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 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 476 547 498
Rank change year-on-year +71 -49 +115
Permanent jobs citing Cisco IOS 38 17 64
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.091% 0.046% 0.20%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.50% 0.34% 1.24%
Number of salaries quoted 35 7 46
10th Percentile £31,000 £44,882 £37,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £46,569 £45,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +1.85% +27.06%
75th Percentile £59,250 £63,125 £72,813
90th Percentile £71,300 £74,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £77,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -29.03% +40.91% +28.58%

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 7,602 4,952 5,144
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 18.12% 13.54% 15.95%
Number of salaries quoted 2,859 2,466 4,224
10th Percentile £25,087 £29,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £27,750 £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 £59,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £72,175
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 5 January 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 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 East +30 18 £58,000 +16.00% 153
North of England +35 12 £32,500 - 3
Yorkshire +4 12 £32,500 - 3
South West +12 4 £42,500 -34.62% 34
East of England +27 3 £40,000 - 32
West Midlands +21 1 £59,000 -28.48%
Midlands +18 1 £59,000 -14.18% 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 4 (10.53%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (5.26%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 18 (47.37%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (18.42%) Azure
3 1 (2.63%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (42.11%) Firewall
1 16 (42.11%) Junos
2 11 (28.95%) Cisco Firepower
2 11 (28.95%) Cisco ISE
3 10 (26.32%) IPsec
3 10 (26.32%) VPN
4 9 (23.68%) NX-OS
5 7 (18.42%) VoIP
6 6 (15.79%) BGP
6 6 (15.79%) LAN
7 5 (13.16%) MPLS
8 4 (10.53%) DHCP
8 4 (10.53%) DNS
8 4 (10.53%) VLAN
8 4 (10.53%) Wireless
9 2 (5.26%) IP Telephony
9 2 (5.26%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (2.63%) Network Security
10 1 (2.63%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.53%) Amazon RDS
1 4 (10.53%) SQL Server
General
1 13 (34.21%) Social Skills
2 6 (15.79%) Electronics
3 5 (13.16%) Telecoms
4 4 (10.53%) Finance
4 4 (10.53%) Manufacturing
4 4 (10.53%) Marketing
4 4 (10.53%) Public Sector
5 2 (5.26%) Military
6 1 (2.63%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 17 (44.74%) Network Engineer
2 12 (31.58%) Desktop Support
3 10 (26.32%) Cloud Engineer
3 10 (26.32%) IT Support
4 8 (21.05%) Senior
5 7 (18.42%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 7 (18.42%) Desktop Support Technician
5 7 (18.42%) Desktop Technician
5 7 (18.42%) Support Technician
6 5 (13.16%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 5 (13.16%) 3rd Line Support
6 5 (13.16%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 5 (13.16%) Support Engineer
7 4 (10.53%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 4 (10.53%) IT Engineer
7 4 (10.53%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 4 (10.53%) Network Design Engineer
7 4 (10.53%) Senior Design Engineer
7 4 (10.53%) Senior IT Support
7 4 (10.53%) Senior Network Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (23.68%) PKI
2 4 (10.53%) Clustering
3 2 (5.26%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 20 (52.63%) Windows
2 15 (39.47%) Android
3 7 (18.42%) Windows Server
4 6 (15.79%) Linux
5 5 (13.16%) Mac OS
6 2 (5.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (5.26%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (42.11%) ITIL
2 13 (34.21%) ITSM
3 9 (23.68%) Change Management
3 9 (23.68%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (23.68%) Service Management
4 8 (21.05%) Preventative Maintenance
5 7 (18.42%) Vulnerability Management
6 5 (13.16%) Coaching
6 5 (13.16%) Mentoring
6 5 (13.16%) Requirements Gathering
7 4 (10.53%) Collaborative Culture
7 4 (10.53%) Containerisation
7 4 (10.53%) Digital Marketing
7 4 (10.53%) Disaster Recovery
7 4 (10.53%) IT Strategy
7 4 (10.53%) Network Design
7 4 (10.53%) Project Delivery
7 4 (10.53%) Remote Monitoring and Management
7 4 (10.53%) Server Building
7 4 (10.53%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (18.42%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.63%) Python
2 1 (2.63%) VB
2 1 (2.63%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 17 (44.74%) DV Cleared
1 17 (44.74%) Security Cleared
2 9 (23.68%) Degree
3 7 (18.42%) CCNA
3 7 (18.42%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (15.79%) SC Cleared
5 5 (13.16%) CCNP
6 4 (10.53%) ACMT
6 4 (10.53%) JNCIS
6 4 (10.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 2 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (5.26%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.53%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (5.26%) Def Stans
2 2 (5.26%) SLA
3 1 (2.63%) GDPR
System Software
1 10 (26.32%) VMware NSX
2 9 (23.68%) Firmware
3 4 (10.53%) Active Directory
3 4 (10.53%) Docker
3 4 (10.53%) Hyper-V
3 4 (10.53%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 18 (47.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (36.84%) vCenter Server
3 4 (10.53%) Autotask
3 4 (10.53%) Kubernetes
4 2 (5.26%) FortiGate
4 2 (5.26%) SCCM
5 1 (2.63%) Ansible
5 1 (2.63%) Terraform
Vendors
1 38 (100.00%) Cisco
2 15 (39.47%) Juniper
3 14 (36.84%) Microsoft
4 10 (26.32%) SolarWinds
5 9 (23.68%) Broadcom
6 6 (15.79%) Apple
7 4 (10.53%) Datto
7 4 (10.53%) Oracle
7 4 (10.53%) SAP
7 4 (10.53%) Sophos
7 4 (10.53%) Veeam
7 4 (10.53%) VMware
8 2 (5.26%) Remedy
8 2 (5.26%) ServiceNow
9 1 (2.63%) Citrix
9 1 (2.63%) F5
9 1 (2.63%) Fortinet