Cisco Certification Contract Job Trends in the North East

Cisco Certification
England > North East

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

6 months to
6 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 31 30
Rank change year-on-year -7 -1 +13
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 1 3 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North East 0.36% 1.20% 2.35%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.98% 3.33% 7.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 6
10th Percentile - - £278
25th Percentile - £413 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £425 £363
Median % change year-on-year -41.18% +17.24% -34.09%
75th Percentile - £456 £428
90th Percentile - £468 £450
England median daily rate £520 £505 £500
% change year-on-year +2.97% +1.00% +2.56%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North East

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 North East.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 102 90 81
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 37.23% 35.86% 31.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 41 53
10th Percentile £215 £345 £313
25th Percentile £422 £383 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £578 £600 £675
90th Percentile £668 £650 £720
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 14 6
10th Percentile £22.18 £26.45 £18.00
25th Percentile £27.15 £46.18 £18.19
Median hourly rate £35.44 £48.09 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.32% +84.96% -50.48%
75th Percentile £43.72 £70.00 £43.07
90th Percentile £48.69 - £46.18
England median hourly rate £25.15 £53.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -52.55% -3.64% +22.22%

Cisco Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Job vacancy trend for Cisco Certification in the North East

Cisco Certification
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Cisco Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Cisco Certification

Cisco Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Cisco Certification.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Cisco Certification

Cisco Certification
Contract Job Locations in the North East

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 North East region over the 6 months to 6 September 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
Durham - 1 £250 -
Cisco Certification
England

Cisco Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 1 (100.00%) HSRP
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco