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 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 471 550 475
Rank change year-on-year +79 -75 +156
Permanent jobs citing Cisco IOS 44 17 66
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.10% 0.045% 0.22%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.57% 0.34% 1.32%
Number of salaries quoted 39 7 49
10th Percentile £31,000 £44,882 £37,400
25th Percentile £31,250 £46,569 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +1.85% +27.06%
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,125 £73,750
90th Percentile £69,100 £74,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £54,375 £72,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -25.00% +31.82% +29.41%

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 7,665 5,060 5,018
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 18.27% 13.52% 16.38%
Number of salaries quoted 2,909 2,555 4,123
10th Percentile £25,087 £29,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £27,694 £35,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £52,500 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £72,433
UK median annual salary £38,500 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -28.70% +8.00% -4.76%

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 31 December 2025.

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 31 December 2025. 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 East +45 20 £58,000 +16.00% 7
North of England +26 14 £32,500 - 3
Yorkshire +10 14 £32,500 - 1
South West +21 6 £42,500 -34.62% 4
East of England +24 3 £40,000 - 2
West Midlands +26 1 £59,000 -28.48%
Midlands +22 1 £59,000 -14.18%
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 6 (13.64%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (4.55%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 22 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (20.45%) Azure
3 1 (2.27%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (45.45%) Firewall
2 16 (36.36%) Junos
3 14 (31.82%) IPsec
3 14 (31.82%) VPN
4 11 (25.00%) Cisco Firepower
4 11 (25.00%) Cisco ISE
5 9 (20.45%) NX-OS
5 9 (20.45%) VoIP
6 8 (18.18%) DHCP
6 8 (18.18%) DNS
6 8 (18.18%) LAN
6 8 (18.18%) VLAN
6 8 (18.18%) Wireless
7 7 (15.91%) MPLS
8 6 (13.64%) BGP
9 4 (9.09%) IP Telephony
10 2 (4.55%) TCP/IP
10 2 (4.55%) Wireless Security
10 2 (4.55%) Wireshark
10 2 (4.55%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (13.64%) Amazon RDS
1 6 (13.64%) SQL Server
General
1 18 (40.91%) Social Skills
2 8 (18.18%) Telecoms
3 7 (15.91%) Electronics
4 5 (11.36%) Finance
4 5 (11.36%) Manufacturing
4 5 (11.36%) Marketing
4 5 (11.36%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (4.55%) Military
5 2 (4.55%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (2.27%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 17 (38.64%) Network Engineer
2 14 (31.82%) Desktop Support
3 13 (29.55%) IT Support
4 10 (22.73%) Cloud Engineer
4 10 (22.73%) Senior
5 8 (18.18%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 8 (18.18%) Desktop Support Technician
5 8 (18.18%) Desktop Technician
5 8 (18.18%) Support Technician
6 7 (15.91%) Support Engineer
7 6 (13.64%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 6 (13.64%) 3rd Line Support
7 6 (13.64%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 6 (13.64%) IT Engineer
7 6 (13.64%) IT Support Engineer
7 6 (13.64%) Senior IT Engineer
7 6 (13.64%) Senior IT Support
7 6 (13.64%) Senior Support Engineer
8 5 (11.36%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
8 5 (11.36%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.55%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 9 (20.45%) PKI
2 6 (13.64%) Clustering
3 2 (4.55%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 24 (54.55%) Windows
2 17 (38.64%) Android
3 9 (20.45%) Windows Server
4 8 (18.18%) Linux
5 7 (15.91%) Mac OS
6 2 (4.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (4.55%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (45.45%) ITIL
2 13 (29.55%) ITSM
3 12 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (20.45%) Change Management
4 9 (20.45%) Preventative Maintenance
4 9 (20.45%) Service Management
5 8 (18.18%) Vulnerability Management
6 7 (15.91%) Coaching
6 7 (15.91%) Mentoring
7 6 (13.64%) Collaborative Culture
7 6 (13.64%) Containerisation
7 6 (13.64%) Disaster Recovery
7 6 (13.64%) IT Strategy
7 6 (13.64%) Migration
7 6 (13.64%) Project Delivery
7 6 (13.64%) Project Management
7 6 (13.64%) Remote Monitoring and Management
7 6 (13.64%) Server Building
7 6 (13.64%) Server Management
8 5 (11.36%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 9 (20.45%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.55%) R
3 1 (2.27%) Python
3 1 (2.27%) VB
3 1 (2.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 17 (38.64%) DV Cleared
1 17 (38.64%) Security Cleared
2 12 (27.27%) Degree
3 9 (20.45%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (15.91%) CCNA
4 7 (15.91%) CCNP
5 6 (13.64%) ACMT
5 6 (13.64%) SC Cleared
5 6 (13.64%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 4 (9.09%) JNCIS
7 2 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (4.55%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.64%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (4.55%) Accessibility
2 2 (4.55%) Def Stans
2 2 (4.55%) SLA
3 1 (2.27%) GDPR
System Software
1 10 (22.73%) VMware NSX
2 9 (20.45%) Firmware
3 6 (13.64%) Docker
3 6 (13.64%) Hyper-V
3 6 (13.64%) VMware ESXi
3 6 (13.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (9.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 22 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (36.36%) vCenter Server
3 6 (13.64%) Autotask
3 6 (13.64%) Kubernetes
4 2 (4.55%) FortiGate
4 2 (4.55%) SCCM
5 1 (2.27%) Ansible
5 1 (2.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 44 (100.00%) Cisco
2 17 (38.64%) Microsoft
3 15 (34.09%) Juniper
4 10 (22.73%) SolarWinds
5 9 (20.45%) Broadcom
6 8 (18.18%) Apple
7 6 (13.64%) Datto
7 6 (13.64%) Oracle
7 6 (13.64%) Sophos
7 6 (13.64%) Veeam
7 6 (13.64%) VMware
8 5 (11.36%) SAP
9 2 (4.55%) Remedy
9 2 (4.55%) Riverbed
9 2 (4.55%) ServiceNow
10 1 (2.27%) Citrix
10 1 (2.27%) F5
10 1 (2.27%) Fortinet