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

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 184 169 258
Rank change year-on-year -15 +89 +14
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 171 351 430
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.16% 1.42% 0.98%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.35% 5.62% 4.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 216 291
10th Percentile £300 £363 £356
25th Percentile £350 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% -4.76% +23.53%
75th Percentile £638 £647 £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 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 £43.74
% change year-on-year -71.77% +41.75% +6.68%

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 3,932 6,241 8,772
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 26.64% 25.33% 19.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,519 4,218 6,182
10th Percentile £335 £381 £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 £533 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.09% +4.76% +7.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 255 225
10th Percentile £14.79 £19.10 £20.54
25th Percentile £24.06 £42.50 £39.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £63.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.75% +28.57% +25.83%
75th Percentile £68.52 £71.63 £66.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £81.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.99 £43.95
% change year-on-year -27.26% +25.12% +20.41%

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 18 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 (1.75%) Apache
1 3 (1.75%) IIS
1 3 (1.75%) WebLogic
1 3 (1.75%) WebSphere
2 2 (1.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.17%) OpenStack
2 2 (1.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (1.75%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 13 (7.60%) AWS
2 11 (6.43%) Azure
3 3 (1.75%) GCP
3 3 (1.75%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (1.17%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (1.17%) Catchpoint
4 2 (1.17%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (1.17%) OneDrive
4 2 (1.17%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 1 (0.58%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (0.58%) Cloudflare
5 1 (0.58%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.58%) IaaS
5 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (0.58%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 72 (42.11%) Firewall
2 50 (29.24%) WAN
3 41 (23.98%) BGP
4 38 (22.22%) Cisco ASA
5 36 (21.05%) OSPF
6 35 (20.47%) VPN
7 30 (17.54%) Cisco Nexus
7 30 (17.54%) LAN
7 30 (17.54%) MPLS
7 30 (17.54%) Network Security
8 23 (13.45%) Cisco ISE
8 23 (13.45%) SD-WAN
9 22 (12.87%) DNS
10 20 (11.70%) Wireless
11 17 (9.94%) DHCP
11 17 (9.94%) EIGRP
12 16 (9.36%) IPsec
13 15 (8.77%) TCP/IP
14 14 (8.19%) Wi-Fi
15 12 (7.02%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.75%) DB2
Development Applications
1 5 (2.92%) Sonatype Nexus
2 4 (2.34%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.58%) Jenkins
General
1 37 (21.64%) Finance
2 36 (21.05%) Social Skills
3 16 (9.36%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (8.19%) Telecoms
5 11 (6.43%) Public Sector
6 5 (2.92%) Banking
7 4 (2.34%) Aeronautics
7 4 (2.34%) Aerospace
7 4 (2.34%) Legal
8 3 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.17%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.58%) Back Office
10 1 (0.58%) Digital Health
10 1 (0.58%) Fire and Rescue
10 1 (0.58%) German Language
10 1 (0.58%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.58%) Police
10 1 (0.58%) Retail
Job Titles
1 84 (49.12%) Network Engineer
2 20 (11.70%) Architect
3 19 (11.11%) Senior
4 15 (8.77%) Consultant
5 12 (7.02%) Cisco Engineer
5 12 (7.02%) Network Consultant
6 10 (5.85%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 9 (5.26%) Network Architect
7 9 (5.26%) Senior Network Engineer
8 8 (4.68%) Analyst
8 8 (4.68%) Operations Engineer
8 8 (4.68%) Solutions Architect
9 6 (3.51%) Developer
9 6 (3.51%) Security Analyst
9 6 (3.51%) Senior Consultant
9 6 (3.51%) Senior Network Consultant
10 5 (2.92%) Firewall Engineer
10 5 (2.92%) Network Operations Engineer
10 5 (2.92%) Support Engineer
10 5 (2.92%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.85%) FIX Protocol
2 6 (3.51%) Web Services
3 5 (2.92%) Jinja
3 5 (2.92%) XML
4 3 (1.75%) .NET
4 3 (1.75%) EDI
4 3 (1.75%) EJB
4 3 (1.75%) J2EE
4 3 (1.75%) JSP
4 3 (1.75%) LDAP
4 3 (1.75%) Servlets
5 2 (1.17%) Ultra Messaging
6 1 (0.58%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 17 (9.94%) Data Centre
2 7 (4.09%) Management Information System
3 6 (3.51%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (2.92%) Clustering
5 4 (2.34%) Operational Technology
6 3 (1.75%) CCTV
6 3 (1.75%) SCADA
6 3 (1.75%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (1.17%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.17%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.17%) IPTV
7 2 (1.17%) NHS
7 2 (1.17%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.58%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.58%) Fibre Optics
8 1 (0.58%) IoT
8 1 (0.58%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.58%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.92%) Windows
2 4 (2.34%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.17%) Linux
3 2 (1.17%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.58%) Debian
4 1 (0.58%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.58%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (16.37%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (10.53%) Change Management
2 18 (10.53%) ITIL
2 18 (10.53%) Low Latency
3 15 (8.77%) Information Security
3 15 (8.77%) Network Design
4 13 (7.60%) High Availability
4 13 (7.60%) Roadmaps
5 12 (7.02%) Cybersecurity
5 12 (7.02%) Strategic Roadmap
6 11 (6.43%) Computer Science
6 11 (6.43%) Decision-Making
6 11 (6.43%) Incident Management
7 10 (5.85%) Algorithmic Trading
7 10 (5.85%) DevOps
8 9 (5.26%) Network Architecture
8 9 (5.26%) Network Monitoring
8 9 (5.26%) Network Virtualisation
8 9 (5.26%) Project Management
8 9 (5.26%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 21 (12.28%) Python
2 7 (4.09%) Perl
3 5 (2.92%) Tcl
4 3 (1.75%) Java
4 3 (1.75%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.75%) SQL
Qualifications
1 124 (72.51%) CCNP
2 77 (45.03%) CCNA
3 50 (29.24%) CCIE
4 38 (22.22%) Security Cleared
5 28 (16.37%) SC Cleared
6 19 (11.11%) Degree
6 19 (11.11%) JNCIA
7 17 (9.94%) CISSP
8 8 (4.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 8 (4.68%) CCDP
8 8 (4.68%) CISM
8 8 (4.68%) DV Cleared
9 7 (4.09%) CCSP
9 7 (4.09%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (4.09%) JNCIS
10 6 (3.51%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (3.51%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (2.92%) MCSA
12 4 (2.34%) Network+ Certification
12 4 (2.34%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.85%) SLA
2 4 (2.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.75%) GRC
3 3 (1.75%) NIST
3 3 (1.75%) QA
4 2 (1.17%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (1.17%) GDPR
5 1 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (0.58%) NCSC
5 1 (0.58%) NIST 800
System Software
1 14 (8.19%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (7.60%) VMware NSX
3 7 (4.09%) Firmware
4 3 (1.75%) Active Directory
4 3 (1.75%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.58%) KVM
Systems Management
1 18 (10.53%) Ansible
2 4 (2.34%) FortiGate
3 3 (1.75%) Kibana
4 2 (1.17%) ITRS Geneos
4 2 (1.17%) Nessus
4 2 (1.17%) SCCM
5 1 (0.58%) Icinga
5 1 (0.58%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.58%) Nagios
5 1 (0.58%) QRadar
5 1 (0.58%) Terraform
Vendors
1 135 (78.95%) Cisco
2 47 (27.49%) Palo Alto
3 28 (16.37%) Juniper
4 23 (13.45%) F5
5 19 (11.11%) SolarWinds
6 18 (10.53%) CheckPoint
6 18 (10.53%) Fortinet
7 16 (9.36%) VMware
8 11 (6.43%) Arista
9 10 (5.85%) Meraki
10 9 (5.26%) Zscaler
11 8 (4.68%) Aruba
12 7 (4.09%) Citrix
12 7 (4.09%) Microsoft
12 7 (4.09%) Nokia
13 5 (2.92%) IBM
14 4 (2.34%) Ciena
14 4 (2.34%) Infoblox
14 4 (2.34%) Riverbed
14 4 (2.34%) Splunk