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 21 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 571 645 490
Rank change year-on-year +74 -155 +275
Permanent jobs citing Cisco IOS 64 64 279
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.10% 0.12% 0.44%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.66% 0.89% 3.17%
Number of salaries quoted 44 30 82
10th Percentile £31,250 £46,250 £37,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £55,781 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £72,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.14% +31.82% +26.73%
75th Percentile £62,000 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £73,500 £95,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £65,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -34.62% +20.37% +27.06%

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 9,660 7,154 8,797
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.70% 13.51% 13.99%
Number of salaries quoted 3,896 3,720 7,167
10th Percentile £25,375 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £40,000 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,500 £87,500 £81,175
UK excluding London median annual salary £34,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -32.00% +11.11% -

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 21 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Cisco IOS in the UK

Cisco IOS
Top 12 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 21 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
England +64 64 £55,000 -25.42% 10
UK excluding London +64 37 £42,500 -34.62% 10
London +41 27 £62,000 -22.50% 1
Work from Home +68 18 £69,000 -9.51% 4
South East +33 18 £58,000 +0.87% 2
North of England +24 9 £32,500 - 2
Yorkshire -5 9 £32,500 - 1
South West +16 5 £42,500 -34.62% 6
East of England +16 3 £40,000 -
Midlands +16 2 £59,000 -18.62%
West Midlands +17 1 £59,000 -18.62%
East Midlands -7 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 4 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (4.69%) IIS
3 1 (1.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (3.13%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 20 (31.25%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (18.75%) Entra ID
3 9 (14.06%) Azure
4 3 (4.69%) Mimecast
5 2 (3.13%) AWS
6 1 (1.56%) AWS Direct Connect
6 1 (1.56%) Datadog
6 1 (1.56%) GCP
6 1 (1.56%) Stackdriver
6 1 (1.56%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 22 (34.38%) BGP
2 20 (31.25%) Firewall
3 19 (29.69%) MPLS
4 16 (25.00%) Cisco ISE
4 16 (25.00%) Junos
5 13 (20.31%) VPN
6 11 (17.19%) 4G
6 11 (17.19%) Broadband
6 11 (17.19%) Cisco Firepower
6 11 (17.19%) Ethernet VPN
6 11 (17.19%) IOS XR
6 11 (17.19%) NX-OS
7 9 (14.06%) IPsec
7 9 (14.06%) WAAS
8 7 (10.94%) LAN
8 7 (10.94%) VoIP
9 6 (9.38%) OSPF
9 6 (9.38%) Wireless
10 5 (7.81%) SD-WAN
10 5 (7.81%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (10.94%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.69%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 12 (18.75%) Git
2 4 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 23 (35.94%) Social Skills
2 20 (31.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 16 (25.00%) Telecoms
4 10 (15.63%) Finance
5 7 (10.94%) Public Sector
6 5 (7.81%) Electronics
7 3 (4.69%) Manufacturing
7 3 (4.69%) Marketing
8 2 (3.13%) Military
9 1 (1.56%) Advertising
9 1 (1.56%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (1.56%) Law
9 1 (1.56%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 33 (51.56%) Network Engineer
2 11 (17.19%) Cloud Engineer
3 9 (14.06%) Desktop Support
3 9 (14.06%) Lead
4 8 (12.50%) Associate Engineer
4 8 (12.50%) Senior
5 7 (10.94%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 7 (10.94%) IT Support
6 6 (9.38%) Desktop Support Technician
6 6 (9.38%) Desktop Technician
6 6 (9.38%) Support Technician
7 5 (7.81%) Cisco Engineer
7 5 (7.81%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 5 (7.81%) Senior Network Engineer
8 4 (6.25%) Design Engineer
8 4 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (6.25%) IT Administrator
8 4 (6.25%) Network Design Engineer
8 4 (6.25%) Senior Network Design Engineer
8 4 (6.25%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (17.19%) Jinja
1 11 (17.19%) NETCONF
1 11 (17.19%) YANG
2 1 (1.56%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 11 (17.19%) Social Media
2 10 (15.63%) PKI
3 9 (14.06%) CMDB
4 5 (7.81%) Management Information System
4 5 (7.81%) Onboarding
4 5 (7.81%) Video Conferencing
5 3 (4.69%) Clustering
6 2 (3.13%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (1.56%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.56%) e-Health
7 1 (1.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 29 (45.31%) Windows
2 21 (32.81%) Android
3 7 (10.94%) Windows Server
4 5 (7.81%) Linux
5 4 (6.25%) Mac OS
6 2 (3.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (3.13%) Windows 10
7 1 (1.56%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (32.81%) ITIL
2 19 (29.69%) ITSM
3 18 (28.13%) Service Management
4 16 (25.00%) Network Design
5 14 (21.88%) Change Management
5 14 (21.88%) Project Delivery
6 13 (20.31%) Agile
6 13 (20.31%) Migration
7 11 (17.19%) Data Science
7 11 (17.19%) Site Reliability Engineering
8 10 (15.63%) Mentoring
8 10 (15.63%) Performance Metrics
8 10 (15.63%) Proactive Monitoring
8 10 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (15.63%) Service Delivery
8 10 (15.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 9 (14.06%) Information Security
9 9 (14.06%) PRINCE2
9 9 (14.06%) Runbook
9 9 (14.06%) SIAM
Programming Languages
1 15 (23.44%) PowerShell
2 14 (21.88%) Python
3 1 (1.56%) Bash
3 1 (1.56%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 22 (34.38%) Security Cleared
2 17 (26.56%) Degree
2 17 (26.56%) DV Cleared
3 12 (18.75%) Microsoft Certification
3 12 (18.75%) SC Cleared
4 9 (14.06%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (10.94%) CCNA
5 7 (10.94%) CCNP
6 4 (6.25%) JNCIS
7 3 (4.69%) ACMT
7 3 (4.69%) MCP
7 3 (4.69%) MCSA
7 3 (4.69%) MCSE
7 3 (4.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (3.13%) DBS Check
9 1 (1.56%) AWS Certification
9 1 (1.56%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (17.19%) SLA
2 6 (9.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (7.81%) GRC
4 3 (4.69%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (3.13%) Def Stans
5 2 (3.13%) GDPR
6 1 (1.56%) SOC 2
System Software
1 15 (23.44%) Firmware
2 11 (17.19%) VMware NSX
3 8 (12.50%) Active Directory
4 7 (10.94%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (4.69%) Docker
5 3 (4.69%) Hyper-V
5 3 (4.69%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 23 (35.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (21.88%) vCenter Server
3 11 (17.19%) SCCM
4 3 (4.69%) Autotask
4 3 (4.69%) Kubernetes
5 2 (3.13%) Ansible
6 1 (1.56%) CA Spectrum
6 1 (1.56%) FortiGate
6 1 (1.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 64 (100.00%) Cisco
2 23 (35.94%) Microsoft
3 16 (25.00%) Juniper
4 14 (21.88%) SolarWinds
5 10 (15.63%) Broadcom
6 7 (10.94%) VMware
7 6 (9.38%) Sophos
7 6 (9.38%) Zscaler
8 5 (7.81%) Apple
9 4 (6.25%) LogicMonitor
9 4 (6.25%) Okta
9 4 (6.25%) Palo Alto
10 3 (4.69%) Bloomberg
10 3 (4.69%) Datto
10 3 (4.69%) F5
10 3 (4.69%) Meraki
10 3 (4.69%) Oracle
10 3 (4.69%) Reuters
10 3 (4.69%) SAP
10 3 (4.69%) Veeam