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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 380 742 684
Rank change year-on-year +362 -58 +319
Permanent jobs citing Cisco IOS 370 173 276
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.67% 0.17% 0.28%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.76% 1.28% 1.78%
Number of salaries quoted 80 39 153
10th Percentile £26,750 £27,925 £32,401
25th Percentile £30,688 £30,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £39,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -13.33% -30.77%
75th Percentile £67,500 £61,546 £58,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £93,000 £69,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,000 £39,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% -8.24% -30.61%

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 9,829 13,526 15,491
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.92% 13.18% 15.91%
Number of salaries quoted 4,271 9,416 7,761
10th Percentile £23,504 £26,250 £27,900
25th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £77,715 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £44,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -20.45% -2.22% -5.26%

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 29 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 29 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 +342 367 £37,500 -18.92% 52
UK excluding London +431 343 £33,000 -15.38% 47
North of England +239 293 £31,250 -48.93% 3
Work from Home +331 274 £73,750 +86.71% 12
North West +177 255 £38,500 -37.08% 2
Yorkshire +82 36 £30,500 -35.79% 1
London +14 25 £73,500 +36.74% 7
South East +115 22 £58,000 +81.25% 18
Midlands +73 22 £72,500 +85.90% 9
West Midlands +67 14 £72,500 +31.82% 8
East Midlands +36 8 - - 1
Scotland +118 3 £55,000 +96.43% 1
South West +117 2 £52,500 +0.96% 5
North East - 2 £55,000 -
East of England +41 1 - - 11

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 13 (3.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (2.70%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.89%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 8 (2.16%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.35%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 40 (10.81%) Microsoft 365
2 21 (5.68%) Azure
3 12 (3.24%) Entra ID
4 10 (2.70%) AWS
5 8 (2.16%) SaaS
6 7 (1.89%) PaaS
7 5 (1.35%) IaaS
8 4 (1.08%) Nutanix
9 3 (0.81%) Amazon EC2
10 1 (0.27%) Amazon S3
10 1 (0.27%) Azure Stack
10 1 (0.27%) GCP
10 1 (0.27%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.27%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.27%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 273 (73.78%) VPN
2 36 (9.73%) WAN
3 34 (9.19%) LAN
4 30 (8.11%) BGP
5 22 (5.95%) DNS
6 21 (5.68%) MPLS
7 20 (5.41%) Junos
8 19 (5.14%) IPsec
9 18 (4.86%) DHCP
9 18 (4.86%) Wireless
10 16 (4.32%) VLAN
11 15 (4.05%) TCP/IP
12 14 (3.78%) Firewall
13 10 (2.70%) NX-OS
14 9 (2.43%) FTP
14 9 (2.43%) IPv4
14 9 (2.43%) OSPF
14 9 (2.43%) SAN
14 9 (2.43%) SMTP
14 9 (2.43%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.35%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 7 (1.89%) Git
2 5 (1.35%) JIRA
3 4 (1.08%) Sonatype Nexus
4 3 (0.81%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.27%) GitLab
5 1 (0.27%) Robot Framework
General
1 270 (72.97%) Analytical Skills
2 263 (71.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 38 (10.27%) Social Skills
4 26 (7.03%) Finance
5 19 (5.14%) Law
6 12 (3.24%) Retail
7 4 (1.08%) Electronics
7 4 (1.08%) Military
8 3 (0.81%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.27%) Advertising
9 1 (0.27%) Back Office
9 1 (0.27%) Banking
9 1 (0.27%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.27%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.27%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.27%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 264 (71.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 37 (10.00%) IT Support
3 27 (7.30%) Desktop Support
4 26 (7.03%) Analyst
5 23 (6.22%) Support Analyst
6 20 (5.41%) Support Engineer
7 18 (4.86%) Architect
7 18 (4.86%) Network Architect
8 16 (4.32%) 2nd Line Support
8 16 (4.32%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
9 15 (4.05%) IT Analyst
9 15 (4.05%) IT Support Analyst
9 15 (4.05%) Network Engineer
10 11 (2.97%) Desktop Engineer
10 11 (2.97%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 11 (2.97%) IT Engineer
10 11 (2.97%) IT Support Engineer
10 11 (2.97%) Senior
11 7 (1.89%) Platform Engineer
11 7 (1.89%) Platform Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 262 (70.81%) Elastic Stack
2 6 (1.62%) 802.1X
3 4 (1.08%) LDAP
3 4 (1.08%) Middleware
4 3 (0.81%) Jinja
5 1 (0.27%) JSON
5 1 (0.27%) OpenConfig
5 1 (0.27%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 262 (70.81%) Cyberattack
2 9 (2.43%) Data Centre
3 6 (1.62%) CCTV
3 6 (1.62%) Driving Licence
3 6 (1.62%) Public Cloud
4 5 (1.35%) Private Cloud
5 4 (1.08%) Anti-Spyware
5 4 (1.08%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (0.54%) PKI
6 2 (0.54%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.27%) iPad
7 1 (0.27%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.27%) NHS
7 1 (0.27%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 328 (88.65%) Windows
2 298 (80.54%) Android
3 287 (77.57%) Linux
4 25 (6.76%) Mac OS X
5 24 (6.49%) Windows Server
6 22 (5.95%) Windows 10
7 9 (2.43%) Mac OS
8 7 (1.89%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (1.62%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (1.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 277 (74.86%) Problem-Solving
2 270 (72.97%) DevOps
3 269 (72.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 269 (72.70%) Platform Engineering
4 268 (72.43%) Task Automation
5 262 (70.81%) Line Management
5 262 (70.81%) Mathematics
5 262 (70.81%) Risk Management
5 262 (70.81%) Storage Management
6 26 (7.03%) ITIL
7 21 (5.68%) Network Design
8 19 (5.14%) Technical Leadership
9 14 (3.78%) Requirements Gathering
10 12 (3.24%) Customer Service
11 11 (2.97%) Customer Experience
11 11 (2.97%) Service Delivery
12 10 (2.70%) ITSM
13 9 (2.43%) Preventative Maintenance
13 9 (2.43%) Vulnerability Management
14 7 (1.89%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 294 (79.46%) Python
2 268 (72.43%) PowerShell
3 264 (71.35%) Bash
4 10 (2.70%) SQL
5 1 (0.27%) Go
5 1 (0.27%) R
Qualifications
1 48 (12.97%) Cisco Certification
2 43 (11.62%) Degree
3 37 (10.00%) CCNP
4 29 (7.84%) CCNA
5 21 (5.68%) Security Cleared
6 20 (5.41%) Microsoft Certification
7 18 (4.86%) JNCIS
7 18 (4.86%) SC Cleared
8 11 (2.97%) MCSA
9 9 (2.43%) Network+ Certification
10 6 (1.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 5 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (1.08%) CCIE
13 3 (0.81%) DV Cleared
14 1 (0.27%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.27%) MCP
14 1 (0.27%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.68%) SLA
2 4 (1.08%) Def Stans
3 1 (0.27%) Accessibility
System Software
1 274 (74.05%) Hyper-V
2 264 (71.35%) Docker
2 264 (71.35%) VMware NSX
3 262 (70.81%) vSphere
4 49 (13.24%) Active Directory
5 10 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
6 9 (2.43%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (1.35%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.54%) Firmware
9 1 (0.27%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.27%) RHEV
9 1 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 278 (75.14%) Ansible
2 271 (73.24%) Terraform
3 22 (5.95%) Microsoft Intune
4 16 (4.32%) SCCM
5 9 (2.43%) WSUS
6 4 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.54%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.27%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.27%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 370 (100.00%) Cisco
2 284 (76.76%) Juniper
3 262 (70.81%) 3PAR
3 262 (70.81%) Splunk
4 37 (10.00%) Microsoft
5 13 (3.51%) Palo Alto
6 10 (2.70%) Citrix
6 10 (2.70%) Veeam
6 10 (2.70%) VMware
7 7 (1.89%) Riverbed
8 6 (1.62%) MobileIron
8 6 (1.62%) SAP
8 6 (1.62%) Trend Micro
9 5 (1.35%) F5
9 5 (1.35%) Okta
9 5 (1.35%) ServiceNow
10 4 (1.08%) LogicMonitor
10 4 (1.08%) Perforce
11 3 (0.81%) Apple
11 3 (0.81%) Arista