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

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 181 180 277
Rank change year-on-year -1 +97 -8
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 169 348 418
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.14% 1.41% 0.95%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.25% 5.55% 4.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 214 284
10th Percentile £300 £363 £352
25th Percentile £350 £438 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £523
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -4.31% +22.94%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £588
90th Percentile £750 £746 £650
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.50% - +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 13 7
10th Percentile £15.96 £34.70 £24.45
25th Percentile £17.59 £47.50 £29.63
Median hourly rate £19.87 £77.50 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -74.36% +80.23% +85.26%
75th Percentile £21.49 £80.25 £54.84
90th Percentile £22.85 £81.00 £60.92
UK median hourly rate £17.50 £62.00 £43.37
% change year-on-year -71.77% +42.96% +3.26%

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 3,979 6,270 8,714
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 26.83% 25.36% 19.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,532 4,228 6,132
10th Percentile £335 £380 £369
25th Percentile £438 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £725 £745 £700
UK median daily rate £531 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.45% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 249 264 226
10th Percentile £14.71 £19.00 £19.95
25th Percentile £24.25 £42.50 £39.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £63.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.75% +28.57% +22.50%
75th Percentile £68.75 £71.56 £65.89
90th Percentile £85.00 £81.35 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £43.85
% change year-on-year -25.93% +23.15% +13.90%

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 15 May 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 3 (1.78%) Apache
1 3 (1.78%) IIS
1 3 (1.78%) WebLogic
1 3 (1.78%) WebSphere
2 2 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.18%) OpenStack
2 2 (1.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.78%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (1.78%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 11 (6.51%) AWS
1 11 (6.51%) Azure
2 4 (2.37%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (1.18%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (1.18%) Catchpoint
3 2 (1.18%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (1.18%) GCP
3 2 (1.18%) OneDrive
3 2 (1.18%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 1 (0.59%) Cloudflare
4 1 (0.59%) Entra ID
4 1 (0.59%) IaaS
4 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (0.59%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 70 (41.42%) Firewall
2 48 (28.40%) WAN
3 40 (23.67%) BGP
4 37 (21.89%) Cisco ASA
5 35 (20.71%) OSPF
6 34 (20.12%) VPN
7 30 (17.75%) Cisco Nexus
8 29 (17.16%) MPLS
9 28 (16.57%) LAN
9 28 (16.57%) Network Security
10 23 (13.61%) Cisco ISE
11 21 (12.43%) DNS
11 21 (12.43%) SD-WAN
12 20 (11.83%) Wireless
13 17 (10.06%) DHCP
14 16 (9.47%) EIGRP
15 15 (8.88%) IPsec
16 14 (8.28%) TCP/IP
17 13 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
18 12 (7.10%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.78%) DB2
Development Applications
1 5 (2.96%) Sonatype Nexus
2 4 (2.37%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.59%) Jenkins
General
1 37 (21.89%) Finance
1 37 (21.89%) Social Skills
2 16 (9.47%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (8.28%) Telecoms
4 12 (7.10%) Public Sector
5 5 (2.96%) Banking
6 4 (2.37%) Aeronautics
6 4 (2.37%) Aerospace
6 4 (2.37%) Legal
7 3 (1.78%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.18%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.59%) Back Office
9 1 (0.59%) Digital Health
9 1 (0.59%) Fire and Rescue
9 1 (0.59%) German Language
9 1 (0.59%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.59%) Local Government
9 1 (0.59%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.59%) Police
9 1 (0.59%) Retail
Job Titles
1 84 (49.70%) Network Engineer
2 20 (11.83%) Architect
3 19 (11.24%) Senior
4 14 (8.28%) Consultant
5 12 (7.10%) Cisco Engineer
6 11 (6.51%) Network Consultant
7 10 (5.92%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 9 (5.33%) Senior Network Engineer
9 8 (4.73%) Analyst
9 8 (4.73%) Network Architect
9 8 (4.73%) Operations Engineer
9 8 (4.73%) Solutions Architect
10 6 (3.55%) Developer
10 6 (3.55%) Security Analyst
10 6 (3.55%) Senior Consultant
10 6 (3.55%) Senior Network Consultant
11 5 (2.96%) Firewall Engineer
11 5 (2.96%) Network Operations Engineer
11 5 (2.96%) WAN Engineer
12 4 (2.37%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.92%) FIX Protocol
2 6 (3.55%) Web Services
3 5 (2.96%) Jinja
3 5 (2.96%) XML
4 3 (1.78%) .NET
4 3 (1.78%) EDI
4 3 (1.78%) EJB
4 3 (1.78%) J2EE
4 3 (1.78%) JSP
4 3 (1.78%) LDAP
4 3 (1.78%) Servlets
5 2 (1.18%) Ultra Messaging
6 1 (0.59%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 17 (10.06%) Data Centre
2 7 (4.14%) Management Information System
3 6 (3.55%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (2.96%) Clustering
5 4 (2.37%) Operational Technology
6 3 (1.78%) CCTV
6 3 (1.78%) SCADA
6 3 (1.78%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.18%) IPTV
7 2 (1.18%) NHS
7 2 (1.18%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.59%) Fibre Optics
8 1 (0.59%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.59%) IoT
8 1 (0.59%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.59%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (0.59%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.37%) Windows
1 4 (2.37%) Windows Server
2 2 (1.18%) Linux
2 2 (1.18%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.59%) Debian
3 1 (0.59%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (16.57%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (10.65%) Change Management
2 18 (10.65%) ITIL
2 18 (10.65%) Low Latency
3 15 (8.88%) Information Security
3 15 (8.88%) Network Design
4 13 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
4 13 (7.69%) High Availability
4 13 (7.69%) Roadmaps
5 12 (7.10%) Strategic Roadmap
6 11 (6.51%) Computer Science
6 11 (6.51%) Decision-Making
6 11 (6.51%) Incident Management
7 10 (5.92%) Algorithmic Trading
7 10 (5.92%) DevOps
7 10 (5.92%) TOGAF
8 9 (5.33%) Network Monitoring
8 9 (5.33%) Network Virtualisation
8 9 (5.33%) Project Management
9 8 (4.73%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 20 (11.83%) Python
2 7 (4.14%) Perl
3 5 (2.96%) Tcl
4 3 (1.78%) Java
4 3 (1.78%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.78%) SQL
Qualifications
1 121 (71.60%) CCNP
2 76 (44.97%) CCNA
3 48 (28.40%) CCIE
4 38 (22.49%) Security Cleared
5 28 (16.57%) SC Cleared
6 19 (11.24%) Degree
6 19 (11.24%) JNCIA
7 18 (10.65%) CISSP
8 9 (5.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 8 (4.73%) CCDP
9 8 (4.73%) CISM
9 8 (4.73%) DV Cleared
10 7 (4.14%) CCSP
10 7 (4.14%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (4.14%) JNCIS
11 6 (3.55%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (2.96%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (2.37%) HND
13 4 (2.37%) MCSA
13 4 (2.37%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.92%) SLA
2 4 (2.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (2.37%) NIST
3 3 (1.78%) GRC
3 3 (1.78%) QA
4 2 (1.18%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (1.18%) GDPR
4 2 (1.18%) NCSC
5 1 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (0.59%) NIST 800
System Software
1 14 (8.28%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (7.69%) VMware NSX
3 7 (4.14%) Firmware
4 2 (1.18%) Active Directory
4 2 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.59%) KVM
Systems Management
1 18 (10.65%) Ansible
2 4 (2.37%) FortiGate
3 3 (1.78%) Kibana
4 2 (1.18%) ITRS Geneos
4 2 (1.18%) Nessus
4 2 (1.18%) SCCM
5 1 (0.59%) Icinga
5 1 (0.59%) Nagios
5 1 (0.59%) QRadar
5 1 (0.59%) Terraform
Vendors
1 133 (78.70%) Cisco
2 46 (27.22%) Palo Alto
3 28 (16.57%) Juniper
4 22 (13.02%) F5
5 19 (11.24%) SolarWinds
6 18 (10.65%) Fortinet
7 17 (10.06%) CheckPoint
8 16 (9.47%) VMware
9 11 (6.51%) Arista
10 10 (5.92%) Meraki
11 8 (4.73%) Microsoft
11 8 (4.73%) Zscaler
12 7 (4.14%) Aruba
12 7 (4.14%) Citrix
12 7 (4.14%) Nokia
13 5 (2.96%) IBM
14 4 (2.37%) Ciena
14 4 (2.37%) Infoblox
14 4 (2.37%) Riverbed
14 4 (2.37%) Splunk