Cisco Certification Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Cisco Certification
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham with a requirement for Cisco Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 60 55
Rank change year-on-year +7 -5 +26
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 14 8 14
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 2.27% 1.12% 1.69%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.90% 5.26% 5.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 5 5
10th Percentile £243 - -
25th Percentile £379 £165 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £170 £400
Median % change year-on-year +186.76% -57.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £550 £488 £500
90th Percentile £576 £525 £583
West Midlands median daily rate £494 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.25% - +33.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 203 152 240
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 32.85% 21.26% 28.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 84 125
10th Percentile £193 £165 £257
25th Percentile £325 £397 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £513 £450
Median % change year-on-year -7.32% +13.89% -10.00%
75th Percentile £578 £641 £606
90th Percentile £638 £761 £700
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £526 £525
% change year-on-year -4.85% +0.10% +5.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 6 12
10th Percentile £16.30 £20.88 £17.34
25th Percentile - £22.33 £57.50
Median hourly rate £18.87 £38.06 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.42% -41.44% +225.00%
75th Percentile - £51.88 £67.50
90th Percentile £44.85 £54.88 £68.63
West Midlands median hourly rate £27.58 £35.00 £34.50
% change year-on-year -21.21% +1.45% +72.50%

Cisco Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cisco Certification relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Cisco Certification job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Cisco Certification
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Cisco Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Cisco Certification

Cisco Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco Certification in Birmingham over the 6 months to 3 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco Certification in Birmingham

Cisco Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Cisco Certification.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Cisco Certification

Cisco Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (57.14%) Wireless
2 6 (42.86%) Cisco Nexus
2 6 (42.86%) DNS
2 6 (42.86%) LAN
2 6 (42.86%) WAN
3 5 (35.71%) BGP
3 5 (35.71%) DHCP
3 5 (35.71%) Firewall
3 5 (35.71%) Network Security
4 4 (28.57%) TCP/IP
5 3 (21.43%) Cisco ISE
5 3 (21.43%) MPLS
5 3 (21.43%) NX-OS
5 3 (21.43%) OSPF
5 3 (21.43%) SD-WAN
5 3 (21.43%) VoIP
5 3 (21.43%) VPN
6 2 (14.29%) Cisco Wireless
6 2 (14.29%) VXLAN
6 2 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
1 3 (21.43%) Telecoms
2 2 (14.29%) Banking
2 2 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (14.29%) Investment Banking
2 2 (14.29%) Legal
2 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
3 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Architect
2 4 (28.57%) Network Architect
3 3 (21.43%) Cisco Engineer
3 3 (21.43%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Cisco Wireless Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Network Support
4 2 (14.29%) Network Support Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) RF Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Support Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Wireless Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Wireless Network Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) IT Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) IT Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Network Security Architect
5 1 (7.14%) Senior
5 1 (7.14%) Systems Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 7 (50.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (14.29%) Driving Licence
2 2 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (14.29%) Operational Technology
3 1 (7.14%) Client/Server
3 1 (7.14%) Educational Technology
3 1 (7.14%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (7.14%) SCADA
3 1 (7.14%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Windows
2 1 (7.14%) Windows 10
2 1 (7.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) Network Design
2 3 (21.43%) Network Segmentation
3 2 (14.29%) Data Protection
3 2 (14.29%) Mentoring
3 2 (14.29%) Migration
3 2 (14.29%) Network Architecture
3 2 (14.29%) Project Management
3 2 (14.29%) User Experience
4 1 (7.14%) Configuration Management
4 1 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (7.14%) High Availability
4 1 (7.14%) ITIL
4 1 (7.14%) Network Management
4 1 (7.14%) Network Monitoring
4 1 (7.14%) Network Optimisation
4 1 (7.14%) Operational Acceptance Testing
4 1 (7.14%) Patch Management
4 1 (7.14%) Performance Analysis
4 1 (7.14%) Resource Allocation
4 1 (7.14%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) Lisp
2 1 (7.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (57.14%) CCNP
2 5 (35.71%) CCNA
3 4 (28.57%) CCIE
4 2 (14.29%) CISSP
4 2 (14.29%) Degree
5 1 (7.14%) MCP
5 1 (7.14%) MCSA
5 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (7.14%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.14%) Hyper-V
2 1 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (28.57%) FortiGate
2 2 (14.29%) Ansible
2 2 (14.29%) Cisco CUCM
2 2 (14.29%) Cisco Prime
2 2 (14.29%) OpenView
Vendors
1 11 (78.57%) Cisco
2 3 (21.43%) Fortinet
2 3 (21.43%) Meraki
3 2 (14.29%) Ekahau
3 2 (14.29%) F5
3 2 (14.29%) Juniper
3 2 (14.29%) Palo Alto
3 2 (14.29%) Remedy
3 2 (14.29%) ServiceNow
4 1 (7.14%) Arista
4 1 (7.14%) CheckPoint
4 1 (7.14%) Microsoft
4 1 (7.14%) NetScout
4 1 (7.14%) SolarWinds
4 1 (7.14%) VMware