Cisco IOS Contracts in England

Cisco IOS
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Cisco IOS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cisco IOS over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 455 560 672
Rank change year-on-year +105 +112 -111
Contract jobs citing Cisco IOS 94 86 107
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.26% 0.18% 0.15%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.93% 1.44% 1.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 60 67
10th Percentile £185 £190 £213
25th Percentile £230 £231 £316
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £433 £420 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.98% -6.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £538 £522 £531
90th Percentile £600 £638 £565
UK median daily rate £433 £420 £450
% change year-on-year +2.98% -6.67% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 19
10th Percentile £23.75 - £19.70
25th Percentile £23.94 - £20.75
Median hourly rate £24.50 £70.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -65.00% +225.58% +7.50%
75th Percentile £27.38 - £49.76
90th Percentile £28.95 - £55.21
UK median hourly rate £24.50 £65.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -62.31% +202.33% +7.50%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

Cisco IOS is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,859 5,983 7,793
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.22% 12.22% 11.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,933 3,910 5,113
10th Percentile £208 £235 £225
25th Percentile £350 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £613
90th Percentile £700 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £495 £518 £500
% change year-on-year -4.44% +3.60% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 392 431 302
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.83
25th Percentile £16.72 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +116.22% -22.63% -4.36%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.90 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £63.24
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £28.25
% change year-on-year +116.22% -34.51% +4.63%

Cisco IOS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Cisco IOS in England

Cisco IOS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Cisco IOS in England

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco IOS in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco IOS in England

Cisco IOS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Cisco IOS in England

Cisco IOS
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 10 May 2024. 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
London +97 40 £313 -19.87% 6
South East +36 29 £488 +8.33% 4
North of England +36 13 £433 +15.33% 2
North West +29 13 £433 -3.89% 2
Midlands +33 11 £500 -19.22% 1
West Midlands +24 10 £500 -19.22%
South West +11 1 £90 -82.00%
Cisco IOS
UK

Cisco IOS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 14 (14.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (8.51%) Skype for Business
3 6 (6.38%) SharePoint
4 3 (3.19%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (3.19%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (3.19%) nginx
5 1 (1.06%) IIS
Applications
1 25 (26.60%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (7.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (6.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (2.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (3.19%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 29 (30.85%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (17.02%) Azure
3 6 (6.38%) Entra ID
3 6 (6.38%) OneDrive
4 1 (1.06%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (27.66%) BGP
2 22 (23.40%) Firewall
2 22 (23.40%) MPLS
2 22 (23.40%) WAN
3 21 (22.34%) Wireless
4 20 (21.28%) IOS XR
5 19 (20.21%) SD-WAN
6 18 (19.15%) LAN
7 17 (18.09%) VPN
8 16 (17.02%) Cisco Nexus
9 14 (14.89%) DMZ
10 10 (10.64%) Ethernet VPN
10 10 (10.64%) Junos
10 10 (10.64%) VoIP
10 10 (10.64%) VPLS
11 9 (9.57%) HSRP
11 9 (9.57%) NX-OS
11 9 (9.57%) SNMP
12 8 (8.51%) IPv4
12 8 (8.51%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.45%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.19%) MySQL
2 3 (3.19%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (3.19%) Git
1 3 (3.19%) Hudson
2 2 (2.13%) JIRA
3 1 (1.06%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 26 (27.66%) Finance
2 24 (25.53%) Social Skills
3 6 (6.38%) Telecoms
4 5 (5.32%) Public Sector
5 4 (4.26%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (4.26%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (3.19%) Banking
6 3 (3.19%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.13%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (2.13%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.13%) Retail
8 1 (1.06%) Electronics
8 1 (1.06%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.06%) Law
8 1 (1.06%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 39 (41.49%) Network Engineer
2 13 (13.83%) Support Engineer
3 9 (9.57%) Audio Visual Technician
3 9 (9.57%) IT Support
4 8 (8.51%) Cisco Expert
4 8 (8.51%) IP Expert
5 6 (6.38%) Audio Visual Engineer
5 6 (6.38%) Senior
6 5 (5.32%) Audio Visual Support
6 5 (5.32%) Cisco Engineer
6 5 (5.32%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 5 (5.32%) IT Engineer
6 5 (5.32%) Lead
6 5 (5.32%) Wireless Engineer
6 5 (5.32%) Wireless Network Engineer
7 4 (4.26%) Design Engineer
7 4 (4.26%) IT Support Engineer
7 4 (4.26%) Network Architect
7 4 (4.26%) Senior Network Engineer
7 4 (4.26%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (15.96%) JSON
1 15 (15.96%) YANG
2 12 (12.77%) NETCONF
2 12 (12.77%) XML
3 8 (8.51%) Jinja
4 3 (3.19%) Django
4 3 (3.19%) EDI
4 3 (3.19%) REST
4 3 (3.19%) RESTful
5 1 (1.06%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (23.40%) Data Centre
2 11 (11.70%) Video Conferencing
3 10 (10.64%) Video Editing
4 8 (8.51%) Distributed Architecture
5 6 (6.38%) iPhone
6 5 (5.32%) Smartphone
7 3 (3.19%) Blackberry
7 3 (3.19%) CCTV
7 3 (3.19%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (3.19%) Linux Command Line
7 3 (3.19%) Public Cloud
7 3 (3.19%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (2.13%) Digital Signage
8 2 (2.13%) IoT
8 2 (2.13%) Management Information System
8 2 (2.13%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (1.06%) CMDB
9 1 (1.06%) Hedge funds
9 1 (1.06%) NHS
9 1 (1.06%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 25 (26.60%) Android
2 24 (25.53%) Windows
3 12 (12.77%) Mac OS X
4 11 (11.70%) Windows 7
5 10 (10.64%) Linux
6 9 (9.57%) Mac OS
7 6 (6.38%) Windows 10
8 4 (4.26%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (3.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (3.19%) Ubuntu
9 3 (3.19%) Windows Server 2008
9 3 (3.19%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (2.13%) Windows Server
11 1 (1.06%) Unix
11 1 (1.06%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (14.89%) DevOps
2 13 (13.83%) Customer Service
2 13 (13.83%) ITIL
2 13 (13.83%) ITSM
3 12 (12.77%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (11.70%) Network Design
5 10 (10.64%) Requirements Gathering
6 9 (9.57%) Agile
7 8 (8.51%) Roadmaps
7 8 (8.51%) Test Planning
8 7 (7.45%) Technical Leadership
9 6 (6.38%) Mentoring
9 6 (6.38%) Mobile Device Management
9 6 (6.38%) Multi-Factor Authentication
10 5 (5.32%) Business Case
10 5 (5.32%) Business Strategy
10 5 (5.32%) Coaching
10 5 (5.32%) Project Delivery
10 5 (5.32%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 4 (4.26%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (14.89%) Python
2 7 (7.45%) SQL
3 6 (6.38%) Bash
4 4 (4.26%) JavaScript
5 3 (3.19%) Java
5 3 (3.19%) T-SQL
6 1 (1.06%) C#
6 1 (1.06%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 36 (38.30%) Cisco Certification
2 24 (25.53%) CCNP
3 17 (18.09%) Security Cleared
4 14 (14.89%) Degree
5 13 (13.83%) CCIE
6 10 (10.64%) CCNA
7 8 (8.51%) CCIE Service Provider
8 7 (7.45%) SC Cleared
9 3 (3.19%) JNCIS
10 2 (2.13%) CTC Cleared
10 2 (2.13%) DV Cleared
10 2 (2.13%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (2.13%) JNCIP
10 2 (2.13%) Master's Degree
11 1 (1.06%) BC Cleared
11 1 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (1.06%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.26%) SLA
2 2 (2.13%) GDPR
2 2 (2.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.06%) QA
System Software
1 10 (10.64%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.13%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.06%) KVM
3 1 (1.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.06%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (10.64%) Ansible
1 10 (10.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (9.57%) SCCM
3 3 (3.19%) AirWatch
3 3 (3.19%) Netcool
3 3 (3.19%) PaperCut
3 3 (3.19%) Terraform
4 2 (2.13%) Rundeck
5 1 (1.06%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (1.06%) FortiGate
5 1 (1.06%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (1.06%) SolarWinds Orion
5 1 (1.06%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 93 (98.94%) Cisco
2 23 (24.47%) Apple
3 20 (21.28%) Nokia
4 19 (20.21%) Palo Alto
5 17 (18.09%) Juniper
6 16 (17.02%) F5
6 16 (17.02%) Microsoft
7 12 (12.77%) Polycom
8 6 (6.38%) Citrix
8 6 (6.38%) HP
8 6 (6.38%) Mitel
8 6 (6.38%) Progress
9 5 (5.32%) CheckPoint
10 4 (4.26%) Fortinet
10 4 (4.26%) ServiceNow
10 4 (4.26%) Veeam
10 4 (4.26%) VMware
10 4 (4.26%) WatchGuard
11 3 (3.19%) Aruba
11 3 (3.19%) Infoblox