Cisco Certification Contract Job Trends in Staffordshire

Cisco Certification
West Midlands > Staffordshire

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

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 - 8
Rank change year-on-year - - +16
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 1 0 10
As % of all contract jobs in Staffordshire 1.35% - 8.40%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.88% - 19.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £250
Median % change year-on-year - - -35.48%
75th Percentile - - £333
90th Percentile - - £392
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £525 £425
% change year-on-year -14.29% +23.53% -23.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
Median hourly rate - - £23.00
West Midlands median hourly rate - - £23.00
% change year-on-year - - +53.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 17 14 52
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire 22.97% 17.72% 43.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 7 34
10th Percentile £220 - £308
25th Percentile £300 £140 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £150 £444
Median % change year-on-year +133.33% -66.20% +22.41%
75th Percentile £415 £155 £544
90th Percentile £465 £244 £575
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £518 £450
% change year-on-year -3.38% +15.00% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £35.75 -
Median hourly rate - £36.50 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year - +58.70% -5.15%
75th Percentile - £37.25 -
90th Percentile - - £33.38
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.87 £29.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -34.93% -17.14% +79.49%

Cisco Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

Cisco Certification job vacancy trend in Staffordshire

Cisco Certification
Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Cisco Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Cisco Certification

Cisco Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in Staffordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Cisco Certification.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Cisco Certification

Cisco Certification
Contract Job Locations in Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 20 February 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
Cannock - 1 £450 -
Cisco Certification
West Midlands

Cisco Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) CCSA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Meraki
1 1 (100.00%) SolarWinds