Cisco Certification Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Cisco Certification
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Wales with a requirement for Cisco Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 11 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 32 41
Rank change year-on-year -6 +9 +9
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 6 13 4
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 1.67% 3.55% 1.06%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.88% 9.03% 2.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 4
10th Percentile £282 £210 £157
25th Percentile £330 £245 £239
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £375 £320
Median % change year-on-year +46.67% +17.10% -24.65%
75th Percentile £575 £419 £419
90th Percentile - £506 £543
Wales median daily rate £550 £375 £320
% change year-on-year +46.67% +17.10% -24.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £51.25 -
Wales median hourly rate - £51.25 -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 102 144 141
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 28.41% 39.34% 37.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 63 115
10th Percentile £214 £162 £180
25th Percentile £284 £211 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £442 £400 £550
Median % change year-on-year +10.38% -27.27% -
75th Percentile £581 £594 £644
90th Percentile £725 £688 £709
Wales median daily rate £456 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +1.39% -10.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 32 12
10th Percentile £13.08 £15.69 £14.12
25th Percentile £20.03 £20.12 £21.32
Median hourly rate £31.25 £21.30 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +46.75% -40.01% +63.22%
75th Percentile £72.26 £47.81 £53.19
90th Percentile £85.00 £50.00 £55.25
Wales median hourly rate £25.15 £22.00 £33.50
% change year-on-year +14.32% -34.33% +54.02%

Cisco Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Cisco Certification job vacancy trend in South Wales

Cisco Certification
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Cisco Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Cisco Certification

Cisco Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco Certification in South Wales over the 6 months to 11 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco Certification in South Wales

Cisco Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Cisco Certification.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Cisco Certification

Cisco Certification
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 11 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
Newport +2 3 £550 +150.00% 3
Cardiff -4 2 £335 -16.25% 3
Cisco Certification
Wales

Cisco Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) AWS
1 2 (33.33%) AWS IoT
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) Firewall
2 3 (50.00%) LAN
2 3 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (50.00%) VLAN
2 3 (50.00%) WAN
3 2 (33.33%) Ethernet
3 2 (33.33%) Modbus
3 2 (33.33%) SD-WAN
3 2 (33.33%) Wireless
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco Wireless
4 1 (16.67%) Network Security
4 1 (16.67%) NX-OS
4 1 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (16.67%) Wireshark
General
1 1 (16.67%) Aerospace
1 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
1 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Network Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 2 (33.33%) IT Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) NOC Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) 3D Printing
1 2 (33.33%) IoT
1 2 (33.33%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Patch Management
2 1 (16.67%) Business Enablement
2 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement Process
2 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
2 1 (16.67%) Internal Audit
2 1 (16.67%) Inventory Management
2 1 (16.67%) Network Design
2 1 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (16.67%) Runbook
2 1 (16.67%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) CCNA
2 3 (50.00%) Network+ Certification
2 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) CCNP
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Cisco
2 2 (33.33%) CheckPoint