Cisco IOS Job Trends in London

Cisco IOS
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Cisco IOS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 348 384 260
Rank change year-on-year +36 -124 +325
Permanent jobs citing Cisco IOS 20 40 197
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.15% 0.26% 1.11%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.17% 2.02% 8.76%
Number of salaries quoted 13 16 46
10th Percentile - £46,250 £31,250
25th Percentile - £69,219 £47,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £80,000 £70,750
Median % change year-on-year -22.50% +13.07% +41.50%
75th Percentile - £95,000 £95,938
90th Percentile £67,500 £97,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £80,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year -31.25% +42.86% +31.76%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,703 1,984 2,250
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 12.38% 12.75% 12.62%
Number of salaries quoted 908 1,104 1,772
10th Percentile £28,697 £37,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £36,750 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £87,313 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £100,000 £97,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%

Cisco IOS
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Cisco IOS job vacancy trend in London

Cisco IOS
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Cisco IOS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco IOS in London over the 6 months to 5 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Cisco IOS in London

Cisco IOS
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco IOS within the London region over the 6 months to 5 January 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
South London - 1 - - 36
Cisco IOS
England

Cisco IOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (5.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 12 (60.00%) Entra ID
2 6 (30.00%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (20.00%) Azure
4 3 (15.00%) Mimecast
5 2 (10.00%) AWS
6 1 (5.00%) AWS Direct Connect
6 1 (5.00%) Datadog
6 1 (5.00%) GCP
6 1 (5.00%) Stackdriver
6 1 (5.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (45.00%) WAAS
2 6 (30.00%) BGP
2 6 (30.00%) SD-WAN
2 6 (30.00%) WAN
3 5 (25.00%) OSPF
3 5 (25.00%) VPN
4 4 (20.00%) Cisco ISE
4 4 (20.00%) EIGRP
4 4 (20.00%) Firewall
4 4 (20.00%) TCP/IP
4 4 (20.00%) Wireless
4 4 (20.00%) Wireshark
5 3 (15.00%) BIG-IP
5 3 (15.00%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 3 (15.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 3 (15.00%) LAN
5 3 (15.00%) MPLS
5 3 (15.00%) WLAN
6 1 (5.00%) Broadband
6 1 (5.00%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (20.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (20.00%) JIRA
2 2 (10.00%) Git
General
1 10 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 7 (35.00%) Finance
3 4 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (10.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Telecoms
5 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Law
5 1 (5.00%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 9 (45.00%) Lead
2 6 (30.00%) Network Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) Administrator
3 4 (20.00%) IT Administrator
3 4 (20.00%) IT Systems Administrator
3 4 (20.00%) Systems Administrator
4 2 (10.00%) Cisco Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Architect
5 1 (5.00%) Associate Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Network Architect
5 1 (5.00%) Platform Architect
5 1 (5.00%) Senior
5 1 (5.00%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (5.00%) Telecoms Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Telecoms Test Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Test Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) 802.1X
1 1 (5.00%) Jinja
1 1 (5.00%) NETCONF
1 1 (5.00%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 9 (45.00%) CMDB
2 5 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 5 (25.00%) Onboarding
2 5 (25.00%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (5.00%) Cloud Native
3 1 (5.00%) e-Health
3 1 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (5.00%) Social Media
3 1 (5.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 13 (65.00%) Windows
2 9 (45.00%) Android
3 1 (5.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (5.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (50.00%) Migration
1 10 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
1 10 (50.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 10 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 9 (45.00%) Information Security
2 9 (45.00%) ITIL
2 9 (45.00%) PRINCE2
2 9 (45.00%) Project Delivery
2 9 (45.00%) Runbook
2 9 (45.00%) Service Delivery
2 9 (45.00%) Service Management
2 9 (45.00%) SIAM
3 6 (30.00%) Mentoring
3 6 (30.00%) Problem Management
3 6 (30.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 5 (25.00%) ITSM
4 5 (25.00%) Performance Management
4 5 (25.00%) Roadmaps
4 5 (25.00%) Service Catalogue
4 5 (25.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 9 (45.00%) PowerShell
2 5 (25.00%) Python
3 1 (5.00%) Bash
Qualifications
1 12 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (45.00%) Degree
3 5 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 5 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 3 (15.00%) MCP
4 3 (15.00%) MCSA
4 3 (15.00%) MCSE
5 2 (10.00%) CCNP
5 2 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (5.00%) AWS Certification
6 1 (5.00%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (45.00%) SLA
2 6 (30.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (25.00%) GRC
4 1 (5.00%) GDPR
4 1 (5.00%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (25.00%) Firmware
2 4 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (45.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 9 (45.00%) SCCM
2 3 (15.00%) Ansible
3 1 (5.00%) CA Spectrum
3 1 (5.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (100.00%) Cisco
2 11 (55.00%) Microsoft
3 6 (30.00%) Zscaler
4 4 (20.00%) LogicMonitor
4 4 (20.00%) Okta
4 4 (20.00%) Palo Alto
4 4 (20.00%) SolarWinds
4 4 (20.00%) VMware
5 3 (15.00%) Aruba
5 3 (15.00%) Bloomberg
5 3 (15.00%) F5
5 3 (15.00%) Reuters
5 3 (15.00%) Sophos
6 2 (10.00%) Meraki
7 1 (5.00%) Infoblox