Cisco IOS Contracts in the North of England

Cisco IOS
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 21 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 183 155 182
Rank change year-on-year -28 +27 +67
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Cisco IOS 5 8 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.12% 0.19% 0.23%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.96% 1.61% 1.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 9
10th Percentile - £384 -
25th Percentile - £401 £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £408 £400
Median % change year-on-year +47.24% +1.88% +9.59%
75th Percentile - £422 £450
90th Percentile - £435 £475
England median daily rate £550 £380 £420
% change year-on-year +44.74% -9.52% -11.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65.75 - -
Median hourly rate £66.50 - -
75th Percentile £67.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £30.00 £65.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -53.85% +160.00% -50.48%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 519 497 647
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 12.96% 11.90% 12.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 297 315 456
10th Percentile £160 £217 £219
25th Percentile £325 £404 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £515 £450
Median % change year-on-year -12.62% +14.44% -
75th Percentile £538 £650 £575
90th Percentile £638 £814 £650
England median daily rate £492 £504 £500
% change year-on-year -2.38% +0.80% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 20 14
10th Percentile £23.00 £13.87 £15.72
25th Percentile £31.38 £18.21 £15.75
Median hourly rate £58.25 £24.87 £17.18
Median % change year-on-year +134.22% +44.76% -19.68%
75th Percentile £67.25 £49.31 £22.00
90th Percentile £68.71 £51.96 £46.83
England median hourly rate £42.50 £54.88 £55.91
% change year-on-year -22.55% -1.84% +59.73%

Cisco IOS
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Cisco IOS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco IOS in the North of England

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Cisco IOS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Cisco IOS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 21 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West - 4 £600 - 2
North East - 1 - -
Cisco IOS
England

Cisco IOS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
1 5 (100.00%) WAN
2 4 (80.00%) BGP
2 4 (80.00%) LAN
2 4 (80.00%) Network Security
3 3 (60.00%) NX-OS
3 3 (60.00%) TCP/IP
3 3 (60.00%) WLAN
4 2 (40.00%) Wireless
5 1 (20.00%) DMZ
5 1 (20.00%) DNS
5 1 (20.00%) Internet
5 1 (20.00%) IPsec
5 1 (20.00%) L2TP
5 1 (20.00%) Multicast
5 1 (20.00%) Spanning Tree
5 1 (20.00%) SSL
5 1 (20.00%) VLAN
5 1 (20.00%) VPN
5 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Banking
1 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Implementation Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Support
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) IT Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) IT Support
3 1 (20.00%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Network Implementation Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (60.00%) Task Automation
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Architecture Roadmap
3 1 (20.00%) B2B
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) Converged Infrastructure
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) Preventative Maintenance
3 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Product Management
3 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) Perl
1 4 (80.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) CCNP
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (60.00%) CCDP
3 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) CCIE
4 1 (20.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (20.00%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco
2 3 (60.00%) F5
2 3 (60.00%) Meraki
2 3 (60.00%) Palo Alto
2 3 (60.00%) SolarWinds
3 1 (20.00%) Arista
3 1 (20.00%) Fortinet
3 1 (20.00%) McAfee
3 1 (20.00%) Splunk
3 1 (20.00%) VMware