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 14 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 26 59
Rank change year-on-year -50 +33 +23
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 7 29 12
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 0.88% 6.71% 1.42%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.91% 25.00% 7.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 18 10
10th Percentile £430 £513 £312
25th Percentile £434 £525 £329
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £441 £550 £438
Median % change year-on-year -19.82% +25.71% +12.90%
75th Percentile £474 £575 £536
90th Percentile £486 £659 £553
West Yorkshire median daily rate £441 £550 £365
% change year-on-year -19.82% +50.68% -7.30%

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 179 116 170
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 22.60% 26.85% 20.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 83 102
10th Percentile £363 £263 £310
25th Percentile £427 £374 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £553 £581 £569
90th Percentile £635 £738 £688
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.17 - -
Median hourly rate £16.25 - £12.53
Median % change year-on-year - - -79.95%
75th Percentile £16.33 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £19.26 £27.50 £14.25
% change year-on-year -29.97% +92.98% -77.20%

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (71.43%) Azure
2 4 (57.14%) AWS
3 3 (42.86%) Entra ID
3 3 (42.86%) GCP
4 1 (14.29%) IaaS
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (14.29%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) Firewall
2 4 (57.14%) Network Security
3 2 (28.57%) VLAN
3 2 (28.57%) VPN
4 1 (14.29%) BGP
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (14.29%) EIGRP
4 1 (14.29%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (14.29%) LAN
4 1 (14.29%) NAS
4 1 (14.29%) OSPF
4 1 (14.29%) SAN
4 1 (14.29%) SD-WAN
4 1 (14.29%) WAN
4 1 (14.29%) Wireless
General
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Legal
3 1 (14.29%) Local Government
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Architect
1 4 (57.14%) Security Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Architect
2 1 (14.29%) IT Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Network Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Security Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Security Solutions Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (42.86%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (28.57%) Cloud Native
2 2 (28.57%) Cloud Security Posture
2 2 (28.57%) Public Cloud
2 2 (28.57%) Security Posture
3 1 (14.29%) Operational Technology
3 1 (14.29%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) CI/CD
1 3 (42.86%) Cloud Security
1 3 (42.86%) DevSecOps
1 3 (42.86%) Information Security
1 3 (42.86%) Infrastructure as Code
1 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (42.86%) Regulatory Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) Security Architecture
1 3 (42.86%) Security Testing
1 3 (42.86%) SIEM
1 3 (42.86%) Threat Modelling
1 3 (42.86%) Vulnerability Management
1 3 (42.86%) Zero Trust
2 2 (28.57%) Architectural Patterns
2 2 (28.57%) Configuration Management
2 2 (28.57%) Data Security
2 2 (28.57%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Static Application Security Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Test Automation
2 2 (28.57%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) CISSP
2 4 (57.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 4 (57.14%) CCSP
3 3 (42.86%) AWS Certification
3 3 (42.86%) CCNA
4 2 (28.57%) Azure Certification
4 2 (28.57%) CCNP
5 1 (14.29%) CEH
5 1 (14.29%) CISM
5 1 (14.29%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (14.29%) OSCP
5 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (57.14%) NIST
1 4 (57.14%) PCI DSS
2 3 (42.86%) GDPR
2 3 (42.86%) PSD2
3 1 (14.29%) COBIT
3 1 (14.29%) GxP
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Docker
2 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 1 (14.29%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Kubernetes
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (14.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Cisco
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 1 (14.29%) Meraki
3 1 (14.29%) Palo Alto
3 1 (14.29%) Veeam
3 1 (14.29%) VMware