Cisco IOS Contract Job Trends in London

Cisco IOS
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Cisco IOS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 422 359 362
Rank change year-on-year -63 +3 +26
Contract jobs citing Cisco IOS 25 13 28
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.12% 0.096% 0.17%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.51% 0.95% 1.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 7 14
10th Percentile £343 £405 £109
25th Percentile £465 £494 £239
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £350
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +57.14% +6.06%
75th Percentile - £588 £516
90th Percentile £623 £625 £529
England median daily rate £575 £510 £408
% change year-on-year +12.75% +25.15% -2.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Median hourly rate - £38.75 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - -40.38% +91.18%
England median hourly rate £54.88 £30.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +82.92% -53.85% +120.34%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,661 1,364 1,537
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.17% 10.10% 9.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,059 865 989
10th Percentile £299 £293 £250
25th Percentile £405 £404 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year - -3.85% -5.45%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £725 £713 £715
England median daily rate £500 £492 £508
% change year-on-year +1.63% -3.05% +1.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 35 21
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.63 £20.00
25th Percentile £20.00 - £23.80
Median hourly rate £43.50 £25.15 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +72.96% -16.17% -7.34%
75th Percentile £73.75 £48.75 £51.75
90th Percentile £102.50 £61.85 £65.00
England median hourly rate £32.50 £41.23 £57.35
% change year-on-year -21.16% -28.12% +1.52%

Cisco IOS
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Cisco IOS job vacancy trend in London

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco IOS in London over the 6 months to 11 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco IOS in London

Cisco IOS
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Cisco IOS
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 11 September 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
Central London -24 2 £310 -40.95% 3
Cisco IOS
England

Cisco IOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (4.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Monis
Cloud Services
1 5 (20.00%) Azure
1 5 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (12.00%) Slack
3 2 (8.00%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (4.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (4.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 18 (72.00%) Firewall
2 17 (68.00%) BGP
3 12 (48.00%) NX-OS
4 11 (44.00%) WAN
5 7 (28.00%) IOS XR
5 7 (28.00%) TCP/IP
6 6 (24.00%) Ethernet
7 5 (20.00%) LAN
8 4 (16.00%) OSPF
9 3 (12.00%) Network Security
9 3 (12.00%) VLAN
9 3 (12.00%) VPN
9 3 (12.00%) WebEx
10 2 (8.00%) 4G
10 2 (8.00%) Wireless
11 1 (4.00%) DHCP
11 1 (4.00%) DNS
11 1 (4.00%) IPv4
11 1 (4.00%) IPv6
11 1 (4.00%) MPLS
Development Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Jenkins
General
1 13 (52.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (16.00%) Banking
3 3 (12.00%) Finance
4 2 (8.00%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (8.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 17 (68.00%) Network Engineer
2 6 (24.00%) Automation Engineer
3 5 (20.00%) Cisco Engineer
3 5 (20.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 5 (20.00%) Senior
4 4 (16.00%) Senior Cisco Engineer
4 4 (16.00%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
4 4 (16.00%) Senior Network Engineer
5 3 (12.00%) Desktop Engineer
5 3 (12.00%) Support Engineer
6 2 (8.00%) Architect
6 2 (8.00%) Desktop Support
6 2 (8.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 2 (8.00%) Network Security Engineer
6 2 (8.00%) Security Architect
6 2 (8.00%) Security Engineer
7 1 (4.00%) Analyst
7 1 (4.00%) Consultant
7 1 (4.00%) Network Consultant
7 1 (4.00%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (24.00%) Terraform
2 1 (4.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 12 (48.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (8.00%) Hedge funds
2 2 (8.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (8.00%) Mobile Computing
2 2 (8.00%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (4.00%) BYOD
3 1 (4.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.00%) Windows
2 4 (16.00%) Android
3 3 (12.00%) Linux
4 1 (4.00%) CentOS
4 1 (4.00%) Mac OS
4 1 (4.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (4.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (28.00%) Migration
2 6 (24.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 6 (24.00%) Mentoring
3 5 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 5 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
3 5 (20.00%) Project Planning
4 4 (16.00%) Change Control
5 3 (12.00%) AI
5 3 (12.00%) Asset Management
5 3 (12.00%) ITIL
5 3 (12.00%) Roadmaps
6 2 (8.00%) Agile
6 2 (8.00%) Analytics
6 2 (8.00%) Architecture Roadmap
6 2 (8.00%) CI/CD
6 2 (8.00%) Containerisation
6 2 (8.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 2 (8.00%) Open Source
6 2 (8.00%) Security Architecture
6 2 (8.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 13 (52.00%) Python
2 1 (4.00%) R
Qualifications
1 9 (36.00%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (32.00%) CCNP
3 3 (12.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (12.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (8.00%) CCIE
4 2 (8.00%) Degree
4 2 (8.00%) DV Cleared
5 1 (4.00%) CCIE Routing and Switching
5 1 (4.00%) CCIE Security
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.00%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (8.00%) Docker
1 2 (8.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (4.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (28.00%) Ansible
2 2 (8.00%) Docker Swarm
2 2 (8.00%) Kubernetes
3 1 (4.00%) FortiGate
3 1 (4.00%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 25 (100.00%) Cisco
2 13 (52.00%) Fortinet
3 10 (40.00%) Palo Alto
4 8 (32.00%) Microsoft
5 6 (24.00%) Arista
5 6 (24.00%) Juniper
6 3 (12.00%) Citrix
7 2 (8.00%) Apple
7 2 (8.00%) FireEye
7 2 (8.00%) VMware
8 1 (4.00%) Bloomberg
8 1 (4.00%) Dell
8 1 (4.00%) FactSet
8 1 (4.00%) Meraki
8 1 (4.00%) Reuters
8 1 (4.00%) Riverbed