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

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 95 64
Rank change year-on-year +8 -31 +34
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 91 34 59
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 2.40% 1.54% 2.50%
As % of the Qualifications category 8.45% 4.55% 8.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 26 38
10th Percentile £372 £325 £321
25th Percentile £420 £363 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £502
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.38% +10.94%
75th Percentile £608 £584 £548
90th Percentile £630 £713 £712
England median daily rate £500 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% +2.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £29.00 - -
Median hourly rate £30.00 - -
75th Percentile £31.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £63.14 £41.50 £23.00
% change year-on-year +52.13% +80.43% -31.22%

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 1,077 747 669
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 28.36% 33.85% 28.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 680 422 380
10th Percentile £313 £313 £259
25th Percentile £413 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £505
Median % change year-on-year - -0.99% -1.46%
75th Percentile £621 £619 £603
90th Percentile £696 £716 £714
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 68 99
10th Percentile £17.25 £17.33 £10.95
25th Percentile £27.94 £21.02 £12.00
Median hourly rate £43.96 £29.27 £16.85
Median % change year-on-year +50.19% +73.71% -60.35%
75th Percentile £67.37 £58.91 £51.44
90th Percentile £83.75 £74.36 £69.05
England median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £47.50
% change year-on-year +114.71% -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 9 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 9 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 £539 - 1
Cheshire -5 31 £486 +2.22% 6
Manchester -21 24 £375 -6.26% 17
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 (5.49%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.30%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 24 (26.37%) Azure
2 22 (24.18%) AWS
3 11 (12.09%) GCP
4 3 (3.30%) Apigee
4 3 (3.30%) Azure API Management
4 3 (3.30%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (3.30%) GitHub
4 3 (3.30%) Kong
5 2 (2.20%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 2 (2.20%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (1.10%) AWS Direct Connect
6 1 (1.10%) AWS KMS
6 1 (1.10%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (1.10%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (1.10%) Google Ads
6 1 (1.10%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.10%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 59 (64.84%) Firewall
2 46 (50.55%) Wireless
3 38 (41.76%) Network Security
4 31 (34.07%) DNS
5 30 (32.97%) VPN
5 30 (32.97%) WAN
6 29 (31.87%) VLAN
7 27 (29.67%) LAN
8 19 (20.88%) SAN
9 18 (19.78%) Structured Cabling
10 17 (18.68%) Cisco IOS
10 17 (18.68%) DHCP
11 15 (16.48%) NAS
11 15 (16.48%) NX-OS
12 14 (15.38%) BGP
12 14 (15.38%) OSPF
13 13 (14.29%) Broadband
13 13 (14.29%) Converged Networks
14 10 (10.99%) TCP/IP
14 10 (10.99%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 3 (3.30%) JIRA
2 2 (2.20%) Git
3 1 (1.10%) GitLab
3 1 (1.10%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.10%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 23 (25.27%) Social Skills
2 10 (10.99%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (9.89%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (4.40%) Banking
4 4 (4.40%) Finance
5 3 (3.30%) Legal
6 2 (2.20%) Games
6 2 (2.20%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.10%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.10%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.10%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 53 (58.24%) Network Engineer
2 16 (17.58%) Architect
2 16 (17.58%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 9 (9.89%) Analyst
4 8 (8.79%) Senior
5 6 (6.59%) Network Architect
5 6 (6.59%) Senior Network Engineer
5 6 (6.59%) Technical Architect
6 5 (5.49%) Network Analyst
7 4 (4.40%) Cisco Engineer
7 4 (4.40%) Field Engineer
7 4 (4.40%) Field Service Engineer
7 4 (4.40%) IT Engineer
7 4 (4.40%) Systems Analyst
8 3 (3.30%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 3 (3.30%) Consultant
8 3 (3.30%) Security Architect
9 2 (2.20%) Cabling Engineer
9 2 (2.20%) Security Engineer
9 2 (2.20%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (12.09%) 802.1X
2 4 (4.40%) OAuth
2 4 (4.40%) OpenID
3 3 (3.30%) JWT
3 3 (3.30%) OAuth2
4 2 (2.20%) REST
4 2 (2.20%) RESTful
5 1 (1.10%) JSON
5 1 (1.10%) ModSecurity
5 1 (1.10%) SAML
5 1 (1.10%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (32.97%) Data Centre
2 6 (6.59%) PKI
3 4 (4.40%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (4.40%) Driving Licence
3 4 (4.40%) Enterprise Cloud
3 4 (4.40%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (3.30%) Private Cloud
5 2 (2.20%) Animation
5 2 (2.20%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.10%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.10%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (1.10%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.10%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.10%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.10%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.10%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.30%) Windows
2 2 (2.20%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.10%) Linux
3 1 (1.10%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (21.98%) Network Segmentation
2 19 (20.88%) Project Delivery
3 18 (19.78%) ITSM
4 15 (16.48%) Load Balancing
5 14 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (14.29%) ITIL
7 12 (13.19%) Impact Assessments
8 11 (12.09%) Change Management
8 11 (12.09%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (12.09%) High Availability
8 11 (12.09%) Validation
9 9 (9.89%) Agile
10 8 (8.79%) Migration
10 8 (8.79%) Network Monitoring
10 8 (8.79%) Zero Trust
11 7 (7.69%) OWASP
11 7 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 6 (6.59%) AI
12 6 (6.59%) Capacity Planning
12 6 (6.59%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 9 (9.89%) Python
2 4 (4.40%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.20%) Perl
4 1 (1.10%) Bash
4 1 (1.10%) Bicep
4 1 (1.10%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 65 (71.43%) CCNA
2 53 (58.24%) CCNP
3 38 (41.76%) Security Cleared
4 34 (37.36%) SC Cleared
5 22 (24.18%) Network+ Certification
6 15 (16.48%) Server+ Certification
7 12 (13.19%) Degree
8 10 (10.99%) CCIE
9 7 (7.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 7 (7.69%) CISSP
10 4 (4.40%) A+ Certification
10 4 (4.40%) CEH
10 4 (4.40%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (4.40%) MCSE
10 4 (4.40%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (3.30%) CCSP
11 3 (3.30%) CISM
11 3 (3.30%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (3.30%) GIAC
11 3 (3.30%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.40%) NIST
1 4 (4.40%) PCI DSS
2 3 (3.30%) COBIT
3 2 (2.20%) GDPR
4 1 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 7 (7.69%) Firmware
2 2 (2.20%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.20%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.20%) VMware NSX
3 1 (1.10%) Docker
3 1 (1.10%) Snort
Systems Management
1 12 (13.19%) Ansible
2 7 (7.69%) Terraform
3 3 (3.30%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (1.10%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.10%) Nagios
4 1 (1.10%) Progress Chef
4 1 (1.10%) Puppet
4 1 (1.10%) Suricata
Vendors
1 55 (60.44%) Cisco
2 18 (19.78%) ServiceNow
3 12 (13.19%) Palo Alto
4 10 (10.99%) Aruba
4 10 (10.99%) Fortinet
5 7 (7.69%) Splunk
6 6 (6.59%) CheckPoint
6 6 (6.59%) ForeScout
6 6 (6.59%) Infoblox
6 6 (6.59%) Juniper
6 6 (6.59%) Meraki
7 5 (5.49%) Ekahau
7 5 (5.49%) F5
8 4 (4.40%) Arista
8 4 (4.40%) Dell
8 4 (4.40%) Google
8 4 (4.40%) Microsoft
9 3 (3.30%) Broadcom
9 3 (3.30%) CyberArk
9 3 (3.30%) Zscaler