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 16 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 96 66
Rank change year-on-year +11 -30 +25
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 93 37 62
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 2.43% 1.68% 2.58%
As % of the Qualifications category 8.47% 4.97% 9.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 27 41
10th Percentile £374 £325 £350
25th Percentile £423 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £608 £584 £540
90th Percentile £630 £708 £685
England median daily rate £500 £525 £505
% change year-on-year -4.76% +3.96% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £29.00 £65.75 -
Median hourly rate £30.00 £66.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -54.89% - -
75th Percentile £31.00 £67.25 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £63.14 £48.00 £22.70
% change year-on-year +31.53% +111.45% -52.21%

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 1,098 745 685
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 28.68% 33.77% 28.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 704 418 384
10th Percentile £319 £313 £269
25th Percentile £417 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £505
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -0.99% +0.92%
75th Percentile £621 £613 £603
90th Percentile £690 £716 £713
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 70 100
10th Percentile £17.25 £17.40 £10.95
25th Percentile £28.50 £21.30 £12.00
Median hourly rate £43.96 £30.64 £16.93
Median % change year-on-year +43.50% +81.00% -60.18%
75th Percentile £66.66 £59.57 £51.22
90th Percentile £83.75 £73.95 £63.23
England median hourly rate £55.00 £25.15 £47.50
% change year-on-year +118.69% -47.05% -13.64%

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 16 August 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 16 August 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 - 35 £539 - 2
Cheshire -1 32 £493 +3.74% 3
Manchester -15 24 £375 -11.78% 15
Merseyside -16 2 £600 -11.11% 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:

Applications
1 5 (5.38%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.23%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 28 (30.11%) Azure
2 26 (27.96%) AWS
3 12 (12.90%) GCP
4 3 (3.23%) Apigee
4 3 (3.23%) Azure API Management
4 3 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (3.23%) GitHub
4 3 (3.23%) Kong
5 2 (2.15%) AWS KMS
5 2 (2.15%) Azure AI
5 2 (2.15%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 2 (2.15%) Azure Key Vault
5 2 (2.15%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (1.08%) AWS Direct Connect
6 1 (1.08%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.08%) Datadog
6 1 (1.08%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (1.08%) Google Ads
6 1 (1.08%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.08%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 59 (63.44%) Firewall
2 45 (48.39%) Wireless
3 41 (44.09%) Network Security
4 31 (33.33%) VPN
5 30 (32.26%) WAN
6 29 (31.18%) DNS
7 28 (30.11%) VLAN
8 27 (29.03%) LAN
9 18 (19.35%) SAN
10 17 (18.28%) Structured Cabling
11 16 (17.20%) Cisco IOS
11 16 (17.20%) DHCP
12 14 (15.05%) BGP
12 14 (15.05%) NAS
12 14 (15.05%) NX-OS
12 14 (15.05%) OSPF
13 13 (13.98%) Broadband
13 13 (13.98%) Converged Networks
14 10 (10.75%) TCP/IP
14 10 (10.75%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 3 (3.23%) Git
1 3 (3.23%) JIRA
2 1 (1.08%) GitLab
2 1 (1.08%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.08%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 23 (24.73%) Social Skills
2 11 (11.83%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (9.68%) Documentation Skills
4 6 (6.45%) Banking
4 6 (6.45%) Finance
5 3 (3.23%) Legal
6 2 (2.15%) Games
6 2 (2.15%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.08%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.08%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.08%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 53 (56.99%) Network Engineer
2 17 (18.28%) Architect
3 16 (17.20%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 9 (9.68%) Analyst
4 9 (9.68%) Senior
5 6 (6.45%) Senior Network Engineer
5 6 (6.45%) Technical Architect
6 5 (5.38%) Network Analyst
6 5 (5.38%) Network Architect
6 5 (5.38%) Security Architect
7 4 (4.30%) Cisco Engineer
7 4 (4.30%) Field Engineer
7 4 (4.30%) Field Service Engineer
7 4 (4.30%) IT Engineer
7 4 (4.30%) Systems Analyst
8 3 (3.23%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 3 (3.23%) Consultant
8 3 (3.23%) Security Engineer
9 2 (2.15%) Cabling Engineer
9 2 (2.15%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (11.83%) 802.1X
2 4 (4.30%) OAuth
2 4 (4.30%) OpenID
3 3 (3.23%) JWT
3 3 (3.23%) OAuth2
4 2 (2.15%) REST
4 2 (2.15%) RESTful
5 1 (1.08%) JSON
5 1 (1.08%) ModSecurity
5 1 (1.08%) SAML
5 1 (1.08%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (31.18%) Data Centre
2 7 (7.53%) PKI
3 4 (4.30%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (4.30%) Driving Licence
3 4 (4.30%) Enterprise Cloud
3 4 (4.30%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (3.23%) Private Cloud
5 2 (2.15%) Animation
5 2 (2.15%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.15%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.15%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.08%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.08%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (1.08%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.08%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.08%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.08%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.08%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.30%) Windows
2 3 (3.23%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.15%) Linux
4 1 (1.08%) CentOS
4 1 (1.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.08%) Ubuntu
4 1 (1.08%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (22.58%) Project Delivery
2 20 (21.51%) Network Segmentation
3 17 (18.28%) ITSM
4 15 (16.13%) Load Balancing
5 14 (15.05%) ITIL
5 14 (15.05%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (12.90%) Change Management
6 12 (12.90%) Impact Assessments
7 11 (11.83%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (11.83%) High Availability
7 11 (11.83%) Validation
7 11 (11.83%) Zero Trust
8 9 (9.68%) Agile
9 8 (8.60%) AI
9 8 (8.60%) Infrastructure as Code
9 8 (8.60%) Migration
9 8 (8.60%) Network Monitoring
9 8 (8.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 7 (7.53%) Cloud Security
10 7 (7.53%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 11 (11.83%) Python
2 6 (6.45%) PowerShell
3 3 (3.23%) Bash
4 2 (2.15%) Perl
5 1 (1.08%) Bicep
5 1 (1.08%) Lisp
5 1 (1.08%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 64 (68.82%) CCNA
2 52 (55.91%) CCNP
3 37 (39.78%) Security Cleared
4 33 (35.48%) SC Cleared
5 21 (22.58%) Network+ Certification
6 14 (15.05%) Server+ Certification
7 13 (13.98%) Degree
8 11 (11.83%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 11 (11.83%) CISSP
9 10 (10.75%) CCIE
10 6 (6.45%) CCSP
11 5 (5.38%) GIAC
12 4 (4.30%) A+ Certification
12 4 (4.30%) CEH
12 4 (4.30%) CISM
12 4 (4.30%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (4.30%) MCSE
12 4 (4.30%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (3.23%) AWS Certification
13 3 (3.23%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.38%) NIST
1 5 (5.38%) PCI DSS
2 3 (3.23%) COBIT
2 3 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.15%) GDPR
System Software
1 7 (7.53%) Firmware
2 3 (3.23%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.15%) VMware NSX
4 1 (1.08%) Docker
4 1 (1.08%) Snort
Systems Management
1 14 (15.05%) Ansible
2 9 (9.68%) Terraform
3 3 (3.23%) Cisco Prime
4 2 (2.15%) Progress Chef
5 1 (1.08%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.08%) Nagios
5 1 (1.08%) Puppet
5 1 (1.08%) QRadar
5 1 (1.08%) Suricata
Vendors
1 56 (60.22%) Cisco
2 17 (18.28%) ServiceNow
3 13 (13.98%) Palo Alto
4 11 (11.83%) Fortinet
5 10 (10.75%) Aruba
6 8 (8.60%) Splunk
7 7 (7.53%) CheckPoint
7 7 (7.53%) Microsoft
8 6 (6.45%) ForeScout
8 6 (6.45%) Infoblox
8 6 (6.45%) Juniper
8 6 (6.45%) Meraki
9 5 (5.38%) Ekahau
9 5 (5.38%) Google
10 4 (4.30%) Arista
10 4 (4.30%) Dell
10 4 (4.30%) F5
11 3 (3.23%) Broadcom
11 3 (3.23%) CyberArk
11 3 (3.23%) Zscaler