Cisco Certification Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Cisco Certification
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for Cisco Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 44 44
Rank change year-on-year -26 0 +42
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 4 16 20
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.47% 2.19% 2.51%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.72% 9.58% 9.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 10
10th Percentile £109 £306 £305
25th Percentile £112 £363 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £121 £375 £350
Median % change year-on-year -67.77% +7.14% -23.29%
75th Percentile £126 £509 -
90th Percentile £127 £594 £383
England median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +5.26%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 233 167 216
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 27.25% 22.81% 27.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 83 153
10th Percentile £159 £307 £245
25th Percentile £314 £345 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £510
Median % change year-on-year - -16.67% +6.25%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £638
90th Percentile £722 £657 £700
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 17 11
10th Percentile - - £17.71
25th Percentile £17.87 £17.00 -
Median hourly rate £21.94 £24.18 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -9.28% +36.46% -9.00%
75th Percentile £25.15 - £20.00
90th Percentile - £31.41 £20.51
England median hourly rate £25.15 £52.19 £52.50
% change year-on-year -51.81% -0.59% +16.67%

Cisco Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Cisco Certification job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Cisco Certification
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Cisco Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Cisco Certification

Cisco Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Cisco Certification.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Cisco Certification

Cisco Certification
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 5 November 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
Leicestershire - 2 £121 - 5
Nottinghamshire -11 1 - - 5
Lincolnshire - 1 - -
Cisco Certification
England

Cisco Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
1 2 (50.00%) SAN
2 1 (25.00%) Internet
2 1 (25.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (25.00%) Network Security
2 1 (25.00%) VPN
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Field Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Field Service Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Field Hardware Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Field Service Hardware Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Hardware Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) IT Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Lead Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Project Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (50.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (25.00%) Fibre Optics
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Break/Fix
1 2 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement Process
2 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Network Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) SIEM
2 1 (25.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) CCNA
2 2 (50.00%) A+ Certification
2 2 (50.00%) MCSE
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (50.00%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (25.00%) CCNP
3 1 (25.00%) NVQ Level 3
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco
1 2 (50.00%) Dell
2 1 (25.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (25.00%) Zscaler