Cisco Certification Contract Job Trends in the South West

Cisco Certification
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South 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 27 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 56 121
Rank change year-on-year -52 +65 -38
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 36 60 33
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 1.06% 3.58% 1.03%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.41% 6.54% 1.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 45 21
10th Percentile £121 £505 £285
25th Percentile £260 £525 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £564 £638 £688
90th Percentile £578 £688 -
England median daily rate £492 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -6.29% +2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £20.65 - -
25th Percentile £29.13 - £11.75
Median hourly rate £44.00 £75.00 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.33% +455.56% -82.12%
75th Percentile £59.63 - £15.25
90th Percentile £68.55 - -
England median hourly rate £63.14 £65.00 £20.74
% change year-on-year -2.87% +213.40% -67.47%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South 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 South West.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,492 918 1,761
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 44.02% 54.77% 54.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 917 574 1,124
10th Percentile £340 £220 £360
25th Percentile £431 £419 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% - -5.09%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £652
90th Percentile £706 £700 £725
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 205 95 193
10th Percentile £17.87 £18.51 £21.53
25th Percentile £21.33 £18.87 £40.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £35.00 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year +57.14% -43.55% -4.62%
75th Percentile £67.50 £67.50 £72.50
90th Percentile £81.14 £75.00 £80.00
England median hourly rate £47.50 £35.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +35.71% -12.50% -26.31%

Cisco Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Cisco Certification job vacancy trend in the South West

Cisco Certification
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Cisco Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco Certification in the South West over the 6 months to 27 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco Certification in the South West

Cisco Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Cisco Certification
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cisco Certification in the South West over the 6 months to 27 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Cisco Certification in the South West

Cisco Certification
Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 27 May 2026. 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
Bristol -21 12 £123 -82.87% 9
Devon - 10 £463 - 10
Wiltshire -37 8 £553 -3.91% 12
Gloucestershire +2 4 £450 -10.00% 1
Cisco Certification
England

Cisco Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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 (8.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (16.67%) Azure
2 5 (13.89%) AWS
2 5 (13.89%) GCP
3 2 (5.56%) Entra ID
3 2 (5.56%) SaaS
4 1 (2.78%) Amazon EKS
4 1 (2.78%) Azure AKS
4 1 (2.78%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (2.78%) GitHub
4 1 (2.78%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (2.78%) Google Kubernetes Engine
4 1 (2.78%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 14 (38.89%) SAN
2 5 (13.89%) Firewall
3 4 (11.11%) VXLAN
4 3 (8.33%) BGP
4 3 (8.33%) Cisco Nexus
4 3 (8.33%) DMVPN
4 3 (8.33%) OSPF
4 3 (8.33%) WAN
5 2 (5.56%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (5.56%) LAN
5 2 (5.56%) NX-OS
5 2 (5.56%) SD-WAN
5 2 (5.56%) WLAN
6 1 (2.78%) Calico
6 1 (2.78%) DHCP
6 1 (2.78%) DNS
6 1 (2.78%) MPLS
6 1 (2.78%) Multicast
6 1 (2.78%) VPN
6 1 (2.78%) VSAN
Development Applications
1 3 (8.33%) Bitbucket
1 3 (8.33%) Git
1 3 (8.33%) JIRA
2 1 (2.78%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 1 (2.78%) GitLab
2 1 (2.78%) Jenkins
General
1 17 (47.22%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (19.44%) Social Skills
3 2 (5.56%) Military
3 2 (5.56%) Police
3 2 (5.56%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.78%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (38.89%) Field Engineer
1 14 (38.89%) Field Service Engineer
1 14 (38.89%) IT Engineer
2 10 (27.78%) Network Engineer
3 8 (22.22%) Field Support Engineer
3 8 (22.22%) IT Support
3 8 (22.22%) IT Support Engineer
3 8 (22.22%) Support Engineer
4 4 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (8.33%) Automation Engineer
6 2 (5.56%) Architect
6 2 (5.56%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 2 (5.56%) SailPoint Engineer
7 1 (2.78%) Consultant
7 1 (2.78%) Design Engineer
7 1 (2.78%) Security Consultant
7 1 (2.78%) Senior Network Engineer
7 1 (2.78%) Software Engineer
7 1 (2.78%) Systems Engineer
7 1 (2.78%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.56%) LDAP
1 2 (5.56%) REST
1 2 (5.56%) SailPoint
2 1 (2.78%) Flash
2 1 (2.78%) Jinja
2 1 (2.78%) NETCONF
2 1 (2.78%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 17 (47.22%) Data Centre
2 15 (41.67%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (8.33%) Onboarding
4 2 (5.56%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (5.56%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (5.56%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.78%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.78%) Clustering
5 1 (2.78%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.56%) Linux
1 2 (5.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (38.89%) Break/Fix
2 14 (38.89%) Customer Service
3 5 (13.89%) Agile
3 5 (13.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 5 (13.89%) Network Architecture
4 4 (11.11%) Infrastructure Automation
4 4 (11.11%) Network Design
4 4 (11.11%) Service Management
4 4 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (11.11%) System Testing
4 4 (11.11%) Zero Trust
5 3 (8.33%) CI/CD
5 3 (8.33%) Configuration Management
5 3 (8.33%) NsoIT
5 3 (8.33%) Reverse Engineering
6 2 (5.56%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (5.56%) Data Protection
6 2 (5.56%) Information Security
6 2 (5.56%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (13.89%) Python
2 3 (8.33%) Bash
2 3 (8.33%) PowerShell
3 2 (5.56%) BeanShell
3 2 (5.56%) Java
4 1 (2.78%) C
Qualifications
1 19 (52.78%) CCNA
2 15 (41.67%) Security Cleared
3 14 (38.89%) A+ Certification
3 14 (38.89%) MCSE
3 14 (38.89%) Microsoft Certification
3 14 (38.89%) Network+ Certification
4 12 (33.33%) SC Cleared
5 11 (30.56%) CCNP
6 6 (16.67%) DV Cleared
6 6 (16.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 5 (13.89%) CISSP
7 5 (13.89%) Degree
8 4 (11.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (8.33%) OCA
9 3 (8.33%) Oracle Certification
9 3 (8.33%) RHCA
9 3 (8.33%) RHCE
10 2 (5.56%) CCIE
10 2 (5.56%) CEH
10 2 (5.56%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (8.33%) NIST
2 2 (5.56%) GDPR
2 2 (5.56%) NCSC
3 1 (2.78%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (2.78%) Government Security Classifications
3 1 (2.78%) HIPAA
3 1 (2.78%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 1 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27005
3 1 (2.78%) NIST 800
3 1 (2.78%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (8.33%) VMware ESXi
2 3 (8.33%) VMware NSX
3 2 (5.56%) Active Directory
3 2 (5.56%) vSphere
4 1 (2.78%) Docker
4 1 (2.78%) Hyper-V
4 1 (2.78%) KVM
Systems Management
1 6 (16.67%) Ansible
2 3 (8.33%) Progress Chef
2 3 (8.33%) Puppet
2 3 (8.33%) Terraform
3 1 (2.78%) CASB
3 1 (2.78%) FortiGate
3 1 (2.78%) Istio
3 1 (2.78%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.78%) Nagios
3 1 (2.78%) OPNET
3 1 (2.78%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 14 (38.89%) Dell
2 13 (36.11%) Cisco
3 8 (22.22%) VMware
4 2 (5.56%) CyberArk
4 2 (5.56%) Google
4 2 (5.56%) Microsoft
5 1 (2.78%) F5
5 1 (2.78%) Fortinet
5 1 (2.78%) Infoblox
5 1 (2.78%) NetScout
5 1 (2.78%) Palo Alto