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 30 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 291 307 233
Rank change year-on-year +16 -74 -34
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 129 127 433
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.67% 0.86% 1.30%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.00% 2.54% 4.85%
Number of salaries quoted 102 99 329
10th Percentile £41,375 £31,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £32,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £86,875 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £97,250 £81,250 £84,919
UK median annual salary £66,250 £55,000 £51,364
% change year-on-year +20.45% +7.08% -6.61%

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 4,298 4,993 8,924
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 22.39% 33.73% 26.88%
Number of salaries quoted 2,925 2,306 5,895
10th Percentile £33,350 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,541 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £53,664
% change year-on-year +9.09% +2.49% -10.56%

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 30 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 10 (7.75%) SharePoint
2 8 (6.20%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (3.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.55%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.55%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 55 (42.64%) Azure
2 28 (21.71%) AWS
3 24 (18.60%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (8.53%) GCP
5 8 (6.20%) Entra ID
5 8 (6.20%) Power Platform
6 6 (4.65%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (3.10%) ChatGPT
7 4 (3.10%) Microsoft Copilot
7 4 (3.10%) Mimecast
7 4 (3.10%) OneDrive
7 4 (3.10%) PowerApps
8 3 (2.33%) OCI
8 3 (2.33%) Serverless
8 3 (2.33%) Vertex AI
9 2 (1.55%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (1.55%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.78%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.78%) Cloudflare
10 1 (0.78%) WeChat
Communications & Networking
1 51 (39.53%) Firewall
2 44 (34.11%) WAN
3 42 (32.56%) LAN
4 34 (26.36%) Network Security
5 33 (25.58%) SD-WAN
6 21 (16.28%) Wireless
7 17 (13.18%) VPN
8 13 (10.08%) Cisco ISE
9 12 (9.30%) WLAN
10 9 (6.98%) VLAN
10 9 (6.98%) VoIP
11 8 (6.20%) Cisco Nexus
12 7 (5.43%) Cisco Wireless
12 7 (5.43%) Wi-Fi
13 6 (4.65%) BGP
13 6 (4.65%) Cisco Firepower
13 6 (4.65%) MPLS
13 6 (4.65%) TCP/IP
14 5 (3.88%) Unified Communications
14 5 (3.88%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.55%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (3.10%) Burp Suite
1 4 (3.10%) Metasploit
2 3 (2.33%) JIRA
General
1 39 (30.23%) Social Skills
2 27 (20.93%) Finance
3 13 (10.08%) Telecoms
4 11 (8.53%) Retail
5 9 (6.98%) Public Sector
6 8 (6.20%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (4.65%) Banking
7 6 (4.65%) Law
8 5 (3.88%) Military
9 4 (3.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.55%) Legal
11 2 (1.55%) Local Government
11 2 (1.55%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.55%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.55%) Social Housing
12 1 (0.78%) Dutch Language
12 1 (0.78%) French Language
12 1 (0.78%) Mandarin Language
12 1 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 32 (24.81%) Network Engineer
2 30 (23.26%) Architect
3 18 (13.95%) Senior
4 17 (13.18%) Solutions Architect
5 15 (11.63%) Consultant
6 11 (8.53%) IT Engineer
7 10 (7.75%) Network Architect
7 10 (7.75%) Network Consultant
8 9 (6.98%) Security Specialist
8 9 (6.98%) Senior Network Engineer
9 8 (6.20%) Presales Solution Architect
9 8 (6.20%) Security Architect
10 7 (5.43%) Principal Architect
11 6 (4.65%) Cisco Consultant
11 6 (4.65%) Cisco Network Consultant
11 6 (4.65%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 6 (4.65%) IT Support
11 6 (4.65%) IT Support Engineer
11 6 (4.65%) Security Manager
11 6 (4.65%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.88%) OAuth
1 5 (3.88%) OpenID
2 2 (1.55%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.78%) JSON
3 1 (0.78%) RESTful
3 1 (0.78%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (18.60%) Data Centre
2 12 (9.30%) Security Posture
3 10 (7.75%) Cloud Native
4 6 (4.65%) Cyber Defence
5 5 (3.88%) Public Cloud
6 4 (3.10%) Insider Threat
6 4 (3.10%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (2.33%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (2.33%) Management Information System
7 3 (2.33%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.33%) Private Cloud
8 2 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.55%) Housing Association
8 2 (1.55%) Social Media
8 2 (1.55%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.78%) CMDB
9 1 (0.78%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.78%) Enterprise Storage
9 1 (0.78%) IoT
9 1 (0.78%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 26 (20.16%) Windows
2 12 (9.30%) Linux
3 7 (5.43%) Windows Server
4 4 (3.10%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (3.10%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (1.55%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.78%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.78%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (27.91%) Problem-Solving
2 31 (24.03%) Cybersecurity
2 31 (24.03%) ITIL
3 28 (21.71%) Presales
4 18 (13.95%) Roadmaps
4 18 (13.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 18 (13.95%) Technical Leadership
5 17 (13.18%) Project Delivery
5 17 (13.18%) Zero Trust
6 16 (12.40%) Mentoring
6 16 (12.40%) Security Architecture
7 15 (11.63%) Cloud Security
7 15 (11.63%) Incident Response
8 14 (10.85%) Disaster Recovery
9 13 (10.08%) SIEM
10 12 (9.30%) DevOps
10 12 (9.30%) Security Operations
11 11 (8.53%) Continuous Improvement
11 11 (8.53%) Network Design
11 11 (8.53%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (10.85%) PowerShell
2 9 (6.98%) Python
3 2 (1.55%) Bash
3 2 (1.55%) SQL
4 1 (0.78%) Bicep
4 1 (0.78%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (0.78%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 61 (47.29%) CCNP
2 53 (41.09%) CCNA
3 33 (25.58%) CISSP
4 28 (21.71%) CCIE
5 26 (20.16%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 24 (18.60%) Degree
7 21 (16.28%) Microsoft Certification
8 20 (15.50%) CISM
9 19 (14.73%) Azure Certification
10 18 (13.95%) CCSP
11 17 (13.18%) Security Cleared
12 15 (11.63%) SC Cleared
13 12 (9.30%) MCSE
14 9 (6.98%) Computer Science Degree
15 8 (6.20%) DBS Check
16 7 (5.43%) CEH
17 6 (4.65%) AWS Certification
17 6 (4.65%) CCSE
17 6 (4.65%) DV Cleared
17 6 (4.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (15.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (11.63%) NIST
3 12 (9.30%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (4.65%) Actionable Recommendations
5 5 (3.88%) SLA
6 4 (3.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (2.33%) GDPR
8 2 (1.55%) Accessibility
8 2 (1.55%) GRC
9 1 (0.78%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.78%) SOC 2
System Software
1 8 (6.20%) Active Directory
2 7 (5.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (3.10%) vSphere
4 3 (2.33%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.78%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 13 (10.08%) Terraform
2 11 (8.53%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (4.65%) Ansible
3 6 (4.65%) FortiGate
4 5 (3.88%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (3.10%) Nmap
6 2 (1.55%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (1.55%) Nagios
6 2 (1.55%) OpenView
6 2 (1.55%) PaperCut
6 2 (1.55%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.78%) Check_MK
7 1 (0.78%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (0.78%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.78%) SCCM
Vendors
1 74 (57.36%) Cisco
2 36 (27.91%) Microsoft
3 25 (19.38%) Fortinet
4 17 (13.18%) Palo Alto
5 16 (12.40%) Juniper
6 12 (9.30%) CheckPoint
7 11 (8.53%) VMware
8 8 (6.20%) Aruba
9 7 (5.43%) Meraki
9 7 (5.43%) Zscaler
10 6 (4.65%) SolarWinds
10 6 (4.65%) Veeam
11 5 (3.88%) Splunk
12 4 (3.10%) F5
12 4 (3.10%) Huawei
12 4 (3.10%) Okta
12 4 (3.10%) Sophos
13 3 (2.33%) Dell
13 3 (2.33%) EMC
13 3 (2.33%) Netskope