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

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 593 698 486
Rank change year-on-year +105 -212 +370
Permanent jobs citing Cisco IOS 77 53 252
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.078% 0.47%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.02% 0.67% 3.06%
Number of salaries quoted 60 25 108
10th Percentile £31,000 £43,155 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £46,250 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £65,000 £62,250
Median % change year-on-year -34.62% +4.42% +38.33%
75th Percentile £62,000 £68,750 £77,000
90th Percentile £73,500 £85,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £56,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -28.57% +3.70% +39.35%

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 7,556 7,878 8,231
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.34% 11.62% 15.47%
Number of salaries quoted 4,214 4,017 6,594
10th Percentile £25,087 £30,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £37,500 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,625 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.01% +6.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,778 £85,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,875 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -32.25% +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 16 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 16 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 +129 74 £42,500 -25.44% 30
UK excluding London +131 61 £40,000 -28.57% 27
North of England +67 24 £32,500 - 4
Yorkshire +37 24 £32,500 - 2
South East +51 23 £56,500 -1.74% 15
London +47 16 £70,000 +24.44% 8
Work from Home +75 10 £69,000 +2.22% 5
South West +36 6 £42,500 -30.33% 2
East of England +21 3 £40,000 - 1
Scotland -1 3 - - 2
Midlands +57 2 £59,000 +7.27% 1
West Midlands +55 2 £59,000 -

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 (7.79%) IIS
2 4 (5.19%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (2.60%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 33 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (19.48%) Azure
3 4 (5.19%) AWS
4 3 (3.90%) Entra ID
4 3 (3.90%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 27 (35.06%) Firewall
2 21 (27.27%) BGP
2 21 (27.27%) VPN
3 19 (24.68%) Junos
3 19 (24.68%) NX-OS
4 18 (23.38%) Cisco ISE
5 16 (20.78%) LAN
6 15 (19.48%) Wireless
7 14 (18.18%) Cisco Firepower
7 14 (18.18%) IPsec
8 13 (16.88%) OSPF
9 12 (15.58%) WAN
10 11 (14.29%) TCP/IP
11 10 (12.99%) VoIP
12 9 (11.69%) DHCP
12 9 (11.69%) DNS
13 8 (10.39%) MPLS
13 8 (10.39%) VLAN
13 8 (10.39%) Wireshark
13 8 (10.39%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (12.99%) SQL Server
2 6 (7.79%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 3 (3.90%) Git
1 3 (3.90%) Jenkins
1 3 (3.90%) JIRA
General
1 31 (40.26%) Social Skills
2 13 (16.88%) Finance
3 10 (12.99%) Telecoms
4 7 (9.09%) Electronics
5 6 (7.79%) Manufacturing
6 5 (6.49%) Marketing
6 5 (6.49%) Public Sector
7 3 (3.90%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.60%) Military
8 2 (2.60%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.30%) Advertising
9 1 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.30%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 35 (45.45%) Network Engineer
2 24 (31.17%) Desktop Support
3 17 (22.08%) IT Support
4 15 (19.48%) Senior
5 14 (18.18%) Desktop Support Technician
5 14 (18.18%) Desktop Technician
5 14 (18.18%) Support Technician
6 11 (14.29%) Cloud Engineer
7 9 (11.69%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 9 (11.69%) Senior Network Engineer
8 8 (10.39%) Support Engineer
9 6 (7.79%) 3rd Line Support
9 6 (7.79%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 6 (7.79%) Data Centre Engineer
9 6 (7.79%) Data Network Engineer
9 6 (7.79%) IT Engineer
9 6 (7.79%) IT Support Engineer
9 6 (7.79%) Senior IT Engineer
9 6 (7.79%) Senior IT Support
9 6 (7.79%) Senior Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.79%) Middleware
2 3 (3.90%) 802.1X
3 1 (1.30%) Jinja
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.99%) PKI
2 9 (11.69%) Data Centre
3 6 (7.79%) Clustering
4 2 (2.60%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (1.30%) e-Health
5 1 (1.30%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 38 (49.35%) Windows
2 27 (35.06%) Android
3 10 (12.99%) Windows Server
4 8 (10.39%) Linux
5 7 (9.09%) Mac OS
6 2 (2.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (2.60%) Windows 10
7 1 (1.30%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (38.96%) ITIL
2 24 (31.17%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (22.08%) Preventative Maintenance
4 15 (19.48%) Change Management
5 14 (18.18%) ITSM
5 14 (18.18%) Migration
5 14 (18.18%) Vulnerability Management
6 11 (14.29%) Agile
7 10 (12.99%) Service Management
8 9 (11.69%) Process Improvement
9 8 (10.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 8 (10.39%) Load Balancing
10 7 (9.09%) Coaching
10 7 (9.09%) DevOps
10 7 (9.09%) Mentoring
10 7 (9.09%) Project Management
11 6 (7.79%) Continuous Integration
11 6 (7.79%) Disaster Recovery
11 6 (7.79%) Network Architecture
11 6 (7.79%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 11 (14.29%) Python
2 9 (11.69%) PowerShell
3 3 (3.90%) VB
4 2 (2.60%) Go
4 2 (2.60%) R
5 1 (1.30%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 22 (28.57%) Degree
2 20 (25.97%) DV Cleared
2 20 (25.97%) Security Cleared
3 14 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
4 12 (15.58%) CCNP
5 8 (10.39%) CCNA
6 6 (7.79%) ACMT
6 6 (7.79%) SC Cleared
6 6 (7.79%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 4 (5.19%) JNCIS
8 3 (3.90%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (3.90%) MCP
8 3 (3.90%) MCSA
8 3 (3.90%) MCSE
8 3 (3.90%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (2.60%) DBS Check
10 1 (1.30%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.79%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (3.90%) SLA
3 2 (2.60%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.60%) Def Stans
4 1 (1.30%) GDPR
System Software
1 11 (14.29%) VMware NSX
2 10 (12.99%) Firmware
2 10 (12.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (10.39%) Active Directory
4 6 (7.79%) Docker
4 6 (7.79%) Hyper-V
4 6 (7.79%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 36 (46.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (22.08%) Ansible
2 17 (22.08%) vCenter Server
3 6 (7.79%) Autotask
3 6 (7.79%) Kubernetes
3 6 (7.79%) Terraform
4 4 (5.19%) FortiGate
5 2 (2.60%) SCCM
6 1 (1.30%) CA Spectrum
Vendors
1 77 (100.00%) Cisco
2 26 (33.77%) Microsoft
3 17 (22.08%) SolarWinds
4 16 (20.78%) Juniper
5 10 (12.99%) Broadcom
5 10 (12.99%) VMware
6 9 (11.69%) Sophos
7 8 (10.39%) Apple
7 8 (10.39%) F5
8 6 (7.79%) Datto
8 6 (7.79%) Oracle
8 6 (7.79%) Veeam
9 5 (6.49%) Aruba
9 5 (6.49%) Palo Alto
9 5 (6.49%) SAP
9 5 (6.49%) Zscaler
10 4 (5.19%) LogicMonitor
10 4 (5.19%) Okta
11 3 (3.90%) Arista
11 3 (3.90%) Citrix