Cisco IOS Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Cisco IOS
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Cisco IOS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 157 99 118
Rank change year-on-year -58 +19 +22
Contract jobs citing Cisco IOS 4 17 11
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.12% 1.01% 0.47%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.95% 6.67% 2.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +17.02%
South East median daily rate £500 £575 £425
% change year-on-year -13.04% +35.29% -9.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £49.24 - -
25th Percentile £50.72 - -
Median hourly rate £54.88 - -
75th Percentile £57.47 - -
90th Percentile £58.01 - -
South East median hourly rate £54.88 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 423 255 394
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 12.92% 15.22% 16.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 244 140 185
10th Percentile £313 £299 £272
25th Percentile £400 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £469 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.53% -6.13% +2.51%
75th Percentile £590 £538 £608
90th Percentile £639 £600 £638
South East median daily rate £525 £498 £500
% change year-on-year +5.53% -0.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 13 21
10th Percentile £17.50 - £22.58
25th Percentile £19.34 £14.20 £65.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £21.90 £73.50
Median % change year-on-year +48.40% -70.20% +11.36%
75th Percentile £43.75 £89.63 £87.46
90th Percentile £58.38 - -
South East median hourly rate £45.10 £55.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year -18.00% -4.10% -0.26%

Cisco IOS
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Cisco IOS job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Cisco IOS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Cisco IOS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 3 August 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 -22 4 £500 - 1
Cisco IOS
South East

Cisco IOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 4 (100.00%) BGP
1 4 (100.00%) OSPF
2 3 (75.00%) DHCP
2 3 (75.00%) DNS
2 3 (75.00%) EIGRP
2 3 (75.00%) SD-WAN
2 3 (75.00%) VLAN
3 2 (50.00%) SNMP
3 2 (50.00%) Spanning Tree
3 2 (50.00%) TACACS
3 2 (50.00%) WLAN
4 1 (25.00%) Firewall
4 1 (25.00%) IOS XR
4 1 (25.00%) IPsec
4 1 (25.00%) IPv6
4 1 (25.00%) MPLS
4 1 (25.00%) NX-OS
4 1 (25.00%) WAN
4 1 (25.00%) Wireless
4 1 (25.00%) Wireshark
General
1 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Core Network Design Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Core Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Design Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) IP Design Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) IP Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) IP Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) CMDB
2 1 (25.00%) Life Science
2 1 (25.00%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Incident Management
1 3 (75.00%) ITIL
1 3 (75.00%) Network Management
2 2 (50.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) High Availability
3 1 (25.00%) Network Design
3 1 (25.00%) Network Monitoring
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) CCNA
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Nagios
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
2 3 (75.00%) Meraki
2 3 (75.00%) NetScout
2 3 (75.00%) SevOne
2 3 (75.00%) SolarWinds
2 3 (75.00%) VMware
3 2 (50.00%) ServiceNow
4 1 (25.00%) CheckPoint
4 1 (25.00%) F5
4 1 (25.00%) Fortinet
4 1 (25.00%) Juniper
4 1 (25.00%) Palo Alto