Cisco Certification Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Cisco Certification
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland with a requirement for Cisco Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 26 -
Rank change year-on-year -2 - -
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 5 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 2.08% 1.70% -
As % of the Qualifications category 5.88% 4.29% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £594 - -
90th Percentile £598 - -
UK median daily rate £486 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.75% - +5.26%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 85 70 35
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 35.42% 39.77% 23.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 27 21
10th Percentile £340 £145 £210
25th Percentile £400 £206 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £536
Median % change year-on-year - -11.36% +7.17%
75th Percentile £563 £556 £638
90th Percentile £650 £600 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 9 1
10th Percentile £13.60 £22.50 -
25th Percentile £15.00 - -
Median hourly rate £25.15 £24.18 £15.63
Median % change year-on-year +4.01% +54.70% -3.82%
75th Percentile - £29.50 -
90th Percentile £27.57 £39.56 -
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -23.81% +16.67%

Cisco Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cisco Certification relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Cisco Certification job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Cisco Certification
Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Cisco Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Cisco Certification

Cisco Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco Certification in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 24 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco Certification in Northern Ireland

Cisco Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Cisco Certification.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Cisco Certification

Cisco Certification
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 24 December 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
County Antrim -3 5 £475 - 6
Cisco Certification
UK

Cisco Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (60.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
2 4 (80.00%) Cisco Wireless
2 4 (80.00%) Wireless
3 3 (60.00%) LAN
3 3 (60.00%) MPLS
3 3 (60.00%) WLAN
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (20.00%) SD-WAN
4 1 (20.00%) WAN
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Legal
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Network Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Senior
1 3 (60.00%) Senior Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Network Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Network Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Change Control
1 3 (60.00%) Customer Service
1 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (60.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 3 (60.00%) Network Management
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (60.00%) Project Delivery
1 3 (60.00%) Service Delivery
1 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (60.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) CCNP
2 3 (60.00%) CCNA
3 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) CCIE
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco
2 4 (80.00%) Fortinet
3 3 (60.00%) Aruba
3 3 (60.00%) Microsoft