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 19 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 390 326 359
Rank change year-on-year -64 +33 +98
Contract jobs citing Cisco IOS 21 25 37
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.12% 0.20% 0.21%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.50% 1.91% 2.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 10 32
10th Percentile £426 £399 £157
25th Percentile £510 £438 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £525 £258
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +103.88% -26.48%
75th Percentile £800 £575 £581
90th Percentile £830 £600 £600
England median daily rate £575 £550 £421
% change year-on-year +4.55% +30.74% +0.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £38.75 -
England median hourly rate - £38.75 £26.88
% change year-on-year - +44.19% -61.61%

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 1,398 1,307 1,663
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.77% 10.52% 9.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 926 831 1,116
10th Percentile £300 £263 £213
25th Percentile £409 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.65% - -11.89%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £619
90th Percentile £704 £719 £738
England median daily rate £500 £500 £495
% change year-on-year - +1.01% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 16 50
10th Percentile £19.34 £24.21 £14.46
25th Percentile £22.50 £24.66 £16.40
Median hourly rate £26.11 £38.75 £22.75
Median % change year-on-year -32.62% +70.33% -37.28%
75th Percentile £37.25 £50.50 £41.25
90th Percentile £95.00 £62.25 £60.00
England median hourly rate £40.54 £29.66 £40.00
% change year-on-year +36.68% -25.85% +122.22%

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 19 May 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
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 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (4.76%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.52%) Azure
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 17 (80.95%) BGP
2 16 (76.19%) Firewall
2 16 (76.19%) WAN
3 12 (57.14%) NX-OS
3 12 (57.14%) OSPF
4 8 (38.10%) IOS XR
4 8 (38.10%) SD-WAN
5 7 (33.33%) LAN
6 4 (19.05%) Cisco Nexus
6 4 (19.05%) Ethernet VPN
6 4 (19.05%) MPLS
6 4 (19.05%) Network Security
6 4 (19.05%) VXLAN
7 3 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (14.29%) SNMP
7 3 (14.29%) VLAN
8 2 (9.52%) Cisco ISE
8 2 (9.52%) Ethernet
8 2 (9.52%) TCP/IP
9 1 (4.76%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 4 (19.05%) Git
2 2 (9.52%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 4 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (19.05%) Social Skills
2 3 (14.29%) Finance
2 3 (14.29%) Financial Institution
3 1 (4.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (66.67%) Network Engineer
2 5 (23.81%) Automation Engineer
2 5 (23.81%) Senior
2 5 (23.81%) Senior Network Engineer
3 4 (19.05%) Architect
3 4 (19.05%) Cisco Engineer
3 4 (19.05%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 3 (14.29%) Senior Cisco Engineer
4 3 (14.29%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Cisco Security Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Desktop Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Juniper Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Network Security Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Network Support
5 1 (4.76%) Security Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Senior Automation Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Telecoms Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Telecoms Test Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (19.05%) Jinja
Miscellaneous
1 8 (38.10%) Data Centre
2 2 (9.52%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (9.52%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.76%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (14.29%) Windows
2 1 (4.76%) Android
2 1 (4.76%) CentOS
2 1 (4.76%) Linux
2 1 (4.76%) Mac OS
2 1 (4.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (4.76%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (38.10%) Infrastructure as Code
1 8 (38.10%) Mentoring
2 7 (33.33%) Performance Management
3 5 (23.81%) Change Management
4 4 (19.05%) Agile
4 4 (19.05%) AI
4 4 (19.05%) Analytics
4 4 (19.05%) CI/CD
4 4 (19.05%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (19.05%) Customer Requirements
4 4 (19.05%) DevOps
4 4 (19.05%) Network Monitoring
4 4 (19.05%) Performance Tuning
4 4 (19.05%) Predictive Analytics
4 4 (19.05%) Proactive Management
5 3 (14.29%) Break/Fix
5 3 (14.29%) Change Control
5 3 (14.29%) Knowledge Transfer
5 3 (14.29%) Load Balancing
5 3 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (47.62%) Python
2 2 (9.52%) ActionScript
3 1 (4.76%) Bash
Qualifications
1 8 (38.10%) CCNP
1 8 (38.10%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (19.05%) CCIE
3 1 (4.76%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (9.52%) Virtual Servers
1 2 (9.52%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (9.52%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (4.76%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (47.62%) Ansible
2 4 (19.05%) Terraform
3 3 (14.29%) FortiGate
4 1 (4.76%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 21 (100.00%) Cisco
2 9 (42.86%) Palo Alto
3 8 (38.10%) Arista
4 5 (23.81%) F5
4 5 (23.81%) Fortinet
5 3 (14.29%) Juniper
6 2 (9.52%) Infoblox
6 2 (9.52%) VMware
6 2 (9.52%) Zscaler
7 1 (4.76%) Apple
7 1 (4.76%) Dell
7 1 (4.76%) Meraki
7 1 (4.76%) Microsoft