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 30 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 77 91
Rank change year-on-year -21 +14 +25
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 50 48 51
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 1.89% 2.29% 1.79%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.62% 7.05% 5.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 39 40
10th Percentile £425 £363 £381
25th Percentile £464 £430 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £495 £493
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% +0.41% -1.40%
75th Percentile £550 £544 £588
90th Percentile £575 £588 £627
England median daily rate £481 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.75% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65.75 - -
Median hourly rate £66.50 - -
75th Percentile £67.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £39.50 £53.75 £40.00
% change year-on-year -26.51% +34.38% +166.67%

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 889 681 871
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 33.60% 32.55% 30.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 606 373 543
10th Percentile £228 £228 £257
25th Percentile £380 £363 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £530
Median % change year-on-year - -10.38% +6.00%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £650
90th Percentile £687 £650 £720
England median daily rate £522 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.57% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 40 94
10th Percentile £16.96 £23.87 £14.15
25th Percentile £25.36 £29.63 £17.38
Median hourly rate £45.46 £34.75 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year +30.82% -13.66% +38.79%
75th Percentile £66.75 £56.00 £46.18
90th Percentile £74.26 £75.33 £64.63
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £46.39
% change year-on-year -45.54% -0.45% +3.09%

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 30 January 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 30 January 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 +2 13 £478 +1.33%
Cheshire -17 10 £575 +21.05% 1
Lancashire - 10 £550 - 3
Merseyside -7 9 £675 +80.00% 2
Manchester -23 8 £496 -0.80% 12
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 (24.00%) SharePoint
2 4 (8.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (16.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 5 (10.00%) Azure
2 4 (8.00%) AWS
2 4 (8.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 28 (56.00%) Firewall
2 21 (42.00%) Network Security
3 14 (28.00%) BGP
3 14 (28.00%) VLAN
4 10 (20.00%) NX-OS
5 9 (18.00%) Cisco ISE
5 9 (18.00%) Cisco Wireless
5 9 (18.00%) Wireless
6 8 (16.00%) VXLAN
6 8 (16.00%) WAN
7 7 (14.00%) DHCP
7 7 (14.00%) DNS
8 5 (10.00%) Internet
8 5 (10.00%) LAN
8 5 (10.00%) SD-WAN
9 4 (8.00%) WebEx
10 3 (6.00%) Cisco IOS
10 3 (6.00%) Cisco Nexus
10 3 (6.00%) MPLS
10 3 (6.00%) Software-Defined Networking
Development Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 11 (22.00%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (14.00%) Banking
2 7 (14.00%) Investment Banking
3 6 (12.00%) Social Skills
4 4 (8.00%) Legal
5 2 (4.00%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.00%) Finance
6 1 (2.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 30 (60.00%) Network Engineer
2 13 (26.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 11 (22.00%) Cisco Engineer
3 11 (22.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 8 (16.00%) Architect
4 8 (16.00%) Senior
5 7 (14.00%) Cisco Wireless Engineer
5 7 (14.00%) Platform Engineer
5 7 (14.00%) RF Engineer
5 7 (14.00%) Wireless Engineer
5 7 (14.00%) Wireless Network Engineer
6 4 (8.00%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 4 (8.00%) Network Architect
6 4 (8.00%) Senior Architect
6 4 (8.00%) Senior Network Engineer
7 3 (6.00%) Senior Network Architect
8 2 (4.00%) Designer
8 2 (4.00%) Security Architect
8 2 (4.00%) Solutions Architect
9 1 (2.00%) Network Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.00%) XMPP
2 3 (6.00%) 802.1X
2 3 (6.00%) JSON
2 3 (6.00%) REST
2 3 (6.00%) SOAP
2 3 (6.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (50.00%) Data Centre
2 9 (18.00%) Product Ownership
3 3 (6.00%) IVR
4 2 (4.00%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (4.00%) Onboarding
4 2 (4.00%) PKI
4 2 (4.00%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.00%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.00%) CMDB
5 1 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 7 (14.00%) Linux
1 7 (14.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 7 (14.00%) Windows
1 7 (14.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (22.00%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (20.00%) Network Monitoring
2 10 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 9 (18.00%) ITSM
4 7 (14.00%) Change Control
4 7 (14.00%) Knowledge Management
4 7 (14.00%) Platform Engineering
4 7 (14.00%) User Experience
4 7 (14.00%) Zero Trust
5 6 (12.00%) High Availability
5 6 (12.00%) Network Architecture
6 5 (10.00%) Computer Science
6 5 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (10.00%) Identity Access Management
6 5 (10.00%) Migration
7 4 (8.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 4 (8.00%) Performance Monitoring
7 4 (8.00%) Product Requirements
7 4 (8.00%) Service Management
7 4 (8.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 10 (20.00%) Python
2 9 (18.00%) Perl
3 8 (16.00%) Lisp
4 7 (14.00%) Bash
4 7 (14.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 45 (90.00%) CCNP
2 26 (52.00%) Security Cleared
3 24 (48.00%) SC Cleared
4 22 (44.00%) CCNA
5 9 (18.00%) CCDP
6 5 (10.00%) Degree
7 4 (8.00%) CCIE
7 4 (8.00%) DV Cleared
8 2 (4.00%) CCSA
8 2 (4.00%) CISSP
8 2 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (2.00%) A+ Certification
9 1 (2.00%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (2.00%) CCNA CyberOps
9 1 (2.00%) CCSE
9 1 (2.00%) Check Point Certification
9 1 (2.00%) GIAC
9 1 (2.00%) MCSE
9 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (2.00%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.00%) NIST
2 1 (2.00%) SOC 1
System Software
1 7 (14.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (6.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (20.00%) FortiGate
2 4 (8.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (2.00%) Ansible
3 1 (2.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 36 (72.00%) Cisco
2 20 (40.00%) Palo Alto
3 8 (16.00%) Ekahau
3 8 (16.00%) Remedy
3 8 (16.00%) ServiceNow
4 7 (14.00%) Citrix
4 7 (14.00%) Red Hat
4 7 (14.00%) VMware
5 6 (12.00%) Meraki
5 6 (12.00%) Microsoft
6 3 (6.00%) CheckPoint
6 3 (6.00%) SolarWinds
6 3 (6.00%) Zscaler
7 2 (4.00%) F5
7 2 (4.00%) SAP
8 1 (2.00%) Aruba
8 1 (2.00%) Broadcom
8 1 (2.00%) Dell
8 1 (2.00%) McAfee
8 1 (2.00%) Symantec