Cisco IOS Contracts

Cisco IOS
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 482 595 725
Rank change year-on-year +113 +130 -112
Contract jobs citing Cisco IOS 91 105 132
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.18% 0.15%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.69% 1.48% 1.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 69 77
10th Percentile £175 £190 £250
25th Percentile £213 £230 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £416 £420 £450
Median % change year-on-year -0.87% -6.67% +5.88%
75th Percentile £530 £500 £550
90th Percentile £600 £628 £580
UK excluding London median daily rate £433 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -3.89% +5.88% +7.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 25
10th Percentile £23.75 £61.00 -
25th Percentile £23.94 £62.50 £20.75
Median hourly rate £24.50 £65.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -62.31% +46.07% +122.50%
75th Percentile £27.38 £67.50 £56.00
90th Percentile £28.95 £69.00 £60.10
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.50 - £44.50
% change year-on-year - - +122.50%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,394 7,082 9,559
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.68% 12.40% 10.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,215 4,571 6,235
10th Percentile £205 £235 £232
25th Percentile £350 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.68% +3.90% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £613
90th Percentile £694 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 417 464 368
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £15.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £28.33
Median % change year-on-year +116.22% -34.70% +6.91%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.85 £50.77
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.54
UK excluding London median hourly rate £46.14 £18.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +156.31% -16.28% -8.99%

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 15 May 2024.

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 11 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 15 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 +96 87 £421 +0.16% 13
UK excluding London +55 51 £433 -3.89% 6
London +102 37 £258 -33.97% 7
South East +31 27 £488 +13.04%
Work from Home +88 13 £240 -43.53% 6
North West +25 13 £433 -3.89% 2
North of England +23 13 £433 +15.33% 2
Midlands +37 9 £500 -19.22% 2
West Midlands +24 9 £500 -19.22%
Wales +23 1 - - 1
South West +11 1 £90 -82.00%

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 12 (13.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (9.89%) Skype for Business
3 7 (7.69%) SharePoint
4 3 (3.30%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (3.30%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (1.10%) IIS
Applications
1 26 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (6.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (2.20%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 27 (29.67%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (14.29%) Azure
3 7 (7.69%) Entra ID
3 7 (7.69%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 24 (26.37%) BGP
2 21 (23.08%) MPLS
3 19 (20.88%) IOS XR
3 19 (20.88%) LAN
3 19 (20.88%) WAN
4 18 (19.78%) Firewall
4 18 (19.78%) SD-WAN
4 18 (19.78%) Wireless
5 16 (17.58%) Cisco Nexus
6 15 (16.48%) VPN
7 13 (14.29%) DMZ
8 10 (10.99%) Junos
8 10 (10.99%) VoIP
9 9 (9.89%) Ethernet VPN
9 9 (9.89%) Skype
9 9 (9.89%) VPLS
10 8 (8.79%) NX-OS
10 8 (8.79%) SNMP
11 7 (7.69%) IPsec
11 7 (7.69%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.40%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.30%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (3.30%) Git
1 3 (3.30%) Hudson
2 2 (2.20%) JIRA
3 1 (1.10%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 25 (27.47%) Finance
2 19 (20.88%) Social Skills
3 6 (6.59%) Telecoms
4 4 (4.40%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (4.40%) Public Sector
5 3 (3.30%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (3.30%) Retail
6 2 (2.20%) Banking
6 2 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.10%) Electronics
7 1 (1.10%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.10%) Law
7 1 (1.10%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.10%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 38 (41.76%) Network Engineer
2 13 (14.29%) Support Engineer
3 10 (10.99%) IT Support
4 9 (9.89%) Audio Visual Technician
5 7 (7.69%) Cisco Expert
5 7 (7.69%) IP Expert
6 6 (6.59%) Audio Visual Engineer
7 5 (5.49%) Audio Visual Support
7 5 (5.49%) IT Engineer
7 5 (5.49%) Senior
7 5 (5.49%) Support Officer
7 5 (5.49%) Wireless Engineer
7 5 (5.49%) Wireless Network Engineer
8 4 (4.40%) Architect
8 4 (4.40%) Cisco Engineer
8 4 (4.40%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 4 (4.40%) Design Engineer
8 4 (4.40%) IT Support Engineer
8 4 (4.40%) Network Design Engineer
8 4 (4.40%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (15.38%) JSON
1 14 (15.38%) YANG
2 11 (12.09%) NETCONF
2 11 (12.09%) XML
3 7 (7.69%) Jinja
4 3 (3.30%) Django
4 3 (3.30%) REST
4 3 (3.30%) RESTful
5 1 (1.10%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (21.98%) Data Centre
2 11 (12.09%) Video Conferencing
3 10 (10.99%) Video Editing
4 7 (7.69%) Distributed Architecture
4 7 (7.69%) iPhone
5 5 (5.49%) Smartphone
6 3 (3.30%) Blackberry
6 3 (3.30%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (3.30%) Linux Command Line
6 3 (3.30%) Public Cloud
7 2 (2.20%) Digital Signage
7 2 (2.20%) IoT
7 2 (2.20%) Management Information System
7 2 (2.20%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (1.10%) CMDB
8 1 (1.10%) Hedge funds
8 1 (1.10%) NHS
8 1 (1.10%) PKI
8 1 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 23 (25.27%) Android
2 22 (24.18%) Windows
3 13 (14.29%) Mac OS X
4 12 (13.19%) Windows 7
5 7 (7.69%) Linux
6 6 (6.59%) Mac OS
6 6 (6.59%) Windows 10
7 1 (1.10%) Unix
7 1 (1.10%) Windows Server
7 1 (1.10%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.10%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (14.29%) Customer Service
1 13 (14.29%) DevOps
1 13 (14.29%) ITSM
2 11 (12.09%) Network Design
3 10 (10.99%) ITIL
3 10 (10.99%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (10.99%) Requirements Gathering
4 9 (9.89%) Agile
4 9 (9.89%) Roadmaps
5 7 (7.69%) Mobile Device Management
5 7 (7.69%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 7 (7.69%) Test Planning
6 6 (6.59%) Technical Leadership
7 5 (5.49%) Business Case
7 5 (5.49%) Business Strategy
7 5 (5.49%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 4 (4.40%) Asset Management
8 4 (4.40%) Configuration Management
8 4 (4.40%) Migration
8 4 (4.40%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 13 (14.29%) Python
2 6 (6.59%) Bash
3 4 (4.40%) SQL
4 3 (3.30%) Java
4 3 (3.30%) JavaScript
4 3 (3.30%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.10%) C#
5 1 (1.10%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 34 (37.36%) Cisco Certification
2 22 (24.18%) CCNP
3 17 (18.68%) Security Cleared
4 12 (13.19%) CCIE
4 12 (13.19%) Degree
5 11 (12.09%) CCNA
6 8 (8.79%) SC Cleared
7 7 (7.69%) CCIE Service Provider
8 3 (3.30%) CTC Cleared
8 3 (3.30%) JNCIS
9 2 (2.20%) DV Cleared
9 2 (2.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (2.20%) JNCIP
9 2 (2.20%) Master's Degree
10 1 (1.10%) BC Cleared
10 1 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (1.10%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.40%) SLA
2 2 (2.20%) GDPR
2 2 (2.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.10%) QA
System Software
1 8 (8.79%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.20%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.10%) KVM
3 1 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (10.99%) Ansible
2 8 (8.79%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (7.69%) SCCM
4 3 (3.30%) AirWatch
4 3 (3.30%) Netcool
4 3 (3.30%) SolarWinds Orion
4 3 (3.30%) Terraform
5 2 (2.20%) Rundeck
6 1 (1.10%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (1.10%) FortiGate
6 1 (1.10%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (1.10%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 90 (98.90%) Cisco
2 24 (26.37%) Apple
3 19 (20.88%) Nokia
3 19 (20.88%) Palo Alto
4 17 (18.68%) Microsoft
5 16 (17.58%) F5
5 16 (17.58%) Juniper
6 12 (13.19%) Polycom
7 7 (7.69%) Citrix
7 7 (7.69%) Mitel
7 7 (7.69%) Progress
8 6 (6.59%) ServiceNow
9 5 (5.49%) CheckPoint
10 3 (3.30%) Fortinet
10 3 (3.30%) HP
10 3 (3.30%) Huawei
10 3 (3.30%) IBM
10 3 (3.30%) Infoblox
10 3 (3.30%) Remedy
10 3 (3.30%) TOWER Software