Cisco Certification Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Cisco Certification
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Cisco Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 80 60
Rank change year-on-year -27 -20 +42
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 47 13 48
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 1.55% 0.95% 2.51%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.43% 3.02% 7.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 8 22
10th Percentile £163 £171 £258
25th Percentile £316 £190 £303
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £333 £450
Median % change year-on-year +35.34% -26.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £469 £628 £681
90th Percentile £541 £788 £775
England median daily rate £500 £539 £505
% change year-on-year -7.19% +6.68% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £58.43 - -
Median hourly rate £63.14 - £23.00
75th Percentile £67.84 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £63.14 £72.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -12.92% +202.08% -61.29%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,061 431 612
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 35.07% 31.51% 32.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 759 295 388
10th Percentile £324 £150 £263
25th Percentile £412 £313 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £477 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.68% +6.00% -14.29%
75th Percentile £560 £600 £575
90th Percentile £641 £700 £675
England median daily rate £520 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 17 36
10th Percentile £14.00 £16.97 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.20 £18.50 £22.24
Median hourly rate £25.15 £28.18 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.75% -1.12% +42.50%
75th Percentile £67.84 £35.00 £46.56
90th Percentile £77.25 £46.18 £58.75
England median hourly rate £45.46 £50.00 £37.83
% change year-on-year -9.08% +32.18% -27.44%

Cisco Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Cisco Certification job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Cisco Certification
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Cisco Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Cisco Certification

Cisco Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco Certification in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 14 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco Certification in the West Midlands

Cisco Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Cisco Certification.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Cisco Certification

Cisco Certification
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 April 2026. 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
Warwickshire -8 15 £450 -41.94% 3
Coventry -15 11 £463 +120.24% 2
Worcestershire - 8 £175 - 3
Birmingham -18 6 £529 +66.61% 7
Shropshire - 2 £380 -
Herefordshire - 2 - - 5
Solihull -12 1 - - 2
Staffordshire - 1 £420 - 5
Cisco Certification
England

Cisco Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (12.77%) Confluence
2 3 (6.38%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (6.38%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 14 (29.79%) AWS
2 11 (23.40%) Azure
3 6 (12.77%) GCP
4 4 (8.51%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (6.38%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 3 (6.38%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 2 (4.26%) AWS Direct Connect
6 2 (4.26%) GitHub
7 1 (2.13%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (2.13%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 21 (44.68%) LAN
2 17 (36.17%) WAN
2 17 (36.17%) Wireless
2 17 (36.17%) WLAN
3 15 (31.91%) Firewall
4 14 (29.79%) BGP
4 14 (29.79%) SD-WAN
5 12 (25.53%) VLAN
6 11 (23.40%) OSPF
6 11 (23.40%) VPN
7 10 (21.28%) Cisco ISE
8 8 (17.02%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (14.89%) 5G
9 7 (14.89%) Network Security
9 7 (14.89%) VXLAN
10 6 (12.77%) Cisco Wireless
10 6 (12.77%) DHCP
10 6 (12.77%) DNS
10 6 (12.77%) Internet
10 6 (12.77%) MPLS
Development Applications
1 13 (27.66%) JIRA
2 3 (6.38%) Chocolatey
General
1 17 (36.17%) Social Skills
2 7 (14.89%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (8.51%) Documentation Skills
3 4 (8.51%) Public Sector
3 4 (8.51%) Telecoms
4 3 (6.38%) Banking
4 3 (6.38%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (6.38%) Investment Banking
5 2 (4.26%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.13%) Legal
Job Titles
1 19 (40.43%) Network Engineer
2 8 (17.02%) Architect
2 8 (17.02%) Wireless Engineer
2 8 (17.02%) Wireless Network Engineer
3 7 (14.89%) Network Architect
4 6 (12.77%) Administrator
5 5 (10.64%) DevSecOps Engineer
5 5 (10.64%) Lead
6 4 (8.51%) Cisco Engineer
6 4 (8.51%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 4 (8.51%) Cisco Wireless Engineer
6 4 (8.51%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (6.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (6.38%) IT Support
7 3 (6.38%) IT Support Technician
7 3 (6.38%) IT Technician
7 3 (6.38%) RF Engineer
7 3 (6.38%) Support Technician
7 3 (6.38%) WAN Engineer
8 2 (4.26%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.38%) 802.1X
2 2 (4.26%) RFC 2544
3 1 (2.13%) OAuth
3 1 (2.13%) OAuth2
3 1 (2.13%) OpenID
3 1 (2.13%) SailPoint
3 1 (2.13%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (21.28%) Data Centre
2 5 (10.64%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (4.26%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (4.26%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (2.13%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.13%) NHS
4 1 (2.13%) Public Cloud
4 1 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (23.40%) Windows
2 10 (21.28%) Linux
3 3 (6.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (29.79%) ITIL
2 10 (21.28%) Agile
2 10 (21.28%) User Experience
3 8 (17.02%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (17.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 8 (17.02%) Load Balancing
4 7 (14.89%) Containerisation
4 7 (14.89%) DevSecOps
4 7 (14.89%) Disaster Recovery
4 7 (14.89%) Infrastructure as Code
4 7 (14.89%) Network Architecture
4 7 (14.89%) Network Design
4 7 (14.89%) Network Segmentation
4 7 (14.89%) Security Architecture
5 6 (12.77%) CI/CD
5 6 (12.77%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (12.77%) Strategic Thinking
5 6 (12.77%) Zero Trust
6 5 (10.64%) Collaborative Working
6 5 (10.64%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 6 (12.77%) Python
2 3 (6.38%) Lisp
3 2 (4.26%) Bash
3 2 (4.26%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (68.09%) CCNP
2 18 (38.30%) CCIE
3 16 (34.04%) Security Cleared
4 15 (31.91%) CCNA
5 10 (21.28%) AWS Certification
5 10 (21.28%) SC Cleared
6 8 (17.02%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 8 (17.02%) CISSP
7 7 (14.89%) DV Cleared
8 6 (12.77%) Degree
9 5 (10.64%) CCSP
9 5 (10.64%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (6.38%) Azure Certification
10 3 (6.38%) CCIE Security
10 3 (6.38%) CCIE Wireless
10 3 (6.38%) CWDP
10 3 (6.38%) CWNA
10 3 (6.38%) CWNE
10 3 (6.38%) CWSP
10 3 (6.38%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (19.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (17.02%) GDPR
3 6 (12.77%) NIST
4 4 (8.51%) PCI DSS
5 3 (6.38%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (6.38%) NCSC
6 1 (2.13%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 7 (14.89%) Docker
2 5 (10.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (6.38%) VMware NSX
4 2 (4.26%) Active Directory
4 2 (4.26%) Hyper-V
5 1 (2.13%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 14 (29.79%) Terraform
2 8 (17.02%) Ansible
3 7 (14.89%) Kubernetes
4 4 (8.51%) FortiGate
5 2 (4.26%) Podman
6 1 (2.13%) SCOM
6 1 (2.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 34 (72.34%) Cisco
2 11 (23.40%) Ekahau
2 11 (23.40%) Palo Alto
3 9 (19.15%) Aruba
3 9 (19.15%) Microsoft
3 9 (19.15%) ServiceNow
4 8 (17.02%) F5
5 7 (14.89%) Fortinet
6 6 (12.77%) VMware
7 4 (8.51%) Juniper
7 4 (8.51%) Meraki
8 3 (6.38%) Remedy
8 3 (6.38%) SolarWinds
9 2 (4.26%) Atlassian
9 2 (4.26%) Forcepoint
9 2 (4.26%) Verint
10 1 (2.13%) BeyondTrust
10 1 (2.13%) CheckPoint
10 1 (2.13%) CyberArk
10 1 (2.13%) Okta