Cisco Certification Contracts in the UK excluding London

Cisco Certification
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Cisco Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 142 113 187
Rank change year-on-year -29 +74 -40
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 338 493 427
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.58% 2.17% 1.41%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.42% 6.67% 5.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 317 277
10th Percentile £300 £272 £255
25th Percentile £356 £363 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £500 £445
Median % change year-on-year +0.80% +12.49% +11.13%
75th Percentile £575 £560 £545
90th Percentile £688 £625 £600
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.50% - +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 31 29
10th Percentile £12.00 £13.00 £13.13
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.25 £13.41
Median hourly rate £15.75 £60.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -73.75% +172.73% -46.34%
75th Percentile £20.74 £79.00 £47.40
90th Percentile £25.83 £90.00 £60.92
UK median hourly rate £19.87 £62.00 £23.75
% change year-on-year -67.95% +161.05% -43.45%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,648 7,386 8,107
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.86% 32.55% 26.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,425 4,873 5,318
10th Percentile £275 £305 £263
25th Percentile £425 £425 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +10.50%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £600
90th Percentile £713 £713 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 967 571 539
10th Percentile £13.69 £13.88 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.90 £20.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £41.27 £52.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.40% +50.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.25 £56.14
90th Percentile £77.50 £79.19 £67.60
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +34.85%

Cisco Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Cisco Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco Certification in the UK excluding London

Cisco Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cisco Certification in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Cisco Certification in the UK excluding London

Cisco Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco Certification in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco Certification in the UK excluding London

Cisco Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cisco Certification in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Cisco Certification in the UK excluding London

Cisco Certification
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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
South East +12 127 £513 +0.49% 55
North of England +15 85 £475 +5.56% 37
North West +22 64 £500 +7.82% 18
Midlands +6 53 £450 - 26
West Midlands +25 45 £450 +2.86% 17
South West -35 34 £525 -4.55% 24
East of England -28 24 £300 -29.41% 22
Scotland +14 18 £400 -19.60% 17
Yorkshire +1 16 £450 +2.86% 18
East Midlands -8 8 £325 -13.33% 9
North East +10 5 £425 +38.78% 2
Wales -3 2 - - 7
Northern Ireland -4 1 £363 +81.25% 5
Cisco Certification
UK

Cisco Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 13 (3.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (2.37%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.18%) Confluence
4 2 (0.59%) IBM Domino
5 1 (0.30%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 10 (2.96%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.66%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 49 (14.50%) Azure
2 33 (9.76%) AWS
3 14 (4.14%) OCI
4 13 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (2.96%) GCP
6 7 (2.07%) SaaS
7 5 (1.48%) Cloudflare
7 5 (1.48%) PaaS
8 3 (0.89%) Akamai
8 3 (0.89%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.59%) Catchpoint
9 2 (0.59%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.30%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.30%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.30%) IaaS
10 1 (0.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 135 (39.94%) Firewall
2 77 (22.78%) WAN
3 68 (20.12%) VPN
4 67 (19.82%) LAN
5 58 (17.16%) Network Security
6 54 (15.98%) Cisco ASA
7 52 (15.38%) DNS
8 46 (13.61%) BGP
8 46 (13.61%) Cisco ISE
8 46 (13.61%) DHCP
9 41 (12.13%) OSPF
10 39 (11.54%) MPLS
11 38 (11.24%) Wireless
12 37 (10.95%) Cisco Nexus
13 34 (10.06%) Cisco Firepower
14 33 (9.76%) IPsec
15 32 (9.47%) SAN
16 27 (7.99%) Wi-Fi
17 26 (7.69%) EIGRP
17 26 (7.69%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.59%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (2.07%) JIRA
1 7 (2.07%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (1.78%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.30%) Hudson
General
1 103 (30.47%) Social Skills
2 48 (14.20%) Public Sector
3 47 (13.91%) Finance
4 45 (13.31%) Analytical Skills
5 36 (10.65%) Telecoms
6 27 (7.99%) Banking
7 8 (2.37%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (2.37%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (2.07%) Manufacturing
9 6 (1.78%) Marketing
10 5 (1.48%) Legal
10 5 (1.48%) Retail
11 4 (1.18%) Aeronautics
11 4 (1.18%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.18%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (0.89%) Digital Economy
12 3 (0.89%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.59%) Electronics
13 2 (0.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.59%) Law
Job Titles
1 188 (55.62%) Network Engineer
2 55 (16.27%) Senior
3 45 (13.31%) Senior Network Engineer
4 38 (11.24%) Architect
5 32 (9.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 24 (7.10%) Analyst
6 24 (7.10%) Support Engineer
7 19 (5.62%) Network Architect
7 19 (5.62%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 16 (4.73%) Network Support
8 16 (4.73%) Network Support Engineer
9 15 (4.44%) Cisco Engineer
9 15 (4.44%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 11 (3.25%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 11 (3.25%) Field Engineer
10 11 (3.25%) Security Analyst
11 10 (2.96%) IT Engineer
11 10 (2.96%) Storage Engineer
12 9 (2.66%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
12 9 (2.66%) Field Service Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.25%) Jinja
2 9 (2.66%) Web Services
3 5 (1.48%) 802.1X
4 4 (1.18%) Flash
5 3 (0.89%) EDI
6 1 (0.30%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 82 (24.26%) Data Centre
2 9 (2.66%) Analytical Mindset
3 8 (2.37%) Driving Licence
3 8 (2.37%) Operational Technology
3 8 (2.37%) Video Conferencing
4 7 (2.07%) Management Information System
4 7 (2.07%) Security Posture
5 6 (1.78%) SCADA
6 5 (1.48%) Clustering
6 5 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (1.48%) NHS
7 4 (1.18%) Blackberry
7 4 (1.18%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 3 (0.89%) CCTV
8 3 (0.89%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 3 (0.89%) IoT
9 2 (0.59%) CMDB
9 2 (0.59%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.59%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.59%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 45 (13.31%) Windows
2 31 (9.17%) Linux
3 20 (5.92%) Windows 10
4 19 (5.62%) Windows Server
5 18 (5.33%) Windows Server 2012
6 15 (4.44%) Windows Server 2019
7 14 (4.14%) Windows Server 2016
7 14 (4.14%) Windows XP
8 7 (2.07%) Unix
9 5 (1.48%) Windows 7
10 3 (0.89%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (25.15%) Problem-Solving
2 74 (21.89%) ITIL
3 42 (12.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 42 (12.43%) Migration
4 40 (11.83%) Computer Science
5 33 (9.76%) Customer Service
6 31 (9.17%) Project Management
7 29 (8.58%) Network Monitoring
8 28 (8.28%) Change Management
9 25 (7.40%) B2B
9 25 (7.40%) Storage Management
10 22 (6.51%) Break/Fix
10 22 (6.51%) Network Design
11 21 (6.21%) Project Delivery
12 17 (5.03%) Disaster Recovery
12 17 (5.03%) ITSM
12 17 (5.03%) Service Management
13 16 (4.73%) Network Architecture
13 16 (4.73%) Performance Tuning
13 16 (4.73%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 23 (6.80%) Python
2 16 (4.73%) PowerShell
3 11 (3.25%) Perl
3 11 (3.25%) Tcl
4 3 (0.89%) SQL
5 2 (0.59%) Bash
6 1 (0.30%) C
Qualifications
1 206 (60.95%) CCNA
2 191 (56.51%) CCNP
3 114 (33.73%) Security Cleared
4 80 (23.67%) Degree
4 80 (23.67%) SC Cleared
5 47 (13.91%) CCIE
6 40 (11.83%) DV Cleared
7 26 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
8 25 (7.40%) Network+ Certification
9 24 (7.10%) CISSP
9 24 (7.10%) JNCIA
10 21 (6.21%) MCSE
11 18 (5.33%) Computer Science Degree
11 18 (5.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 14 (4.14%) A+ Certification
13 12 (3.55%) JNCIS
14 11 (3.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 10 (2.96%) CISM
15 10 (2.96%) HND
16 9 (2.66%) CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (6.80%) SLA
2 11 (3.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (1.78%) QA
4 4 (1.18%) NIST
5 2 (0.59%) COBIT
5 2 (0.59%) GDPR
5 2 (0.59%) GRC
5 2 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (0.59%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.30%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.30%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.30%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.30%) SOC 2
System Software
1 47 (13.91%) VMware Infrastructure
2 31 (9.17%) Active Directory
3 25 (7.40%) Hyper-V
4 21 (6.21%) VMware ESXi
5 17 (5.03%) Firmware
6 9 (2.66%) VMware NSX
7 6 (1.78%) vSphere
8 4 (1.18%) KVM
8 4 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (0.89%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 24 (7.10%) Ansible
2 20 (5.92%) SCCM
2 20 (5.92%) vCenter Server
3 15 (4.44%) EMC NetWorker
3 15 (4.44%) SCOM
4 14 (4.14%) NetBackup
4 14 (4.14%) WSUS
5 10 (2.96%) Nessus
6 7 (2.07%) FortiGate
6 7 (2.07%) OpenView
6 7 (2.07%) Terraform
7 4 (1.18%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.89%) Netcool
9 2 (0.59%) Cacti
9 2 (0.59%) Nagios
9 2 (0.59%) Rundeck
9 2 (0.59%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.30%) Cisco Prime
10 1 (0.30%) SolarWinds Orion
10 1 (0.30%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 245 (72.49%) Cisco
2 81 (23.96%) Juniper
3 77 (22.78%) Palo Alto
4 60 (17.75%) CheckPoint
5 51 (15.09%) VMware
6 44 (13.02%) Microsoft
7 33 (9.76%) SolarWinds
8 30 (8.88%) F5
9 27 (7.99%) Arista
10 26 (7.69%) Dell
11 20 (5.92%) Fortinet
12 19 (5.62%) Symantec
13 17 (5.03%) Citrix
14 15 (4.44%) HP
14 15 (4.44%) Veeam
15 14 (4.14%) 3PAR
15 14 (4.14%) EMC
15 14 (4.14%) Extreme Networks
15 14 (4.14%) Oracle
16 12 (3.55%) Nokia