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

6 months to
23 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 96 62
Rank change year-on-year +15 -34 +25
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 99 37 65
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 2.52% 1.66% 2.66%
As % of the Qualifications category 8.49% 4.82% 9.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 28 41
10th Percentile £375 £325 £350
25th Percentile £432 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £474 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.88% -5.30% +5.26%
75th Percentile £606 £584 £540
90th Percentile £630 £703 £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 £23.00
% change year-on-year +31.53% +108.70% -51.58%

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 1,166 767 695
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 29.72% 34.36% 28.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 754 442 396
10th Percentile £318 £313 £313
25th Percentile £418 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £506
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -1.19% -0.78%
75th Percentile £620 £621 £607
90th Percentile £688 £716 £724
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 74 88
10th Percentile £17.25 £17.18 £10.95
25th Percentile £28.50 £21.02 £11.07
Median hourly rate £43.96 £30.64 £21.80
Median % change year-on-year +43.50% +40.56% -48.72%
75th Percentile £66.66 £58.50 £51.91
90th Percentile £83.75 £73.06 £72.58
England median hourly rate £53.00 £25.15 £48.00
% change year-on-year +110.74% -47.60% -12.73%

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 23 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 23 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 - 36 £537 - 1
Cheshire +3 31 £500 +5.26% 1
Manchester -13 29 £376 -17.75% 13
Merseyside -13 3 £600 -11.11% 2
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 (5.05%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.03%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 30 (30.30%) Azure
2 29 (29.29%) AWS
3 12 (12.12%) GCP
4 3 (3.03%) Apigee
4 3 (3.03%) Azure AI
4 3 (3.03%) Azure API Management
4 3 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (3.03%) GitHub
4 3 (3.03%) Kong
5 2 (2.02%) AWS KMS
5 2 (2.02%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 2 (2.02%) Azure Key Vault
5 2 (2.02%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (1.01%) AWS Direct Connect
6 1 (1.01%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.01%) Datadog
6 1 (1.01%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (1.01%) Google Ads
6 1 (1.01%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.01%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 65 (65.66%) Firewall
2 48 (48.48%) Network Security
3 46 (46.46%) Wireless
4 33 (33.33%) VPN
5 31 (31.31%) WAN
6 28 (28.28%) DNS
6 28 (28.28%) LAN
6 28 (28.28%) VLAN
7 17 (17.17%) SAN
7 17 (17.17%) Structured Cabling
8 16 (16.16%) Cisco IOS
8 16 (16.16%) DHCP
9 14 (14.14%) BGP
9 14 (14.14%) NAS
9 14 (14.14%) NX-OS
9 14 (14.14%) OSPF
10 13 (13.13%) Broadband
10 13 (13.13%) Converged Networks
11 10 (10.10%) TCP/IP
11 10 (10.10%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 3 (3.03%) Git
1 3 (3.03%) JIRA
2 1 (1.01%) GitLab
2 1 (1.01%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.01%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 25 (25.25%) Social Skills
2 12 (12.12%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
3 9 (9.09%) Finance
4 8 (8.08%) Banking
5 3 (3.03%) Legal
6 2 (2.02%) Games
6 2 (2.02%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.01%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.01%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.01%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 57 (57.58%) Network Engineer
2 18 (18.18%) Architect
3 16 (16.16%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 10 (10.10%) Senior
5 9 (9.09%) Analyst
6 7 (7.07%) Security Engineer
6 7 (7.07%) Senior Network Engineer
7 6 (6.06%) Security Architect
7 6 (6.06%) Technical Architect
8 5 (5.05%) Network Analyst
8 5 (5.05%) Network Architect
8 5 (5.05%) Network Security Engineer
9 4 (4.04%) Cisco Engineer
9 4 (4.04%) Systems Analyst
10 3 (3.03%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 3 (3.03%) Cloud Architect
10 3 (3.03%) Consultant
10 3 (3.03%) Field Engineer
10 3 (3.03%) Field Service Engineer
10 3 (3.03%) Information Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (11.11%) 802.1X
2 10 (10.10%) Terraform
3 4 (4.04%) OAuth
3 4 (4.04%) OpenID
4 3 (3.03%) JWT
4 3 (3.03%) OAuth2
4 3 (3.03%) REST
5 2 (2.02%) RESTful
6 1 (1.01%) JSON
6 1 (1.01%) ModSecurity
6 1 (1.01%) SAML
6 1 (1.01%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (28.28%) Data Centre
2 7 (7.07%) PKI
3 4 (4.04%) Driving Licence
3 4 (4.04%) Enterprise Cloud
3 4 (4.04%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (3.03%) Cloud Native
4 3 (3.03%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.03%) Private Cloud
4 3 (3.03%) Security Posture
5 2 (2.02%) Animation
5 2 (2.02%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (1.01%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.01%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (1.01%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.01%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.01%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.01%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.04%) Windows
2 3 (3.03%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.02%) Linux
4 1 (1.01%) CentOS
4 1 (1.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.01%) Ubuntu
4 1 (1.01%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (23.23%) Network Segmentation
2 22 (22.22%) Project Delivery
3 17 (17.17%) ITSM
3 17 (17.17%) Zero Trust
4 16 (16.16%) Change Management
4 16 (16.16%) ITIL
4 16 (16.16%) Load Balancing
5 15 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (12.12%) Impact Assessments
7 11 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (11.11%) High Availability
7 11 (11.11%) Validation
8 10 (10.10%) Infrastructure as Code
9 9 (9.09%) Agile
9 9 (9.09%) AI
9 9 (9.09%) Cloud Security
9 9 (9.09%) Migration
9 9 (9.09%) Risk Assessment
9 9 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
10 8 (8.08%) SABSA
Programming Languages
1 12 (12.12%) Python
2 7 (7.07%) PowerShell
3 4 (4.04%) Bash
4 2 (2.02%) Perl
5 1 (1.01%) Bicep
5 1 (1.01%) Lisp
5 1 (1.01%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 63 (63.64%) CCNA
2 58 (58.59%) CCNP
3 38 (38.38%) Security Cleared
4 34 (34.34%) SC Cleared
5 20 (20.20%) Network+ Certification
6 18 (18.18%) CISSP
7 14 (14.14%) Server+ Certification
8 13 (13.13%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 13 (13.13%) Degree
9 11 (11.11%) CCIE
10 9 (9.09%) CCSP
11 6 (6.06%) GIAC
12 5 (5.05%) AWS Certification
13 4 (4.04%) CCIE Security
13 4 (4.04%) CEH
13 4 (4.04%) CISM
13 4 (4.04%) ITIL Certification
14 3 (3.03%) CompTIA Security+
14 3 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
14 3 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.07%) NIST
1 7 (7.07%) PCI DSS
2 5 (5.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (3.03%) COBIT
4 2 (2.02%) GDPR
System Software
1 7 (7.07%) Firmware
2 3 (3.03%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.02%) VMware NSX
4 1 (1.01%) Docker
4 1 (1.01%) Snort
Systems Management
1 15 (15.15%) Ansible
2 3 (3.03%) Cisco Prime
2 3 (3.03%) Progress Chef
3 1 (1.01%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.01%) Nagios
3 1 (1.01%) Puppet
3 1 (1.01%) QRadar
3 1 (1.01%) Suricata
Vendors
1 58 (58.59%) Cisco
2 17 (17.17%) ServiceNow
3 16 (16.16%) Palo Alto
4 12 (12.12%) Fortinet
5 10 (10.10%) Aruba
6 9 (9.09%) CheckPoint
7 8 (8.08%) Microsoft
7 8 (8.08%) Splunk
8 7 (7.07%) AlgoSec
8 7 (7.07%) Meraki
9 6 (6.06%) ForeScout
9 6 (6.06%) Infoblox
9 6 (6.06%) Juniper
10 5 (5.05%) Ekahau
10 5 (5.05%) F5
10 5 (5.05%) Google
11 4 (4.04%) Arista
12 3 (3.03%) Broadcom
12 3 (3.03%) CyberArk
12 3 (3.03%) Zscaler