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 3 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 79 83
Rank change year-on-year -24 +4 +46
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 31 42 65
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 1.42% 1.75% 2.28%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.14% 6.28% 7.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 18 54
10th Percentile £327 £407 £363
25th Percentile £388 £456 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £498 £486
Median % change year-on-year -4.52% +2.37% +11.09%
75th Percentile £554 £550 £587
90th Percentile £748 £568 £627
England median daily rate £520 £513 £500
% change year-on-year +1.46% +2.50% +2.56%
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 £41.50 £22.40 £47.50
% change year-on-year +85.27% -52.84% +247.73%

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 749 669 838
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 34.25% 27.89% 29.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 471 348 546
10th Percentile £310 £294 £283
25th Percentile £409 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +2.34%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £638
90th Percentile £720 £677 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 59 62
10th Percentile £15.50 £17.80 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.90 £23.20 £20.81
Median hourly rate £27.19 £46.18 £46.03
Median % change year-on-year -41.13% +0.33% +21.13%
75th Percentile £62.12 £56.89 £46.18
90th Percentile £71.06 £81.18 £63.13
England median hourly rate £25.15 £52.50 £53.00
% change year-on-year -52.10% -0.94% +17.78%

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 3 October 2025.

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 3 October 2025. 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
Cheshire -13 20 £475 -15.18% 7
Manchester -20 6 £471 -4.95% 9
Merseyside -1 3 £675 - 2
Lancashire - 2 £355 - 3
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 3 (9.68%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (9.68%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 8 (25.81%) AWS
1 8 (25.81%) Azure
2 4 (12.90%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 18 (58.06%) Network Security
2 17 (54.84%) Firewall
3 10 (32.26%) BGP
4 8 (25.81%) WAN
5 7 (22.58%) LAN
6 6 (19.35%) Internet
6 6 (19.35%) Intrusion Detection
6 6 (19.35%) MPLS
6 6 (19.35%) NX-OS
7 5 (16.13%) VPN
7 5 (16.13%) Wireless
7 5 (16.13%) WLAN
8 4 (12.90%) Cisco IOS
8 4 (12.90%) OSPF
8 4 (12.90%) VLAN
8 4 (12.90%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (9.68%) Cisco ISE
9 3 (9.68%) Cisco Wireless
9 3 (9.68%) SD-WAN
9 3 (9.68%) VXLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 4 (12.90%) Pharmaceutical
1 4 (12.90%) Social Skills
2 2 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (6.45%) Banking
2 2 (6.45%) Investment Banking
3 1 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (3.23%) Finance
3 1 (3.23%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 20 (64.52%) Network Engineer
2 7 (22.58%) Network Security Engineer
2 7 (22.58%) Security Engineer
3 6 (19.35%) Designer
4 5 (16.13%) Network Designer
5 4 (12.90%) Senior
5 4 (12.90%) Solutions Designer
6 3 (9.68%) Architect
6 3 (9.68%) Cisco Engineer
6 3 (9.68%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 3 (9.68%) Lead
6 3 (9.68%) Lead Network Engineer
6 3 (9.68%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 3 (9.68%) Security Architect
6 3 (9.68%) Senior Network Engineer
7 2 (6.45%) Cisco Wireless Engineer
7 2 (6.45%) Network Architect
7 2 (6.45%) RF Engineer
7 2 (6.45%) Wireless Engineer
7 2 (6.45%) Wireless Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.45%) 802.1X
2 1 (3.23%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.90%) CMDB
1 4 (12.90%) Data Centre
1 4 (12.90%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (9.68%) Management Information System
3 2 (6.45%) Security Posture
3 2 (6.45%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (3.23%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (29.03%) Network Design
2 8 (25.81%) Infrastructure Automation
2 8 (25.81%) Network Architecture
2 8 (25.81%) Zero Trust
3 6 (19.35%) Incident Response
3 6 (19.35%) ITSM
3 6 (19.35%) SIEM
4 5 (16.13%) Computer Science
4 5 (16.13%) ITIL
4 5 (16.13%) Network Monitoring
4 5 (16.13%) Roadmaps
5 4 (12.90%) High Availability
5 4 (12.90%) IT Strategy
5 4 (12.90%) Performance Optimisation
5 4 (12.90%) Service Design
5 4 (12.90%) Strategic Roadmap
5 4 (12.90%) Technology Strategy
5 4 (12.90%) TOGAF
5 4 (12.90%) Use Case
6 3 (9.68%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 5 (16.13%) Python
2 3 (9.68%) Lisp
2 3 (9.68%) Perl
Qualifications
1 27 (87.10%) CCNP
2 7 (22.58%) Degree
3 5 (16.13%) CCIE
3 5 (16.13%) CCNA
3 5 (16.13%) CCSA
3 5 (16.13%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (12.90%) JNCIE
4 4 (12.90%) Master's Degree
5 3 (9.68%) CCDP
5 3 (9.68%) SC Cleared
5 3 (9.68%) Security Cleared
6 2 (6.45%) CISSP
7 1 (3.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (3.23%) CCNA CyberOps
7 1 (3.23%) CCSE
7 1 (3.23%) Check Point Certification
7 1 (3.23%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (3.23%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.45%) PCI DSS
2 1 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.23%) NIST
2 1 (3.23%) SOC 1
Systems Management
1 4 (12.90%) FortiGate
2 2 (6.45%) Ansible
3 1 (3.23%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 24 (77.42%) Cisco
2 15 (48.39%) Palo Alto
3 10 (32.26%) Zscaler
4 7 (22.58%) F5
5 5 (16.13%) Fortinet
6 4 (12.90%) Meraki
6 4 (12.90%) SolarWinds
7 3 (9.68%) CheckPoint
7 3 (9.68%) Ekahau
8 2 (6.45%) Remedy
8 2 (6.45%) ServiceNow
9 1 (3.23%) LogicMonitor
9 1 (3.23%) Microsoft