Cisco Certification Contracts in the Midlands

Cisco Certification
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Cisco Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 83 91
Rank change year-on-year -4 +8 +49
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 32 52 67
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.60% 1.94% 2.03%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.30% 6.10% 7.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 27 44
10th Percentile £192 £283 £250
25th Percentile £409 £313 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - +21.70%
75th Percentile £582 £519 £555
90th Percentile £628 £775 £624
England median daily rate £525 £513 £500
% change year-on-year +2.44% +2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £15.73
25th Percentile - - £16.82
Median hourly rate - - £18.63
75th Percentile - - £20.45
90th Percentile - - £21.53
England median hourly rate £72.50 £20.74 £62.00
% change year-on-year +249.57% -66.55% +73.43%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 604 853 910
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 30.12% 31.77% 27.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 395 536 584
10th Percentile £150 £230 £273
25th Percentile £284 £325 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -14.29% +16.67%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £613
90th Percentile £692 £684 £700
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 69 57
10th Percentile £16.28 £13.20 £10.71
25th Percentile £18.51 £17.00 £13.31
Median hourly rate £24.18 £24.65 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.91% +23.25% -
75th Percentile £30.97 £42.50 £35.08
90th Percentile £56.40 £56.75 £65.00
England median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £52.93
% change year-on-year - -24.42% +27.98%

Cisco Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Cisco Certification in the Midlands

Cisco Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Cisco Certification in the Midlands

Cisco Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco Certification in the Midlands over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco Certification in the Midlands

Cisco Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Cisco Certification in the Midlands

Cisco Certification
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 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
East Midlands +20 17 £555 +70.77% 27
West Midlands -26 15 £450 - 38
Cisco Certification
England

Cisco Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 20 (62.50%) Firewall
2 9 (28.13%) DNS
3 8 (25.00%) OSPF
3 8 (25.00%) VLAN
4 7 (21.88%) DHCP
4 7 (21.88%) LAN
4 7 (21.88%) TCP/IP
4 7 (21.88%) Wireless
5 6 (18.75%) BGP
5 6 (18.75%) Cisco ASA
5 6 (18.75%) Cisco Nexus
6 5 (15.63%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 5 (15.63%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 5 (15.63%) WAN
7 4 (12.50%) IPsec
7 4 (12.50%) MPLS
7 4 (12.50%) Network Security
7 4 (12.50%) SD-WAN
8 3 (9.38%) HSRP
8 3 (9.38%) Wi-Fi
General
1 7 (21.88%) Social Skills
2 5 (15.63%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 2 (6.25%) Back Office
4 2 (6.25%) Legal
5 1 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.13%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.13%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (40.63%) Network Engineer
2 6 (18.75%) Architect
2 6 (18.75%) Network Architect
3 4 (12.50%) Cisco Engineer
3 4 (12.50%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 3 (9.38%) Analyst
4 3 (9.38%) Consultant
4 3 (9.38%) Field Support Technician
4 3 (9.38%) IT Support
4 3 (9.38%) IT Support Technician
4 3 (9.38%) IT Technician
4 3 (9.38%) Support Technician
5 2 (6.25%) Network Analyst
5 2 (6.25%) Technical Consultant
6 1 (3.13%) Implementation Consultant
6 1 (3.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.13%) Network Specialist
6 1 (3.13%) Project Engineer
6 1 (3.13%) Security Consultant
6 1 (3.13%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.13%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.50%) Data Centre
2 3 (9.38%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (6.25%) SCADA
4 1 (3.13%) Client/Server
4 1 (3.13%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (3.13%) Operational Technology
4 1 (3.13%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.25%) Windows
1 2 (6.25%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (21.88%) Configuration Management
2 4 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (9.38%) Change Management
3 3 (9.38%) Customer Service
3 3 (9.38%) Migration
3 3 (9.38%) Network Design
3 3 (9.38%) Problem Management
3 3 (9.38%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (6.25%) Computer Science
4 2 (6.25%) Critical Thinking
4 2 (6.25%) Data Protection
4 2 (6.25%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (6.25%) ITIL
4 2 (6.25%) Mentoring
4 2 (6.25%) Project Management
4 2 (6.25%) Strategic Planning
4 2 (6.25%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (3.13%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (3.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (3.13%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.13%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (56.25%) CCNP
2 16 (50.00%) CCNA
3 7 (21.88%) CCIE
3 7 (21.88%) Security Cleared
4 5 (15.63%) Degree
4 5 (15.63%) SC Cleared
5 3 (9.38%) CCENT
5 3 (9.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (9.38%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (6.25%) CCIE Wireless
6 2 (6.25%) Citrix Certification
7 1 (3.13%) CCIE Security
7 1 (3.13%) CCSE
7 1 (3.13%) CCSM
7 1 (3.13%) CISSP
7 1 (3.13%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (3.13%) DV Cleared
7 1 (3.13%) NVQ Level 3
System Software
1 3 (9.38%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (6.25%) Cisco CUCM
1 2 (6.25%) FortiGate
2 1 (3.13%) Ansible
2 1 (3.13%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 23 (71.88%) Cisco
2 6 (18.75%) CheckPoint
2 6 (18.75%) F5
3 5 (15.63%) Fortinet
3 5 (15.63%) Juniper
3 5 (15.63%) Microsoft
3 5 (15.63%) SolarWinds
4 4 (12.50%) Palo Alto
5 3 (9.38%) Meraki
6 2 (6.25%) Zscaler
7 1 (3.13%) Arista
7 1 (3.13%) BMC
7 1 (3.13%) Huawei
7 1 (3.13%) Infoblox
7 1 (3.13%) Remedy