Cisco Certification Contract Job Trends in Wales

Cisco Certification
UK > Wales

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

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 38 40
Rank change year-on-year -9 +2 +10
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 2 12 8
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.45% 2.63% 1.72%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.48% 7.19% 4.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 7
10th Percentile - - £102
25th Percentile £330 £210 £193
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £335 £350 £351
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% -0.14% -17.53%
75th Percentile £340 £400 £438
90th Percentile - £513 £513
UK median daily rate £503 £500 £493
% change year-on-year +0.60% +1.42% +3.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £51.25 -
UK median hourly rate £40.50 £37.50 £34.50
% change year-on-year +8.00% +8.70% +137.93%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 135 167 187
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 30.68% 36.62% 40.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 82 147
10th Percentile £170 £136 £180
25th Percentile £234 £211 £279
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £433 £438 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.03% -12.50% -6.54%
75th Percentile £638 £550 £631
90th Percentile £713 £640 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 30 12
10th Percentile £13.08 £15.20 £13.48
25th Percentile £20.82 £20.12 £19.65
Median hourly rate £25.15 £25.27 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.47% -28.82% +77.90%
75th Percentile - £48.75 £53.19
90th Percentile £35.31 £53.75 £55.25
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £52.50
% change year-on-year -45.54% -12.04% +16.67%

Cisco Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Cisco Certification job vacancy trend in Wales

Cisco Certification
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

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

Cisco Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

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

Cisco Certification
Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 6 November 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 Wales -8 2 £335 -4.29% 15
Cisco Certification
UK

Cisco Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) AWS IoT
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) Modbus
1 2 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) 3D Printing
1 2 (100.00%) IoT
1 2 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Patch Management
2 1 (50.00%) Business Enablement
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Internal Audit
2 1 (50.00%) Inventory Management
2 1 (50.00%) Network Design
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCNA
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco