Cisco IOS Jobs

Cisco IOS
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Cisco IOS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cisco IOS over the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 391 793 657
Rank change year-on-year +402 -136 +366
Permanent jobs citing Cisco IOS 383 93 247
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.64% 0.090% 0.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.16% 0.72% 1.82%
Number of salaries quoted 98 40 132
10th Percentile £26,750 £27,313 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,000 £30,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £39,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -29.09% -7.54%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,593 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £68,750 £79,700
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,000 £32,250 £42,500
% change year-on-year +2.33% -24.12% -15.00%

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 12,109 12,990 13,572
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 20.16% 12.59% 15.91%
Number of salaries quoted 5,767 8,732 7,625
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £25,087 £32,500 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £47,500 £51,350
Median % change year-on-year -30.53% -7.50% -2.19%
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £77,500 £86,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £29,500 £44,132 £45,000
% change year-on-year -33.15% -1.93% -5.26%

Cisco IOS
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Cisco IOS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco IOS in the UK

Cisco IOS
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cisco IOS.

Salary trend for Cisco IOS in the UK

Cisco IOS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco IOS over the 6 months to 16 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Cisco IOS in the UK

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 16 July 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 +411 379 £37,500 -3.85% 53
UK excluding London +402 363 £33,000 +2.33% 37
North of England +253 305 £32,000 -47.70% 9
Work from Home +308 274 £72,500 +38.10% 24
North West +183 255 £38,500 -37.08% 4
Yorkshire +83 48 £32,000 -32.63% 4
South East +99 29 £58,000 +81.25% 19
Midlands +88 20 £65,000 +66.67% 4
London +96 18 £65,000 +44.44% 23
West Midlands - 12 £65,000 - 2
East Midlands +45 8 - - 2
South West +98 4 £40,000 -29.82% 4
Scotland +80 4 £55,000 +96.43%
North East - 2 £55,000 - 1
East of England +37 1 - - 1

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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (2.61%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.83%) IBM Domino
4 2 (0.52%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (2.09%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 45 (11.75%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (4.70%) Azure
3 8 (2.09%) AWS
4 4 (1.04%) Nutanix
5 3 (0.78%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.26%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (0.26%) Amazon S3
6 1 (0.26%) Azure Stack
6 1 (0.26%) GCP
6 1 (0.26%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.26%) Mimecast
6 1 (0.26%) SaaS
6 1 (0.26%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 280 (73.11%) VPN
2 37 (9.66%) LAN
2 37 (9.66%) WAN
3 31 (8.09%) BGP
4 25 (6.53%) Junos
5 22 (5.74%) Firewall
5 22 (5.74%) Wireless
6 21 (5.48%) IPsec
6 21 (5.48%) MPLS
7 19 (4.96%) TCP/IP
8 17 (4.44%) DNS
8 17 (4.44%) NX-OS
9 13 (3.39%) DHCP
10 11 (2.87%) OSPF
10 11 (2.87%) VLAN
11 10 (2.61%) Cisco ISE
12 9 (2.35%) Cisco Firepower
13 8 (2.09%) Software-Defined Networking
13 8 (2.09%) WLAN
14 7 (1.83%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (0.52%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (2.09%) Git
2 5 (1.31%) JIRA
3 4 (1.04%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.26%) GitLab
4 1 (0.26%) Robot Framework
4 1 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 271 (70.76%) Analytical Skills
2 264 (68.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 41 (10.70%) Social Skills
4 20 (5.22%) Finance
5 19 (4.96%) Law
6 12 (3.13%) Retail
7 7 (1.83%) Telecoms
8 5 (1.31%) Electronics
9 4 (1.04%) Military
10 3 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.52%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.52%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.26%) Advertising
12 1 (0.26%) Back Office
12 1 (0.26%) Banking
12 1 (0.26%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 263 (68.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 41 (10.70%) IT Support
3 35 (9.14%) Desktop Support
4 28 (7.31%) Analyst
5 25 (6.53%) Network Engineer
6 23 (6.01%) Support Analyst
7 18 (4.70%) Support Engineer
8 17 (4.44%) 2nd Line Support
9 16 (4.18%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
9 16 (4.18%) Architect
9 16 (4.18%) Network Architect
10 15 (3.92%) IT Analyst
10 15 (3.92%) IT Support Analyst
11 10 (2.61%) Senior
12 9 (2.35%) Desktop Support Technician
12 9 (2.35%) Desktop Technician
12 9 (2.35%) IT Engineer
12 9 (2.35%) IT Support Engineer
12 9 (2.35%) Support Technician
13 7 (1.83%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 262 (68.41%) Elastic Stack
2 6 (1.57%) Middleware
3 5 (1.31%) 802.1X
4 4 (1.04%) LDAP
5 3 (0.78%) Jinja
6 1 (0.26%) JSON
6 1 (0.26%) OpenConfig
6 1 (0.26%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 262 (68.41%) Cyberattack
2 12 (3.13%) Data Centre
3 6 (1.57%) CCTV
3 6 (1.57%) Driving Licence
3 6 (1.57%) PKI
4 4 (1.04%) Anti-Spyware
4 4 (1.04%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (0.52%) Clustering
5 2 (0.52%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.26%) iPad
6 1 (0.26%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.26%) NHS
6 1 (0.26%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.26%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 333 (86.95%) Windows
2 301 (78.59%) Android
3 287 (74.93%) Linux
4 25 (6.53%) Mac OS X
5 21 (5.48%) Windows Server
6 13 (3.39%) Windows 10
7 11 (2.87%) Mac OS
8 7 (1.83%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (1.57%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (1.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 289 (75.46%) Problem-Solving
2 270 (70.50%) DevOps
2 270 (70.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 269 (70.23%) Platform Engineering
4 265 (69.19%) Task Automation
5 262 (68.41%) Line Management
5 262 (68.41%) Mathematics
5 262 (68.41%) Risk Management
5 262 (68.41%) Storage Management
6 36 (9.40%) ITIL
7 19 (4.96%) Network Design
8 18 (4.70%) Preventative Maintenance
9 17 (4.44%) Technical Leadership
10 15 (3.92%) Vulnerability Management
11 13 (3.39%) Customer Experience
12 12 (3.13%) Customer Service
12 12 (3.13%) Requirements Gathering
13 11 (2.87%) Agile
13 11 (2.87%) Service Delivery
14 10 (2.61%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 293 (76.50%) Python
2 265 (69.19%) PowerShell
3 262 (68.41%) Bash
4 10 (2.61%) SQL
5 3 (0.78%) R
5 3 (0.78%) VB
6 2 (0.52%) Go
Qualifications
1 42 (10.97%) Degree
2 37 (9.66%) Cisco Certification
3 35 (9.14%) CCNP
4 26 (6.79%) Security Cleared
5 18 (4.70%) CCNA
6 16 (4.18%) JNCIS
6 16 (4.18%) SC Cleared
7 11 (2.87%) MCSA
7 11 (2.87%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (2.61%) DV Cleared
9 6 (1.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 5 (1.31%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.52%) ACMT
11 2 (0.52%) CCIE
11 2 (0.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 1 (0.26%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.26%) MCP
12 1 (0.26%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.22%) SLA
2 4 (1.04%) Def Stans
3 3 (0.78%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 268 (69.97%) VMware NSX
2 265 (69.19%) Hyper-V
3 264 (68.93%) Docker
4 262 (68.41%) vSphere
5 40 (10.44%) Active Directory
6 7 (1.83%) VMware Infrastructure
7 6 (1.57%) Firmware
8 2 (0.52%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.26%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.26%) RHEV
9 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 284 (74.15%) Ansible
2 272 (71.02%) Terraform
3 31 (8.09%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (2.09%) vCenter Server
5 7 (1.83%) SCCM
6 4 (1.04%) FortiGate
6 4 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.52%) Autotask
7 2 (0.52%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 383 (100.00%) Cisco
2 286 (74.67%) Juniper
3 262 (68.41%) 3PAR
3 262 (68.41%) Splunk
4 36 (9.40%) Microsoft
5 13 (3.39%) Palo Alto
6 10 (2.61%) SolarWinds
7 9 (2.35%) Riverbed
8 8 (2.09%) F5
9 7 (1.83%) SAP
9 7 (1.83%) VMware
10 6 (1.57%) Broadcom
10 6 (1.57%) MobileIron
10 6 (1.57%) Trend Micro
11 5 (1.31%) Apple
11 5 (1.31%) Okta
11 5 (1.31%) ServiceNow
12 4 (1.04%) Arista
12 4 (1.04%) Citrix
12 4 (1.04%) Perforce