Cisco IOS Contracts in London

Cisco IOS
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Cisco IOS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cisco IOS over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 327 345 452
Rank change year-on-year +18 +107 +99
Contract jobs citing Cisco IOS 26 46 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.21% 0.26% 0.15%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.98% 2.68% 1.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 36 31
10th Percentile £414 £165 £188
25th Percentile £463 £210 £224
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £365 £390
Median % change year-on-year +50.68% -6.41% -13.33%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £435
90th Percentile £598 - £488
England median daily rate £550 £433 £420
% change year-on-year +27.17% +2.98% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £70.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate - £30.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year - -57.14% +194.74%

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 1,315 1,719 2,676
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 10.48% 9.64% 9.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 838 1,144 1,885
10th Percentile £263 £213 £256
25th Percentile £400 £350 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £560
Median % change year-on-year - -10.71% +1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £675
90th Percentile £725 £741 £775
England median daily rate £500 £490 £525
% change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 59 53
10th Percentile £24.66 £14.48 £20.22
25th Percentile £25.60 £18.36 £22.63
Median hourly rate £43.75 £22.00 £46.00
Median % change year-on-year +98.86% -52.17% +31.43%
75th Percentile £51.50 £41.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £62.65 £60.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
% change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%

Cisco IOS
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Cisco IOS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco IOS in London

Cisco IOS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cisco IOS in London.

Daily rate trend for Cisco IOS in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco IOS in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco IOS in London

Cisco IOS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cisco IOS in London.

Hourly rate trend for Cisco IOS in London

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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 1 May 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
South London - 2 £600 -
Central London 0 1 £425 +77.08% 3
Cisco IOS
England

Cisco IOS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (26.92%) SharePoint
2 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (3.85%) CMS
3 1 (3.85%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 8 (30.77%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (7.69%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 7 (26.92%) Microsoft 365
1 7 (26.92%) OneDrive
2 4 (15.38%) Azure
3 2 (7.69%) AWS
3 2 (7.69%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.85%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (3.85%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 21 (80.77%) Firewall
2 19 (73.08%) Network Security
3 17 (65.38%) BGP
3 17 (65.38%) OSPF
4 12 (46.15%) EIGRP
5 11 (42.31%) RIP
5 11 (42.31%) Spanning Tree
6 9 (34.62%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (30.77%) NX-OS
8 7 (26.92%) HSRP
8 7 (26.92%) Wireshark
9 6 (23.08%) VRRP
9 6 (23.08%) Wireless
10 5 (19.23%) VPN
11 4 (15.38%) SSL
11 4 (15.38%) WAN
12 3 (11.54%) DNS
12 3 (11.54%) Internet
12 3 (11.54%) IPsec
12 3 (11.54%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 16 (61.54%) Social Skills
2 12 (46.15%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (26.92%) Finance
4 3 (11.54%) Telecoms
5 2 (7.69%) Banking
5 2 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.85%) Dutch Language
6 1 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.85%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 22 (84.62%) Network Engineer
2 6 (23.08%) Deployment Engineer
2 6 (23.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 6 (23.08%) Network Deployment Engineer
2 6 (23.08%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 5 (19.23%) Network Security Engineer
3 5 (19.23%) Security Engineer
3 5 (19.23%) Senior
3 5 (19.23%) Senior Network Engineer
4 4 (15.38%) Cisco Engineer
4 4 (15.38%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 4 (15.38%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Implementation Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Juniper Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Network Implementation Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Core Network Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Infrastructure Manager
6 1 (3.85%) Lead
6 1 (3.85%) Service Desk Team Leader
6 1 (3.85%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (53.85%) 802.1X
2 1 (3.85%) JSON
2 1 (3.85%) XML
2 1 (3.85%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) Data Centre
1 4 (15.38%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (3.85%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (3.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (3.85%) iPhone
2 1 (3.85%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 7 (26.92%) Windows
2 6 (23.08%) Linux
3 5 (19.23%) CatOS
3 5 (19.23%) Windows 10
4 4 (15.38%) Unix
4 4 (15.38%) Windows Server
5 2 (7.69%) Android
6 1 (3.85%) Mac OS X
6 1 (3.85%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (53.85%) Network Monitoring
2 11 (42.31%) Matrix Organization
2 11 (42.31%) Service Management
3 7 (26.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 6 (23.08%) ITIL
4 6 (23.08%) Service Delivery
5 4 (15.38%) ITSM
6 3 (11.54%) Change Management
6 3 (11.54%) Migration
6 3 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (7.69%) Architecture Roadmap
7 2 (7.69%) Containerisation
7 2 (7.69%) Customer Service
7 2 (7.69%) Decision-Making
7 2 (7.69%) High Availability
7 2 (7.69%) Network Virtualisation
7 2 (7.69%) Product Management
7 2 (7.69%) Project Delivery
7 2 (7.69%) Roadmaps
7 2 (7.69%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (19.23%) Python
2 3 (11.54%) PowerShell
3 2 (7.69%) Perl
Qualifications
1 16 (61.54%) Cisco Certification
2 14 (53.85%) CCNP
3 6 (23.08%) CCNA
4 4 (15.38%) CCIE
4 4 (15.38%) CCSE
5 3 (11.54%) Degree
6 1 (3.85%) CCSA
6 1 (3.85%) SC Cleared
6 1 (3.85%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 7 (26.92%) Active Directory
2 5 (19.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.85%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (15.38%) Ansible
2 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (3.85%) CA Spectrum
3 1 (3.85%) Cisco LMS
3 1 (3.85%) Cisco Prime
3 1 (3.85%) FortiGate
3 1 (3.85%) Kubernetes
3 1 (3.85%) Netcool
3 1 (3.85%) OfficeScan
3 1 (3.85%) SCCM
3 1 (3.85%) Terraform
3 1 (3.85%) Trend Micro Deep Security
3 1 (3.85%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 26 (100.00%) Cisco
2 8 (30.77%) Microsoft
3 6 (23.08%) Juniper
4 5 (19.23%) CheckPoint
4 5 (19.23%) VMware
5 4 (15.38%) SolarWinds
6 3 (11.54%) Fortinet
6 3 (11.54%) McAfee
7 2 (7.69%) Apple
7 2 (7.69%) Arista
7 2 (7.69%) F5
7 2 (7.69%) Mitel
7 2 (7.69%) Palo Alto
7 2 (7.69%) Splunk
8 1 (3.85%) Aruba
8 1 (3.85%) Barracuda Networks
8 1 (3.85%) Meraki
8 1 (3.85%) Refinitiv
8 1 (3.85%) Riverbed
8 1 (3.85%) Zscaler