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 25 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 714 351 776
Rank change year-on-year -363 +425 -118
Permanent jobs citing Cisco IOS 44 370 121
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.046% 0.82% 0.11%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.63% 5.42% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 31 86 34
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,750 £27,738
25th Percentile £34,750 £31,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £37,500 £38,250
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -1.96% -19.47%
75th Percentile £62,000 £67,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £76,875 £65,593
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £33,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year +36.36% +1.54% -23.53%

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 6,996 6,825 13,179
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.37% 15.06% 12.30%
Number of salaries quoted 4,487 3,884 9,324
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,267 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -6.86%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £44,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% -9.09% -2.22%

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 25 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Cisco IOS in the UK

Cisco IOS
Top 13 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 25 June 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 -342 44 £45,000 +20.00% 15
UK excluding London -328 24 £45,000 +36.36% 13
London -37 20 £62,000 -13.89% 3
Work from Home -211 19 £70,000 -3.45% 5
North of England -231 11 £32,500 +1.56% 2
North West -157 10 £43,250 +12.34% 2
South East -47 6 £48,750 -15.95% 5
Midlands -40 3 £38,500 -44.00% 3
South West -56 3 £70,000 +33.33% 1
West Midlands -29 2 £38,500 -44.00% 2
East of England -13 1 - - 1
East Midlands -38 1 - - 1
Yorkshire -72 1 £32,500 +1.56%

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 7 (15.91%) SharePoint
2 5 (11.36%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (11.36%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 16 (36.36%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (34.09%) Entra ID
3 7 (15.91%) Azure
3 7 (15.91%) Google Workspace
3 7 (15.91%) OneDrive
4 5 (11.36%) AWS
4 5 (11.36%) Viva Engage
5 2 (4.55%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 18 (40.91%) BGP
1 18 (40.91%) MPLS
2 17 (38.64%) Firewall
3 14 (31.82%) LAN
4 12 (27.27%) VPN
5 11 (25.00%) 4G
5 11 (25.00%) VLAN
6 10 (22.73%) Broadband
6 10 (22.73%) Ethernet VPN
6 10 (22.73%) IOS XR
7 8 (18.18%) Cisco ISE
7 8 (18.18%) DHCP
7 8 (18.18%) DNS
7 8 (18.18%) OSPF
7 8 (18.18%) VoIP
8 7 (15.91%) Multicast
8 7 (15.91%) Network Security
8 7 (15.91%) NX-OS
9 6 (13.64%) WLAN
10 5 (11.36%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.82%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (22.73%) Git
General
1 21 (47.73%) Social Skills
2 15 (34.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 13 (29.55%) Telecoms
4 6 (13.64%) Finance
5 4 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (6.82%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (6.82%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (6.82%) Retail
7 1 (2.27%) Law
7 1 (2.27%) Legal
7 1 (2.27%) Legal Technology
7 1 (2.27%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 23 (52.27%) Network Engineer
2 16 (36.36%) IT Support
3 7 (15.91%) Associate Engineer
4 5 (11.36%) IT Manager
4 5 (11.36%) IT Support Manager
4 5 (11.36%) IT Support Technician
4 5 (11.36%) IT Technician
4 5 (11.36%) Support Engineer
4 5 (11.36%) Support Manager
4 5 (11.36%) Support Technician
5 4 (9.09%) Network Security Engineer
5 4 (9.09%) Security Engineer
6 3 (6.82%) Cloud Engineer
6 3 (6.82%) IT Engineer
6 3 (6.82%) IT Support Engineer
7 2 (4.55%) Cisco Engineer
7 2 (4.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (4.55%) Senior
7 2 (4.55%) Technical Engineer
7 2 (4.55%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (22.73%) Jinja
1 10 (22.73%) NETCONF
1 10 (22.73%) YANG
2 3 (6.82%) 802.1X
3 2 (4.55%) CSS
3 2 (4.55%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (22.73%) Social Media
2 5 (11.36%) iPad
2 5 (11.36%) iPhone
2 5 (11.36%) Virtual Team
3 4 (9.09%) Management Information System
3 4 (9.09%) Onboarding
3 4 (9.09%) Video Conferencing
4 3 (6.82%) PKI
5 2 (4.55%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (4.55%) IoT
6 1 (2.27%) CMDB
6 1 (2.27%) Driving Licence
6 1 (2.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (2.27%) Operational Technology
6 1 (2.27%) SCADA
6 1 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (2.27%) Smartphone
6 1 (2.27%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 16 (36.36%) Windows
2 14 (31.82%) Mac OS
3 7 (15.91%) Android
4 5 (11.36%) Linux
5 3 (6.82%) Windows 10
5 3 (6.82%) Windows Server
6 2 (4.55%) tvOS
7 1 (2.27%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (2.27%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (29.55%) Network Design
2 10 (22.73%) Agile
2 10 (22.73%) Data Science
2 10 (22.73%) ITIL
2 10 (22.73%) Site Reliability Engineering
3 9 (20.45%) Customer Service
4 7 (15.91%) ITSM
5 6 (13.64%) Asset Management
5 6 (13.64%) Migration
5 6 (13.64%) Mobile Device Management
5 6 (13.64%) Service Delivery
5 6 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (11.36%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
6 5 (11.36%) Disaster Recovery
6 5 (11.36%) Incident Management
6 5 (11.36%) IT Strategy
6 5 (11.36%) Service Management
6 5 (11.36%) Technology Strategy
6 5 (11.36%) Technology Transformation
7 4 (9.09%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 13 (29.55%) Python
2 2 (4.55%) C#
2 2 (4.55%) Shell Script
2 2 (4.55%) SQL
3 1 (2.27%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 6 (13.64%) Degree
2 6 (13.64%) DV Cleared
3 5 (11.36%) CCNA
3 5 (11.36%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (9.09%) CCNP
5 3 (6.82%) SC Cleared
6 2 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (2.27%) CWNA
7 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.09%) SLA
2 3 (6.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (4.55%) ISO 9001
4 1 (2.27%) GRC
System Software
1 10 (22.73%) Active Directory
2 4 (9.09%) Firmware
3 3 (6.82%) Docker
3 3 (6.82%) VMware NSX
4 2 (4.55%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (2.27%) Hyper-V
5 1 (2.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (15.91%) Jamf Pro
2 6 (13.64%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (6.82%) FortiGate
3 3 (6.82%) vCenter Server
4 1 (2.27%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (2.27%) SCCM
Vendors
1 44 (100.00%) Cisco
2 17 (38.64%) Microsoft
3 15 (34.09%) Meraki
4 9 (20.45%) Palo Alto
5 8 (18.18%) Apple
6 7 (15.91%) Google
6 7 (15.91%) Okta
7 5 (11.36%) Atlassian
7 5 (11.36%) HP
7 5 (11.36%) Juniper
7 5 (11.36%) ProCurve
8 4 (9.09%) CheckPoint
8 4 (9.09%) F5
9 3 (6.82%) Broadcom
9 3 (6.82%) Fortinet
9 3 (6.82%) SolarWinds
10 2 (4.55%) Adobe
10 2 (4.55%) CrowdStrike
10 2 (4.55%) SonicWALL
11 1 (2.27%) Aruba