Cisco Certification Contracts 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 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 60 68
Rank change year-on-year +3 +8 +20
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 37 52 44
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 3.19% 2.64% 2.41%
As % of the Qualifications category 8.96% 5.80% 7.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 38 16
10th Percentile £303 - £301
25th Percentile - £506 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £603 £450
Median % change year-on-year -25.31% +33.89% -2.06%
75th Percentile £516 £608 £578
90th Percentile £561 £641 £600
South East median daily rate £490 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -4.39% +2.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 6
10th Percentile - - £18.50
25th Percentile - £18.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate - £19.00 £51.75
Median % change year-on-year - -63.29% -
75th Percentile - £19.50 £80.25
90th Percentile - - £80.63
South East median hourly rate - £19.00 £62.00
% change year-on-year - -69.35% +39.33%

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 413 897 582
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 35.63% 45.58% 31.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 244 422 306
10th Percentile £316 £281 £343
25th Percentile £437 £459 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £611 £638 £625
90th Percentile £700 £717 £709
South East median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 96 42
10th Percentile £27.81 £41.50 £18.50
25th Percentile £42.91 £54.50 £49.94
Median hourly rate £70.00 £61.60 £65.34
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -5.72% +211.13%
75th Percentile £87.38 £85.65 £75.50
90th Percentile £88.87 £88.77 £80.14
South East median hourly rate £47.81 £57.35 £60.00
% change year-on-year -16.64% -4.42% +33.33%

Cisco Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Cisco Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco Certification in Berkshire

Cisco Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cisco Certification in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for Cisco Certification in Berkshire

Cisco Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco Certification in Berkshire over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco Certification in Berkshire

Cisco Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cisco Certification in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend 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 2 July 2025. 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
Slough - 14 £450 - 24
Reading +12 10 £450 -25.62% 27
Wokingham - 5 £550 - 1
Bracknell -3 2 £525 +2.44% 13
Cisco Certification
South East

Cisco Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 2 (5.41%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (13.51%) AWS
1 5 (13.51%) Azure
2 4 (10.81%) GCP
3 1 (2.70%) Amazon ECS
3 1 (2.70%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 22 (59.46%) VPN
2 19 (51.35%) WAN
3 18 (48.65%) LAN
4 17 (45.95%) MPLS
5 15 (40.54%) Ethernet
5 15 (40.54%) Wireshark
6 14 (37.84%) ATM
6 14 (37.84%) Frame Relay
6 14 (37.84%) GPRS
6 14 (37.84%) GSM
6 14 (37.84%) LTE
6 14 (37.84%) SAN
6 14 (37.84%) SDH
6 14 (37.84%) UMTS
7 12 (32.43%) Firewall
8 11 (29.73%) BGP
8 11 (29.73%) Network Security
9 9 (24.32%) OSPF
9 9 (24.32%) TCP/IP
10 7 (18.92%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 20 (54.05%) Social Skills
2 15 (40.54%) Telecoms
3 1 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.70%) Billing
3 1 (2.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 14 (37.84%) Test Engineer
2 13 (35.14%) IP Engineer
3 11 (29.73%) Network Engineer
4 6 (16.22%) Architect
5 5 (13.51%) IP Network Engineer
6 3 (8.11%) Network Architect
7 2 (5.41%) Consultant
7 2 (5.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) IP Consultant
7 2 (5.41%) IP Network Consultant
7 2 (5.41%) Network Consultant
7 2 (5.41%) Voice Architect
8 1 (2.70%) Analyst
8 1 (2.70%) Automation Engineer
8 1 (2.70%) Cisco Engineer
8 1 (2.70%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 1 (2.70%) Cloud Security Engineer
8 1 (2.70%) Lead
8 1 (2.70%) Quality Engineer
8 1 (2.70%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.41%) RFC 2544
2 1 (2.70%) Jinja
2 1 (2.70%) JSON
2 1 (2.70%) NETCONF
2 1 (2.70%) RESTCONF
Miscellaneous
1 14 (37.84%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (10.81%) Data Centre
3 2 (5.41%) Fibre Optics
3 2 (5.41%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.70%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.70%) Life Science
4 1 (2.70%) Private Cloud
4 1 (2.70%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 14 (37.84%) Linux
1 14 (37.84%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (48.65%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (37.84%) Fault Management
2 14 (37.84%) Project Management
2 14 (37.84%) Regression Testing
2 14 (37.84%) Test Strategy
3 7 (18.92%) SIEM
4 6 (16.22%) Network Design
4 6 (16.22%) Proactive Monitoring
4 6 (16.22%) Security Monitoring
4 6 (16.22%) Security Operations
5 3 (8.11%) Network Architecture
5 3 (8.11%) Service Management
6 2 (5.41%) Case Management
6 2 (5.41%) Computer Science
6 2 (5.41%) Data Protection
6 2 (5.41%) Defect Management
6 2 (5.41%) DevSecOps
6 2 (5.41%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (5.41%) Test Automation
6 2 (5.41%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 14 (37.84%) Java
2 8 (21.62%) Python
3 1 (2.70%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 35 (94.59%) CCNP
2 14 (37.84%) ISEB
2 14 (37.84%) ISTQB
2 14 (37.84%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 8 (21.62%) SC Cleared
3 8 (21.62%) Security Cleared
4 7 (18.92%) CCNA
5 6 (16.22%) CCSA
5 6 (16.22%) CCSE
5 6 (16.22%) Check Point Certification
6 3 (8.11%) CCDP
6 3 (8.11%) CCIE
7 2 (5.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 2 (5.41%) Azure Certification
7 2 (5.41%) CCSP
7 2 (5.41%) CISSP
7 2 (5.41%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (5.41%) Degree
7 2 (5.41%) JNCIP
8 1 (2.70%) SANS
System Software
1 1 (2.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (21.62%) Ansible
2 1 (2.70%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 29 (78.38%) Cisco
2 16 (43.24%) Juniper
3 15 (40.54%) Microsoft
4 7 (18.92%) Palo Alto
5 6 (16.22%) CheckPoint
6 1 (2.70%) Aruba
6 1 (2.70%) Fortinet
6 1 (2.70%) Google
6 1 (2.70%) Meraki
6 1 (2.70%) Rapid7
6 1 (2.70%) SolarWinds
6 1 (2.70%) Splunk
6 1 (2.70%) VMware