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 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 759 350 704
Rank change year-on-year -409 +354 -196
Permanent jobs citing Cisco IOS 44 349 51
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.037% 0.71% 0.072%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.55% 4.98% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 37 67 26
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,000 £30,625
25th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £44,665
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £57,250
Median % change year-on-year - -30.13% -11.92%
75th Percentile £50,000 £61,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £73,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,500 £33,000 £43,750
% change year-on-year +16.67% -24.57% -29.09%

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 8,014 7,003 8,141
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.75% 14.23% 11.47%
Number of salaries quoted 4,883 3,957 4,227
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,087 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,500 £28,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £38,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +29.87% -26.67% +2.94%
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £84,235
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £34,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +32.35% -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 15 October 2026.

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 15 October 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 -407 36 £40,000 - 10
UK excluding London -399 35 £38,500 +16.67% 7
North of England -249 16 £32,750 +0.77% 3
North West -176 15 £32,750 - 2
Work from Home -268 11 £40,000 -42.03% 2
London -82 9 £41,500 -44.67% 4
Midlands -47 7 £38,500 -34.75%
West Midlands -42 6 £38,500 -34.75%
Northern Ireland - 4 - - 1
South East -74 3 £45,000 -22.41%
Wales - 3 £25,000 -
Scotland +12 1 £50,000 -
East Midlands -34 1 £41,000 -
North East -63 1 - -
South West -80 1 - - 2

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 13 (29.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (13.64%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 25 (56.82%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (43.18%) Entra ID
3 15 (34.09%) Azure
4 11 (25.00%) OneDrive
5 10 (22.73%) Viva Engage
6 7 (15.91%) Google Workspace
7 6 (13.64%) AWS
8 3 (6.82%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (6.82%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (6.82%) Mimecast
9 2 (4.55%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 18 (40.91%) LAN
2 13 (29.55%) VoIP
3 12 (27.27%) WLAN
4 11 (25.00%) Firewall
5 10 (22.73%) DHCP
5 10 (22.73%) DNS
5 10 (22.73%) Remote Desktop
6 9 (20.45%) VLAN
7 8 (18.18%) VPN
8 6 (13.64%) BGP
8 6 (13.64%) OSPF
8 6 (13.64%) WAN
9 5 (11.36%) Network Security
9 5 (11.36%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (9.09%) MPLS
10 4 (9.09%) Multicast
11 3 (6.82%) EIGRP
11 3 (6.82%) Ethernet
11 3 (6.82%) SD-WAN
11 3 (6.82%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.27%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.27%) Git
1 1 (2.27%) JIRA
General
1 19 (43.18%) Social Skills
2 10 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (15.91%) Retail
4 5 (11.36%) Electronics
4 5 (11.36%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (9.09%) Aerospace
5 4 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (6.82%) Automotive
7 2 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (4.55%) Finance
7 2 (4.55%) Telecoms
8 1 (2.27%) Law
8 1 (2.27%) Legal
8 1 (2.27%) Legal Technology
8 1 (2.27%) Military
Job Titles
1 19 (43.18%) IT Support
2 17 (38.64%) Support Technician
3 10 (22.73%) IT Support Technician
3 10 (22.73%) IT Technician
4 6 (13.64%) Support Engineer
5 5 (11.36%) IT Manager
5 5 (11.36%) IT Support Manager
5 5 (11.36%) Network Engineer
5 5 (11.36%) Support Manager
5 5 (11.36%) Technical Engineer
5 5 (11.36%) Technical Support
5 5 (11.36%) Technical Support Engineer
6 4 (9.09%) IT Engineer
7 3 (6.82%) Analyst
7 3 (6.82%) ICT Support
7 3 (6.82%) ICT Support Technician
7 3 (6.82%) ICT Technician
7 3 (6.82%) Support Analyst
8 2 (4.55%) Field Engineer
8 2 (4.55%) Network Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.55%) 802.1X
2 1 (2.27%) CSS
2 1 (2.27%) HTML
2 1 (2.27%) Jinja
2 1 (2.27%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 14 (31.82%) iPhone
2 10 (22.73%) iPad
3 6 (13.64%) Video Conferencing
4 5 (11.36%) IoT
4 5 (11.36%) Smartphone
4 5 (11.36%) Virtual Team
5 4 (9.09%) Management Information System
6 3 (6.82%) Driving Licence
6 3 (6.82%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (4.55%) Data Centre
8 1 (2.27%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (2.27%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (2.27%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (2.27%) Onboarding
8 1 (2.27%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 31 (70.45%) Windows
2 19 (43.18%) macOS
3 14 (31.82%) Android
4 10 (22.73%) Linux
4 10 (22.73%) Windows 10
5 2 (4.55%) tvOS
5 2 (4.55%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (47.73%) Customer Service
2 17 (38.64%) ITIL
3 14 (31.82%) Mobile Device Management
4 12 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (25.00%) Asset Management
6 8 (18.18%) Collaborative Culture
7 7 (15.91%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (13.64%) Disaster Recovery
8 6 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (13.64%) Validation
9 5 (11.36%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
9 5 (11.36%) Customer Engagement
9 5 (11.36%) Incident Management
9 5 (11.36%) IT Strategy
9 5 (11.36%) Migration
9 5 (11.36%) Service Delivery
9 5 (11.36%) Technology Strategy
9 5 (11.36%) Technology Transformation
9 5 (11.36%) Time Management
9 5 (11.36%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.09%) Python
2 2 (4.55%) Shell Script
3 1 (2.27%) C#
3 1 (2.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (13.64%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (11.36%) CCNP
2 5 (11.36%) Degree
3 4 (9.09%) CCNA
4 2 (4.55%) A+ Certification
4 2 (4.55%) DV Cleared
4 2 (4.55%) Network+ Certification
4 2 (4.55%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.27%) CCDA
5 1 (2.27%) CCDP
5 1 (2.27%) CCIE
5 1 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.36%) ISO 9001
2 2 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (4.55%) SLA
3 1 (2.27%) Def Stans
System Software
1 23 (52.27%) Active Directory
2 9 (20.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (9.09%) BitLocker
3 4 (9.09%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (6.82%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 3 (6.82%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (4.55%) Docker
6 1 (2.27%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (18.18%) Jamf Pro
1 8 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (9.09%) SCCM
3 3 (6.82%) FortiGate
4 2 (4.55%) Ansible
5 1 (2.27%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 44 (100.00%) Cisco
2 22 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 18 (40.91%) Meraki
4 12 (27.27%) Apple
5 11 (25.00%) HP
6 10 (22.73%) ProCurve
7 9 (20.45%) VMware
8 7 (15.91%) Google
8 7 (15.91%) Okta
8 7 (15.91%) Palo Alto
9 5 (11.36%) Atlassian
10 4 (9.09%) Fortinet
10 4 (9.09%) Thales
11 2 (4.55%) Adobe
11 2 (4.55%) CheckPoint
11 2 (4.55%) CrowdStrike
11 2 (4.55%) F5
11 2 (4.55%) Juniper
11 2 (4.55%) SonicWALL
12 1 (2.27%) Citrix