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 9 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 65 61
Rank change year-on-year -20 -4 +9
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 35 30 72
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 1.95% 2.53% 3.57%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.28% 7.39% 7.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 10 47
10th Percentile £203 £246 £326
25th Percentile £397 £263 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £458 £384 £513
Median % change year-on-year +19.35% -25.12% +2.50%
75th Percentile £541 £559 £519
90th Percentile £586 £653 £608
South East median daily rate £468 £538 £513
% change year-on-year -13.02% +4.88% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £44.28 - -
25th Percentile £48.68 £18.50 -
Median hourly rate £57.02 £19.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +200.09% -24.00% -25.37%
75th Percentile £65.01 £19.50 -
90th Percentile £69.20 - -
South East median hourly rate £57.02 £19.00 £63.00
% change year-on-year +200.09% -69.84% +88.06%

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 817 406 904
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 45.41% 34.26% 44.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 541 216 446
10th Percentile £255 £269 £205
25th Percentile £350 £411 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £533 £513
Median % change year-on-year -15.49% +3.90% -9.69%
75th Percentile £538 £652 £615
90th Percentile £625 £700 £681
South East median daily rate £515 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -4.63% -1.82% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 98 23 75
10th Percentile £22.19 £41.25 £41.25
25th Percentile £71.00 £55.87 £52.21
Median hourly rate £83.00 £61.76 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +34.39% +0.26% -4.75%
75th Percentile £88.00 £76.35 £70.50
90th Percentile £97.50 £86.86 £85.65
South East median hourly rate £37.00 £56.75 £58.00
% change year-on-year -34.80% -2.15% +20.62%

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 9 March 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 9 March 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 9 March 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 -4 18 £550 +120.00% 4
Wokingham -37 5 £458 -16.73% 3
Slough -8 1 £386 - 3
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 (5.71%) OpenStack
2 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.86%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 4 (11.43%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (11.43%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (11.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (11.43%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 10 (28.57%) Azure
2 9 (25.71%) AWS
3 1 (2.86%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.86%) GCP
3 1 (2.86%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 27 (77.14%) WAN
2 26 (74.29%) BGP
3 24 (68.57%) Firewall
4 22 (62.86%) LAN
5 20 (57.14%) OSPF
6 19 (54.29%) DHCP
6 19 (54.29%) DNS
7 15 (42.86%) Ethernet VPN
8 14 (40.00%) BIG-IP
8 14 (40.00%) Junos
8 14 (40.00%) VXLAN
9 10 (28.57%) Cisco ISE
10 9 (25.71%) TCP/IP
11 8 (22.86%) MPLS
12 7 (20.00%) Network Security
12 7 (20.00%) VPN
13 5 (14.29%) VLAN
13 5 (14.29%) WLAN
14 4 (11.43%) SNMP
14 4 (11.43%) TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.86%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Burp Suite
1 1 (2.86%) JIRA
1 1 (2.86%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 13 (37.14%) Social Skills
2 9 (25.71%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (11.43%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (8.57%) Telecoms
5 2 (5.71%) Military
6 1 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (34.29%) Network Engineer
2 8 (22.86%) Firewall Specialist
2 8 (22.86%) Network Specialist
3 6 (17.14%) Senior
4 5 (14.29%) Architect
4 5 (14.29%) IP Specialist
4 5 (14.29%) Senior Network Engineer
5 4 (11.43%) Network Architect
6 3 (8.57%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 2 (5.71%) Consultant
7 2 (5.71%) IP Architect
7 2 (5.71%) Test Engineer
8 1 (2.86%) Delivery Manager
8 1 (2.86%) Enterprise Architect
8 1 (2.86%) Network Manager
8 1 (2.86%) Penetration Tester
8 1 (2.86%) Quality Engineer
8 1 (2.86%) Security Architect
8 1 (2.86%) Security Specialist
8 1 (2.86%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (40.00%) 802.1X
2 6 (17.14%) NETCONF
2 6 (17.14%) YANG
3 4 (11.43%) OpenConfig
3 4 (11.43%) RESTCONF
4 2 (5.71%) REST
5 1 (2.86%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 19 (54.29%) Data Centre
2 14 (40.00%) Clustering
2 14 (40.00%) PKI
3 6 (17.14%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (11.43%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (11.43%) Cloud Native
4 4 (11.43%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.86%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (2.86%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.86%) Private Cloud
5 1 (2.86%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.86%) TM Forum
5 1 (2.86%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 15 (42.86%) Windows
2 1 (2.86%) Kali Linux
2 1 (2.86%) Linux
2 1 (2.86%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (48.57%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (45.71%) High Availability
3 15 (42.86%) Load Balancing
3 15 (42.86%) Observability
4 14 (40.00%) Identity Access Management
5 9 (25.71%) Network Design
6 7 (20.00%) ITIL
7 6 (17.14%) ITSM
7 6 (17.14%) Service Management
8 5 (14.29%) Availability Management
8 5 (14.29%) Network Monitoring
9 4 (11.43%) Incident Response
10 3 (8.57%) Network Architecture
10 3 (8.57%) Network Segmentation
10 3 (8.57%) Stakeholder Management
10 3 (8.57%) Test Automation
11 2 (5.71%) Capacity Planning
11 2 (5.71%) Computer Science
11 2 (5.71%) Enterprise Architecture
11 2 (5.71%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 7 (20.00%) Python
2 1 (2.86%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 23 (65.71%) Security Cleared
2 13 (37.14%) CCNP
3 10 (28.57%) CCIE
3 10 (28.57%) SC Cleared
4 8 (22.86%) DV Cleared
5 6 (17.14%) JNCIA
5 6 (17.14%) JNCIE
5 6 (17.14%) JNCIP
5 6 (17.14%) JNCIS
6 5 (14.29%) Network+ Certification
7 3 (8.57%) CCNA
7 3 (8.57%) Degree
8 2 (5.71%) CISSP
8 2 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (2.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (2.86%) CCIE Collaboration
9 1 (2.86%) CCSM
9 1 (2.86%) Master's Degree
9 1 (2.86%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.86%) QA
1 1 (2.86%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (5.71%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.86%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.86%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 14 (40.00%) FortiGate
2 6 (17.14%) Ansible
3 5 (14.29%) Nagios
4 2 (5.71%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (2.86%) Cisco UCCE
5 1 (2.86%) Nessus
5 1 (2.86%) Nmap
Vendors
1 31 (88.57%) Cisco
2 26 (74.29%) Juniper
3 20 (57.14%) SolarWinds
4 18 (51.43%) F5
5 14 (40.00%) Extreme Networks
5 14 (40.00%) Splunk
6 6 (17.14%) Fortinet
6 6 (17.14%) Microsoft
7 2 (5.71%) CheckPoint
8 1 (2.86%) Aruba
8 1 (2.86%) Avaya
8 1 (2.86%) BT
8 1 (2.86%) Citrix
8 1 (2.86%) Genesys
8 1 (2.86%) Palo Alto
8 1 (2.86%) Polycom
8 1 (2.86%) VMware