Cisco Certification Contract Job Trends in the North West

Cisco Certification
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Cisco Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 24 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 82 74
Rank change year-on-year -10 -8 +44
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 69 43 64
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 2.25% 2.18% 2.28%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.62% 6.07% 7.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 36 50
10th Percentile £396 £363 £312
25th Percentile £463 £413 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £475 £493
Median % change year-on-year +6.84% -3.65% +1.13%
75th Percentile £556 £584 £515
90th Percentile £621 £594 £603
England median daily rate £500 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £74.26 - -
England median hourly rate £42.71 £65.00 £24.69
% change year-on-year -34.30% +163.32% -19.72%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

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 West.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 906 708 861
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 29.51% 35.85% 30.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 601 399 502
10th Percentile £240 £212 £263
25th Percentile £375 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £490 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.08% -4.39% +2.50%
75th Percentile £580 £580 £650
90th Percentile £675 £658 £725
England median daily rate £520 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 45 131
10th Percentile £21.46 £23.23 £10.95
25th Percentile £30.00 £26.25 £11.89
Median hourly rate £45.46 £32.50 £16.06
Median % change year-on-year +39.88% +102.37% -57.17%
75th Percentile £69.25 £60.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £74.26 £82.28 £50.00
England median hourly rate £31.18 £50.00 £38.45
% change year-on-year -37.65% +30.03% -23.10%

Cisco Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Cisco Certification job vacancy trend in the North West

Cisco Certification
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Cisco Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco Certification in the North West over the 6 months to 24 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco Certification in the North West

Cisco Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Cisco Certification
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 24 March 2026. 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
Cumbria +15 22 £481 +2.12% 3
Cheshire -15 17 £575 +17.95% 3
Manchester -25 13 £520 +6.67% 18
Lancashire -6 10 £550 - 9
Merseyside -11 7 - - 1
Cisco Certification
England

Cisco Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 10 (14.49%) SharePoint
2 4 (5.80%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (8.70%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.45%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 19 (27.54%) Azure
2 15 (21.74%) AWS
3 5 (7.25%) GCP
4 4 (5.80%) Entra ID
5 3 (4.35%) Apigee
5 3 (4.35%) Azure API Management
5 3 (4.35%) Kong
6 2 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (2.90%) GitHub
6 2 (2.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 1 (1.45%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (1.45%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 39 (56.52%) Firewall
2 26 (37.68%) VLAN
3 24 (34.78%) Network Security
4 18 (26.09%) DNS
5 17 (24.64%) Wireless
6 14 (20.29%) BGP
7 10 (14.49%) DHCP
7 10 (14.49%) NX-OS
7 10 (14.49%) WAN
8 8 (11.59%) LAN
8 8 (11.59%) TCP/IP
9 7 (10.14%) Cisco ISE
9 7 (10.14%) Cisco Wireless
9 7 (10.14%) VPN
10 6 (8.70%) SAN
10 6 (8.70%) VXLAN
11 5 (7.25%) Structured Cabling
11 5 (7.25%) Wi-Fi
12 4 (5.80%) NAS
12 4 (5.80%) WebEx
Development Applications
1 1 (1.45%) Git
General
1 14 (20.29%) Social Skills
2 10 (14.49%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (14.49%) Banking
3 6 (8.70%) Investment Banking
4 5 (7.25%) Legal
5 4 (5.80%) Finance
6 3 (4.35%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.45%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 39 (56.52%) Network Engineer
2 14 (20.29%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 13 (18.84%) Architect
4 10 (14.49%) Cisco Engineer
4 10 (14.49%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 8 (11.59%) Platform Engineer
6 6 (8.70%) Cisco Wireless Engineer
6 6 (8.70%) Network Architect
6 6 (8.70%) RF Engineer
6 6 (8.70%) Senior
6 6 (8.70%) Wireless Engineer
6 6 (8.70%) Wireless Network Engineer
7 5 (7.25%) Analyst
8 4 (5.80%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
8 4 (5.80%) Systems Analyst
9 3 (4.35%) Security Architect
9 3 (4.35%) Senior Architect
9 3 (4.35%) Senior Network Architect
9 3 (4.35%) Senior Network Engineer
10 2 (2.90%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (10.14%) 802.1X
2 4 (5.80%) REST
2 4 (5.80%) XMPP
3 3 (4.35%) JSON
3 3 (4.35%) JWT
3 3 (4.35%) OAuth
3 3 (4.35%) OAuth2
3 3 (4.35%) OpenID
3 3 (4.35%) SOAP
3 3 (4.35%) XML
4 1 (1.45%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 32 (46.38%) Data Centre
2 10 (14.49%) Product Ownership
3 4 (5.80%) Enterprise Cloud
4 3 (4.35%) IVR
4 3 (4.35%) Onboarding
4 3 (4.35%) Security Posture
5 2 (2.90%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.90%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.45%) PKI
6 1 (1.45%) Private Cloud
6 1 (1.45%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (11.59%) Linux
1 8 (11.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 8 (11.59%) Windows
1 8 (11.59%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (20.29%) Project Delivery
3 13 (18.84%) ITSM
4 12 (17.39%) Network Monitoring
5 11 (15.94%) High Availability
6 10 (14.49%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (13.04%) Migration
8 8 (11.59%) Change Control
8 8 (11.59%) Platform Engineering
8 8 (11.59%) Validation
9 7 (10.14%) Analytics
9 7 (10.14%) Computer Science
9 7 (10.14%) Cybersecurity
9 7 (10.14%) Knowledge Management
9 7 (10.14%) Network Segmentation
10 6 (8.70%) Agile
10 6 (8.70%) Change Management
10 6 (8.70%) User Experience
11 5 (7.25%) SIEM
11 5 (7.25%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 10 (14.49%) Python
2 8 (11.59%) Bash
2 8 (11.59%) Perl
2 8 (11.59%) PowerShell
3 6 (8.70%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 54 (78.26%) CCNP
2 43 (62.32%) CCNA
3 35 (50.72%) Security Cleared
4 32 (46.38%) SC Cleared
5 9 (13.04%) Degree
6 8 (11.59%) CCDP
7 7 (10.14%) CCIE
8 6 (8.70%) Network+ Certification
9 4 (5.80%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 4 (5.80%) CISSP
9 4 (5.80%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (5.80%) DV Cleared
9 4 (5.80%) Server+ Certification
10 3 (4.35%) GIAC
11 2 (2.90%) A+ Certification
11 2 (2.90%) MCSE
11 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (1.45%) CCSP
12 1 (1.45%) CEH
12 1 (1.45%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.45%) COBIT
1 1 (1.45%) NIST
1 1 (1.45%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (11.59%) Active Directory
2 4 (5.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.45%) Firmware
3 1 (1.45%) Snort
Systems Management
1 7 (10.14%) FortiGate
2 4 (5.80%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 3 (4.35%) Ansible
3 3 (4.35%) Terraform
4 1 (1.45%) Suricata
Vendors
1 36 (52.17%) Cisco
2 19 (27.54%) Palo Alto
3 11 (15.94%) Ekahau
3 11 (15.94%) ServiceNow
4 8 (11.59%) Citrix
4 8 (11.59%) Red Hat
4 8 (11.59%) VMware
5 7 (10.14%) Aruba
5 7 (10.14%) Microsoft
5 7 (10.14%) Remedy
6 6 (8.70%) CheckPoint
6 6 (8.70%) Infoblox
7 4 (5.80%) Meraki
8 3 (4.35%) MuleSoft
9 2 (2.90%) Dell
9 2 (2.90%) Fortinet
9 2 (2.90%) Google
9 2 (2.90%) SAP
9 2 (2.90%) Splunk
9 2 (2.90%) Zscaler