Cisco Certification Contracts in Scotland

Cisco Certification
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 101 108 117
Rank change year-on-year +7 +9 +19
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 18 20 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.12% 0.90% 1.61%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.64% 3.28% 7.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 10 33
10th Percentile £272 £308 £233
25th Percentile £370 £381 £462
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £553 £475
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +16.32% +15.15%
75th Percentile £488 £742 £500
90th Percentile £532 £830 £524
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £500
% change year-on-year +2.44% +2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Median hourly rate - £17.50 -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £23.00 £62.00
% change year-on-year +182.61% -62.90% +42.96%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 319 609 591
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 19.76% 27.43% 20.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 326 408
10th Percentile £201 £188 £163
25th Percentile £363 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £550 £600 £538
90th Percentile £600 £675 £632
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 47 14
10th Percentile £17.01 £12.95 £13.65
25th Percentile £19.73 £16.50 £15.99
Median hourly rate £22.88 £40.94 £21.47
Median % change year-on-year -44.13% +90.73% -49.57%
75th Percentile £28.07 £60.00 £57.90
90th Percentile £61.16 £64.70 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £40.72 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year +1.79% -25.93% +29.75%

Cisco Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Cisco Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco Certification in Scotland

Cisco Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cisco Certification in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Cisco Certification in Scotland

Cisco Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco Certification in Scotland over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco Certification in Scotland

Cisco Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cisco Certification in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Cisco Certification in Scotland

Cisco Certification
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
Glasgow +5 8 £399 -27.45% 6
Edinburgh -2 4 £750 -6.92% 3
Aberdeen - 3 £475 -
Dundee - 1 £200 -
Cisco Certification
UK

Cisco Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (5.56%) Acrobat
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (5.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 5 (27.78%) Azure
2 4 (22.22%) AWS
3 2 (11.11%) IaaS
3 2 (11.11%) PaaS
3 2 (11.11%) SaaS
3 2 (11.11%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 1 (5.56%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 12 (66.67%) Firewall
2 10 (55.56%) VPN
2 10 (55.56%) WAN
3 9 (50.00%) Network Security
4 8 (44.44%) BGP
4 8 (44.44%) OSPF
4 8 (44.44%) Wireless
5 7 (38.89%) LAN
6 6 (33.33%) Cisco Nexus
7 5 (27.78%) Cisco ASA
7 5 (27.78%) SD-WAN
8 4 (22.22%) Cisco Firepower
8 4 (22.22%) EIGRP
9 3 (16.67%) IPsec
9 3 (16.67%) TCP/IP
10 2 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (5.56%) Cisco IOS
11 1 (5.56%) Internet
11 1 (5.56%) Software-Defined Networking
11 1 (5.56%) Unified Communications
General
1 4 (22.22%) Finance
1 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 2 (11.11%) Banking
4 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (61.11%) Network Engineer
2 5 (27.78%) Senior
3 3 (16.67%) Senior Network Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Architect
4 2 (11.11%) Consultant
4 2 (11.11%) Security Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Cisco Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Deployment Specialist
5 1 (5.56%) Desktop Support
5 1 (5.56%) DevSecOps Architect
5 1 (5.56%) DevSecOps Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) Field Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Network Field Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Network Specialist
5 1 (5.56%) NOC Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Security Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 8 (44.44%) Data Centre
2 2 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (11.11%) Driving Licence
3 1 (5.56%) Blackberry
3 1 (5.56%) CESG
3 1 (5.56%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (5.56%) Operational Technology
3 1 (5.56%) PDA
3 1 (5.56%) PKI
3 1 (5.56%) Private Cloud
3 1 (5.56%) Security Posture
3 1 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Windows
1 1 (5.56%) Windows 10
1 1 (5.56%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (5.56%) Windows Server 2012
1 1 (5.56%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (5.56%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) Network Monitoring
2 4 (22.22%) Network Design
3 3 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (16.67%) Information Security
3 3 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (11.11%) Capacity Management
4 2 (11.11%) Cloud Security
4 2 (11.11%) Data Protection
4 2 (11.11%) ITIL
4 2 (11.11%) Mentoring
4 2 (11.11%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (11.11%) Remediation Plan
4 2 (11.11%) Threat Modelling
5 1 (5.56%) Change Management
5 1 (5.56%) Cryptography
5 1 (5.56%) Data Analysis
5 1 (5.56%) ITSM
5 1 (5.56%) Project Management
5 1 (5.56%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 10 (55.56%) CCNP
2 5 (27.78%) CCNA
3 4 (22.22%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 4 (22.22%) CISM
4 3 (16.67%) Degree
4 3 (16.67%) Security Cleared
5 2 (11.11%) CCSP
5 2 (11.11%) CISSP
5 2 (11.11%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (11.11%) CRISC
5 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
6 1 (5.56%) A+ Certification
6 1 (5.56%) CEH
6 1 (5.56%) CESG Certified Professional
6 1 (5.56%) DV Cleared
6 1 (5.56%) ISACA
6 1 (5.56%) ISSAP
6 1 (5.56%) MCP
6 1 (5.56%) OSCP
6 1 (5.56%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) COBIT
1 2 (11.11%) NIST
1 2 (11.11%) PCI DSS
2 1 (5.56%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 1 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.56%) JSP 440
2 1 (5.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (11.11%) VMware NSX
2 1 (5.56%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.56%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (22.22%) FortiGate
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (5.56%) ServiceCenter
2 1 (5.56%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 14 (77.78%) Cisco
2 9 (50.00%) Palo Alto
3 4 (22.22%) F5
3 4 (22.22%) ServiceNow
4 3 (16.67%) Fortinet
4 3 (16.67%) Juniper
4 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
5 2 (11.11%) CheckPoint
5 2 (11.11%) VMware
6 1 (5.56%) Adobe
6 1 (5.56%) Bomgar
6 1 (5.56%) HP
6 1 (5.56%) Peregrine
6 1 (5.56%) Remedy