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

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 85 79
Rank change year-on-year -11 -6 +39
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 67 45 59
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 2.24% 2.24% 2.08%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.46% 6.39% 6.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 37 46
10th Percentile £414 £363 £295
25th Percentile £464 £430 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £493
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% +1.42% +1.13%
75th Percentile £550 £584 £523
90th Percentile £608 £593 £683
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 £42.71 £72.50 £24.50
% change year-on-year -41.10% +195.92% -20.33%

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 898 704 877
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 30.04% 35.01% 30.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 599 394 512
10th Percentile £229 £211 £258
25th Percentile £380 £395 £421
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £587 £580 £649
90th Percentile £675 £654 £720
England median daily rate £520 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 85 46 132
10th Percentile £21.46 £23.36 £10.95
25th Percentile £30.00 £27.19 £13.44
Median hourly rate £45.46 £32.50 £16.06
Median % change year-on-year +39.88% +102.37% -55.39%
75th Percentile £68.09 £60.00 £43.83
90th Percentile £74.26 £82.00 £50.00
England median hourly rate £28.50 £50.75 £38.95
% change year-on-year -43.84% +30.30% -22.10%

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 17 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 17 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 +18 22 £481 +2.12% 2
Cheshire -13 16 £538 +7.50% 3
Manchester -30 11 £550 +10.00% 14
Lancashire -7 10 £550 - 7
Merseyside -14 8 - -
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 (17.91%) SharePoint
2 4 (5.97%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (11.94%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.49%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 15 (22.39%) Azure
2 11 (16.42%) AWS
3 4 (5.97%) Entra ID
3 4 (5.97%) GCP
4 2 (2.99%) Apigee
4 2 (2.99%) Azure API Management
4 2 (2.99%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (2.99%) GitHub
4 2 (2.99%) Kong
4 2 (2.99%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 1 (1.49%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (1.49%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 40 (59.70%) Firewall
2 26 (38.81%) VLAN
3 23 (34.33%) Network Security
4 19 (28.36%) Wireless
5 17 (25.37%) DNS
6 16 (23.88%) BGP
7 12 (17.91%) NX-OS
8 11 (16.42%) DHCP
8 11 (16.42%) WAN
9 9 (13.43%) Cisco ISE
9 9 (13.43%) Cisco Wireless
10 8 (11.94%) LAN
10 8 (11.94%) TCP/IP
10 8 (11.94%) VXLAN
11 7 (10.45%) VPN
12 6 (8.96%) SAN
12 6 (8.96%) Wi-Fi
13 5 (7.46%) Cisco IOS
13 5 (7.46%) SD-WAN
13 5 (7.46%) Structured Cabling
Development Applications
1 1 (1.49%) Git
1 1 (1.49%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 13 (19.40%) Social Skills
2 10 (14.93%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (13.43%) Banking
4 7 (10.45%) Investment Banking
5 5 (7.46%) Legal
6 3 (4.48%) Finance
6 3 (4.48%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.99%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 41 (61.19%) Network Engineer
2 14 (20.90%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 12 (17.91%) Architect
4 11 (16.42%) Cisco Engineer
4 11 (16.42%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 8 (11.94%) Platform Engineer
5 8 (11.94%) Senior
6 7 (10.45%) Cisco Wireless Engineer
6 7 (10.45%) RF Engineer
6 7 (10.45%) Wireless Engineer
6 7 (10.45%) Wireless Network Engineer
7 6 (8.96%) Network Architect
8 5 (7.46%) Senior Network Engineer
9 4 (5.97%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
10 3 (4.48%) Analyst
10 3 (4.48%) Senior Architect
10 3 (4.48%) Senior Network Architect
10 3 (4.48%) Systems Analyst
11 2 (2.99%) Field Service Engineer
11 2 (2.99%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (11.94%) 802.1X
2 4 (5.97%) REST
2 4 (5.97%) XMPP
3 3 (4.48%) JSON
3 3 (4.48%) SOAP
3 3 (4.48%) XML
4 2 (2.99%) JWT
4 2 (2.99%) OAuth
4 2 (2.99%) OAuth2
4 2 (2.99%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 33 (49.25%) Data Centre
2 10 (14.93%) Product Ownership
3 4 (5.97%) Security Posture
4 3 (4.48%) IVR
4 3 (4.48%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.99%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.99%) Enterprise Cloud
5 2 (2.99%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.49%) PKI
6 1 (1.49%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (11.94%) Linux
1 8 (11.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 8 (11.94%) Windows
1 8 (11.94%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (20.90%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (19.40%) ITSM
2 13 (19.40%) Project Delivery
3 12 (17.91%) Network Monitoring
4 10 (14.93%) High Availability
5 9 (13.43%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (11.94%) Change Control
6 8 (11.94%) Platform Engineering
7 7 (10.45%) Analytics
7 7 (10.45%) Computer Science
7 7 (10.45%) Knowledge Management
7 7 (10.45%) Migration
7 7 (10.45%) User Experience
7 7 (10.45%) Validation
8 6 (8.96%) Cybersecurity
8 6 (8.96%) Network Segmentation
9 5 (7.46%) Acceptance Criteria
9 5 (7.46%) SIEM
9 5 (7.46%) Technical Leadership
9 5 (7.46%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 11 (16.42%) Python
2 8 (11.94%) Bash
2 8 (11.94%) Lisp
2 8 (11.94%) Perl
2 8 (11.94%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 56 (83.58%) CCNP
2 40 (59.70%) CCNA
3 35 (52.24%) Security Cleared
4 32 (47.76%) SC Cleared
5 8 (11.94%) CCDP
5 8 (11.94%) CCIE
5 8 (11.94%) Degree
6 6 (8.96%) Network+ Certification
7 4 (5.97%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (5.97%) DV Cleared
7 4 (5.97%) Server+ Certification
8 2 (2.99%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (2.99%) A+ Certification
8 2 (2.99%) CISSP
8 2 (2.99%) GIAC
8 2 (2.99%) MCSE
8 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (1.49%) GCIA
9 1 (1.49%) JNCIA
9 1 (1.49%) JNCIS
System Software
1 8 (11.94%) Active Directory
2 4 (5.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.49%) Firmware
3 1 (1.49%) Snort
Systems Management
1 9 (13.43%) FortiGate
2 4 (5.97%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 4 (5.97%) Ansible
3 3 (4.48%) Terraform
4 1 (1.49%) Suricata
Vendors
1 39 (58.21%) Cisco
2 20 (29.85%) Palo Alto
3 13 (19.40%) Ekahau
4 12 (17.91%) ServiceNow
5 8 (11.94%) Citrix
5 8 (11.94%) Red Hat
5 8 (11.94%) Remedy
5 8 (11.94%) VMware
6 7 (10.45%) Aruba
7 6 (8.96%) CheckPoint
8 5 (7.46%) Meraki
8 5 (7.46%) Microsoft
9 4 (5.97%) Infoblox
10 2 (2.99%) Dell
10 2 (2.99%) Fortinet
10 2 (2.99%) Google
10 2 (2.99%) MuleSoft
10 2 (2.99%) SAP
10 2 (2.99%) Splunk
10 2 (2.99%) Zscaler