Cisco IOS Contracts

Cisco IOS
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 466 482 595
Rank change year-on-year +16 +113 +130
Contract jobs citing Cisco IOS 55 91 105
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.19% 0.21% 0.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.47% 1.69% 1.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 65 69
10th Percentile £285 £175 £190
25th Percentile £416 £213 £230
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £416 £420
Median % change year-on-year +23.09% -0.87% -6.67%
75th Percentile £600 £530 £500
90th Percentile £620 £600 £628
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £433 £450
% change year-on-year +21.39% -3.89% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 2
10th Percentile £36.63 £23.75 £61.00
25th Percentile £37.19 £23.94 £62.50
Median hourly rate £38.75 £24.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +58.16% -62.31% +46.07%
75th Percentile £39.69 £27.38 £67.50
90th Percentile £39.88 £28.95 £69.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £24.50 -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,747 5,394 7,082
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.84% 12.68% 12.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,280 3,215 4,571
10th Percentile £213 £205 £235
25th Percentile £360 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £490 £520
Median % change year-on-year -0.51% -5.68% +3.90%
75th Percentile £591 £600 £638
90th Percentile £675 £694 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £458 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -3.68% - +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 170 417 464
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.50 £9.80
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.30 £10.63
Median hourly rate £28.71 £40.00 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.24% +116.22% -34.70%
75th Percentile £57.13 £63.75 £59.85
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.22 £46.14 £18.00
% change year-on-year -47.50% +156.31% -16.28%

Cisco IOS
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Cisco IOS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco IOS in the UK

Cisco IOS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cisco IOS.

Daily rate trend for Cisco IOS in the UK

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco IOS over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco IOS in the UK

Cisco IOS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cisco IOS.

Hourly rate trend for Cisco IOS in the UK

Cisco IOS
Top 10 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 16 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
England +27 47 £550 +30.74% 42
UK excluding London +23 27 £525 +21.39% 30
London +15 25 £525 +103.88% 16
South West +52 12 £538 +497.22% 2
South East +32 8 £575 +17.95% 13
Work from Home +20 8 £500 +108.33% 16
Wales +6 5 £290 -
North of England +8 3 £375 -13.29% 12
North West -2 3 £375 -13.29% 5
Scotland - 1 £375 -

Cisco IOS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 5 (9.09%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.64%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.82%) CMS
3 1 (1.82%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 7 (12.73%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (5.45%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 17 (30.91%) Azure
2 14 (25.45%) AWS
3 5 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (9.09%) OneDrive
4 2 (3.64%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (3.64%) Entra ID
4 2 (3.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 1 (1.82%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (1.82%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 40 (72.73%) BGP
2 37 (67.27%) OSPF
3 35 (63.64%) Firewall
4 23 (41.82%) Network Security
5 17 (30.91%) Cisco Nexus
6 16 (29.09%) LAN
7 14 (25.45%) Spanning Tree
7 14 (25.45%) WAN
8 13 (23.64%) EIGRP
8 13 (23.64%) Wireless
9 11 (20.00%) RIP
9 11 (20.00%) VXLAN
10 10 (18.18%) HSRP
10 10 (18.18%) IPsec
10 10 (18.18%) NX-OS
11 9 (16.36%) MPLS
11 9 (16.36%) Wi-Fi
12 8 (14.55%) Cisco ISE
12 8 (14.55%) Junos
12 8 (14.55%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.82%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 3 (5.45%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 21 (38.18%) Social Skills
2 15 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (12.73%) Finance
4 4 (7.27%) Telecoms
5 3 (5.45%) Banking
5 3 (5.45%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (5.45%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.64%) Advertising
6 2 (3.64%) Military
6 2 (3.64%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.64%) Retail
7 1 (1.82%) Dutch Language
7 1 (1.82%) Electronics
7 1 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.82%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.82%) Marketing
7 1 (1.82%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 49 (89.09%) Network Engineer
2 11 (20.00%) Cisco Engineer
2 11 (20.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 6 (10.91%) Deployment Engineer
3 6 (10.91%) Network Deployment Engineer
4 5 (9.09%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
4 5 (9.09%) Implementation Engineer
4 5 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (9.09%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (9.09%) Network Security Engineer
4 5 (9.09%) Security Engineer
5 4 (7.27%) Senior
5 4 (7.27%) Senior Network Engineer
6 3 (5.45%) Juniper Engineer
6 3 (5.45%) Network Implementation Engineer
7 2 (3.64%) LAN Engineer
7 2 (3.64%) LAN/WAN Engineer
7 2 (3.64%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 2 (3.64%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (3.64%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (32.73%) 802.1X
2 5 (9.09%) Spine.js
3 1 (1.82%) JSON
3 1 (1.82%) XML
3 1 (1.82%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (14.55%) Data Centre
2 3 (5.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (3.64%) Cloud Native
3 2 (3.64%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 2 (3.64%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (1.82%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.82%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.82%) iPhone
4 1 (1.82%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (10.91%) Linux
1 6 (10.91%) Windows
2 5 (9.09%) CatOS
3 4 (7.27%) Unix
4 3 (5.45%) Android
4 3 (5.45%) Windows 10
4 3 (5.45%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.82%) Mac OS X
5 1 (1.82%) Windows 7
5 1 (1.82%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (1.82%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (29.09%) Service Management
2 14 (25.45%) Network Monitoring
3 11 (20.00%) Matrix Organization
4 10 (18.18%) Validation
5 9 (16.36%) Load Balancing
6 8 (14.55%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (12.73%) ITIL
7 7 (12.73%) Network Architecture
7 7 (12.73%) Network Virtualisation
8 6 (10.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 6 (10.91%) Migration
8 6 (10.91%) Preventative Maintenance
9 5 (9.09%) Agile
9 5 (9.09%) Change Management
9 5 (9.09%) Computer Science
9 5 (9.09%) Customer Requirements
9 5 (9.09%) Customer Service
9 5 (9.09%) System Testing
10 4 (7.27%) High Availability
10 4 (7.27%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 14 (25.45%) Python
2 6 (10.91%) VB
3 4 (7.27%) PowerShell
4 3 (5.45%) Perl
5 1 (1.82%) SQL
Qualifications
1 35 (63.64%) Cisco Certification
2 34 (61.82%) CCNP
3 15 (27.27%) Security Cleared
4 10 (18.18%) Degree
5 9 (16.36%) SC Cleared
6 8 (14.55%) DV Cleared
7 7 (12.73%) CCIE
7 7 (12.73%) CCNA
8 5 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (9.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 4 (7.27%) CCSE
10 1 (1.82%) CCDP
10 1 (1.82%) CCIE Data Center
10 1 (1.82%) CCSA
10 1 (1.82%) DBS Check
10 1 (1.82%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.09%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (10.91%) Active Directory
3 2 (3.64%) Firmware
4 1 (1.82%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.82%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 13 (23.64%) Ansible
2 7 (12.73%) FortiGate
3 6 (10.91%) Terraform
4 5 (9.09%) Cacti
4 5 (9.09%) vCenter Server
5 3 (5.45%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (5.45%) ZABBIX
6 1 (1.82%) CA Spectrum
6 1 (1.82%) Cisco LMS
6 1 (1.82%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (1.82%) Kubernetes
6 1 (1.82%) Netcool
6 1 (1.82%) OfficeScan
6 1 (1.82%) SCCM
6 1 (1.82%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 55 (100.00%) Cisco
2 15 (27.27%) VMware
3 11 (20.00%) SolarWinds
4 9 (16.36%) F5
4 9 (16.36%) Juniper
5 8 (14.55%) Microsoft
6 7 (12.73%) Citrix
7 6 (10.91%) CheckPoint
8 5 (9.09%) Arista
8 5 (9.09%) Palo Alto
9 4 (7.27%) Fortinet
9 4 (7.27%) McAfee
10 3 (5.45%) Meraki
10 3 (5.45%) Nokia
10 3 (5.45%) Splunk
11 2 (3.64%) Apple
11 2 (3.64%) Aruba
11 2 (3.64%) Mitel
12 1 (1.82%) Altiris
12 1 (1.82%) Blue Coat