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 27 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 97 97
Rank change year-on-year -17 0 +42
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 19 23 25
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.78% 1.32% 1.16%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.13% 5.41% 5.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 18 16
10th Percentile £226 £438 £384
25th Percentile £344 £503 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £593 £506
Median % change year-on-year -26.22% +17.14% -13.83%
75th Percentile £517 £672 £597
90th Percentile £681 £723 £766
Central London median daily rate £410 £593 £513
% change year-on-year -30.86% +15.71% -6.82%
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 607 425 463
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 24.99% 24.30% 21.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 434 287 293
10th Percentile £413 £389 £365
25th Percentile £463 £463 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £552 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% +0.36% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £734 £763 £775
Central London median daily rate £538 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -2.27% +2.33% -6.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 5
10th Percentile £18.71 £21.20 -
25th Percentile £24.16 £27.39 £20.22
Median hourly rate £31.03 £62.50 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.35% +197.62% -41.83%
75th Percentile £55.37 £65.57 £27.00
90th Percentile £68.53 £86.23 -
Central London median hourly rate £41.75 £34.48 £24.00
% change year-on-year +21.09% +43.67% -33.52%

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 27 June 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 27 June 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 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.26%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 8 (42.11%) Azure
2 4 (21.05%) AWS
3 3 (15.79%) GCP
4 2 (10.53%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (5.26%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (5.26%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (5.26%) Cloudflare
5 1 (5.26%) Entra ID
5 1 (5.26%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 11 (57.89%) Firewall
2 7 (36.84%) LAN
3 6 (31.58%) VPN
3 6 (31.58%) WAN
4 4 (21.05%) DNS
4 4 (21.05%) Network Security
5 3 (15.79%) BGP
5 3 (15.79%) OSPF
5 3 (15.79%) TCP/IP
5 3 (15.79%) VLAN
5 3 (15.79%) Wireless
6 2 (10.53%) IPsec
6 2 (10.53%) SD-WAN
6 2 (10.53%) SSL
6 2 (10.53%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (5.26%) DHCP
7 1 (5.26%) Internet
7 1 (5.26%) MPLS
7 1 (5.26%) PSTN
7 1 (5.26%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Snyk
General
1 8 (42.11%) Social Skills
2 5 (26.32%) Finance
3 3 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (15.79%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (10.53%) Financial Institution
4 2 (10.53%) Telecoms
5 1 (5.26%) Banking
5 1 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Mandarin Language
5 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (47.37%) Network Engineer
2 3 (15.79%) Architect
2 3 (15.79%) LAN Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) 2nd Line Support
3 2 (10.53%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Firewall Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Security Architect
3 2 (10.53%) Senior
3 2 (10.53%) Support Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 1 (5.26%) Deployment Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Integration Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Network Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Security Administrator
4 1 (5.26%) Security Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Security Technical Consultant
4 1 (5.26%) Technical Security Consultant
4 1 (5.26%) Telephony Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Web Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) 802.1X
1 1 (5.26%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) Data Centre
2 2 (10.53%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (5.26%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (5.26%) Anti-Spyware
3 1 (5.26%) Cloud Native
3 1 (5.26%) Driving Licence
3 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.26%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (21.05%) Windows
2 2 (10.53%) Mac OS
3 1 (5.26%) VMS
3 1 (5.26%) Windows Server
3 1 (5.26%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (5.26%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (5.26%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (21.05%) High Availability
1 4 (21.05%) ITIL
1 4 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (15.79%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (15.79%) Migration
2 3 (15.79%) Network Virtualisation
3 2 (10.53%) AI
3 2 (10.53%) Change Management
3 2 (10.53%) Cloud Security
3 2 (10.53%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (10.53%) Computer Science
3 2 (10.53%) Information Security
3 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (10.53%) Network Design
3 2 (10.53%) SIEM
3 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (10.53%) Use Case
3 2 (10.53%) Validation
3 2 (10.53%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 4 (21.05%) Python
2 1 (5.26%) Bash
2 1 (5.26%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.26%) VB
Qualifications
1 11 (57.89%) CCNP
2 7 (36.84%) CCNA
3 6 (31.58%) Degree
4 4 (21.05%) CCIE
4 4 (21.05%) CISSP
5 3 (15.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 3 (15.79%) CISM
6 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (5.26%) Azure Certification
7 1 (5.26%) CCSE
7 1 (5.26%) CCSK
7 1 (5.26%) CEH
7 1 (5.26%) CISA
7 1 (5.26%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (5.26%) CRISC
7 1 (5.26%) CWNA
7 1 (5.26%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (5.26%) SC Cleared
7 1 (5.26%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) NIST
2 1 (5.26%) EU AI Act
2 1 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 42001
2 1 (5.26%) NIST 800
2 1 (5.26%) PCI DSS
2 1 (5.26%) QA
2 1 (5.26%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (15.79%) Active Directory
2 2 (10.53%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (5.26%) Firmware
3 1 (5.26%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (5.26%) VMware NSX
3 1 (5.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (21.05%) Ansible
2 2 (10.53%) Terraform
3 1 (5.26%) QRadar
3 1 (5.26%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 9 (47.37%) Cisco
2 5 (26.32%) Palo Alto
3 4 (21.05%) Microsoft
4 3 (15.79%) Fortinet
4 3 (15.79%) VMware
5 2 (10.53%) CheckPoint
5 2 (10.53%) Forcepoint
5 2 (10.53%) Juniper
5 2 (10.53%) Splunk
6 1 (5.26%) Citrix
6 1 (5.26%) EMC
6 1 (5.26%) Extreme Networks
6 1 (5.26%) ForeScout
6 1 (5.26%) Google
6 1 (5.26%) HP
6 1 (5.26%) LogicMonitor
6 1 (5.26%) Meraki
6 1 (5.26%) Okta
6 1 (5.26%) ServiceNow
6 1 (5.26%) Tenable