Cisco Certification Contracts with Work from Home Options

Cisco Certification
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) with a requirement for Cisco Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 189 193 273
Rank change year-on-year +4 +80 -26
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 174 334 414
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.13% 1.28% 0.93%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.04% 5.03% 4.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 202 283
10th Percentile £300 £363 £325
25th Percentile £350 £438 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £504 £517
Median % change year-on-year +2.30% -2.61% +21.65%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £588
90th Percentile £751 £738 £674
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.50% - +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 14 9
10th Percentile £16.69 £31.88 £25.20
25th Percentile £19.06 £47.50 £26.75
Median hourly rate £22.12 £63.75 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -65.30% +48.26% +85.26%
75th Percentile £24.50 £80.25 £54.75
90th Percentile £46.13 £81.00 £60.92
UK median hourly rate £23.00 £62.00 £43.37
% change year-on-year -62.90% +42.96% +8.43%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

Cisco Certification is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,304 6,644 8,884
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 27.90% 25.52% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,681 4,463 6,208
10th Percentile £331 £381 £363
25th Percentile £440 £455 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £725 £745 £700
UK median daily rate £534 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.84% +4.76% +8.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 256 301 224
10th Percentile £15.36 £20.00 £19.40
25th Percentile £24.19 £42.50 £35.00
Median hourly rate £43.00 £65.00 £48.50
Median % change year-on-year -33.85% +34.02% +21.25%
75th Percentile £65.00 £73.75 £65.31
90th Percentile £85.00 £85.00 £69.63
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.28 £41.36
% change year-on-year -26.31% +31.25% +7.42%

Cisco Certification
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Cisco Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Cisco Certification trend for jobs with a WFH option

Cisco Certification
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Cisco Certification.

Cisco Certification daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Cisco Certification
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Cisco Certification over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Cisco Certification daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Cisco Certification
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Cisco Certification.

Cisco Certification hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Cisco Certification
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Cisco Certification over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Cisco Certification hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Cisco Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (3.45%) IIS
2 3 (1.72%) Apache
2 3 (1.72%) WebLogic
2 3 (1.72%) WebSphere
3 2 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.15%) OpenStack
3 2 (1.15%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (2.30%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.72%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 15 (8.62%) Azure
2 12 (6.90%) AWS
3 5 (2.87%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (2.30%) GCP
5 3 (1.72%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (1.15%) Catchpoint
6 2 (1.15%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (1.15%) OneDrive
6 2 (1.15%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 1 (0.57%) Cloudflare
7 1 (0.57%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.57%) IaaS
7 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.57%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 71 (40.80%) Firewall
2 51 (29.31%) WAN
3 43 (24.71%) BGP
4 40 (22.99%) Cisco ASA
5 37 (21.26%) OSPF
6 36 (20.69%) VPN
7 32 (18.39%) LAN
7 32 (18.39%) MPLS
8 31 (17.82%) Cisco Nexus
8 31 (17.82%) Network Security
9 24 (13.79%) DNS
10 21 (12.07%) Cisco ISE
10 21 (12.07%) SD-WAN
11 20 (11.49%) Wireless
12 18 (10.34%) DHCP
12 18 (10.34%) IPsec
13 16 (9.20%) EIGRP
13 16 (9.20%) TCP/IP
14 15 (8.62%) Wi-Fi
15 13 (7.47%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.72%) DB2
1 3 (1.72%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (2.87%) Sonatype Nexus
2 4 (2.30%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.57%) Jenkins
General
1 35 (20.11%) Finance
2 33 (18.97%) Social Skills
3 15 (8.62%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (8.62%) Public Sector
4 14 (8.05%) Telecoms
5 4 (2.30%) Aeronautics
5 4 (2.30%) Aerospace
6 3 (1.72%) Legal
7 2 (1.15%) Banking
7 2 (1.15%) Financial Institution
7 2 (1.15%) German Language
7 2 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.57%) Digital Health
8 1 (0.57%) Fire and Rescue
8 1 (0.57%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.57%) Local Government
8 1 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.57%) Police
8 1 (0.57%) Retail
Job Titles
1 83 (47.70%) Network Engineer
2 24 (13.79%) Architect
3 21 (12.07%) Senior
4 15 (8.62%) Consultant
5 13 (7.47%) Network Consultant
6 11 (6.32%) Cisco Engineer
6 11 (6.32%) Senior Network Engineer
7 10 (5.75%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 9 (5.17%) Analyst
8 9 (5.17%) Network Architect
8 9 (5.17%) Operations Engineer
9 8 (4.60%) Solutions Architect
10 7 (4.02%) Security Analyst
10 7 (4.02%) Senior Consultant
10 7 (4.02%) Senior Network Consultant
11 6 (3.45%) Developer
11 6 (3.45%) Firewall Engineer
12 5 (2.87%) Network Operations Engineer
12 5 (2.87%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
13 4 (2.30%) Juniper Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (6.32%) FIX Protocol
2 6 (3.45%) Web Services
3 5 (2.87%) Jinja
3 5 (2.87%) XML
4 3 (1.72%) .NET
4 3 (1.72%) EDI
4 3 (1.72%) EJB
4 3 (1.72%) J2EE
4 3 (1.72%) JSP
4 3 (1.72%) LDAP
4 3 (1.72%) Servlets
5 2 (1.15%) Ultra Messaging
6 1 (0.57%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 23 (13.22%) Data Centre
2 9 (5.17%) Management Information System
3 5 (2.87%) Clustering
3 5 (2.87%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (2.30%) Operational Technology
5 3 (1.72%) CCTV
5 3 (1.72%) SCADA
5 3 (1.72%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.15%) Fibre Optics
6 2 (1.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.15%) IPTV
6 2 (1.15%) NHS
6 2 (1.15%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.57%) IoT
7 1 (0.57%) PKI
7 1 (0.57%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (0.57%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 1 (0.57%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 9 (5.17%) Windows
2 8 (4.60%) Windows Server
3 5 (2.87%) Linux
4 3 (1.72%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.15%) Unix
6 1 (0.57%) Debian
6 1 (0.57%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (11.49%) ITIL
3 17 (9.77%) Network Design
4 16 (9.20%) Information Security
4 16 (9.20%) Roadmaps
5 15 (8.62%) Change Management
5 15 (8.62%) Strategic Roadmap
6 14 (8.05%) Low Latency
7 13 (7.47%) High Availability
8 12 (6.90%) Computer Science
8 12 (6.90%) Cybersecurity
8 12 (6.90%) Decision-Making
8 12 (6.90%) Load Balancing
8 12 (6.90%) Migration
9 11 (6.32%) Mentoring
9 11 (6.32%) Network Monitoring
9 11 (6.32%) TOGAF
10 10 (5.75%) Algorithmic Trading
10 10 (5.75%) DevOps
10 10 (5.75%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (12.07%) Python
2 8 (4.60%) Perl
3 6 (3.45%) PowerShell
4 5 (2.87%) Tcl
5 3 (1.72%) Bash
5 3 (1.72%) Java
5 3 (1.72%) SQL
Qualifications
1 122 (70.11%) CCNP
2 81 (46.55%) CCNA
3 50 (28.74%) CCIE
4 40 (22.99%) Security Cleared
5 28 (16.09%) SC Cleared
6 20 (11.49%) JNCIA
7 19 (10.92%) Degree
8 17 (9.77%) CISSP
9 9 (5.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 9 (5.17%) CCDP
9 9 (5.17%) CISM
9 9 (5.17%) DV Cleared
10 8 (4.60%) BPSS Clearance
11 7 (4.02%) CCSP
11 7 (4.02%) JNCIS
12 6 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (3.45%) Network+ Certification
13 4 (2.30%) JNCIP
13 4 (2.30%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.75%) SLA
2 5 (2.87%) QA
3 4 (2.30%) NIST
4 3 (1.72%) GRC
4 3 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.15%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (1.15%) NCSC
6 1 (0.57%) GDPR
6 1 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.57%) NIST 800
System Software
1 16 (9.20%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (8.05%) VMware NSX
3 7 (4.02%) Active Directory
3 7 (4.02%) Firmware
4 4 (2.30%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.15%) KVM
7 1 (0.57%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.57%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 14 (8.05%) Ansible
2 5 (2.87%) FortiGate
2 5 (2.87%) SCCM
3 3 (1.72%) Kibana
4 2 (1.15%) ITRS Geneos
4 2 (1.15%) Nessus
5 1 (0.57%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (0.57%) Icinga
5 1 (0.57%) Nagios
5 1 (0.57%) QRadar
5 1 (0.57%) SolarWinds Orion
5 1 (0.57%) Terraform
5 1 (0.57%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 132 (75.86%) Cisco
2 48 (27.59%) Palo Alto
3 33 (18.97%) Juniper
4 23 (13.22%) VMware
5 20 (11.49%) F5
6 17 (9.77%) SolarWinds
7 16 (9.20%) Fortinet
8 13 (7.47%) CheckPoint
8 13 (7.47%) Microsoft
9 11 (6.32%) Meraki
10 9 (5.17%) Nokia
11 8 (4.60%) Arista
11 8 (4.60%) Zscaler
12 7 (4.02%) Citrix
13 6 (3.45%) Aruba
14 5 (2.87%) Ciena
15 4 (2.30%) IBM
15 4 (2.30%) Infoblox
15 4 (2.30%) Splunk
16 3 (1.72%) Alcatel-Lucent