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 8 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 82 85
Rank change year-on-year -60 +3 -12
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 26 42 29
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.73% 2.25% 1.53%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.05% 6.21% 4.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 18 19
10th Percentile £275 £370 £165
25th Percentile £400 £450 £283
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £494 £500
Median % change year-on-year -13.92% -1.25% -
75th Percentile £450 £550 £544
90th Percentile - £638 £615
England median daily rate £500 £525 £523
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.48% +4.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £58.43 £29.00 -
Median hourly rate £63.14 £30.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +110.45% - -
75th Percentile £67.84 £34.25 -
90th Percentile - £39.80 -
England median hourly rate £68.75 £41.50 £22.40
% change year-on-year +65.66% +85.27% -52.84%

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 1,270 676 607
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 35.72% 36.21% 32.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 895 442 389
10th Percentile £350 £252 £308
25th Percentile £413 £405 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £506 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.17% -3.57% -
75th Percentile £580 £588 £630
90th Percentile £665 £670 £725
England median daily rate £535 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +1.90% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 53 13
10th Percentile £14.29 £18.35 £20.65
25th Percentile £19.34 £18.87 £23.60
Median hourly rate £33.99 £30.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.30% -14.29% +12.90%
75th Percentile £59.75 £43.25 £50.00
90th Percentile £71.22 £52.00 £56.30
England median hourly rate £50.00 £25.15 £52.50
% change year-on-year +98.81% -52.10% -2.36%

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 8 October 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 8 October 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
Birmingham -12 8 £413 -15.38% 13
Coventry -13 8 £450 - 6
Warwickshire -14 7 £375 -18.92% 5
Herefordshire +1 2 - - 2
Shropshire - 1 £400 -
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 2 (7.69%) Apache
1 2 (7.69%) CloudStack
Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (26.92%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (23.08%) AWS
2 6 (23.08%) Azure
3 2 (7.69%) GitHub
3 2 (7.69%) IaaS
4 1 (3.85%) AWS Direct Connect
4 1 (3.85%) AWS KMS
4 1 (3.85%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (3.85%) Azure Key Vault
4 1 (3.85%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (3.85%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (3.85%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 11 (42.31%) Wireless
2 9 (34.62%) Firewall
2 9 (34.62%) LAN
2 9 (34.62%) Network Security
3 8 (30.77%) SD-WAN
3 8 (30.77%) WAN
4 7 (26.92%) VLAN
5 6 (23.08%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (19.23%) BGP
6 5 (19.23%) Cisco Wireless
6 5 (19.23%) Internet
6 5 (19.23%) OSPF
6 5 (19.23%) WLAN
7 4 (15.38%) 5G
7 4 (15.38%) DMZ
7 4 (15.38%) Structured Cabling
7 4 (15.38%) VPN
8 3 (11.54%) Cisco ISE
8 3 (11.54%) DNS
8 3 (11.54%) MPLS
General
1 14 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 6 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (23.08%) Influencing Skills
3 4 (15.38%) Finance
3 4 (15.38%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (7.69%) Legal
4 2 (7.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (46.15%) Network Engineer
2 5 (19.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) Design Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) Information Security Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) Security Engineer
4 2 (7.69%) Data Centre Engineer
4 2 (7.69%) Data Centre Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (7.69%) Field Engineer
4 2 (7.69%) Wireless Engineer
4 2 (7.69%) Wireless Network Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Deployment Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) IT Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Network Field Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Network Infrastructure Specialist
5 1 (3.85%) Network Operations Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Network Specialist
5 1 (3.85%) NOC Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Salesforce Architect
5 1 (3.85%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.54%) 802.1X
1 3 (11.54%) Terraform
2 2 (7.69%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 9 (34.62%) Operational Technology
2 4 (15.38%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (15.38%) Data Centre
3 3 (11.54%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (7.69%) Public Cloud
5 1 (3.85%) Cloud Native
5 1 (3.85%) CMDB
5 1 (3.85%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (3.85%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (3.85%) Driving Licence
5 1 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (3.85%) NHS
5 1 (3.85%) SCADA
5 1 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (15.38%) Linux
1 4 (15.38%) Windows
1 4 (15.38%) Windows Server
2 2 (7.69%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (46.15%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (26.92%) Cloud Security
4 6 (23.08%) Application Security
4 6 (23.08%) Data Protection
4 6 (23.08%) Disaster Recovery
4 6 (23.08%) Information Security
4 6 (23.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 5 (19.23%) Capacity Planning
5 5 (19.23%) Network Segmentation
5 5 (19.23%) Project Delivery
5 5 (19.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (15.38%) Continuous Integration
6 4 (15.38%) High Availability
6 4 (15.38%) Mentoring
6 4 (15.38%) Prototyping
6 4 (15.38%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 4 (15.38%) Security Operations
6 4 (15.38%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.54%) Python
2 2 (7.69%) Bash
2 2 (7.69%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (53.85%) CCNP
2 10 (38.46%) CCNA
3 8 (30.77%) CCIE
4 7 (26.92%) SC Cleared
4 7 (26.92%) Security Cleared
5 6 (23.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 6 (23.08%) CISSP
5 6 (23.08%) Degree
6 4 (15.38%) CCSP
6 4 (15.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 3 (11.54%) CCIE Wireless
7 3 (11.54%) MCSE
7 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (7.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (7.69%) Azure Certification
8 2 (7.69%) CWNA
8 2 (7.69%) CWNE
8 2 (7.69%) CWSP
8 2 (7.69%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (7.69%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.54%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (11.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.85%) GRC
2 1 (3.85%) NCSC
2 1 (3.85%) PCI DSS
2 1 (3.85%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (19.23%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (11.54%) Hyper-V
3 2 (7.69%) Docker
3 2 (7.69%) vSphere
4 1 (3.85%) Active Directory
4 1 (3.85%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (15.38%) Kubernetes
2 3 (11.54%) Ansible
3 2 (7.69%) Check_MK
3 2 (7.69%) Grafana
3 2 (7.69%) Podman
3 2 (7.69%) Prometheus
4 1 (3.85%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 19 (73.08%) Cisco
2 7 (26.92%) Fortinet
2 7 (26.92%) Microsoft
3 5 (19.23%) Aruba
3 5 (19.23%) VMware
4 4 (15.38%) Ekahau
5 3 (11.54%) Meraki
6 2 (7.69%) Atlassian
6 2 (7.69%) CheckPoint
6 2 (7.69%) Commvault
6 2 (7.69%) Palo Alto
6 2 (7.69%) Veeam
7 1 (3.85%) Dell
7 1 (3.85%) Extreme Networks
7 1 (3.85%) ForeScout
7 1 (3.85%) Infoblox
7 1 (3.85%) Juniper
7 1 (3.85%) Motorola
7 1 (3.85%) Salesforce
7 1 (3.85%) SolarWinds