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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 133 119
Rank change year-on-year +27 -14 +69
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 307 345 496
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.36% 1.66% 2.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.56% 4.62% 6.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 211 226 320
10th Percentile £325 £303 £267
25th Percentile £425 £350 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £586 £563
90th Percentile £625 £705 £639
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 24 32
10th Percentile - £12.38 £13.00
25th Percentile £29.00 £14.00 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £15.00 £61.00
Median % change year-on-year +166.67% -75.41% +177.27%
75th Percentile £74.06 £19.81 £78.38
90th Percentile £82.50 £25.83 £89.63
UK median hourly rate £54.50 £17.50 £62.00
% change year-on-year +211.43% -71.77% +117.54%

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 4,679 7,469 7,457
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.90% 36.05% 32.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,834 4,357 4,938
10th Percentile £205 £275 £300
25th Percentile £375 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £535 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +1.90% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £635
90th Percentile £675 £723 £712
UK median daily rate £520 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -1.89% -3.64% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 422 954 578
10th Percentile £17.45 £13.56 £13.47
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.13 £20.00
Median hourly rate £32.18 £40.97 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.45% -21.96% +50.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.81 £66.21
90th Percentile £77.50 £77.50 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £40.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -18.75% -27.27% +24.36%

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 31 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 31 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 31 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
North of England +13 80 £506 +12.44% 73
South East -1 79 £495 -3.41% 80
South West +72 63 £575 +9.52% 54
Yorkshire +37 41 £550 +22.22% 25
Midlands 0 38 £488 +8.33% 57
North West -17 34 £475 - 39
West Midlands -10 21 £450 - 35
Wales +22 20 £425 - 6
Scotland +7 20 £438 +9.38% 17
East Midlands +19 17 £555 +70.77% 21
East of England +6 10 £550 +83.33% 36
North East 0 5 £325 -23.53% 10
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 27 (8.79%) Confluence
2 16 (5.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 3 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.98%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.33%) CMS
Applications
1 34 (11.07%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.61%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.33%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.63%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 44 (14.33%) Azure
2 35 (11.40%) AWS
3 17 (5.54%) PaaS
4 14 (4.56%) SaaS
5 12 (3.91%) GCP
6 7 (2.28%) IaaS
6 7 (2.28%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (1.63%) Cloudflare
8 3 (0.98%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (0.98%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (0.98%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 1 (0.33%) Akamai
10 1 (0.33%) Amazon ECS
10 1 (0.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (0.33%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 124 (40.39%) Firewall
2 95 (30.94%) VPN
3 90 (29.32%) WAN
4 83 (27.04%) BGP
5 74 (24.10%) Network Security
6 73 (23.78%) OSPF
7 66 (21.50%) DNS
8 61 (19.87%) LAN
9 57 (18.57%) MPLS
10 52 (16.94%) Wireless
11 41 (13.36%) SD-WAN
12 37 (12.05%) TCP/IP
13 35 (11.40%) DHCP
14 32 (10.42%) Cisco Nexus
15 30 (9.77%) Ethernet
15 30 (9.77%) IPsec
16 27 (8.79%) Cisco ASA
17 26 (8.47%) VLAN
18 24 (7.82%) Cisco Firepower
19 22 (7.17%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (6.51%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 28 (9.12%) JIRA
2 11 (3.58%) Bitbucket
2 11 (3.58%) Jenkins
3 10 (3.26%) Git
4 3 (0.98%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.65%) GitLab
General
1 118 (38.44%) Social Skills
2 60 (19.54%) Analytical Skills
3 35 (11.40%) Telecoms
4 27 (8.79%) Public Sector
5 13 (4.23%) Finance
6 9 (2.93%) Manufacturing
7 5 (1.63%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (1.63%) Legal
7 5 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (0.98%) Banking
8 3 (0.98%) Local Government
8 3 (0.98%) Military
9 2 (0.65%) Advertising
9 2 (0.65%) Aerospace
9 2 (0.65%) Back Office
9 2 (0.65%) Billing
9 2 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.33%) Aviation
10 1 (0.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 140 (45.60%) Network Engineer
2 34 (11.07%) Architect
3 25 (8.14%) Network Architect
4 23 (7.49%) Senior
5 22 (7.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 21 (6.84%) IP Engineer
7 15 (4.89%) Test Engineer
8 13 (4.23%) IT Engineer
9 12 (3.91%) Cisco Engineer
9 12 (3.91%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 12 (3.91%) Senior Network Engineer
9 12 (3.91%) Virtualisation Engineer
10 11 (3.58%) Consultant
11 10 (3.26%) Analyst
12 9 (2.93%) Infrastructure Specialist
13 8 (2.61%) Engineering Specialist
13 8 (2.61%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
14 7 (2.28%) IP Network Engineer
14 7 (2.28%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
15 6 (1.95%) Network Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.91%) Flash
2 10 (3.26%) REST
2 10 (3.26%) SOAP
3 8 (2.61%) 802.1X
3 8 (2.61%) NETCONF
3 8 (2.61%) RESTCONF
4 5 (1.63%) 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%) RFC 2544
5 1 (0.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 36 (11.73%) Data Centre
2 23 (7.49%) Self-Motivation
3 18 (5.86%) Linux Command Line
4 16 (5.21%) Video Conferencing
5 13 (4.23%) Clustering
6 11 (3.58%) Blackberry
6 11 (3.58%) Hybrid Cloud
6 11 (3.58%) PKI
7 8 (2.61%) Management Information System
8 7 (2.28%) Security Posture
9 6 (1.95%) CMDB
9 6 (1.95%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.95%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.63%) Cloud Native
11 4 (1.30%) Cyberattack
12 3 (0.98%) Fibre Optics
12 3 (0.98%) Onboarding
12 3 (0.98%) Operational Technology
12 3 (0.98%) SCADA
12 3 (0.98%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 51 (16.61%) Linux
2 41 (13.36%) Windows
3 31 (10.10%) Windows Server
4 16 (5.21%) Unix
5 4 (1.30%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.98%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (0.98%) Windows XP
7 2 (0.65%) VMS
8 1 (0.33%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (32.90%) Problem-Solving
2 54 (17.59%) Validation
3 46 (14.98%) Agile
3 46 (14.98%) Computer Science
4 43 (14.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 41 (13.36%) Migration
5 41 (13.36%) Network Architecture
5 41 (13.36%) Service Management
6 36 (11.73%) Network Design
7 35 (11.40%) System Testing
8 33 (10.75%) NsoIT
9 32 (10.42%) Roadmaps
10 30 (9.77%) High Availability
11 27 (8.79%) ITIL
12 26 (8.47%) Project Management
13 25 (8.14%) Network Monitoring
14 24 (7.82%) Configuration Management
15 23 (7.49%) Network Virtualisation
16 22 (7.17%) Critical Thinking
17 19 (6.19%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 43 (14.01%) Python
2 32 (10.42%) Bash
3 28 (9.12%) PowerShell
4 20 (6.51%) SQL
5 18 (5.86%) Perl
5 18 (5.86%) PL/SQL
6 16 (5.21%) Java
7 2 (0.65%) Rust
Qualifications
1 197 (64.17%) CCNP
2 124 (40.39%) Security Cleared
3 123 (40.07%) CCNA
4 111 (36.16%) SC Cleared
5 71 (23.13%) Degree
6 40 (13.03%) CCIE
7 38 (12.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 32 (10.42%) Computer Science Degree
9 27 (8.79%) DV Cleared
10 20 (6.51%) Master's Degree
11 16 (5.21%) ISEB
11 16 (5.21%) ISTQB
11 16 (5.21%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 12 (3.91%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 11 (3.58%) CISSP
13 11 (3.58%) JNCIS
14 10 (3.26%) OCA
14 10 (3.26%) Oracle Certification
14 10 (3.26%) RHCA
14 10 (3.26%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (1.63%) NIST
2 3 (0.98%) SLA
3 2 (0.65%) GRC
3 2 (0.65%) NCSC
3 2 (0.65%) QA
4 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.33%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.33%) GDPR
4 1 (0.33%) JSP 440
4 1 (0.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 57 (18.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 27 (8.79%) Active Directory
3 20 (6.51%) VMware ESXi
4 15 (4.89%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.98%) Firmware
5 3 (0.98%) vSphere
6 1 (0.33%) Docker
6 1 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 41 (13.36%) Ansible
2 27 (8.79%) vCenter Server
3 10 (3.26%) Progress Chef
3 10 (3.26%) Puppet
4 7 (2.28%) FortiGate
5 6 (1.95%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (1.63%) Cacti
6 5 (1.63%) Cisco Prime
6 5 (1.63%) Terraform
7 4 (1.30%) Cisco CUCM
7 4 (1.30%) OpenView
8 3 (0.98%) Kubernetes
8 3 (0.98%) Nagios
8 3 (0.98%) SCCM
8 3 (0.98%) ZABBIX
9 2 (0.65%) SCOM
10 1 (0.33%) Cisco UCCX
10 1 (0.33%) Network Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.33%) ServiceCenter
10 1 (0.33%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 254 (82.74%) Cisco
2 61 (19.87%) VMware
3 54 (17.59%) Microsoft
4 53 (17.26%) Juniper
5 52 (16.94%) Palo Alto
6 38 (12.38%) F5
6 38 (12.38%) Fortinet
7 30 (9.77%) Oracle
8 29 (9.45%) CheckPoint
9 27 (8.79%) Atlassian
10 19 (6.19%) SolarWinds
11 13 (4.23%) Meraki
12 12 (3.91%) Nokia
13 11 (3.58%) Zscaler
14 10 (3.26%) Avaya
14 10 (3.26%) Ericsson
14 10 (3.26%) Ribbon
15 8 (2.61%) Remedy
15 8 (2.61%) ServiceNow
16 7 (2.28%) Arista