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 citing Cisco Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 31 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	142	89	85
Rank change year-on-year	-53	-4	-18
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification	33	49	27
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands	0.93%	2.44%	1.43%
As % of the Qualifications category	2.50%	6.49%	4.43%
Number of daily rates quoted	19	20	16
10^th Percentile	£358	£345	£165
25^th Percentile	£400	£444	£263
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£450	£475	£513
Median % change year-on-year	-5.26%	-7.32%	+2.50%
75^th Percentile	£455	£550	£550
90^th Percentile	£509	£638	£581
England median daily rate	£525	£525	£500
% change year-on-year	-	+5.00%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	1	7	0
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£58.43	£29.00	-
Median hourly rate	£63.14	£30.00	-
Median % change year-on-year	+110.45%	-	-
75^th Percentile	£67.84	£34.25	-
90^th Percentile	-	£39.80	-
England median hourly rate	£68.75	£40.50	£28.70
% change year-on-year	+69.75%	+41.11%	-14.17%

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 citing academic qualifications or professional certifications in the West Midlands.

	6 months to 31 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing academic qualifications or professional certifications	1,322	755	610
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands	37.38%	37.58%	32.24%
Number of daily rates quoted	957	506	389
10^th Percentile	£358	£263	£334
25^th Percentile	£413	£413	£426
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£475	£515	£540
Median % change year-on-year	-7.68%	-4.72%	+2.86%
75^th Percentile	£575	£576	£628
90^th Percentile	£656	£650	£725
England median daily rate	£537	£525	£528
% change year-on-year	+2.33%	-0.47%	-4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted	93	54	15
10^th Percentile	£14.26	£16.81	£20.80
25^th Percentile	£16.50	£18.87	£24.58
Median hourly rate	£30.00	£25.15	£35.00
Median % change year-on-year	+19.28%	-28.14%	+1.45%
75^th Percentile	£43.96	£40.25	£46.88
90^th Percentile	£70.59	£50.00	£55.35
England median hourly rate	£48.51	£25.15	£52.50
% change year-on-year	+92.88%	-52.10%	-

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 Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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 31 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.

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 31 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Coventry	-5	13	£452	-9.60%	2
Warwickshire	-8	10	£333	-28.11%	2
Birmingham	-12	7	£425	-5.56%	8
Shropshire	-	2	£400	-
Herefordshire	+8	1	-	-	1
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Cisco Certification Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 31 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Cisco Certification also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the West Midlands region citing Cisco Certification.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Cisco	72.7%	24
2	CCNP	51.5%	17
2	Cybersecurity	51.5%	17
4	Wireless	45.5%	15
5	CCIE	39.4%	13
5	Firewall	39.4%	13
5	Network Security	39.4%	13
8	Cloud Security	36.4%	12
8	LAN	36.4%	12
8	WAN	36.4%	12
11	AWS	33.3%	11
11	Azure	33.3%	11
11	CISSP	33.3%	11
11	Problem-Solving	33.3%	11
15	Fortinet	30.3%	10
15	Microsoft	30.3%	10
15	VLAN	30.3%	10
18	(ISC)2 CCSP	27.3%	9
18	Aruba	27.3%	9
18	CCNA	27.3%	9
21	Mentoring	24.2%	8
21	SD-WAN	24.2%	8
21	WLAN	24.2%	8
21	Zero Trust	24.2%	8
25	BGP	21.2%	7
25	CCSP	21.2%	7
25	Network Segmentation	21.2%	7
25	OSPF	21.2%	7
25	Roadmaps	21.2%	7
30	802.1X	18.2%	6

Cisco Certification Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Qualifications

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	CCNP	51.5%	17
2	CCIE	39.4%	13
3	CISSP	33.3%	11
4	(ISC)2 CCSP	27.3%	9
4	CCNA	27.3%	9
6	CCSP	21.2%	7
7	CCIE Wireless	18.2%	6
7	Degree	18.2%	6
7	SC Cleared	18.2%	6
7	Security Cleared	18.2%	6
11	AWS Certification	15.2%	5
11	CISM	15.2%	5
11	CWNE	15.2%	5
14	AWS Certified Solutions Architect	9.1%	3
14	VMware Certified Professional (VCP)	9.1%	3
16	Azure Certification	6.1%	2
16	CCIE Security	6.1%	2
16	CCSE	6.1%	2
16	CCSM	6.1%	2
16	CWDP	6.1%	2