Cisco Certification Contracts

Cisco Certification
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Cisco Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 165 179 257
Rank change year-on-year +14 +78 -29
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 638 885 966
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.48% 1.50% 1.09%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.84% 5.48% 5.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 413 555 634
10th Percentile £300 £271 £263
25th Percentile £350 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% - +17.65%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £751 £700 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £431
% change year-on-year - +15.94% +7.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 50 39
10th Percentile £13.90 £14.25 £13.38
25th Percentile £14.00 £18.88 £17.13
Median hourly rate £20.74 £62.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -66.55% +44.19% +7.50%
75th Percentile £41.25 £80.00 £47.93
90th Percentile £68.00 £85.17 £62.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.75 £62.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -74.60% +39.33% +11.95%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

Cisco Certification is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 13,175 16,164 19,041
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.53% 27.33% 21.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,128 10,779 12,573
10th Percentile £300 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £625
90th Percentile £744 £743 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £530 £500
% change year-on-year - +6.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,075 848 773
10th Percentile £13.86 £15.25 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.84 £20.00 £19.52
Median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +28.57% +10.82%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.25 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.00 £66.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.94 £49.94 £34.69
% change year-on-year -18.02% +43.96% +0.43%

Cisco Certification
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Cisco Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco Certification in the UK

Cisco Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Cisco Certification in the UK

Cisco Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco Certification over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco Certification in the UK

Cisco Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Cisco Certification in the UK

Cisco Certification
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cisco Certification over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Cisco Certification in the UK

Cisco Certification
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. 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
England +17 571 £513 +2.50% 278
UK excluding London +7 378 £500 - 198
London +38 200 £525 -2.33% 111
Work from Home +7 171 £510 +2.00% 114
South East +35 148 £513 +2.50% 60
North of England +25 82 £450 -7.41% 49
Midlands +17 57 £438 -0.96% 19
North West +22 55 £475 -5.00% 26
West Midlands +39 50 £450 +20.00% 13
South West -19 44 £535 -2.73% 28
East of England -15 32 £323 -4.80% 20
Yorkshire +16 24 £403 -19.50% 21
Scotland +20 20 £553 +13.62% 23
East Midlands +2 7 £325 -14.47% 6
North East +15 3 £345 +6.15% 3
Wales -5 1 - - 9

Cisco Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (3.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (2.04%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.10%) Confluence
3 7 (1.10%) IIS
4 4 (0.63%) IBM Domino
5 3 (0.47%) Apache
5 3 (0.47%) WebLogic
5 3 (0.47%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.31%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.31%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 20 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (2.98%) MS Visio
3 10 (1.57%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 93 (14.58%) Azure
2 62 (9.72%) AWS
3 32 (5.02%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (3.45%) GCP
5 19 (2.98%) OCI
6 9 (1.41%) Cloudflare
6 9 (1.41%) SaaS
7 7 (1.10%) Azure Sentinel
7 7 (1.10%) Cloud Computing
8 5 (0.78%) Entra ID
8 5 (0.78%) Nutanix
9 4 (0.63%) PaaS
9 4 (0.63%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 3 (0.47%) Akamai
10 3 (0.47%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 3 (0.47%) Azure Monitor
10 3 (0.47%) IaaS
11 2 (0.31%) Catchpoint
11 2 (0.31%) OneDrive
11 2 (0.31%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 233 (36.52%) Firewall
2 154 (24.14%) WAN
3 124 (19.44%) LAN
4 116 (18.18%) BGP
5 112 (17.55%) Network Security
6 108 (16.93%) VPN
7 102 (15.99%) DNS
8 93 (14.58%) MPLS
9 91 (14.26%) OSPF
10 85 (13.32%) Cisco Nexus
11 83 (13.01%) Cisco ASA
12 76 (11.91%) Wireless
13 74 (11.60%) DHCP
14 65 (10.19%) Cisco ISE
15 59 (9.25%) IPsec
16 53 (8.31%) SD-WAN
17 43 (6.74%) TCP/IP
18 40 (6.27%) Cisco IOS
19 39 (6.11%) Cisco Firepower
19 39 (6.11%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (0.94%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.47%) DB2
3 1 (0.16%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 12 (1.88%) Sonatype Nexus
2 8 (1.25%) JIRA
3 7 (1.10%) Rational DOORS
4 6 (0.94%) Git
5 1 (0.16%) Hudson
5 1 (0.16%) Jenkins
General
1 197 (30.88%) Social Skills
2 102 (15.99%) Finance
3 74 (11.60%) Analytical Skills
4 72 (11.29%) Public Sector
5 61 (9.56%) Telecoms
6 44 (6.90%) Banking
7 15 (2.35%) Marketing
8 14 (2.19%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (1.25%) Legal
10 8 (1.25%) Manufacturing
11 7 (1.10%) Retail
12 6 (0.94%) Aerospace
12 6 (0.94%) Local Government
13 5 (0.78%) German Language
14 4 (0.63%) Aeronautics
14 4 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.63%) Financial Institution
14 4 (0.63%) French Language
14 4 (0.63%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 325 (50.94%) Network Engineer
2 97 (15.20%) Senior
3 74 (11.60%) Architect
4 65 (10.19%) Senior Network Engineer
5 47 (7.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 38 (5.96%) Analyst
7 37 (5.80%) Consultant
8 31 (4.86%) Cisco Engineer
9 30 (4.70%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 29 (4.55%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
11 28 (4.39%) Network Architect
12 27 (4.23%) Security Architect
13 26 (4.08%) Support Engineer
14 19 (2.98%) Network Consultant
15 17 (2.66%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 17 (2.66%) Security Analyst
16 16 (2.51%) Security Engineer
17 14 (2.19%) Network Support
17 14 (2.19%) Network Support Engineer
17 14 (2.19%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (3.45%) XML
2 20 (3.13%) Jinja
3 18 (2.82%) NETCONF
4 17 (2.66%) JSON
5 16 (2.51%) YANG
6 12 (1.88%) Web Services
7 11 (1.72%) 802.1X
7 11 (1.72%) FIX Protocol
8 5 (0.78%) .NET
8 5 (0.78%) Flash
9 3 (0.47%) EDI
9 3 (0.47%) EJB
9 3 (0.47%) J2EE
9 3 (0.47%) JSP
9 3 (0.47%) LDAP
9 3 (0.47%) SAML
9 3 (0.47%) Servlets
9 3 (0.47%) Ultra Messaging
10 1 (0.16%) RESTful
10 1 (0.16%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 130 (20.38%) Data Centre
2 23 (3.61%) Management Information System
3 13 (2.04%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 13 (2.04%) Operational Technology
3 13 (2.04%) Security Posture
4 11 (1.72%) Cyber Threat
4 11 (1.72%) PKI
5 10 (1.57%) Clustering
5 10 (1.57%) Public Cloud
5 10 (1.57%) Video Conferencing
6 9 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
6 9 (1.41%) Distributed Architecture
6 9 (1.41%) Hybrid Cloud
6 9 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (1.10%) Driving Licence
8 7 (1.10%) IoT
9 6 (0.94%) NHS
9 6 (0.94%) SCADA
10 5 (0.78%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 70 (10.97%) Windows
2 42 (6.58%) Linux
3 28 (4.39%) Windows Server
4 25 (3.92%) Windows 10
5 18 (2.82%) Windows Server 2012
6 14 (2.19%) Windows Server 2016
6 14 (2.19%) Windows Server 2019
6 14 (2.19%) Windows XP
7 11 (1.72%) Unix
8 10 (1.57%) Windows 7
9 6 (0.94%) Mac OS
10 5 (0.78%) Windows 8
11 4 (0.63%) Android
12 1 (0.16%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (21.32%) Problem-Solving
2 108 (16.93%) ITIL
3 71 (11.13%) Computer Science
4 60 (9.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 58 (9.09%) Change Management
5 58 (9.09%) Migration
6 54 (8.46%) Customer Service
7 50 (7.84%) Cybersecurity
8 49 (7.68%) Network Design
9 43 (6.74%) Project Management
10 42 (6.58%) Roadmaps
11 41 (6.43%) Information Security
11 41 (6.43%) Mentoring
12 39 (6.11%) DevOps
13 36 (5.64%) Network Monitoring
14 32 (5.02%) Network Architecture
15 31 (4.86%) ITSM
16 30 (4.70%) TOGAF
17 29 (4.55%) Cloud Security
17 29 (4.55%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 66 (10.34%) Python
2 30 (4.70%) PowerShell
3 15 (2.35%) Perl
4 11 (1.72%) Bash
4 11 (1.72%) Tcl
5 6 (0.94%) Java
6 5 (0.78%) SQL
7 2 (0.31%) C
7 2 (0.31%) C#
7 2 (0.31%) Go
7 2 (0.31%) Ruby
8 1 (0.16%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 368 (57.68%) CCNP
2 318 (49.84%) CCNA
3 163 (25.55%) Security Cleared
4 139 (21.79%) Degree
5 128 (20.06%) CCIE
6 116 (18.18%) SC Cleared
7 70 (10.97%) CISSP
8 51 (7.99%) DV Cleared
9 49 (7.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 42 (6.58%) Computer Science Degree
11 41 (6.43%) CISM
12 39 (6.11%) Microsoft Certification
13 36 (5.64%) JNCIA
14 26 (4.08%) Network+ Certification
15 25 (3.92%) MCSE
16 22 (3.45%) CCSP
17 21 (3.29%) CISA
17 21 (3.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
18 20 (3.13%) A+ Certification
19 18 (2.82%) CCSK
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (5.17%) SLA
2 32 (5.02%) NIST
3 31 (4.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (2.04%) GRC
5 11 (1.72%) QA
6 10 (1.57%) NCSC
7 9 (1.41%) NIST 800
8 7 (1.10%) COBIT
9 6 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 6 (0.94%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.78%) GDPR
11 3 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.47%) ISO 22301
11 3 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 2 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.31%) Disclosure Scotland
12 2 (0.31%) IASME
12 2 (0.31%) ISO 31000
13 1 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 70 (10.97%) VMware Infrastructure
2 46 (7.21%) Active Directory
3 34 (5.33%) Hyper-V
4 28 (4.39%) VMware NSX
5 27 (4.23%) VMware ESXi
6 22 (3.45%) Firmware
7 12 (1.88%) vSphere
8 11 (1.72%) KVM
9 7 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
10 5 (0.78%) VMware Workstation
11 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 46 (7.21%) Ansible
2 30 (4.70%) SCCM
3 23 (3.61%) vCenter Server
4 17 (2.66%) FortiGate
4 17 (2.66%) Terraform
5 15 (2.35%) EMC NetWorker
5 15 (2.35%) SCOM
5 15 (2.35%) WSUS
6 14 (2.19%) NetBackup
7 12 (1.88%) Nessus
8 7 (1.10%) SolarWinds Orion
9 5 (0.78%) OpenView
10 4 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
11 3 (0.47%) ITRS Geneos
11 3 (0.47%) Kibana
11 3 (0.47%) Netcool
12 2 (0.31%) Cisco Prime
12 2 (0.31%) Nagios
12 2 (0.31%) OpenNMS
12 2 (0.31%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 437 (68.50%) Cisco
2 126 (19.75%) Palo Alto
3 112 (17.55%) Juniper
4 89 (13.95%) CheckPoint
5 85 (13.32%) Microsoft
5 85 (13.32%) VMware
6 69 (10.82%) F5
7 55 (8.62%) SolarWinds
8 51 (7.99%) Fortinet
9 43 (6.74%) Arista
10 35 (5.49%) Nokia
11 28 (4.39%) Dell
12 26 (4.08%) Citrix
12 26 (4.08%) Infoblox
13 25 (3.92%) Meraki
14 22 (3.45%) Zscaler
15 19 (2.98%) Symantec
16 18 (2.82%) Oracle
17 17 (2.66%) HP
18 16 (2.51%) Veeam