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 29 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 60 57
Rank change year-on-year -19 -3 +11
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 31 39 71
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 2.00% 2.96% 3.86%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.82% 8.13% 8.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 14 47
10th Percentile £325 £160 £326
25th Percentile £431 £218 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £315 £488
Median % change year-on-year +74.60% -35.38% -2.50%
75th Percentile £623 £595 £519
90th Percentile £775 £683 £558
South East median daily rate £460 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -8.00% -2.44% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £19.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year - -24.00% -13.04%
South East median hourly rate - £19.00 £63.00
% change year-on-year - -69.84% +119.13%

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 643 480 826
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 41.56% 36.39% 44.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 460 240 448
10th Percentile £249 £229 £205
25th Percentile £334 £355 £322
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £446 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -15.05% +2.44% -6.82%
75th Percentile £535 £650 £617
90th Percentile £625 £686 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 30 67
10th Percentile £19.44 £39.59 £42.00
25th Percentile £22.79 £55.87 £52.55
Median hourly rate £72.00 £61.63 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +16.83% +0.04% -5.23%
75th Percentile £95.00 £66.65 £70.50
90th Percentile £100.00 £78.08 £85.63
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £56.75 £60.00
% change year-on-year -55.68% -5.43% +33.33%

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 29 January 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
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 29 January 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 +9 25 £584 +85.32% 3
Wokingham -32 2 £458 +169.41% 2
Bracknell - 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 14 (45.16%) OpenStack
2 3 (9.68%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (3.23%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (6.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (6.45%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 19 (61.29%) AWS
2 14 (45.16%) Azure
3 6 (19.35%) OpenShift
4 2 (6.45%) Google Workspace
4 2 (6.45%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (3.23%) Entra ID
5 1 (3.23%) GCP
5 1 (3.23%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 20 (64.52%) WAN
2 19 (61.29%) BGP
3 17 (54.84%) LAN
3 17 (54.84%) MPLS
4 9 (29.03%) OSPF
5 8 (25.81%) Firewall
5 8 (25.81%) SNMP
5 8 (25.81%) TACACS
6 7 (22.58%) Wireless
7 6 (19.35%) Network Security
8 5 (16.13%) TCP/IP
8 5 (16.13%) VPN
9 3 (9.68%) DHCP
9 3 (9.68%) DNS
9 3 (9.68%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (9.68%) VLAN
9 3 (9.68%) WebEx
9 3 (9.68%) WLAN
10 1 (3.23%) Cisco ICM
10 1 (3.23%) H.323
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.23%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Burp Suite
1 1 (3.23%) GitLab
1 1 (3.23%) Jenkins
General
1 22 (70.97%) Social Skills
2 10 (32.26%) Documentation Skills
3 8 (25.81%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (32.26%) Architect
2 9 (29.03%) IP Specialist
3 8 (25.81%) IP Architect
4 6 (19.35%) Designer
4 6 (19.35%) IP Designer
4 6 (19.35%) Network Engineer
5 4 (12.90%) Consultant
6 3 (9.68%) Network Architect
6 3 (9.68%) Senior
7 2 (6.45%) Forensic Consultant
7 2 (6.45%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 2 (6.45%) Senior Consultant
8 1 (3.23%) Cloud Engineer
8 1 (3.23%) DevOps Engineer
8 1 (3.23%) Network Security Architect
8 1 (3.23%) Network Security Engineer
8 1 (3.23%) Security Support Engineer
8 1 (3.23%) Senior Architect
8 1 (3.23%) Senior Enterprise Architect
8 1 (3.23%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (32.26%) NETCONF
1 10 (32.26%) YANG
2 8 (25.81%) REST
3 2 (6.45%) OpenConfig
3 2 (6.45%) RESTCONF
4 1 (3.23%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 16 (51.61%) Hybrid Cloud
2 10 (32.26%) Cloud Native
3 9 (29.03%) Data Centre
4 3 (9.68%) Management Information System
5 2 (6.45%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (6.45%) IoT
5 2 (6.45%) Security Posture
5 2 (6.45%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (3.23%) Clustering
6 1 (3.23%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (3.23%) Onboarding
6 1 (3.23%) Private Cloud
6 1 (3.23%) TM Forum
6 1 (3.23%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.68%) Linux
1 3 (9.68%) Windows
2 2 (6.45%) Mac OS
2 2 (6.45%) Unix
3 1 (3.23%) Kali Linux
3 1 (3.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (45.16%) Network Virtualisation
2 11 (35.48%) Incident Response
2 11 (35.48%) Network Architecture
2 11 (35.48%) Network Design
3 9 (29.03%) DevOps
3 9 (29.03%) Network Segmentation
4 8 (25.81%) Enterprise Architecture
4 8 (25.81%) Microservices
4 8 (25.81%) Roadmaps
4 8 (25.81%) Strategic Thinking
4 8 (25.81%) TOGAF
5 7 (22.58%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (19.35%) Validation
7 3 (9.68%) Information Security
7 3 (9.68%) Network Monitoring
7 3 (9.68%) Strategic Planning
8 2 (6.45%) Cyber Resilience
8 2 (6.45%) Cybersecurity
8 2 (6.45%) Digital Forensics
8 2 (6.45%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 18 (58.06%) Python
2 2 (6.45%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.23%) Bash
3 1 (3.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (64.52%) CCIE
2 16 (51.61%) JNCIE
3 10 (32.26%) CCNP
4 8 (25.81%) SC Cleared
4 8 (25.81%) Security Cleared
5 6 (19.35%) AWS Certification
6 5 (16.13%) CISSP
7 4 (12.90%) CCNA
7 4 (12.90%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (9.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (9.68%) CCSP
8 3 (9.68%) Degree
9 2 (6.45%) CISM
9 2 (6.45%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (6.45%) GCFA
9 2 (6.45%) GCFE
9 2 (6.45%) GCIH
9 2 (6.45%) GREM
10 1 (3.23%) CEH
10 1 (3.23%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (3.23%) NIST
1 1 (3.23%) QA
1 1 (3.23%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (22.58%) VMware Infrastructure
1 7 (22.58%) VMware NSX
2 2 (6.45%) Active Directory
3 1 (3.23%) Docker
3 1 (3.23%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 17 (54.84%) Ansible
2 7 (22.58%) Terraform
3 3 (9.68%) Nagios
4 2 (6.45%) Cisco CUCM
4 2 (6.45%) EnCase
4 2 (6.45%) FTK
5 1 (3.23%) Cisco UCCE
5 1 (3.23%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (3.23%) Kubernetes
5 1 (3.23%) Nessus
5 1 (3.23%) Nmap
Vendors
1 18 (58.06%) Cisco
2 12 (38.71%) Juniper
3 9 (29.03%) Fortinet
4 8 (25.81%) F5
5 7 (22.58%) VMware
6 6 (19.35%) Microsoft
7 4 (12.90%) SolarWinds
8 2 (6.45%) CrowdStrike
8 2 (6.45%) Darktrace
9 1 (3.23%) Avaya
9 1 (3.23%) CheckPoint
9 1 (3.23%) Citrix
9 1 (3.23%) FireEye
9 1 (3.23%) Genesys
9 1 (3.23%) Palo Alto
9 1 (3.23%) Polycom
9 1 (3.23%) Tanium