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 24 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 60 124
Rank change year-on-year -49 +64 -34
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 40 60 33
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 1.12% 3.41% 1.00%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.61% 6.32% 1.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 46 20
10th Percentile £121 £488 £285
25th Percentile £400 £525 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £553
90th Percentile £688 £669 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £20.65 - -
25th Percentile £29.13 - £11.75
Median hourly rate £44.00 - £13.50
75th Percentile £59.63 - £15.25
90th Percentile £68.55 - -
England median hourly rate £63.14 £35.00 £23.25
% change year-on-year +80.39% +50.54% -62.50%

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 1,532 950 1,754
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 42.85% 54.07% 53.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 937 590 1,126
10th Percentile £335 £215 £363
25th Percentile £438 £413 £467
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.34%
75th Percentile £614 £638 £650
90th Percentile £705 £700 £725
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 203 104 192
10th Percentile £17.87 £18.51 £25.00
25th Percentile £25.75 £18.87 £40.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £32.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +71.88% -50.77% -
75th Percentile £68.38 £65.00 £72.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £80.00
England median hourly rate £52.50 £30.00 £42.25
% change year-on-year +75.00% -28.99% -23.18%

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 24 June 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 24 June 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 24 June 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 -15 12 £281 -37.50% 3
Wiltshire -33 10 £553 -3.91% 14
Devon - 10 £463 - 10
Gloucestershire -1 3 £450 -10.00% 2
Dorset -12 2 £558 +1.36% 3
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 (7.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (20.00%) Azure
2 7 (17.50%) GCP
3 6 (15.00%) AWS
4 3 (7.50%) Entra ID
4 3 (7.50%) SaaS
5 1 (2.50%) Amazon EKS
5 1 (2.50%) Azure AKS
5 1 (2.50%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.50%) GitHub
5 1 (2.50%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (2.50%) Google Kubernetes Engine
5 1 (2.50%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 13 (32.50%) SAN
2 5 (12.50%) Firewall
3 3 (7.50%) Cisco Nexus
3 3 (7.50%) DMVPN
3 3 (7.50%) VXLAN
4 2 (5.00%) BGP
4 2 (5.00%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (5.00%) Multicast
4 2 (5.00%) NX-OS
4 2 (5.00%) OSPF
4 2 (5.00%) WAN
5 1 (2.50%) DHCP
5 1 (2.50%) DNS
5 1 (2.50%) IPsec
5 1 (2.50%) LAN
5 1 (2.50%) MPLS
5 1 (2.50%) VLAN
5 1 (2.50%) VPN
5 1 (2.50%) Wireless
5 1 (2.50%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.50%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 3 (7.50%) Bitbucket
1 3 (7.50%) Git
1 3 (7.50%) JIRA
2 1 (2.50%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 1 (2.50%) GitLab
2 1 (2.50%) Jenkins
General
1 15 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (7.50%) Military
3 3 (7.50%) Public Sector
4 2 (5.00%) Police
5 1 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (32.50%) Field Engineer
1 13 (32.50%) Field Service Engineer
1 13 (32.50%) IT Engineer
2 8 (20.00%) Field Support Engineer
2 8 (20.00%) IT Support
2 8 (20.00%) IT Support Engineer
2 8 (20.00%) Network Engineer
2 8 (20.00%) Support Engineer
3 5 (12.50%) Architect
4 4 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (7.50%) Automation Engineer
5 3 (7.50%) SailPoint Engineer
5 3 (7.50%) Security Architect
6 2 (5.00%) Consultant
6 2 (5.00%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 2 (5.00%) Network Architect
7 1 (2.50%) Design Engineer
7 1 (2.50%) Security Consultant
7 1 (2.50%) Software Engineer
7 1 (2.50%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.50%) LDAP
1 3 (7.50%) SailPoint
2 2 (5.00%) REST
3 1 (2.50%) Flash
3 1 (2.50%) Jinja
3 1 (2.50%) NETCONF
3 1 (2.50%) RESTful
3 1 (2.50%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 16 (40.00%) Data Centre
2 14 (35.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 5 (12.50%) Onboarding
4 3 (7.50%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (7.50%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (5.00%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (5.00%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (2.50%) Cloud Native
6 1 (2.50%) Clustering
6 1 (2.50%) CSOC
6 1 (2.50%) Private Cloud
6 1 (2.50%) Public Cloud
6 1 (2.50%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (2.50%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (10.00%) Linux
1 4 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (32.50%) Break/Fix
2 13 (32.50%) Customer Service
3 7 (17.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 6 (15.00%) Agile
4 6 (15.00%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (15.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 5 (12.50%) Network Architecture
5 5 (12.50%) Service Management
5 5 (12.50%) Zero Trust
6 4 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (10.00%) Infrastructure Automation
6 4 (10.00%) Network Design
6 4 (10.00%) Project Delivery
6 4 (10.00%) System Testing
7 3 (7.50%) AI
7 3 (7.50%) Configuration Management
7 3 (7.50%) Reverse Engineering
7 3 (7.50%) Use Case
7 3 (7.50%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.00%) PowerShell
1 4 (10.00%) Python
2 3 (7.50%) Bash
2 3 (7.50%) BeanShell
2 3 (7.50%) Java
3 1 (2.50%) C
Qualifications
1 22 (55.00%) Security Cleared
2 19 (47.50%) CCNA
3 16 (40.00%) SC Cleared
4 13 (32.50%) A+ Certification
4 13 (32.50%) MCSE
4 13 (32.50%) Microsoft Certification
4 13 (32.50%) Network+ Certification
5 11 (27.50%) CCNP
6 9 (22.50%) CISSP
7 8 (20.00%) DV Cleared
8 7 (17.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 5 (12.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 4 (10.00%) Degree
11 3 (7.50%) CCIE
11 3 (7.50%) CEH
11 3 (7.50%) CISM
11 3 (7.50%) OCA
11 3 (7.50%) Oracle Certification
11 3 (7.50%) RHCA
11 3 (7.50%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.50%) NIST
2 4 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (7.50%) NCSC
4 2 (5.00%) GDPR
4 2 (5.00%) PCI DSS
5 1 (2.50%) COBIT
5 1 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (2.50%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (2.50%) HIPAA
5 1 (2.50%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 1 (2.50%) JSP 440
5 1 (2.50%) NIST 800
System Software
1 6 (15.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (12.50%) Active Directory
3 4 (10.00%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (7.50%) VMware NSX
4 3 (7.50%) vSphere
5 2 (5.00%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (2.50%) Docker
6 1 (2.50%) Hyper-V
6 1 (2.50%) KVM
Systems Management
1 5 (12.50%) Ansible
2 3 (7.50%) Kubernetes
2 3 (7.50%) OPNET
2 3 (7.50%) Progress Chef
2 3 (7.50%) Puppet
3 2 (5.00%) Proxmox
3 2 (5.00%) Terraform
4 1 (2.50%) CASB
4 1 (2.50%) FortiGate
4 1 (2.50%) Istio
4 1 (2.50%) Nagios
4 1 (2.50%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 13 (32.50%) Dell
2 11 (27.50%) Cisco
3 8 (20.00%) VMware
4 3 (7.50%) CyberArk
4 3 (7.50%) Google
4 3 (7.50%) Microsoft
5 2 (5.00%) Oracle
6 1 (2.50%) F5
6 1 (2.50%) Fortinet
6 1 (2.50%) Infoblox
6 1 (2.50%) NetScout