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 24 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 44 54
Rank change year-on-year -4 +10 -7
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 18 16 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 3.42% 2.89% 1.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 13.43% 12.31% 4.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 3 3
10th Percentile - £481 -
25th Percentile £325 £509 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £560 £375
Median % change year-on-year -15.18% +49.33% -31.82%
75th Percentile £488 £601 £444
90th Percentile £584 £623 £478
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £464
% change year-on-year -5.00% +7.82% -11.67%

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 134 130 139
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 25.43% 23.47% 27.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 87 73
10th Percentile £280 £158 £325
25th Percentile £350 £392 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £507 £540
Median % change year-on-year -11.24% -6.11% +8.00%
75th Percentile £528 £572 £586
90th Percentile £584 £655 £675
North West median daily rate £490 £500 £520
% change year-on-year -2.00% -3.85% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 4
10th Percentile £27.59 - -
25th Percentile £31.25 - £40.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £14.00 £52.75
Median % change year-on-year +132.14% -73.46% +88.39%
75th Percentile £33.75 £20.33 £66.06
90th Percentile £64.65 £24.13 £66.63
North West median hourly rate £32.00 £16.06 £40.59
% change year-on-year +99.25% -60.43% +24.91%

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 24 June 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 24 June 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 -3 6 £325 -31.58% 1
Warrington - 3 - - 3
Knutsford -9 2 £475 -24.00% 2
Macclesfield - 1 £478 - 3
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 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (5.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 4 (22.22%) AWS
1 4 (22.22%) Azure
1 4 (22.22%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 9 (50.00%) Firewall
1 9 (50.00%) WAN
2 8 (44.44%) BGP
2 8 (44.44%) MPLS
2 8 (44.44%) Network Security
2 8 (44.44%) OSPF
3 6 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (33.33%) Wireless
4 5 (27.78%) LAN
4 5 (27.78%) VPN
4 5 (27.78%) WLAN
5 4 (22.22%) VLAN
6 3 (16.67%) EIGRP
6 3 (16.67%) Internet
6 3 (16.67%) IPv4
6 3 (16.67%) SD-WAN
7 2 (11.11%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (5.56%) DWDM
8 1 (5.56%) IPsec
8 1 (5.56%) L2TP
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) GitLab
1 2 (11.11%) Jenkins
General
1 5 (27.78%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Telecoms
3 2 (11.11%) Social Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Banking
4 1 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Finance
4 1 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (5.56%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (55.56%) Network Engineer
2 4 (22.22%) Designer
2 4 (22.22%) Network Designer
2 4 (22.22%) Solutions Designer
3 3 (16.67%) IP Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Network Security Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Security Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Automation Developer
4 2 (11.11%) Cisco Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Developer
4 2 (11.11%) Transmission Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Cisco Security Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Implementation Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Network Implementation Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Network Operations Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Operations Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Telecoms Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 6 (33.33%) CMDB
2 5 (27.78%) Management Information System
2 5 (27.78%) Video Conferencing
3 4 (22.22%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (11.11%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) ITIL
2 6 (33.33%) Network Design
3 5 (27.78%) Asset Management
3 5 (27.78%) Configuration Management
3 5 (27.78%) ITSM
3 5 (27.78%) Performance Metrics
3 5 (27.78%) Problem Management
3 5 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (27.78%) Roadmaps
4 4 (22.22%) Change Management
4 4 (22.22%) High Availability
4 4 (22.22%) IT Strategy
4 4 (22.22%) Network Architecture
4 4 (22.22%) Network Monitoring
4 4 (22.22%) Performance Optimisation
4 4 (22.22%) Service Design
4 4 (22.22%) Strategic Roadmap
4 4 (22.22%) Technology Strategy
4 4 (22.22%) TOGAF
4 4 (22.22%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 3 (16.67%) Python
2 2 (11.11%) Bash
3 1 (5.56%) Perl
3 1 (5.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (72.22%) CCNP
2 10 (55.56%) Degree
3 7 (38.89%) CCNA
4 5 (27.78%) CCIE
5 4 (22.22%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (22.22%) JNCIE
5 4 (22.22%) Master's Degree
6 1 (5.56%) CCSA
Systems Management
1 3 (16.67%) Ansible
2 2 (11.11%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 16 (88.89%) Cisco
2 7 (38.89%) Fortinet
3 4 (22.22%) F5
4 3 (16.67%) BMC
4 3 (16.67%) Huawei
4 3 (16.67%) Palo Alto
4 3 (16.67%) Remedy
4 3 (16.67%) Zscaler
5 2 (11.11%) Infoblox
5 2 (11.11%) ServiceNow
6 1 (5.56%) Arista
6 1 (5.56%) McAfee
6 1 (5.56%) Splunk