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 1 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 97 85
Rank change year-on-year -22 -12 -10
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 39 26 56
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 1.04% 1.32% 2.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.39% 2.49% 4.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 20 22
10th Percentile £236 £522 £432
25th Percentile £456 £525 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £625 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +19.05% -4.55%
75th Percentile £688 £649 £649
90th Percentile £708 £655 £721
England median daily rate £500 £511 £513
% change year-on-year -2.20% -0.24% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 7
10th Percentile £20.65 - -
25th Percentile £29.13 - £11.75
Median hourly rate £44.00 - £72.50
75th Percentile £59.63 - £75.00
90th Percentile £68.55 - -
England median hourly rate £68.75 £41.50 £22.40
% change year-on-year +65.66% +85.27% -52.84%

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 1,629 1,045 1,259
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 43.46% 53.05% 49.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,013 641 746
10th Percentile £364 £213 £363
25th Percentile £463 £400 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £551
Median % change year-on-year - -0.18% -4.17%
75th Percentile £650 £648 £656
90th Percentile £725 £738 £735
England median daily rate £530 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +0.95% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 237 146 103
10th Percentile £18.93 £18.51 £40.50
25th Percentile £25.77 £20.82 £60.75
Median hourly rate £60.00 £25.15 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +138.57% -64.07% +12.40%
75th Percentile £76.00 £33.75 £74.00
90th Percentile £92.53 £71.25 £84.00
England median hourly rate £51.50 £25.15 £53.00
% change year-on-year +104.77% -52.55% +0.95%

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 1 October 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 1 October 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 1 October 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
Wiltshire -6 15 £675 +8.00% 13
Bristol -12 10 £500 -9.09% 8
Devon - 5 - - 3
Dorset - 4 £540 - 1
Gloucestershire -3 2 £425 -41.38% 9
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 2 (5.13%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 12 (30.77%) Azure
2 8 (20.51%) AWS
3 7 (17.95%) GCP
4 5 (12.82%) SaaS
5 3 (7.69%) Entra ID
5 3 (7.69%) OpenShift
6 2 (5.13%) PaaS
7 1 (2.56%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (2.56%) Azure AKS
7 1 (2.56%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (2.56%) GitHub
7 1 (2.56%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (2.56%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 9 (23.08%) WAN
2 8 (20.51%) MPLS
2 8 (20.51%) SAN
3 7 (17.95%) Firewall
3 7 (17.95%) Network Security
3 7 (17.95%) SD-WAN
4 3 (7.69%) DMVPN
5 2 (5.13%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (5.13%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (5.13%) LAN
5 2 (5.13%) Multicast
5 2 (5.13%) VXLAN
5 2 (5.13%) Wireless
6 1 (2.56%) Calico
6 1 (2.56%) DHCP
6 1 (2.56%) DNS
6 1 (2.56%) IPsec
6 1 (2.56%) SDH
6 1 (2.56%) VPN
6 1 (2.56%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.56%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Bitbucket
1 1 (2.56%) Git
1 1 (2.56%) GitLab
1 1 (2.56%) JIRA
General
1 10 (25.64%) Social Skills
2 8 (20.51%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (20.51%) Telecoms
3 5 (12.82%) Military
4 2 (5.13%) Aviation
5 1 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 13 (33.33%) Architect
2 9 (23.08%) Field Engineer
3 8 (20.51%) Field Service Engineer
3 8 (20.51%) IT Engineer
3 8 (20.51%) Network Engineer
4 5 (12.82%) Field Support Engineer
4 5 (12.82%) IT Support
4 5 (12.82%) IT Support Engineer
4 5 (12.82%) Support Engineer
5 3 (7.69%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
5 3 (7.69%) SailPoint Engineer
5 3 (7.69%) Security Architect
6 2 (5.13%) Lead
6 2 (5.13%) Network Architect
6 2 (5.13%) Solutions Architect
7 1 (2.56%) Consultant
7 1 (2.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (2.56%) Lead Architect
7 1 (2.56%) Lead Network Engineer
7 1 (2.56%) NOC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.69%) LDAP
1 3 (7.69%) SailPoint
2 2 (5.13%) Terraform
3 1 (2.56%) Jinja
3 1 (2.56%) NETCONF
3 1 (2.56%) REST
3 1 (2.56%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 12 (30.77%) Data Centre
2 10 (25.64%) Onboarding
3 8 (20.51%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (10.26%) Linux Command Line
5 3 (7.69%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (7.69%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (2.56%) CCTV
6 1 (2.56%) Cloud Native
6 1 (2.56%) CSOC
6 1 (2.56%) Private Cloud
6 1 (2.56%) Public Cloud
6 1 (2.56%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (2.56%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (12.82%) Linux
1 5 (12.82%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (25.64%) ITIL
1 10 (25.64%) Problem-Solving
1 10 (25.64%) TOGAF
2 8 (20.51%) Break/Fix
2 8 (20.51%) Customer Service
2 8 (20.51%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (20.51%) Network Monitoring
2 8 (20.51%) Project Delivery
3 7 (17.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 6 (15.38%) Architecture Governance
4 6 (15.38%) Impact Assessments
4 6 (15.38%) Security Architecture
4 6 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (15.38%) Technical Leadership
5 5 (12.82%) AI
5 5 (12.82%) Use Case
5 5 (12.82%) Vulnerability Management
5 5 (12.82%) Zero Trust
6 4 (10.26%) Network Architecture
6 4 (10.26%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.69%) BeanShell
1 3 (7.69%) Java
1 3 (7.69%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.56%) C
2 1 (2.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 29 (74.36%) Security Cleared
2 17 (43.59%) SC Cleared
3 16 (41.03%) CCNA
4 15 (38.46%) CCNP
4 15 (38.46%) DV Cleared
5 14 (35.90%) CISSP
6 10 (25.64%) MCSE
6 10 (25.64%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (20.51%) A+ Certification
7 8 (20.51%) CCIE
7 8 (20.51%) Network+ Certification
8 7 (17.95%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 6 (15.38%) JNCIE
9 6 (15.38%) JNCIP
10 3 (7.69%) CISM
11 2 (5.13%) CCSK
11 2 (5.13%) CCSP
11 2 (5.13%) CEH
11 2 (5.13%) Degree
12 1 (2.56%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.26%) NIST
2 3 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (5.13%) NCSC
3 2 (5.13%) PCI DSS
4 1 (2.56%) COBIT
4 1 (2.56%) GDPR
4 1 (2.56%) Government Security Classifications
4 1 (2.56%) HIPAA
4 1 (2.56%) JSP 440
4 1 (2.56%) NIST 800
System Software
1 7 (17.95%) Active Directory
2 4 (10.26%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (10.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (7.69%) Docker
3 3 (7.69%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (7.69%) vSphere
4 2 (5.13%) VMware NSX
5 1 (2.56%) Hyper-V
5 1 (2.56%) KVM
Systems Management
1 7 (17.95%) Kubernetes
2 5 (12.82%) OPNET
3 4 (10.26%) Proxmox
4 2 (5.13%) Ansible
5 1 (2.56%) CASB
5 1 (2.56%) FortiGate
5 1 (2.56%) Istio
5 1 (2.56%) Nagios
Vendors
1 11 (28.21%) Cisco
2 8 (20.51%) Dell
3 6 (15.38%) Oracle
4 5 (12.82%) Microsoft
5 4 (10.26%) VMware
6 3 (7.69%) CyberArk
6 3 (7.69%) Google
7 2 (5.13%) Palo Alto
7 2 (5.13%) Red Hat
8 1 (2.56%) Fortinet
8 1 (2.56%) Infoblox
8 1 (2.56%) NetScout