Cisco IOS Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Cisco IOS
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Cisco IOS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 118 126
Rank change year-on-year -26 +8 +31
Contract jobs citing Cisco IOS 2 3 3
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.088% 0.17% 0.14%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.02% 1.78% 1.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - £490 -
25th Percentile £305 £494 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -40.95% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £315 £613 £525
90th Percentile - £643 -
Central London median daily rate £310 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -40.95% +5.00% +73.91%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
City of London

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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 197 169 194
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 8.70% 9.59% 9.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 135 122 113
10th Percentile £294 £263 £350
25th Percentile £400 £365 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £536 £527
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% +1.80% -2.50%
75th Percentile £638 £672 £638
90th Percentile £715 £737 £757
Central London median daily rate £514 £536 £525
% change year-on-year -4.15% +2.10% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 0
10th Percentile £19.40 £27.56 -
25th Percentile £19.50 £33.28 -
Median hourly rate £30.00 £44.11 -
Median % change year-on-year -31.98% - -
75th Percentile £65.00 £55.49 -
90th Percentile £119.20 £61.54 -
Central London median hourly rate £62.50 £44.11 -
% change year-on-year +41.70% - -

Cisco IOS
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Cisco IOS job vacancy trend in the City of London

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Cisco IOS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Cisco IOS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Monis
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) BGP
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
1 1 (50.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Network Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Security Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) IT Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) IT Support
1 1 (50.00%) IT Support Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Network Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Security Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Cisco Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Network Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Network Security Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Security Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) BYOD
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Break/Fix
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) High Availability
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) R
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CCIE
1 1 (50.00%) CCIE Routing and Switching
1 1 (50.00%) CCIE Security
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) Apple
2 1 (50.00%) Bloomberg
2 1 (50.00%) FactSet
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Reuters
2 1 (50.00%) Riverbed