Cisco Certification Contracts with Work from Home Options

Cisco Certification
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 176 166 270
Rank change year-on-year -10 +104 -1
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 178 349 432
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.21% 1.46% 0.98%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.60% 5.83% 4.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 221 291
10th Percentile £310 £350 £363
25th Percentile £403 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -3.85% +15.56%
75th Percentile £650 £600 £588
90th Percentile £750 £745 £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 £19.87 £62.00 £23.75
% change year-on-year -67.95% +161.05% -43.45%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,871 5,983 8,825
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 26.24% 25.06% 20.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,499 4,053 6,276
10th Percentile £331 £380 £375
25th Percentile £435 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £549 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.37% +3.58% +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% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 256 246 232
10th Percentile £15.36 £19.00 £19.04
25th Percentile £23.94 £42.50 £39.19
Median hourly rate £43.00 £62.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.20% +25.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £67.50 £70.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £84.28 £80.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +34.85%

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 12 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 (1.12%) Apache
1 2 (1.12%) IIS
1 2 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (1.12%) OpenStack
1 2 (1.12%) SharePoint
1 2 (1.12%) WebLogic
1 2 (1.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.12%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 16 (8.99%) AWS
2 12 (6.74%) Azure
3 4 (2.25%) GCP
4 2 (1.12%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (1.12%) Catchpoint
4 2 (1.12%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (1.12%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (1.12%) OneDrive
4 2 (1.12%) SaaS
4 2 (1.12%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 1 (0.56%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (0.56%) Azure AI
5 1 (0.56%) Cloudflare
5 1 (0.56%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.56%) GitHub
5 1 (0.56%) IaaS
5 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 84 (47.19%) Firewall
2 50 (28.09%) WAN
3 39 (21.91%) BGP
4 38 (21.35%) Cisco ASA
4 38 (21.35%) Network Security
5 36 (20.22%) VPN
6 34 (19.10%) OSPF
7 32 (17.98%) SD-WAN
8 30 (16.85%) LAN
8 30 (16.85%) MPLS
9 28 (15.73%) Cisco Nexus
10 23 (12.92%) DNS
11 21 (11.80%) DHCP
12 20 (11.24%) Cisco ISE
13 19 (10.67%) Wireless
14 17 (9.55%) TCP/IP
15 16 (8.99%) IPsec
16 15 (8.43%) EIGRP
17 13 (7.30%) Wi-Fi
18 12 (6.74%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.12%) DB2
Development Applications
1 5 (2.81%) Sonatype Nexus
2 4 (2.25%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.56%) Jenkins
General
1 48 (26.97%) Finance
2 35 (19.66%) Social Skills
3 16 (8.99%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (8.43%) Telecoms
5 11 (6.18%) Banking
6 8 (4.49%) Public Sector
7 4 (2.25%) Aeronautics
7 4 (2.25%) Aerospace
8 3 (1.69%) Financial Institution
8 3 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.12%) Legal
10 1 (0.56%) Back Office
10 1 (0.56%) Digital Health
10 1 (0.56%) Fire and Rescue
10 1 (0.56%) German Language
10 1 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.56%) Police
10 1 (0.56%) Retail
Job Titles
1 95 (53.37%) Network Engineer
2 21 (11.80%) Senior
3 19 (10.67%) Architect
4 15 (8.43%) Cisco Engineer
5 14 (7.87%) Consultant
6 13 (7.30%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 12 (6.74%) Network Consultant
7 12 (6.74%) Senior Network Engineer
8 9 (5.06%) Network Architect
8 9 (5.06%) Security Engineer
9 8 (4.49%) Analyst
9 8 (4.49%) Solutions Architect
10 7 (3.93%) Network Security Engineer
10 7 (3.93%) Operations Engineer
11 6 (3.37%) Developer
11 6 (3.37%) Firewall Engineer
11 6 (3.37%) Security Analyst
11 6 (3.37%) Senior Consultant
11 6 (3.37%) Senior Network Consultant
12 5 (2.81%) Network Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.62%) FIX Protocol
2 5 (2.81%) Jinja
2 5 (2.81%) Web Services
3 4 (2.25%) XML
4 3 (1.69%) EDI
5 2 (1.12%) .NET
5 2 (1.12%) EJB
5 2 (1.12%) J2EE
5 2 (1.12%) JSP
5 2 (1.12%) LDAP
5 2 (1.12%) Servlets
5 2 (1.12%) Ultra Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 19 (10.67%) Data Centre
2 6 (3.37%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (2.81%) Clustering
3 5 (2.81%) Security Posture
4 3 (1.69%) CCTV
4 3 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (1.69%) Management Information System
4 3 (1.69%) Operational Technology
4 3 (1.69%) SCADA
5 2 (1.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.12%) IoT
5 2 (1.12%) IPTV
5 2 (1.12%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.56%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (0.56%) NHS
6 1 (0.56%) PKI
6 1 (0.56%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.56%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.25%) Windows
2 3 (1.69%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.12%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.56%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (14.61%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (14.04%) Low Latency
3 21 (11.80%) Change Management
4 17 (9.55%) ITIL
5 15 (8.43%) Network Design
6 13 (7.30%) Cybersecurity
6 13 (7.30%) Roadmaps
7 12 (6.74%) Information Security
8 11 (6.18%) Computer Science
8 11 (6.18%) Decision-Making
8 11 (6.18%) Incident Management
8 11 (6.18%) Investment Management
8 11 (6.18%) SIEM
8 11 (6.18%) Strategic Roadmap
9 10 (5.62%) Algorithmic Trading
9 10 (5.62%) Migration
9 10 (5.62%) Security Architecture
10 9 (5.06%) High Availability
10 9 (5.06%) Network Architecture
10 9 (5.06%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (13.48%) Python
2 7 (3.93%) Perl
3 5 (2.81%) Tcl
4 3 (1.69%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.12%) Java
5 2 (1.12%) SQL
Qualifications
1 134 (75.28%) CCNP
2 79 (44.38%) CCNA
3 56 (31.46%) CCIE
4 41 (23.03%) Security Cleared
5 31 (17.42%) SC Cleared
6 21 (11.80%) CISSP
7 17 (9.55%) Degree
8 16 (8.99%) JNCIA
9 10 (5.62%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 9 (5.06%) CCSA
11 8 (4.49%) CCDP
11 8 (4.49%) CISM
11 8 (4.49%) DV Cleared
12 7 (3.93%) Computer Science Degree
13 6 (3.37%) CEH
14 5 (2.81%) AWS Certification
14 5 (2.81%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (2.81%) CCSP
15 4 (2.25%) Network+ Certification
15 4 (2.25%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.18%) SLA
2 5 (2.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.25%) NIST
4 3 (1.69%) COBIT
4 3 (1.69%) QA
5 2 (1.12%) GDPR
5 2 (1.12%) GRC
6 1 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.56%) NIST 800
System Software
1 13 (7.30%) VMware Infrastructure
1 13 (7.30%) VMware NSX
2 7 (3.93%) Firmware
3 3 (1.69%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.12%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 22 (12.36%) Ansible
2 4 (2.25%) FortiGate
3 3 (1.69%) Kibana
4 2 (1.12%) ITRS Geneos
4 2 (1.12%) Nessus
4 2 (1.12%) SCCM
4 2 (1.12%) Terraform
5 1 (0.56%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.56%) QRadar
Vendors
1 143 (80.34%) Cisco
2 56 (31.46%) Palo Alto
3 37 (20.79%) F5
4 32 (17.98%) CheckPoint
5 31 (17.42%) Fortinet
6 25 (14.04%) Juniper
7 18 (10.11%) SolarWinds
8 17 (9.55%) Arista
9 14 (7.87%) VMware
10 10 (5.62%) Meraki
10 10 (5.62%) Microsoft
10 10 (5.62%) Zscaler
11 9 (5.06%) Aruba
11 9 (5.06%) Nokia
12 8 (4.49%) Riverbed
13 7 (3.93%) Citrix
14 6 (3.37%) AlgoSec
15 5 (2.81%) IBM
16 4 (2.25%) Infoblox
16 4 (2.25%) Splunk