Cisco Certification Contract Job Trends in County Antrim

Cisco Certification
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in County Antrim 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 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 26 -
Rank change year-on-year -3 - -
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 5 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in County Antrim 2.25% 1.94% -
As % of the Qualifications category 6.10% 4.76% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £594 - -
90th Percentile £598 - -
Northern Ireland median daily rate £475 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
County Antrim

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 County Antrim.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 82 63 33
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim 36.94% 40.65% 24.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 27 20
10th Percentile £340 £145 £209
25th Percentile £400 £206 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £528
Median % change year-on-year - -10.03% +5.64%
75th Percentile £563 £556 £638
90th Percentile £650 £600 £653
Northern Ireland median daily rate £475 £475 £536
% change year-on-year - -11.36% +7.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 9 0
10th Percentile £13.60 £22.50 -
25th Percentile £15.00 - -
Median hourly rate £25.15 £24.18 -
Median % change year-on-year +4.01% - -
75th Percentile - £29.50 -
90th Percentile £27.57 £39.56 -
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £25.15 £24.18 £15.63
% change year-on-year +4.01% +54.70% -3.82%

Cisco Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

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

Cisco Certification job vacancy trend in County Antrim

Cisco Certification
Daily Rate Trend in County Antrim

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Cisco Certification

Cisco Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in County Antrim

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco Certification in County Antrim over the 6 months to 24 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco Certification in County Antrim

Cisco Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in County Antrim

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Cisco Certification

Cisco Certification
Contract Job Locations in County Antrim

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 County Antrim region over the 6 months to 24 December 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
Belfast +1 5 £475 - 3
Cisco Certification
Northern Ireland

Cisco Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in County Antrim 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 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (60.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
2 4 (80.00%) Cisco Wireless
2 4 (80.00%) Wireless
3 3 (60.00%) LAN
3 3 (60.00%) MPLS
3 3 (60.00%) WLAN
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (20.00%) SD-WAN
4 1 (20.00%) WAN
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Legal
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Network Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Senior
1 3 (60.00%) Senior Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Network Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Network Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Change Control
1 3 (60.00%) Customer Service
1 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (60.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 3 (60.00%) Network Management
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (60.00%) Project Delivery
1 3 (60.00%) Service Delivery
1 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (60.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) CCNP
2 3 (60.00%) CCNA
3 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) CCIE
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco
2 4 (80.00%) Fortinet
3 3 (60.00%) Aruba
3 3 (60.00%) Microsoft