Cisco Certification Contracts in the UK excluding London

Cisco Certification
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Cisco Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 122 130
Rank change year-on-year +15 +8 +54
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 300 381 484
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.35% 1.83% 2.01%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.61% 4.95% 6.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 245 319
10th Percentile £325 £297 £249
25th Percentile £425 £350 £371
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +17.65%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £563
90th Percentile £650 £761 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £500
% change year-on-year +2.44% +2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 28 39
10th Percentile £31.75 £13.85 -
25th Percentile £51.56 £14.00 £14.25
Median hourly rate £73.75 £16.63 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year +343.61% -73.19% +36.64%
75th Percentile £75.00 £25.83 £77.63
90th Percentile - £68.25 £87.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £23.00 £62.00
% change year-on-year +182.61% -62.90% +42.96%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,542 7,695 7,993
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.58% 37.05% 33.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,785 4,411 5,360
10th Percentile £211 £263 £275
25th Percentile £394 £425 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £533 £530
Median % change year-on-year -6.10% +0.57% +6.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £631
90th Percentile £688 £723 £703
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 405 935 669
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.69 £14.25
25th Percentile £21.46 £16.50 £19.92
Median hourly rate £42.50 £40.94 £49.57
Median % change year-on-year +3.81% -17.41% +53.14%
75th Percentile £67.50 £62.50 £65.75
90th Percentile £80.39 £76.29 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%

Cisco Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Cisco Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco Certification in the UK excluding London

Cisco Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cisco Certification in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Cisco Certification in the UK excluding London

Cisco Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco Certification in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco Certification in the UK excluding London

Cisco Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cisco Certification in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Cisco Certification in the UK excluding London

Cisco Certification
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cisco Certification in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Cisco Certification in the UK excluding London

Cisco Certification
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 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
South East -1 88 £500 -2.44% 190
North of England +17 80 £525 +19.32% 134
South West +58 61 £575 +7.48% 91
Yorkshire +23 39 £550 +36.65% 66
North West -2 36 £475 - 53
Midlands -5 29 £450 - 111
Wales +21 21 £425 - 19
Scotland +11 17 £425 -23.08% 24
East Midlands +19 16 £555 +70.77% 43
West Midlands -22 13 £450 - 62
East of England +5 7 £550 +70.54% 88
North East +2 5 £325 -5.80% 16
Channel Islands - 1 £450 -
Cisco Certification
UK

Cisco Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 21 (7.00%) Confluence
2 16 (5.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 5 (1.67%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.00%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.33%) CMS
Applications
1 25 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (3.33%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.33%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.67%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 47 (15.67%) Azure
2 34 (11.33%) AWS
3 19 (6.33%) PaaS
4 14 (4.67%) SaaS
5 10 (3.33%) GCP
6 9 (3.00%) IaaS
7 8 (2.67%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (1.67%) Cloudflare
9 4 (1.33%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (1.00%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (1.00%) Entra ID
11 2 (0.67%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (0.67%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 1 (0.33%) Akamai
12 1 (0.33%) Amazon ECS
12 1 (0.33%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 116 (38.67%) Firewall
2 80 (26.67%) WAN
3 79 (26.33%) VPN
4 74 (24.67%) BGP
5 72 (24.00%) OSPF
6 69 (23.00%) Network Security
7 57 (19.00%) LAN
8 51 (17.00%) DNS
9 45 (15.00%) MPLS
9 45 (15.00%) Wireless
10 36 (12.00%) TCP/IP
11 30 (10.00%) SD-WAN
12 28 (9.33%) Cisco ASA
13 26 (8.67%) DHCP
14 25 (8.33%) Ethernet
15 23 (7.67%) Cisco Firepower
15 23 (7.67%) VLAN
16 22 (7.33%) Cisco Nexus
16 22 (7.33%) IPsec
17 20 (6.67%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (6.67%) Oracle Database
2 2 (0.67%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 22 (7.33%) JIRA
2 11 (3.67%) Bitbucket
2 11 (3.67%) Jenkins
3 10 (3.33%) Git
4 3 (1.00%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.67%) GitLab
General
1 111 (37.00%) Social Skills
2 54 (18.00%) Analytical Skills
3 38 (12.67%) Telecoms
4 26 (8.67%) Public Sector
5 13 (4.33%) Finance
6 11 (3.67%) Banking
7 5 (1.67%) Military
7 5 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (1.33%) Billing
8 4 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.33%) Legal
8 4 (1.33%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.00%) Local Government
10 2 (0.67%) Advertising
10 2 (0.67%) Back Office
10 2 (0.67%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.33%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.33%) Aviation
11 1 (0.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 126 (42.00%) Network Engineer
2 49 (16.33%) Architect
3 26 (8.67%) Network Architect
4 22 (7.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 22 (7.33%) Senior
5 21 (7.00%) IP Engineer
6 16 (5.33%) Consultant
6 16 (5.33%) IT Engineer
7 15 (5.00%) Security Architect
8 14 (4.67%) Test Engineer
9 12 (4.00%) Cisco Engineer
9 12 (4.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 12 (4.00%) Virtualisation Engineer
10 11 (3.67%) Senior Network Engineer
11 9 (3.00%) Infrastructure Specialist
11 9 (3.00%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
12 8 (2.67%) DevSecOps Architect
12 8 (2.67%) DevSecOps Consultant
12 8 (2.67%) Engineering Specialist
12 8 (2.67%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.00%) Flash
2 10 (3.33%) REST
2 10 (3.33%) SOAP
3 7 (2.33%) 802.1X
4 5 (1.67%) Spine.js
5 1 (0.33%) CSS
5 1 (0.33%) HTML
5 1 (0.33%) Jinja
5 1 (0.33%) JSON
5 1 (0.33%) NETCONF
5 1 (0.33%) RESTCONF
5 1 (0.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
2 24 (8.00%) Data Centre
3 18 (6.00%) Linux Command Line
4 17 (5.67%) Hybrid Cloud
4 17 (5.67%) Video Conferencing
5 13 (4.33%) Clustering
6 11 (3.67%) Blackberry
7 9 (3.00%) Private Cloud
7 9 (3.00%) Public Cloud
8 8 (2.67%) Management Information System
9 6 (2.00%) CMDB
9 6 (2.00%) Security Posture
10 5 (1.67%) Cloud Native
10 5 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.33%) Cyberattack
11 4 (1.33%) PKI
11 4 (1.33%) SCADA
12 3 (1.00%) IVR
12 3 (1.00%) NHS
12 3 (1.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 50 (16.67%) Linux
2 42 (14.00%) Windows
3 31 (10.33%) Windows Server
4 18 (6.00%) Unix
5 3 (1.00%) Windows 10
5 3 (1.00%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (1.00%) Windows XP
6 2 (0.67%) VMS
7 1 (0.33%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (34.33%) Problem-Solving
2 53 (17.67%) Agile
3 49 (16.33%) Network Architecture
4 46 (15.33%) Validation
5 44 (14.67%) Migration
6 43 (14.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 39 (13.00%) Computer Science
8 30 (10.00%) Network Design
9 28 (9.33%) Cybersecurity
9 28 (9.33%) Roadmaps
9 28 (9.33%) Service Management
10 27 (9.00%) System Testing
11 26 (8.67%) Security Management
12 25 (8.33%) NsoIT
13 24 (8.00%) Configuration Management
14 23 (7.67%) ITIL
15 22 (7.33%) Microservices
16 21 (7.00%) High Availability
16 21 (7.00%) Project Management
17 19 (6.33%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 34 (11.33%) Python
2 32 (10.67%) Bash
3 28 (9.33%) PowerShell
4 20 (6.67%) SQL
5 18 (6.00%) Perl
5 18 (6.00%) PL/SQL
6 16 (5.33%) Java
7 2 (0.67%) Rust
Qualifications
1 191 (63.67%) CCNP
2 123 (41.00%) CCNA
3 120 (40.00%) Security Cleared
4 106 (35.33%) SC Cleared
5 60 (20.00%) Degree
6 38 (12.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 33 (11.00%) CCIE
8 31 (10.33%) DV Cleared
9 26 (8.67%) Computer Science Degree
10 21 (7.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 20 (6.67%) CISSP
11 20 (6.67%) Master's Degree
12 16 (5.33%) ISEB
12 16 (5.33%) ISTQB
12 16 (5.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 13 (4.33%) CCSP
13 13 (4.33%) CISM
14 11 (3.67%) JNCIS
15 10 (3.33%) CEH
15 10 (3.33%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.67%) NIST
2 10 (3.33%) PCI DSS
3 8 (2.67%) COBIT
4 6 (2.00%) NCSC
5 5 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.67%) QA
7 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.33%) GDPR
7 1 (0.33%) GRC
7 1 (0.33%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.33%) SLA
System Software
1 51 (17.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 28 (9.33%) Active Directory
3 16 (5.33%) VMware NSX
4 13 (4.33%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.00%) Firmware
5 3 (1.00%) vSphere
6 1 (0.33%) Docker
6 1 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 32 (10.67%) Ansible
2 27 (9.00%) vCenter Server
3 10 (3.33%) Progress Chef
3 10 (3.33%) Puppet
4 8 (2.67%) Cisco Prime
4 8 (2.67%) FortiGate
5 6 (2.00%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (1.67%) Cacti
6 5 (1.67%) Terraform
7 3 (1.00%) Kubernetes
7 3 (1.00%) Nagios
7 3 (1.00%) SCCM
7 3 (1.00%) ZABBIX
8 2 (0.67%) CASB
8 2 (0.67%) SCOM
9 1 (0.33%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.33%) Cisco UCCX
9 1 (0.33%) CSIRT
9 1 (0.33%) ServiceCenter
9 1 (0.33%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 231 (77.00%) Cisco
2 58 (19.33%) VMware
3 53 (17.67%) Juniper
4 49 (16.33%) Palo Alto
5 47 (15.67%) Microsoft
6 32 (10.67%) Oracle
7 31 (10.33%) Fortinet
8 29 (9.67%) F5
9 27 (9.00%) CheckPoint
10 21 (7.00%) SolarWinds
11 20 (6.67%) Atlassian
12 13 (4.33%) Meraki
13 12 (4.00%) Nokia
14 10 (3.33%) Avaya
14 10 (3.33%) Ericsson
14 10 (3.33%) Ribbon
15 9 (3.00%) Zscaler
16 7 (2.33%) Arista
16 7 (2.33%) Aruba
17 6 (2.00%) Infoblox