IOS XR Contract Job Trends in Reading

Cisco IOS XR
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring IOS XR skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 73 96
Rank change year-on-year -5 +23 -
Contract jobs citing IOS XR 1 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.11% 0.13% 0.087%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.83% 0.59% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £490
Berkshire median daily rate £500 - £490

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Reading

IOS XR 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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 121 169 240
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 13.78% 21.75% 21.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 68 145
10th Percentile £255 £300 £205
25th Percentile £340 £400 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £484 £400
Median % change year-on-year -1.81% +20.94% -27.27%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £575
90th Percentile £688 £650 £615
Berkshire median daily rate £427 £475 £425
% change year-on-year -10.11% +11.76% -19.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 7
10th Percentile £72.40 - £72.88
25th Percentile £76.00 - £82.83
Median hourly rate £84.00 - £87.53
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.57%
75th Percentile £89.88 - -
90th Percentile £92.20 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £71.33 £21.83 £83.77
% change year-on-year +226.75% -73.94% +49.58%

IOS XR
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

IOS XR job vacancy trend in Reading

IOS XR
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing IOS XR.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing IOS XR

IOS XR
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) 5G
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (100.00%) Diameter Protocol
1 1 (100.00%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
1 1 (100.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) IPsec
1 1 (100.00%) IPv6
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) NetScaler
1 1 (100.00%) NX-OS
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) SIGTRAN
1 1 (100.00%) tcpdump
1 1 (100.00%) VXLAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireshark
General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Core Network Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Core Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) IP Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) IP Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) IP Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) F5
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) NetScout
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto