Cisco IOS Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Cisco IOS
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Cisco IOS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 637 253 599
Rank change year-on-year -384 +346 -137
Permanent jobs citing Cisco IOS 35 331 22
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.040% 0.96% 0.044%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.60% 6.03% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 28 58 8
10th Percentile £27,800 £31,000 £28,100
25th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £29,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £33,000 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -24.57% -29.09%
75th Percentile £47,500 £55,156 £57,813
90th Percentile £57,500 £63,800 £61,375
UK median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £57,250
% change year-on-year - -30.13% -11.92%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,852 5,487 5,910
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.73% 15.95% 11.78%
Number of salaries quoted 3,614 2,981 2,862
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,087 £28,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £27,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £34,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +32.35% -32.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £62,500 £52,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £76,075 £68,750 £74,689
UK median annual salary £50,000 £38,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +29.87% -26.67% +2.94%

Cisco IOS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Cisco IOS job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Cisco IOS
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Cisco IOS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco IOS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Cisco IOS in the UK excluding London

Cisco IOS
Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 October 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
North of England -239 16 £32,750 +0.77% 5
North West -180 15 £32,750 - 1
Midlands -54 7 £38,500 -34.75% 1
West Midlands -32 6 £38,500 -34.75% 1
Northern Ireland - 4 - - 1
South East -60 3 £45,000 -22.41% 3
Wales - 3 £25,000 - 1
Scotland +8 1 £50,000 -
East Midlands -45 1 £41,000 -
North East -71 1 - -
South West -73 1 - - 3
Cisco IOS
UK

Cisco IOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 12 (34.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (28.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 21 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (48.57%) Entra ID
3 14 (40.00%) Azure
4 10 (28.57%) OneDrive
4 10 (28.57%) Viva Engage
5 6 (17.14%) AWS
6 5 (14.29%) Google Workspace
7 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Copilot
7 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Purview
7 3 (8.57%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 17 (48.57%) LAN
2 13 (37.14%) VoIP
3 12 (34.29%) WLAN
4 10 (28.57%) DHCP
4 10 (28.57%) DNS
4 10 (28.57%) Remote Desktop
5 7 (20.00%) VLAN
5 7 (20.00%) VPN
6 6 (17.14%) Firewall
7 5 (14.29%) WAN
7 5 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (8.57%) BGP
8 3 (8.57%) Ethernet
8 3 (8.57%) Network Security
8 3 (8.57%) OSPF
8 3 (8.57%) SD-WAN
8 3 (8.57%) TCP/IP
9 2 (5.71%) IPsec
9 2 (5.71%) MPLS
9 2 (5.71%) Multicast
Development Applications
1 1 (2.86%) JIRA
General
1 14 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (25.71%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (20.00%) Retail
4 5 (14.29%) Electronics
4 5 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (11.43%) Aerospace
6 3 (8.57%) Automotive
7 2 (5.71%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (5.71%) Telecoms
8 1 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (2.86%) Military
Job Titles
1 17 (48.57%) Support Technician
2 15 (42.86%) IT Support
3 10 (28.57%) IT Support Technician
3 10 (28.57%) IT Technician
4 5 (14.29%) IT Manager
4 5 (14.29%) IT Support Manager
4 5 (14.29%) Support Engineer
4 5 (14.29%) Support Manager
4 5 (14.29%) Technical Engineer
4 5 (14.29%) Technical Support
4 5 (14.29%) Technical Support Engineer
5 3 (8.57%) ICT Support
5 3 (8.57%) ICT Support Technician
5 3 (8.57%) ICT Technician
5 3 (8.57%) IT Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Field Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Network Engineer
7 1 (2.86%) Cisco Specialist
7 1 (2.86%) Network Specialist
7 1 (2.86%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.71%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 14 (40.00%) iPhone
2 10 (28.57%) iPad
3 5 (14.29%) IoT
3 5 (14.29%) Virtual Team
4 4 (11.43%) Smartphone
5 3 (8.57%) Management Information System
5 3 (8.57%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (5.71%) Driving Licence
7 1 (2.86%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 25 (71.43%) Windows
2 15 (42.86%) macOS
3 12 (34.29%) Android
4 8 (22.86%) Linux
5 7 (20.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (48.57%) Customer Service
2 14 (40.00%) ITIL
3 13 (37.14%) Mobile Device Management
4 11 (31.43%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (28.57%) Asset Management
6 6 (17.14%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (17.14%) Disaster Recovery
7 5 (14.29%) Collaborative Culture
7 5 (14.29%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
7 5 (14.29%) Customer Engagement
7 5 (14.29%) Incident Management
7 5 (14.29%) IT Strategy
7 5 (14.29%) Migration
7 5 (14.29%) Service Delivery
7 5 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (14.29%) Technology Strategy
7 5 (14.29%) Technology Transformation
7 5 (14.29%) Validation
7 5 (14.29%) Workflow
8 3 (8.57%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.57%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (11.43%) CCNA
2 4 (11.43%) CCNP
2 4 (11.43%) Degree
3 2 (5.71%) A+ Certification
3 2 (5.71%) DV Cleared
3 2 (5.71%) Network+ Certification
3 2 (5.71%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.86%) CCDA
4 1 (2.86%) CCDP
4 1 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (14.29%) ISO 9001
2 2 (5.71%) SLA
3 1 (2.86%) Def Stans
System Software
1 20 (57.14%) Active Directory
2 7 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (11.43%) BitLocker
3 4 (11.43%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 3 (8.57%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (5.71%) Docker
6 1 (2.86%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (14.29%) Jamf Pro
1 5 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (11.43%) SCCM
3 3 (8.57%) FortiGate
4 1 (2.86%) Ansible
Vendors
1 35 (100.00%) Cisco
2 16 (45.71%) Microsoft
3 13 (37.14%) Meraki
4 10 (28.57%) HP
4 10 (28.57%) ProCurve
5 7 (20.00%) Apple
5 7 (20.00%) VMware
6 5 (14.29%) Atlassian
6 5 (14.29%) Google
6 5 (14.29%) Okta
6 5 (14.29%) Palo Alto
7 4 (11.43%) Fortinet
7 4 (11.43%) Thales
8 1 (2.86%) Aruba