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 2 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 80 88
Rank change year-on-year -20 +8 +28
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 57 43 50
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 2.03% 2.09% 1.77%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.34% 6.11% 5.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 35 38
10th Percentile £425 £363 £281
25th Percentile £471 £434 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £500 £493
Median % change year-on-year +4.50% +1.42% -1.40%
75th Percentile £550 £582 £587
90th Percentile £605 £588 £620
England median daily rate £500 £538 £500
% change year-on-year -6.98% +7.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £74.26 - -
England median hourly rate £42.71 £72.50 £24.50
% change year-on-year -41.10% +195.92% -6.67%

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 899 704 842
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 31.99% 34.19% 29.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 604 395 490
10th Percentile £245 £209 £248
25th Percentile £381 £363 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £476 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.52% +2.94%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £645
90th Percentile £680 £662 £700
England median daily rate £520 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 40 118
10th Percentile £19.65 £23.87 £11.56
25th Percentile £27.82 £26.00 £15.27
Median hourly rate £45.46 £32.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +39.88% +25.00% -27.78%
75th Percentile £67.90 £60.00 £46.18
90th Percentile £74.26 £80.87 £63.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £41.00
% change year-on-year -49.70% +21.95% -14.58%

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 2 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 2 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 +16 21 £481 +2.12% 5
Lancashire -8 11 £550 - 7
Cheshire -20 10 £575 +15.00% 6
Merseyside -12 8 - - 1
Manchester -24 7 £550 +10.00% 18
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 12 (21.05%) SharePoint
2 4 (7.02%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (14.04%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.75%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 6 (10.53%) Azure
2 4 (7.02%) Entra ID
3 3 (5.26%) AWS
3 3 (5.26%) GCP
4 2 (3.51%) Apigee
4 2 (3.51%) Azure API Management
4 2 (3.51%) Kong
5 1 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.75%) GitHub
5 1 (1.75%) Google Ads
5 1 (1.75%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 35 (61.40%) Firewall
2 23 (40.35%) VLAN
3 19 (33.33%) Network Security
4 17 (29.82%) Wireless
5 14 (24.56%) BGP
6 13 (22.81%) DNS
7 12 (21.05%) NX-OS
8 11 (19.30%) DHCP
9 10 (17.54%) WAN
10 9 (15.79%) Cisco ISE
10 9 (15.79%) Cisco Wireless
11 8 (14.04%) VXLAN
12 7 (12.28%) LAN
13 6 (10.53%) SAN
13 6 (10.53%) Wi-Fi
14 5 (8.77%) Cisco IOS
14 5 (8.77%) SD-WAN
14 5 (8.77%) Structured Cabling
14 5 (8.77%) TCP/IP
15 4 (7.02%) WebEx
Development Applications
1 1 (1.75%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 13 (22.81%) Social Skills
2 10 (17.54%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (12.28%) Banking
3 7 (12.28%) Investment Banking
4 5 (8.77%) Legal
5 2 (3.51%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (3.51%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.75%) Finance
Job Titles
1 36 (63.16%) Network Engineer
2 14 (24.56%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 11 (19.30%) Architect
3 11 (19.30%) Cisco Engineer
3 11 (19.30%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 8 (14.04%) Platform Engineer
4 8 (14.04%) Senior
5 7 (12.28%) Cisco Wireless Engineer
5 7 (12.28%) RF Engineer
5 7 (12.28%) Wireless Engineer
5 7 (12.28%) Wireless Network Engineer
6 6 (10.53%) Network Architect
7 5 (8.77%) Senior Network Engineer
8 4 (7.02%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
9 3 (5.26%) Senior Architect
9 3 (5.26%) Senior Network Architect
10 2 (3.51%) Field Engineer
10 2 (3.51%) Field Service Engineer
10 2 (3.51%) Security Architect
10 2 (3.51%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (12.28%) 802.1X
2 4 (7.02%) XMPP
3 3 (5.26%) JSON
3 3 (5.26%) REST
3 3 (5.26%) SOAP
3 3 (5.26%) XML
4 2 (3.51%) JWT
4 2 (3.51%) OAuth
4 2 (3.51%) OAuth2
4 2 (3.51%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 31 (54.39%) Data Centre
2 10 (17.54%) Product Ownership
3 4 (7.02%) Security Posture
4 3 (5.26%) IVR
4 3 (5.26%) Onboarding
5 2 (3.51%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (3.51%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.75%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 8 (14.04%) Linux
1 8 (14.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 8 (14.04%) Windows
1 8 (14.04%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (24.56%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (22.81%) ITSM
2 13 (22.81%) Network Monitoring
3 11 (19.30%) Project Delivery
4 8 (14.04%) Platform Engineering
5 7 (12.28%) Change Control
5 7 (12.28%) Computer Science
5 7 (12.28%) High Availability
5 7 (12.28%) Knowledge Management
5 7 (12.28%) User Experience
6 6 (10.53%) Analytics
6 6 (10.53%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (8.77%) Acceptance Criteria
7 5 (8.77%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (8.77%) Migration
7 5 (8.77%) Network Architecture
7 5 (8.77%) Service Management
7 5 (8.77%) User Stories
7 5 (8.77%) Zero Trust
8 4 (7.02%) Digital Transformation Programme
Programming Languages
1 9 (15.79%) Python
2 8 (14.04%) Bash
2 8 (14.04%) Lisp
2 8 (14.04%) Perl
2 8 (14.04%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 50 (87.72%) CCNP
2 33 (57.89%) Security Cleared
3 32 (56.14%) CCNA
4 31 (54.39%) SC Cleared
5 8 (14.04%) CCDP
6 7 (12.28%) CCIE
6 7 (12.28%) Degree
7 6 (10.53%) Network+ Certification
8 4 (7.02%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (7.02%) DV Cleared
8 4 (7.02%) Server+ Certification
9 2 (3.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (3.51%) A+ Certification
9 2 (3.51%) CISSP
9 2 (3.51%) GIAC
9 2 (3.51%) MCSE
9 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.75%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (14.04%) Active Directory
2 4 (7.02%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (17.54%) FortiGate
2 4 (7.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (3.51%) Ansible
4 1 (1.75%) Terraform
Vendors
1 38 (66.67%) Cisco
2 19 (33.33%) Palo Alto
3 12 (21.05%) Ekahau
3 12 (21.05%) ServiceNow
4 8 (14.04%) Citrix
4 8 (14.04%) Red Hat
4 8 (14.04%) Remedy
4 8 (14.04%) VMware
5 6 (10.53%) CheckPoint
6 5 (8.77%) Aruba
6 5 (8.77%) Microsoft
7 4 (7.02%) Meraki
8 2 (3.51%) Dell
8 2 (3.51%) MuleSoft
8 2 (3.51%) SAP
9 1 (1.75%) Broadcom
9 1 (1.75%) F5
9 1 (1.75%) McAfee
9 1 (1.75%) SolarWinds
9 1 (1.75%) Symantec