Cisco Certification Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Cisco Certification
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for Cisco Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 19 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 98 102
Rank change year-on-year -20 +4 +30
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 20 25 19
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.85% 1.35% 0.92%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.36% 5.58% 3.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 20 11
10th Percentile £264 £443 £406
25th Percentile £363 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £606 £530
Median % change year-on-year -21.55% +14.25% -11.67%
75th Percentile £567 £679 £641
90th Percentile £720 £708 £775
Central London median daily rate £443 £625 £530
% change year-on-year -29.20% +17.92% +0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £31.60 - -
25th Percentile £35.50 - -
Median hourly rate £45.00 - -
75th Percentile £56.50 - -
90th Percentile £61.60 - -
Central London median hourly rate £45.00 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of London

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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 596 448 492
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 25.47% 24.19% 23.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 434 301 311
10th Percentile £413 £333 £400
25th Percentile £463 £456 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year - -2.65% +2.73%
75th Percentile £645 £675 £673
90th Percentile £734 £763 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £563
% change year-on-year - -2.22% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 4
10th Percentile £19.42 £22.28 £20.31
25th Percentile £21.88 £26.00 £20.43
Median hourly rate £31.03 £28.15 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.24% +17.29% +33.33%
75th Percentile £57.02 £64.66 £27.00
90th Percentile £70.88 £79.34 -
Central London median hourly rate £42.53 £31.78 £27.00
% change year-on-year +33.86% +17.69% +50.00%

Cisco Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Cisco Certification job vacancy trend in the City of London

Cisco Certification
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Cisco Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Cisco Certification

Cisco Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco Certification in the City of London over the 6 months to 19 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco Certification in the City of London

Cisco Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Cisco Certification.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Cisco Certification

Cisco Certification
Hourly Rate Histogram in the City of London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cisco Certification in the City of London over the 6 months to 19 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Cisco Certification in the City of London

Cisco Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 7 (35.00%) Azure
2 3 (15.00%) AWS
3 2 (10.00%) GCP
4 1 (5.00%) Amazon EC2
4 1 (5.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (5.00%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (5.00%) Cloudflare
4 1 (5.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (5.00%) OpenShift
4 1 (5.00%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 11 (55.00%) Firewall
2 8 (40.00%) LAN
3 7 (35.00%) WAN
4 6 (30.00%) VPN
5 4 (20.00%) DNS
5 4 (20.00%) Network Security
5 4 (20.00%) VLAN
6 3 (15.00%) BGP
6 3 (15.00%) OSPF
6 3 (15.00%) SD-WAN
6 3 (15.00%) Wireless
7 2 (10.00%) DHCP
7 2 (10.00%) Multicast
7 2 (10.00%) TCP/IP
7 2 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (5.00%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (5.00%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (5.00%) iSCSI
8 1 (5.00%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (5.00%) Structured Cabling
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Snyk
General
1 7 (35.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (30.00%) Finance
3 3 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (15.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Financial Institution
4 2 (10.00%) Telecoms
5 1 (5.00%) Banking
5 1 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 11 (55.00%) Network Engineer
2 3 (15.00%) Architect
2 3 (15.00%) LAN Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Firewall Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Security Architect
3 2 (10.00%) Senior
3 2 (10.00%) Senior Network Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Deployment Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Integration Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) IT Technician
4 1 (5.00%) Network Architect
4 1 (5.00%) Network Design Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Network Design Specialist
4 1 (5.00%) Network Specialist
4 1 (5.00%) Project Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Security Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Strategy Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Telephony Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Web Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) 802.1X
1 1 (5.00%) eBPF
1 1 (5.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (10.00%) Driving Licence
2 2 (10.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (5.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (5.00%) Cloud Native
3 1 (5.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (5.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.00%) Windows
2 1 (5.00%) Mac OS
2 1 (5.00%) VMS
2 1 (5.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (5.00%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (5.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (5.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (20.00%) Network Design
2 3 (15.00%) High Availability
2 3 (15.00%) ITIL
2 3 (15.00%) Migration
2 3 (15.00%) Network Virtualisation
2 3 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (15.00%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (10.00%) Coaching
3 2 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (10.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (10.00%) Validation
4 1 (5.00%) AI
4 1 (5.00%) Business Analysis
4 1 (5.00%) Information Security
4 1 (5.00%) Load Balancing
4 1 (5.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (5.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.00%) Python
2 1 (5.00%) Bash
2 1 (5.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 12 (60.00%) CCNP
2 8 (40.00%) CCNA
3 6 (30.00%) CCIE
4 5 (25.00%) Degree
5 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (10.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (10.00%) CISM
6 2 (10.00%) CISSP
6 2 (10.00%) MCSE
6 2 (10.00%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (5.00%) A+ Certification
7 1 (5.00%) Azure Certification
7 1 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (5.00%) CCSK
7 1 (5.00%) CCSP
7 1 (5.00%) CEH
7 1 (5.00%) CISA
7 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (5.00%) CWNA
7 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) EU AI Act
1 1 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 42001
1 1 (5.00%) NIST
1 1 (5.00%) QA
1 1 (5.00%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (15.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (5.00%) Firmware
3 1 (5.00%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (5.00%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (5.00%) VMware NSX
3 1 (5.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (15.00%) Ansible
2 1 (5.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (5.00%) Terraform
2 1 (5.00%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 12 (60.00%) Cisco
2 6 (30.00%) Palo Alto
3 5 (25.00%) Fortinet
4 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 3 (15.00%) CheckPoint
5 3 (15.00%) Juniper
5 3 (15.00%) VMware
6 2 (10.00%) Arista
6 2 (10.00%) F5
6 2 (10.00%) Forcepoint
7 1 (5.00%) 3PAR
7 1 (5.00%) Extreme Networks
7 1 (5.00%) ForeScout
7 1 (5.00%) LogicMonitor
7 1 (5.00%) Meraki
7 1 (5.00%) Okta
7 1 (5.00%) ServiceNow
7 1 (5.00%) Splunk
7 1 (5.00%) Tenable
7 1 (5.00%) Trend Micro