Cisco IOS XR
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for IOS XR skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited IOS XR over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 567 695 829
Rank change year-on-year +128 +134 -153
Contract jobs citing IOS XR 23 8 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.053% 0.014% 0.035%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.41% 0.11% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 3 25
10th Percentile £512 £576 £468
25th Percentile £575 £591 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £630 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +20.00% +10.53%
75th Percentile - £710 £563
90th Percentile £688 £749 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £650 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
Median hourly rate £70.00 £70.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

IOS XR 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 with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,561 7,346 9,662
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.82% 12.40% 10.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,324 4,780 6,318
10th Percentile £205 £242 £230
25th Percentile £350 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.77% +4.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £610
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £438
% change year-on-year - +8.57% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 422 476 359
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.86
25th Percentile £16.90 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.93 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +111.30% -31.16% +3.77%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £50.39
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £18.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +148.00% -13.95% -9.71%

IOS XR
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IOS XR in the UK

IOS XR
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for IOS XR in the UK

IOS XR
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IOS XR over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IOS XR in the UK

IOS XR
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for IOS XR in the UK

IOS XR
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IOS XR within the UK over the 6 months to 3 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
England +140 23 £600 -4.76% 1
London +110 19 £600 -4.76% 1
Work from Home +123 4 £650 +1.36%
UK excluding London - 4 £650 -
South East - 4 £650 -

IOS XR
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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (13.04%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 23 (100.00%) Cisco IOS
2 21 (91.30%) BGP
3 18 (78.26%) MPLS
4 11 (47.83%) Ethernet VPN
4 11 (47.83%) VPLS
5 9 (39.13%) HSRP
5 9 (39.13%) IPv4
5 9 (39.13%) RSVP
5 9 (39.13%) SNMP
5 9 (39.13%) VRRP
6 2 (8.70%) Broadband
6 2 (8.70%) Firewall
6 2 (8.70%) IPv6
6 2 (8.70%) L2TP
6 2 (8.70%) VPN
7 1 (4.35%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (4.35%) Cisco PIX
7 1 (4.35%) DHCP
7 1 (4.35%) NX-OS
7 1 (4.35%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.04%) Relational Database
1 3 (13.04%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (26.09%) Git
General
1 14 (60.87%) Social Skills
2 4 (17.39%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (60.87%) Network Engineer
2 9 (39.13%) Cisco Expert
2 9 (39.13%) IP Expert
3 7 (30.43%) Design Engineer
3 7 (30.43%) Network Design Engineer
4 4 (17.39%) Core Network Engineer
5 3 (13.04%) Automation Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Broadband Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Cisco Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Designer
6 1 (4.35%) Juniper Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Lead
6 1 (4.35%) Lead Network Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Migration Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Network Designer
6 1 (4.35%) Network Migration Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (82.61%) JSON
1 19 (82.61%) YANG
2 16 (69.57%) NETCONF
2 16 (69.57%) XML
3 9 (39.13%) Jinja
4 3 (13.04%) Django
4 3 (13.04%) REST
4 3 (13.04%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 9 (39.13%) Distributed Architecture
2 3 (13.04%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (13.04%) Linux Command Line
2 3 (13.04%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (17.39%) Linux
2 1 (4.35%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (73.91%) DevOps
2 9 (39.13%) Requirements Gathering
2 9 (39.13%) Test Planning
3 8 (34.78%) Business Case
3 8 (34.78%) Business Strategy
3 8 (34.78%) Network Design
3 8 (34.78%) Roadmaps
3 8 (34.78%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 7 (30.43%) Configuration Management
5 4 (17.39%) Agile
6 3 (13.04%) BDD
6 3 (13.04%) CI/CD
6 3 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (13.04%) Inventory Management
6 3 (13.04%) Mentoring
6 3 (13.04%) Network Management
6 3 (13.04%) OO
6 3 (13.04%) Open Source
6 3 (13.04%) SDLC
6 3 (13.04%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 10 (43.48%) Python
2 3 (13.04%) Bash
2 3 (13.04%) Java
2 3 (13.04%) JavaScript
2 3 (13.04%) SQL
2 3 (13.04%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (86.96%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (47.83%) CCIE
2 11 (47.83%) CCNP
3 9 (39.13%) CCIE Service Provider
4 2 (8.70%) JNCIP
5 1 (4.35%) CCNA
5 1 (4.35%) Degree
5 1 (4.35%) JNCIA
5 1 (4.35%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 1 (4.35%) KVM
Systems Management
1 10 (43.48%) Ansible
Vendors
1 23 (100.00%) Cisco
2 19 (82.61%) Nokia
3 3 (13.04%) Huawei
3 3 (13.04%) TOWER Software
4 2 (8.70%) F5
5 1 (4.35%) Fortinet
5 1 (4.35%) Juniper
5 1 (4.35%) Palo Alto