Cisco Certification Contracts in the South East

Cisco Certification
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Cisco Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 84 95
Rank change year-on-year +10 +11 +76
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 78 128 122
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.62% 2.24% 2.16%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.59% 5.02% 5.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 100 65
10th Percentile £378 £334 £347
25th Percentile £450 £459 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £513 £510
Median % change year-on-year -4.39% +0.49% +7.37%
75th Percentile £575 £608 £575
90th Percentile £613 £729 £613
England median daily rate £525 £513 £500
% change year-on-year +2.44% +2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 9
10th Percentile - - £18.50
25th Percentile - £18.50 £60.00
Median hourly rate - £19.00 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year - -69.35% +39.33%
75th Percentile - £19.50 £80.25
90th Percentile - - £80.40
England median hourly rate £48.00 £23.00 £62.00
% change year-on-year +108.70% -62.90% +353.88%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,184 2,549 2,065
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 39.78% 44.68% 36.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 749 1,471 1,324
10th Percentile £262 £350 £300
25th Percentile £406 £450 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £619
90th Percentile £675 £725 £700
England median daily rate £525 £537 £550
% change year-on-year -2.23% -2.36% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 219 132
10th Percentile £18.54 £17.80 £18.60
25th Percentile £25.55 £28.75 £42.50
Median hourly rate £53.00 £57.35 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.59% -4.42% +33.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.39 £73.59
90th Percentile £77.02 £87.46 £76.87
England median hourly rate £32.50 £40.25 £55.00
% change year-on-year -19.25% -26.82% +37.50%

Cisco Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Cisco Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco Certification in the South East

Cisco Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cisco Certification in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Cisco Certification in the South East

Cisco Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco Certification in the South East over the 6 months to 8 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco Certification in the South East

Cisco Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cisco Certification in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Cisco Certification in the South East

Cisco Certification
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 8 June 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
Thames Valley +4 42 £450 -25.00% 81
Berkshire +13 40 £450 -12.20% 65
Hampshire +34 31 £520 -3.26% 34
Kent -5 3 £425 +27.82% 6
Surrey +2 2 £438 -14.63% 18
Buckinghamshire +1 2 £550 -31.25% 16
Cisco Certification
England

Cisco Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (2.56%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 16 (20.51%) AWS
2 15 (19.23%) Azure
3 4 (5.13%) Cloudflare
3 4 (5.13%) GCP
4 1 (1.28%) Amazon ECS
4 1 (1.28%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.28%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 44 (56.41%) VPN
2 36 (46.15%) WAN
3 28 (35.90%) Firewall
4 27 (34.62%) LAN
5 26 (33.33%) MPLS
6 22 (28.21%) Network Security
7 20 (25.64%) Ethernet
8 18 (23.08%) SDH
9 17 (21.79%) BGP
9 17 (21.79%) Wireshark
10 16 (20.51%) ATM
10 16 (20.51%) Frame Relay
10 16 (20.51%) GPRS
10 16 (20.51%) GSM
10 16 (20.51%) LTE
10 16 (20.51%) SAN
10 16 (20.51%) UMTS
11 15 (19.23%) OSPF
12 10 (12.82%) TCP/IP
13 7 (8.97%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (1.28%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 49 (62.82%) Social Skills
2 21 (26.92%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (21.79%) Telecoms
4 5 (6.41%) Public Sector
5 3 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.28%) Aviation
6 1 (1.28%) Billing
6 1 (1.28%) Finance
6 1 (1.28%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 35 (44.87%) Network Engineer
2 18 (23.08%) Architect
3 16 (20.51%) Test Engineer
4 15 (19.23%) IP Engineer
5 14 (17.95%) Network Architect
6 5 (6.41%) Cisco Architect
6 5 (6.41%) Cisco Network Architect
6 5 (6.41%) Cloud Engineer
6 5 (6.41%) IP Network Engineer
6 5 (6.41%) Juniper Architect
7 4 (5.13%) Cloud Network Engineer
8 3 (3.85%) Analyst
8 3 (3.85%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
8 3 (3.85%) Network Analyst
9 2 (2.56%) Consultant
9 2 (2.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 2 (2.56%) IT Engineer
9 2 (2.56%) Network Consultant
9 2 (2.56%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
9 2 (2.56%) Voice Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.56%) RFC 2544
2 1 (1.28%) Jinja
2 1 (1.28%) JSON
2 1 (1.28%) NETCONF
2 1 (1.28%) RESTCONF
Miscellaneous
1 16 (20.51%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (11.54%) Data Centre
3 6 (7.69%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (5.13%) Public Cloud
5 2 (2.56%) Fibre Optics
5 2 (2.56%) SCADA
5 2 (2.56%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.28%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.28%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.28%) Life Science
6 1 (1.28%) Private Cloud
6 1 (1.28%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 19 (24.36%) Linux
2 16 (20.51%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (43.59%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (30.77%) Network Architecture
3 17 (21.79%) Network Design
3 17 (21.79%) Project Management
4 16 (20.51%) Fault Management
4 16 (20.51%) Regression Testing
4 16 (20.51%) Test Strategy
5 11 (14.10%) Computer Science
6 8 (10.26%) Migration
6 8 (10.26%) SIEM
7 7 (8.97%) Incident Management
7 7 (8.97%) Security Operations
7 7 (8.97%) Validation
8 6 (7.69%) Proactive Monitoring
8 6 (7.69%) Root Cause Analysis
8 6 (7.69%) Security Monitoring
9 5 (6.41%) Risk Management
9 5 (6.41%) Service Design
9 5 (6.41%) Zero Trust
10 4 (5.13%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 16 (20.51%) Java
2 13 (16.67%) Python
3 1 (1.28%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 66 (84.62%) CCNP
2 33 (42.31%) CCNA
3 31 (39.74%) Security Cleared
4 26 (33.33%) SC Cleared
5 16 (20.51%) ISEB
5 16 (20.51%) ISTQB
5 16 (20.51%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 13 (16.67%) Degree
7 11 (14.10%) CCIE
7 11 (14.10%) DV Cleared
8 10 (12.82%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (11.54%) JNCIS
10 6 (7.69%) CCSA
10 6 (7.69%) CCSE
10 6 (7.69%) Check Point Certification
11 3 (3.85%) CCDP
11 3 (3.85%) CISSP
12 2 (2.56%) Azure Certification
12 2 (2.56%) CCSP
12 2 (2.56%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.28%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.28%) Docker
1 1 (1.28%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 16 (20.51%) Ansible
2 3 (3.85%) Terraform
3 1 (1.28%) CSIRT
3 1 (1.28%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 58 (74.36%) Cisco
2 31 (39.74%) Juniper
3 20 (25.64%) Microsoft
4 14 (17.95%) Fortinet
5 12 (15.38%) CheckPoint
6 10 (12.82%) Palo Alto
7 6 (7.69%) Fujitsu
8 4 (5.13%) Aruba
8 4 (5.13%) Citrix
8 4 (5.13%) F5
8 4 (5.13%) Zscaler
9 3 (3.85%) Mellanox
9 3 (3.85%) NVIDIA
10 2 (2.56%) Splunk
11 1 (1.28%) Arista
11 1 (1.28%) Google
11 1 (1.28%) Meraki
11 1 (1.28%) Rapid7
11 1 (1.28%) SolarWinds
11 1 (1.28%) VMware