Cisco IOS Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Cisco IOS
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Cisco IOS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Cisco IOS 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.30% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.53% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
North West median daily rate £575 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65.75 - -
Median hourly rate £66.50 - -
75th Percentile £67.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £66.50 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Cheshire

Cisco IOS falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 131 84 108
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 19.97% 18.63% 27.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 46 71
10th Percentile £312 £246 £163
25th Percentile £356 £369 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £442 £474 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.75% -9.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £538 £573 £582
90th Percentile £636 £744 £588
North West median daily rate £458 £474 £500
% change year-on-year -3.43% -5.25% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.50 - -
Median hourly rate £16.00 - £17.72
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.84%
75th Percentile £31.06 - -
90th Percentile £67.25 - -
North West median hourly rate £20.00 £48.56 £17.72
% change year-on-year -58.81% +174.04% -10.87%

Cisco IOS
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cisco IOS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Cisco IOS job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Cisco IOS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Cisco IOS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco IOS within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 14 December 2025. 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
Warrington - 2 - -
Cisco IOS
North West

Cisco IOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) BGP
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) NX-OS
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) WLAN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) Task Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Perl
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCDP
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) F5
1 2 (100.00%) Meraki
1 2 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 2 (100.00%) SolarWinds