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.96%) QA
System Software
1 3 (5.88%) Firmware
2 1 (1.96%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 21 (41.18%) FortiGate
2 12 (23.53%) Ansible
3 2 (3.92%) CASB
3 2 (3.92%) Kubernetes
3 2 (3.92%) Nagios
3 2 (3.92%) Terraform
4 1 (1.96%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 42 (82.35%) Cisco
2 35 (68.63%) Juniper
3 28 (54.90%) F5
4 26 (50.98%) SolarWinds
5 20 (39.22%) Extreme Networks
5 20 (39.22%) Splunk
6 10 (19.61%) Fortinet
7 5 (9.80%) Aruba
7 5 (9.80%) Microsoft
8 3 (5.88%) Arista
8 3 (5.88%) ServiceNow
9 2 (3.92%) CheckPoint
9 2 (3.92%) Google
9 2 (3.92%) Palo Alto
10 1 (1.96%) BT
10 1 (1.96%) Cramer
10 1 (1.96%) Ekahau
10 1 (1.96%) NetCracker
10 1 (1.96%) Nokia