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 1 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 707 355 792
Rank change year-on-year -352 +437 -137
Permanent jobs citing Cisco IOS 44 372 111
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.046% 0.80% 0.11%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.62% 5.40% 0.85%
Number of salaries quoted 31 88 38
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,750 £26,688
25th Percentile £34,750 £31,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £35,250 £39,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.66% -9.62% -22.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £67,500 £56,813
90th Percentile £105,000 £76,250 £68,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £33,000 £32,250
% change year-on-year +36.36% +2.33% -24.12%

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 7,077 6,891 13,011
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.34% 14.79% 12.33%
Number of salaries quoted 4,560 3,956 9,181
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,087 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £30,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -6.86%
75th Percentile £69,390 £66,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £43,742
% change year-on-year +6.25% -8.55% -2.80%

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 1 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Cisco IOS in the UK

Cisco IOS
Top 13 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 1 July 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 -334 44 £45,000 +36.36% 14
UK excluding London -333 24 £45,000 +36.36% 12
London -30 20 £41,500 -39.42% 6
Work from Home -210 20 £67,500 -6.90% 6
North of England -231 11 £32,500 +1.56% 1
North West -161 10 £43,250 +12.34% 1
South East -47 5 £45,000 -22.41% 3
Midlands -55 4 £38,500 -44.00% 2
West Midlands -40 3 £38,500 -44.00% 1
South West -57 3 £70,000 +33.33% 1
East of England -14 1 - - 1
East Midlands -32 1 - - 1
Yorkshire -77 1 £32,500 +1.56%

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 8 (18.18%) SharePoint
2 6 (13.64%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (13.64%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 16 (36.36%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (31.82%) Entra ID
3 8 (18.18%) OneDrive
4 7 (15.91%) Azure
4 7 (15.91%) Google Workspace
5 5 (11.36%) AWS
5 5 (11.36%) Viva Engage
6 2 (4.55%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 18 (40.91%) BGP
1 18 (40.91%) MPLS
2 16 (36.36%) Firewall
3 14 (31.82%) LAN
4 12 (27.27%) VPN
5 11 (25.00%) 4G
5 11 (25.00%) VLAN
6 10 (22.73%) Broadband
6 10 (22.73%) Ethernet VPN
6 10 (22.73%) IOS XR
7 8 (18.18%) DHCP
7 8 (18.18%) DNS
7 8 (18.18%) OSPF
7 8 (18.18%) VoIP
8 7 (15.91%) Cisco ISE
8 7 (15.91%) Multicast
8 7 (15.91%) Network Security
9 6 (13.64%) NX-OS
9 6 (13.64%) WLAN
10 5 (11.36%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.82%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (22.73%) Git
General
1 23 (52.27%) Social Skills
2 14 (31.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 13 (29.55%) Telecoms
4 6 (13.64%) Finance
5 5 (11.36%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (9.09%) Retail
7 3 (6.82%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (2.27%) Law
8 1 (2.27%) Legal
8 1 (2.27%) Legal Technology
8 1 (2.27%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 22 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 16 (36.36%) IT Support
3 7 (15.91%) Associate Engineer
4 6 (13.64%) Support Engineer
5 5 (11.36%) IT Manager
5 5 (11.36%) IT Support Manager
5 5 (11.36%) IT Support Technician
5 5 (11.36%) IT Technician
5 5 (11.36%) Support Manager
5 5 (11.36%) Support Technician
6 4 (9.09%) Network Security Engineer
6 4 (9.09%) Security Engineer
7 3 (6.82%) IT Engineer
7 3 (6.82%) IT Support Engineer
7 3 (6.82%) Technical Engineer
7 3 (6.82%) Technical Support
7 3 (6.82%) Technical Support Engineer
8 2 (4.55%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 2 (4.55%) Cloud Engineer
8 2 (4.55%) Senior IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (22.73%) Jinja
1 10 (22.73%) NETCONF
1 10 (22.73%) YANG
2 3 (6.82%) 802.1X
3 2 (4.55%) CSS
3 2 (4.55%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (22.73%) Social Media
2 5 (11.36%) iPad
2 5 (11.36%) iPhone
2 5 (11.36%) Virtual Team
3 3 (6.82%) IoT
3 3 (6.82%) Management Information System
3 3 (6.82%) Onboarding
3 3 (6.82%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (4.55%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (4.55%) Driving Licence
4 2 (4.55%) PKI
4 2 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (2.27%) Operational Technology
5 1 (2.27%) SCADA
5 1 (2.27%) Smartphone
5 1 (2.27%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 17 (38.64%) Windows
2 15 (34.09%) Mac OS
3 7 (15.91%) Android
4 6 (13.64%) Linux
5 4 (9.09%) Windows 10
6 3 (6.82%) Windows Server
7 2 (4.55%) tvOS
8 1 (2.27%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (2.27%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (29.55%) Network Design
2 10 (22.73%) Agile
2 10 (22.73%) Customer Service
2 10 (22.73%) Data Science
2 10 (22.73%) Site Reliability Engineering
3 9 (20.45%) ITIL
4 6 (13.64%) Asset Management
4 6 (13.64%) Mobile Device Management
4 6 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (11.36%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
5 5 (11.36%) Disaster Recovery
5 5 (11.36%) Incident Management
5 5 (11.36%) IT Strategy
5 5 (11.36%) ITSM
5 5 (11.36%) Migration
5 5 (11.36%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (11.36%) Service Delivery
5 5 (11.36%) Technology Strategy
5 5 (11.36%) Technology Transformation
5 5 (11.36%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 13 (29.55%) Python
2 2 (4.55%) C#
2 2 (4.55%) Shell Script
2 2 (4.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (13.64%) Security Cleared
2 5 (11.36%) CCNA
2 5 (11.36%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (11.36%) Degree
2 5 (11.36%) DV Cleared
3 4 (9.09%) CCNP
4 2 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (4.55%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.27%) CWNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.82%) ISO 9001
1 3 (6.82%) SLA
2 2 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 11 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (6.82%) Docker
3 2 (4.55%) Firmware
3 2 (4.55%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (4.55%) VMware NSX
4 1 (2.27%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 7 (15.91%) Jamf Pro
2 6 (13.64%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (6.82%) FortiGate
4 2 (4.55%) vCenter Server
5 1 (2.27%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (2.27%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 44 (100.00%) Cisco
2 18 (40.91%) Microsoft
3 15 (34.09%) Meraki
4 9 (20.45%) Apple
4 9 (20.45%) Palo Alto
5 7 (15.91%) Google
5 7 (15.91%) Okta
6 6 (13.64%) HP
7 5 (11.36%) Atlassian
7 5 (11.36%) ProCurve
8 4 (9.09%) CheckPoint
8 4 (9.09%) F5
8 4 (9.09%) Juniper
9 3 (6.82%) Fortinet
10 2 (4.55%) Adobe
10 2 (4.55%) Broadcom
10 2 (4.55%) CrowdStrike
10 2 (4.55%) SolarWinds
10 2 (4.55%) SonicWALL
10 2 (4.55%) VMware