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 3 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 80 98
Rank change year-on-year -36 +18 -14
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 40 37 44
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 1.09% 1.93% 1.64%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.50% 3.71% 3.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 26 15
10th Percentile £121 £508 £463
25th Percentile £394 £527 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £625 £525
Median % change year-on-year -13.60% +19.05% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £649 £649
90th Percentile £708 £691 £673
England median daily rate £500 £525 £505
% change year-on-year -4.76% +3.96% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 8
10th Percentile £20.65 - -
25th Percentile £29.13 - £11.75
Median hourly rate £44.00 - £43.00
75th Percentile £59.63 - £75.00
90th Percentile £68.55 - -
England median hourly rate £63.14 £48.00 £22.40
% change year-on-year +31.53% +114.29% -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 1,602 998 1,390
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 43.82% 52.01% 51.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,008 607 866
10th Percentile £329 £213 £375
25th Percentile £450 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £644 £650
90th Percentile £725 £708 £725
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 220 117 123
10th Percentile £19.33 £18.51 £24.90
25th Percentile £25.77 £18.87 £57.25
Median hourly rate £62.00 £25.15 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +146.52% -64.07% +12.00%
75th Percentile £76.94 £63.75 £75.00
90th Percentile £92.53 £73.75 £80.00
England median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £50.00
% change year-on-year +108.75% -49.70% -8.36%

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 3 September 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 3 September 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 3 September 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 -17 12 £440 -15.38% 11
Wiltshire -18 11 £625 - 7
Devon - 8 £463 - 4
Dorset -4 4 £540 -1.82%
Gloucestershire -7 2 £425 -30.61% 6
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 1 (2.50%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 12 (30.00%) Azure
2 8 (20.00%) AWS
3 7 (17.50%) GCP
4 5 (12.50%) SaaS
5 3 (7.50%) Entra ID
5 3 (7.50%) OpenShift
6 2 (5.00%) PaaS
7 1 (2.50%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (2.50%) Azure AKS
7 1 (2.50%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (2.50%) GitHub
7 1 (2.50%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (2.50%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 11 (27.50%) SAN
2 6 (15.00%) Firewall
3 5 (12.50%) WAN
4 4 (10.00%) MPLS
5 3 (7.50%) Cisco Nexus
5 3 (7.50%) DMVPN
5 3 (7.50%) Network Security
5 3 (7.50%) SD-WAN
5 3 (7.50%) VXLAN
6 2 (5.00%) BGP
6 2 (5.00%) Cisco IOS
6 2 (5.00%) LAN
6 2 (5.00%) Multicast
6 2 (5.00%) NX-OS
6 2 (5.00%) OSPF
6 2 (5.00%) Wireless
7 1 (2.50%) DWDM
7 1 (2.50%) IPsec
7 1 (2.50%) SDH
7 1 (2.50%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.50%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Bitbucket
1 1 (2.50%) Git
1 1 (2.50%) GitLab
1 1 (2.50%) JIRA
General
1 11 (27.50%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (12.50%) Military
4 4 (10.00%) Telecoms
5 2 (5.00%) Aviation
6 1 (2.50%) Police
6 1 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (30.00%) Field Engineer
2 11 (27.50%) Field Service Engineer
2 11 (27.50%) IT Engineer
3 9 (22.50%) Architect
3 9 (22.50%) Network Engineer
4 6 (15.00%) Field Support Engineer
4 6 (15.00%) IT Support
4 6 (15.00%) IT Support Engineer
4 6 (15.00%) Support Engineer
5 3 (7.50%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
5 3 (7.50%) SailPoint Engineer
5 3 (7.50%) Security Architect
6 2 (5.00%) Lead
6 2 (5.00%) Network Architect
6 2 (5.00%) Solutions Architect
7 1 (2.50%) Design Engineer
7 1 (2.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (2.50%) Server Engineer
7 1 (2.50%) Systems Engineer
7 1 (2.50%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.50%) LDAP
1 3 (7.50%) SailPoint
2 2 (5.00%) Terraform
3 1 (2.50%) Jinja
3 1 (2.50%) NETCONF
3 1 (2.50%) REST
3 1 (2.50%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 15 (37.50%) Data Centre
2 11 (27.50%) Analytical Mindset
3 6 (15.00%) Onboarding
4 4 (10.00%) Linux Command Line
5 3 (7.50%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (7.50%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (2.50%) CCTV
6 1 (2.50%) Cloud Native
6 1 (2.50%) CSOC
6 1 (2.50%) Data Protection Act
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 5 (12.50%) Linux
1 5 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (32.50%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (27.50%) Break/Fix
2 11 (27.50%) Customer Service
3 8 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 7 (17.50%) Project Delivery
5 6 (15.00%) ITIL
5 6 (15.00%) TOGAF
6 5 (12.50%) AI
6 5 (12.50%) Network Architecture
6 5 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (12.50%) Use Case
6 5 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
6 5 (12.50%) Zero Trust
7 4 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (10.00%) LLM
7 4 (10.00%) Network Design
7 4 (10.00%) Network Monitoring
7 4 (10.00%) Server Management
8 3 (7.50%) Privileged Access Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.50%) BeanShell
1 3 (7.50%) Java
1 3 (7.50%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.50%) C
2 1 (2.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 25 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 20 (50.00%) CCNA
3 16 (40.00%) SC Cleared
4 13 (32.50%) MCSE
4 13 (32.50%) Microsoft Certification
5 11 (27.50%) A+ Certification
5 11 (27.50%) CCNP
5 11 (27.50%) DV Cleared
5 11 (27.50%) Network+ Certification
6 10 (25.00%) CISSP
7 7 (17.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 5 (12.50%) CCIE
9 3 (7.50%) CISM
10 2 (5.00%) CCSK
10 2 (5.00%) CCSP
10 2 (5.00%) CEH
10 2 (5.00%) Degree
10 2 (5.00%) JNCIE
10 2 (5.00%) JNCIP
11 1 (2.50%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.00%) NIST
2 3 (7.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (5.00%) NCSC
3 2 (5.00%) PCI DSS
4 1 (2.50%) COBIT
4 1 (2.50%) GDPR
4 1 (2.50%) Government Security Classifications
4 1 (2.50%) HIPAA
4 1 (2.50%) JSP 440
4 1 (2.50%) NIST 800
System Software
1 7 (17.50%) Active Directory
2 4 (10.00%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (7.50%) Docker
3 3 (7.50%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (7.50%) vSphere
4 2 (5.00%) VMware NSX
5 1 (2.50%) Hyper-V
5 1 (2.50%) KVM
Systems Management
1 7 (17.50%) Kubernetes
2 5 (12.50%) OPNET
3 4 (10.00%) Proxmox
4 2 (5.00%) Ansible
5 1 (2.50%) CASB
5 1 (2.50%) FortiGate
5 1 (2.50%) Istio
5 1 (2.50%) Nagios
Vendors
1 14 (35.00%) Cisco
2 11 (27.50%) Dell
3 6 (15.00%) Oracle
4 5 (12.50%) Microsoft
5 4 (10.00%) VMware
6 3 (7.50%) CyberArk
6 3 (7.50%) Google
7 2 (5.00%) Red Hat
8 1 (2.50%) F5
8 1 (2.50%) Fortinet
8 1 (2.50%) Infoblox
8 1 (2.50%) NetScout
8 1 (2.50%) Palo Alto