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 12 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 50 44
Rank change year-on-year -22 -6 +41
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 3 15 20
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.34% 2.05% 2.52%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.28% 9.15% 9.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 10
10th Percentile £109 £295 £305
25th Percentile £112 £363 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £121 £375 £350
Median % change year-on-year -67.77% +7.14% -23.08%
75th Percentile £126 £388 -
90th Percentile £127 £538 £383
England median daily rate £525 £505 £500
% change year-on-year +3.96% +1.00% +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 235 164 218
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 26.80% 22.47% 27.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 81 154
10th Percentile £161 £306 £226
25th Percentile £308 £325 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -15.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £504 £588 £609
90th Percentile £638 £659 £700
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 17 12
10th Percentile - - £17.71
25th Percentile £17.87 £17.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £21.94 £24.18 £17.83
Median % change year-on-year -9.28% +35.60% +5.96%
75th Percentile £25.15 - £20.13
90th Percentile - £31.41 £23.41
England median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -49.70% -4.76% +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 12 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 - 4
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 (66.67%) SAN
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) Internet
2 1 (33.33%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (33.33%) Network Security
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Field Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Field Service Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Field Hardware Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Field Service Hardware Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Hardware Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) Lead Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (66.67%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Break/Fix
1 2 (66.67%) Customer Service
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Network Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) SIEM
2 1 (33.33%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) A+ Certification
1 2 (66.67%) CCNA
1 2 (66.67%) MCSE
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (66.67%) Network+ Certification
2 1 (33.33%) CCNP
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Dell
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) Palo Alto
2 1 (33.33%) Zscaler