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

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 663 752 992
Rank change year-on-year +89 +240 -201
Permanent jobs citing Cisco IOS 215 228 233
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.22% 0.15%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.58% 1.43% 1.12%
Number of salaries quoted 53 158 171
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,264 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -32.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £59,000 £57,188 £80,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £68,750 £83,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +11.76% -32.00% +31.58%

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 13,633 15,988 20,853
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.84% 15.40% 13.36%
Number of salaries quoted 9,513 8,146 11,792
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -

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 2 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 2 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 +62 190 £50,000 +17.65% 19
London +180 145 £53,750 -2.27% 8
UK excluding London -67 69 £47,500 +11.76% 11
Work from Home +55 27 £45,000 - 4
North of England -33 20 £61,185 +43.96% 3
Wales +25 14 - -
Yorkshire +93 12 £47,500 -28.57%
Midlands +10 10 £39,000 -8.24% 2
Scotland -54 9 £28,000 -34.89% 1
North West -55 8 £61,185 +43.96% 3
South East +16 7 £32,000 -13.22% 5
South West -23 7 £52,073 +89.35%
East Midlands -10 6 £39,000 - 1
West Midlands +22 4 £62,500 +47.06% 1
East of England +12 1 £45,000 +9.76%
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
1 112 (52.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (11.63%) Skype for Business
3 6 (2.79%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.93%) nginx
5 1 (0.47%) Apache
5 1 (0.47%) Gunicorn
5 1 (0.47%) uWSGI
Applications
1 36 (16.74%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.26%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.47%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 153 (71.16%) Microsoft 365
2 28 (13.02%) Azure
3 6 (2.79%) Entra ID
4 4 (1.86%) AWS
5 3 (1.40%) Google Workspace
6 2 (0.93%) GCP
6 2 (0.93%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.47%) IaaS
7 1 (0.47%) Mimecast
7 1 (0.47%) PaaS
7 1 (0.47%) SaaS
7 1 (0.47%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 149 (69.30%) WAN
2 119 (55.35%) Wireless
3 111 (51.63%) SD-WAN
4 99 (46.05%) WebEx
5 48 (22.33%) Firewall
6 43 (20.00%) LAN
7 30 (13.95%) VPN
8 28 (13.02%) TCP/IP
9 25 (11.63%) Skype
9 25 (11.63%) Telepresence
10 22 (10.23%) Network Security
10 22 (10.23%) VLAN
11 19 (8.84%) Cisco Nexus
12 18 (8.37%) Cisco ASA
13 14 (6.51%) Cisco ISE
13 14 (6.51%) DNS
14 13 (6.05%) BGP
14 13 (6.05%) Cisco Firepower
15 10 (4.65%) Wi-Fi
16 9 (4.19%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.40%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.47%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.47%) JIRA
1 1 (0.47%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 118 (54.88%) Social Skills
2 40 (18.60%) Telecoms
3 35 (16.28%) Finance
4 28 (13.02%) Automotive
5 25 (11.63%) Pharmaceutical
6 10 (4.65%) Retail
7 8 (3.72%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (2.33%) Military
8 5 (2.33%) Police
9 4 (1.86%) Law
9 4 (1.86%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.86%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.40%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.93%) Legal
11 2 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.47%) Aviation
12 1 (0.47%) Banking
12 1 (0.47%) Games
Job Titles
1 117 (54.42%) IT Support
2 101 (46.98%) Support Specialist
3 100 (46.51%) IT Support Specialist
4 39 (18.14%) Network Engineer
5 33 (15.35%) Support Engineer
6 30 (13.95%) Senior
7 19 (8.84%) IT Engineer
8 17 (7.91%) Analyst
9 16 (7.44%) Senior Network Engineer
10 13 (6.05%) Support Analyst
11 11 (5.12%) Consultant
11 11 (5.12%) IT Analyst
11 11 (5.12%) Project Consultant
11 11 (5.12%) Senior Consultant
11 11 (5.12%) Senior Network Consultant
11 11 (5.12%) Senior Project Consultant
12 9 (4.19%) IT Support Engineer
13 8 (3.72%) Network Security Engineer
13 8 (3.72%) Security Engineer
14 7 (3.26%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.26%) HTML
2 1 (0.47%) EDI
2 1 (0.47%) JSON
2 1 (0.47%) SAML
2 1 (0.47%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 130 (60.47%) Video Conferencing
2 99 (46.05%) Wiki
3 16 (7.44%) Data Centre
4 7 (3.26%) Hedge funds
4 7 (3.26%) PKI
5 4 (1.86%) Driving Licence
6 3 (1.40%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.93%) BYOD
7 2 (0.93%) CMDB
7 2 (0.93%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.93%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.47%) CCTV
8 1 (0.47%) Derivative
8 1 (0.47%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (0.47%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.47%) EPoS
8 1 (0.47%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.47%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.47%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 165 (76.74%) Windows
2 138 (64.19%) Windows 10
3 119 (55.35%) Android
4 27 (12.56%) Windows 7
5 21 (9.77%) Windows Server
6 11 (5.12%) Mac OS X
7 9 (4.19%) Linux
8 6 (2.79%) Mac OS
9 3 (1.40%) CatOS
9 3 (1.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (1.40%) Unix
9 3 (1.40%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (1.40%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.93%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.93%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.47%) VMS
11 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (47.44%) Computer Science
2 100 (46.51%) Business Continuity
3 99 (46.05%) Application Virtualisation
3 99 (46.05%) BCP
3 99 (46.05%) Business Continuity Planning
3 99 (46.05%) Contract Negotiation
3 99 (46.05%) Mobile Device Management
4 50 (23.26%) ITIL
5 24 (11.16%) Customer Service
6 23 (10.70%) Network Design
7 19 (8.84%) Change Management
8 16 (7.44%) Patch Management
9 14 (6.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 14 (6.51%) Migration
10 13 (6.05%) Stakeholder Management
11 12 (5.58%) Change Control
12 11 (5.12%) Actionable Insight
12 11 (5.12%) Cybersecurity
13 9 (4.19%) Problem-Solving
14 8 (3.72%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 15 (6.98%) PowerShell
2 11 (5.12%) SQL
3 7 (3.26%) C#
4 2 (0.93%) Python
Qualifications
1 141 (65.58%) Degree
2 124 (57.67%) Master's Degree
3 108 (50.23%) Computer Science Degree
4 41 (19.07%) Cisco Certification
5 25 (11.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 25 (11.63%) MBA
6 24 (11.16%) CCNP
7 19 (8.84%) CCIE
8 17 (7.91%) Security Cleared
9 16 (7.44%) CCNA
10 15 (6.98%) SC Cleared
11 10 (4.65%) CISSP
12 5 (2.33%) Azure Certification
13 4 (1.86%) Microsoft Certification
14 3 (1.40%) Check Point Certification
14 3 (1.40%) DV Cleared
15 2 (0.93%) MCSE
15 2 (0.93%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 1 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
16 1 (0.47%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.26%) GDPR
2 3 (1.40%) SLA
3 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (0.47%) QA
System Software
1 132 (61.40%) Active Directory
2 101 (46.98%) VMware ESXi
3 99 (46.05%) Microsoft App-V
3 99 (46.05%) XenApp
3 99 (46.05%) XenDesktop
4 19 (8.84%) VMware Infrastructure
5 11 (5.12%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.47%) NFS
6 1 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.47%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.47%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 106 (49.30%) SCCM
2 99 (46.05%) AirWatch
3 18 (8.37%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (4.19%) Cisco CUCM
5 7 (3.26%) Stealthwatch
6 4 (1.86%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (1.86%) SmoothWall
7 3 (1.40%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.93%) Ansible
8 2 (0.93%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.93%) Nagios
8 2 (0.93%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.47%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.47%) PaperCut
9 1 (0.47%) Terraform
9 1 (0.47%) WMI
Vendors
1 215 (100.00%) Cisco
2 156 (72.56%) Microsoft
3 101 (46.98%) Citrix
4 36 (16.74%) Apple
5 29 (13.49%) Palo Alto
6 25 (11.63%) Polycom
7 24 (11.16%) VMware
8 22 (10.23%) Fortinet
9 16 (7.44%) Meraki
10 15 (6.98%) CheckPoint
11 11 (5.12%) McAfee
11 11 (5.12%) Oracle
12 7 (3.26%) Splunk
13 6 (2.79%) SonicWALL
13 6 (2.79%) Veeam
14 5 (2.33%) Aruba
14 5 (2.33%) Draytek
14 5 (2.33%) Google
14 5 (2.33%) Juniper
14 5 (2.33%) SolarWinds