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 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 179 171 266
Rank change year-on-year -8 +95 +5
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 174 354 436
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.19% 1.48% 0.98%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.53% 5.90% 4.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 223 292
10th Percentile £309 £363 £363
25th Percentile £402 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £519
Median % change year-on-year +4.02% -3.57% +22.00%
75th Percentile £650 £603 £588
90th Percentile £750 £744 £650
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.50% - +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 13 6
10th Percentile £15.96 £24.30 £23.88
25th Percentile £17.59 £47.50 £30.44
Median hourly rate £19.87 £77.50 £45.25
Median % change year-on-year -74.36% +71.27% +94.96%
75th Percentile £21.49 £80.25 £57.88
90th Percentile £22.85 £81.00 £60.93
UK median hourly rate £18.25 £62.00 £23.75
% change year-on-year -70.56% +161.05% -43.45%

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 3,842 5,997 8,919
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 26.21% 25.06% 20.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,484 4,066 6,334
10th Percentile £331 £380 £375
25th Percentile £437 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.46% +3.68% +6.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £725 £745 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 258 244 232
10th Percentile £14.63 £19.00 £19.04
25th Percentile £23.66 £42.50 £39.19
Median hourly rate £43.00 £62.50 £50.25
Median % change year-on-year -31.20% +24.38% +39.51%
75th Percentile £66.88 £70.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £83.99 £80.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +30.87%

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 8 June 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 2 (1.15%) Apache
1 2 (1.15%) IIS
1 2 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (1.15%) OpenStack
1 2 (1.15%) SharePoint
1 2 (1.15%) WebLogic
1 2 (1.15%) WebSphere
Applications
1 3 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.15%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 16 (9.20%) AWS
2 12 (6.90%) Azure
3 4 (2.30%) GCP
4 2 (1.15%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (1.15%) Catchpoint
4 2 (1.15%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (1.15%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (1.15%) OneDrive
4 2 (1.15%) SaaS
4 2 (1.15%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 1 (0.57%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (0.57%) Azure AI
5 1 (0.57%) Cloudflare
5 1 (0.57%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.57%) GitHub
5 1 (0.57%) IaaS
5 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 80 (45.98%) Firewall
2 50 (28.74%) WAN
3 39 (22.41%) BGP
4 37 (21.26%) Cisco ASA
4 37 (21.26%) Network Security
5 36 (20.69%) VPN
6 34 (19.54%) OSPF
7 32 (18.39%) SD-WAN
8 30 (17.24%) LAN
8 30 (17.24%) MPLS
9 28 (16.09%) Cisco Nexus
10 23 (13.22%) DNS
11 21 (12.07%) DHCP
12 20 (11.49%) Cisco ISE
13 19 (10.92%) Wireless
14 17 (9.77%) TCP/IP
15 16 (9.20%) IPsec
16 15 (8.62%) EIGRP
17 13 (7.47%) Wi-Fi
18 12 (6.90%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.15%) DB2
Development Applications
1 5 (2.87%) Sonatype Nexus
2 4 (2.30%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.57%) Jenkins
General
1 46 (26.44%) Finance
2 33 (18.97%) Social Skills
3 16 (9.20%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (8.05%) Telecoms
5 10 (5.75%) Banking
6 8 (4.60%) Public Sector
7 4 (2.30%) Aeronautics
7 4 (2.30%) Aerospace
8 3 (1.72%) Financial Institution
8 3 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.15%) Legal
10 1 (0.57%) Back Office
10 1 (0.57%) Digital Health
10 1 (0.57%) Fire and Rescue
10 1 (0.57%) German Language
10 1 (0.57%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.57%) Police
10 1 (0.57%) Retail
Job Titles
1 92 (52.87%) Network Engineer
2 20 (11.49%) Senior
3 19 (10.92%) Architect
4 14 (8.05%) Cisco Engineer
4 14 (8.05%) Consultant
5 12 (6.90%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 12 (6.90%) Network Consultant
6 11 (6.32%) Senior Network Engineer
7 9 (5.17%) Network Architect
7 9 (5.17%) Security Engineer
8 8 (4.60%) Analyst
8 8 (4.60%) Solutions Architect
9 7 (4.02%) Network Security Engineer
10 6 (3.45%) Developer
10 6 (3.45%) Firewall Engineer
10 6 (3.45%) Operations Engineer
10 6 (3.45%) Security Analyst
10 6 (3.45%) Senior Consultant
10 6 (3.45%) Senior Network Consultant
11 5 (2.87%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.75%) FIX Protocol
2 5 (2.87%) Jinja
2 5 (2.87%) Web Services
3 4 (2.30%) XML
4 3 (1.72%) EDI
5 2 (1.15%) .NET
5 2 (1.15%) EJB
5 2 (1.15%) J2EE
5 2 (1.15%) JSP
5 2 (1.15%) LDAP
5 2 (1.15%) Servlets
5 2 (1.15%) Ultra Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 19 (10.92%) Data Centre
2 6 (3.45%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (2.87%) Clustering
3 5 (2.87%) Security Posture
4 3 (1.72%) CCTV
4 3 (1.72%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (1.72%) Management Information System
4 3 (1.72%) Operational Technology
4 3 (1.72%) SCADA
5 2 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.15%) IoT
5 2 (1.15%) IPTV
5 2 (1.15%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.57%) NHS
6 1 (0.57%) PKI
6 1 (0.57%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.57%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.57%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.30%) Windows
2 3 (1.72%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.15%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.57%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (14.94%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (13.22%) Low Latency
3 21 (12.07%) Change Management
4 16 (9.20%) ITIL
5 15 (8.62%) Network Design
6 13 (7.47%) Roadmaps
7 12 (6.90%) Cybersecurity
7 12 (6.90%) Information Security
8 11 (6.32%) Decision-Making
8 11 (6.32%) SIEM
8 11 (6.32%) Strategic Roadmap
9 10 (5.75%) Algorithmic Trading
9 10 (5.75%) Computer Science
9 10 (5.75%) Incident Management
9 10 (5.75%) Investment Management
9 10 (5.75%) Migration
9 10 (5.75%) Security Architecture
10 9 (5.17%) High Availability
10 9 (5.17%) Network Architecture
10 9 (5.17%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (13.22%) Python
2 7 (4.02%) Perl
3 5 (2.87%) Tcl
4 3 (1.72%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.15%) Java
5 2 (1.15%) SQL
Qualifications
1 130 (74.71%) CCNP
2 78 (44.83%) CCNA
3 54 (31.03%) CCIE
4 41 (23.56%) Security Cleared
5 31 (17.82%) SC Cleared
6 21 (12.07%) CISSP
7 16 (9.20%) Degree
7 16 (9.20%) JNCIA
8 10 (5.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 8 (4.60%) CCDP
9 8 (4.60%) CCSA
9 8 (4.60%) CISM
9 8 (4.60%) DV Cleared
10 7 (4.02%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (3.45%) CEH
12 5 (2.87%) AWS Certification
12 5 (2.87%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (2.87%) CCSP
13 4 (2.30%) Network+ Certification
13 4 (2.30%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.75%) SLA
2 5 (2.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.30%) NIST
4 3 (1.72%) COBIT
4 3 (1.72%) QA
5 2 (1.15%) GDPR
5 2 (1.15%) GRC
6 1 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.57%) NIST 800
System Software
1 13 (7.47%) VMware Infrastructure
1 13 (7.47%) VMware NSX
2 7 (4.02%) Firmware
3 3 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.15%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 21 (12.07%) Ansible
2 4 (2.30%) FortiGate
3 3 (1.72%) Kibana
4 2 (1.15%) ITRS Geneos
4 2 (1.15%) Nessus
4 2 (1.15%) SCCM
4 2 (1.15%) Terraform
5 1 (0.57%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.57%) QRadar
Vendors
1 139 (79.89%) Cisco
2 54 (31.03%) Palo Alto
3 34 (19.54%) F5
4 29 (16.67%) CheckPoint
5 27 (15.52%) Fortinet
6 24 (13.79%) Juniper
7 17 (9.77%) SolarWinds
8 15 (8.62%) Arista
9 14 (8.05%) VMware
10 10 (5.75%) Meraki
10 10 (5.75%) Microsoft
10 10 (5.75%) Zscaler
11 9 (5.17%) Aruba
12 8 (4.60%) Nokia
13 7 (4.02%) Citrix
13 7 (4.02%) Riverbed
14 6 (3.45%) AlgoSec
15 5 (2.87%) IBM
16 4 (2.30%) Infoblox
16 4 (2.30%) Splunk