Cisco IOS Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Cisco IOS
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Cisco IOS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 177 125 130
Rank change year-on-year -52 +5 +18
Contract jobs citing Cisco IOS 4 1 8
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.091% 0.049% 0.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.05% 0.42% 1.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile - - £465
25th Percentile £213 - £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -19.22%
75th Percentile £481 - £525
90th Percentile £628 - -
England median daily rate £585 £575 £433
% change year-on-year +1.74% +32.95% +4.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £30.00 -
England median hourly rate - £33.75 £47.50
% change year-on-year - -28.95% -32.14%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 380 237 479
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 8.67% 11.56% 17.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 136 291
10th Percentile £190 £188 £200
25th Percentile £313 £272 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £450 £438
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% -2.78%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £584
90th Percentile £628 £663 £688
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 18 35
10th Percentile £19.34 - £12.28
25th Percentile £21.33 £13.81 £13.00
Median hourly rate £61.50 £18.13 £14.27
Median % change year-on-year +239.22% +27.05% -31.08%
75th Percentile £74.00 £35.69 £24.95
90th Percentile - £42.58 £28.75
England median hourly rate £32.50 £38.41 £40.00
% change year-on-year -15.39% -3.98% +131.45%

Cisco IOS
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Cisco IOS job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco IOS in the Midlands over the 6 months to 31 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco IOS in the Midlands

Cisco IOS
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
West Midlands -56 4 £225 - 3
Cisco IOS
England

Cisco IOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (50.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) VPN
2 1 (25.00%) BGP
2 1 (25.00%) LAN
2 1 (25.00%) NX-OS
2 1 (25.00%) OSPF
2 1 (25.00%) VLAN
2 1 (25.00%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Git
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Help Desk Support
1 2 (50.00%) Help Desk Support Technician
1 2 (50.00%) Help Desk Technician
1 2 (50.00%) Support Technician
2 1 (25.00%) Automation Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) NOC Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Automation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Onboarding
1 2 (50.00%) Smartphone
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Android
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Asset Management
1 2 (50.00%) Customer Experience
1 2 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (50.00%) ITSM
1 2 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (25.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Fault Management
2 1 (25.00%) High Availability
2 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (25.00%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CCNA
1 1 (25.00%) CCNP
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (50.00%) SCCM
2 1 (25.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
2 2 (50.00%) Canon
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Fortinet