IOS XR Contract Job Trends in the South East

Cisco IOS XR
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East 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 187 156 207
Rank change year-on-year -31 +51 -
Contract jobs citing IOS XR 1 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.021% 0.032% 0.055%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.15% 0.18% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £506
25th Percentile - - £530
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £595
75th Percentile - - £685
90th Percentile - - £724
England median daily rate £419 £650 £600
% change year-on-year -35.58% +8.33% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £70.00
England median hourly rate - - £70.00

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 658 567 1,289
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 13.72% 17.87% 23.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 467 315 635
10th Percentile £219 £220 £201
25th Percentile £350 £375 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £465
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +7.53% -7.01%
75th Percentile £572 £600 £550
90th Percentile £650 £650 £638
England median daily rate £492 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.60% +5.26% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 19 104
10th Percentile £18.32 £29.93 £13.86
25th Percentile £23.02 £35.00 £23.91
Median hourly rate £48.72 £62.50 £56.95
Median % change year-on-year -22.05% +9.75% +26.56%
75th Percentile £60.90 £63.13 £70.47
90th Percentile £81.20 £72.00 £85.27
England median hourly rate £34.00 £32.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +4.62% -31.58% +138.93%

IOS XR
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

IOS XR job vacancy trend in the South East

IOS XR
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

IOS XR
Contract 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 IOS XR within the South East region over the 6 months to 20 February 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
Berkshire -15 1 £500 -
Thames Valley -27 1 £500 -
IOS XR
England

IOS XR
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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