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

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 583 644 467
Rank change year-on-year +61 -177 +304
Permanent jobs citing Cisco IOS 59 59 263
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.099% 0.11% 0.49%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.61% 0.82% 3.42%
Number of salaries quoted 49 25 91
10th Percentile £31,000 £46,250 £37,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £52,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £77,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.03% +40.91% +27.75%
75th Percentile £62,000 £95,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £69,100 - £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -22.73% +1.85% +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 9,610 7,174 7,699
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.09% 13.22% 14.33%
Number of salaries quoted 3,920 3,723 6,230
10th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £38,750 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.70% +8.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £62,000 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
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 7 January 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 7 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 +90 59 £55,000 -31.25% 21
UK excluding London +79 39 £42,500 -22.73% 16
London +30 20 £62,000 -22.50% 7
South East +39 19 £58,000 +16.00% 8
North of England +25 12 £32,500 - 2
Yorkshire +1 12 £32,500 - 2
Work from Home +49 8 £69,000 -6.44% 7
South West +14 4 £42,500 -34.62% 4
East of England +22 3 £40,000 - 2
West Midlands +20 1 £59,000 -28.48%
Midlands +15 1 £59,000 -14.18% 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 (6.78%) IIS
1 4 (6.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.69%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (3.39%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 24 (40.68%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (20.34%) Entra ID
3 11 (18.64%) Azure
4 3 (5.08%) AWS
4 3 (5.08%) Mimecast
5 1 (1.69%) AWS Direct Connect
5 1 (1.69%) Datadog
5 1 (1.69%) GCP
5 1 (1.69%) Stackdriver
5 1 (1.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 21 (35.59%) Firewall
2 17 (28.81%) Junos
3 16 (27.12%) Cisco ISE
4 15 (25.42%) VPN
5 12 (20.34%) BGP
5 12 (20.34%) Cisco Firepower
6 10 (16.95%) IPsec
6 10 (16.95%) NX-OS
7 9 (15.25%) LAN
7 9 (15.25%) WAAS
8 8 (13.56%) MPLS
8 8 (13.56%) VoIP
8 8 (13.56%) Wireless
9 6 (10.17%) OSPF
9 6 (10.17%) SD-WAN
9 6 (10.17%) WAN
10 5 (8.47%) DHCP
10 5 (8.47%) DNS
11 4 (6.78%) EIGRP
11 4 (6.78%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (13.56%) SQL Server
2 4 (6.78%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 4 (6.78%) JIRA
2 2 (3.39%) Git
General
1 15 (25.42%) Social Skills
2 11 (18.64%) Finance
3 10 (16.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (13.56%) Public Sector
5 7 (11.86%) Telecoms
6 6 (10.17%) Electronics
7 4 (6.78%) Manufacturing
7 4 (6.78%) Marketing
8 2 (3.39%) Military
9 1 (1.69%) Advertising
9 1 (1.69%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (1.69%) Law
9 1 (1.69%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 24 (40.68%) Network Engineer
2 12 (20.34%) Desktop Support
3 11 (18.64%) Cloud Engineer
4 10 (16.95%) IT Support
5 9 (15.25%) Lead
5 9 (15.25%) Senior
6 7 (11.86%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 7 (11.86%) Desktop Support Technician
6 7 (11.86%) Desktop Technician
6 7 (11.86%) Support Technician
7 5 (8.47%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 5 (8.47%) 3rd Line Support
7 5 (8.47%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 5 (8.47%) Senior Network Engineer
7 5 (8.47%) Support Engineer
8 4 (6.78%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 4 (6.78%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
8 4 (6.78%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
8 4 (6.78%) Network Design Engineer
8 4 (6.78%) Senior IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.69%) 802.1X
1 1 (1.69%) Jinja
1 1 (1.69%) NETCONF
1 1 (1.69%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 10 (16.95%) PKI
2 9 (15.25%) CMDB
3 5 (8.47%) Management Information System
3 5 (8.47%) Onboarding
3 5 (8.47%) Video Conferencing
4 4 (6.78%) Clustering
5 2 (3.39%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (1.69%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.69%) e-Health
6 1 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.69%) Social Media
6 1 (1.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 33 (55.93%) Windows
2 24 (40.68%) Android
3 8 (13.56%) Windows Server
4 6 (10.17%) Linux
5 5 (8.47%) Mac OS
6 2 (3.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (3.39%) Windows 10
7 1 (1.69%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (42.37%) ITIL
2 19 (32.20%) ITSM
2 19 (32.20%) Service Management
3 14 (23.73%) Change Management
3 14 (23.73%) Migration
4 13 (22.03%) Project Delivery
5 12 (20.34%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (18.64%) Mentoring
7 10 (16.95%) Performance Metrics
7 10 (16.95%) Proactive Monitoring
7 10 (16.95%) Service Delivery
7 10 (16.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 9 (15.25%) Information Security
8 9 (15.25%) PRINCE2
8 9 (15.25%) Runbook
8 9 (15.25%) SIAM
9 8 (13.56%) Preventative Maintenance
10 7 (11.86%) Vulnerability Management
11 6 (10.17%) Network Design
11 6 (10.17%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (27.12%) PowerShell
2 6 (10.17%) Python
3 1 (1.69%) Bash
3 1 (1.69%) VB
3 1 (1.69%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 23 (38.98%) Security Cleared
2 18 (30.51%) Degree
2 18 (30.51%) DV Cleared
3 12 (20.34%) Microsoft Certification
4 11 (18.64%) SC Cleared
5 9 (15.25%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (11.86%) CCNA
6 7 (11.86%) CCNP
7 4 (6.78%) ACMT
7 4 (6.78%) JNCIS
7 4 (6.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 3 (5.08%) MCP
8 3 (5.08%) MCSA
8 3 (5.08%) MCSE
9 2 (3.39%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (3.39%) DBS Check
10 1 (1.69%) AWS Certification
10 1 (1.69%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (18.64%) SLA
2 6 (10.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (8.47%) GRC
4 4 (6.78%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (3.39%) Def Stans
5 2 (3.39%) GDPR
6 1 (1.69%) SOC 2
System Software
1 15 (25.42%) Firmware
2 11 (18.64%) VMware NSX
3 8 (13.56%) Active Directory
3 8 (13.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (6.78%) Docker
4 4 (6.78%) Hyper-V
4 4 (6.78%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 27 (45.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (25.42%) vCenter Server
3 11 (18.64%) SCCM
4 4 (6.78%) Ansible
4 4 (6.78%) Autotask
4 4 (6.78%) Kubernetes
5 2 (3.39%) FortiGate
5 2 (3.39%) Terraform
6 1 (1.69%) CA Spectrum
Vendors
1 59 (100.00%) Cisco
2 25 (42.37%) Microsoft
3 16 (27.12%) Juniper
4 15 (25.42%) SolarWinds
5 10 (16.95%) Broadcom
6 8 (13.56%) VMware
7 7 (11.86%) Sophos
8 6 (10.17%) Apple
8 6 (10.17%) Zscaler
9 4 (6.78%) Datto
9 4 (6.78%) F5
9 4 (6.78%) LogicMonitor
9 4 (6.78%) Okta
9 4 (6.78%) Oracle
9 4 (6.78%) Palo Alto
9 4 (6.78%) SAP
9 4 (6.78%) Veeam
10 3 (5.08%) Aruba
10 3 (5.08%) Bloomberg
10 3 (5.08%) Reuters