Cisco Certification Contracts in England

Cisco Certification
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Cisco Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 156 153 181
Rank change year-on-year -3 +28 +79
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 435 586 736
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.79% 1.58% 1.46%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.70% 5.04% 5.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 270 383 460
10th Percentile £325 £300 £265
25th Percentile £450 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.54% +2.50% -
75th Percentile £612 £600 £613
90th Percentile £688 £774 £706
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £500
% change year-on-year +2.44% +2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 32 42
10th Percentile £34.85 - £14.25
25th Percentile £49.75 £14.00 £14.44
Median hourly rate £72.50 £24.00 £63.75
Median % change year-on-year +202.08% -62.35% +123.68%
75th Percentile £75.00 £41.25 £80.00
90th Percentile - £69.75 £85.73
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £23.00 £62.00
% change year-on-year +182.61% -62.90% +42.96%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,629 11,624 13,999
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.33% 31.25% 27.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,849 7,135 9,365
10th Percentile £290 £306 £330
25th Percentile £415 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £629 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 435 985 748
10th Percentile £18.13 £14.00 £15.15
25th Percentile £22.39 £18.13 £20.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £52.40
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -23.66% +39.73%
75th Percentile £67.75 £62.50 £68.25
90th Percentile £81.74 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%

Cisco Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Cisco Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco Certification in England

Cisco Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cisco Certification in England.

Daily rate trend for Cisco Certification in England

Cisco Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco Certification in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco Certification in England

Cisco Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cisco Certification in England.

Hourly rate trend for Cisco Certification in England

Cisco Certification
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cisco Certification in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Cisco Certification in England

Cisco Certification
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
London -5 159 £500 -4.76% 135
South East -1 88 £500 -2.44% 99
North of England +17 80 £525 +19.32% 45
South West +58 61 £575 +7.48% 45
Yorkshire +23 39 £550 +36.65% 24
North West -2 36 £475 - 16
Midlands -5 29 £450 - 35
East Midlands +19 16 £555 +70.77% 13
West Midlands -22 13 £450 - 21
East of England +5 7 £550 +70.54% 28
North East +2 5 £325 -5.80% 6
Cisco Certification
UK

Cisco Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 21 (4.83%) Confluence
2 16 (3.68%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 5 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.69%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.46%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.23%) CMS
Applications
1 26 (5.98%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (3.22%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (0.92%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 75 (17.24%) Azure
2 61 (14.02%) AWS
3 19 (4.37%) PaaS
4 18 (4.14%) GCP
5 14 (3.22%) SaaS
6 9 (2.07%) IaaS
7 8 (1.84%) Cloudflare
7 8 (1.84%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (1.38%) Azure Sentinel
9 5 (1.15%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (0.69%) Entra ID
10 3 (0.69%) OCI
11 2 (0.46%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 2 (0.46%) Amazon EC2
11 2 (0.46%) AWS Lambda
11 2 (0.46%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 2 (0.46%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (0.46%) OpenShift
11 2 (0.46%) Serverless
12 1 (0.23%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 194 (44.60%) Firewall
2 124 (28.51%) Network Security
3 121 (27.82%) BGP
4 116 (26.67%) OSPF
5 113 (25.98%) VPN
6 112 (25.75%) WAN
7 81 (18.62%) LAN
8 77 (17.70%) DNS
9 69 (15.86%) MPLS
10 58 (13.33%) Wireless
11 55 (12.64%) TCP/IP
12 37 (8.51%) DHCP
12 37 (8.51%) EIGRP
12 37 (8.51%) VLAN
13 36 (8.28%) SD-WAN
14 30 (6.90%) Cisco IOS
14 30 (6.90%) IPsec
15 29 (6.67%) Cisco Nexus
16 28 (6.44%) VoIP
17 27 (6.21%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (4.60%) Oracle Database
2 2 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 23 (5.29%) JIRA
2 13 (2.99%) Jenkins
3 11 (2.53%) Bitbucket
4 10 (2.30%) Git
4 10 (2.30%) Sonatype Nexus
5 4 (0.92%) GitLab
General
1 160 (36.78%) Social Skills
2 87 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 47 (10.80%) Finance
4 46 (10.57%) Telecoms
5 35 (8.05%) Public Sector
6 20 (4.60%) Banking
7 11 (2.53%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (1.61%) Financial Institution
8 7 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (1.38%) Legal
9 6 (1.38%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.15%) Local Government
10 5 (1.15%) Military
11 4 (0.92%) Billing
12 3 (0.69%) Advertising
12 3 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.46%) Aviation
13 2 (0.46%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.46%) Law
Job Titles
1 186 (42.76%) Network Engineer
2 73 (16.78%) Architect
3 38 (8.74%) Network Architect
4 36 (8.28%) Senior
5 33 (7.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 29 (6.67%) Cisco Engineer
7 26 (5.98%) Security Architect
8 25 (5.75%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 25 (5.75%) Security Engineer
9 23 (5.29%) Consultant
10 21 (4.83%) IP Engineer
11 20 (4.60%) IT Engineer
12 17 (3.91%) Network Security Engineer
13 16 (3.68%) Senior Network Engineer
14 14 (3.22%) Analyst
14 14 (3.22%) Test Engineer
15 12 (2.76%) Infrastructure Specialist
15 12 (2.76%) Virtualisation Engineer
16 11 (2.53%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
16 11 (2.53%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (3.91%) 802.1X
2 12 (2.76%) Flash
3 10 (2.30%) REST
3 10 (2.30%) SOAP
4 5 (1.15%) Spine.js
5 2 (0.46%) .NET
5 2 (0.46%) React
6 1 (0.23%) HTML
6 1 (0.23%) Jinja
6 1 (0.23%) JSON
6 1 (0.23%) NETCONF
6 1 (0.23%) RESTCONF
6 1 (0.23%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 41 (9.43%) Data Centre
2 29 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
3 21 (4.83%) Hybrid Cloud
4 20 (4.60%) Linux Command Line
5 18 (4.14%) Video Conferencing
6 16 (3.68%) Management Information System
7 13 (2.99%) Clustering
7 13 (2.99%) Security Posture
8 12 (2.76%) Public Cloud
9 10 (2.30%) Blackberry
10 8 (1.84%) Data Protection Act
10 8 (1.84%) PKI
10 8 (1.84%) Private Cloud
11 6 (1.38%) CMDB
11 6 (1.38%) Onboarding
12 5 (1.15%) Cloud Native
12 5 (1.15%) NHS
13 4 (0.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 4 (0.92%) SCADA
13 4 (0.92%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 63 (14.48%) Linux
2 53 (12.18%) Windows
3 32 (7.36%) Windows Server
4 24 (5.52%) Unix
5 5 (1.15%) CatOS
6 3 (0.69%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.69%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.69%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.46%) VMS
7 2 (0.46%) Windows XP
8 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (31.26%) Problem-Solving
2 64 (14.71%) Migration
3 63 (14.48%) Network Architecture
4 60 (13.79%) Agile
5 56 (12.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 54 (12.41%) Validation
7 44 (10.11%) Network Monitoring
8 43 (9.89%) Computer Science
9 42 (9.66%) Cybersecurity
9 42 (9.66%) Service Management
10 41 (9.43%) ITIL
11 37 (8.51%) Network Design
12 31 (7.13%) Roadmaps
13 29 (6.67%) Configuration Management
13 29 (6.67%) High Availability
13 29 (6.67%) Security Management
14 27 (6.21%) System Testing
15 26 (5.98%) Change Management
16 25 (5.75%) NsoIT
17 24 (5.52%) Network Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 61 (14.02%) Python
2 41 (9.43%) Bash
3 38 (8.74%) PowerShell
4 22 (5.06%) Perl
5 20 (4.60%) SQL
6 18 (4.14%) Java
6 18 (4.14%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.46%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (0.46%) PHP
7 2 (0.46%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.23%) Bicep
8 1 (0.23%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 269 (61.84%) CCNP
2 164 (37.70%) CCNA
3 152 (34.94%) Security Cleared
4 132 (30.34%) SC Cleared
5 77 (17.70%) Degree
6 73 (16.78%) CCIE
7 42 (9.66%) CISSP
8 41 (9.43%) DV Cleared
9 39 (8.97%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 37 (8.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 29 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
12 23 (5.29%) CCSP
13 17 (3.91%) Master's Degree
14 16 (3.68%) ISEB
14 16 (3.68%) ISTQB
14 16 (3.68%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 16 (3.68%) JNCIS
15 15 (3.45%) CCSA
15 15 (3.45%) CEH
16 13 (2.99%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (7.36%) NIST
2 17 (3.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (3.22%) SLA
4 11 (2.53%) PCI DSS
5 7 (1.61%) COBIT
5 7 (1.61%) NIST 800
6 6 (1.38%) NCSC
7 4 (0.92%) GDPR
8 3 (0.69%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.46%) DICOM
9 2 (0.46%) HL7
9 2 (0.46%) QA
10 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.23%) GRC
10 1 (0.23%) JSP 440
System Software
1 54 (12.41%) VMware Infrastructure
2 28 (6.44%) Active Directory
3 16 (3.68%) VMware NSX
4 13 (2.99%) VMware ESXi
5 9 (2.07%) Firmware
6 5 (1.15%) vSphere
7 3 (0.69%) Docker
8 2 (0.46%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 58 (13.33%) Ansible
2 27 (6.21%) vCenter Server
3 13 (2.99%) FortiGate
4 12 (2.76%) Progress Chef
4 12 (2.76%) Puppet
4 12 (2.76%) Terraform
5 9 (2.07%) ZABBIX
6 7 (1.61%) Cisco Prime
7 5 (1.15%) Kubernetes
7 5 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (1.15%) Nagios
8 3 (0.69%) CA Spectrum
8 3 (0.69%) Cisco CUCM
8 3 (0.69%) CSIRT
8 3 (0.69%) SCCM
9 2 (0.46%) CASB
9 2 (0.46%) Cisco UCCE
9 2 (0.46%) SCOM
10 1 (0.23%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.23%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 314 (72.18%) Cisco
2 74 (17.01%) Juniper
3 68 (15.63%) Microsoft
4 63 (14.48%) Fortinet
4 63 (14.48%) VMware
5 58 (13.33%) CheckPoint
6 57 (13.10%) Palo Alto
7 51 (11.72%) F5
8 37 (8.51%) SolarWinds
9 33 (7.59%) Oracle
10 28 (6.44%) Meraki
11 23 (5.29%) Arista
12 20 (4.60%) Atlassian
13 19 (4.37%) Nokia
14 17 (3.91%) Zscaler
15 15 (3.45%) Aruba
15 15 (3.45%) Ericsson
16 12 (2.76%) Infoblox
17 10 (2.30%) Google
17 10 (2.30%) Ribbon