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 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 163 174 262
Rank change year-on-year +11 +88 -43
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 659 880 958
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.51% 1.47% 1.08%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.93% 5.40% 5.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 423 552 627
10th Percentile £300 £265 £263
25th Percentile £350 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% - +17.65%
75th Percentile £604 £600 £575
90th Percentile £774 £700 £655
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £425
% change year-on-year - +17.65% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 51 38
10th Percentile - £14.25 £13.41
25th Percentile £14.00 £19.25 £18.48
Median hourly rate £23.00 £62.00 £43.37
Median % change year-on-year -62.90% +42.96% +8.43%
75th Percentile £41.25 £80.00 £48.19
90th Percentile £68.00 £85.05 £63.14
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.63 £62.00 £45.38
% change year-on-year -73.19% +36.64% +14.15%

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 13,360 16,293 19,031
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.65% 27.30% 21.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,216 10,865 12,554
10th Percentile £300 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.30%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £625
90th Percentile £738 £743 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £530 £500
% change year-on-year - +6.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,077 849 779
10th Percentile £13.87 £15.25 £13.68
25th Percentile £17.88 £20.00 £19.35
Median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £41.62
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +29.75% +6.94%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.25 £57.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.94 £49.57 £31.89
% change year-on-year -17.41% +55.44% -12.76%

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 29 April 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 29 April 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 29 April 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 +31 592 £513 +2.50% 275
UK excluding London +9 384 £500 - 199
London +53 215 £525 -2.33% 108
Work from Home -3 173 £515 +3.02% 112
South East +32 149 £513 +2.50% 55
North of England +34 83 £445 -11.00% 44
North West +32 56 £488 -2.50% 26
Midlands +13 56 £450 - 23
West Midlands +39 49 £450 -5.26% 17
South West -21 49 £535 -2.73% 29
East of England -10 32 £323 -3.01% 23
Yorkshire +20 24 £403 -19.50% 16
Scotland +9 20 £553 +16.32% 23
East Midlands +2 7 £325 -15.58% 6
North East +17 3 £345 -17.61% 3
Wales -5 1 - - 6

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 22 (3.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (1.97%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.21%) Confluence
4 7 (1.06%) IIS
5 4 (0.61%) IBM Domino
6 3 (0.46%) Apache
6 3 (0.46%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.46%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.30%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.30%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 22 (3.34%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (2.88%) MS Visio
3 10 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 100 (15.17%) Azure
2 68 (10.32%) AWS
3 33 (5.01%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (3.95%) GCP
5 18 (2.73%) OCI
6 11 (1.67%) SaaS
7 9 (1.37%) Cloudflare
8 8 (1.21%) Cloud Computing
9 7 (1.06%) Azure Sentinel
10 6 (0.91%) Entra ID
11 5 (0.76%) IaaS
11 5 (0.76%) Nutanix
12 4 (0.61%) PaaS
12 4 (0.61%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 3 (0.46%) Akamai
13 3 (0.46%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 3 (0.46%) Azure Monitor
14 2 (0.30%) Catchpoint
14 2 (0.30%) OneDrive
14 2 (0.30%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 240 (36.42%) Firewall
2 154 (23.37%) WAN
3 124 (18.82%) LAN
4 120 (18.21%) BGP
5 116 (17.60%) Network Security
6 110 (16.69%) VPN
7 103 (15.63%) DNS
8 95 (14.42%) MPLS
8 95 (14.42%) OSPF
9 85 (12.90%) Cisco Nexus
10 83 (12.59%) Cisco ASA
11 75 (11.38%) DHCP
12 74 (11.23%) Wireless
13 64 (9.71%) Cisco ISE
14 59 (8.95%) IPsec
15 52 (7.89%) SD-WAN
16 45 (6.83%) TCP/IP
17 40 (6.07%) Cisco IOS
17 40 (6.07%) VLAN
17 40 (6.07%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (0.91%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.46%) DB2
3 1 (0.15%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 12 (1.82%) Sonatype Nexus
2 9 (1.37%) JIRA
3 7 (1.06%) Rational DOORS
4 6 (0.91%) Git
5 1 (0.15%) Hudson
5 1 (0.15%) Jenkins
General
1 199 (30.20%) Social Skills
2 108 (16.39%) Finance
3 74 (11.23%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (11.08%) Public Sector
5 60 (9.10%) Telecoms
6 43 (6.53%) Banking
7 16 (2.43%) Marketing
8 14 (2.12%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (1.21%) Legal
10 8 (1.21%) Manufacturing
10 8 (1.21%) Retail
11 6 (0.91%) Aerospace
11 6 (0.91%) German Language
11 6 (0.91%) Local Government
12 4 (0.61%) Aeronautics
12 4 (0.61%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (0.61%) French Language
12 4 (0.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (0.61%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 330 (50.08%) Network Engineer
2 105 (15.93%) Senior
3 83 (12.59%) Architect
4 70 (10.62%) Senior Network Engineer
5 48 (7.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 39 (5.92%) Consultant
7 38 (5.77%) Analyst
8 32 (4.86%) Cisco Engineer
8 32 (4.86%) Network Architect
9 31 (4.70%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 30 (4.55%) Security Architect
11 29 (4.40%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
12 27 (4.10%) Support Engineer
13 19 (2.88%) Network Consultant
14 17 (2.58%) Security Consultant
15 16 (2.43%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 16 (2.43%) Lead
15 16 (2.43%) Security Analyst
15 16 (2.43%) Security Engineer
16 15 (2.28%) Network Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (3.34%) XML
2 20 (3.03%) Jinja
3 18 (2.73%) NETCONF
4 17 (2.58%) JSON
5 16 (2.43%) YANG
6 12 (1.82%) FIX Protocol
6 12 (1.82%) Web Services
7 11 (1.67%) 802.1X
8 6 (0.91%) Flash
9 5 (0.76%) .NET
10 3 (0.46%) EDI
10 3 (0.46%) EJB
10 3 (0.46%) J2EE
10 3 (0.46%) JSP
10 3 (0.46%) LDAP
10 3 (0.46%) SAML
10 3 (0.46%) Servlets
10 3 (0.46%) Ultra Messaging
11 1 (0.15%) web3js
11 1 (0.15%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 135 (20.49%) Data Centre
2 29 (4.40%) Management Information System
3 13 (1.97%) Cyber Threat
3 13 (1.97%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 13 (1.97%) Security Posture
4 12 (1.82%) Operational Technology
5 11 (1.67%) Clustering
5 11 (1.67%) PKI
5 11 (1.67%) Public Cloud
6 10 (1.52%) Hybrid Cloud
6 10 (1.52%) Video Conferencing
7 9 (1.37%) Data Protection Act
7 9 (1.37%) Distributed Architecture
7 9 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (1.06%) Driving Licence
8 7 (1.06%) IoT
9 6 (0.91%) Cloud Native
9 6 (0.91%) NHS
10 5 (0.76%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 72 (10.93%) Windows
2 43 (6.53%) Linux
3 28 (4.25%) Windows Server
4 24 (3.64%) Windows 10
5 17 (2.58%) Windows Server 2012
6 13 (1.97%) Windows Server 2016
6 13 (1.97%) Windows Server 2019
6 13 (1.97%) Windows XP
7 11 (1.67%) Unix
8 10 (1.52%) Windows 7
9 6 (0.91%) Mac OS
10 5 (0.76%) Windows 8
11 4 (0.61%) Android
12 1 (0.15%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (21.09%) Problem-Solving
2 111 (16.84%) ITIL
3 74 (11.23%) Computer Science
4 61 (9.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 58 (8.80%) Migration
6 55 (8.35%) Change Management
7 53 (8.04%) Customer Service
7 53 (8.04%) Cybersecurity
8 51 (7.74%) Network Design
9 46 (6.98%) Information Security
10 45 (6.83%) Project Management
11 42 (6.37%) Mentoring
12 41 (6.22%) Roadmaps
13 39 (5.92%) DevOps
14 36 (5.46%) Network Architecture
14 36 (5.46%) Network Monitoring
15 35 (5.31%) Cloud Security
16 34 (5.16%) SABSA
17 31 (4.70%) ITSM
18 30 (4.55%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 71 (10.77%) Python
2 30 (4.55%) PowerShell
3 17 (2.58%) Perl
4 11 (1.67%) Bash
4 11 (1.67%) Tcl
5 6 (0.91%) Java
5 6 (0.91%) SQL
6 2 (0.30%) C
6 2 (0.30%) C#
6 2 (0.30%) Go
6 2 (0.30%) Ruby
7 1 (0.15%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 375 (56.90%) CCNP
2 321 (48.71%) CCNA
3 167 (25.34%) Security Cleared
4 141 (21.40%) Degree
5 134 (20.33%) CCIE
6 118 (17.91%) SC Cleared
7 74 (11.23%) CISSP
8 56 (8.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 51 (7.74%) DV Cleared
10 44 (6.68%) CISM
11 41 (6.22%) Microsoft Certification
12 40 (6.07%) Computer Science Degree
13 37 (5.61%) JNCIA
14 27 (4.10%) CISA
14 27 (4.10%) Network+ Certification
15 25 (3.79%) MCSE
16 23 (3.49%) CRISC
17 22 (3.34%) CCSK
17 22 (3.34%) CCSP
17 22 (3.34%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (5.31%) NIST
2 34 (5.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 33 (5.01%) SLA
4 14 (2.12%) NIST 800
5 13 (1.97%) GRC
6 11 (1.67%) QA
7 10 (1.52%) NCSC
8 8 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 8 (1.21%) PCI DSS
9 7 (1.06%) COBIT
10 6 (0.91%) GDPR
11 4 (0.61%) ISO 31000
12 3 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.46%) ISO 22301
12 3 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 2 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 2 (0.30%) Disclosure Scotland
13 2 (0.30%) IASME
14 1 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
14 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
System Software
1 72 (10.93%) VMware Infrastructure
2 47 (7.13%) Active Directory
3 33 (5.01%) Hyper-V
4 29 (4.40%) VMware NSX
5 27 (4.10%) VMware ESXi
6 22 (3.34%) Firmware
7 12 (1.82%) vSphere
8 11 (1.67%) KVM
9 7 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
10 6 (0.91%) VMware Workstation
11 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 46 (6.98%) Ansible
2 29 (4.40%) SCCM
3 23 (3.49%) vCenter Server
4 18 (2.73%) FortiGate
5 17 (2.58%) Terraform
6 15 (2.28%) SCOM
7 14 (2.12%) EMC NetWorker
7 14 (2.12%) WSUS
8 13 (1.97%) NetBackup
9 12 (1.82%) Nessus
10 7 (1.06%) SolarWinds Orion
11 5 (0.76%) OpenView
12 4 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
13 3 (0.46%) ITRS Geneos
13 3 (0.46%) Kibana
13 3 (0.46%) Nagios
13 3 (0.46%) Netcool
13 3 (0.46%) WhatsUp Gold
14 2 (0.30%) Cisco Prime
14 2 (0.30%) QRadar
Vendors
1 445 (67.53%) Cisco
2 126 (19.12%) Palo Alto
3 115 (17.45%) Juniper
4 89 (13.51%) CheckPoint
4 89 (13.51%) VMware
5 87 (13.20%) Microsoft
6 68 (10.32%) F5
7 57 (8.65%) SolarWinds
8 55 (8.35%) Fortinet
9 44 (6.68%) Arista
10 36 (5.46%) Nokia
11 27 (4.10%) Infoblox
11 27 (4.10%) Meraki
12 26 (3.95%) Citrix
12 26 (3.95%) Dell
13 22 (3.34%) Zscaler
14 18 (2.73%) Symantec
15 17 (2.58%) Oracle
16 16 (2.43%) HP
16 16 (2.43%) Veeam