Cisco Certification Contracts in England

Cisco Certification
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Cisco Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 164 177 255
Rank change year-on-year +13 +78 -23
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 562 723 768
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.53% 1.48% 1.10%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.92% 5.34% 5.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 377 444 517
10th Percentile £303 £266 £258
25th Percentile £356 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% - +17.65%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £575
90th Percentile £751 £713 £675
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.50% - +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 39 27
10th Percentile - £14.00 £12.75
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.63 £13.41
Median hourly rate £20.74 £65.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -68.34% +138.18% -30.38%
75th Percentile £33.54 £80.13 £50.25
90th Percentile £41.25 £87.00 £68.30
UK median hourly rate £17.50 £62.00 £39.00
% change year-on-year -71.77% +58.97% -7.14%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

Cisco Certification is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,420 13,530 15,191
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.07% 27.63% 21.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,032 9,064 10,005
10th Percentile £313 £335 £320
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +6.06%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £717
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 980 713 679
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.00 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.00 £20.22 £18.76
Median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £39.29
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +33.62% +4.77%
75th Percentile £61.82 £68.25 £56.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £80.00 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -25.93% +27.06% +13.33%

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 10 May 2024.

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 10 May 2024.

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 10 May 2024. 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 +40 200 £525 -2.33% 99
South East +31 142 £513 +2.50% 55
North of England +37 82 £445 -8.44% 36
North West +33 56 £475 -2.26% 19
Midlands +11 54 £450 - 30
West Midlands +28 46 £450 +20.00% 20
South West -22 44 £535 -2.73% 20
East of England -10 31 £300 -13.04% 19
Yorkshire +15 22 £403 -6.67% 15
East Midlands +3 8 £325 -13.33% 10
North East +16 4 £345 +73.58% 3
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 (3.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (2.31%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.25%) Confluence
4 4 (0.71%) IBM Domino
5 2 (0.36%) IIS
5 2 (0.36%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.18%) Apache
6 1 (0.18%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.18%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.18%) WebSphere
Applications
1 19 (3.38%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (3.02%) MS Visio
3 10 (1.78%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (1.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 90 (16.01%) Azure
2 61 (10.85%) AWS
3 33 (5.87%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (3.56%) GCP
5 19 (3.38%) OCI
6 9 (1.60%) SaaS
7 8 (1.42%) Cloudflare
8 7 (1.25%) Azure Sentinel
9 6 (1.07%) Cloud Computing
10 5 (0.89%) Nutanix
11 4 (0.71%) Entra ID
11 4 (0.71%) PaaS
12 3 (0.53%) Akamai
12 3 (0.53%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 3 (0.53%) Azure Monitor
12 3 (0.53%) IaaS
12 3 (0.53%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 2 (0.36%) OneDrive
13 2 (0.36%) WhatsApp
14 1 (0.18%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 212 (37.72%) Firewall
2 140 (24.91%) WAN
3 115 (20.46%) LAN
4 101 (17.97%) BGP
5 98 (17.44%) Network Security
6 95 (16.90%) VPN
7 92 (16.37%) DNS
8 84 (14.95%) OSPF
9 75 (13.35%) Cisco ASA
9 75 (13.35%) Cisco Nexus
10 74 (13.17%) MPLS
11 73 (12.99%) Wireless
12 70 (12.46%) DHCP
13 61 (10.85%) Cisco ISE
14 52 (9.25%) IPsec
15 51 (9.07%) SD-WAN
16 39 (6.94%) EIGRP
17 38 (6.76%) Cisco Firepower
17 38 (6.76%) TCP/IP
17 38 (6.76%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.36%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.18%) DB2
2 1 (0.18%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 12 (2.14%) Sonatype Nexus
2 8 (1.42%) JIRA
3 7 (1.25%) Rational DOORS
4 3 (0.53%) Git
5 1 (0.18%) Jenkins
General
1 174 (30.96%) Social Skills
2 96 (17.08%) Finance
3 61 (10.85%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (10.14%) Public Sector
5 54 (9.61%) Telecoms
6 45 (8.01%) Banking
7 15 (2.67%) Presentation Skills
8 12 (2.14%) Marketing
9 10 (1.78%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (1.60%) Legal
11 8 (1.42%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.07%) Local Government
13 4 (0.71%) Aeronautics
13 4 (0.71%) Aerospace
13 4 (0.71%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (0.71%) French Language
13 4 (0.71%) German Language
13 4 (0.71%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.53%) Digital Economy
14 3 (0.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 303 (53.91%) Network Engineer
2 85 (15.12%) Senior
3 65 (11.57%) Architect
4 62 (11.03%) Senior Network Engineer
5 46 (8.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 33 (5.87%) Analyst
7 29 (5.16%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 27 (4.80%) Cisco Engineer
8 27 (4.80%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 27 (4.80%) Security Architect
9 26 (4.63%) Support Engineer
10 24 (4.27%) Consultant
11 23 (4.09%) Network Architect
12 17 (3.02%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 14 (2.49%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
13 14 (2.49%) Network Support
13 14 (2.49%) Network Support Engineer
13 14 (2.49%) Security Engineer
14 13 (2.31%) Security Analyst
14 13 (2.31%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.38%) Jinja
2 16 (2.85%) XML
3 14 (2.49%) NETCONF
4 13 (2.31%) JSON
5 12 (2.14%) YANG
6 11 (1.96%) 802.1X
6 11 (1.96%) FIX Protocol
7 10 (1.78%) Web Services
8 5 (0.89%) Flash
9 3 (0.53%) .NET
9 3 (0.53%) EDI
9 3 (0.53%) SAML
9 3 (0.53%) Ultra Messaging
10 1 (0.18%) EJB
10 1 (0.18%) J2EE
10 1 (0.18%) LDAP
10 1 (0.18%) MFC
10 1 (0.18%) RESTful
10 1 (0.18%) XMPP
10 1 (0.18%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 115 (20.46%) Data Centre
2 20 (3.56%) Management Information System
3 13 (2.31%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 13 (2.31%) Operational Technology
4 11 (1.96%) Security Posture
5 10 (1.78%) Clustering
5 10 (1.78%) Video Conferencing
6 9 (1.60%) Data Protection Act
6 9 (1.60%) Public Cloud
7 8 (1.42%) Distributed Architecture
7 8 (1.42%) PKI
8 7 (1.25%) Driving Licence
8 7 (1.25%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.07%) Cyber Threat
9 6 (1.07%) IoT
9 6 (1.07%) NHS
9 6 (1.07%) SCADA
10 5 (0.89%) Cloud Native
10 5 (0.89%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 64 (11.39%) Windows
2 41 (7.30%) Linux
3 25 (4.45%) Windows 10
4 23 (4.09%) Windows Server
5 18 (3.20%) Windows Server 2012
6 14 (2.49%) Windows Server 2016
6 14 (2.49%) Windows Server 2019
6 14 (2.49%) Windows XP
7 10 (1.78%) Unix
8 9 (1.60%) Windows 7
9 6 (1.07%) Mac OS
10 4 (0.71%) Android
10 4 (0.71%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (20.82%) Problem-Solving
2 104 (18.51%) ITIL
3 59 (10.50%) Computer Science
3 59 (10.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 56 (9.96%) Change Management
5 55 (9.79%) Migration
6 46 (8.19%) Customer Service
7 36 (6.41%) Project Management
8 35 (6.23%) Network Design
9 34 (6.05%) Network Monitoring
10 33 (5.87%) Cybersecurity
11 31 (5.52%) DevOps
11 31 (5.52%) ITSM
11 31 (5.52%) Mentoring
12 28 (4.98%) High Availability
12 28 (4.98%) Information Security
12 28 (4.98%) TOGAF
13 27 (4.80%) B2B
13 27 (4.80%) Incident Management
13 27 (4.80%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 58 (10.32%) Python
2 25 (4.45%) PowerShell
3 15 (2.67%) Perl
4 11 (1.96%) Tcl
5 8 (1.42%) Bash
6 3 (0.53%) Java
6 3 (0.53%) SQL
7 2 (0.36%) C#
7 2 (0.36%) Go
7 2 (0.36%) Ruby
8 1 (0.18%) C
8 1 (0.18%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 325 (57.83%) CCNP
2 290 (51.60%) CCNA
3 158 (28.11%) Security Cleared
4 123 (21.89%) Degree
5 116 (20.64%) SC Cleared
6 102 (18.15%) CCIE
7 57 (10.14%) CISSP
8 50 (8.90%) DV Cleared
9 42 (7.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 35 (6.23%) JNCIA
11 34 (6.05%) Computer Science Degree
12 33 (5.87%) CISM
13 30 (5.34%) Microsoft Certification
14 21 (3.74%) CISA
15 20 (3.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 19 (3.38%) CCSK
16 19 (3.38%) CCSP
16 19 (3.38%) Network+ Certification
17 18 (3.20%) MCSE
18 17 (3.02%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (5.87%) SLA
2 31 (5.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (5.52%) NIST
3 11 (1.96%) GRC
4 10 (1.78%) NCSC
4 10 (1.78%) QA
5 9 (1.60%) NIST 800
6 7 (1.25%) COBIT
7 6 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 6 (1.07%) PCI DSS
8 5 (0.89%) GDPR
9 3 (0.53%) ISO 22301
9 3 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 2 (0.36%) ISO 31000
11 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.18%) ISA99
11 1 (0.18%) SOC 2
System Software
1 62 (11.03%) VMware Infrastructure
2 42 (7.47%) Active Directory
3 33 (5.87%) Hyper-V
4 23 (4.09%) VMware ESXi
5 22 (3.91%) Firmware
6 20 (3.56%) VMware NSX
7 12 (2.14%) vSphere
8 11 (1.96%) KVM
9 8 (1.42%) Virtual Machines
10 5 (0.89%) VMware Workstation
11 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 42 (7.47%) Ansible
2 26 (4.63%) SCCM
3 23 (4.09%) vCenter Server
4 17 (3.02%) Terraform
5 15 (2.67%) EMC NetWorker
5 15 (2.67%) FortiGate
5 15 (2.67%) SCOM
5 15 (2.67%) WSUS
6 14 (2.49%) NetBackup
7 12 (2.14%) Nessus
8 7 (1.25%) SolarWinds Orion
9 5 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
9 5 (0.89%) OpenView
10 3 (0.53%) ITRS Geneos
10 3 (0.53%) Kibana
10 3 (0.53%) Netcool
11 2 (0.36%) OpenNMS
11 2 (0.36%) QRadar
11 2 (0.36%) Rundeck
11 2 (0.36%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 397 (70.64%) Cisco
2 115 (20.46%) Palo Alto
3 105 (18.68%) Juniper
4 88 (15.66%) CheckPoint
5 80 (14.23%) Microsoft
6 73 (12.99%) VMware
7 64 (11.39%) F5
8 52 (9.25%) SolarWinds
9 48 (8.54%) Fortinet
10 42 (7.47%) Arista
11 31 (5.52%) Nokia
12 26 (4.63%) Citrix
12 26 (4.63%) Infoblox
13 22 (3.91%) Dell
14 20 (3.56%) Meraki
15 19 (3.38%) Symantec
15 19 (3.38%) Zscaler
16 17 (3.02%) HP
16 17 (3.02%) Veeam
17 16 (2.85%) Oracle