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 30 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 564 683 510
Rank change year-on-year +119 -173 +325
Permanent jobs citing Cisco IOS 68 59 208
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.090% 0.41%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.93% 0.74% 2.63%
Number of salaries quoted 55 29 104
10th Percentile £31,000 £43,809 £32,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £46,250 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £67,500 £62,100
Median % change year-on-year -37.04% +8.70% +45.18%
75th Percentile £59,250 £85,000 £77,000
90th Percentile £71,300 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +1.85% +44.00%

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 7,327 7,930 7,894
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.54% 12.12% 15.48%
Number of salaries quoted 4,091 4,091 6,418
10th Percentile £25,087 £30,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £28,250 £37,500 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £53,050 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.31% +6.10% -4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £68,000
90th Percentile £78,790 £85,250 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,750 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -32.50% +11.11% -5.26%

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 30 November 2025.

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 30 November 2025. 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 +125 67 £42,500 -30.61% 22
UK excluding London +124 55 £40,000 -27.27% 24
North of England +71 22 £32,500 - 3
South East +67 22 £55,000 -4.35% 13
Yorkshire +33 22 £32,500 - 1
London +47 13 £65,000 -17.46% 1
Work from Home +84 9 £69,000 +2.22% 4
South West +36 6 £42,500 -30.33% 4
East of England +33 3 £40,000 - 1
West Midlands +50 1 £59,000 -
Midlands +48 1 £59,000 +7.27% 1
Scotland +7 1 - - 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 6 (8.82%) IIS
2 4 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.47%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (2.94%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 31 (45.59%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (22.06%) Azure
3 5 (7.35%) AWS
4 3 (4.41%) Entra ID
4 3 (4.41%) Mimecast
5 1 (1.47%) AWS Direct Connect
5 1 (1.47%) Datadog
5 1 (1.47%) GCP
5 1 (1.47%) Stackdriver
5 1 (1.47%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 26 (38.24%) Firewall
2 21 (30.88%) VPN
3 18 (26.47%) Junos
4 17 (25.00%) Cisco ISE
5 15 (22.06%) BGP
5 15 (22.06%) LAN
6 14 (20.59%) IPsec
6 14 (20.59%) Wireless
7 13 (19.12%) Cisco Firepower
8 11 (16.18%) NX-OS
9 10 (14.71%) OSPF
9 10 (14.71%) VoIP
9 10 (14.71%) WAN
10 9 (13.24%) DHCP
10 9 (13.24%) DNS
10 9 (13.24%) MPLS
11 8 (11.76%) SD-WAN
11 8 (11.76%) TCP/IP
11 8 (11.76%) VLAN
11 8 (11.76%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (14.71%) SQL Server
2 6 (8.82%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 4 (5.88%) JIRA
2 1 (1.47%) Git
General
1 25 (36.76%) Social Skills
2 10 (14.71%) Finance
3 9 (13.24%) Telecoms
4 7 (10.29%) Electronics
5 5 (7.35%) Manufacturing
5 5 (7.35%) Marketing
5 5 (7.35%) Public Sector
6 3 (4.41%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.94%) Military
7 2 (2.94%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.47%) Advertising
8 1 (1.47%) Law
8 1 (1.47%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 28 (41.18%) Network Engineer
2 22 (32.35%) Desktop Support
3 17 (25.00%) IT Support
4 12 (17.65%) Desktop Support Technician
4 12 (17.65%) Desktop Technician
4 12 (17.65%) Senior
4 12 (17.65%) Support Technician
5 10 (14.71%) Cloud Engineer
6 9 (13.24%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 7 (10.29%) Support Engineer
8 6 (8.82%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 6 (8.82%) 3rd Line Support
8 6 (8.82%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 6 (8.82%) IT Engineer
8 6 (8.82%) IT Support Engineer
8 6 (8.82%) Senior IT Engineer
8 6 (8.82%) Senior IT Support
8 6 (8.82%) Senior Network Engineer
8 6 (8.82%) Senior Support Engineer
9 5 (7.35%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.41%) 802.1X
2 2 (2.94%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.24%) PKI
2 6 (8.82%) Clustering
3 2 (2.94%) Data Centre
3 2 (2.94%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (1.47%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.47%) e-Health
4 1 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.47%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 36 (52.94%) Windows
2 25 (36.76%) Android
3 10 (14.71%) Windows Server
4 8 (11.76%) Linux
5 7 (10.29%) Mac OS
6 2 (2.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (2.94%) Windows 10
7 1 (1.47%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (41.18%) ITIL
2 22 (32.35%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (22.06%) Preventative Maintenance
4 13 (19.12%) Change Management
4 13 (19.12%) ITSM
5 12 (17.65%) Vulnerability Management
6 9 (13.24%) Load Balancing
6 9 (13.24%) Migration
6 9 (13.24%) Service Management
7 8 (11.76%) Agile
7 8 (11.76%) Mentoring
7 8 (11.76%) Process Improvement
8 7 (10.29%) Coaching
9 6 (8.82%) Containerisation
9 6 (8.82%) Disaster Recovery
9 6 (8.82%) Project Delivery
9 6 (8.82%) Project Management
9 6 (8.82%) Remote Monitoring and Management
9 6 (8.82%) Server Building
9 6 (8.82%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (13.24%) PowerShell
1 9 (13.24%) Python
2 3 (4.41%) VB
3 2 (2.94%) R
4 1 (1.47%) Bash
4 1 (1.47%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 20 (29.41%) Degree
2 19 (27.94%) DV Cleared
2 19 (27.94%) Security Cleared
3 11 (16.18%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (13.24%) CCNP
5 7 (10.29%) CCNA
6 6 (8.82%) ACMT
6 6 (8.82%) SC Cleared
6 6 (8.82%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 4 (5.88%) JNCIS
8 3 (4.41%) MCP
8 3 (4.41%) MCSA
8 3 (4.41%) MCSE
8 3 (4.41%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (2.94%) DBS Check
10 1 (1.47%) AWS Certification
10 1 (1.47%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.82%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (4.41%) SLA
3 2 (2.94%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.94%) Def Stans
3 2 (2.94%) GDPR
4 1 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.47%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (14.71%) VMware Infrastructure
1 10 (14.71%) VMware NSX
2 9 (13.24%) Firmware
3 8 (11.76%) Active Directory
4 6 (8.82%) Docker
4 6 (8.82%) Hyper-V
4 6 (8.82%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 34 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (23.53%) vCenter Server
3 10 (14.71%) Ansible
4 6 (8.82%) Autotask
4 6 (8.82%) Kubernetes
5 4 (5.88%) FortiGate
5 4 (5.88%) Terraform
6 2 (2.94%) SCCM
7 1 (1.47%) CA Spectrum
Vendors
1 68 (100.00%) Cisco
2 23 (33.82%) Microsoft
3 16 (23.53%) SolarWinds
4 15 (22.06%) Juniper
5 10 (14.71%) VMware
6 9 (13.24%) Broadcom
6 9 (13.24%) Sophos
7 8 (11.76%) Apple
7 8 (11.76%) F5
8 6 (8.82%) Datto
8 6 (8.82%) Oracle
8 6 (8.82%) Palo Alto
8 6 (8.82%) Veeam
8 6 (8.82%) Zscaler
9 5 (7.35%) Aruba
9 5 (7.35%) SAP
10 4 (5.88%) LogicMonitor
10 4 (5.88%) Okta
11 3 (4.41%) Bloomberg
11 3 (4.41%) Reuters