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 17 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 81 76
Rank change year-on-year -23 -5 +46
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 36 26 42
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 1.60% 1.56% 2.31%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.26% 5.30% 7.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 15 21
10th Percentile £371 £165 £200
25th Percentile £444 £310 £258
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -11.90% +5.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £542 £563 £738
90th Percentile £607 £763 £750
England median daily rate £500 £509 £500
% change year-on-year -1.72% +1.75% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £29.00 - -
Median hourly rate £30.00 - £23.00
75th Percentile £31.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £54.75 £28.70 £37.50
% change year-on-year +90.77% -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 845 491 556
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 37.54% 29.38% 30.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 578 325 347
10th Percentile £297 £218 £300
25th Percentile £423 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £576 £612 £600
90th Percentile £675 £720 £675
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 15 30
10th Percentile £14.65 £20.20 £17.46
25th Percentile £18.87 £24.58 £23.00
Median hourly rate £23.58 £35.00 £34.75
Median % change year-on-year -32.64% +0.72% +73.75%
75th Percentile £28.08 £46.88 £67.50
90th Percentile £46.18 £52.50 £70.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -47.05% -9.52% +16.67%

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 17 December 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 17 December 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 -3 11 £450 +164.71% 4
Warwickshire -11 8 £450 -35.71% 2
Coventry -11 5 £525 +144.19% 2
Staffordshire +5 3 £450 +5.88% 3
Herefordshire -19 3 £569 +8.33%
Worcestershire - 3 £375 - 9
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 (19.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (19.44%) MS Visio
2 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (22.22%) AWS
1 8 (22.22%) Azure
2 6 (16.67%) GCP
3 3 (8.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 3 (8.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 2 (5.56%) AWS Direct Connect
5 1 (2.78%) Azure Stack
5 1 (2.78%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 18 (50.00%) Firewall
1 18 (50.00%) Wireless
2 16 (44.44%) DNS
3 15 (41.67%) BGP
4 14 (38.89%) DHCP
5 13 (36.11%) LAN
6 11 (30.56%) VXLAN
7 10 (27.78%) Cisco ISE
7 10 (27.78%) VPN
7 10 (27.78%) WAN
8 9 (25.00%) SD-WAN
8 9 (25.00%) WLAN
9 8 (22.22%) Network Security
9 8 (22.22%) NX-OS
9 8 (22.22%) OSPF
9 8 (22.22%) VLAN
10 7 (19.44%) Cisco Wireless
11 6 (16.67%) MPLS
12 4 (11.11%) EIGRP
12 4 (11.11%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 8 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 7 (19.44%) Banking
2 7 (19.44%) Investment Banking
3 6 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (13.89%) Telecoms
5 3 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (5.56%) Manufacturing
6 2 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (5.56%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.78%) Legal
Job Titles
1 14 (38.89%) Network Engineer
2 8 (22.22%) Architect
2 8 (22.22%) Network Architect
3 7 (19.44%) Cisco Engineer
3 7 (19.44%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 7 (19.44%) Cisco Wireless Engineer
3 7 (19.44%) RF Engineer
3 7 (19.44%) Wireless Engineer
3 7 (19.44%) Wireless Network Engineer
4 5 (13.89%) Administrator
4 5 (13.89%) Lead
5 4 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (5.56%) Analyst
6 2 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (5.56%) Network Administrator
6 2 (5.56%) Network Security Architect
6 2 (5.56%) Security Architect
6 2 (5.56%) Support Analyst
6 2 (5.56%) Team Leader
7 1 (2.78%) Telecoms Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (41.67%) Data Centre
2 4 (11.11%) SCADA
3 3 (8.33%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (8.33%) Virtual Team
4 2 (5.56%) Operational Technology
5 1 (2.78%) Client/Server
5 1 (2.78%) Driving Licence
5 1 (2.78%) Educational Technology
5 1 (2.78%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (2.78%) NHS
5 1 (2.78%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.78%) Private Cloud
5 1 (2.78%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.56%) Windows
1 2 (5.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (30.56%) ITIL
2 9 (25.00%) Network Design
3 8 (22.22%) Network Architecture
4 7 (19.44%) User Experience
5 6 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (16.67%) Network Monitoring
5 6 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (16.67%) Zero Trust
6 5 (13.89%) Computer Science
6 5 (13.89%) Network Management
7 4 (11.11%) Load Balancing
7 4 (11.11%) Mentoring
7 4 (11.11%) Network Virtualisation
7 4 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (11.11%) Project Management
7 4 (11.11%) Roadmaps
7 4 (11.11%) Security Architecture
7 4 (11.11%) Strategic Thinking
7 4 (11.11%) TOGAF
8 3 (8.33%) Analytical Thinking
Programming Languages
1 7 (19.44%) Lisp
2 4 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 34 (94.44%) CCNP
2 12 (33.33%) CCNA
3 11 (30.56%) CCIE
3 11 (30.56%) Degree
4 8 (22.22%) Security Cleared
5 6 (16.67%) CISSP
6 4 (11.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 4 (11.11%) AWS Certification
6 4 (11.11%) CCSP
6 4 (11.11%) DV Cleared
7 3 (8.33%) Azure Certification
7 3 (8.33%) CCIE Security
7 3 (8.33%) SC Cleared
8 2 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (5.56%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (5.56%) JNCIE
8 2 (5.56%) JNCIP
8 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (2.78%) CCIE Routing and Switching
9 1 (2.78%) CCIE Wireless
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (16.67%) GDPR
2 5 (13.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (11.11%) NIST
3 4 (11.11%) PCI DSS
4 1 (2.78%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (2.78%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (8.33%) VMware NSX
3 1 (2.78%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.78%) Firmware
3 1 (2.78%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 10 (27.78%) FortiGate
2 7 (19.44%) Ansible
3 6 (16.67%) Terraform
4 2 (5.56%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 28 (77.78%) Cisco
2 10 (27.78%) Fortinet
2 10 (27.78%) Palo Alto
3 9 (25.00%) Remedy
4 8 (22.22%) F5
5 7 (19.44%) Ekahau
5 7 (19.44%) ServiceNow
6 6 (16.67%) Juniper
6 6 (16.67%) SolarWinds
7 5 (13.89%) Meraki
8 4 (11.11%) CheckPoint
8 4 (11.11%) Microsoft
8 4 (11.11%) VMware
9 2 (5.56%) Aruba
9 2 (5.56%) Forcepoint
9 2 (5.56%) Peregrine
9 2 (5.56%) Verint
10 1 (2.78%) Arista
10 1 (2.78%) NetScout
10 1 (2.78%) Oracle