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 7 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 91 76
Rank change year-on-year +11 -15 +17
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 89 33 63
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 2.60% 1.67% 2.28%
As % of the Qualifications category 9.35% 4.70% 8.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 28 37
10th Percentile £401 £325 £310
25th Percentile £455 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +7.82%
75th Percentile £594 £549 £540
90th Percentile £630 £588 £721
England median daily rate £488 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -7.00% +2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £74.26 - -
England median hourly rate £63.14 £54.50 £23.00
% change year-on-year +15.84% +136.96% -62.90%

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 952 702 777
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 27.84% 35.47% 28.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 626 409 429
10th Percentile £336 £230 £297
25th Percentile £400 £388 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% -2.00% -2.20%
75th Percentile £606 £575 £638
90th Percentile £688 £671 £725
England median daily rate £525 £525 £536
% change year-on-year - -2.07% -2.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 45 134
10th Percentile £22.68 £17.44 £10.95
25th Percentile £28.50 £25.15 £12.00
Median hourly rate £43.96 £30.00 £16.06
Median % change year-on-year +46.53% +86.80% -60.43%
75th Percentile £74.26 £60.00 £43.10
90th Percentile £111.15 £75.25 £66.97
England median hourly rate £51.72 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +59.14% -18.75% -27.27%

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 7 June 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 7 June 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 +22 39 £515 -10.43% 5
Cheshire +6 30 £493 +3.74% 2
Manchester -23 17 £475 +5.85% 18
Lancashire -7 3 £450 - 14
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:

Applications
1 4 (4.49%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.25%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 21 (23.60%) Azure
2 17 (19.10%) AWS
3 7 (7.87%) GCP
4 3 (3.37%) Apigee
4 3 (3.37%) Azure API Management
4 3 (3.37%) Kong
5 2 (2.25%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.25%) GitHub
5 2 (2.25%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (1.12%) AWS KMS
6 1 (1.12%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (1.12%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (1.12%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 57 (64.04%) Firewall
2 40 (44.94%) VLAN
3 38 (42.70%) Network Security
4 35 (39.33%) Wireless
5 28 (31.46%) DNS
6 20 (22.47%) WAN
7 19 (21.35%) SAN
8 17 (19.10%) LAN
8 17 (19.10%) Structured Cabling
9 16 (17.98%) Cisco IOS
9 16 (17.98%) DHCP
9 16 (17.98%) VPN
10 15 (16.85%) NAS
10 15 (16.85%) NX-OS
11 10 (11.24%) BGP
12 9 (10.11%) OSPF
13 8 (8.99%) TCP/IP
13 8 (8.99%) Wi-Fi
14 6 (6.74%) Broadband
14 6 (6.74%) Converged Networks
Development Applications
1 3 (3.37%) JIRA
2 1 (1.12%) Git
General
1 23 (25.84%) Social Skills
2 8 (8.99%) Documentation Skills
3 7 (7.87%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (4.49%) Banking
4 4 (4.49%) Finance
5 3 (3.37%) Legal
6 2 (2.25%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.12%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.12%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 50 (56.18%) Network Engineer
2 21 (23.60%) Architect
2 21 (23.60%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 8 (8.99%) Cisco Engineer
3 8 (8.99%) Network Architect
4 7 (7.87%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 7 (7.87%) Senior
5 6 (6.74%) Analyst
5 6 (6.74%) Technical Architect
6 4 (4.49%) Field Engineer
6 4 (4.49%) Field Service Engineer
6 4 (4.49%) IT Engineer
6 4 (4.49%) Senior Network Engineer
6 4 (4.49%) Systems Analyst
7 3 (3.37%) Security Architect
8 2 (2.25%) Network Analyst
8 2 (2.25%) Security Engineer
8 2 (2.25%) Senior Network Architect
8 2 (2.25%) Solutions Architect
8 2 (2.25%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (13.48%) 802.1X
2 4 (4.49%) OAuth
2 4 (4.49%) OpenID
2 4 (4.49%) REST
3 3 (3.37%) JSON
3 3 (3.37%) JWT
3 3 (3.37%) OAuth2
3 3 (3.37%) SOAP
3 3 (3.37%) XML
4 2 (2.25%) RESTful
5 1 (1.12%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 39 (43.82%) Data Centre
2 7 (7.87%) PKI
3 4 (4.49%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (4.49%) Enterprise Cloud
3 4 (4.49%) Product Ownership
4 3 (3.37%) IVR
4 3 (3.37%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.37%) Private Cloud
4 3 (3.37%) Security Posture
5 2 (2.25%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.12%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.12%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.12%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.12%) Linux
1 1 (1.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (1.12%) Windows
1 1 (1.12%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (23.60%) Project Delivery
2 19 (21.35%) ITSM
3 18 (20.22%) Network Segmentation
4 14 (15.73%) Network Monitoring
5 13 (14.61%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (13.48%) High Availability
7 11 (12.36%) Validation
8 9 (10.11%) Change Management
8 9 (10.11%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (8.99%) ITIL
9 8 (8.99%) Migration
9 8 (8.99%) Zero Trust
10 7 (7.87%) Agile
10 7 (7.87%) Analytics
10 7 (7.87%) Cybersecurity
10 7 (7.87%) Load Balancing
10 7 (7.87%) OWASP
11 6 (6.74%) Capacity Planning
11 6 (6.74%) Impact Assessments
11 6 (6.74%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.49%) Python
2 2 (2.25%) Perl
2 2 (2.25%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.12%) Bash
3 1 (1.12%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 63 (70.79%) CCNA
2 62 (69.66%) CCNP
3 45 (50.56%) Security Cleared
4 40 (44.94%) SC Cleared
5 22 (24.72%) Network+ Certification
6 15 (16.85%) Server+ Certification
7 12 (13.48%) Degree
8 8 (8.99%) CCIE
9 7 (7.87%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 7 (7.87%) CISSP
10 4 (4.49%) A+ Certification
10 4 (4.49%) CEH
10 4 (4.49%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (4.49%) MCSE
10 4 (4.49%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (3.37%) CCSP
11 3 (3.37%) CISM
11 3 (3.37%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (3.37%) GIAC
11 3 (3.37%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.49%) NIST
1 4 (4.49%) PCI DSS
2 3 (3.37%) COBIT
3 2 (2.25%) GDPR
4 1 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (4.49%) Firmware
2 2 (2.25%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.12%) Snort
3 1 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (7.87%) Ansible
2 3 (3.37%) Cisco Prime
2 3 (3.37%) Terraform
3 1 (1.12%) Suricata
Vendors
1 51 (57.30%) Cisco
2 20 (22.47%) Palo Alto
3 18 (20.22%) ServiceNow
4 8 (8.99%) Aruba
5 6 (6.74%) CheckPoint
5 6 (6.74%) ForeScout
5 6 (6.74%) Infoblox
5 6 (6.74%) Splunk
6 5 (5.62%) Ekahau
6 5 (5.62%) Fortinet
7 4 (4.49%) Broadcom
7 4 (4.49%) Dell
7 4 (4.49%) F5
7 4 (4.49%) Meraki
8 3 (3.37%) CyberArk
8 3 (3.37%) Juniper
8 3 (3.37%) MuleSoft
9 2 (2.25%) HP
9 2 (2.25%) Microsoft
9 2 (2.25%) SAP