Cisco IOS Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Cisco IOS
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 295 329 435
Rank change year-on-year +34 +106 +142
Contract jobs citing Cisco IOS 9 16 42
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.091% 0.10% 0.16%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.86% 0.99% 1.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 7 27
10th Percentile - £212 £221
25th Percentile £475 £226 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £240 £443
Median % change year-on-year +108.33% -45.76% -11.50%
75th Percentile £525 £694 £506
90th Percentile £550 £735 £585
UK median daily rate £550 £433 £420
% change year-on-year +27.17% +2.98% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Median hourly rate - £24.13 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year - -59.79% +179.07%
UK median hourly rate - £30.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - -53.85% +173.68%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,043 1,610 2,954
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.53% 10.49% 11.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 667 1,029 1,967
10th Percentile £325 £300 £350
25th Percentile £400 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £615 £650
90th Percentile £700 £703 £725
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 77 101
10th Percentile £13.78 £12.75 £24.50
25th Percentile £14.20 £14.27 £42.50
Median hourly rate £41.00 £24.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.35% -59.17% +23.51%
75th Percentile £64.38 £65.00 £71.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £87.46 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

Cisco IOS
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Cisco IOS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Cisco IOS trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Cisco IOS.

Cisco IOS daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Cisco IOS
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Cisco IOS.

Cisco IOS hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Cisco IOS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (11.11%) CMS
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) AWS
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) Entra ID
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (11.11%) OneDrive
1 1 (11.11%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 7 (77.78%) Firewall
2 6 (66.67%) BGP
3 5 (55.56%) WAN
4 4 (44.44%) Cisco ASA
4 4 (44.44%) Cisco Nexus
4 4 (44.44%) LAN
5 3 (33.33%) OSPF
5 3 (33.33%) Spanning Tree
6 2 (22.22%) Internet
6 2 (22.22%) MPLS
6 2 (22.22%) Network Security
6 2 (22.22%) VPN
6 2 (22.22%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (11.11%) EIGRP
7 1 (11.11%) IP Telephony
7 1 (11.11%) Softphone
7 1 (11.11%) TACACS
7 1 (11.11%) Unified Communications
7 1 (11.11%) VLAN
7 1 (11.11%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle Database
General
1 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
2 1 (11.11%) Retail
2 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Network Engineer
2 6 (66.67%) Cisco Engineer
2 6 (66.67%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Core Network Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Network Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Data Centre
2 1 (11.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (11.11%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Linux
2 1 (11.11%) Windows
2 1 (11.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Incident Management
1 3 (33.33%) Migration
2 2 (22.22%) Containerisation
2 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
3 1 (11.11%) Business Continuity
3 1 (11.11%) Content Management
3 1 (11.11%) Customer Service
3 1 (11.11%) Fault Management
3 1 (11.11%) Identity Management
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (11.11%) ITIL
3 1 (11.11%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (11.11%) Load Balancing
3 1 (11.11%) Network Monitoring
3 1 (11.11%) Network Virtualisation
3 1 (11.11%) Patch Management
3 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (11.11%) Threat Management
3 1 (11.11%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
1 1 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (44.44%) CCNP
2 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
2 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
3 3 (33.33%) CCIE
3 3 (33.33%) CCNA
3 3 (33.33%) DV Cleared
4 1 (11.11%) CCIE Data Center
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
1 1 (11.11%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Ansible
1 1 (11.11%) FortiGate
1 1 (11.11%) Kubernetes
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (11.11%) OfficeScan
1 1 (11.11%) Trend Micro Deep Security
1 1 (11.11%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Cisco
2 2 (22.22%) Aruba
2 2 (22.22%) SolarWinds
3 1 (11.11%) Altiris
3 1 (11.11%) Barracuda Networks
3 1 (11.11%) Fortinet
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 1 (11.11%) Mitel
3 1 (11.11%) NetApp
3 1 (11.11%) Nokia
3 1 (11.11%) Oracle
3 1 (11.11%) Palo Alto
3 1 (11.11%) Symantec
3 1 (11.11%) VMware