Cisco Certification Contracts in the Thames Valley

Cisco Certification
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Cisco Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 65 80
Rank change year-on-year +13 +15 +32
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 51 81 66
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 3.45% 3.06% 2.33%
As % of the Qualifications category 9.39% 7.61% 6.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 66 35
10th Percentile £323 £346 £314
25th Percentile - £506 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% +1.01%
75th Percentile £591 £616 £555
90th Percentile £743 £825 £585
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - £35.98
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.50 £62.19
Median hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £78.50
Median % change year-on-year - -75.80% -
75th Percentile £19.50 £19.50 £80.44
90th Percentile - - £80.78
South East median hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £62.00
% change year-on-year - -69.35% +39.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 543 1,065 974
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 36.74% 40.30% 34.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 319 577 645
10th Percentile £309 £213 £317
25th Percentile £434 £413 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £638 £623 £600
90th Percentile £700 £688 £680
South East median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 103 45
10th Percentile £19.12 £18.10 £18.90
25th Percentile £32.05 £41.75 £27.00
Median hourly rate £61.50 £58.30 £64.68
Median % change year-on-year +5.48% -9.86% +207.98%
75th Percentile £71.38 £71.07 £74.79
90th Percentile £87.46 £87.37 £80.25
South East median hourly rate £57.13 £57.35 £58.55
% change year-on-year -0.39% -2.04% +33.21%

Cisco Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Cisco Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco Certification in the Thames Valley

Cisco Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cisco Certification in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Cisco Certification in the Thames Valley

Cisco Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco Certification in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco Certification in the Thames Valley

Cisco Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cisco Certification in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Cisco Certification in the Thames Valley

Cisco Certification
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 13 May 2025. 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
Berkshire +15 43 £450 -12.20% 25
Buckinghamshire +1 8 £682 -2.64% 7
Cisco Certification
South East

Cisco Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 2 (3.92%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 11 (21.57%) AWS
2 10 (19.61%) Azure
3 4 (7.84%) GCP
4 2 (3.92%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.96%) Amazon ECS
5 1 (1.96%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.96%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 27 (52.94%) VPN
2 24 (47.06%) MPLS
3 23 (45.10%) WAN
4 21 (41.18%) LAN
5 20 (39.22%) Ethernet
6 18 (35.29%) SDH
7 17 (33.33%) Wireshark
8 16 (31.37%) ATM
8 16 (31.37%) Frame Relay
8 16 (31.37%) GPRS
8 16 (31.37%) GSM
8 16 (31.37%) LTE
8 16 (31.37%) SAN
8 16 (31.37%) UMTS
9 13 (25.49%) BGP
9 13 (25.49%) Network Security
10 12 (23.53%) Firewall
11 11 (21.57%) OSPF
11 11 (21.57%) TCP/IP
12 6 (11.76%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (1.96%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 27 (52.94%) Social Skills
2 18 (35.29%) Telecoms
3 1 (1.96%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (1.96%) Billing
3 1 (1.96%) Manufacturing
3 1 (1.96%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 15 (29.41%) IP Engineer
2 14 (27.45%) Test Engineer
3 13 (25.49%) Architect
4 11 (21.57%) Network Engineer
5 5 (9.80%) IP Network Engineer
6 4 (7.84%) Principal Architect
7 3 (5.88%) Network Architect
7 3 (5.88%) NOC Engineer
7 3 (5.88%) Security Engineer
8 2 (3.92%) Analyst
8 2 (3.92%) Consultant
8 2 (3.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (3.92%) IP Consultant
8 2 (3.92%) IP Network Consultant
8 2 (3.92%) Network Analyst
8 2 (3.92%) Network Consultant
8 2 (3.92%) Security Architect
8 2 (3.92%) Senior
8 2 (3.92%) Technical Architect
8 2 (3.92%) Voice Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.96%) Jinja
1 1 (1.96%) JSON
1 1 (1.96%) NETCONF
1 1 (1.96%) RESTCONF
Miscellaneous
1 16 (31.37%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (9.80%) Public Cloud
3 3 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (3.92%) Data Centre
4 2 (3.92%) SCADA
4 2 (3.92%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.96%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.96%) IoT
5 1 (1.96%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.96%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 17 (33.33%) Linux
2 16 (31.37%) Unix
3 1 (1.96%) Mac OS
3 1 (1.96%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (45.10%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (31.37%) Fault Management
2 16 (31.37%) Project Management
2 16 (31.37%) Regression Testing
2 16 (31.37%) Test Strategy
3 8 (15.69%) SIEM
4 7 (13.73%) CI/CD
4 7 (13.73%) ITIL
5 6 (11.76%) Infrastructure as Code
5 6 (11.76%) Proactive Monitoring
5 6 (11.76%) Security Monitoring
5 6 (11.76%) Security Operations
5 6 (11.76%) TOGAF
6 5 (9.80%) Agile
6 5 (9.80%) Containerisation
6 5 (9.80%) DevOps
6 5 (9.80%) Enterprise Architecture
6 5 (9.80%) Microservices
7 4 (7.84%) Continuous Integration
7 4 (7.84%) Zachman Framework
Programming Languages
1 16 (31.37%) Java
2 8 (15.69%) Python
3 1 (1.96%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 47 (92.16%) CCNP
2 16 (31.37%) ISEB
2 16 (31.37%) ISTQB
2 16 (31.37%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 14 (27.45%) SC Cleared
3 14 (27.45%) Security Cleared
4 12 (23.53%) CCNA
5 6 (11.76%) CCSA
5 6 (11.76%) CCSE
5 6 (11.76%) Check Point Certification
6 5 (9.80%) MCSE
6 5 (9.80%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (7.84%) CCDP
7 4 (7.84%) CCIE
7 4 (7.84%) CISSP
7 4 (7.84%) Degree
8 2 (3.92%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (3.92%) CCSP
8 2 (3.92%) CEH
8 2 (3.92%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.80%) NCSC
1 5 (9.80%) NIST
2 1 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.96%) QA
2 1 (1.96%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.96%) Docker
1 1 (1.96%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (1.96%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (15.69%) Ansible
2 1 (1.96%) FortiGate
2 1 (1.96%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 31 (60.78%) Cisco
2 18 (35.29%) Juniper
3 17 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 9 (17.65%) Palo Alto
5 7 (13.73%) CheckPoint
6 5 (9.80%) VMware
7 1 (1.96%) ADVA
7 1 (1.96%) Alcatel-Lucent
7 1 (1.96%) Aruba
7 1 (1.96%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.96%) Google
7 1 (1.96%) Rapid7
7 1 (1.96%) SolarWinds
7 1 (1.96%) Splunk