Cisco IOS Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Cisco IOS
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Cisco IOS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 - 111
Rank change year-on-year - - +22
Contract jobs citing Cisco IOS 21 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 1.51% - 0.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.29% - 1.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £263 - £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 - £363
Median % change year-on-year - - -30.95%
75th Percentile £409 - £431
90th Percentile £482 - £443
England median daily rate £500 £425 £398
% change year-on-year +17.65% +6.92% -16.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £29.00 - -
Median hourly rate £30.00 - -
75th Percentile £31.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £30.00 £65.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -53.85% +160.00% -50.76%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East of England

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 East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 226 257 352
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 16.29% 17.81% 19.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 123 205
10th Percentile £200 £213 £210
25th Percentile £306 £281 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% - +12.50%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £575
90th Percentile £700 £600 £638
England median daily rate £485 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.00% - -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 47 60
10th Percentile £14.99 £18.52 £20.00
25th Percentile £16.30 £23.81 £63.13
Median hourly rate £49.75 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.55% -15.38% +30.00%
75th Percentile £66.69 £65.00 -
90th Percentile £83.18 - £73.75
England median hourly rate £34.00 £57.38 £56.49
% change year-on-year -40.74% +1.57% +36.12%

Cisco IOS
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Cisco IOS job vacancy trend in the East of England

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Cisco IOS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco IOS in the East of England over the 6 months to 16 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco IOS in the East of England

Cisco IOS
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Cisco IOS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England region over the 6 months to 16 October 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
Cambridgeshire - 9 - -
Bedfordshire - 8 - -
Hertfordshire - 2 £275 - 1
Suffolk - 2 £520 -
Cisco IOS
England

Cisco IOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 8 (38.10%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (47.62%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 14 (66.67%) Firewall
2 9 (42.86%) DHCP
2 9 (42.86%) DNS
3 7 (33.33%) PuTTY
4 4 (19.05%) LAN
4 4 (19.05%) WAN
4 4 (19.05%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (19.05%) Wireless
4 4 (19.05%) WLAN
5 2 (9.52%) 802.11
5 2 (9.52%) BIG-IP
5 2 (9.52%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (9.52%) Cisco Wireless
5 2 (9.52%) IOS XR
5 2 (9.52%) IPsec
5 2 (9.52%) SD-WAN
5 2 (9.52%) VPN
6 1 (4.76%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 8 (38.10%) Games
2 7 (33.33%) Manufacturing
3 2 (9.52%) Publishing
3 2 (9.52%) Social Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (38.10%) Platform Engineer
2 7 (33.33%) Analyst
2 7 (33.33%) Network Analyst
2 7 (33.33%) Network Engineer
3 5 (23.81%) Network Support
3 5 (23.81%) Network Support Analyst
3 5 (23.81%) Network Support Engineer
3 5 (23.81%) Support Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Designer
4 2 (9.52%) IT Support
4 2 (9.52%) Network Designer
4 2 (9.52%) Senior
4 2 (9.52%) Senior Network Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.52%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) Data Centre
1 2 (9.52%) Security Posture
1 2 (9.52%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (47.62%) Android
1 10 (47.62%) Windows
2 8 (38.10%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (38.10%) E-Commerce
2 7 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 4 (19.05%) Process Improvement
4 2 (9.52%) Asset Management
4 2 (9.52%) Change Management
4 2 (9.52%) Customer Requirements
4 2 (9.52%) IT Asset Management
4 2 (9.52%) ITIL
4 2 (9.52%) ITSM
4 2 (9.52%) Load Balancing
4 2 (9.52%) Network Architecture
4 2 (9.52%) Network Design
4 2 (9.52%) Problem Management
4 2 (9.52%) Project Management
5 1 (4.76%) AI
5 1 (4.76%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (4.76%) DevOps
5 1 (4.76%) Generative AI
5 1 (4.76%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 8 (38.10%) PowerShell
2 2 (9.52%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (52.38%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (42.86%) CCNA
3 7 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (33.33%) Degree
4 3 (14.29%) CCNP
5 2 (9.52%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (38.10%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (38.10%) Microsoft Intune
1 8 (38.10%) SCCM
2 2 (9.52%) Ansible
Vendors
1 21 (100.00%) Cisco
2 15 (71.43%) Microsoft
3 12 (57.14%) Meraki
4 8 (38.10%) Splunk
5 5 (23.81%) ServiceNow
6 2 (9.52%) F5
6 2 (9.52%) Palo Alto
6 2 (9.52%) Peregrine
6 2 (9.52%) Remedy