Cisco IOS Jobs

Cisco IOS
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Cisco IOS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cisco IOS over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 586 676 756
Rank change year-on-year +90 +80 +217
Permanent jobs citing Cisco IOS 106 220 233
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.20% 0.22% 0.22%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.52% 1.61% 1.45%
Number of salaries quoted 80 56 162
10th Percentile £26,750 £28,000 £32,377
25th Percentile £30,688 £31,813 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,069 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.43% +11.76% -32.00%
75th Percentile £70,750 £60,648 £55,938
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £68,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,250 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -25.79% +11.76% -32.00%

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 6,964 13,635 16,044
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.38% 13.84% 15.44%
Number of salaries quoted 4,270 9,518 8,181
10th Percentile £23,731 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £30,063 £32,500 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,875 £50,250
Median % change year-on-year -0.78% -4.73% -4.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,715 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £43,625 £45,000
% change year-on-year -8.31% -3.06% -

Cisco IOS
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Cisco IOS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco IOS in the UK

Cisco IOS
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cisco IOS.

Salary trend for Cisco IOS in the UK

Cisco IOS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco IOS over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 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 +84 104 £38,000 -22.05% 27
UK excluding London +215 76 £35,250 -25.79% 17
North of England +103 39 £30,500 -50.15% 4
Yorkshire +96 32 £30,500 -35.79% 2
London -6 30 £85,000 +58.14% 13
South East +122 20 £55,000 +71.88% 4
Midlands +85 13 £72,500 +85.90% 3
West Midlands +59 13 £72,500 +16.00%
Work from Home +177 10 £73,750 +59.46% 20
North West +29 5 £38,500 -37.08% 1
North East +51 2 £55,000 +15.79% 1
Scotland +124 1 £55,000 +96.43%
South West +101 1 £52,500 +0.82% 4
East of England +57 1 - - 1
Wales +33 1 £45,637 -

Cisco IOS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 16 (15.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (9.43%) SharePoint
3 7 (6.60%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 8 (7.55%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (7.55%) MS Visio
2 7 (6.60%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 43 (40.57%) Microsoft 365
2 29 (27.36%) Azure
3 18 (16.98%) Entra ID
4 15 (14.15%) AWS
5 11 (10.38%) SaaS
6 10 (9.43%) PaaS
7 8 (7.55%) IaaS
8 4 (3.77%) Nutanix
9 3 (2.83%) Amazon EC2
10 1 (0.94%) Amazon S3
10 1 (0.94%) Azure Stack
10 1 (0.94%) GCP
10 1 (0.94%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.94%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.94%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 36 (33.96%) LAN
2 32 (30.19%) WAN
3 28 (26.42%) DNS
4 27 (25.47%) BGP
5 23 (21.70%) DHCP
6 22 (20.75%) VLAN
6 22 (20.75%) Wireless
7 20 (18.87%) MPLS
8 19 (17.92%) IPsec
9 18 (16.98%) Junos
10 15 (14.15%) Firewall
10 15 (14.15%) FTP
10 15 (14.15%) IPv4
10 15 (14.15%) PBX
10 15 (14.15%) SAN
10 15 (14.15%) SMTP
10 15 (14.15%) Structured Cabling
11 11 (10.38%) TCP/IP
12 10 (9.43%) Cisco ISE
12 10 (9.43%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.55%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 9 (8.49%) Sonatype Nexus
2 5 (4.72%) JIRA
3 4 (3.77%) Git
4 1 (0.94%) GitLab
4 1 (0.94%) Robot Framework
General
1 37 (34.91%) Social Skills
2 29 (27.36%) Finance
3 19 (17.92%) Law
4 12 (11.32%) Retail
5 8 (7.55%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.77%) Electronics
6 4 (3.77%) Military
6 4 (3.77%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.89%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.94%) Advertising
8 1 (0.94%) Back Office
8 1 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.94%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 40 (37.74%) IT Support
2 27 (25.47%) Analyst
2 27 (25.47%) Desktop Support
3 24 (22.64%) Support Analyst
4 22 (20.75%) Support Engineer
5 18 (16.98%) Architect
5 18 (16.98%) Network Architect
6 16 (15.09%) 2nd Line Support
6 16 (15.09%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
7 15 (14.15%) IT Analyst
7 15 (14.15%) IT Support Analyst
8 14 (13.21%) Desktop Engineer
8 14 (13.21%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 14 (13.21%) IT Engineer
8 14 (13.21%) IT Support Engineer
9 11 (10.38%) Senior
10 9 (8.49%) Network Engineer
11 8 (7.55%) Cisco Engineer
11 8 (7.55%) Consultant
11 8 (7.55%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (8.49%) 802.1X
2 4 (3.77%) LDAP
3 3 (2.83%) YAML
4 1 (0.94%) Jinja
4 1 (0.94%) JSON
4 1 (0.94%) OpenConfig
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.49%) Public Cloud
2 8 (7.55%) Private Cloud
3 6 (5.66%) CCTV
3 6 (5.66%) Data Centre
3 6 (5.66%) Driving Licence
4 4 (3.77%) Anti-Spyware
4 4 (3.77%) Linux Command Line
5 3 (2.83%) BYOD
6 2 (1.89%) NHS
7 1 (0.94%) iPad
7 1 (0.94%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.94%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 70 (66.04%) Windows
2 39 (36.79%) Android
3 28 (26.42%) Windows 10
4 27 (25.47%) Windows Server
5 25 (23.58%) Linux
5 25 (23.58%) Mac OS X
6 9 (8.49%) Mac OS
7 7 (6.60%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (5.66%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (3.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (27.36%) ITIL
2 19 (17.92%) Network Design
2 19 (17.92%) Technical Leadership
3 15 (14.15%) Customer Service
4 14 (13.21%) Requirements Gathering
5 12 (11.32%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (10.38%) Service Delivery
7 9 (8.49%) Task Automation
8 8 (7.55%) Commercial Awareness
8 8 (7.55%) ITSM
9 7 (6.60%) Change Control
9 7 (6.60%) Customer Experience
9 7 (6.60%) Incident Management
9 7 (6.60%) Platform Engineering
9 7 (6.60%) User Experience
10 6 (5.66%) High Availability
10 6 (5.66%) Inventory Management
10 6 (5.66%) Preventative Maintenance
10 6 (5.66%) Time Management
10 6 (5.66%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 40 (37.74%) Python
2 14 (13.21%) PowerShell
3 10 (9.43%) SQL
4 2 (1.89%) Bash
5 1 (0.94%) R
Qualifications
1 53 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 45 (42.45%) Degree
3 36 (33.96%) CCNP
4 35 (33.02%) CCNA
5 26 (24.53%) Microsoft Certification
6 19 (17.92%) Security Cleared
7 18 (16.98%) JNCIS
7 18 (16.98%) SC Cleared
8 15 (14.15%) Network+ Certification
9 11 (10.38%) MCSA
10 6 (5.66%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 4 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (2.83%) CCIE
13 1 (0.94%) CWNA
13 1 (0.94%) CWTS
13 1 (0.94%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.94%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.94%) MCP
13 1 (0.94%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (19.81%) SLA
2 4 (3.77%) Def Stans
3 1 (0.94%) Accessibility
System Software
1 55 (51.89%) Active Directory
2 18 (16.98%) Hyper-V
3 15 (14.15%) VMware ESXi
4 13 (12.26%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (7.55%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (1.89%) Docker
7 1 (0.94%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.94%) RHEV
7 1 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (20.75%) Microsoft Intune
1 22 (20.75%) SCCM
2 15 (14.15%) WSUS
3 14 (13.21%) Ansible
4 11 (10.38%) Terraform
5 4 (3.77%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.94%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (0.94%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.94%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 106 (100.00%) Cisco
2 42 (39.62%) Microsoft
3 20 (18.87%) Juniper
4 16 (15.09%) Citrix
4 16 (15.09%) Palo Alto
4 16 (15.09%) Veeam
5 13 (12.26%) VMware
6 8 (7.55%) F5
7 7 (6.60%) LogicMonitor
7 7 (6.60%) Riverbed
8 6 (5.66%) MobileIron
8 6 (5.66%) SAP
8 6 (5.66%) SolarWinds
8 6 (5.66%) Trend Micro
9 5 (4.72%) Okta
9 5 (4.72%) ServiceNow
10 4 (3.77%) Perforce
11 3 (2.83%) Apple
11 3 (2.83%) Aruba
12 2 (1.89%) Google