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

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 166 167 262
Rank change year-on-year +1 +95 -32
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 617 880 967
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.45% 1.54% 1.09%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.83% 5.65% 5.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 401 545 633
10th Percentile £300 £263 £293
25th Percentile £350 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% - +17.65%
75th Percentile £600 £599 £575
90th Percentile £751 £700 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £498 £450
% change year-on-year +0.50% +10.56% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 46 36
10th Percentile £13.35 £14.25 -
25th Percentile £14.00 £18.88 £13.41
Median hourly rate £17.50 £62.00 £43.37
Median % change year-on-year -71.77% +42.96% +5.78%
75th Percentile £25.83 £80.19 £47.66
90th Percentile £41.25 £85.65 £64.62
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.00 £61.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -75.41% +37.08% +8.54%

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 12,775 15,576 19,048
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.03% 27.20% 21.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,956 10,400 12,640
10th Percentile £308 £330 £340
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +7.14%
75th Percentile £646 £650 £630
90th Percentile £738 £743 £706
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,057 771 774
10th Percentile £13.69 £15.21 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.80 £21.24 £19.52
Median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £43.95
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +25.14% +21.73%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.25 £57.95
90th Percentile £76.25 £79.19 £67.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.94 £50.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -18.12% +42.86% +5.26%

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 20 May 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 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Cisco Certification in the UK

Cisco Certification
Top 16 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 20 May 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 +6 553 £513 +2.50% 290
UK excluding London -5 360 £500 +0.50% 216
London +39 195 £525 -2.33% 112
Work from Home -6 172 £505 +1.00% 124
South East +24 141 £513 +2.50% 58
North of England +34 86 £450 -5.26% 50
North West +22 59 £475 -2.26% 23
Midlands +4 52 £450 - 30
West Midlands +32 45 £450 -7.69% 19
South West -33 39 £525 -4.55% 27
East of England -14 30 £300 -14.29% 22
Yorkshire +13 21 £425 - 25
Scotland +13 17 £400 -17.74% 32
East Midlands -2 7 £325 -13.33% 11
North East +15 6 £425 +113.84% 3
Wales -4 1 - - 4

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 20 (3.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (2.11%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.13%) Confluence
4 4 (0.65%) IBM Domino
4 4 (0.65%) IIS
5 3 (0.49%) Apache
5 3 (0.49%) WebLogic
5 3 (0.49%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.32%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.32%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 20 (3.24%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (3.08%) MS Visio
3 10 (1.62%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (1.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 90 (14.59%) Azure
2 64 (10.37%) AWS
3 29 (4.70%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (3.40%) GCP
5 19 (3.08%) OCI
6 10 (1.62%) SaaS
7 9 (1.46%) Cloudflare
8 7 (1.13%) Cloud Computing
9 6 (0.97%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (0.81%) Entra ID
10 5 (0.81%) Nutanix
10 5 (0.81%) PaaS
11 4 (0.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 3 (0.49%) Akamai
12 3 (0.49%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (0.49%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 3 (0.49%) Azure Monitor
12 3 (0.49%) IaaS
13 2 (0.32%) Catchpoint
13 2 (0.32%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 227 (36.79%) Firewall
2 150 (24.31%) WAN
3 118 (19.12%) LAN
4 109 (17.67%) BGP
5 106 (17.18%) Network Security
5 106 (17.18%) VPN
6 95 (15.40%) DNS
7 92 (14.91%) OSPF
8 88 (14.26%) MPLS
9 83 (13.45%) Cisco Nexus
10 82 (13.29%) Cisco ASA
11 75 (12.16%) Wireless
12 74 (11.99%) DHCP
13 66 (10.70%) Cisco ISE
14 57 (9.24%) SD-WAN
15 54 (8.75%) IPsec
16 44 (7.13%) TCP/IP
17 42 (6.81%) EIGRP
18 40 (6.48%) VLAN
19 39 (6.32%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.49%) DB2
2 2 (0.32%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.16%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 12 (1.94%) Sonatype Nexus
2 8 (1.30%) JIRA
3 7 (1.13%) Rational DOORS
4 3 (0.49%) Git
5 1 (0.16%) Hudson
5 1 (0.16%) Jenkins
General
1 186 (30.15%) Social Skills
2 103 (16.69%) Finance
3 71 (11.51%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (10.70%) Public Sector
5 58 (9.40%) Telecoms
6 46 (7.46%) Banking
7 16 (2.59%) Presentation Skills
8 12 (1.94%) Marketing
9 10 (1.62%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (1.46%) Legal
11 8 (1.30%) Manufacturing
12 5 (0.81%) German Language
13 4 (0.65%) Aeronautics
13 4 (0.65%) Aerospace
13 4 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (0.65%) Financial Institution
13 4 (0.65%) French Language
13 4 (0.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (0.65%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (0.65%) Retail
Job Titles
1 322 (52.19%) Network Engineer
2 95 (15.40%) Senior
3 70 (11.35%) Architect
4 65 (10.53%) Senior Network Engineer
5 40 (6.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 37 (6.00%) Analyst
7 35 (5.67%) Consultant
8 32 (5.19%) Cisco Engineer
9 30 (4.86%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 29 (4.70%) Network Architect
10 29 (4.70%) Support Engineer
11 27 (4.38%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
12 25 (4.05%) Security Architect
13 18 (2.92%) Network Consultant
14 17 (2.76%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 16 (2.59%) Network Support
15 16 (2.59%) Network Support Engineer
15 16 (2.59%) Security Analyst
15 16 (2.59%) Security Engineer
16 15 (2.43%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.76%) Jinja
2 16 (2.59%) XML
3 12 (1.94%) NETCONF
3 12 (1.94%) Web Services
4 11 (1.78%) 802.1X
4 11 (1.78%) FIX Protocol
4 11 (1.78%) JSON
5 10 (1.62%) YANG
6 5 (0.81%) .NET
6 5 (0.81%) Flash
7 3 (0.49%) EDI
7 3 (0.49%) EJB
7 3 (0.49%) J2EE
7 3 (0.49%) JSP
7 3 (0.49%) LDAP
7 3 (0.49%) SAML
7 3 (0.49%) Servlets
7 3 (0.49%) Ultra Messaging
8 1 (0.16%) RESTful
8 1 (0.16%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 124 (20.10%) Data Centre
2 23 (3.73%) Management Information System
3 13 (2.11%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 13 (2.11%) Operational Technology
3 13 (2.11%) Security Posture
4 12 (1.94%) Cyber Threat
5 11 (1.78%) Data Protection Act
6 10 (1.62%) Clustering
6 10 (1.62%) Hybrid Cloud
6 10 (1.62%) Video Conferencing
7 9 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
7 9 (1.46%) Public Cloud
8 8 (1.30%) PKI
9 7 (1.13%) Driving Licence
9 7 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (0.97%) Distributed Architecture
10 6 (0.97%) IoT
10 6 (0.97%) NHS
10 6 (0.97%) SCADA
11 5 (0.81%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 65 (10.53%) Windows
2 41 (6.65%) Linux
3 24 (3.89%) Windows 10
4 23 (3.73%) Windows Server
5 18 (2.92%) Windows Server 2012
6 14 (2.27%) Windows Server 2016
6 14 (2.27%) Windows Server 2019
6 14 (2.27%) Windows XP
7 10 (1.62%) Unix
8 9 (1.46%) Windows 7
9 7 (1.13%) Mac OS
10 5 (0.81%) Windows 8
11 4 (0.65%) Android
12 1 (0.16%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (21.07%) Problem-Solving
2 99 (16.05%) ITIL
3 67 (10.86%) Computer Science
4 59 (9.56%) Migration
5 57 (9.24%) Change Management
6 53 (8.59%) Customer Service
6 53 (8.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 45 (7.29%) Cybersecurity
8 44 (7.13%) Network Design
9 43 (6.97%) Project Management
10 40 (6.48%) Network Monitoring
11 38 (6.16%) Information Security
12 35 (5.67%) DevOps
13 34 (5.51%) Roadmaps
14 32 (5.19%) Network Architecture
15 30 (4.86%) ITSM
15 30 (4.86%) Mentoring
16 29 (4.70%) TOGAF
17 28 (4.54%) Agile
17 28 (4.54%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 63 (10.21%) Python
2 28 (4.54%) PowerShell
3 15 (2.43%) Perl
4 11 (1.78%) Tcl
5 8 (1.30%) Bash
6 6 (0.97%) SQL
7 5 (0.81%) Java
8 2 (0.32%) C#
8 2 (0.32%) Go
8 2 (0.32%) Ruby
9 1 (0.16%) C
Qualifications
1 359 (58.18%) CCNP
2 310 (50.24%) CCNA
3 157 (25.45%) Security Cleared
4 135 (21.88%) Degree
5 125 (20.26%) CCIE
6 111 (17.99%) SC Cleared
7 66 (10.70%) CISSP
8 51 (8.27%) DV Cleared
9 44 (7.13%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 42 (6.81%) Computer Science Degree
11 41 (6.65%) Microsoft Certification
12 38 (6.16%) CISM
13 36 (5.83%) JNCIA
14 27 (4.38%) MCSE
14 27 (4.38%) Network+ Certification
15 22 (3.57%) CCSP
16 21 (3.40%) CISA
17 20 (3.24%) A+ Certification
17 20 (3.24%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
18 19 (3.08%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (5.51%) SLA
2 29 (4.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 27 (4.38%) NIST
4 13 (2.11%) GRC
5 9 (1.46%) NIST 800
5 9 (1.46%) QA
6 7 (1.13%) COBIT
7 6 (0.97%) GDPR
7 6 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 6 (0.97%) NCSC
8 5 (0.81%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.32%) Disclosure Scotland
9 2 (0.32%) ISO 31000
10 1 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.16%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.16%) ISA99
10 1 (0.16%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 69 (11.18%) VMware Infrastructure
2 40 (6.48%) Active Directory
3 33 (5.35%) Hyper-V
4 26 (4.21%) VMware NSX
5 22 (3.57%) Firmware
5 22 (3.57%) VMware ESXi
6 12 (1.94%) vSphere
7 10 (1.62%) KVM
8 9 (1.46%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.65%) VMware Workstation
10 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 45 (7.29%) Ansible
2 25 (4.05%) SCCM
3 22 (3.57%) vCenter Server
4 17 (2.76%) FortiGate
4 17 (2.76%) Terraform
5 16 (2.59%) SCOM
6 15 (2.43%) EMC NetWorker
6 15 (2.43%) WSUS
7 14 (2.27%) NetBackup
8 12 (1.94%) Nessus
9 7 (1.13%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (1.13%) SolarWinds Orion
10 5 (0.81%) OpenView
11 3 (0.49%) ITRS Geneos
11 3 (0.49%) Kibana
11 3 (0.49%) Nagios
11 3 (0.49%) Netcool
11 3 (0.49%) WhatsUp Gold
12 2 (0.32%) QRadar
12 2 (0.32%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 430 (69.69%) Cisco
2 127 (20.58%) Palo Alto
3 111 (17.99%) Juniper
4 91 (14.75%) CheckPoint
5 81 (13.13%) VMware
6 80 (12.97%) Microsoft
7 67 (10.86%) F5
8 56 (9.08%) SolarWinds
9 49 (7.94%) Fortinet
10 45 (7.29%) Arista
11 31 (5.02%) Dell
12 30 (4.86%) Nokia
13 26 (4.21%) Citrix
13 26 (4.21%) Infoblox
14 23 (3.73%) Meraki
14 23 (3.73%) Zscaler
15 19 (3.08%) Symantec
16 18 (2.92%) Veeam
17 17 (2.76%) HP
17 17 (2.76%) Oracle