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 29 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 93 82 75
Rank change year-on-year -11 -7 +57
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 43 30 43
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 2.01% 1.61% 2.27%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.25% 5.24% 7.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 17 22
10th Percentile £334 £165 £200
25th Percentile £403 £413 £258
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £406
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +29.23% -20.34%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £628
90th Percentile £589 £750 £750
England median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £29.00 - -
Median hourly rate £30.00 - £23.00
75th Percentile £31.00 - -
90th Percentile £37.13 - -
England median hourly rate £48.00 £28.70 £37.50
% change year-on-year +67.25% -23.47% +158.62%

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 819 572 572
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 38.20% 30.75% 30.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 557 362 355
10th Percentile £263 £286 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £581 £613 £606
90th Percentile £675 £725 £695
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 15 29
10th Percentile £15.15 £19.58 £17.70
25th Percentile £18.87 £24.58 £23.00
Median hourly rate £24.29 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.61% - +44.33%
75th Percentile £32.00 £46.88 £67.50
90th Percentile £50.00 £52.50 £71.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £53.50
% change year-on-year -49.70% -6.54% +18.89%

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 29 November 2025.

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 29 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
Birmingham 0 14 £450 +164.71% 5
Staffordshire +8 7 £450 +5.88% 2
Warwickshire -12 6 £450 -35.71% 1
Coventry -10 5 £525 - 1
Herefordshire -14 5 £525 - 1
Worcestershire - 3 £375 - 1
Shropshire - 1 £380 -
Walsall - 1 - -
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 7 (16.28%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (16.28%) MS Visio
2 5 (11.63%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (16.28%) AWS
1 7 (16.28%) Azure
2 5 (11.63%) GCP
3 3 (6.98%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 3 (6.98%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 2 (4.65%) AWS Direct Connect
5 1 (2.33%) Azure Stack
5 1 (2.33%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 25 (58.14%) Wireless
2 24 (55.81%) Firewall
3 23 (53.49%) DNS
4 21 (48.84%) DHCP
5 19 (44.19%) WAN
6 18 (41.86%) BGP
7 17 (39.53%) LAN
8 12 (27.91%) WLAN
9 11 (25.58%) OSPF
9 11 (25.58%) VXLAN
10 10 (23.26%) Cisco ISE
10 10 (23.26%) Network Security
10 10 (23.26%) SD-WAN
11 9 (20.93%) VLAN
11 9 (20.93%) VPN
12 8 (18.60%) NX-OS
13 7 (16.28%) Cisco Wireless
13 7 (16.28%) EIGRP
14 6 (13.95%) Cisco IOS
14 6 (13.95%) MPLS
Development Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 8 (18.60%) Social Skills
2 7 (16.28%) Banking
2 7 (16.28%) Investment Banking
3 6 (13.95%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (11.63%) Manufacturing
4 5 (11.63%) Telecoms
5 3 (6.98%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (4.65%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (4.65%) Legal
6 2 (4.65%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (4.65%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (4.65%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 20 (46.51%) Network Engineer
2 8 (18.60%) Architect
2 8 (18.60%) Network Architect
3 7 (16.28%) Cisco Engineer
3 7 (16.28%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 7 (16.28%) Cisco Wireless Engineer
3 7 (16.28%) RF Engineer
3 7 (16.28%) Wireless Engineer
3 7 (16.28%) Wireless Network Engineer
4 5 (11.63%) Analyst
4 5 (11.63%) Support Analyst
5 4 (9.30%) Lead
5 4 (9.30%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (4.65%) Administrator
6 2 (4.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (4.65%) Network Consultant
6 2 (4.65%) Network Support
6 2 (4.65%) Network Support Engineer
6 2 (4.65%) Support Engineer
6 2 (4.65%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.33%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 18 (41.86%) Data Centre
2 6 (13.95%) Virtual Team
3 4 (9.30%) SCADA
4 3 (6.98%) Driving Licence
4 3 (6.98%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (4.65%) Operational Technology
6 1 (2.33%) Client/Server
6 1 (2.33%) Educational Technology
6 1 (2.33%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (2.33%) NHS
6 1 (2.33%) Onboarding
6 1 (2.33%) Private Cloud
6 1 (2.33%) Replication
6 1 (2.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.65%) Windows
1 2 (4.65%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (20.93%) ITIL
1 9 (20.93%) Network Design
2 8 (18.60%) Computer Science
3 7 (16.28%) Network Architecture
3 7 (16.28%) Project Management
3 7 (16.28%) User Experience
4 6 (13.95%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (13.95%) Network Management
4 6 (13.95%) Zero Trust
5 5 (11.63%) Change Management
5 5 (11.63%) Mentoring
5 5 (11.63%) Network Monitoring
5 5 (11.63%) Process Improvement
5 5 (11.63%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (9.30%) High Availability
6 4 (9.30%) Load Balancing
6 4 (9.30%) Network Virtualisation
6 4 (9.30%) Root Cause Analysis
6 4 (9.30%) Security Architecture
6 4 (9.30%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 7 (16.28%) Lisp
2 6 (13.95%) Python
3 1 (2.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 38 (88.37%) CCNP
2 19 (44.19%) CCNA
3 12 (27.91%) Degree
4 11 (25.58%) CCIE
5 10 (23.26%) Security Cleared
6 6 (13.95%) CISSP
6 6 (13.95%) DV Cleared
7 5 (11.63%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (9.30%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 4 (9.30%) AWS Certification
8 4 (9.30%) CCSP
9 3 (6.98%) Azure Certification
9 3 (6.98%) CCIE Security
9 3 (6.98%) SC Cleared
10 2 (4.65%) CCIE Routing and Switching
10 2 (4.65%) JNCIE
10 2 (4.65%) JNCIP
11 1 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (2.33%) CCIE Wireless
11 1 (2.33%) Novell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.95%) GDPR
2 5 (11.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (9.30%) NIST
3 4 (9.30%) PCI DSS
4 1 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (2.33%) Def Stans
4 1 (2.33%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (9.30%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (6.98%) VMware NSX
3 1 (2.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.33%) Firmware
3 1 (2.33%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 10 (23.26%) FortiGate
2 8 (18.60%) Ansible
3 5 (11.63%) Terraform
4 3 (6.98%) Cisco CUCM
4 3 (6.98%) OpenView
5 2 (4.65%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 35 (81.40%) Cisco
2 12 (27.91%) Remedy
3 10 (23.26%) Fortinet
4 9 (20.93%) F5
4 9 (20.93%) Palo Alto
4 9 (20.93%) SolarWinds
5 8 (18.60%) Juniper
6 7 (16.28%) Ekahau
6 7 (16.28%) ServiceNow
7 5 (11.63%) Meraki
7 5 (11.63%) Microsoft
7 5 (11.63%) Peregrine
8 4 (9.30%) CheckPoint
8 4 (9.30%) VMware
9 2 (4.65%) Aruba
9 2 (4.65%) Forcepoint
9 2 (4.65%) Oracle
10 1 (2.33%) Arista
10 1 (2.33%) NetScout
10 1 (2.33%) Zscaler