Cisco Certification Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Cisco Certification
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire with a requirement for Cisco Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 41 29
Rank change year-on-year +9 -12 +3
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 12 4 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 3.42% 0.92% 4.61%
As % of the Qualifications category 15.00% 5.33% 16.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 8
10th Percentile £349 - £232
25th Percentile £384 £538 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £575 £505
Median % change year-on-year -22.61% +13.86% +12.22%
75th Percentile £448 £613 £575
90th Percentile - - £583
East of England median daily rate £700 £500 £450
% change year-on-year +40.00% +11.11% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 12
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £29.00 - £13.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 - £14.50
75th Percentile £31.00 - £19.42
90th Percentile - - £34.39
East of England median hourly rate £42.50 - £14.50
% change year-on-year - - +6.15%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 80 75 145
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 22.79% 17.28% 27.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 12 37
10th Percentile £206 £225 £226
25th Percentile £384 £323 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £438 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.43% -7.89% -13.64%
75th Percentile £603 £575 £550
90th Percentile £625 £586 £575
East of England median daily rate £528 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.60% -9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 29 77
10th Percentile - £14.16 -
25th Percentile £14.99 £16.30 £13.41
Median hourly rate £16.30 £21.37 £19.81
Median % change year-on-year -23.72% +7.87% +27.81%
75th Percentile £25.15 - £20.56
90th Percentile £31.00 £28.93 £22.00
East of England median hourly rate £25.32 £43.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -41.12% +95.45% +4.76%

Cisco Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Job postings citing Cisco Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco Certification in Cambridgeshire

Cisco Certification
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

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

Cisco Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

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

Cisco Certification
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 18 September 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
Cambridge +2 5 £445 -22.61%
Peterborough - 2 - -
Cisco Certification
East of England

Cisco Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 7 (58.33%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 9 (75.00%) Cisco IOS
2 7 (58.33%) DHCP
2 7 (58.33%) DNS
2 7 (58.33%) PuTTY
3 6 (50.00%) Firewall
4 5 (41.67%) Wireless
5 4 (33.33%) WAN
6 3 (25.00%) 802.11
6 3 (25.00%) LAN
6 3 (25.00%) VLAN
6 3 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (25.00%) WLAN
7 2 (16.67%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (16.67%) SD-WAN
7 2 (16.67%) VPN
8 1 (8.33%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (8.33%) Multicast
8 1 (8.33%) Network Security
8 1 (8.33%) Wireless Security
8 1 (8.33%) WPA2
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 7 (58.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Analyst
1 7 (58.33%) Network Analyst
1 7 (58.33%) Network Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) Network Support
2 5 (41.67%) Network Support Analyst
2 5 (41.67%) Network Support Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) Support Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Administrator
3 2 (16.67%) DevOps Administrator
3 2 (16.67%) Senior
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Network Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (25.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Security Posture
1 2 (16.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Linux
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Computer Science
2 2 (16.67%) Change Management
2 2 (16.67%) DevOps
2 2 (16.67%) Network Architecture
2 2 (16.67%) Network Management
2 2 (16.67%) Performance Optimisation
2 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (16.67%) Process Improvement
2 2 (16.67%) Project Management
2 2 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
2 2 (16.67%) Server Management
3 1 (8.33%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (8.33%) Generative AI
3 1 (8.33%) Patch Management
3 1 (8.33%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (58.33%) CCNA
1 7 (58.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 7 (58.33%) Degree
2 4 (33.33%) CCNP
3 2 (16.67%) CCIE
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
1 2 (16.67%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (8.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (25.00%) Ansible
2 1 (8.33%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) Cisco
2 7 (58.33%) Microsoft
3 5 (41.67%) ServiceNow
4 4 (33.33%) Palo Alto
5 2 (16.67%) Dell
5 2 (16.67%) Intel
5 2 (16.67%) Meraki
5 2 (16.67%) Peregrine
5 2 (16.67%) Remedy
5 2 (16.67%) VMware
6 1 (8.33%) AirMagnet
6 1 (8.33%) Ekahau