Cisco Certification Contracts

Cisco Certification
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Cisco Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 171 163 257
Rank change year-on-year -8 +94 -10
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 606 893 965
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.41% 1.59% 1.10%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.71% 5.85% 5.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 395 559 636
10th Percentile £311 £267 £293
25th Percentile £369 £406 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% - +17.65%
75th Percentile £604 £591 £575
90th Percentile £750 £700 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £450
% change year-on-year - +11.11% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 42 32
10th Percentile £13.30 £13.13 -
25th Percentile £14.00 £18.50 £13.41
Median hourly rate £17.50 £62.00 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -71.77% +129.63% -35.71%
75th Percentile £25.83 £80.25 £47.40
90th Percentile £41.25 £86.13 £59.70
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.00 £60.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -75.00% +172.73% -47.62%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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 requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 12,872 15,254 19,038
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 29.89% 27.21% 21.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,011 10,183 12,699
10th Percentile £310 £338 £345
25th Percentile £425 £450 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +6.06%
75th Percentile £645 £650 £630
90th Percentile £738 £738 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £535 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +1.90% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,100 745 759
10th Percentile £13.87 £14.67 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.13 £21.24 £19.52
Median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +28.21%
75th Percentile £62.50 £68.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £76.32 £79.19 £67.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.25 £52.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -21.43% +50.00% +16.67%

Cisco Certification
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Cisco Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco Certification in the UK

Cisco Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cisco Certification.

Daily rate trend for Cisco Certification in the UK

Cisco Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco Certification over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco Certification in the UK

Cisco Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cisco Certification.

Hourly rate trend for Cisco Certification in the UK

Cisco Certification
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cisco Certification over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Cisco Certification in the UK

Cisco Certification
Top 17 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. 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
England -2 539 £513 +2.50% 241
UK excluding London -16 340 £500 - 178
London +39 201 £525 -2.33% 93
Work from Home -5 179 £515 +3.00% 132
South East +24 135 £513 +1.49% 52
North of England +19 83 £450 - 33
North West +26 61 £475 -1.14% 18
Midlands +4 50 £450 - 25
West Midlands +17 43 £450 +2.86% 14
South West -39 33 £525 -4.55% 22
East of England -24 28 £300 -27.71% 18
Yorkshire +7 16 £450 +12.50% 14
Scotland +7 15 £400 -19.60% 27
East Midlands -5 7 £325 -13.33% 11
North East +13 6 £425 +47.83% 2
Northern Ireland +1 1 £363 +81.25% 4
Wales -6 1 - - 5

Cisco Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 18 (2.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (1.98%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.99%) Confluence
4 4 (0.66%) IBM Domino
5 3 (0.50%) IIS
6 2 (0.33%) Apache
6 2 (0.33%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.33%) WebLogic
6 2 (0.33%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.17%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 19 (3.14%) Microsoft Office
1 19 (3.14%) MS Visio
2 10 (1.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 94 (15.51%) Azure
2 70 (11.55%) AWS
3 27 (4.46%) Microsoft 365
4 24 (3.96%) GCP
5 19 (3.14%) OCI
6 11 (1.82%) SaaS
7 9 (1.49%) Cloudflare
8 7 (1.16%) Cloud Computing
9 6 (0.99%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (0.83%) Entra ID
10 5 (0.83%) Nutanix
10 5 (0.83%) PaaS
11 4 (0.66%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 3 (0.50%) Akamai
12 3 (0.50%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (0.50%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 3 (0.50%) Azure Monitor
12 3 (0.50%) IaaS
13 2 (0.33%) Catchpoint
13 2 (0.33%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 233 (38.45%) Firewall
2 149 (24.59%) WAN
3 119 (19.64%) LAN
4 112 (18.48%) BGP
5 110 (18.15%) Network Security
6 107 (17.66%) VPN
7 93 (15.35%) MPLS
7 93 (15.35%) OSPF
8 91 (15.02%) DNS
9 86 (14.19%) Cisco Nexus
10 83 (13.70%) Cisco ASA
11 78 (12.87%) DHCP
12 74 (12.21%) Wireless
13 64 (10.56%) Cisco ISE
14 63 (10.40%) SD-WAN
15 55 (9.08%) IPsec
16 46 (7.59%) EIGRP
17 45 (7.43%) TCP/IP
18 38 (6.27%) Cisco Firepower
18 38 (6.27%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.33%) DB2
1 2 (0.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.17%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 12 (1.98%) Sonatype Nexus
2 9 (1.49%) JIRA
3 7 (1.16%) Rational DOORS
4 3 (0.50%) Git
5 1 (0.17%) Hudson
5 1 (0.17%) Jenkins
General
1 182 (30.03%) Social Skills
2 110 (18.15%) Finance
3 70 (11.55%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (9.74%) Public Sector
5 54 (8.91%) Telecoms
6 47 (7.76%) Banking
7 15 (2.48%) Presentation Skills
8 12 (1.98%) Marketing
9 9 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (1.32%) Legal
10 8 (1.32%) Manufacturing
11 5 (0.83%) Financial Institution
12 4 (0.66%) Aeronautics
12 4 (0.66%) Aerospace
12 4 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (0.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (0.66%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (0.66%) Retail
13 3 (0.50%) Digital Economy
14 2 (0.33%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 327 (53.96%) Network Engineer
2 95 (15.68%) Senior
3 67 (11.06%) Architect
4 65 (10.73%) Senior Network Engineer
5 40 (6.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 35 (5.78%) Analyst
7 34 (5.61%) Cisco Engineer
8 32 (5.28%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 30 (4.95%) Consultant
10 28 (4.62%) Support Engineer
11 27 (4.46%) Network Architect
12 25 (4.13%) Security Architect
13 23 (3.80%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
14 20 (3.30%) Network Consultant
15 18 (2.97%) Security Engineer
16 17 (2.81%) Network Support
16 17 (2.81%) Network Support Engineer
17 16 (2.64%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 16 (2.64%) Solutions Architect
18 15 (2.48%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.64%) Jinja
2 14 (2.31%) XML
3 11 (1.82%) FIX Protocol
3 11 (1.82%) NETCONF
3 11 (1.82%) Web Services
4 10 (1.65%) 802.1X
4 10 (1.65%) JSON
5 9 (1.49%) YANG
6 5 (0.83%) Flash
7 4 (0.66%) .NET
8 3 (0.50%) EDI
8 3 (0.50%) SAML
8 3 (0.50%) Ultra Messaging
9 2 (0.33%) EJB
9 2 (0.33%) J2EE
9 2 (0.33%) JSP
9 2 (0.33%) LDAP
9 2 (0.33%) Servlets
10 1 (0.17%) MFC
10 1 (0.17%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 123 (20.30%) Data Centre
2 18 (2.97%) Management Information System
3 14 (2.31%) Operational Technology
3 14 (2.31%) Security Posture
4 13 (2.15%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 12 (1.98%) Cyber Threat
5 12 (1.98%) Data Protection Act
6 11 (1.82%) Hybrid Cloud
7 10 (1.65%) Clustering
7 10 (1.65%) Video Conferencing
8 9 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
8 9 (1.49%) Public Cloud
8 9 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (1.32%) PKI
10 7 (1.16%) Driving Licence
11 6 (0.99%) Cloud Native
11 6 (0.99%) SCADA
12 5 (0.83%) IoT
12 5 (0.83%) NHS
12 5 (0.83%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 61 (10.07%) Windows
2 39 (6.44%) Linux
3 22 (3.63%) Windows 10
4 21 (3.47%) Windows Server
5 17 (2.81%) Windows Server 2012
6 14 (2.31%) Windows Server 2016
6 14 (2.31%) Windows Server 2019
6 14 (2.31%) Windows XP
7 9 (1.49%) Unix
8 7 (1.16%) Mac OS
8 7 (1.16%) Windows 7
9 5 (0.83%) Windows 8
10 4 (0.66%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (21.29%) Problem-Solving
2 95 (15.68%) ITIL
3 65 (10.73%) Computer Science
4 62 (10.23%) Migration
5 58 (9.57%) Change Management
6 53 (8.75%) Customer Service
7 50 (8.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 44 (7.26%) Network Design
8 44 (7.26%) Project Management
9 39 (6.44%) Cybersecurity
9 39 (6.44%) Network Monitoring
10 34 (5.61%) DevOps
10 34 (5.61%) Information Security
10 34 (5.61%) Roadmaps
11 29 (4.79%) Agile
11 29 (4.79%) ITSM
11 29 (4.79%) Network Architecture
12 28 (4.62%) Project Delivery
12 28 (4.62%) TOGAF
13 27 (4.46%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 66 (10.89%) Python
2 27 (4.46%) PowerShell
3 15 (2.48%) Perl
4 11 (1.82%) Tcl
5 8 (1.32%) Bash
6 4 (0.66%) Java
6 4 (0.66%) SQL
7 2 (0.33%) C#
7 2 (0.33%) Go
7 2 (0.33%) Ruby
8 1 (0.17%) C
Qualifications
1 359 (59.24%) CCNP
2 308 (50.83%) CCNA
3 145 (23.93%) Security Cleared
4 126 (20.79%) CCIE
5 125 (20.63%) Degree
6 102 (16.83%) SC Cleared
7 62 (10.23%) CISSP
8 47 (7.76%) DV Cleared
9 41 (6.77%) Computer Science Degree
10 40 (6.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 39 (6.44%) JNCIA
11 39 (6.44%) Microsoft Certification
12 31 (5.12%) CISM
13 26 (4.29%) MCSE
14 25 (4.13%) Network+ Certification
15 20 (3.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 19 (3.14%) CCSP
17 17 (2.81%) A+ Certification
17 17 (2.81%) JNCIS
18 15 (2.48%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (5.45%) SLA
2 23 (3.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (3.63%) NIST
4 9 (1.49%) NIST 800
5 7 (1.16%) QA
6 6 (0.99%) GDPR
6 6 (0.99%) GRC
6 6 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 5 (0.83%) NCSC
7 5 (0.83%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.66%) COBIT
9 2 (0.33%) ISO 31000
10 1 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.17%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.17%) ISA99
10 1 (0.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 65 (10.73%) VMware Infrastructure
2 36 (5.94%) Active Directory
3 31 (5.12%) Hyper-V
4 25 (4.13%) VMware NSX
5 22 (3.63%) Firmware
6 21 (3.47%) VMware ESXi
7 12 (1.98%) vSphere
8 8 (1.32%) KVM
8 8 (1.32%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (0.50%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 48 (7.92%) Ansible
2 23 (3.80%) SCCM
3 21 (3.47%) vCenter Server
4 18 (2.97%) Terraform
5 15 (2.48%) EMC NetWorker
5 15 (2.48%) FortiGate
5 15 (2.48%) SCOM
6 14 (2.31%) NetBackup
6 14 (2.31%) WSUS
7 11 (1.82%) Nessus
8 8 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
8 8 (1.32%) SolarWinds Orion
9 5 (0.83%) OpenView
10 3 (0.50%) ITRS Geneos
10 3 (0.50%) Kibana
10 3 (0.50%) Netcool
10 3 (0.50%) WhatsUp Gold
11 2 (0.33%) Cisco CUCM
11 2 (0.33%) QRadar
11 2 (0.33%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 431 (71.12%) Cisco
2 132 (21.78%) Palo Alto
3 107 (17.66%) Juniper
4 102 (16.83%) CheckPoint
5 81 (13.37%) Microsoft
6 76 (12.54%) VMware
7 75 (12.38%) F5
8 53 (8.75%) SolarWinds
9 51 (8.42%) Fortinet
10 48 (7.92%) Arista
11 32 (5.28%) Nokia
12 31 (5.12%) Dell
13 26 (4.29%) Infoblox
13 26 (4.29%) Zscaler
14 24 (3.96%) Citrix
15 23 (3.80%) Meraki
16 19 (3.14%) Symantec
17 17 (2.81%) HP
17 17 (2.81%) Oracle
18 16 (2.64%) Veeam