Cisco IOS Contracts in the South East

Cisco IOS
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 26 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 137 169 192
Rank change year-on-year +32 +23 +59
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Cisco IOS 29 18 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.82% 0.38% 0.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.87% 2.00% 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 7 11
10th Percentile - £211 £128
25th Percentile £500 £247 £176
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £325 £400
Median % change year-on-year +61.54% -18.75% -26.67%
75th Percentile £613 £550 £490
90th Percentile - £688 -
England median daily rate £550 £380 £415
% change year-on-year +44.74% -8.43% -12.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £24.50
Median hourly rate - - £25.00
75th Percentile - - £25.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £30.00 £65.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year -53.85% +120.34% -41.57%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 South East.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 596 902 1,040
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 16.90% 18.91% 18.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 408 479 627
10th Percentile £220 £253 £207
25th Percentile £357 £400 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £459
Median % change year-on-year - +8.93% -0.22%
75th Percentile £588 £608 £580
90th Percentile £638 £670 £680
England median daily rate £492 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -2.57% +1.00% -0.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 99 62
10th Percentile £14.20 £25.55 £15.50
25th Percentile £24.63 £51.06 £21.06
Median hourly rate £55.00 £57.35 £58.20
Median % change year-on-year -4.10% -1.46% +29.34%
75th Percentile £70.16 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £89.63 £75.05 £75.67
England median hourly rate £42.50 £55.75 £56.49
% change year-on-year -23.76% -1.32% +42.47%

Cisco IOS
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Cisco IOS in the South East

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Cisco IOS
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Cisco IOS
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 26 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
Thames Valley +21 17 - - 2
Buckinghamshire - 16 - - 1
Hampshire +24 12 £525 - 10
Berkshire +10 1 - - 1
Cisco IOS
England

Cisco IOS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 16 (55.17%) IBM Domino
1 16 (55.17%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 16 (55.17%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (20.69%) AWS
2 6 (20.69%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 17 (58.62%) Firewall
2 12 (41.38%) Cisco Firepower
3 11 (37.93%) Cisco ISE
3 11 (37.93%) Junos
4 7 (24.14%) LAN
5 2 (6.90%) SD-WAN
6 1 (3.45%) BGP
6 1 (3.45%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (3.45%) DHCP
6 1 (3.45%) DNS
6 1 (3.45%) EIGRP
6 1 (3.45%) OSPF
6 1 (3.45%) Spanning Tree
6 1 (3.45%) TACACS
6 1 (3.45%) VLAN
6 1 (3.45%) WAN
6 1 (3.45%) WLAN
General
1 16 (55.17%) Games
2 1 (3.45%) Military
Job Titles
1 16 (55.17%) Platform Engineer
2 13 (44.83%) Network Engineer
3 11 (37.93%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
4 5 (17.24%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 5 (17.24%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
4 5 (17.24%) 3rd Line Support
4 5 (17.24%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 5 (17.24%) Cloud Engineer
4 5 (17.24%) Cloud Network Engineer
4 5 (17.24%) Network Support
4 5 (17.24%) Network Support Engineer
4 5 (17.24%) Support Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Architect
5 2 (6.90%) Network Architect
6 1 (3.45%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.45%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 21 (72.41%) Windows
2 16 (55.17%) Android
2 16 (55.17%) Mac OS
3 5 (17.24%) Windows Server
4 1 (3.45%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (55.17%) E-Commerce
2 6 (20.69%) Agile
2 6 (20.69%) Load Balancing
3 5 (17.24%) ITSM
3 5 (17.24%) Service Management
4 4 (13.79%) Customer Requirements
4 4 (13.79%) Preventative Maintenance
5 2 (6.90%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (6.90%) Project Management
6 1 (3.45%) Change Management
6 1 (3.45%) Incident Management
6 1 (3.45%) ITIL
6 1 (3.45%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 16 (55.17%) PowerShell
2 6 (20.69%) Python
2 6 (20.69%) VB
Qualifications
1 12 (41.38%) Security Cleared
2 11 (37.93%) DV Cleared
3 1 (3.45%) CCNA
3 1 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (3.45%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.79%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (72.41%) Active Directory
2 6 (20.69%) VMware NSX
3 1 (3.45%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 16 (55.17%) Microsoft Intune
1 16 (55.17%) SCCM
2 6 (20.69%) Ansible
2 6 (20.69%) FortiGate
2 6 (20.69%) Terraform
3 5 (17.24%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 29 (100.00%) Cisco
2 17 (58.62%) Meraki
3 16 (55.17%) Microsoft
3 16 (55.17%) Splunk
4 11 (37.93%) Juniper
5 6 (20.69%) Citrix
5 6 (20.69%) F5
6 5 (17.24%) SolarWinds
7 2 (6.90%) VMware