Cisco Certification Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Cisco Certification
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Leeds with a requirement for Cisco Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 11 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 33 58
Rank change year-on-year -48 +25 +11
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 7 31 7
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 0.67% 5.33% 0.97%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.71% 17.42% 4.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 18 6
10th Percentile - £479 £363
25th Percentile - £492 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £525 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% +11.43%
75th Percentile - £575 £500
90th Percentile - - £525
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £525 £450
% change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% -10.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 258 178 173
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 24.62% 30.58% 24.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 170 136 130
10th Percentile £361 £333 £318
25th Percentile £421 £412 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £492 £495
Median % change year-on-year -1.68% -0.61% -10.00%
75th Percentile £588 £545 £548
90th Percentile £675 £609 £600
West Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £492 £495
% change year-on-year -3.46% -0.61% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 0 2
10th Percentile £19.69 - £19.05
25th Percentile £20.92 - £24.00
Median hourly rate £43.96 - £34.50
75th Percentile - - £46.50
90th Percentile - - £52.35
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.77 - £28.25
% change year-on-year - - -5.91%

Cisco Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Cisco Certification job vacancy trend in Leeds

Cisco Certification
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Cisco Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Cisco Certification

Cisco Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Cisco Certification.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Cisco Certification

Cisco Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 (28.57%) Firewall
1 2 (28.57%) LAN
1 2 (28.57%) WAN
2 1 (14.29%) BGP
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco Wireless
2 1 (14.29%) DHCP
2 1 (14.29%) DNS
2 1 (14.29%) Internet
2 1 (14.29%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (14.29%) NAS
2 1 (14.29%) OSPF
2 1 (14.29%) SAN
2 1 (14.29%) Software-Defined Networking
2 1 (14.29%) Spanning Tree
2 1 (14.29%) VLAN
2 1 (14.29%) VPN
2 1 (14.29%) Wireless
2 1 (14.29%) WLAN
General
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Banking
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Consultant
1 3 (42.86%) Security Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Lead
3 1 (14.29%) Network Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Security Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Security Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Security Solutions Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (57.14%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Private Cloud
2 1 (14.29%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) Linux
2 1 (14.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (57.14%) Agile
2 4 (57.14%) Containerisation
2 4 (57.14%) Cryptography
2 4 (57.14%) Microservices
2 4 (57.14%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 4 (57.14%) OWASP
2 4 (57.14%) Security Management
2 4 (57.14%) Security Testing
2 4 (57.14%) Threat Modelling
3 2 (28.57%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (14.29%) Customer Requirements
4 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Management
4 1 (14.29%) Load Balancing
4 1 (14.29%) Network Segmentation
4 1 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Regulatory Compliance
4 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (14.29%) WAN Optimisation
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) CISSP
2 4 (57.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 4 (57.14%) CCSP
2 4 (57.14%) CEH
2 4 (57.14%) CISM
2 4 (57.14%) OSCP
3 2 (28.57%) CCNA
3 2 (28.57%) CCNP
4 1 (14.29%) CCIE
4 1 (14.29%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) COBIT
1 4 (57.14%) NIST
1 4 (57.14%) PCI DSS
2 1 (14.29%) GxP
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Cisco
2 1 (14.29%) CheckPoint
2 1 (14.29%) F5
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
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