Cisco IOS Contract Job Trends in Cumbria

Cisco IOS
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cumbria requiring Cisco IOS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Cisco IOS 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cumbria 2.63% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.45% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £572 - -
25th Percentile £587 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £612 - -
75th Percentile £625 - -
90th Percentile £632 - -
North West median daily rate £594 £375 £433
% change year-on-year +58.27% -13.29% +127.63%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Cumbria

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 Cumbria.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 62 129 72
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria 40.79% 57.08% 27.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 50 61
10th Percentile £455 £400 £470
25th Percentile £475 £442 £493
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -8.70% +34.98%
75th Percentile £578 £588 £649
90th Percentile £630 £638 £672
North West median daily rate £500 £450 £480
% change year-on-year +11.11% -6.25% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £38.39
Median hourly rate - - £41.23
75th Percentile - - £44.07
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £41.94 £24.59 £26.00
% change year-on-year +70.59% -5.44% +7.87%

Cisco IOS
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

Cisco IOS job vacancy trend in Cumbria

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria

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

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

Cisco IOS
Contract Job Locations in Cumbria

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 Cumbria region over the 6 months to 16 March 2026. 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
Barrow-in-Furness - 2 £594 - 1
Cisco IOS
North West

Cisco IOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cumbria 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) DHCP
1 4 (100.00%) DNS
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) NAS
1 4 (100.00%) NX-OS
1 4 (100.00%) SAN
1 4 (100.00%) Structured Cabling
1 4 (100.00%) VLAN
1 4 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Architect
1 3 (75.00%) Network Architect
2 2 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Network Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Senior
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) ITSM
2 3 (75.00%) Network Segmentation
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) CCNA
1 4 (100.00%) CCNP
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Server+ Certification
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) ServiceNow