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 4 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 52 60
Rank change year-on-year -29 +8 +14
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 41 42 61
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 2.26% 3.59% 3.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.03% 9.86% 7.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 21 45
10th Percentile £371 £300 £335
25th Percentile £406 - £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £450 £513
Median % change year-on-year +0.67% -12.20% +2.50%
75th Percentile £520 £456 £608
90th Percentile £529 £563 -
South East median daily rate £460 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -8.00% -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £44.28 - -
25th Percentile £48.68 £18.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £57.02 £19.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +200.09% - -75.80%
75th Percentile £65.01 £19.50 £19.50
90th Percentile £69.20 - -
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £19.00 £63.00
% change year-on-year +176.32% -69.84% +1.61%

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 815 426 867
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 44.83% 36.44% 44.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 510 232 432
10th Percentile £280 £314 £213
25th Percentile £359 £447 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £462 £543 £550
Median % change year-on-year -14.88% -1.36% -
75th Percentile £600 £656 £638
90th Percentile £725 £700 £688
South East median daily rate £525 £537 £550
% change year-on-year -2.23% -2.36% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 22 80
10th Percentile £30.21 £32.05 £41.48
25th Percentile £80.00 £59.44 £52.90
Median hourly rate £83.25 £66.87 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +24.49% +8.56% -4.99%
75th Percentile £88.00 £79.30 £75.68
90th Percentile £97.75 £88.73 £87.46
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £56.75 £57.35
% change year-on-year -3.08% -1.05% +0.05%

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 4 May 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 4 May 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 4 May 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 -17 22 £510 +13.33% 2
Wokingham -29 7 £458 -16.73% 1
Slough -3 2 £400 -11.00%
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 4 (9.76%) OpenStack
Applications
1 5 (12.20%) MS Visio
2 4 (9.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (9.76%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (9.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 12 (29.27%) AWS
1 12 (29.27%) Azure
2 1 (2.44%) AWS Direct Connect
Communications & Networking
1 38 (92.68%) WAN
2 37 (90.24%) BGP
3 34 (82.93%) LAN
4 31 (75.61%) Firewall
5 28 (68.29%) OSPF
6 26 (63.41%) DNS
7 25 (60.98%) DHCP
8 22 (53.66%) VXLAN
9 21 (51.22%) BIG-IP
9 21 (51.22%) Ethernet VPN
10 20 (48.78%) Junos
11 15 (36.59%) Cisco ISE
12 12 (29.27%) MPLS
13 9 (21.95%) TCP/IP
14 8 (19.51%) VPN
15 7 (17.07%) Network Security
16 6 (14.63%) VLAN
16 6 (14.63%) WLAN
17 4 (9.76%) SNMP
17 4 (9.76%) TACACS
Development Applications
1 1 (2.44%) JIRA
1 1 (2.44%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 14 (34.15%) Social Skills
2 9 (21.95%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (9.76%) Documentation Skills
3 4 (9.76%) Telecoms
4 2 (4.88%) Military
5 1 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.44%) Legal
Job Titles
1 13 (31.71%) Firewall Specialist
1 13 (31.71%) Network Engineer
1 13 (31.71%) Network Specialist
2 8 (19.51%) Senior
3 7 (17.07%) Senior Network Engineer
4 5 (12.20%) Architect
4 5 (12.20%) IP Specialist
4 5 (12.20%) Network Architect
5 3 (7.32%) IP Architect
5 3 (7.32%) IP Engineer
5 3 (7.32%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 2 (4.88%) Delivery Manager
6 2 (4.88%) IP Network Engineer
6 2 (4.88%) Network Delivery Manager
6 2 (4.88%) Network Manager
6 2 (4.88%) Senior IP Engineer
6 2 (4.88%) Test Engineer
7 1 (2.44%) IP Designer
7 1 (2.44%) Mobile Engineer
7 1 (2.44%) Senior IP Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (51.22%) 802.1X
2 8 (19.51%) NETCONF
2 8 (19.51%) YANG
3 4 (9.76%) OpenConfig
3 4 (9.76%) REST
3 4 (9.76%) RESTCONF
Miscellaneous
1 27 (65.85%) Data Centre
2 20 (48.78%) Clustering
2 20 (48.78%) PKI
3 8 (19.51%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (12.20%) Cloud Native
5 4 (9.76%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (9.76%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (2.44%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 20 (48.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (51.22%) High Availability
1 21 (51.22%) Load Balancing
2 20 (48.78%) Identity Access Management
2 20 (48.78%) Observability
3 16 (39.02%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (29.27%) Network Design
5 10 (24.39%) ITIL
6 7 (17.07%) ITSM
6 7 (17.07%) Service Management
7 6 (14.63%) Availability Management
7 6 (14.63%) Network Monitoring
8 5 (12.20%) DevOps
8 5 (12.20%) Network Architecture
8 5 (12.20%) Roadmaps
8 5 (12.20%) TOGAF
9 4 (9.76%) Enterprise Architecture
9 4 (9.76%) Microservices
9 4 (9.76%) Network Segmentation
9 4 (9.76%) Network Virtualisation
9 4 (9.76%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 8 (19.51%) Python
Qualifications
1 27 (65.85%) Security Cleared
2 12 (29.27%) CCNP
3 11 (26.83%) CCIE
4 9 (21.95%) DV Cleared
4 9 (21.95%) JNCIE
5 8 (19.51%) JNCIP
5 8 (19.51%) SC Cleared
6 7 (17.07%) JNCIA
6 7 (17.07%) JNCIS
7 5 (12.20%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (4.88%) CCNA
8 2 (4.88%) PMI Certification
8 2 (4.88%) PMP
9 1 (2.44%) AWS Certification
9 1 (2.44%) Azure Certification
9 1 (2.44%) CCDE
9 1 (2.44%) CCIP
9 1 (2.44%) CCSM
9 1 (2.44%) CISSP
9 1 (2.44%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.44%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.44%) Virtual Servers
1 1 (2.44%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (2.44%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 21 (51.22%) FortiGate
2 9 (21.95%) Ansible
3 5 (12.20%) Nagios
4 1 (2.44%) Terraform
Vendors
1 37 (90.24%) Cisco
2 34 (82.93%) Juniper
3 27 (65.85%) SolarWinds
4 26 (63.41%) F5
5 20 (48.78%) Extreme Networks
5 20 (48.78%) Splunk
6 8 (19.51%) Fortinet
7 4 (9.76%) Microsoft
8 2 (4.88%) Aruba
8 2 (4.88%) CheckPoint
8 2 (4.88%) Palo Alto
9 1 (2.44%) Arista
9 1 (2.44%) BT
9 1 (2.44%) Citrix
9 1 (2.44%) Ekahau
9 1 (2.44%) VMware