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 19 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 48 64
Rank change year-on-year -30 +16 +6
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 47 40 53
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 2.52% 3.55% 2.70%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.62% 9.98% 5.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 22 39
10th Percentile £351 £303 -
25th Percentile £400 - £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £423 £450 £513
Median % change year-on-year -6.11% -12.20% -5.09%
75th Percentile £520 £455 £608
90th Percentile £532 £561 £614
South East median daily rate £463 £490 £513
% change year-on-year -5.61% -4.39% -0.97%
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 - £20.70
% change year-on-year - - -66.61%

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 837 401 885
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 44.88% 35.61% 45.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 506 237 412
10th Percentile £303 £320 £232
25th Percentile £386 £425 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £628
90th Percentile £733 £700 £688
South East median daily rate £531 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +1.16% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 155 22 98
10th Percentile £31.25 £32.05 £41.50
25th Percentile £71.80 £55.31 £53.43
Median hourly rate £83.00 £72.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +15.28% +16.88% -6.67%
75th Percentile £88.00 £87.44 £85.65
90th Percentile £104.50 £88.87 £88.27
South East median hourly rate £57.00 £52.50 £57.35
% change year-on-year +8.57% -8.46% -7.50%

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 19 June 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 19 June 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 19 June 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 -13 25 £480 +6.67% 7
Wokingham -22 8 £467 -15.18% 1
Slough +1 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 7 (14.89%) OpenStack
Applications
1 3 (6.38%) MS Visio
2 2 (4.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.26%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 16 (34.04%) AWS
1 16 (34.04%) Azure
2 1 (2.13%) AWS CloudFormation
2 1 (2.13%) AWS Direct Connect
Communications & Networking
1 44 (93.62%) WAN
2 42 (89.36%) LAN
3 39 (82.98%) BGP
4 34 (72.34%) Firewall
5 29 (61.70%) OSPF
6 24 (51.06%) VXLAN
7 23 (48.94%) DNS
8 22 (46.81%) DHCP
9 21 (44.68%) BIG-IP
9 21 (44.68%) Ethernet VPN
10 20 (42.55%) Junos
11 16 (34.04%) MPLS
12 15 (31.91%) Cisco ISE
13 10 (21.28%) SD-WAN
14 7 (14.89%) VPN
14 7 (14.89%) Wi-Fi
15 6 (12.77%) Network Security
16 5 (10.64%) TCP/IP
17 4 (8.51%) Wireless
18 3 (6.38%) UMTS
Development Applications
1 1 (2.13%) JIRA
1 1 (2.13%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 17 (36.17%) Social Skills
2 6 (12.77%) Telecoms
3 5 (10.64%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.26%) Military
5 1 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.13%) Legal
Job Titles
1 13 (27.66%) Firewall Specialist
1 13 (27.66%) Network Specialist
2 12 (25.53%) Network Engineer
3 9 (19.15%) Senior
4 8 (17.02%) Architect
4 8 (17.02%) Network Architect
5 7 (14.89%) Senior Network Engineer
6 6 (12.77%) IP Architect
7 4 (8.51%) Delivery Manager
7 4 (8.51%) Network Delivery Manager
7 4 (8.51%) Network Manager
8 3 (6.38%) Cisco Engineer
8 3 (6.38%) IP Engineer
8 3 (6.38%) IP Specialist
9 2 (4.26%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 2 (4.26%) IP Network Engineer
9 2 (4.26%) Senior IP Engineer
9 2 (4.26%) Test Engineer
9 2 (4.26%) Tester
9 2 (4.26%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (44.68%) 802.1X
2 9 (19.15%) NETCONF
2 9 (19.15%) YANG
3 7 (14.89%) REST
4 2 (4.26%) OpenConfig
4 2 (4.26%) RESTCONF
Miscellaneous
1 26 (55.32%) Data Centre
2 20 (42.55%) Clustering
2 20 (42.55%) PKI
3 9 (19.15%) Hybrid Cloud
4 7 (14.89%) Cloud Native
5 3 (6.38%) Security Posture
5 3 (6.38%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (4.26%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (2.13%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 20 (42.55%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (44.68%) High Availability
2 20 (42.55%) Identity Access Management
2 20 (42.55%) Load Balancing
2 20 (42.55%) Observability
3 13 (27.66%) Network Design
3 13 (27.66%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (25.53%) ITIL
5 10 (21.28%) ITSM
5 10 (21.28%) Network Architecture
6 9 (19.15%) DevOps
6 9 (19.15%) Roadmaps
6 9 (19.15%) TOGAF
7 7 (14.89%) Enterprise Architecture
7 7 (14.89%) Microservices
7 7 (14.89%) Network Segmentation
7 7 (14.89%) Network Virtualisation
7 7 (14.89%) Service Management
7 7 (14.89%) Strategic Thinking
8 6 (12.77%) Change Management
8 6 (12.77%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (19.15%) Python
Qualifications
1 27 (57.45%) Security Cleared
2 17 (36.17%) CCNP
3 15 (31.91%) CCIE
4 10 (21.28%) JNCIE
5 9 (19.15%) DV Cleared
6 8 (17.02%) JNCIP
6 8 (17.02%) SC Cleared
7 7 (14.89%) JNCIA
7 7 (14.89%) JNCIS
8 4 (8.51%) CCNA
8 4 (8.51%) PMI Certification
8 4 (8.51%) PMP
9 2 (4.26%) AWS Certification
9 2 (4.26%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (2.13%) Azure Certification
10 1 (2.13%) CCDE
10 1 (2.13%) CCIP
10 1 (2.13%) CCSE
10 1 (2.13%) CISSP
10 1 (2.13%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.13%) QA
System Software
1 3 (6.38%) Firmware
2 1 (2.13%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 21 (44.68%) FortiGate
2 11 (23.40%) Ansible
3 2 (4.26%) Nagios
3 2 (4.26%) Terraform
Vendors
1 40 (85.11%) Cisco
2 34 (72.34%) Juniper
3 27 (57.45%) F5
4 26 (55.32%) SolarWinds
5 20 (42.55%) Extreme Networks
5 20 (42.55%) Splunk
6 9 (19.15%) Fortinet
7 5 (10.64%) Aruba
8 4 (8.51%) Microsoft
9 3 (6.38%) Arista
9 3 (6.38%) ServiceNow
10 2 (4.26%) CheckPoint
10 2 (4.26%) Palo Alto
11 1 (2.13%) BT
11 1 (2.13%) Ekahau