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 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 578 645 471
Rank change year-on-year +67 -174 +302
Permanent jobs citing Cisco IOS 64 60 265
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.11% 0.47%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.67% 0.84% 3.35%
Number of salaries quoted 45 26 89
10th Percentile £31,000 £46,250 £36,850
25th Percentile £31,250 £53,281 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £76,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.87% +38.64% +25.71%
75th Percentile £62,000 £92,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £71,100 £95,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £56,250 £54,000
% change year-on-year -24.44% +4.17% +27.06%

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 9,538 7,134 7,901
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.08% 13.28% 14.13%
Number of salaries quoted 3,854 3,699 6,396
10th Percentile £25,250 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £39,000 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.70% +8.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £87,500 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,750 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -32.50% +11.11% -

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 11 January 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 11 January 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 +80 64 £55,000 -31.25% 53
UK excluding London +70 39 £42,500 -24.44% 53
London +31 25 £62,000 -22.50% 6
South East +42 17 £58,000 +16.00% 18
Work from Home +83 16 £69,000 -6.44% 4
North of England +30 11 £32,500 - 7
Yorkshire -5 11 £32,500 - 5
South West +10 6 £42,500 -34.62% 12
East of England +18 3 £40,000 - 7
Midlands +17 2 £59,000 -21.33% 6
West Midlands +30 1 £59,000 -25.08% 1
East Midlands -7 1 - - 5

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 (6.25%) IIS
1 4 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (3.13%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 23 (35.94%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (18.75%) Entra ID
3 10 (15.63%) Azure
4 3 (4.69%) Mimecast
5 2 (3.13%) AWS
6 1 (1.56%) AWS Direct Connect
6 1 (1.56%) Datadog
6 1 (1.56%) GCP
6 1 (1.56%) Stackdriver
6 1 (1.56%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 20 (31.25%) BGP
2 19 (29.69%) Firewall
3 17 (26.56%) MPLS
4 15 (23.44%) Junos
5 14 (21.88%) Cisco ISE
5 14 (21.88%) VPN
6 10 (15.63%) 4G
6 10 (15.63%) Broadband
6 10 (15.63%) Cisco Firepower
6 10 (15.63%) Ethernet VPN
6 10 (15.63%) IOS XR
6 10 (15.63%) IPsec
7 9 (14.06%) NX-OS
7 9 (14.06%) WAAS
8 8 (12.50%) VoIP
9 7 (10.94%) LAN
9 7 (10.94%) Wireless
10 5 (7.81%) DNS
10 5 (7.81%) OSPF
10 5 (7.81%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 4 (6.25%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 11 (17.19%) Git
2 4 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 23 (35.94%) Social Skills
2 19 (29.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 16 (25.00%) Telecoms
4 10 (15.63%) Finance
5 8 (12.50%) Public Sector
6 6 (9.38%) Electronics
7 4 (6.25%) Manufacturing
7 4 (6.25%) Marketing
8 2 (3.13%) Military
9 1 (1.56%) Advertising
9 1 (1.56%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (1.56%) Law
9 1 (1.56%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 30 (46.88%) Network Engineer
2 11 (17.19%) Desktop Support
3 10 (15.63%) Cloud Engineer
3 10 (15.63%) IT Support
4 9 (14.06%) Lead
4 9 (14.06%) Senior
5 7 (10.94%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 7 (10.94%) Associate Engineer
6 6 (9.38%) Desktop Support Technician
6 6 (9.38%) Desktop Technician
6 6 (9.38%) Support Technician
7 5 (7.81%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 5 (7.81%) 3rd Line Support
7 5 (7.81%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 5 (7.81%) Senior Network Engineer
7 5 (7.81%) Support Engineer
8 4 (6.25%) 2nd Line Support
8 4 (6.25%) Administrator
8 4 (6.25%) Design Engineer
8 4 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (15.63%) Jinja
1 10 (15.63%) NETCONF
1 10 (15.63%) YANG
2 1 (1.56%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 10 (15.63%) Social Media
2 9 (14.06%) CMDB
2 9 (14.06%) PKI
3 5 (7.81%) Management Information System
3 5 (7.81%) Onboarding
3 5 (7.81%) Video Conferencing
4 4 (6.25%) Clustering
5 2 (3.13%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (1.56%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.56%) e-Health
6 1 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 32 (50.00%) Windows
2 23 (35.94%) Android
3 8 (12.50%) Windows Server
4 6 (9.38%) Linux
5 5 (7.81%) Mac OS
6 2 (3.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (3.13%) Windows 10
7 1 (1.56%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (37.50%) ITIL
2 18 (28.13%) ITSM
2 18 (28.13%) Service Management
3 15 (23.44%) Network Design
4 14 (21.88%) Migration
5 13 (20.31%) Change Management
5 13 (20.31%) Project Delivery
6 12 (18.75%) Agile
7 11 (17.19%) Mentoring
8 10 (15.63%) Data Science
8 10 (15.63%) Performance Metrics
8 10 (15.63%) Proactive Monitoring
8 10 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (15.63%) Service Delivery
8 10 (15.63%) Site Reliability Engineering
8 10 (15.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 9 (14.06%) Information Security
9 9 (14.06%) PRINCE2
9 9 (14.06%) Runbook
9 9 (14.06%) SIAM
Programming Languages
1 16 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 13 (20.31%) Python
3 1 (1.56%) Bash
3 1 (1.56%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 21 (32.81%) Security Cleared
2 17 (26.56%) Degree
3 16 (25.00%) DV Cleared
4 12 (18.75%) Microsoft Certification
5 11 (17.19%) SC Cleared
6 9 (14.06%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (10.94%) CCNA
7 7 (10.94%) CCNP
8 4 (6.25%) ACMT
8 4 (6.25%) JNCIS
8 4 (6.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 3 (4.69%) MCP
9 3 (4.69%) MCSA
9 3 (4.69%) MCSE
10 2 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (3.13%) DBS Check
11 1 (1.56%) AWS Certification
11 1 (1.56%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (17.19%) SLA
2 6 (9.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (7.81%) GRC
4 4 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (3.13%) Def Stans
5 2 (3.13%) GDPR
6 1 (1.56%) SOC 2
System Software
1 14 (21.88%) Firmware
2 10 (15.63%) VMware NSX
3 8 (12.50%) Active Directory
3 8 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (6.25%) Docker
4 4 (6.25%) Hyper-V
4 4 (6.25%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 26 (40.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (21.88%) vCenter Server
3 11 (17.19%) SCCM
4 4 (6.25%) Autotask
4 4 (6.25%) Kubernetes
5 2 (3.13%) Ansible
6 1 (1.56%) CA Spectrum
6 1 (1.56%) FortiGate
6 1 (1.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 64 (100.00%) Cisco
2 24 (37.50%) Microsoft
3 15 (23.44%) Juniper
4 13 (20.31%) SolarWinds
5 9 (14.06%) Broadcom
6 8 (12.50%) VMware
7 7 (10.94%) Sophos
8 6 (9.38%) Apple
8 6 (9.38%) Zscaler
9 4 (6.25%) Datto
9 4 (6.25%) LogicMonitor
9 4 (6.25%) Okta
9 4 (6.25%) Oracle
9 4 (6.25%) SAP
9 4 (6.25%) Veeam
10 3 (4.69%) Bloomberg
10 3 (4.69%) Palo Alto
10 3 (4.69%) Reuters
11 2 (3.13%) Meraki
11 2 (3.13%) ServiceNow