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

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 86 86 71
Rank change year-on-year 0 -15 +70
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 49 26 50
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 2.48% 1.38% 2.51%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.60% 4.26% 8.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 15 23
10th Percentile £356 £165 £200
25th Percentile £450 £261 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £550 £544 £744
90th Percentile £638 £573 £750
England median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +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 £33.44
% change year-on-year +41.11% -14.17% +144.80%

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 742 610 558
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 37.53% 32.45% 27.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 496 393 339
10th Percentile £263 £320 £300
25th Percentile £413 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £530 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.02% +0.95% +5.00%
75th Percentile £577 £628 £606
90th Percentile £650 £725 £700
England median daily rate £525 £529 £550
% change year-on-year -0.76% -3.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 15 30
10th Percentile £16.64 £20.80 £17.46
25th Percentile £18.87 £24.58 £23.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +12.90% +24.62%
75th Percentile £40.46 £46.88 £67.50
90th Percentile £50.00 £55.35 £70.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £52.50 £53.50
% change year-on-year -52.10% -1.87% +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 25 October 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 25 October 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 +9 17 £488 +186.76% 12
Warwickshire -2 10 £463 -7.50% 4
Staffordshire +11 8 £450 +5.88% 4
Herefordshire -11 5 £525 - 1
Coventry -8 4 £500 +90.48% 1
Worcestershire - 3 £375 - 4
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 5 (10.20%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (10.20%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (10.20%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (10.20%) AWS
1 5 (10.20%) Azure
2 4 (8.16%) GCP
3 3 (6.12%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 3 (6.12%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 2 (4.08%) AWS Direct Connect
5 1 (2.04%) Azure Stack
5 1 (2.04%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.04%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 29 (59.18%) Wireless
2 28 (57.14%) Firewall
3 25 (51.02%) DNS
4 23 (46.94%) DHCP
5 22 (44.90%) WAN
6 19 (38.78%) LAN
7 17 (34.69%) BGP
8 14 (28.57%) SD-WAN
9 13 (26.53%) Network Security
10 12 (24.49%) OSPF
11 11 (22.45%) VPN
11 11 (22.45%) WLAN
12 10 (20.41%) MPLS
13 9 (18.37%) Cisco ISE
13 9 (18.37%) VLAN
13 9 (18.37%) VXLAN
14 8 (16.33%) EIGRP
15 7 (14.29%) Wireshark
16 6 (12.24%) Cisco IOS
16 6 (12.24%) Cisco Nexus
Development Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 11 (22.45%) Social Skills
2 7 (14.29%) Manufacturing
3 6 (12.24%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (10.20%) Banking
4 5 (10.20%) Investment Banking
4 5 (10.20%) Telecoms
5 3 (6.12%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (6.12%) Legal
5 3 (6.12%) Public Sector
6 2 (4.08%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (4.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (4.08%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (4.08%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (38.78%) Network Engineer
2 9 (18.37%) Architect
2 9 (18.37%) Network Architect
3 7 (14.29%) Analyst
3 7 (14.29%) Cisco Engineer
3 7 (14.29%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 5 (10.20%) Cisco Wireless Engineer
4 5 (10.20%) RF Engineer
4 5 (10.20%) Support Analyst
4 5 (10.20%) Wireless Engineer
4 5 (10.20%) Wireless Network Engineer
5 4 (8.16%) Consultant
5 4 (8.16%) Lead
5 4 (8.16%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (6.12%) Network Consultant
6 3 (6.12%) Senior
6 3 (6.12%) Technical Consultant
7 2 (4.08%) Network Security Architect
7 2 (4.08%) Senior Technical Consultant
7 2 (4.08%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.04%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 18 (36.73%) Data Centre
2 6 (12.24%) Virtual Team
3 5 (10.20%) SCADA
4 3 (6.12%) Driving Licence
4 3 (6.12%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (6.12%) Operational Technology
5 2 (4.08%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (4.08%) Security Posture
6 1 (2.04%) Client/Server
6 1 (2.04%) Educational Technology
6 1 (2.04%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (2.04%) Management Information System
6 1 (2.04%) Onboarding
6 1 (2.04%) Private Cloud
6 1 (2.04%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.12%) Windows
2 2 (4.08%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.04%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (26.53%) ITIL
2 9 (18.37%) Computer Science
2 9 (18.37%) Network Design
3 8 (16.33%) Mentoring
3 8 (16.33%) Project Management
4 7 (14.29%) Network Architecture
5 6 (12.24%) High Availability
5 6 (12.24%) Network Management
5 6 (12.24%) Network Monitoring
5 6 (12.24%) Problem Management
5 6 (12.24%) User Experience
5 6 (12.24%) Zero Trust
6 5 (10.20%) Change Management
6 5 (10.20%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (10.20%) Data Protection
6 5 (10.20%) Load Balancing
6 5 (10.20%) Network Segmentation
6 5 (10.20%) Process Improvement
6 5 (10.20%) Root Cause Analysis
7 4 (8.16%) Network Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 6 (12.24%) Python
2 5 (10.20%) Lisp
3 1 (2.04%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 38 (77.55%) CCNP
2 22 (44.90%) CCNA
3 16 (32.65%) CCIE
4 15 (30.61%) Degree
5 12 (24.49%) Security Cleared
6 7 (14.29%) CISSP
7 6 (12.24%) DV Cleared
8 5 (10.20%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (8.16%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 4 (8.16%) AWS Certification
9 4 (8.16%) CCIE Routing and Switching
9 4 (8.16%) CCIE Security
9 4 (8.16%) CCSP
9 4 (8.16%) SC Cleared
10 3 (6.12%) Azure Certification
11 2 (4.08%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (4.08%) JNCIE
11 2 (4.08%) JNCIP
12 1 (2.04%) CWSP
12 1 (2.04%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.20%) GDPR
2 4 (8.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (8.16%) NIST
2 4 (8.16%) PCI DSS
3 3 (6.12%) SLA
4 1 (2.04%) Def Stans
System Software
1 4 (8.16%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (6.12%) VMware NSX
3 2 (4.08%) Active Directory
4 1 (2.04%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 8 (16.33%) FortiGate
2 7 (14.29%) Ansible
3 6 (12.24%) OpenView
4 5 (10.20%) Cisco CUCM
5 4 (8.16%) Terraform
6 2 (4.08%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (2.04%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 39 (79.59%) Cisco
2 13 (26.53%) F5
2 13 (26.53%) Fortinet
3 10 (20.41%) Remedy
4 9 (18.37%) SolarWinds
5 8 (16.33%) Meraki
5 8 (16.33%) Palo Alto
6 7 (14.29%) Juniper
7 6 (12.24%) Microsoft
7 6 (12.24%) ServiceNow
8 5 (10.20%) Ekahau
8 5 (10.20%) Peregrine
9 4 (8.16%) CheckPoint
9 4 (8.16%) VMware
10 2 (4.08%) Forcepoint
10 2 (4.08%) Oracle
10 2 (4.08%) Zscaler
11 1 (2.04%) Arista
11 1 (2.04%) Aruba
11 1 (2.04%) NetScout