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 4 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 81 71
Rank change year-on-year -12 -10 +52
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 74 41 65
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 2.36% 2.12% 2.33%
As % of the Qualifications category 8.17% 5.87% 7.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 36 50
10th Percentile £401 £325 £313
25th Percentile £457 £363 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £474 £493
Median % change year-on-year +7.12% -3.90% -1.40%
75th Percentile £575 £581 £515
90th Percentile £612 £588 £603
England median daily rate £500 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £74.26 - -
England median hourly rate £52.92 £72.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -27.01% +202.08% -27.82%

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 906 698 844
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 28.94% 36.02% 30.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 598 405 490
10th Percentile £313 £227 £266
25th Percentile £385 £388 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £510
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -3.92% +0.49%
75th Percentile £582 £575 £650
90th Percentile £675 £650 £725
England median daily rate £520 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 45 126
10th Percentile £22.68 £21.00 £10.95
25th Percentile £30.12 £25.26 £11.77
Median hourly rate £45.46 £32.50 £16.06
Median % change year-on-year +39.88% +102.37% -57.17%
75th Percentile £71.50 £60.00 £43.53
90th Percentile £74.41 £82.28 £50.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £50.00 £38.45
% change year-on-year -25.00% +30.03% -26.05%

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 4 April 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 4 April 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 +15 24 £481 +2.12% 3
Cheshire -9 21 £500 +5.26% 1
Manchester -20 14 £520 +10.05% 19
Lancashire -7 10 £550 - 10
Merseyside -19 5 - - 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (10.81%) SharePoint
2 4 (5.41%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (5.41%) MS Visio
2 3 (4.05%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.35%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 20 (27.03%) Azure
2 16 (21.62%) AWS
3 6 (8.11%) GCP
4 4 (5.41%) Entra ID
5 3 (4.05%) Apigee
5 3 (4.05%) Azure API Management
5 3 (4.05%) Kong
6 2 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (2.70%) GitHub
6 2 (2.70%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 1 (1.35%) AWS KMS
7 1 (1.35%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (1.35%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (1.35%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 44 (59.46%) Firewall
2 29 (39.19%) VLAN
3 27 (36.49%) Network Security
4 20 (27.03%) Wireless
5 18 (24.32%) DNS
6 13 (17.57%) BGP
7 11 (14.86%) WAN
8 10 (13.51%) DHCP
8 10 (13.51%) NX-OS
9 9 (12.16%) LAN
10 8 (10.81%) SAN
10 8 (10.81%) TCP/IP
11 7 (9.46%) Structured Cabling
11 7 (9.46%) VPN
12 6 (8.11%) Cisco IOS
12 6 (8.11%) Cisco ISE
12 6 (8.11%) NAS
13 5 (6.76%) Internet
13 5 (6.76%) OSPF
13 5 (6.76%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 3 (4.05%) JIRA
2 1 (1.35%) Git
General
1 17 (22.97%) Social Skills
2 10 (13.51%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (10.81%) Banking
4 5 (6.76%) Finance
4 5 (6.76%) Legal
5 4 (5.41%) Investment Banking
6 3 (4.05%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (4.05%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.35%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 39 (52.70%) Network Engineer
2 15 (20.27%) Architect
3 14 (18.92%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 9 (12.16%) Cisco Engineer
4 9 (12.16%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 8 (10.81%) Platform Engineer
6 6 (8.11%) Network Architect
6 6 (8.11%) Senior
7 5 (6.76%) Analyst
8 4 (5.41%) Cisco Wireless Engineer
8 4 (5.41%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
8 4 (5.41%) RF Engineer
8 4 (5.41%) Systems Analyst
8 4 (5.41%) Wireless Engineer
8 4 (5.41%) Wireless Network Engineer
9 3 (4.05%) Security Architect
9 3 (4.05%) Senior Architect
9 3 (4.05%) Senior Network Architect
9 3 (4.05%) Senior Network Engineer
10 2 (2.70%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (9.46%) 802.1X
2 4 (5.41%) OAuth
2 4 (5.41%) OpenID
2 4 (5.41%) REST
2 4 (5.41%) XMPP
3 3 (4.05%) JSON
3 3 (4.05%) JWT
3 3 (4.05%) OAuth2
3 3 (4.05%) SOAP
3 3 (4.05%) XML
4 1 (1.35%) RESTful
4 1 (1.35%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (43.24%) Data Centre
2 11 (14.86%) Product Ownership
3 4 (5.41%) Enterprise Cloud
4 3 (4.05%) IVR
4 3 (4.05%) Onboarding
4 3 (4.05%) Security Posture
5 2 (2.70%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.70%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (2.70%) PKI
6 1 (1.35%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.35%) Private Cloud
6 1 (1.35%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (10.81%) Linux
1 8 (10.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 8 (10.81%) Windows
1 8 (10.81%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (24.32%) ITSM
2 16 (21.62%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (18.92%) Project Delivery
4 12 (16.22%) Network Monitoring
5 11 (14.86%) High Availability
6 10 (13.51%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (12.16%) Change Management
7 9 (12.16%) Migration
7 9 (12.16%) Network Segmentation
7 9 (12.16%) Validation
8 8 (10.81%) Change Control
8 8 (10.81%) Platform Engineering
8 8 (10.81%) Service Management
9 7 (9.46%) Analytics
9 7 (9.46%) Computer Science
9 7 (9.46%) Cybersecurity
9 7 (9.46%) Knowledge Management
10 6 (8.11%) Agile
10 6 (8.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 5 (6.76%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 10 (13.51%) Python
2 8 (10.81%) Bash
2 8 (10.81%) Perl
2 8 (10.81%) PowerShell
3 4 (5.41%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 58 (78.38%) CCNP
2 48 (64.86%) CCNA
3 38 (51.35%) Security Cleared
4 33 (44.59%) SC Cleared
5 12 (16.22%) Degree
6 8 (10.81%) CCDP
6 8 (10.81%) Network+ Certification
7 7 (9.46%) CCIE
8 6 (8.11%) Server+ Certification
9 5 (6.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 5 (6.76%) CISSP
10 4 (5.41%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (5.41%) DV Cleared
11 3 (4.05%) GIAC
12 2 (2.70%) A+ Certification
12 2 (2.70%) CEH
12 2 (2.70%) MCSE
12 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (1.35%) CCSP
13 1 (1.35%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.70%) NIST
1 2 (2.70%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.35%) COBIT
2 1 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 8 (10.81%) Active Directory
2 4 (5.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.35%) Firmware
3 1 (1.35%) Snort
Systems Management
1 6 (8.11%) Ansible
2 5 (6.76%) FortiGate
3 4 (5.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 3 (4.05%) Cisco Prime
4 3 (4.05%) Terraform
5 1 (1.35%) Suricata
Vendors
1 40 (54.05%) Cisco
2 19 (25.68%) Palo Alto
3 14 (18.92%) ServiceNow
4 9 (12.16%) Ekahau
5 8 (10.81%) Citrix
5 8 (10.81%) Red Hat
5 8 (10.81%) VMware
6 7 (9.46%) Aruba
6 7 (9.46%) Microsoft
7 6 (8.11%) CheckPoint
7 6 (8.11%) Infoblox
8 5 (6.76%) Remedy
8 5 (6.76%) Splunk
9 4 (5.41%) Broadcom
9 4 (5.41%) Meraki
10 3 (4.05%) CyberArk
10 3 (4.05%) ForeScout
10 3 (4.05%) MuleSoft
11 2 (2.70%) Dell
11 2 (2.70%) Zscaler