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 6 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 236 247 212
Rank change year-on-year +11 -35 +7
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 157 179 438
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.94% 1.23% 1.53%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.23% 4.20% 5.69%
Number of salaries quoted 120 131 381
10th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £85,625 £77,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £88,750 £84,919
UK median annual salary £60,000 £61,644 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.67% +17.42% -4.55%

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 4,859 4,265 7,699
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 29.01% 29.37% 26.93%
Number of salaries quoted 2,629 2,423 5,600
10th Percentile £30,987 £31,800 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £73,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £88,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%

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 6 March 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 15 (9.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (5.73%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (2.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.27%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 64 (40.76%) Azure
2 41 (26.11%) Microsoft 365
3 36 (22.93%) AWS
4 22 (14.01%) Entra ID
5 6 (3.82%) IaaS
6 5 (3.18%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (2.55%) Azure Logic Apps
7 4 (2.55%) OneDrive
8 3 (1.91%) AWS Direct Connect
8 3 (1.91%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (1.91%) ChatGPT
8 3 (1.91%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (1.91%) GCP
8 3 (1.91%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (1.91%) Mimecast
8 3 (1.91%) Power Platform
8 3 (1.91%) PowerApps
9 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (1.27%) OCI
10 1 (0.64%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 61 (38.85%) Firewall
2 39 (24.84%) WAN
3 38 (24.20%) LAN
4 30 (19.11%) VPN
5 28 (17.83%) SD-WAN
6 26 (16.56%) Network Security
7 21 (13.38%) VLAN
8 16 (10.19%) BGP
9 15 (9.55%) TCP/IP
10 14 (8.92%) MPLS
11 11 (7.01%) OSPF
11 11 (7.01%) Wireless
12 10 (6.37%) Cisco ISE
13 9 (5.73%) VoIP
13 9 (5.73%) Wi-Fi
14 8 (5.10%) IPsec
14 8 (5.10%) Structured Cabling
15 7 (4.46%) Cisco ASA
15 7 (4.46%) Cisco Nexus
15 7 (4.46%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.64%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (4.46%) Burp Suite
1 7 (4.46%) Metasploit
2 2 (1.27%) JIRA
3 1 (0.64%) GitLab
General
1 60 (38.22%) Social Skills
2 29 (18.47%) Finance
3 14 (8.92%) Retail
3 14 (8.92%) Telecoms
4 11 (7.01%) Law
5 9 (5.73%) Public Sector
6 6 (3.82%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (3.82%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (3.18%) Military
7 5 (3.18%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.55%) Legal
9 3 (1.91%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.91%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.64%) Banking
11 1 (0.64%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.64%) Marketing
11 1 (0.64%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 33 (21.02%) Network Engineer
2 29 (18.47%) Senior
3 17 (10.83%) Architect
4 14 (8.92%) Senior Network Engineer
5 12 (7.64%) IT Engineer
6 11 (7.01%) Support Engineer
7 10 (6.37%) 2nd Line Support
7 10 (6.37%) Analyst
7 10 (6.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 10 (6.37%) Security Specialist
8 9 (5.73%) IT Support
8 9 (5.73%) IT Support Engineer
8 9 (5.73%) Security Analyst
9 8 (5.10%) Security Manager
10 7 (4.46%) Administrator
10 7 (4.46%) Consultant
10 7 (4.46%) Cybersecurity Architect
10 7 (4.46%) Security Architect
10 7 (4.46%) Solutions Architect
10 7 (4.46%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.55%) OAuth
1 4 (2.55%) OpenID
2 1 (0.64%) AngularJS
2 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (0.64%) React
2 1 (0.64%) SAML
2 1 (0.64%) Svelte
2 1 (0.64%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 26 (16.56%) Data Centre
2 15 (9.55%) Security Posture
3 10 (6.37%) Driving Licence
3 10 (6.37%) e-Learning
4 8 (5.10%) Cloud Native
4 8 (5.10%) Management Information System
5 7 (4.46%) CCTV
5 7 (4.46%) Insider Threat
6 5 (3.18%) Cyber Defence
6 5 (3.18%) Onboarding
6 5 (3.18%) Public Cloud
6 5 (3.18%) Social Media
7 4 (2.55%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.91%) CMDB
8 3 (1.91%) Security Operations Centre
9 2 (1.27%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.27%) Private Cloud
9 2 (1.27%) Robotics
9 2 (1.27%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 42 (26.75%) Windows
2 25 (15.92%) Linux
3 19 (12.10%) Windows Server
4 7 (4.46%) Unix
5 5 (3.18%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.27%) Ubuntu
6 2 (1.27%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (1.27%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.64%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (26.75%) Cybersecurity
2 40 (25.48%) ITIL
3 31 (19.75%) Mentoring
4 26 (16.56%) Problem-Solving
5 22 (14.01%) Information Security
6 20 (12.74%) Project Delivery
6 20 (12.74%) Security Architecture
7 17 (10.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 16 (10.19%) Change Control
8 16 (10.19%) Customer Service
8 16 (10.19%) High Availability
8 16 (10.19%) Network Design
9 15 (9.55%) Continuous Improvement
9 15 (9.55%) ITSM
10 14 (8.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 14 (8.92%) Technical Leadership
11 13 (8.28%) Computer Science
11 13 (8.28%) Penetration Testing
11 13 (8.28%) Roadmaps
11 13 (8.28%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 14 (8.92%) PowerShell
2 6 (3.82%) Python
3 3 (1.91%) Bash
4 2 (1.27%) Bicep
5 1 (0.64%) Go
5 1 (0.64%) SQL
Qualifications
1 87 (55.41%) CCNA
2 65 (41.40%) CCNP
3 39 (24.84%) CISSP
3 39 (24.84%) Microsoft Certification
4 37 (23.57%) Degree
4 37 (23.57%) Security Cleared
5 35 (22.29%) SC Cleared
6 30 (19.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 28 (17.83%) MCSE
8 25 (15.92%) MCSA
9 24 (15.29%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 20 (12.74%) CISM
11 19 (12.10%) CCIE
12 18 (11.46%) Azure Certification
13 17 (10.83%) DV Cleared
14 16 (10.19%) CompTIA Security+
15 12 (7.64%) CCSP
15 12 (7.64%) DBS Check
16 11 (7.01%) GIAC
17 10 (6.37%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (15.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (11.46%) NIST
3 16 (10.19%) Cyber Essentials
4 15 (9.55%) SLA
5 10 (6.37%) GDPR
6 7 (4.46%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (1.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (1.91%) GRC
7 3 (1.91%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.64%) SOC 2
System Software
1 14 (8.92%) Active Directory
2 10 (6.37%) Hyper-V
3 8 (5.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (2.55%) vSphere
5 2 (1.27%) Docker
5 2 (1.27%) Firmware
6 1 (0.64%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 23 (14.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (7.64%) Terraform
3 7 (4.46%) Ansible
3 7 (4.46%) Nmap
4 5 (3.18%) Autotask
4 5 (3.18%) Jamf Pro
5 4 (2.55%) FortiGate
5 4 (2.55%) Nagios
5 4 (2.55%) PaperCut
5 4 (2.55%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.27%) Dell DRAC
6 2 (1.27%) Kubernetes
6 2 (1.27%) OpenView
6 2 (1.27%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.64%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.64%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (0.64%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 93 (59.24%) Cisco
2 56 (35.67%) Microsoft
3 30 (19.11%) VMware
4 28 (17.83%) Fortinet
5 15 (9.55%) Palo Alto
6 13 (8.28%) Juniper
7 11 (7.01%) Citrix
8 10 (6.37%) CheckPoint
9 9 (5.73%) Meraki
10 8 (5.10%) Draytek
10 8 (5.10%) WatchGuard
11 7 (4.46%) Mitel
12 6 (3.82%) SolarWinds
12 6 (3.82%) Zscaler
13 5 (3.18%) Apple
14 4 (2.55%) F5
14 4 (2.55%) Sophos
15 3 (1.91%) Dell
15 3 (1.91%) Google
15 3 (1.91%) Splunk