Cisco IOS
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Cisco IOS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cisco IOS over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 708 693 1004
Rank change year-on-year -15 +311 -214
Permanent jobs citing Cisco IOS 188 263 237
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.19% 0.27% 0.14%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.40% 1.69% 1.09%
Number of salaries quoted 44 156 170
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,377 £31,925
25th Percentile £30,938 £37,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £45,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -30.77% +30.00%
75th Percentile £59,523 £58,750 £81,375
90th Percentile £87,500 £69,250 £83,075
UK excluding London median annual salary £39,000 £42,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.24% -32.00% +29.53%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,460 15,589 21,774
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.34% 15.83% 13.29%
Number of salaries quoted 9,379 7,833 11,758
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.47% -4.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.22% -5.26% +5.56%

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
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cisco IOS.

Salary trend for Cisco IOS in the UK

Cisco IOS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco IOS over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cisco IOS in the UK

Cisco IOS
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco IOS within the UK over the 6 months to 23 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +12 163 £46,250 +2.78% 19
London +134 124 £51,250 -6.82% 9
UK excluding London -79 63 £39,000 -8.24% 12
Work from Home -15 23 £39,500 -12.22% 4
North of England -44 19 £61,185 +43.96% 2
Wales +21 14 - - 1
Yorkshire +79 12 £47,500 -28.57%
Midlands -5 10 £39,000 +9.09% 1
Scotland -54 9 £28,000 - 3
North West -62 7 £61,185 +43.96% 2
South East +4 6 £32,000 -14.67% 2
East Midlands -1 6 £39,000 - 1
West Midlands +7 4 £62,500 +74.83%
South West -31 3 £50,000 +81.82% 3
East of England +5 1 £45,000 +9.76% 1
Channel Islands - 1 £50,000 -

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 90 (47.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (13.30%) Skype for Business
3 6 (3.19%) SharePoint
Applications
1 35 (18.62%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 134 (71.28%) Microsoft 365
2 26 (13.83%) Azure
3 6 (3.19%) Entra ID
4 3 (1.60%) AWS
4 3 (1.60%) Google Workspace
5 2 (1.06%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.53%) Cloudflare
6 1 (0.53%) GCP
6 1 (0.53%) IaaS
6 1 (0.53%) Mimecast
6 1 (0.53%) PaaS
6 1 (0.53%) SaaS
6 1 (0.53%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 123 (65.43%) WAN
2 101 (53.72%) Wireless
3 90 (47.87%) SD-WAN
4 82 (43.62%) WebEx
5 42 (22.34%) Firewall
6 38 (20.21%) LAN
7 27 (14.36%) VPN
8 26 (13.83%) TCP/IP
9 25 (13.30%) Skype
9 25 (13.30%) Telepresence
10 22 (11.70%) VLAN
11 18 (9.57%) Network Security
12 15 (7.98%) Cisco ASA
12 15 (7.98%) Cisco Nexus
13 13 (6.91%) DNS
14 10 (5.32%) Cisco Firepower
14 10 (5.32%) Cisco ISE
14 10 (5.32%) Wi-Fi
15 8 (4.26%) BGP
16 7 (3.72%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.60%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.53%) JIRA
1 1 (0.53%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 95 (50.53%) Social Skills
2 39 (20.74%) Telecoms
3 35 (18.62%) Finance
4 28 (14.89%) Automotive
5 25 (13.30%) Pharmaceutical
6 10 (5.32%) Retail
7 5 (2.66%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.13%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.60%) Law
9 3 (1.60%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.53%) Banking
10 1 (0.53%) Games
10 1 (0.53%) Legal
10 1 (0.53%) Military
10 1 (0.53%) Police
10 1 (0.53%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 99 (52.66%) IT Support
2 84 (44.68%) Support Specialist
3 83 (44.15%) IT Support Specialist
4 32 (17.02%) Support Engineer
5 31 (16.49%) Network Engineer
6 23 (12.23%) Senior
7 18 (9.57%) IT Engineer
8 17 (9.04%) Analyst
9 13 (6.91%) Support Analyst
10 11 (5.85%) Consultant
10 11 (5.85%) IT Analyst
10 11 (5.85%) Project Consultant
10 11 (5.85%) Senior Consultant
10 11 (5.85%) Senior Network Consultant
10 11 (5.85%) Senior Project Consultant
11 9 (4.79%) Senior Network Engineer
12 8 (4.26%) IT Support Engineer
13 7 (3.72%) Graduate
13 7 (3.72%) Graduate Support Engineer
13 7 (3.72%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.13%) HTML
2 1 (0.53%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 112 (59.57%) Video Conferencing
2 82 (43.62%) Wiki
3 15 (7.98%) Data Centre
4 4 (2.13%) Driving Licence
4 4 (2.13%) Hedge funds
4 4 (2.13%) PKI
5 3 (1.60%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.06%) BYOD
6 2 (1.06%) CMDB
6 2 (1.06%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.06%) Private Cloud
6 2 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.53%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (0.53%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.53%) EPoS
7 1 (0.53%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (0.53%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 144 (76.60%) Windows
2 121 (64.36%) Windows 10
3 100 (53.19%) Android
4 27 (14.36%) Windows 7
5 19 (10.11%) Windows Server
6 11 (5.85%) Mac OS X
7 8 (4.26%) Linux
8 5 (2.66%) Mac OS
9 3 (1.60%) CatOS
9 3 (1.60%) Unix
9 3 (1.60%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (1.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (1.06%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (1.06%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.53%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (45.21%) Computer Science
2 83 (44.15%) Business Continuity
3 82 (43.62%) Application Virtualisation
3 82 (43.62%) BCP
3 82 (43.62%) Business Continuity Planning
3 82 (43.62%) Contract Negotiation
3 82 (43.62%) Mobile Device Management
4 48 (25.53%) ITIL
5 24 (12.77%) Customer Service
6 21 (11.17%) Network Design
7 18 (9.57%) Change Management
8 16 (8.51%) Patch Management
9 15 (7.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 14 (7.45%) Migration
11 13 (6.91%) Stakeholder Management
12 12 (6.38%) Change Control
13 11 (5.85%) Actionable Insight
14 7 (3.72%) Cybersecurity
15 6 (3.19%) DevOps
15 6 (3.19%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 12 (6.38%) PowerShell
2 7 (3.72%) SQL
3 4 (2.13%) C#
4 1 (0.53%) Python
Qualifications
1 122 (64.89%) Degree
2 107 (56.91%) Master's Degree
3 91 (48.40%) Computer Science Degree
4 36 (19.15%) Cisco Certification
5 25 (13.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 25 (13.30%) MBA
6 22 (11.70%) CCNP
7 15 (7.98%) CCIE
7 15 (7.98%) CCNA
8 12 (6.38%) SC Cleared
8 12 (6.38%) Security Cleared
9 10 (5.32%) CISSP
10 5 (2.66%) Azure Certification
11 3 (1.60%) Check Point Certification
11 3 (1.60%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (1.06%) MCSE
12 2 (1.06%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 1 (0.53%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.53%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.53%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.72%) GDPR
2 3 (1.60%) SLA
3 1 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (0.53%) QA
System Software
1 111 (59.04%) Active Directory
2 85 (45.21%) VMware ESXi
3 82 (43.62%) Microsoft App-V
3 82 (43.62%) XenApp
3 82 (43.62%) XenDesktop
4 15 (7.98%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (4.79%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.06%) NFS
6 2 (1.06%) vSphere
7 1 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 88 (46.81%) SCCM
2 82 (43.62%) AirWatch
3 17 (9.04%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (3.19%) Cisco CUCM
5 4 (2.13%) Jamf Pro
5 4 (2.13%) SmoothWall
5 4 (2.13%) Stealthwatch
6 3 (1.60%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (1.60%) vCenter Server
7 2 (1.06%) HAProxy
7 2 (1.06%) Nagios
8 1 (0.53%) Ansible
8 1 (0.53%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.53%) WMI
Vendors
1 188 (100.00%) Cisco
2 136 (72.34%) Microsoft
3 84 (44.68%) Citrix
4 36 (19.15%) Apple
5 28 (14.89%) Palo Alto
6 25 (13.30%) Polycom
7 21 (11.17%) Fortinet
8 20 (10.64%) VMware
9 16 (8.51%) Meraki
10 14 (7.45%) CheckPoint
11 11 (5.85%) McAfee
11 11 (5.85%) Oracle
12 7 (3.72%) SonicWALL
13 5 (2.66%) Draytek
13 5 (2.66%) Veeam
14 4 (2.13%) Aruba
14 4 (2.13%) F5
14 4 (2.13%) Juniper
14 4 (2.13%) SolarWinds
14 4 (2.13%) Splunk