Hybrid/Remote Cisco Certification Job Trends

Cisco Certification
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid work with a requirement for Cisco Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 299 300 239
Rank change year-on-year +1 -61 -19
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 120 123 433
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.65% 0.85% 1.33%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.83% 2.74% 4.92%
Number of salaries quoted 93 104 337
10th Percentile £45,000 £31,250 £34,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £36,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £56,097 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +24.78% +1.99% -4.35%
75th Percentile £87,500 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £88,000 £84,919
UK median annual salary £66,250 £57,500 £52,000
% change year-on-year +15.22% +10.58% -5.45%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

Cisco Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,246 4,485 8,800
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 22.94% 30.86% 27.11%
Number of salaries quoted 2,875 2,404 5,895
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,825 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,296
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.30% -8.79%

Cisco Certification
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cisco Certification and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Cisco Certification job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Cisco Certification
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Cisco Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Cisco Certification

Cisco Certification
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Cisco Certification over the 6 months to 14 May 2026.

Cisco Certification salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Cisco Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 9 (7.50%) SharePoint
2 7 (5.83%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.50%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.67%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 53 (44.17%) Azure
2 28 (23.33%) AWS
3 25 (20.83%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (9.17%) GCP
5 8 (6.67%) Entra ID
6 6 (5.00%) Azure Sentinel
6 6 (5.00%) Power Platform
7 4 (3.33%) ChatGPT
7 4 (3.33%) Microsoft Copilot
7 4 (3.33%) Mimecast
7 4 (3.33%) OCI
7 4 (3.33%) OneDrive
7 4 (3.33%) PowerApps
8 3 (2.50%) Serverless
8 3 (2.50%) Vertex AI
9 2 (1.67%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (1.67%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (1.67%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.83%) Cloudflare
10 1 (0.83%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 46 (38.33%) Firewall
2 37 (30.83%) WAN
3 36 (30.00%) LAN
4 32 (26.67%) SD-WAN
5 31 (25.83%) Network Security
6 20 (16.67%) Wireless
7 15 (12.50%) VPN
8 13 (10.83%) Cisco ISE
9 10 (8.33%) VLAN
10 9 (7.50%) WLAN
11 8 (6.67%) Cisco Wireless
12 7 (5.83%) MPLS
12 7 (5.83%) VoIP
13 6 (5.00%) BGP
13 6 (5.00%) Cisco Firepower
13 6 (5.00%) Cisco Nexus
13 6 (5.00%) TCP/IP
14 5 (4.17%) OSPF
14 5 (4.17%) Structured Cabling
15 4 (3.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (3.33%) Burp Suite
1 4 (3.33%) Metasploit
2 2 (1.67%) JIRA
General
1 40 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 27 (22.50%) Finance
3 9 (7.50%) Public Sector
4 8 (6.67%) Retail
5 7 (5.83%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (5.83%) Telecoms
6 6 (5.00%) Banking
6 6 (5.00%) Law
7 5 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (4.17%) Military
8 3 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (2.50%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.67%) Legal
9 2 (1.67%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.67%) Social Housing
10 1 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.83%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (23.33%) Network Engineer
2 27 (22.50%) Architect
3 15 (12.50%) Senior
3 15 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
4 11 (9.17%) Consultant
5 10 (8.33%) IT Engineer
6 8 (6.67%) Analyst
6 8 (6.67%) Presales Solution Architect
6 8 (6.67%) Security Architect
6 8 (6.67%) Security Specialist
6 8 (6.67%) Senior Network Engineer
7 7 (5.83%) Network Architect
7 7 (5.83%) Principal Architect
7 7 (5.83%) Security Analyst
8 6 (5.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 6 (5.00%) Data Centre Engineer
8 6 (5.00%) Network Consultant
8 6 (5.00%) Security Manager
9 5 (4.17%) Cybersecurity Architect
9 5 (4.17%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.17%) OAuth
1 5 (4.17%) OpenID
2 2 (1.67%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.83%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (17.50%) Data Centre
2 11 (9.17%) Security Posture
3 9 (7.50%) Cloud Native
4 6 (5.00%) Cyber Defence
5 5 (4.17%) Public Cloud
6 4 (3.33%) Insider Threat
6 4 (3.33%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.50%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (2.50%) Social Media
8 2 (1.67%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.67%) Housing Association
8 2 (1.67%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.67%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.67%) Private Cloud
8 2 (1.67%) Robotics
8 2 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.67%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.83%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.83%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 26 (21.67%) Windows
2 12 (10.00%) Linux
3 5 (4.17%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.50%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.67%) Ubuntu
5 2 (1.67%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (1.67%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.83%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (25.83%) ITIL
2 29 (24.17%) Cybersecurity
3 28 (23.33%) Problem-Solving
4 24 (20.00%) Presales
5 18 (15.00%) Roadmaps
5 18 (15.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 17 (14.17%) Mentoring
6 17 (14.17%) Security Architecture
7 16 (13.33%) Project Delivery
7 16 (13.33%) Zero Trust
8 15 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
9 14 (11.67%) Cloud Security
10 13 (10.83%) Incident Response
11 12 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
11 12 (10.00%) SIEM
12 11 (9.17%) DevOps
12 11 (9.17%) Disaster Recovery
12 11 (9.17%) Infrastructure as Code
12 11 (9.17%) Security Operations
13 10 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 12 (10.00%) PowerShell
2 9 (7.50%) Python
3 2 (1.67%) Bash
3 2 (1.67%) SQL
4 1 (0.83%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 54 (45.00%) CCNP
2 49 (40.83%) CCNA
3 32 (26.67%) CISSP
4 27 (22.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 24 (20.00%) CCIE
6 23 (19.17%) Degree
7 21 (17.50%) Microsoft Certification
8 20 (16.67%) CISM
9 19 (15.83%) CCSP
10 16 (13.33%) Azure Certification
10 16 (13.33%) Security Cleared
11 15 (12.50%) SC Cleared
12 12 (10.00%) MCSE
13 9 (7.50%) Computer Science Degree
14 8 (6.67%) CEH
14 8 (6.67%) DBS Check
15 7 (5.83%) CompTIA Security+
15 7 (5.83%) MCSA
16 6 (5.00%) AWS Certification
16 6 (5.00%) CISMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (12.50%) NIST
3 10 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (5.00%) Actionable Recommendations
4 6 (5.00%) SLA
5 4 (3.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (3.33%) GDPR
6 2 (1.67%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.67%) GRC
6 2 (1.67%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.83%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (5.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (4.17%) Active Directory
3 4 (3.33%) vSphere
4 2 (1.67%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.83%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 14 (11.67%) Terraform
2 10 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (6.67%) Ansible
4 7 (5.83%) FortiGate
5 5 (4.17%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (3.33%) Nmap
7 3 (2.50%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (2.50%) PaperCut
8 2 (1.67%) Nagios
8 2 (1.67%) OpenView
8 2 (1.67%) Tivoli
9 1 (0.83%) Check_MK
9 1 (0.83%) Cisco Prime
9 1 (0.83%) Kubernetes
9 1 (0.83%) SCCM
Vendors
1 67 (55.83%) Cisco
2 34 (28.33%) Microsoft
3 23 (19.17%) Fortinet
4 16 (13.33%) Palo Alto
5 12 (10.00%) CheckPoint
6 10 (8.33%) Juniper
7 9 (7.50%) VMware
8 7 (5.83%) Meraki
8 7 (5.83%) Zscaler
9 6 (5.00%) SolarWinds
10 4 (3.33%) Aruba
10 4 (3.33%) F5
10 4 (3.33%) Okta
10 4 (3.33%) Sophos
10 4 (3.33%) Splunk
10 4 (3.33%) Veeam
11 3 (2.50%) Dell
11 3 (2.50%) Google
11 3 (2.50%) Huawei
11 3 (2.50%) Netskope