Cisco IOS Job Trends

Cisco IOS
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Cisco IOS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 651 541 607
Rank change year-on-year -110 +66 +136
Permanent jobs citing Cisco IOS 45 89 251
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.058% 0.22% 0.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.44% 1.73% 2.14%
Number of salaries quoted 25 64 62
10th Percentile £35,250 £26,750 £30,125
25th Percentile £52,500 £31,813 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £65,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% +30.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile - £77,500 £61,700
90th Percentile £69,000 £95,000 £113,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - +17.65%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 10,221 5,154 11,740
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.21% 12.58% 13.35%
Number of salaries quoted 4,048 3,669 9,302
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,349 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £52,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% +8.25% -6.73%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,420 £47,500 £43,500
% change year-on-year -25.43% +9.20% -3.33%

Cisco IOS
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Cisco IOS job vacancy trend in the UK

Cisco IOS
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco IOS over the 6 months to 26 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Cisco IOS in the UK

Cisco IOS
Top 11 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 26 March 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
England -87 45 £62,000 -4.62% 15
London -7 27 £62,000 -22.50% 4
UK excluding London -94 18 £55,000 +10.00% 10
Work from Home 0 15 £85,000 +13.33% 4
South East -31 10 £55,000 -10.20% 1
South West - 3 £70,000 - 1
Yorkshire -59 2 £32,500 +13.04% 2
North of England -73 2 £32,500 +12.07% 7
East of England - 2 £25,500 - 1
East Midlands -42 1 - - 1
Midlands -52 1 - - 1

Cisco IOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 3 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (4.44%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.22%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (4.44%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 13 (28.89%) Entra ID
2 8 (17.78%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (6.67%) Azure
3 3 (6.67%) Mimecast
4 2 (4.44%) OneDrive
5 1 (2.22%) AWS
5 1 (2.22%) AWS Direct Connect
5 1 (2.22%) Datadog
5 1 (2.22%) GCP
5 1 (2.22%) Stackdriver
5 1 (2.22%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 16 (35.56%) Cisco ISE
2 15 (33.33%) BGP
2 15 (33.33%) Firewall
2 15 (33.33%) MPLS
3 12 (26.67%) 4G
4 11 (24.44%) Broadband
4 11 (24.44%) Ethernet VPN
4 11 (24.44%) IOS XR
4 11 (24.44%) NX-OS
5 10 (22.22%) Cisco Firepower
5 10 (22.22%) Junos
6 9 (20.00%) WAAS
7 5 (11.11%) WAN
8 4 (8.89%) DHCP
8 4 (8.89%) DNS
8 4 (8.89%) LAN
8 4 (8.89%) OSPF
8 4 (8.89%) TCP/IP
8 4 (8.89%) VLAN
8 4 (8.89%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.89%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (26.67%) Git
2 4 (8.89%) JIRA
General
1 20 (44.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 16 (35.56%) Social Skills
3 13 (28.89%) Telecoms
4 8 (17.78%) Finance
5 4 (8.89%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.22%) Law
6 1 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.22%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (2.22%) Retail
Job Titles
1 27 (60.00%) Network Engineer
2 10 (22.22%) Cloud Engineer
3 9 (20.00%) Lead
4 8 (17.78%) Associate Engineer
5 3 (6.67%) Administrator
5 3 (6.67%) Cisco Engineer
5 3 (6.67%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 3 (6.67%) IT Administrator
5 3 (6.67%) IT Systems Administrator
5 3 (6.67%) Systems Administrator
6 2 (4.44%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 2 (4.44%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
6 2 (4.44%) Cloud Network Engineer
6 2 (4.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (4.44%) IT Support
6 2 (4.44%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (4.44%) Network Security Engineer
6 2 (4.44%) Security Engineer
6 2 (4.44%) Support Engineer
7 1 (2.22%) Junior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (24.44%) Jinja
1 11 (24.44%) NETCONF
1 11 (24.44%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 11 (24.44%) Social Media
2 9 (20.00%) CMDB
2 9 (20.00%) PKI
3 7 (15.56%) Management Information System
3 7 (15.56%) Onboarding
4 5 (11.11%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (2.22%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.22%) Driving Licence
5 1 (2.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (2.22%) Operational Technology
5 1 (2.22%) SCADA
5 1 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.22%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 18 (40.00%) Windows
2 12 (26.67%) Android
3 3 (6.67%) Mac OS
4 2 (4.44%) Windows Server
5 1 (2.22%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (2.22%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (44.44%) Service Management
2 18 (40.00%) ITSM
3 12 (26.67%) Agile
3 12 (26.67%) Change Management
3 12 (26.67%) Project Delivery
4 11 (24.44%) Data Science
4 11 (24.44%) Network Design
4 11 (24.44%) Site Reliability Engineering
5 10 (22.22%) ITIL
5 10 (22.22%) Proactive Monitoring
5 10 (22.22%) Service Delivery
5 10 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 9 (20.00%) Information Security
6 9 (20.00%) Migration
6 9 (20.00%) Performance Metrics
6 9 (20.00%) PRINCE2
6 9 (20.00%) Runbook
6 9 (20.00%) SIAM
7 7 (15.56%) Mentoring
8 6 (13.33%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 12 (26.67%) Python
2 10 (22.22%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.22%) Bash
3 1 (2.22%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 16 (35.56%) Security Cleared
2 13 (28.89%) Degree
3 12 (26.67%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (22.22%) DV Cleared
5 7 (15.56%) SC Cleared
6 3 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (6.67%) MCSA
6 3 (6.67%) MCSE
6 3 (6.67%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 2 (4.44%) CCNA
7 2 (4.44%) CCNP
7 2 (4.44%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (2.22%) AWS Certification
8 1 (2.22%) CCIE
8 1 (2.22%) CWNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (22.22%) SLA
2 6 (13.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (11.11%) GRC
4 2 (4.44%) GDPR
5 1 (2.22%) SOC 2
System Software
1 14 (31.11%) Firmware
2 10 (22.22%) VMware NSX
3 7 (15.56%) Active Directory
4 4 (8.89%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (4.44%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (2.22%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 11 (24.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (22.22%) vCenter Server
3 9 (20.00%) SCCM
4 1 (2.22%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (2.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 45 (100.00%) Cisco
2 15 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 10 (22.22%) Juniper
3 10 (22.22%) SolarWinds
4 9 (20.00%) Broadcom
5 5 (11.11%) Meraki
6 4 (8.89%) VMware
6 4 (8.89%) Zscaler
7 3 (6.67%) Bloomberg
7 3 (6.67%) LogicMonitor
7 3 (6.67%) Okta
7 3 (6.67%) Palo Alto
7 3 (6.67%) Reuters
7 3 (6.67%) Sophos
8 2 (4.44%) CheckPoint
8 2 (4.44%) F5
9 1 (2.22%) Infoblox
9 1 (2.22%) Qualys
9 1 (2.22%) Veeam
9 1 (2.22%) WatchGuard