Cisco IOS Job Trends in the South East

Cisco IOS
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Cisco IOS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 258 296 276
Rank change year-on-year +38 -20 +124
Permanent jobs citing Cisco IOS 17 6 14
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.16% 0.067% 0.16%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.14% 0.43% 1.13%
Number of salaries quoted 14 3 13
10th Percentile £49,825 £44,500 £61,250
25th Percentile £52,031 £45,625 £68,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £50,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.00% -31.03% +222.22%
75th Percentile £70,625 £55,625 £76,250
90th Percentile £73,500 £57,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £80,000 £55,500
% change year-on-year -31.25% +44.14% +28.70%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,496 1,391 1,242
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 14.50% 15.43% 13.99%
Number of salaries quoted 668 720 1,047
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,500 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £59,500 £63,750 £61,700
90th Percentile £73,500 £77,500 £75,000
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 South East

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

Cisco IOS job vacancy trend in the South East

Cisco IOS
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Cisco IOS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco IOS in the South East over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Cisco IOS in the South East

Cisco IOS
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco IOS within the South East region over the 6 months to 12 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
Hampshire +47 16 £58,000 +16.00% 1
Surrey - 1 £50,000 - 1
Cisco IOS
England

Cisco IOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 14 (82.35%) Junos
2 10 (58.82%) Cisco Firepower
2 10 (58.82%) Cisco ISE
2 10 (58.82%) Firewall
3 9 (52.94%) NX-OS
4 5 (29.41%) BGP
4 5 (29.41%) IPsec
4 5 (29.41%) VPN
5 4 (23.53%) LAN
5 4 (23.53%) MPLS
6 3 (17.65%) VoIP
7 1 (5.88%) Network Security
7 1 (5.88%) OSPF
General
1 2 (11.76%) Electronics
1 2 (11.76%) Military
2 1 (5.88%) Advertising
2 1 (5.88%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (88.24%) Network Engineer
2 10 (58.82%) Cloud Engineer
3 4 (23.53%) Design Engineer
3 4 (23.53%) Network Design Engineer
3 4 (23.53%) Senior
3 4 (23.53%) Senior Design Engineer
3 4 (23.53%) Senior Network Design Engineer
3 4 (23.53%) Senior Network Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Cloud Network Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Linux Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Linux Systems Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (52.94%) PKI
2 2 (11.76%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Linux
1 2 (11.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (5.88%) Windows
2 1 (5.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (58.82%) ITSM
2 9 (52.94%) Change Management
2 9 (52.94%) Service Management
3 4 (23.53%) Network Design
3 4 (23.53%) Project Management
3 4 (23.53%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (11.76%) Computer Science
4 2 (11.76%) Customer Requirements
4 2 (11.76%) Project Delivery
4 2 (11.76%) Requirements Engineering
5 1 (5.88%) Incident Management
5 1 (5.88%) Network Virtualisation
5 1 (5.88%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 15 (88.24%) DV Cleared
1 15 (88.24%) Security Cleared
2 5 (29.41%) CCNA
2 5 (29.41%) CCNP
2 5 (29.41%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (29.41%) SC Cleared
3 4 (23.53%) JNCIS
4 2 (11.76%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (11.76%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) Def Stans
2 1 (5.88%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (58.82%) VMware NSX
2 9 (52.94%) Firmware
3 1 (5.88%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (58.82%) vCenter Server
2 1 (5.88%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 17 (100.00%) Cisco
2 14 (82.35%) Juniper
3 10 (58.82%) SolarWinds
4 9 (52.94%) Broadcom
5 1 (5.88%) Fortinet