Cisco IOS
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Cisco IOS skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 354 | 749 | 554 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +395 | -195 | +441 |
| Permanent jobs citing Cisco IOS | 360 | 47 | 228 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.73% | 0.060% | 0.38% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 4.98% | 0.50% | 2.36% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 80 | 27 | 119 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £28,000 | £31,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £31,000 | £30,000 | £40,375 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £33,000 | £47,500 | £62,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -30.53% | -23.39% | +27.84% |
| 75th Percentile | £57,500 | £68,750 | £76,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £68,550 | - | £92,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £32,500 | £32,000 | £59,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.56% | -45.76% | +22.92% |
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 | 7,231 | 9,414 | 9,641 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 14.62% | 12.05% | 16.00% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 4,036 | 4,929 | 6,859 |
| 10th Percentile | £25,087 | £29,360 | £27,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £29,000 | £36,250 | £35,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £40,000 | £50,000 | £50,250 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.00% | -0.50% | -4.29% |
| 75th Percentile | £61,250 | £67,500 | £70,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £80,000 | £82,500 | £85,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £35,000 | £47,500 | £45,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -26.32% | +5.56% | -5.26% |
Cisco IOS
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Cisco IOS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Cisco IOS
Salary Trend
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 18 September 2025.
Cisco IOS
Top 15 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 18 September 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +391 | 357 | £33,000 | -29.62% | 24 |
| UK excluding London | +381 | 342 | £32,500 | +1.56% | 18 |
| North of England | +223 | 295 | £32,000 | -47.70% | 3 |
| Work from Home | +283 | 273 | £69,000 | +2.22% | 10 |
| North West | +174 | 250 | - | - | 2 |
| Yorkshire | +69 | 43 | £32,000 | - | 1 |
| South East | +67 | 23 | £56,500 | +76.56% | 15 |
| London | +64 | 16 | £70,000 | +47.37% | 8 |
| Midlands | +57 | 10 | £59,000 | +51.28% | |
| South West | +82 | 8 | £42,500 | -30.33% | |
| East Midlands | +40 | 8 | - | - | |
| Scotland | +39 | 3 | - | - | |
| East of England | -11 | 3 | £40,000 | - | |
| West Midlands | +45 | 2 | £59,000 | - | |
| North East | - | 2 | £55,000 | - |
Cisco IOS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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