Cisco IOS Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Cisco IOS
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Cisco IOS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 - 101
Rank change year-on-year - - +22
Contract jobs citing Cisco IOS 2 0 9
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.063% - 0.47%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.65% - 2.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - £465
25th Percentile £213 - £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -19.22%
75th Percentile £238 - £525
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £575 £563 £425
% change year-on-year +2.22% +32.35% +1.19%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 309 159 362
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 9.71% 11.50% 19.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 178 92 214
10th Percentile £212 £147 £200
25th Percentile £308 £272 £302
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £400
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +18.75% -19.60%
75th Percentile £534 £589 £573
90th Percentile £600 £700 £688
England median daily rate £500 £500 £498
% change year-on-year - +0.50% -5.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 11 21
10th Percentile £18.34 £15.13 £10.50
25th Percentile £19.34 £16.68 £13.50
Median hourly rate £52.50 £24.22 £19.95
Median % change year-on-year +116.76% +21.40% +1.77%
75th Percentile £62.13 £39.61 £23.75
90th Percentile £70.18 £44.00 £28.75
England median hourly rate £35.52 £37.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -5.28% -6.25% +128.57%

Cisco IOS
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Cisco IOS job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Cisco IOS
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Cisco IOS
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 24 May 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
Coventry - 2 £225 - 1
Cisco IOS
England

Cisco IOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Help Desk Support
1 2 (100.00%) Help Desk Support Technician
1 2 (100.00%) Help Desk Technician
1 2 (100.00%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Onboarding
1 2 (100.00%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Android
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (100.00%) ITSM
1 2 (100.00%) Problem Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Canon
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft