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 27 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 568 697 825
Rank change year-on-year +129 +128 -135
Contract jobs citing IOS XR 18 10 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.042% 0.018% 0.037%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.33% 0.14% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 5 26
10th Percentile £510 - £469
25th Percentile £556 £463 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile - £599 £563
90th Percentile £706 £705 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £650 £475 -
% change year-on-year +36.84% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £65.00 £70.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

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 5,426 7,124 9,757
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.69% 12.56% 11.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,253 4,604 6,391
10th Percentile £206 £240 £235
25th Percentile £350 £400 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £613
90th Percentile £688 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +1.58% +5.56% +11.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 414 449 375
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £15.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +116.22% -32.73% +10.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.28 £51.60
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.82
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £18.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +154.89% -16.28% -3.20%

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 27 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 27 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 +110 18 £600 +26.32% 6
London +108 15 £575 - 6
Work from Home +112 3 £650 +36.84%
UK excluding London +46 3 £650 +36.84% 3
South East - 3 £650 - 3

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.56%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 3 (16.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 18 (100.00%) Cisco IOS
2 16 (88.89%) BGP
3 13 (72.22%) MPLS
4 7 (38.89%) Ethernet VPN
4 7 (38.89%) VPLS
5 5 (27.78%) HSRP
5 5 (27.78%) IPv4
5 5 (27.78%) RSVP
5 5 (27.78%) SNMP
5 5 (27.78%) VRRP
6 3 (16.67%) DHCP
7 2 (11.11%) Broadband
7 2 (11.11%) Firewall
7 2 (11.11%) IPv6
7 2 (11.11%) L2TP
7 2 (11.11%) NX-OS
7 2 (11.11%) VPN
8 1 (5.56%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (16.67%) Relational Database
1 3 (16.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Git
General
1 12 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (22.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (72.22%) Network Engineer
2 5 (27.78%) Cisco Expert
2 5 (27.78%) IP Expert
3 4 (22.22%) Design Engineer
3 4 (22.22%) Network Design Engineer
4 3 (16.67%) Automation Engineer
4 3 (16.67%) Core Network Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Broadband Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Designer
5 1 (5.56%) IP Network Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Lead
5 1 (5.56%) Lead Network Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Network Designer
5 1 (5.56%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (66.67%) JSON
1 12 (66.67%) YANG
2 9 (50.00%) NETCONF
2 9 (50.00%) XML
3 5 (27.78%) Jinja
4 3 (16.67%) Django
4 3 (16.67%) REST
4 3 (16.67%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Distributed Architecture
2 3 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (16.67%) Linux Command Line
2 3 (16.67%) Public Cloud
3 2 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (55.56%) DevOps
2 6 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
3 5 (27.78%) Agile
3 5 (27.78%) Business Case
3 5 (27.78%) Business Strategy
3 5 (27.78%) Network Design
3 5 (27.78%) Roadmaps
3 5 (27.78%) Test Planning
3 5 (27.78%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 4 (22.22%) Configuration Management
5 3 (16.67%) BDD
5 3 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (16.67%) Inventory Management
5 3 (16.67%) Mentoring
5 3 (16.67%) Network Management
5 3 (16.67%) OO
5 3 (16.67%) OOD
5 3 (16.67%) Open Source
5 3 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (16.67%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 7 (38.89%) Python
2 3 (16.67%) Bash
2 3 (16.67%) Java
2 3 (16.67%) JavaScript
2 3 (16.67%) SQL
2 3 (16.67%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (83.33%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (55.56%) CCNP
3 7 (38.89%) CCIE
4 5 (27.78%) CCIE Service Provider
5 3 (16.67%) CCNA
5 3 (16.67%) JNCIA
5 3 (16.67%) JNCIP
6 2 (11.11%) Degree
6 2 (11.11%) Master's Degree
Systems Management
1 7 (38.89%) Ansible
Vendors
1 18 (100.00%) Cisco
2 15 (83.33%) Nokia
3 5 (27.78%) Huawei
4 3 (16.67%) TOWER Software
5 2 (11.11%) F5
5 2 (11.11%) Fortinet