Cisco IOS Contracts in the UK excluding London

Cisco IOS
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 307 340 421
Rank change year-on-year +33 +81 +14
Contract jobs citing Cisco IOS 29 59 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.23% 0.28% 0.17%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.48% 1.71% 1.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 34 27
10th Percentile £285 £266 £196
25th Percentile £363 £378 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £433 £450
Median % change year-on-year +27.06% -3.81% +10.77%
75th Percentile £613 £534 £531
90th Percentile £688 £550 £630
UK median daily rate £550 £433 £420
% change year-on-year +27.17% +2.98% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Median hourly rate - £30.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £30.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - -53.85% +173.68%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,965 3,454 3,605
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.39% 16.63% 14.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,202 1,982 2,287
10th Percentile £200 £204 £207
25th Percentile £301 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £481 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% +1.32% +8.57%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £586
90th Percentile £638 £675 £690
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 139 358 328
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.50 -
25th Percentile £15.44 £16.48 £9.80
Median hourly rate £24.18 £45.88 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.30% +148.00% -13.95%
75th Percentile £62.38 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £76.20 £70.66 £74.50
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

Cisco IOS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Cisco IOS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco IOS in the UK excluding London

Cisco IOS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cisco IOS in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Cisco IOS in the UK excluding London

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco IOS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco IOS in the UK excluding London

Cisco IOS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cisco IOS in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Cisco IOS in the UK excluding London

Cisco IOS
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
South West +57 14 £550 +511.11% 4
South East +24 8 £575 +13.58% 10
Wales +5 5 £290 -
North of England +9 3 £375 -13.29% 12
North West +7 3 £375 -13.29% 4
Scotland - 1 £375 -
Cisco IOS
UK

Cisco IOS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.45%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 10 (34.48%) AWS
1 10 (34.48%) Azure
2 2 (6.90%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 21 (72.41%) BGP
2 18 (62.07%) OSPF
3 16 (55.17%) Firewall
4 12 (41.38%) LAN
5 11 (37.93%) Cisco Nexus
6 8 (27.59%) Wireless
7 7 (24.14%) DMVPN
7 7 (24.14%) IPsec
7 7 (24.14%) Network Security
7 7 (24.14%) VXLAN
8 6 (20.69%) Cisco ASA
8 6 (20.69%) Cisco Firepower
8 6 (20.69%) Cisco ISE
8 6 (20.69%) Junos
8 6 (20.69%) WAN
9 5 (17.24%) SD-WAN
10 4 (13.79%) MPLS
11 3 (10.34%) 802.11
11 3 (10.34%) HSRP
11 3 (10.34%) Spanning Tree
General
1 5 (17.24%) Social Skills
2 2 (6.90%) Advertising
2 2 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (6.90%) Finance
2 2 (6.90%) Military
2 2 (6.90%) Public Sector
3 1 (3.45%) Banking
3 1 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (3.45%) Electronics
3 1 (3.45%) Manufacturing
3 1 (3.45%) Marketing
3 1 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (3.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 28 (96.55%) Network Engineer
2 6 (20.69%) Cisco Engineer
2 6 (20.69%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 5 (17.24%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
4 4 (13.79%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 1 (3.45%) Field Engineer
5 1 (3.45%) Implementation Engineer
5 1 (3.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (3.45%) Juniper Engineer
5 1 (3.45%) Network Implementation Engineer
5 1 (3.45%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (17.24%) Spine.js
2 4 (13.79%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 2 (6.90%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 1 (3.45%) Driving Licence
2 1 (3.45%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.45%) Android
1 1 (3.45%) Windows
1 1 (3.45%) Windows Server
1 1 (3.45%) Windows Server 2012
1 1 (3.45%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (31.03%) Network Architecture
2 6 (20.69%) Load Balancing
2 6 (20.69%) Preventative Maintenance
2 6 (20.69%) Validation
3 5 (17.24%) Agile
3 5 (17.24%) Computer Science
3 5 (17.24%) Customer Requirements
3 5 (17.24%) Network Virtualisation
3 5 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (17.24%) Service Management
3 5 (17.24%) System Testing
4 4 (13.79%) Network Design
5 3 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (10.34%) Customer Service
5 3 (10.34%) Incident Management
5 3 (10.34%) NsoIT
6 2 (6.90%) High Availability
6 2 (6.90%) Network Optimisation
6 2 (6.90%) Performance Metrics
6 2 (6.90%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 7 (24.14%) Python
2 6 (20.69%) VB
3 1 (3.45%) Perl
3 1 (3.45%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (65.52%) CCNP
1 19 (65.52%) Cisco Certification
2 17 (58.62%) Security Cleared
3 11 (37.93%) SC Cleared
4 10 (34.48%) DV Cleared
5 6 (20.69%) Degree
6 5 (17.24%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (17.24%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 4 (13.79%) CCIE
7 4 (13.79%) CCNA
8 1 (3.45%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.24%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (41.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.45%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.45%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 7 (24.14%) Ansible
2 6 (20.69%) FortiGate
3 5 (17.24%) Cacti
3 5 (17.24%) Terraform
3 5 (17.24%) vCenter Server
4 2 (6.90%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 29 (100.00%) Cisco
2 12 (41.38%) VMware
3 7 (24.14%) SolarWinds
4 6 (20.69%) Citrix
4 6 (20.69%) F5
5 3 (10.34%) Juniper
5 3 (10.34%) Meraki
6 2 (6.90%) Nokia
6 2 (6.90%) Palo Alto
7 1 (3.45%) Arista
7 1 (3.45%) Aruba
7 1 (3.45%) CheckPoint
7 1 (3.45%) D-Link
7 1 (3.45%) Fortinet
7 1 (3.45%) McAfee
7 1 (3.45%) Microsoft
7 1 (3.45%) SAP
7 1 (3.45%) Splunk
7 1 (3.45%) Veeam
7 1 (3.45%) WatchGuard