Cisco IOS Job Trends in England

Cisco IOS
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Cisco IOS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 602 540 560
Rank change year-on-year -62 +20 +163
Permanent jobs citing Cisco IOS 51 87 242
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.077% 0.22% 0.32%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.54% 1.68% 2.39%
Number of salaries quoted 29 59 60
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £51,875 £36,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £65,000 £51,036
Median % change year-on-year -10.77% +27.36% +20.09%
75th Percentile £62,000 £79,375 £62,673
90th Percentile £70,700 £95,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £58,000 £65,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.77% +30.00% +17.65%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

Cisco IOS falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,369 5,185 10,136
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 14.19% 13.40% 13.59%
Number of salaries quoted 3,628 3,344 8,328
10th Percentile £27,000 £29,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,270 £36,836 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,039 £53,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.68% +9.28% -4.98%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £41,000 £53,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year -22.64% +9.28% -7.62%

Cisco IOS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cisco IOS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Cisco IOS job vacancy trend in England

Cisco IOS
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco IOS in England over the 6 months to 16 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Cisco IOS in England

Cisco IOS
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco IOS within the England region over the 6 months to 16 March 2026. 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
London -5 28 £62,000 -22.50% 2
South East -9 13 £56,500 -7.76% 2
Yorkshire -54 4 £32,500 +14.04% 2
North of England -57 4 £32,500 +13.04% 5
South West - 3 £70,000 -
East of England -4 2 £25,500 - 1
Midlands -31 1 - - 1
East Midlands -37 1 - - 1
Cisco IOS
UK

Cisco IOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.92%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.96%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 13 (25.49%) Entra ID
2 10 (19.61%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (7.84%) Azure
4 3 (5.88%) Mimecast
5 2 (3.92%) AWS
5 2 (3.92%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.96%) AWS Direct Connect
6 1 (1.96%) Datadog
6 1 (1.96%) GCP
6 1 (1.96%) Stackdriver
6 1 (1.96%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 17 (33.33%) BGP
1 17 (33.33%) Cisco ISE
1 17 (33.33%) MPLS
2 15 (29.41%) Firewall
3 12 (23.53%) 4G
4 11 (21.57%) Broadband
4 11 (21.57%) Ethernet VPN
4 11 (21.57%) IOS XR
4 11 (21.57%) Junos
4 11 (21.57%) NX-OS
5 10 (19.61%) Cisco Firepower
6 9 (17.65%) WAAS
7 6 (11.76%) VPN
7 6 (11.76%) WAN
8 5 (9.80%) LAN
8 5 (9.80%) OSPF
9 4 (7.84%) DHCP
9 4 (7.84%) DNS
9 4 (7.84%) TCP/IP
9 4 (7.84%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.84%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (23.53%) Git
2 4 (7.84%) JIRA
General
1 20 (39.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 20 (39.22%) Social Skills
2 13 (25.49%) Telecoms
3 8 (15.69%) Finance
4 4 (7.84%) Public Sector
5 2 (3.92%) Electronics
5 2 (3.92%) Military
6 1 (1.96%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.96%) Law
6 1 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.96%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.96%) Retail
Job Titles
1 29 (56.86%) Network Engineer
2 10 (19.61%) Cloud Engineer
3 9 (17.65%) Lead
4 8 (15.69%) Associate Engineer
5 4 (7.84%) Cisco Engineer
5 4 (7.84%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 3 (5.88%) Administrator
6 3 (5.88%) Desktop Support
6 3 (5.88%) Desktop Support Technician
6 3 (5.88%) Desktop Technician
6 3 (5.88%) IT Administrator
6 3 (5.88%) IT Systems Administrator
6 3 (5.88%) Support Technician
6 3 (5.88%) Systems Administrator
6 3 (5.88%) Systems Engineer
7 2 (3.92%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 2 (3.92%) Cloud Network Engineer
7 2 (3.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (3.92%) Network Security Engineer
7 2 (3.92%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (21.57%) Jinja
1 11 (21.57%) NETCONF
1 11 (21.57%) YANG
2 1 (1.96%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 11 (21.57%) Social Media
2 9 (17.65%) CMDB
2 9 (17.65%) PKI
3 7 (13.73%) Management Information System
3 7 (13.73%) Onboarding
4 5 (9.80%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (3.92%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (1.96%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.96%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.96%) e-Health
6 1 (1.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (1.96%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.96%) SCADA
6 1 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.96%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 20 (39.22%) Windows
2 14 (27.45%) Android
3 3 (5.88%) Mac OS
4 2 (3.92%) Linux
4 2 (3.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (3.92%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.96%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (1.96%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (39.22%) Service Management
2 18 (35.29%) ITSM
3 14 (27.45%) Project Delivery
4 13 (25.49%) Change Management
4 13 (25.49%) Network Design
5 12 (23.53%) Agile
5 12 (23.53%) ITIL
6 11 (21.57%) Data Science
6 11 (21.57%) Site Reliability Engineering
7 10 (19.61%) Migration
7 10 (19.61%) Performance Metrics
7 10 (19.61%) Proactive Monitoring
7 10 (19.61%) Service Delivery
7 10 (19.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 9 (17.65%) Information Security
8 9 (17.65%) PRINCE2
8 9 (17.65%) Runbook
8 9 (17.65%) SIAM
9 7 (13.73%) Mentoring
10 6 (11.76%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (23.53%) Python
2 10 (19.61%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.96%) Bash
3 1 (1.96%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 17 (33.33%) Degree
1 17 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 12 (23.53%) Microsoft Certification
3 11 (21.57%) DV Cleared
4 8 (15.69%) SC Cleared
5 5 (9.80%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (7.84%) CCNP
6 4 (7.84%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (5.88%) CCNA
7 3 (5.88%) MCSA
7 3 (5.88%) MCSE
7 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 1 (1.96%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.96%) CCIE
8 1 (1.96%) CWNA
8 1 (1.96%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (19.61%) SLA
2 6 (11.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (9.80%) GRC
4 2 (3.92%) Def Stans
4 2 (3.92%) GDPR
5 1 (1.96%) SOC 2
System Software
1 14 (27.45%) Firmware
2 10 (19.61%) VMware NSX
3 7 (13.73%) Active Directory
4 4 (7.84%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (3.92%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (1.96%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 13 (25.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (19.61%) vCenter Server
3 9 (17.65%) SCCM
4 1 (1.96%) CA Spectrum
4 1 (1.96%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (1.96%) Terraform
Vendors
1 51 (100.00%) Cisco
2 18 (35.29%) Microsoft
3 11 (21.57%) Juniper
3 11 (21.57%) SolarWinds
4 9 (17.65%) Broadcom
5 6 (11.76%) Meraki
6 5 (9.80%) Zscaler
7 4 (7.84%) VMware
8 3 (5.88%) Bloomberg
8 3 (5.88%) LogicMonitor
8 3 (5.88%) Okta
8 3 (5.88%) Palo Alto
8 3 (5.88%) Reuters
8 3 (5.88%) Sophos
9 2 (3.92%) CheckPoint
9 2 (3.92%) F5
10 1 (1.96%) Infoblox
10 1 (1.96%) Qualys
10 1 (1.96%) Veeam
10 1 (1.96%) WatchGuard