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 26 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 95 68
Rank change year-on-year +11 -27 +31
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 92 32 62
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 2.47% 1.46% 2.48%
As % of the Qualifications category 8.90% 4.34% 8.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 26 38
10th Percentile £372 £325 £310
25th Percentile £420 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% +2.88%
75th Percentile £608 £572 £548
90th Percentile £630 £679 £712
England median daily rate £500 £530 £513
% change year-on-year -5.57% +3.32% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £33.53 - -
25th Percentile £40.32 - -
Median hourly rate £52.13 - -
75th Percentile £63.45 - -
90th Percentile £69.93 - -
England median hourly rate £63.14 £41.50 £24.87
% change year-on-year +52.13% +66.87% -59.89%

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 1,034 737 716
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 27.80% 33.59% 28.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 656 419 406
10th Percentile £338 £274 £259
25th Percentile £406 £406 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £618 £625 £600
90th Percentile £700 £725 £706
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 67 112
10th Percentile £17.25 £17.44 £10.95
25th Percentile £28.50 £21.59 £13.50
Median hourly rate £43.96 £29.27 £17.25
Median % change year-on-year +50.19% +69.68% -59.25%
75th Percentile £71.50 £58.42 £46.51
90th Percentile £89.75 £74.57 £62.50
England median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +114.71% -41.51% -22.77%

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 26 July 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cisco Certification in the North West over the 6 months to 26 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Cisco Certification in the North West

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 26 July 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 £539 -
Cheshire +4 31 £486 +2.22% 5
Manchester -22 24 £375 -6.26% 15
Lancashire -7 1 - - 11
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 (5.43%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.26%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 24 (26.09%) Azure
2 22 (23.91%) AWS
3 11 (11.96%) GCP
4 3 (3.26%) Apigee
4 3 (3.26%) Azure API Management
4 3 (3.26%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (3.26%) GitHub
4 3 (3.26%) Kong
5 2 (2.17%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 2 (2.17%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (1.09%) AWS Direct Connect
6 1 (1.09%) AWS KMS
6 1 (1.09%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (1.09%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (1.09%) Google Ads
6 1 (1.09%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.09%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 60 (65.22%) Firewall
2 46 (50.00%) Wireless
3 39 (42.39%) Network Security
4 31 (33.70%) DNS
5 30 (32.61%) VLAN
5 30 (32.61%) VPN
5 30 (32.61%) WAN
6 27 (29.35%) LAN
7 19 (20.65%) SAN
8 18 (19.57%) Structured Cabling
9 17 (18.48%) Cisco IOS
9 17 (18.48%) DHCP
10 15 (16.30%) BGP
10 15 (16.30%) NAS
10 15 (16.30%) NX-OS
11 14 (15.22%) OSPF
12 13 (14.13%) Broadband
12 13 (14.13%) Converged Networks
13 10 (10.87%) TCP/IP
13 10 (10.87%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 3 (3.26%) JIRA
2 2 (2.17%) Git
3 1 (1.09%) GitLab
3 1 (1.09%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.09%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 24 (26.09%) Social Skills
2 10 (10.87%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (9.78%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (4.35%) Banking
4 4 (4.35%) Finance
4 4 (4.35%) Legal
5 2 (2.17%) Games
5 2 (2.17%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.09%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.09%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 53 (57.61%) Network Engineer
2 16 (17.39%) Architect
2 16 (17.39%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 9 (9.78%) Analyst
4 8 (8.70%) Senior
5 6 (6.52%) Network Architect
5 6 (6.52%) Senior Network Engineer
5 6 (6.52%) Technical Architect
6 5 (5.43%) Network Analyst
7 4 (4.35%) Cisco Engineer
7 4 (4.35%) Field Engineer
7 4 (4.35%) Field Service Engineer
7 4 (4.35%) IT Engineer
7 4 (4.35%) Systems Analyst
8 3 (3.26%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 3 (3.26%) Consultant
8 3 (3.26%) Security Architect
9 2 (2.17%) Cabling Engineer
9 2 (2.17%) Security Engineer
9 2 (2.17%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (11.96%) 802.1X
2 4 (4.35%) OAuth
2 4 (4.35%) OpenID
3 3 (3.26%) JWT
3 3 (3.26%) OAuth2
4 2 (2.17%) REST
4 2 (2.17%) RESTful
5 1 (1.09%) JSON
5 1 (1.09%) ModSecurity
5 1 (1.09%) SAML
5 1 (1.09%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (33.70%) Data Centre
2 6 (6.52%) PKI
3 4 (4.35%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (4.35%) Driving Licence
3 4 (4.35%) Enterprise Cloud
3 4 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (3.26%) Private Cloud
4 3 (3.26%) Security Posture
5 2 (2.17%) Animation
5 2 (2.17%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.09%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.09%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.09%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.09%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.09%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.35%) Windows
2 3 (3.26%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.17%) Linux
4 1 (1.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.09%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (21.74%) Network Segmentation
2 19 (20.65%) ITSM
2 19 (20.65%) Project Delivery
3 15 (16.30%) Load Balancing
3 15 (16.30%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (14.13%) ITIL
5 12 (13.04%) Change Management
5 12 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
5 12 (13.04%) High Availability
5 12 (13.04%) Impact Assessments
6 11 (11.96%) Validation
7 9 (9.78%) Agile
8 8 (8.70%) Migration
8 8 (8.70%) Network Monitoring
8 8 (8.70%) Zero Trust
9 7 (7.61%) OWASP
9 7 (7.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 6 (6.52%) AI
10 6 (6.52%) Capacity Planning
10 6 (6.52%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 10 (10.87%) Python
2 5 (5.43%) PowerShell
3 3 (3.26%) Perl
4 2 (2.17%) Bash
5 1 (1.09%) Bicep
5 1 (1.09%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 66 (71.74%) CCNA
2 54 (58.70%) CCNP
3 39 (42.39%) Security Cleared
4 35 (38.04%) SC Cleared
5 22 (23.91%) Network+ Certification
6 15 (16.30%) Server+ Certification
7 12 (13.04%) Degree
8 10 (10.87%) CCIE
9 7 (7.61%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 7 (7.61%) CISSP
10 4 (4.35%) A+ Certification
10 4 (4.35%) CEH
10 4 (4.35%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (4.35%) MCSE
10 4 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (3.26%) CCSP
11 3 (3.26%) CISM
11 3 (3.26%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (3.26%) GIAC
11 3 (3.26%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.35%) NIST
1 4 (4.35%) PCI DSS
2 3 (3.26%) COBIT
3 2 (2.17%) GDPR
4 1 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 7 (7.61%) Firmware
2 3 (3.26%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.17%) VMware NSX
4 1 (1.09%) Docker
4 1 (1.09%) Snort
Systems Management
1 12 (13.04%) Ansible
2 7 (7.61%) Terraform
3 3 (3.26%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (1.09%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.09%) Nagios
4 1 (1.09%) Progress Chef
4 1 (1.09%) Puppet
4 1 (1.09%) Suricata
Vendors
1 55 (59.78%) Cisco
2 18 (19.57%) ServiceNow
3 12 (13.04%) Palo Alto
4 10 (10.87%) Aruba
4 10 (10.87%) Fortinet
5 7 (7.61%) Splunk
6 6 (6.52%) CheckPoint
6 6 (6.52%) ForeScout
6 6 (6.52%) Infoblox
6 6 (6.52%) Juniper
6 6 (6.52%) Meraki
7 5 (5.43%) Ekahau
7 5 (5.43%) F5
8 4 (4.35%) Arista
8 4 (4.35%) Dell
8 4 (4.35%) Google
8 4 (4.35%) Microsoft
9 3 (3.26%) CyberArk
9 3 (3.26%) VMware
9 3 (3.26%) Zscaler