IOS XR Contracts in England

Cisco IOS XR
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring IOS XR skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IOS XR over the 6 months leading up to 29 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 483 532 616
Rank change year-on-year +49 +84 +132
Contract jobs citing IOS XR 10 16 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.039% 0.043% 0.036%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.31% 0.33% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 11 9
10th Percentile £363 £463 -
25th Percentile £392 £530 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.91% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £528 £631 £575
90th Percentile £609 £725 £634
UK median daily rate £495 £588 £550
% change year-on-year -15.74% +6.82% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £36.63 - -
25th Percentile £37.19 - -
Median hourly rate £38.75 £65.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.38% -7.14% -
75th Percentile £39.69 - -
90th Percentile £39.88 - -
UK median hourly rate £38.75 £65.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -40.38% -7.14% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

IOS XR 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,257 4,825 6,017
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.78% 12.92% 12.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,009 2,869 3,909
10th Percentile £235 £213 £238
25th Percentile £363 £360 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £638
90th Percentile £675 £688 £738
UK median daily rate £480 £500 £507
% change year-on-year -4.00% -1.43% +1.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 397 392
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.87 £9.80
25th Percentile £16.30 £17.69 £10.63
Median hourly rate £37.50 £47.50 £20.71
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% +129.41% -15.49%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £62.55
90th Percentile £81.35 £74.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £45.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -5.56% +114.29% -26.32%

IOS XR
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing IOS XR as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for IOS XR in England

IOS XR
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IOS XR in England.

Daily rate trend for IOS XR in England

IOS XR
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IOS XR in England over the 6 months to 29 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IOS XR in England

IOS XR
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IOS XR in England.

Hourly rate trend for IOS XR in England

IOS XR
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IOS XR within the England region over the 6 months to 29 June 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
London +48 5 £495 -12.04% 7
North West - 2 £375 - 2
South West - 2 £375 -
East of England - 2 £520 - 3
North of England - 2 £375 - 2
IOS XR
UK

IOS XR
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) AWS
1 2 (20.00%) Azure
1 2 (20.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (80.00%) Cisco IOS
2 6 (60.00%) BGP
2 6 (60.00%) MPLS
2 6 (60.00%) OSPF
3 4 (40.00%) LAN
4 3 (30.00%) DHCP
4 3 (30.00%) DNS
4 3 (30.00%) Firewall
4 3 (30.00%) IPsec
4 3 (30.00%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (20.00%) BIG-IP
5 2 (20.00%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (20.00%) Ethernet VPN
5 2 (20.00%) Multicast
5 2 (20.00%) Network Security
5 2 (20.00%) VPN
5 2 (20.00%) VXLAN
5 2 (20.00%) WAN
5 2 (20.00%) Wireless
5 2 (20.00%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Network Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Designer
2 3 (30.00%) Network Designer
3 2 (20.00%) Implementation Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) LAN Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) LAN/WAN Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) WAN Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Cisco Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Core Network Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Network Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Data Centre
2 4 (40.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (20.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Customer Service
1 3 (30.00%) Load Balancing
1 3 (30.00%) Migration
1 3 (30.00%) Network Design
2 2 (20.00%) Customer Requirements
2 2 (20.00%) DevOps
2 2 (20.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 2 (20.00%) Network Monitoring
2 2 (20.00%) Security Patching
2 2 (20.00%) Validation
3 1 (10.00%) Change Management
3 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (70.00%) CCNA
1 7 (70.00%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (40.00%) CCNP
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) ZABBIX
2 2 (20.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) Cisco
2 4 (40.00%) Nokia
3 3 (30.00%) F5
3 3 (30.00%) Meraki
3 3 (30.00%) SolarWinds
4 2 (20.00%) Arista