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 1 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 84 82
Rank change year-on-year -7 -2 +27
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 71 36 55
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 2.23% 1.83% 2.00%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.92% 5.10% 6.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 31 33
10th Percentile £397 £325 £307
25th Percentile £425 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.32% - -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £584 £525
90th Percentile £616 £588 £757
England median daily rate £487 £536 £513
% change year-on-year -9.05% +4.54% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £74.26 - -
England median hourly rate £63.14 £72.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -12.92% +202.08% -62.35%

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 897 706 829
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 28.15% 35.87% 30.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 593 404 474
10th Percentile £330 £230 £268
25th Percentile £400 £398 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £494 £513
Median % change year-on-year -3.80% -3.66% -1.44%
75th Percentile £590 £575 £650
90th Percentile £688 £650 £725
England median daily rate £520 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 42 124
10th Percentile £25.15 £17.70 £10.95
25th Percentile £34.87 £25.26 £11.77
Median hourly rate £46.13 £32.50 £16.06
Median % change year-on-year +41.94% +102.37% -57.17%
75th Percentile £72.19 £60.00 £39.54
90th Percentile £97.45 £83.13 £62.50
England median hourly rate £47.50 £45.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +5.56% +12.50% -23.51%

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 1 May 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 1 May 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 +19 25 £481 -16.30%
Cheshire 0 25 £472 +11.06% 1
Manchester -24 16 £498 +2.31% 21
Lancashire -8 3 £450 - 13
Merseyside -20 2 - - 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 1 (1.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (4.23%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.41%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 21 (29.58%) Azure
2 17 (23.94%) AWS
3 7 (9.86%) GCP
4 3 (4.23%) Apigee
4 3 (4.23%) Azure API Management
4 3 (4.23%) Kong
5 2 (2.82%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.82%) GitHub
5 2 (2.82%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (1.41%) AWS KMS
6 1 (1.41%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (1.41%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (1.41%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 41 (57.75%) Firewall
2 31 (43.66%) Network Security
3 28 (39.44%) VLAN
4 19 (26.76%) Wireless
5 18 (25.35%) DNS
6 12 (16.90%) WAN
7 10 (14.08%) LAN
7 10 (14.08%) SAN
8 8 (11.27%) BGP
8 8 (11.27%) TCP/IP
9 7 (9.86%) DHCP
9 7 (9.86%) NX-OS
9 7 (9.86%) Structured Cabling
9 7 (9.86%) VPN
10 6 (8.45%) Cisco IOS
10 6 (8.45%) NAS
10 6 (8.45%) OSPF
11 5 (7.04%) Internet
11 5 (7.04%) Wi-Fi
12 4 (5.63%) SD-WAN
Development Applications
1 3 (4.23%) JIRA
2 1 (1.41%) Git
General
1 14 (19.72%) Social Skills
2 5 (7.04%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (7.04%) Banking
3 4 (5.63%) Finance
4 3 (4.23%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (4.23%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.41%) Financial Institution
5 1 (1.41%) Investment Banking
5 1 (1.41%) Legal
Job Titles
1 40 (56.34%) Network Engineer
2 15 (21.13%) Architect
3 14 (19.72%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 7 (9.86%) Cisco Engineer
4 7 (9.86%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 6 (8.45%) Network Architect
5 6 (8.45%) Senior
6 5 (7.04%) Analyst
7 4 (5.63%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
7 4 (5.63%) Field Engineer
7 4 (5.63%) Field Service Engineer
7 4 (5.63%) IT Engineer
7 4 (5.63%) Systems Analyst
8 3 (4.23%) Security Architect
8 3 (4.23%) Senior Architect
8 3 (4.23%) Senior Network Architect
8 3 (4.23%) Senior Network Engineer
9 2 (2.82%) Security Engineer
9 2 (2.82%) Solutions Architect
9 2 (2.82%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (14.08%) 802.1X
2 4 (5.63%) OAuth
2 4 (5.63%) OpenID
2 4 (5.63%) REST
3 3 (4.23%) JSON
3 3 (4.23%) JWT
3 3 (4.23%) OAuth2
3 3 (4.23%) SOAP
3 3 (4.23%) XML
4 1 (1.41%) RESTful
4 1 (1.41%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (40.85%) Data Centre
2 5 (7.04%) PKI
3 4 (5.63%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (5.63%) Enterprise Cloud
3 4 (5.63%) Product Ownership
4 3 (4.23%) IVR
4 3 (4.23%) Onboarding
4 3 (4.23%) Security Posture
5 2 (2.82%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (2.82%) Private Cloud
6 1 (1.41%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.41%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.41%) Linux
1 1 (1.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (1.41%) Windows
1 1 (1.41%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (21.13%) Project Delivery
2 13 (18.31%) Network Monitoring
3 11 (15.49%) High Availability
3 11 (15.49%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (14.08%) ITSM
4 10 (14.08%) Validation
5 9 (12.68%) Change Management
5 9 (12.68%) Migration
5 9 (12.68%) Network Segmentation
6 8 (11.27%) Zero Trust
7 7 (9.86%) Analytics
7 7 (9.86%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (8.45%) Agile
8 6 (8.45%) OWASP
8 6 (8.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 5 (7.04%) ITIL
9 5 (7.04%) Network Architecture
9 5 (7.04%) SIEM
9 5 (7.04%) Technical Leadership
9 5 (7.04%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.23%) Python
2 1 (1.41%) Bash
2 1 (1.41%) Lisp
2 1 (1.41%) Perl
2 1 (1.41%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 52 (73.24%) CCNP
2 46 (64.79%) CCNA
3 32 (45.07%) Security Cleared
4 27 (38.03%) SC Cleared
5 13 (18.31%) Network+ Certification
6 9 (12.68%) Degree
7 7 (9.86%) CCIE
8 6 (8.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 6 (8.45%) CISSP
8 6 (8.45%) Server+ Certification
9 4 (5.63%) A+ Certification
9 4 (5.63%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (5.63%) DV Cleared
9 4 (5.63%) MCSE
9 4 (5.63%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (4.23%) CEH
10 3 (4.23%) CompTIA Security+
10 3 (4.23%) GIAC
11 2 (2.82%) CCSP
11 2 (2.82%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.23%) NIST
1 3 (4.23%) PCI DSS
2 2 (2.82%) COBIT
3 1 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (1.41%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.41%) Firmware
1 1 (1.41%) Snort
1 1 (1.41%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (8.45%) Ansible
2 3 (4.23%) Cisco Prime
2 3 (4.23%) Terraform
3 1 (1.41%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.41%) Suricata
Vendors
1 34 (47.89%) Cisco
2 20 (28.17%) Palo Alto
3 10 (14.08%) ServiceNow
4 7 (9.86%) Aruba
5 6 (8.45%) CheckPoint
5 6 (8.45%) Ekahau
5 6 (8.45%) ForeScout
5 6 (8.45%) Infoblox
6 5 (7.04%) Splunk
7 4 (5.63%) Broadcom
7 4 (5.63%) Dell
7 4 (5.63%) Meraki
8 3 (4.23%) CyberArk
8 3 (4.23%) Microsoft
8 3 (4.23%) MuleSoft
9 2 (2.82%) Fortinet
9 2 (2.82%) Google
9 2 (2.82%) SAP
9 2 (2.82%) Zscaler
10 1 (1.41%) VMware