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 2 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 602 641 518
Rank change year-on-year +39 -123 +245
Permanent jobs citing Cisco IOS 59 67 287
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.092% 0.13% 0.39%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.61% 0.96% 2.80%
Number of salaries quoted 38 33 77
10th Percentile £31,250 £48,500 £37,300
25th Percentile £37,000 £62,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £72,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.07% +34.26% +20.00%
75th Percentile £62,000 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £73,500 £95,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,500 £65,000 £53,036
% change year-on-year -20.77% +22.56% +24.79%

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 9,731 6,970 10,263
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.23% 13.49% 14.05%
Number of salaries quoted 3,921 3,617 8,467
10th Percentile £25,500 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £28,250 £40,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +12.24% -6.67%
75th Percentile £62,500 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,000 £87,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £34,000 £50,000 £43,000
% change year-on-year -32.00% +16.28% -4.44%

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 2 February 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 2 February 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 +53 59 £56,500 -22.07% 12
UK excluding London +40 33 £51,500 -20.77% 11
London +45 26 £62,000 -27.06% 4
South East +40 18 £58,000 -5.31% 4
Work from Home +57 16 £69,000 -9.51% 5
North of England -3 8 £32,500 - 2
Yorkshire -13 8 £32,500 - 1
South West -2 3 £42,500 -34.62% 5
East of England +18 2 £32,750 -
Midlands +3 2 £59,000 -14.18%
West Midlands +13 1 £59,000 -18.62%
East Midlands -5 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%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.69%) Confluence
2 1 (1.69%) IIS
2 1 (1.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.69%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 16 (27.12%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (20.34%) Entra ID
3 6 (10.17%) Azure
4 3 (5.08%) Mimecast
5 2 (3.39%) AWS
6 1 (1.69%) AWS Direct Connect
6 1 (1.69%) Datadog
6 1 (1.69%) GCP
6 1 (1.69%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.69%) Stackdriver
6 1 (1.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 20 (33.90%) BGP
2 19 (32.20%) MPLS
3 16 (27.12%) Cisco ISE
3 16 (27.12%) Firewall
3 16 (27.12%) Junos
4 11 (18.64%) 4G
4 11 (18.64%) Broadband
4 11 (18.64%) Cisco Firepower
4 11 (18.64%) Ethernet VPN
4 11 (18.64%) IOS XR
4 11 (18.64%) NX-OS
5 10 (16.95%) VPN
6 9 (15.25%) WAAS
7 7 (11.86%) IPsec
7 7 (11.86%) LAN
8 5 (8.47%) VoIP
8 5 (8.47%) WAN
9 4 (6.78%) DHCP
9 4 (6.78%) DNS
9 4 (6.78%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.17%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 12 (20.34%) Git
2 4 (6.78%) JIRA
General
1 21 (35.59%) Social Skills
2 20 (33.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 14 (23.73%) Telecoms
4 7 (11.86%) Finance
5 5 (8.47%) Public Sector
6 3 (5.08%) Electronics
7 2 (3.39%) Military
8 1 (1.69%) Advertising
8 1 (1.69%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.69%) Law
8 1 (1.69%) Mandarin Language
8 1 (1.69%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.69%) Marketing
8 1 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 31 (52.54%) Network Engineer
2 11 (18.64%) Cloud Engineer
3 9 (15.25%) Lead
4 8 (13.56%) Associate Engineer
5 7 (11.86%) Desktop Support
6 5 (8.47%) Cisco Engineer
6 5 (8.47%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 5 (8.47%) Desktop Support Technician
6 5 (8.47%) Desktop Technician
6 5 (8.47%) IT Support
6 5 (8.47%) Senior
6 5 (8.47%) Support Technician
7 4 (6.78%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 4 (6.78%) Administrator
7 4 (6.78%) IT Administrator
7 4 (6.78%) IT Systems Administrator
7 4 (6.78%) Network Design Engineer
7 4 (6.78%) Senior Design Engineer
7 4 (6.78%) Senior Network Design Engineer
7 4 (6.78%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (18.64%) Jinja
1 11 (18.64%) NETCONF
1 11 (18.64%) YANG
2 1 (1.69%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 11 (18.64%) Social Media
2 10 (16.95%) PKI
3 9 (15.25%) CMDB
4 6 (10.17%) Management Information System
4 6 (10.17%) Onboarding
5 5 (8.47%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (3.39%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (1.69%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.69%) Clustering
7 1 (1.69%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.69%) e-Health
7 1 (1.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 26 (44.07%) Windows
2 19 (32.20%) Android
3 5 (8.47%) Windows Server
4 3 (5.08%) Linux
4 3 (5.08%) Mac OS
5 2 (3.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (3.39%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.69%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.69%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (32.20%) ITSM
1 19 (32.20%) Service Management
2 17 (28.81%) ITIL
3 16 (27.12%) Network Design
4 14 (23.73%) Change Management
4 14 (23.73%) Project Delivery
5 13 (22.03%) Agile
6 11 (18.64%) Data Science
6 11 (18.64%) Migration
6 11 (18.64%) Site Reliability Engineering
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%) Mentoring
10 7 (11.86%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 12 (20.34%) PowerShell
1 12 (20.34%) Python
2 1 (1.69%) Bash
2 1 (1.69%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 22 (37.29%) Security Cleared
2 18 (30.51%) Degree
3 17 (28.81%) DV Cleared
4 12 (20.34%) Microsoft Certification
4 12 (20.34%) SC Cleared
5 8 (13.56%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (11.86%) CCNP
7 6 (10.17%) CCNA
8 4 (6.78%) JNCIS
9 3 (5.08%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (5.08%) MCSA
9 3 (5.08%) MCSE
9 3 (5.08%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 1 (1.69%) ACMT
10 1 (1.69%) AWS Certification
10 1 (1.69%) CCIE
10 1 (1.69%) DBS Check
10 1 (1.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (18.64%) SLA
2 6 (10.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (8.47%) GRC
4 2 (3.39%) Def Stans
4 2 (3.39%) GDPR
5 1 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.69%) SOC 2
System Software
1 15 (25.42%) Firmware
2 11 (18.64%) VMware NSX
3 8 (13.56%) Active Directory
4 6 (10.17%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (3.39%) Hyper-V
6 1 (1.69%) Docker
6 1 (1.69%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (1.69%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 19 (32.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (20.34%) vCenter Server
3 10 (16.95%) SCCM
4 1 (1.69%) Autotask
4 1 (1.69%) CA Spectrum
4 1 (1.69%) FortiGate
4 1 (1.69%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 59 (100.00%) Cisco
2 21 (35.59%) Microsoft
3 16 (27.12%) Juniper
4 12 (20.34%) SolarWinds
5 10 (16.95%) Broadcom
6 6 (10.17%) VMware
6 6 (10.17%) Zscaler
7 4 (6.78%) LogicMonitor
7 4 (6.78%) Meraki
7 4 (6.78%) Okta
7 4 (6.78%) Sophos
8 3 (5.08%) Bloomberg
8 3 (5.08%) Reuters
9 2 (3.39%) Apple
9 2 (3.39%) Palo Alto
9 2 (3.39%) Veeam
10 1 (1.69%) CheckPoint
10 1 (1.69%) Datto
10 1 (1.69%) Oracle
10 1 (1.69%) ServiceNow