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 23 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 331 374 436
Rank change year-on-year +43 +62 +108
Contract jobs citing Cisco IOS 23 33 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.18% 0.19% 0.15%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.78% 1.99% 1.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 25 34
10th Percentile £373 £160 £188
25th Percentile £422 £190 £228
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £275 £294
Median % change year-on-year +78.18% -6.38% -38.16%
75th Percentile £544 £530 £420
90th Percentile £600 £590 £450
England median daily rate £550 £421 £418
% change year-on-year +30.74% +0.76% -7.22%
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 - -
England median hourly rate £30.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -53.85% +36.84% +6.74%

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 1,290 1,659 2,585
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 10.28% 9.43% 10.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 835 1,103 1,814
10th Percentile £263 £225 £250
25th Percentile £398 £350 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -
75th Percentile £625 £619 £669
90th Percentile £725 £738 £774
England median daily rate £495 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -0.96% -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 50 50
10th Percentile £18.95 £14.46 £18.93
25th Percentile £24.66 £16.40 £22.66
Median hourly rate £37.50 £23.65 £36.27
Median % change year-on-year +58.56% -34.79% +35.59%
75th Percentile £51.00 £41.25 £68.81
90th Percentile £62.85 £60.00 £75.50
England median hourly rate £37.07 £45.44 £18.97
% change year-on-year -18.41% +139.60% -20.98%

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

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco IOS in London over the 6 months to 23 June 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 23 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
Central London +2 2 £468 +94.79% 3
South London - 2 £600 -
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 2 (8.70%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (4.35%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (8.70%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (21.74%) Azure
2 3 (13.04%) AWS
3 2 (8.70%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (8.70%) OneDrive
3 2 (8.70%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 1 (4.35%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (4.35%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 19 (82.61%) BGP
1 19 (82.61%) OSPF
2 16 (69.57%) Firewall
3 14 (60.87%) Network Security
4 12 (52.17%) EIGRP
5 11 (47.83%) RIP
5 11 (47.83%) Spanning Tree
6 10 (43.48%) NX-OS
7 7 (30.43%) HSRP
7 7 (30.43%) Wireshark
8 6 (26.09%) VPN
8 6 (26.09%) VRRP
8 6 (26.09%) WAN
9 5 (21.74%) MPLS
9 5 (21.74%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (21.74%) Wireless
10 4 (17.39%) DNS
10 4 (17.39%) IPsec
10 4 (17.39%) LAN
10 4 (17.39%) SSL
Development Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 12 (52.17%) Analytical Skills
1 12 (52.17%) Social Skills
2 3 (13.04%) Finance
3 2 (8.70%) Banking
3 2 (8.70%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (8.70%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (8.70%) Telecoms
4 1 (4.35%) Dutch Language
4 1 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (4.35%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 18 (78.26%) Network Engineer
2 6 (26.09%) Deployment Engineer
2 6 (26.09%) Network Deployment Engineer
3 5 (21.74%) Network Security Engineer
3 5 (21.74%) Security Engineer
4 4 (17.39%) Cisco Engineer
4 4 (17.39%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 4 (17.39%) Implementation Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Juniper Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) LAN Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) LAN/WAN Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Network Implementation Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) WAN Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Help Desk Analyst
6 1 (4.35%) Lead
6 1 (4.35%) Senior
6 1 (4.35%) Senior Network Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (60.87%) 802.1X
2 1 (4.35%) JSON
2 1 (4.35%) XML
2 1 (4.35%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) Data Centre
2 2 (8.70%) Cloud Native
3 1 (4.35%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (4.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (4.35%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 5 (21.74%) CatOS
1 5 (21.74%) Linux
2 4 (17.39%) Unix
3 2 (8.70%) Android
3 2 (8.70%) Windows
4 1 (4.35%) Mac OS X
4 1 (4.35%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (60.87%) Network Monitoring
2 11 (47.83%) Matrix Organization
2 11 (47.83%) Service Management
3 5 (21.74%) ITIL
4 4 (17.39%) Change Management
5 3 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (13.04%) Validation
6 2 (8.70%) Architecture Roadmap
6 2 (8.70%) B2B
6 2 (8.70%) Customer Service
6 2 (8.70%) Decision-Making
6 2 (8.70%) End-to-End Testing
6 2 (8.70%) High Availability
6 2 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (8.70%) Migration
6 2 (8.70%) Network Virtualisation
6 2 (8.70%) Product Management
6 2 (8.70%) Project Delivery
6 2 (8.70%) Roadmaps
6 2 (8.70%) Security Patching
Programming Languages
1 7 (30.43%) Python
2 2 (8.70%) Perl
2 2 (8.70%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (69.57%) Cisco Certification
2 14 (60.87%) CCNP
3 6 (26.09%) CCNA
4 4 (17.39%) CCIE
4 4 (17.39%) CCSE
5 3 (13.04%) Degree
6 1 (4.35%) CCSA
System Software
1 2 (8.70%) Active Directory
1 2 (8.70%) Firmware
2 1 (4.35%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (26.09%) Ansible
2 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (4.35%) CA Spectrum
3 1 (4.35%) Cisco LMS
3 1 (4.35%) Cisco Prime
3 1 (4.35%) Netcool
3 1 (4.35%) SCCM
3 1 (4.35%) Terraform
3 1 (4.35%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 23 (100.00%) Cisco
2 6 (26.09%) Juniper
3 5 (21.74%) CheckPoint
4 4 (17.39%) Arista
5 3 (13.04%) F5
5 3 (13.04%) McAfee
5 3 (13.04%) Microsoft
5 3 (13.04%) SolarWinds
6 2 (8.70%) Apple
6 2 (8.70%) Fortinet
6 2 (8.70%) Meraki
6 2 (8.70%) Palo Alto
6 2 (8.70%) Splunk
7 1 (4.35%) Bloomberg
7 1 (4.35%) Citrix
7 1 (4.35%) Mitel
7 1 (4.35%) Nokia
7 1 (4.35%) Progress
7 1 (4.35%) Refinitiv
7 1 (4.35%) Zscaler