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 20 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 264 275 214
Rank change year-on-year +11 -61 -1
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 135 132 461
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.76% 0.99% 1.42%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.16% 3.28% 5.29%
Number of salaries quoted 104 119 378
10th Percentile £36,599 £32,500 £30,675
25th Percentile £49,541 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +9.09% -7.56%
75th Percentile £87,500 £74,443 £66,541
90th Percentile £97,500 £88,750 £84,919
UK median annual salary £62,538 £60,000 £51,364
% change year-on-year +4.23% +16.81% -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 4,274 4,024 8,711
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 23.97% 30.21% 26.84%
Number of salaries quoted 2,857 2,479 5,932
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,625 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £60,000 £57,145
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £78,790 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £58,728 £57,500 £54,043
% change year-on-year +2.13% +6.40% -6.21%

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 20 April 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 (6.67%) SharePoint
2 8 (5.93%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.48%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 63 (46.67%) Azure
2 38 (28.15%) Microsoft 365
3 37 (27.41%) AWS
4 12 (8.89%) Entra ID
5 8 (5.93%) GCP
6 5 (3.70%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (2.96%) Azure Logic Apps
7 4 (2.96%) ChatGPT
7 4 (2.96%) Microsoft Copilot
7 4 (2.96%) Mimecast
7 4 (2.96%) OCI
7 4 (2.96%) OneDrive
7 4 (2.96%) Power Platform
7 4 (2.96%) PowerApps
8 3 (2.22%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (2.22%) Serverless
8 3 (2.22%) Vertex AI
9 2 (1.48%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (1.48%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.74%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 48 (35.56%) Firewall
2 39 (28.89%) WAN
3 38 (28.15%) LAN
4 30 (22.22%) Network Security
5 28 (20.74%) SD-WAN
6 17 (12.59%) VPN
7 16 (11.85%) Wireless
8 14 (10.37%) VLAN
9 11 (8.15%) Cisco ISE
10 9 (6.67%) BGP
10 9 (6.67%) MPLS
11 8 (5.93%) OSPF
11 8 (5.93%) TCP/IP
12 7 (5.19%) Cisco Nexus
12 7 (5.19%) Structured Cabling
12 7 (5.19%) WLAN
13 6 (4.44%) Cisco ASA
13 6 (4.44%) Cisco Firepower
13 6 (4.44%) VoIP
14 5 (3.70%) Cisco Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.48%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (4.44%) Burp Suite
1 6 (4.44%) Metasploit
2 2 (1.48%) JIRA
General
1 42 (31.11%) Social Skills
2 27 (20.00%) Finance
3 13 (9.63%) Retail
4 11 (8.15%) Telecoms
5 10 (7.41%) Public Sector
6 6 (4.44%) Banking
6 6 (4.44%) Law
7 5 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (3.70%) Military
7 5 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.48%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.48%) Social Housing
10 1 (0.74%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.74%) Fire and Rescue
10 1 (0.74%) Marketing
10 1 (0.74%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 26 (19.26%) Network Engineer
2 25 (18.52%) Architect
3 18 (13.33%) Senior
4 13 (9.63%) Consultant
5 12 (8.89%) Solutions Architect
6 11 (8.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 11 (8.15%) IT Engineer
7 10 (7.41%) Security Architect
7 10 (7.41%) Security Specialist
7 10 (7.41%) Senior Network Engineer
8 9 (6.67%) Analyst
9 8 (5.93%) Presales Solution Architect
9 8 (5.93%) Security Analyst
10 7 (5.19%) Cybersecurity Architect
10 7 (5.19%) IT Support
10 7 (5.19%) IT Support Engineer
10 7 (5.19%) Support Engineer
11 6 (4.44%) Data Centre Engineer
11 6 (4.44%) Principal Architect
11 6 (4.44%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.70%) OAuth
1 5 (3.70%) OpenID
2 2 (1.48%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.74%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (16.30%) Data Centre
2 15 (11.11%) Security Posture
3 7 (5.19%) Cloud Native
4 6 (4.44%) Cyber Defence
4 6 (4.44%) Driving Licence
4 6 (4.44%) Insider Threat
4 6 (4.44%) Public Cloud
5 5 (3.70%) Onboarding
5 5 (3.70%) Social Media
6 4 (2.96%) CCTV
7 3 (2.22%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (2.22%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.48%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.48%) e-Learning
8 2 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.48%) Housing Association
8 2 (1.48%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.48%) Private Cloud
8 2 (1.48%) Robotics
8 2 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 36 (26.67%) Windows
2 16 (11.85%) Linux
3 13 (9.63%) Windows Server
4 5 (3.70%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.48%) Ubuntu
5 2 (1.48%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.74%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.74%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (28.15%) Cybersecurity
2 35 (25.93%) ITIL
3 29 (21.48%) Problem-Solving
4 24 (17.78%) Mentoring
5 21 (15.56%) Presales
6 20 (14.81%) Security Architecture
7 19 (14.07%) Project Delivery
7 19 (14.07%) Technical Leadership
8 18 (13.33%) Roadmaps
9 17 (12.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 16 (11.85%) Zero Trust
11 14 (10.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 13 (9.63%) Cloud Security
13 12 (8.89%) Network Design
13 12 (8.89%) Penetration Testing
14 11 (8.15%) Continuous Improvement
14 11 (8.15%) DevOps
14 11 (8.15%) Incident Response
14 11 (8.15%) Infrastructure as Code
15 10 (7.41%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (11.11%) PowerShell
2 9 (6.67%) Python
3 4 (2.96%) Bash
4 2 (1.48%) SQL
5 1 (0.74%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 58 (42.96%) CCNA
2 55 (40.74%) CCNP
3 39 (28.89%) CISSP
4 32 (23.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 30 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
6 28 (20.74%) Degree
7 23 (17.04%) CISM
8 22 (16.30%) Security Cleared
9 21 (15.56%) SC Cleared
10 20 (14.81%) CCIE
10 20 (14.81%) MCSE
11 18 (13.33%) Azure Certification
11 18 (13.33%) CCSP
12 15 (11.11%) MCSA
13 12 (8.89%) CompTIA Security+
13 12 (8.89%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 11 (8.15%) CEH
15 9 (6.67%) DBS Check
16 8 (5.93%) CISMP
16 8 (5.93%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (15.56%) NIST
3 13 (9.63%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (6.67%) SLA
5 8 (5.93%) Actionable Recommendations
6 6 (4.44%) GDPR
7 5 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (2.22%) GRC
8 3 (2.22%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.74%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (6.67%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.93%) Hyper-V
2 8 (5.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (3.70%) vSphere
4 1 (0.74%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 15 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (10.37%) Terraform
3 7 (5.19%) Ansible
4 6 (4.44%) FortiGate
4 6 (4.44%) Nmap
5 5 (3.70%) Jamf Pro
5 5 (3.70%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (2.96%) PaperCut
7 2 (1.48%) Nagios
7 2 (1.48%) OpenView
7 2 (1.48%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.74%) Check_MK
8 1 (0.74%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (0.74%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.74%) SCCM
8 1 (0.74%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 74 (54.81%) Cisco
2 42 (31.11%) Microsoft
3 27 (20.00%) Fortinet
4 21 (15.56%) VMware
5 15 (11.11%) Palo Alto
6 11 (8.15%) CheckPoint
6 11 (8.15%) Juniper
7 8 (5.93%) Meraki
8 7 (5.19%) Zscaler
9 6 (4.44%) Draytek
9 6 (4.44%) SolarWinds
9 6 (4.44%) WatchGuard
10 5 (3.70%) Apple
10 5 (3.70%) Sophos
11 4 (2.96%) Citrix
11 4 (2.96%) Google
11 4 (2.96%) Mitel
11 4 (2.96%) Okta
11 4 (2.96%) Splunk
12 3 (2.22%) Netskope