Cisco IOS Job Trends in the Midlands

Cisco IOS
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Cisco IOS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 222 237 211
Rank change year-on-year +15 -26 +123
Permanent jobs citing Cisco IOS 1 6 14
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.013% 0.091% 0.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.062% 0.61% 1.43%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 13
10th Percentile - £55,375 £38,100
25th Percentile £57,000 £59,688 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £68,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.18% +25.00% +15.79%
75th Percentile £61,000 £77,188 £70,000
90th Percentile - £81,125 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £80,000 £61,700
% change year-on-year -31.25% +29.66% +45.18%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,606 979 976
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 20.57% 14.87% 19.17%
Number of salaries quoted 438 404 851
10th Percentile £25,750 £30,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £27,900 £36,188 £29,900
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £48,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -34.38% +6.67% -5.26%
75th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £66,500 £72,500 £70,000
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 the Midlands

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

Cisco IOS job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Cisco IOS
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Cisco IOS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco IOS within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 3 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
West Midlands +28 1 £59,000 -28.48%
Cisco IOS
England

Cisco IOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) IPsec
1 1 (100.00%) Junos
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper