Cisco Certification Contracts in Cheshire

Cisco Certification
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for Cisco Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 49 57
Rank change year-on-year +5 +8 -15
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 14 9 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 3.12% 1.79% 1.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 10.85% 7.32% 3.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £325 £463 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £375
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +26.67% -31.82%
75th Percentile £536 £488 £444
90th Percentile £584 - £478
North West median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 129 123 155
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 28.73% 24.40% 29.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 83 96
10th Percentile £230 £132 £283
25th Percentile £325 £344 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £422 £448 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.70% -10.50% +9.59%
75th Percentile £522 £538 £575
90th Percentile £582 £672 £665
North West median daily rate £494 £513 £520
% change year-on-year -3.66% -1.44% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 5
10th Percentile £28.43 - -
25th Percentile £31.25 - £36.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £14.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +132.14% -65.00% +42.86%
75th Percentile £85.63 £26.66 £65.75
90th Percentile £86.00 - £66.50
North West median hourly rate £32.50 £16.06 £37.50
% change year-on-year +102.37% -57.17% -5.60%

Cisco Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Cisco Certification in Cheshire

Cisco Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cisco Certification in Cheshire.

Daily rate trend for Cisco Certification in Cheshire

Cisco Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco Certification in Cheshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco Certification in Cheshire

Cisco Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cisco Certification in Cheshire.

Hourly rate trend for Cisco Certification in Cheshire

Cisco Certification
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

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 Cheshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Chester -2 6 £325 -31.58% 4
Warrington - 3 - - 5
Knutsford - 2 £450 -
Cisco Certification
North West

Cisco Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (7.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) AWS
1 2 (14.29%) Azure
1 2 (14.29%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 9 (64.29%) WAN
2 7 (50.00%) Wireless
3 6 (42.86%) BGP
3 6 (42.86%) MPLS
3 6 (42.86%) OSPF
3 6 (42.86%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (35.71%) Firewall
4 5 (35.71%) LAN
4 5 (35.71%) WLAN
5 3 (21.43%) EIGRP
5 3 (21.43%) IPv4
5 3 (21.43%) Network Security
5 3 (21.43%) SD-WAN
5 3 (21.43%) VPN
6 2 (14.29%) VLAN
7 1 (7.14%) DMZ
7 1 (7.14%) DWDM
7 1 (7.14%) Internet
7 1 (7.14%) IPsec
7 1 (7.14%) L2TP
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) GitLab
1 2 (14.29%) Jenkins
General
1 5 (35.71%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Telecoms
3 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Banking
4 1 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Finance
4 1 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) IP Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Automation Developer
3 2 (14.29%) Designer
3 2 (14.29%) Developer
3 2 (14.29%) Network Designer
3 2 (14.29%) Solutions Designer
3 2 (14.29%) Transmission Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Cisco Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Implementation Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) IP Network Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Network Implementation Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Network Operations Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Operations Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Telecoms Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) CMDB
1 5 (35.71%) Management Information System
1 5 (35.71%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (14.29%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (14.29%) Onboarding
3 1 (7.14%) Client/Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) ITIL
2 5 (35.71%) Asset Management
2 5 (35.71%) Configuration Management
2 5 (35.71%) Performance Metrics
2 5 (35.71%) Problem Management
2 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (28.57%) Change Management
4 3 (21.43%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (21.43%) Network Planning
4 3 (21.43%) Roadmaps
4 3 (21.43%) Service Delivery
4 3 (21.43%) Validation
5 2 (14.29%) CI/CD
5 2 (14.29%) Data Collection
5 2 (14.29%) IT Strategy
5 2 (14.29%) Sprint Planning
5 2 (14.29%) Sprint Review
5 2 (14.29%) Strategic Roadmap
5 2 (14.29%) Task Automation
5 2 (14.29%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) Python
2 2 (14.29%) Bash
3 1 (7.14%) Perl
3 1 (7.14%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (64.29%) CCNP
2 8 (57.14%) Degree
3 7 (50.00%) CCNA
4 3 (21.43%) CCIE
5 2 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (14.29%) JNCIE
5 2 (14.29%) Master's Degree
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) Ansible
2 2 (14.29%) Kubernetes
3 1 (7.14%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 12 (85.71%) Cisco
2 6 (42.86%) Fortinet
3 3 (21.43%) BMC
3 3 (21.43%) F5
3 3 (21.43%) Huawei
3 3 (21.43%) Remedy
4 2 (14.29%) Arista
4 2 (14.29%) Infoblox
4 2 (14.29%) ServiceNow
5 1 (7.14%) Blue Coat
5 1 (7.14%) Juniper
5 1 (7.14%) McAfee
5 1 (7.14%) Splunk
5 1 (7.14%) Symantec
5 1 (7.14%) Zscaler