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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 183 177 275
Rank change year-on-year -6 +98 -13
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 173 347 419
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.15% 1.38% 0.95%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.23% 5.46% 4.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 217 284
10th Percentile £300 £363 £350
25th Percentile £350 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £523
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -4.31% +22.94%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £588
90th Percentile £751 £743 £650
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.50% - +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 13 8
10th Percentile £15.96 £34.70 £24.68
25th Percentile £17.59 £47.50 £26.63
Median hourly rate £19.87 £77.50 £39.00
Median % change year-on-year -74.36% +98.72% +68.03%
75th Percentile £21.49 £80.25 £51.79
90th Percentile £22.85 £81.00 £60.92
UK median hourly rate £17.50 £62.00 £39.00
% change year-on-year -71.77% +58.97% -7.14%

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 4,091 6,352 8,710
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 27.20% 25.35% 19.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,580 4,279 6,113
10th Percentile £331 £381 £369
25th Percentile £438 £450 £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 £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 261 271 225
10th Percentile £15.85 £19.25 £19.41
25th Percentile £25.50 £42.50 £37.50
Median hourly rate £43.00 £64.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.81% +30.61% +22.50%
75th Percentile £65.00 £71.63 £65.54
90th Percentile £83.55 £81.50 £74.50
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -25.93% +27.06% +13.33%

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 10 May 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
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 5 (2.89%) IIS
2 3 (1.73%) Apache
2 3 (1.73%) WebLogic
2 3 (1.73%) WebSphere
3 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.16%) OpenStack
3 2 (1.16%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.73%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (1.73%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 12 (6.94%) Azure
2 11 (6.36%) AWS
3 5 (2.89%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (1.73%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (1.16%) Catchpoint
5 2 (1.16%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (1.16%) GCP
5 2 (1.16%) OneDrive
5 2 (1.16%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (0.58%) Cloudflare
6 1 (0.58%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.58%) IaaS
6 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (0.58%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 69 (39.88%) Firewall
2 50 (28.90%) WAN
3 40 (23.12%) BGP
4 38 (21.97%) Cisco ASA
5 35 (20.23%) OSPF
6 33 (19.08%) VPN
7 31 (17.92%) Cisco Nexus
8 30 (17.34%) LAN
8 30 (17.34%) MPLS
9 28 (16.18%) Network Security
10 23 (13.29%) Cisco ISE
11 22 (12.72%) DNS
12 21 (12.14%) SD-WAN
13 20 (11.56%) Wireless
14 18 (10.40%) DHCP
15 16 (9.25%) EIGRP
16 15 (8.67%) IPsec
17 14 (8.09%) TCP/IP
17 14 (8.09%) Wi-Fi
18 12 (6.94%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.73%) DB2
2 2 (1.16%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (2.89%) Sonatype Nexus
2 4 (2.31%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.58%) Jenkins
General
1 38 (21.97%) Finance
2 37 (21.39%) Social Skills
3 16 (9.25%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (8.67%) Telecoms
5 14 (8.09%) Public Sector
6 5 (2.89%) Banking
7 4 (2.31%) Aeronautics
7 4 (2.31%) Aerospace
7 4 (2.31%) Legal
8 3 (1.73%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.16%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.58%) Back Office
10 1 (0.58%) Digital Health
10 1 (0.58%) Fire and Rescue
10 1 (0.58%) German Language
10 1 (0.58%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.58%) Local Government
10 1 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.58%) Police
10 1 (0.58%) Retail
Job Titles
1 82 (47.40%) Network Engineer
2 22 (12.72%) Architect
3 20 (11.56%) Senior
4 16 (9.25%) Consultant
5 13 (7.51%) Network Consultant
6 10 (5.78%) Cisco Engineer
7 9 (5.20%) Analyst
7 9 (5.20%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 9 (5.20%) Senior Network Engineer
8 8 (4.62%) Network Architect
8 8 (4.62%) Operations Engineer
8 8 (4.62%) Solutions Architect
9 7 (4.05%) Security Analyst
9 7 (4.05%) Senior Consultant
9 7 (4.05%) Senior Network Consultant
10 6 (3.47%) Developer
11 5 (2.89%) Firewall Engineer
11 5 (2.89%) Network Operations Engineer
11 5 (2.89%) WAN Engineer
12 4 (2.31%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.78%) FIX Protocol
2 6 (3.47%) Web Services
3 5 (2.89%) Jinja
3 5 (2.89%) XML
4 3 (1.73%) .NET
4 3 (1.73%) EDI
4 3 (1.73%) EJB
4 3 (1.73%) J2EE
4 3 (1.73%) JSP
4 3 (1.73%) LDAP
4 3 (1.73%) Servlets
5 2 (1.16%) Ultra Messaging
6 1 (0.58%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 19 (10.98%) Data Centre
2 7 (4.05%) Management Information System
3 6 (3.47%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (2.89%) Clustering
5 4 (2.31%) Operational Technology
6 3 (1.73%) CCTV
6 3 (1.73%) SCADA
6 3 (1.73%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.16%) IPTV
7 2 (1.16%) NHS
7 2 (1.16%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.58%) Fibre Optics
8 1 (0.58%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.58%) IoT
8 1 (0.58%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.58%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (0.58%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.62%) Windows
2 7 (4.05%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.73%) Linux
3 3 (1.73%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.58%) Debian
4 1 (0.58%) Unix
4 1 (0.58%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (16.18%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (10.98%) ITIL
3 18 (10.40%) Change Management
3 18 (10.40%) Network Design
4 17 (9.83%) Low Latency
5 15 (8.67%) Information Security
5 15 (8.67%) Roadmaps
6 14 (8.09%) Strategic Roadmap
7 13 (7.51%) High Availability
8 12 (6.94%) Cybersecurity
9 11 (6.36%) Computer Science
9 11 (6.36%) Decision-Making
9 11 (6.36%) Incident Management
10 10 (5.78%) Algorithmic Trading
10 10 (5.78%) DevOps
10 10 (5.78%) Mentoring
10 10 (5.78%) Network Monitoring
10 10 (5.78%) TOGAF
11 9 (5.20%) Network Architecture
11 9 (5.20%) Network Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 22 (12.72%) Python
2 7 (4.05%) Perl
3 5 (2.89%) PowerShell
3 5 (2.89%) Tcl
4 3 (1.73%) Java
4 3 (1.73%) SQL
5 2 (1.16%) Bash
Qualifications
1 120 (69.36%) CCNP
2 77 (44.51%) CCNA
3 50 (28.90%) CCIE
4 38 (21.97%) Security Cleared
5 28 (16.18%) SC Cleared
6 19 (10.98%) CISSP
6 19 (10.98%) Degree
6 19 (10.98%) JNCIA
7 10 (5.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 9 (5.20%) CISM
9 8 (4.62%) CCDP
9 8 (4.62%) DV Cleared
10 7 (4.05%) CCSP
10 7 (4.05%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (4.05%) JNCIS
11 6 (3.47%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (2.89%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (2.89%) Network+ Certification
13 4 (2.31%) CEH
13 4 (2.31%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.20%) SLA
2 5 (2.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (2.89%) NIST
3 4 (2.31%) QA
4 3 (1.73%) GRC
5 2 (1.16%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (1.16%) GDPR
5 2 (1.16%) NCSC
6 1 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.58%) NIST 800
System Software
1 15 (8.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (8.09%) VMware NSX
3 7 (4.05%) Firmware
4 6 (3.47%) Active Directory
5 3 (1.73%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.73%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (1.16%) KVM
7 1 (0.58%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.58%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 18 (10.40%) Ansible
2 4 (2.31%) FortiGate
2 4 (2.31%) SCCM
3 3 (1.73%) Kibana
4 2 (1.16%) ITRS Geneos
4 2 (1.16%) Nessus
5 1 (0.58%) Icinga
5 1 (0.58%) Nagios
5 1 (0.58%) QRadar
5 1 (0.58%) Terraform
5 1 (0.58%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 132 (76.30%) Cisco
2 46 (26.59%) Palo Alto
3 28 (16.18%) Juniper
4 23 (13.29%) F5
5 20 (11.56%) VMware
6 18 (10.40%) Fortinet
6 18 (10.40%) SolarWinds
7 17 (9.83%) CheckPoint
8 11 (6.36%) Microsoft
9 10 (5.78%) Arista
9 10 (5.78%) Meraki
10 8 (4.62%) Zscaler
11 7 (4.05%) Aruba
11 7 (4.05%) Citrix
11 7 (4.05%) Nokia
12 5 (2.89%) IBM
13 4 (2.31%) Ciena
13 4 (2.31%) Infoblox
13 4 (2.31%) Splunk
14 3 (1.73%) CyberArk