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 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 155 163 167
Rank change year-on-year +8 +4 +93
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 428 546 726
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.78% 1.50% 1.51%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.68% 4.90% 5.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 264 360 447
10th Percentile £325 £305 £259
25th Percentile £450 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% +2.50% -
75th Percentile £600 £600 £613
90th Percentile £658 £751 £713
UK median daily rate £500 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 25 36
10th Percentile £34.85 - £13.63
25th Percentile £49.75 £14.00 £14.25
Median hourly rate £72.50 £20.74 £63.75
Median % change year-on-year +249.57% -67.47% +123.68%
75th Percentile £75.00 £25.83 £80.25
90th Percentile - £41.25 £88.13
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £17.50 £62.00
% change year-on-year +271.43% -71.77% +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 7,539 11,150 13,223
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.42% 30.67% 27.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,794 6,914 8,870
10th Percentile £281 £313 £337
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £713 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 428 971 672
10th Percentile £18.13 £14.00 £14.28
25th Percentile £22.45 £18.07 £21.00
Median hourly rate £37.25 £40.00 £53.61
Median % change year-on-year -6.88% -25.39% +29.63%
75th Percentile £67.50 £62.50 £68.33
90th Percentile £81.35 £76.99 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £36.25 £40.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -9.38% -27.27% +24.36%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 +10 157 £500 -4.76% 233
North of England +12 82 £525 +16.67% 77
South East +7 81 £490 -4.39% 139
South West +57 59 £575 +9.52% 53
Yorkshire +29 43 £550 +29.41% 37
Midlands -4 34 £488 +8.33% 57
North West -13 34 £475 - 33
East Midlands +15 17 £555 +70.77% 21
West Midlands -15 17 £450 - 34
East of England +2 6 £550 +83.33% 42
North East +2 5 £325 -23.53% 7
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 (4.91%) Confluence
2 16 (3.74%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.70%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.47%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.23%) CMS
Applications
1 24 (5.61%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.80%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (0.93%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 66 (15.42%) Azure
2 60 (14.02%) AWS
3 20 (4.67%) GCP
4 17 (3.97%) PaaS
5 14 (3.27%) SaaS
6 7 (1.64%) IaaS
6 7 (1.64%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (1.40%) Azure Sentinel
7 6 (1.40%) Cloudflare
8 5 (1.17%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (0.70%) Entra ID
9 3 (0.70%) OCI
10 2 (0.47%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 2 (0.47%) Amazon EC2
10 2 (0.47%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (0.47%) OpenShift
10 2 (0.47%) Serverless
11 1 (0.23%) Akamai
11 1 (0.23%) AWS CloudFormation
11 1 (0.23%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 186 (43.46%) Firewall
2 122 (28.50%) BGP
3 118 (27.57%) Network Security
4 117 (27.34%) OSPF
5 115 (26.87%) WAN
6 110 (25.70%) VPN
7 82 (19.16%) LAN
8 79 (18.46%) DNS
9 73 (17.06%) MPLS
10 59 (13.79%) Wireless
11 58 (13.55%) TCP/IP
12 45 (10.51%) SD-WAN
13 39 (9.11%) DHCP
14 38 (8.88%) Cisco Nexus
14 38 (8.88%) VLAN
15 34 (7.94%) EIGRP
16 33 (7.71%) Ethernet
16 33 (7.71%) IPsec
17 27 (6.31%) VoIP
17 27 (6.31%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (4.67%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 23 (5.37%) JIRA
2 13 (3.04%) Jenkins
3 12 (2.80%) Sonatype Nexus
4 11 (2.57%) Bitbucket
5 10 (2.34%) Git
6 4 (0.93%) GitLab
General
1 162 (37.85%) Social Skills
2 81 (18.93%) Analytical Skills
3 44 (10.28%) Telecoms
4 43 (10.05%) Finance
5 32 (7.48%) Public Sector
6 19 (4.44%) Banking
7 11 (2.57%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (1.64%) Local Government
9 6 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (1.40%) Legal
10 5 (1.17%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.17%) Military
11 4 (0.93%) Billing
11 4 (0.93%) Financial Institution
11 4 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.70%) Advertising
12 3 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.47%) Aviation
13 2 (0.47%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.47%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 186 (43.46%) Network Engineer
2 65 (15.19%) Architect
3 38 (8.88%) Network Architect
4 33 (7.71%) Senior
5 31 (7.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 29 (6.78%) Cisco Engineer
7 27 (6.31%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 22 (5.14%) Security Architect
8 22 (5.14%) Security Engineer
9 21 (4.91%) IP Engineer
10 19 (4.44%) Consultant
10 19 (4.44%) IT Engineer
11 16 (3.74%) Senior Network Engineer
12 15 (3.50%) Analyst
12 15 (3.50%) Test Engineer
13 14 (3.27%) Implementation Engineer
13 14 (3.27%) Network Security Engineer
14 13 (3.04%) Network Implementation Engineer
15 12 (2.80%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
15 12 (2.80%) Virtualisation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (3.97%) 802.1X
2 12 (2.80%) Flash
3 10 (2.34%) REST
3 10 (2.34%) SOAP
4 5 (1.17%) Spine.js
5 2 (0.47%) .NET
5 2 (0.47%) React
6 1 (0.23%) gRPC
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%) RFC 2544
6 1 (0.23%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 46 (10.75%) Data Centre
2 29 (6.78%) Self-Motivation
3 21 (4.91%) Hybrid Cloud
3 21 (4.91%) Linux Command Line
4 16 (3.74%) Video Conferencing
5 14 (3.27%) Security Posture
6 13 (3.04%) Clustering
6 13 (3.04%) Management Information System
7 10 (2.34%) Blackberry
8 8 (1.87%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (1.87%) PKI
9 6 (1.40%) CMDB
9 6 (1.40%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.17%) Cloud Native
10 5 (1.17%) Private Cloud
10 5 (1.17%) SCADA
11 4 (0.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 4 (0.93%) Onboarding
11 4 (0.93%) Operational Technology
11 4 (0.93%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 64 (14.95%) Linux
2 51 (11.92%) Windows
3 32 (7.48%) Windows Server
4 22 (5.14%) Unix
5 5 (1.17%) CatOS
6 4 (0.93%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.70%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.70%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.47%) VMS
8 2 (0.47%) Windows XP
9 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (30.84%) Problem-Solving
2 60 (14.02%) Migration
3 59 (13.79%) Network Architecture
4 54 (12.62%) Agile
4 54 (12.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 54 (12.62%) Validation
5 48 (11.21%) Network Monitoring
6 46 (10.75%) Computer Science
7 42 (9.81%) Service Management
8 41 (9.58%) ITIL
9 39 (9.11%) Network Design
10 34 (7.94%) Cybersecurity
11 30 (7.01%) Configuration Management
11 30 (7.01%) Roadmaps
12 28 (6.54%) High Availability
13 27 (6.31%) System Testing
14 26 (6.07%) Root Cause Analysis
15 25 (5.84%) NsoIT
15 25 (5.84%) Security Management
16 23 (5.37%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 61 (14.25%) Python
2 41 (9.58%) Bash
3 37 (8.64%) PowerShell
4 22 (5.14%) Perl
5 20 (4.67%) SQL
6 18 (4.21%) Java
6 18 (4.21%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.47%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (0.47%) PHP
7 2 (0.47%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.23%) Bicep
8 1 (0.23%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 264 (61.68%) CCNP
2 159 (37.15%) CCNA
3 145 (33.88%) Security Cleared
4 128 (29.91%) SC Cleared
5 77 (17.99%) Degree
6 69 (16.12%) CCIE
7 39 (9.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 37 (8.64%) CISSP
9 35 (8.18%) DV Cleared
10 32 (7.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 31 (7.24%) Computer Science Degree
12 18 (4.21%) CCSP
13 17 (3.97%) JNCIS
14 16 (3.74%) ISEB
14 16 (3.74%) ISTQB
14 16 (3.74%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 16 (3.74%) Master's Degree
15 15 (3.50%) CCSA
16 14 (3.27%) CCSE
17 12 (2.80%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (5.37%) NIST
2 17 (3.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (3.27%) SLA
4 8 (1.87%) PCI DSS
5 6 (1.40%) NIST 800
6 4 (0.93%) COBIT
6 4 (0.93%) GDPR
7 3 (0.70%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.70%) NCSC
8 2 (0.47%) QA
9 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.23%) GRC
9 1 (0.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.23%) JSP 440
System Software
1 51 (11.92%) VMware Infrastructure
2 28 (6.54%) Active Directory
3 13 (3.04%) VMware ESXi
3 13 (3.04%) VMware NSX
4 9 (2.10%) Firmware
5 5 (1.17%) vSphere
6 3 (0.70%) Docker
7 2 (0.47%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 62 (14.49%) Ansible
2 27 (6.31%) vCenter Server
3 13 (3.04%) Terraform
4 12 (2.80%) Progress Chef
4 12 (2.80%) Puppet
5 11 (2.57%) FortiGate
6 9 (2.10%) ZABBIX
7 5 (1.17%) Kubernetes
7 5 (1.17%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (1.17%) Nagios
8 4 (0.93%) Cisco CUCM
9 3 (0.70%) CA Spectrum
9 3 (0.70%) CSIRT
9 3 (0.70%) SCCM
10 2 (0.47%) Cisco Prime
10 2 (0.47%) Cisco UCCE
10 2 (0.47%) SCOM
11 1 (0.23%) Cisco UCCX
11 1 (0.23%) HAProxy
11 1 (0.23%) SELinux
Vendors
1 314 (73.36%) Cisco
2 75 (17.52%) Juniper
3 69 (16.12%) Microsoft
4 65 (15.19%) Fortinet
5 58 (13.55%) CheckPoint
6 56 (13.08%) Palo Alto
6 56 (13.08%) VMware
7 52 (12.15%) F5
8 31 (7.24%) Oracle
9 30 (7.01%) SolarWinds
10 27 (6.31%) Meraki
11 25 (5.84%) Arista
12 20 (4.67%) Atlassian
13 19 (4.44%) Nokia
14 16 (3.74%) Aruba
14 16 (3.74%) Zscaler
15 15 (3.50%) Ericsson
16 11 (2.57%) Infoblox
17 10 (2.34%) Avaya
17 10 (2.34%) Ribbon