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 13 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 85 80
Rank change year-on-year -46 -5 +4
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 33 36 29
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.95% 2.11% 1.55%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.76% 6.28% 4.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 16 19
10th Percentile £237 £213 £293
25th Percentile £287 £379 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% -5.26% +18.75%
75th Percentile £438 £541 £681
90th Percentile £569 £594 £775
England median daily rate £500 £525 £509
% change year-on-year -4.76% +3.19% +1.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 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 £63.14 £41.50 £22.70
% change year-on-year +52.13% +82.82% -51.41%

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 1,197 573 640
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 34.52% 33.63% 34.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 853 378 419
10th Percentile £328 £178 £313
25th Percentile £405 £375 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £500 £519
Median % change year-on-year -6.20% -3.66% -5.64%
75th Percentile £544 £575 £625
90th Percentile £649 £642 £725
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 48 22
10th Percentile £16.03 - £14.00
25th Percentile £32.55 £18.87 £20.69
Median hourly rate £52.50 £30.00 £34.47
Median % change year-on-year +75.00% -12.96% +33.59%
75th Percentile £67.84 £43.44 £54.69
90th Percentile £75.00 £50.75 £58.75
England median hourly rate £55.00 £25.15 £47.50
% change year-on-year +118.69% -47.05% -13.64%

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 13 August 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 13 August 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
Warwickshire -6 13 £388 -16.22% 2
Birmingham -21 7 £425 -5.56% 9
Herefordshire -2 4 - -
Coventry - 4 £265 - 4
Worcestershire - 2 - - 3
Staffordshire -11 1 £420 -
Solihull -19 1 - -
Shropshire - 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 3 (9.09%) Confluence
2 2 (6.06%) Apache
2 2 (6.06%) CloudStack
3 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (15.15%) AWS
2 5 (15.15%) Azure
3 4 (12.12%) GitHub
4 2 (6.06%) IaaS
5 1 (3.03%) AWS Direct Connect
5 1 (3.03%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 13 (39.39%) LAN
1 13 (39.39%) Wireless
2 11 (33.33%) SD-WAN
2 11 (33.33%) WLAN
3 10 (30.30%) Wi-Fi
4 9 (27.27%) WAN
5 8 (24.24%) 5G
6 7 (21.21%) BGP
6 7 (21.21%) Cisco Wireless
6 7 (21.21%) Internet
6 7 (21.21%) OSPF
7 6 (18.18%) Firewall
7 6 (18.18%) VLAN
8 5 (15.15%) Cisco ISE
8 5 (15.15%) Network Security
9 4 (12.12%) 802.11
10 3 (9.09%) SAN
10 3 (9.09%) Structured Cabling
11 2 (6.06%) DMZ
11 2 (6.06%) MPLS
Development Applications
1 5 (15.15%) JIRA
General
1 16 (48.48%) Social Skills
2 9 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (9.09%) Finance
3 3 (9.09%) Public Sector
4 2 (6.06%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.03%) Legal
5 1 (3.03%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (48.48%) Network Engineer
2 7 (21.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (12.12%) Wireless Engineer
3 4 (12.12%) Wireless Network Engineer
4 2 (6.06%) Architect
4 2 (6.06%) Cisco Engineer
4 2 (6.06%) Data Centre Engineer
4 2 (6.06%) Data Centre Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (6.06%) DevSecOps Engineer
4 2 (6.06%) Field Engineer
4 2 (6.06%) Senior
4 2 (6.06%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Field Service Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Infrastructure Specialist
5 1 (3.03%) Network Architect
5 1 (3.03%) Security Architect
5 1 (3.03%) Security Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Technical Leader
5 1 (3.03%) Wireless Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (12.12%) 802.1X
2 2 (6.06%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.18%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (12.12%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (9.09%) Data Centre
3 3 (9.09%) Operational Technology
3 3 (9.09%) Public Cloud
4 2 (6.06%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (3.03%) CMDB
5 1 (3.03%) Management Information System
5 1 (3.03%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 9 (27.27%) Windows
2 8 (24.24%) Linux
3 7 (21.21%) Windows Server
4 2 (6.06%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (30.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 10 (30.30%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (27.27%) User Experience
3 8 (24.24%) Disaster Recovery
4 7 (21.21%) Capacity Planning
4 7 (21.21%) Infrastructure as Code
5 6 (18.18%) Containerisation
5 6 (18.18%) ITIL
5 6 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 5 (15.15%) Agile
6 5 (15.15%) Collaborative Working
6 5 (15.15%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (15.15%) Information Security
6 5 (15.15%) Migration
6 5 (15.15%) Network Segmentation
7 4 (12.12%) Analytics
7 4 (12.12%) Cloud Security
7 4 (12.12%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (12.12%) High Availability
7 4 (12.12%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 5 (15.15%) Python
2 4 (12.12%) Bash
2 4 (12.12%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (63.64%) CCNP
2 13 (39.39%) CCNA
3 12 (36.36%) CCIE
4 9 (27.27%) Security Cleared
5 7 (21.21%) SC Cleared
6 6 (18.18%) DV Cleared
6 6 (18.18%) MCSE
6 6 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (18.18%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 5 (15.15%) CCIE Wireless
8 4 (12.12%) AWS Certification
8 4 (12.12%) CWDP
8 4 (12.12%) CWNA
8 4 (12.12%) CWNE
8 4 (12.12%) CWSP
8 4 (12.12%) RHCA
9 3 (9.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (9.09%) CISSP
9 3 (9.09%) Degree
10 2 (6.06%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (15.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (12.12%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (6.06%) NCSC
4 1 (3.03%) GDPR
4 1 (3.03%) Government Security Classifications
4 1 (3.03%) PCI DSS
4 1 (3.03%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (18.18%) Docker
1 6 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (12.12%) Hyper-V
3 2 (6.06%) vSphere
4 1 (3.03%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (24.24%) Kubernetes
2 7 (21.21%) Terraform
3 5 (15.15%) Ansible
4 4 (12.12%) Podman
5 2 (6.06%) Check_MK
5 2 (6.06%) FortiGate
5 2 (6.06%) Grafana
5 2 (6.06%) Prometheus
6 1 (3.03%) SCOM
Vendors
1 26 (78.79%) Cisco
2 9 (27.27%) Aruba
2 9 (27.27%) Ekahau
3 7 (21.21%) Microsoft
3 7 (21.21%) VMware
4 4 (12.12%) Atlassian
4 4 (12.12%) Fortinet
4 4 (12.12%) ServiceNow
5 3 (9.09%) Palo Alto
6 2 (6.06%) Commvault
6 2 (6.06%) F5
6 2 (6.06%) Veeam
7 1 (3.03%) Citrix
7 1 (3.03%) Dell
7 1 (3.03%) Extreme Networks
7 1 (3.03%) Juniper
7 1 (3.03%) Meraki
7 1 (3.03%) Motorola
7 1 (3.03%) Salesforce
7 1 (3.03%) SolarWinds