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

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 91 85 73
Rank change year-on-year -6 -12 +60
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 50 26 48
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 2.43% 1.36% 2.48%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.42% 4.22% 8.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 15 23
10th Percentile £345 £165 £200
25th Percentile £444 £339 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £552 £550 £744
90th Percentile £638 £583 £750
England median daily rate £525 £503 £500
% change year-on-year +4.48% +0.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £29.00 - -
Median hourly rate £30.00 - £23.00
75th Percentile £34.25 - -
90th Percentile £39.80 - -
England median hourly rate £40.50 £28.70 £36.25
% change year-on-year +41.11% -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 779 616 546
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 37.89% 32.27% 28.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 523 395 337
10th Percentile £263 £319 £300
25th Percentile £413 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £529 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% +0.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £578 £626 £606
90th Percentile £660 £725 £700
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 15 29
10th Percentile £15.38 £20.80 £17.70
25th Percentile £18.87 £24.58 £23.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £34.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +1.45% +42.27%
75th Percentile £40.25 £46.88 £67.50
90th Percentile £50.00 £55.35 £71.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £51.25 £52.50
% change year-on-year -50.93% -2.38% +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 8 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 8 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 +4 17 £450 +164.71% 14
Warwickshire -1 10 £463 -7.50% 7
Staffordshire +10 8 £450 +5.88% 2
Coventry -10 5 £525 - 4
Herefordshire -13 5 £525 - 1
Worcestershire - 3 £375 - 1
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 (14.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (14.00%) MS Visio
2 5 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (12.00%) AWS
1 6 (12.00%) Azure
2 4 (8.00%) GCP
3 3 (6.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 3 (6.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 2 (4.00%) AWS Direct Connect
5 1 (2.00%) Azure Stack
5 1 (2.00%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 30 (60.00%) Wireless
2 28 (56.00%) Firewall
3 27 (54.00%) DNS
4 25 (50.00%) DHCP
5 20 (40.00%) WAN
6 18 (36.00%) BGP
7 17 (34.00%) LAN
8 13 (26.00%) SD-WAN
9 12 (24.00%) Network Security
10 11 (22.00%) OSPF
10 11 (22.00%) VPN
10 11 (22.00%) VXLAN
10 11 (22.00%) WLAN
11 10 (20.00%) Cisco ISE
12 9 (18.00%) VLAN
13 8 (16.00%) MPLS
13 8 (16.00%) NX-OS
14 7 (14.00%) Cisco Wireless
14 7 (14.00%) EIGRP
14 7 (14.00%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 11 (22.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (14.00%) Banking
2 7 (14.00%) Investment Banking
2 7 (14.00%) Manufacturing
3 6 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (10.00%) Telecoms
5 3 (6.00%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (4.00%) Legal
6 2 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (4.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 20 (40.00%) Network Engineer
2 9 (18.00%) Architect
2 9 (18.00%) Network Architect
3 8 (16.00%) Cisco Engineer
3 8 (16.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 7 (14.00%) Analyst
4 7 (14.00%) Cisco Wireless Engineer
4 7 (14.00%) RF Engineer
4 7 (14.00%) Wireless Engineer
4 7 (14.00%) Wireless Network Engineer
5 5 (10.00%) Support Analyst
6 4 (8.00%) Consultant
6 4 (8.00%) Lead
6 4 (8.00%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (6.00%) Network Consultant
7 3 (6.00%) Technical Consultant
8 2 (4.00%) Administrator
8 2 (4.00%) Senior Consultant
8 2 (4.00%) Senior Network Consultant
8 2 (4.00%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 20 (40.00%) Data Centre
2 6 (12.00%) Virtual Team
3 5 (10.00%) SCADA
4 3 (6.00%) Driving Licence
4 3 (6.00%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (6.00%) Operational Technology
5 2 (4.00%) Security Posture
6 1 (2.00%) Client/Server
6 1 (2.00%) Educational Technology
6 1 (2.00%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (2.00%) Management Information System
6 1 (2.00%) Onboarding
6 1 (2.00%) Private Cloud
6 1 (2.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.00%) Windows
2 2 (4.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (26.00%) ITIL
2 9 (18.00%) Computer Science
2 9 (18.00%) Network Design
3 8 (16.00%) Project Management
3 8 (16.00%) User Experience
4 7 (14.00%) Mentoring
4 7 (14.00%) Network Architecture
5 6 (12.00%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (12.00%) High Availability
5 6 (12.00%) Network Management
5 6 (12.00%) Problem Management
5 6 (12.00%) Zero Trust
6 5 (10.00%) Change Management
6 5 (10.00%) Load Balancing
6 5 (10.00%) Network Monitoring
6 5 (10.00%) Network Segmentation
6 5 (10.00%) Process Improvement
6 5 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
7 4 (8.00%) Network Virtualisation
7 4 (8.00%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 7 (14.00%) Lisp
2 6 (12.00%) Python
3 1 (2.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 40 (80.00%) CCNP
2 22 (44.00%) CCNA
3 15 (30.00%) CCIE
3 15 (30.00%) Degree
4 11 (22.00%) Security Cleared
5 7 (14.00%) CISSP
6 6 (12.00%) DV Cleared
7 5 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (8.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 4 (8.00%) AWS Certification
8 4 (8.00%) CCIE Routing and Switching
8 4 (8.00%) CCIE Security
8 4 (8.00%) CCSP
8 4 (8.00%) SC Cleared
9 3 (6.00%) Azure Certification
10 2 (4.00%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (4.00%) JNCIE
10 2 (4.00%) JNCIP
11 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (2.00%) Novell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.00%) GDPR
2 4 (8.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (8.00%) NIST
2 4 (8.00%) PCI DSS
3 3 (6.00%) SLA
4 1 (2.00%) Def Stans
System Software
1 4 (8.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (6.00%) VMware NSX
3 2 (4.00%) Active Directory
4 1 (2.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 10 (20.00%) FortiGate
2 7 (14.00%) Ansible
3 6 (12.00%) OpenView
4 4 (8.00%) Cisco CUCM
4 4 (8.00%) Terraform
5 2 (4.00%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (2.00%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 40 (80.00%) Cisco
2 13 (26.00%) F5
3 12 (24.00%) Fortinet
3 12 (24.00%) Remedy
4 9 (18.00%) Palo Alto
4 9 (18.00%) SolarWinds
5 8 (16.00%) ServiceNow
6 7 (14.00%) Ekahau
6 7 (14.00%) Juniper
7 6 (12.00%) Meraki
7 6 (12.00%) Microsoft
8 5 (10.00%) Peregrine
9 4 (8.00%) CheckPoint
9 4 (8.00%) VMware
10 2 (4.00%) Forcepoint
10 2 (4.00%) Oracle
10 2 (4.00%) Zscaler
11 1 (2.00%) Arista
11 1 (2.00%) Aruba
11 1 (2.00%) NetScout