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 20 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 51 109
Rank change year-on-year -60 +58 -30
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 32 59 39
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.95% 3.48% 1.23%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.16% 6.39% 2.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 42 25
10th Percentile - £501 £283
25th Percentile £121 £525 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £538 £625 £650
90th Percentile £564 £688 £688
England median daily rate £486 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -7.52% +2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 3
10th Percentile £20.65 - £26.40
25th Percentile £29.13 - £48.38
Median hourly rate £44.00 £75.00 £90.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.33% -16.67% +19.21%
75th Percentile £59.63 - £92.50
90th Percentile £68.55 - £94.00
England median hourly rate £63.14 £72.50 £20.74
% change year-on-year -12.92% +249.57% -66.55%

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 1,484 924 1,761
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 44.11% 54.51% 55.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 927 580 1,125
10th Percentile £329 £220 £354
25th Percentile £429 £425 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% - -5.17%
75th Percentile £614 £638 £650
90th Percentile £708 £700 £725
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 191 103 195
10th Percentile £17.87 £18.51 £22.05
25th Percentile £21.27 £18.87 £40.00
Median hourly rate £57.35 £57.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.26% -11.54% -
75th Percentile £68.29 £67.50 £72.50
90th Percentile £83.00 £75.00 £80.00
England median hourly rate £47.54 £40.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +18.85% - -23.81%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 -24 11 £123 -82.87% 8
Devon - 10 £463 - 10
Wiltshire -45 7 £551 -4.13% 14
Gloucestershire -1 4 £450 -10.00% 7
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 (6.25%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.25%) Azure
2 1 (3.13%) AWS
2 1 (3.13%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (3.13%) GCP
2 1 (3.13%) GitHub
2 1 (3.13%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 14 (43.75%) SAN
2 5 (15.63%) Firewall
3 4 (12.50%) VXLAN
4 3 (9.38%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (6.25%) BGP
5 2 (6.25%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (6.25%) DMVPN
5 2 (6.25%) LAN
5 2 (6.25%) NX-OS
5 2 (6.25%) OSPF
5 2 (6.25%) WAN
5 2 (6.25%) WLAN
6 1 (3.13%) DHCP
6 1 (3.13%) DNS
6 1 (3.13%) Multicast
6 1 (3.13%) Network Security
6 1 (3.13%) VLAN
6 1 (3.13%) VPN
6 1 (3.13%) VSAN
6 1 (3.13%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 3 (9.38%) Git
2 2 (6.25%) Bitbucket
2 2 (6.25%) JIRA
3 1 (3.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (3.13%) GitLab
3 1 (3.13%) Jenkins
General
1 17 (53.13%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (21.88%) Social Skills
3 2 (6.25%) Military
3 2 (6.25%) Police
3 2 (6.25%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (3.13%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (43.75%) Field Engineer
1 14 (43.75%) Field Service Engineer
1 14 (43.75%) IT Engineer
2 10 (31.25%) Network Engineer
3 8 (25.00%) Field Support Engineer
3 8 (25.00%) IT Support
3 8 (25.00%) IT Support Engineer
3 8 (25.00%) Support Engineer
4 4 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (9.38%) Automation Engineer
6 2 (6.25%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
7 1 (3.13%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 1 (3.13%) DevOps Engineer
7 1 (3.13%) Network Systems Engineer
7 1 (3.13%) NOC Engineer
7 1 (3.13%) Python Software Engineer
7 1 (3.13%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 1 (3.13%) Security Auditor
7 1 (3.13%) SOC Manager
7 1 (3.13%) Technical Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.25%) REST
2 1 (3.13%) Flash
2 1 (3.13%) Jinja
2 1 (3.13%) NETCONF
2 1 (3.13%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 17 (53.13%) Data Centre
2 15 (46.88%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.13%) Clustering
4 1 (3.13%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.13%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.25%) Linux
1 2 (6.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (56.25%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (43.75%) Break/Fix
2 14 (43.75%) Customer Service
3 5 (15.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 4 (12.50%) Agile
4 4 (12.50%) Infrastructure Automation
4 4 (12.50%) Network Architecture
4 4 (12.50%) Network Design
4 4 (12.50%) Service Management
4 4 (12.50%) System Testing
5 3 (9.38%) Configuration Management
5 3 (9.38%) NsoIT
5 3 (9.38%) Reverse Engineering
6 2 (6.25%) CI/CD
6 2 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (6.25%) Deployment Automation
6 2 (6.25%) Information Security
6 2 (6.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (6.25%) Systems Engineering
6 2 (6.25%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (15.63%) Python
2 3 (9.38%) Bash
3 1 (3.13%) C
3 1 (3.13%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 19 (59.38%) CCNA
2 14 (43.75%) A+ Certification
2 14 (43.75%) MCSE
2 14 (43.75%) Microsoft Certification
2 14 (43.75%) Network+ Certification
3 11 (34.38%) Security Cleared
4 10 (31.25%) CCNP
5 8 (25.00%) SC Cleared
6 5 (15.63%) Degree
6 5 (15.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 4 (12.50%) DV Cleared
8 3 (9.38%) OCA
8 3 (9.38%) Oracle Certification
8 3 (9.38%) RHCA
8 3 (9.38%) RHCE
9 2 (6.25%) CEH
9 2 (6.25%) CISA
9 2 (6.25%) CISSP
10 1 (3.13%) Chartered Engineer
10 1 (3.13%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.25%) GDPR
1 2 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (6.25%) NIST
2 1 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (3.13%) HIPAA
2 1 (3.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 1 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27005
2 1 (3.13%) NCSC
2 1 (3.13%) NIST 800
2 1 (3.13%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (6.25%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (6.25%) VMware NSX
3 1 (3.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (15.63%) Ansible
2 3 (9.38%) Progress Chef
2 3 (9.38%) Puppet
3 2 (6.25%) Terraform
4 1 (3.13%) CASB
4 1 (3.13%) FortiGate
4 1 (3.13%) Nagios
4 1 (3.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 14 (43.75%) Dell
2 12 (37.50%) Cisco
3 6 (18.75%) VMware
4 1 (3.13%) F5
4 1 (3.13%) Fortinet
4 1 (3.13%) Google
4 1 (3.13%) Infoblox
4 1 (3.13%) NetScout
4 1 (3.13%) Palo Alto