Cisco IOS Contract Job Trends in the South West

Cisco IOS
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Cisco IOS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 130 146
Rank change year-on-year +6 +16 +28
Contract jobs citing Cisco IOS 1 4 7
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.047% 0.17% 0.22%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.38% 1.13% 1.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - £550 £478
25th Percentile - £588 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £675 £525
Median % change year-on-year -70.37% +28.57% +5.00%
75th Percentile - £763 £547
90th Percentile - £800 £564
England median daily rate £500 £425 £325
% change year-on-year +17.65% +30.77% -31.58%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 260 353 482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 12.32% 14.73% 15.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 193 216 278
10th Percentile £225 £313 £224
25th Percentile £300 £413 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% +13.16%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £650
90th Percentile £715 £675 £738
England median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 19 69
10th Percentile £16.71 £11.75 £45.17
25th Percentile £25.22 £38.13 £48.32
Median hourly rate £56.50 £65.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -13.08% +15.06% -13.09%
75th Percentile £64.88 £73.13 £65.98
90th Percentile £66.42 £75.00 £75.25
England median hourly rate £34.00 £56.13 £56.45
% change year-on-year -39.42% -0.57% +34.15%

Cisco IOS
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Cisco IOS job vacancy trend in the South West

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Cisco IOS
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Cisco IOS
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 3 November 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Wiltshire +3 1 £200 -70.37% 1
Cisco IOS
England

Cisco IOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) WebEx
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Service Desk Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Service Desk Support
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Apple
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow