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 5 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 76 63
Rank change year-on-year -3 -13 +9
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 35 39 60
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 2.44% 2.44% 3.44%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.95% 6.41% 7.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 20 32
10th Percentile £288 £169 £276
25th Percentile £439 £250 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £400
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +34.38% -1.72%
75th Percentile £671 £638 £490
90th Percentile £775 £688 £523
South East median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £24.55
25th Percentile - £18.50 £24.63
Median hourly rate - £19.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year - -24.00% +6.38%
75th Percentile - £19.50 £25.38
90th Percentile - - £25.45
South East median hourly rate £83.32 £19.00 £44.00
% change year-on-year +338.50% -56.82% +87.23%

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 588 608 761
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 40.98% 38.00% 43.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 401 336 440
10th Percentile £255 £258 £205
25th Percentile £375 £406 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £558 £500
Median % change year-on-year -13.08% +11.60% -8.54%
75th Percentile £550 £656 £620
90th Percentile £638 £715 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +2.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 37 55
10th Percentile £19.38 £41.15 £45.21
25th Percentile £20.79 £48.18 £55.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.70% -2.39% +173.91%
75th Percentile £95.00 £64.73 £70.50
90th Percentile £95.75 £79.67 £75.93
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 5 December 2025.

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 5 December 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
Reading +17 27 £593 +0.85% 1
Bracknell -4 4 £550 -
Wokingham -27 1 £450 +172.73% 2
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 12 (34.29%) OpenStack
2 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.86%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 4 (11.43%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (5.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (5.71%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 18 (51.43%) AWS
2 13 (37.14%) Azure
3 6 (17.14%) OpenShift
4 5 (14.29%) GCP
5 4 (11.43%) Entra ID
6 2 (5.71%) Google Workspace
6 2 (5.71%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (2.86%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 16 (45.71%) MPLS
1 16 (45.71%) WAN
2 14 (40.00%) BGP
3 13 (37.14%) LAN
4 9 (25.71%) Firewall
5 8 (22.86%) SNMP
5 8 (22.86%) TACACS
6 7 (20.00%) Wireless
7 6 (17.14%) Network Security
7 6 (17.14%) OSPF
8 4 (11.43%) Internet
9 3 (8.57%) WebEx
10 2 (5.71%) TCP/IP
10 2 (5.71%) VPN
11 1 (2.86%) CTI
11 1 (2.86%) H.323
11 1 (2.86%) Intranet
11 1 (2.86%) NaaS
11 1 (2.86%) SD-WAN
11 1 (2.86%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.86%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Burp Suite
1 1 (2.86%) GitLab
1 1 (2.86%) Jenkins
General
1 19 (54.29%) Social Skills
2 8 (22.86%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (11.43%) Finance
5 2 (5.71%) Public Sector
5 2 (5.71%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (37.14%) Architect
2 8 (22.86%) IP Specialist
3 7 (20.00%) IP Architect
3 7 (20.00%) Network Engineer
4 6 (17.14%) Designer
4 6 (17.14%) IP Designer
5 5 (14.29%) Security Architect
6 4 (11.43%) Consultant
7 3 (8.57%) Cisco Engineer
7 3 (8.57%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 3 (8.57%) Senior
8 2 (5.71%) Forensic Consultant
8 2 (5.71%) Juniper Engineer
8 2 (5.71%) Network Architect
8 2 (5.71%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 2 (5.71%) Senior Consultant
8 2 (5.71%) Test Engineer
9 1 (2.86%) Network Security Engineer
9 1 (2.86%) Network Support Engineer
9 1 (2.86%) Penetration Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (22.86%) NETCONF
1 8 (22.86%) YANG
2 6 (17.14%) REST
3 2 (5.71%) OpenConfig
3 2 (5.71%) RESTCONF
3 2 (5.71%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 17 (48.57%) Hybrid Cloud
2 12 (34.29%) Cloud Native
3 10 (28.57%) Data Centre
4 5 (14.29%) Security Posture
5 3 (8.57%) Cloud Security Posture
5 3 (8.57%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (8.57%) Management Information System
5 3 (8.57%) Public Cloud
6 2 (5.71%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (5.71%) Fibre Optics
6 2 (5.71%) IoT
6 2 (5.71%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (2.86%) Clustering
7 1 (2.86%) Onboarding
7 1 (2.86%) Private Cloud
7 1 (2.86%) SCADA
7 1 (2.86%) TM Forum
7 1 (2.86%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.57%) Linux
1 3 (8.57%) Windows
2 2 (5.71%) Mac OS
2 2 (5.71%) Unix
3 1 (2.86%) Kali Linux
3 1 (2.86%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (34.29%) Network Virtualisation
2 10 (28.57%) Network Design
2 10 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (28.57%) Strategic Thinking
2 10 (28.57%) TOGAF
3 9 (25.71%) Network Architecture
3 9 (25.71%) Roadmaps
4 8 (22.86%) Incident Response
5 7 (20.00%) DevOps
5 7 (20.00%) Information Security
5 7 (20.00%) Network Segmentation
6 6 (17.14%) Enterprise Architecture
6 6 (17.14%) Microservices
6 6 (17.14%) Security Architecture
6 6 (17.14%) Test Automation
6 6 (17.14%) Validation
7 5 (14.29%) CI/CD
7 5 (14.29%) Cloud Security
7 5 (14.29%) SDLC
7 5 (14.29%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 16 (45.71%) Python
2 2 (5.71%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.86%) Bash
3 1 (2.86%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (51.43%) CCIE
2 14 (40.00%) JNCIE
3 12 (34.29%) CCNP
4 11 (31.43%) Security Cleared
5 10 (28.57%) AWS Certification
5 10 (28.57%) SC Cleared
6 9 (25.71%) CCNA
6 9 (25.71%) CISSP
7 7 (20.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 7 (20.00%) CCSP
8 4 (11.43%) Degree
9 3 (8.57%) Azure Certification
9 3 (8.57%) CCDA
9 3 (8.57%) CCDP
9 3 (8.57%) JNCIA
10 2 (5.71%) CISM
10 2 (5.71%) GCFA
10 2 (5.71%) GCFE
10 2 (5.71%) GCIH
10 2 (5.71%) GREM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (14.29%) NIST
2 4 (11.43%) GDPR
2 4 (11.43%) PCI DSS
2 4 (11.43%) PSD2
3 1 (2.86%) QA
3 1 (2.86%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 7 (20.00%) VMware NSX
2 4 (11.43%) Docker
3 2 (5.71%) Active Directory
4 1 (2.86%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 15 (42.86%) Ansible
2 7 (20.00%) Terraform
3 4 (11.43%) Kubernetes
4 2 (5.71%) Cisco CUCM
4 2 (5.71%) EnCase
4 2 (5.71%) FTK
5 1 (2.86%) Cisco UCCE
5 1 (2.86%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (2.86%) Nessus
5 1 (2.86%) Nmap
Vendors
1 19 (54.29%) Cisco
2 12 (34.29%) Juniper
3 9 (25.71%) Fortinet
4 8 (22.86%) F5
5 7 (20.00%) VMware
6 6 (17.14%) Microsoft
7 2 (5.71%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (5.71%) Darktrace
8 1 (2.86%) Avaya
8 1 (2.86%) CheckPoint
8 1 (2.86%) Citrix
8 1 (2.86%) FireEye
8 1 (2.86%) Genesys
8 1 (2.86%) Palo Alto
8 1 (2.86%) Polycom
8 1 (2.86%) SolarWinds
8 1 (2.86%) Tanium