Cisco Catalyst OS (CatOS)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CatOS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited CatOS over the 6 months to 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 893 984 1204
Rank change year-on-year +91 +220 -
Permanent jobs citing CatOS 3 4 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.003% 0.004% 0.001%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.021% 0.024% 0.007%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £52,125
25th Percentile - - £55,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £100,000 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year - +56.86% -
75th Percentile - - £75,313
90th Percentile - - £80,375
UK excluding London median annual salary - - £63,750

All Operating Systems
UK

CatOS is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 14,138 16,643 29,549
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.36% 16.01% 18.96%
Number of salaries quoted 10,938 11,195 16,778
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,000 £26,428
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% - -

CatOS
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for CatOS in the UK

CatOS
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CatOS.

Salary trend for CatOS in the UK

CatOS
Top 2 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CatOS within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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
Wales +11 3 - -
UK excluding London -23 3 - -

CatOS
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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco IOS
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) LAN
1 3 (100.00%) Network Security
1 3 (100.00%) VLAN
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
1 3 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 3 (100.00%) Automotive
1 3 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 3 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 3 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
1 3 (100.00%) Network Management
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CCIE
1 3 (100.00%) CCNA
1 3 (100.00%) CCNP
1 3 (100.00%) Check Point Certification
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco