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

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 101 87 67
Rank change year-on-year -14 -20 +62
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 40 29 45
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 1.81% 1.59% 2.38%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.80% 5.23% 7.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 16 23
10th Percentile £361 £165 £200
25th Percentile £431 £376 £258
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £525 £425
Median % change year-on-year -11.90% +23.53% -19.05%
75th Percentile £538 £578 £688
90th Percentile £595 £756 £750
England median daily rate £513 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 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 £54.50 £28.70 £36.25
% change year-on-year +89.90% -20.83% +150.00%

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 834 555 579
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 37.64% 30.38% 30.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 577 355 358
10th Percentile £284 £269 £313
25th Percentile £417 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% +5.53%
75th Percentile £580 £613 £606
90th Percentile £675 £725 £688
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 15 29
10th Percentile £14.46 £20.20 £17.70
25th Percentile £18.87 £24.58 £23.00
Median hourly rate £22.01 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.11% - +44.33%
75th Percentile £31.00 £46.88 £67.50
90th Percentile £48.09 £52.50 £71.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £49.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -49.19% -5.71% +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 6 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 6 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 +1 13 £450 +164.71% 6
Warwickshire -14 6 £450 -35.71% 1
Staffordshire +5 5 £450 +5.88% 9
Coventry -12 5 £525 - 3
Herefordshire -14 5 £525 -
Worcestershire - 3 £375 - 7
Shropshire - 1 £380 - 3
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 (17.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (17.50%) MS Visio
2 4 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (20.00%) AWS
1 8 (20.00%) Azure
2 6 (15.00%) GCP
3 3 (7.50%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 3 (7.50%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 2 (5.00%) AWS Direct Connect
5 1 (2.50%) Azure Stack
5 1 (2.50%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 22 (55.00%) Firewall
1 22 (55.00%) Wireless
2 19 (47.50%) DNS
3 18 (45.00%) BGP
4 17 (42.50%) DHCP
5 16 (40.00%) WAN
6 15 (37.50%) LAN
7 11 (27.50%) OSPF
7 11 (27.50%) VXLAN
7 11 (27.50%) WLAN
8 10 (25.00%) Cisco ISE
8 10 (25.00%) Network Security
8 10 (25.00%) SD-WAN
8 10 (25.00%) VPN
9 9 (22.50%) VLAN
10 8 (20.00%) NX-OS
11 7 (17.50%) Cisco Wireless
11 7 (17.50%) EIGRP
12 6 (15.00%) MPLS
13 5 (12.50%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 8 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (17.50%) Banking
2 7 (17.50%) Investment Banking
3 6 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (10.00%) Manufacturing
4 4 (10.00%) Telecoms
5 3 (7.50%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (5.00%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.50%) Legal
Job Titles
1 18 (45.00%) Network Engineer
2 8 (20.00%) Architect
2 8 (20.00%) Network Architect
3 7 (17.50%) Cisco Engineer
3 7 (17.50%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 7 (17.50%) Cisco Wireless Engineer
3 7 (17.50%) RF Engineer
3 7 (17.50%) Wireless Engineer
3 7 (17.50%) Wireless Network Engineer
4 5 (12.50%) Lead
5 4 (10.00%) Analyst
5 4 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
5 4 (10.00%) Support Analyst
6 3 (7.50%) Administrator
7 2 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (5.00%) Network Security Architect
7 2 (5.00%) Security Architect
7 2 (5.00%) Team Leader
8 1 (2.50%) Automation Engineer
8 1 (2.50%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.50%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 16 (40.00%) Data Centre
2 5 (12.50%) Virtual Team
3 4 (10.00%) SCADA
4 3 (7.50%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (5.00%) Driving Licence
5 2 (5.00%) Operational Technology
6 1 (2.50%) Client/Server
6 1 (2.50%) Educational Technology
6 1 (2.50%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (2.50%) NHS
6 1 (2.50%) Onboarding
6 1 (2.50%) Private Cloud
6 1 (2.50%) Replication
6 1 (2.50%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.00%) Windows
1 2 (5.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (25.00%) Network Design
2 9 (22.50%) ITIL
3 8 (20.00%) Network Architecture
4 7 (17.50%) Computer Science
4 7 (17.50%) User Experience
5 6 (15.00%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (15.00%) Network Management
5 6 (15.00%) Network Monitoring
5 6 (15.00%) Project Management
5 6 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (15.00%) Zero Trust
6 5 (12.50%) Mentoring
7 4 (10.00%) Change Management
7 4 (10.00%) High Availability
7 4 (10.00%) Load Balancing
7 4 (10.00%) Network Virtualisation
7 4 (10.00%) Process Improvement
7 4 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
7 4 (10.00%) Security Architecture
7 4 (10.00%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 7 (17.50%) Lisp
2 6 (15.00%) Python
3 1 (2.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 37 (92.50%) CCNP
2 16 (40.00%) CCNA
3 11 (27.50%) CCIE
3 11 (27.50%) Degree
4 10 (25.00%) Security Cleared
5 6 (15.00%) CISSP
5 6 (15.00%) DV Cleared
6 4 (10.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 4 (10.00%) AWS Certification
6 4 (10.00%) CCSP
6 4 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (7.50%) Azure Certification
7 3 (7.50%) CCIE Security
7 3 (7.50%) SC Cleared
8 2 (5.00%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (5.00%) JNCIE
8 2 (5.00%) JNCIP
9 1 (2.50%) CWSP
9 1 (2.50%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (2.50%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (17.50%) GDPR
2 5 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (10.00%) NIST
3 4 (10.00%) PCI DSS
4 1 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (2.50%) Def Stans
4 1 (2.50%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (7.50%) VMware NSX
3 1 (2.50%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.50%) Firmware
3 1 (2.50%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 10 (25.00%) FortiGate
2 9 (22.50%) Ansible
3 6 (15.00%) Terraform
4 3 (7.50%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (2.50%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (2.50%) OpenView
Vendors
1 32 (80.00%) Cisco
2 11 (27.50%) Remedy
3 10 (25.00%) Fortinet
3 10 (25.00%) Palo Alto
4 9 (22.50%) Juniper
4 9 (22.50%) SolarWinds
5 8 (20.00%) F5
6 7 (17.50%) Ekahau
6 7 (17.50%) ServiceNow
7 5 (12.50%) Meraki
8 4 (10.00%) CheckPoint
8 4 (10.00%) Microsoft
8 4 (10.00%) Peregrine
8 4 (10.00%) VMware
9 2 (5.00%) Aruba
9 2 (5.00%) Forcepoint
9 2 (5.00%) Oracle
10 1 (2.50%) Arista
10 1 (2.50%) NetScout
10 1 (2.50%) Zscaler