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 8 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 286 301 251
Rank change year-on-year +15 -50 -56
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 131 126 442
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.68% 0.84% 1.30%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.08% 2.49% 4.87%
Number of salaries quoted 103 99 326
10th Percentile £41,250 £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% - -1.35%
75th Percentile £86,250 £66,875 £67,500
90th Percentile £97,000 £79,250 £84,919
UK median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £51,364
% change year-on-year +18.18% +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 4,252 5,062 9,067
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 21.93% 33.71% 26.63%
Number of salaries quoted 2,905 2,353 5,899
10th Percentile £33,350 £27,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,667 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £53,555
% change year-on-year +9.09% +2.70% -10.74%

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 8 June 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 11 (8.40%) SharePoint
2 9 (6.87%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (3.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.53%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.53%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 58 (44.27%) Azure
2 29 (22.14%) AWS
3 24 (18.32%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (8.40%) GCP
5 9 (6.87%) Entra ID
5 9 (6.87%) Power Platform
6 7 (5.34%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (3.05%) ChatGPT
7 4 (3.05%) Microsoft Copilot
7 4 (3.05%) Mimecast
7 4 (3.05%) OneDrive
7 4 (3.05%) PowerApps
8 3 (2.29%) OCI
8 3 (2.29%) Serverless
8 3 (2.29%) Vertex AI
9 2 (1.53%) Anthropic Claude
9 2 (1.53%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (1.53%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (1.53%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.76%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 53 (40.46%) Firewall
2 45 (34.35%) WAN
3 43 (32.82%) LAN
4 34 (25.95%) Network Security
4 34 (25.95%) SD-WAN
5 22 (16.79%) Wireless
6 18 (13.74%) VPN
7 13 (9.92%) Cisco ISE
8 12 (9.16%) WLAN
9 9 (6.87%) Cisco Nexus
9 9 (6.87%) VLAN
9 9 (6.87%) VoIP
10 8 (6.11%) Wi-Fi
11 7 (5.34%) BGP
11 7 (5.34%) Cisco Wireless
11 7 (5.34%) MPLS
12 6 (4.58%) Cisco Firepower
12 6 (4.58%) OSPF
12 6 (4.58%) TCP/IP
13 5 (3.82%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.53%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (3.05%) Burp Suite
1 4 (3.05%) Metasploit
2 3 (2.29%) JIRA
General
1 42 (32.06%) Social Skills
2 27 (20.61%) Finance
3 13 (9.92%) Telecoms
4 12 (9.16%) Retail
5 10 (7.63%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (6.87%) Public Sector
7 6 (4.58%) Banking
7 6 (4.58%) Law
8 5 (3.82%) Military
9 4 (3.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (2.29%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.53%) Legal
11 2 (1.53%) Local Government
11 2 (1.53%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.53%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.53%) Social Housing
12 1 (0.76%) Dutch Language
12 1 (0.76%) French Language
12 1 (0.76%) German Language
12 1 (0.76%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 33 (25.19%) Network Engineer
2 30 (22.90%) Architect
3 19 (14.50%) Senior
4 17 (12.98%) Solutions Architect
5 15 (11.45%) Consultant
6 12 (9.16%) IT Engineer
7 10 (7.63%) Network Architect
7 10 (7.63%) Network Consultant
7 10 (7.63%) Security Specialist
8 9 (6.87%) Senior Network Engineer
9 8 (6.11%) Presales Solution Architect
9 8 (6.11%) Security Architect
10 7 (5.34%) IT Support
10 7 (5.34%) IT Support Engineer
10 7 (5.34%) Principal Architect
10 7 (5.34%) Support Engineer
11 6 (4.58%) Cisco Consultant
11 6 (4.58%) Cisco Network Consultant
11 6 (4.58%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 6 (4.58%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.82%) OAuth
1 5 (3.82%) OpenID
2 2 (1.53%) ARM Templates
2 2 (1.53%) JSON
2 2 (1.53%) RESTful
3 1 (0.76%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (18.32%) Data Centre
2 11 (8.40%) Cloud Native
2 11 (8.40%) Security Posture
3 6 (4.58%) Cyber Defence
4 5 (3.82%) Management Information System
4 5 (3.82%) Public Cloud
4 5 (3.82%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (3.05%) Insider Threat
6 3 (2.29%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (2.29%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.29%) Private Cloud
7 2 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.53%) Housing Association
7 2 (1.53%) Social Media
7 2 (1.53%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.76%) CMDB
8 1 (0.76%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.76%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (0.76%) IoT
8 1 (0.76%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 26 (19.85%) Windows
2 11 (8.40%) Linux
3 8 (6.11%) Windows Server
4 5 (3.82%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (3.82%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (1.53%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.76%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.76%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (29.77%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (25.95%) Cybersecurity
3 31 (23.66%) ITIL
4 27 (20.61%) Presales
5 19 (14.50%) Roadmaps
6 18 (13.74%) Cloud Security
6 18 (13.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 18 (13.74%) Technical Leadership
7 17 (12.98%) Zero Trust
8 16 (12.21%) Mentoring
8 16 (12.21%) Project Delivery
8 16 (12.21%) Security Architecture
9 15 (11.45%) Disaster Recovery
9 15 (11.45%) Incident Response
10 13 (9.92%) DevOps
10 13 (9.92%) Security Operations
10 13 (9.92%) SIEM
11 12 (9.16%) Stakeholder Management
12 11 (8.40%) Business Continuity
12 11 (8.40%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 16 (12.21%) PowerShell
2 10 (7.63%) Python
3 3 (2.29%) Bash
4 2 (1.53%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (1.53%) Search Processing Language
4 2 (1.53%) SQL
5 1 (0.76%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 62 (47.33%) CCNP
2 52 (39.69%) CCNA
3 35 (26.72%) CISSP
4 28 (21.37%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 28 (21.37%) CCIE
5 26 (19.85%) Degree
6 23 (17.56%) Microsoft Certification
7 21 (16.03%) Azure Certification
7 21 (16.03%) CISM
8 20 (15.27%) CCSP
9 18 (13.74%) Security Cleared
10 16 (12.21%) SC Cleared
11 12 (9.16%) MCSE
12 10 (7.63%) Computer Science Degree
13 8 (6.11%) DBS Check
14 7 (5.34%) CEH
14 7 (5.34%) CompTIA Security+
15 6 (4.58%) CCSE
15 6 (4.58%) DV Cleared
15 6 (4.58%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (15.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (10.69%) NIST
3 13 (9.92%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (4.58%) Actionable Recommendations
5 5 (3.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 5 (3.82%) SLA
6 3 (2.29%) GDPR
6 3 (2.29%) GRC
7 2 (1.53%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.76%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.76%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (6.87%) Active Directory
2 7 (5.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (3.05%) vSphere
4 3 (2.29%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.76%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 13 (9.92%) Microsoft Intune
1 13 (9.92%) Terraform
2 6 (4.58%) Ansible
2 6 (4.58%) FortiGate
3 5 (3.82%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (3.05%) Nmap
5 2 (1.53%) Cisco Prime
5 2 (1.53%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (1.53%) Nagios
5 2 (1.53%) OpenView
5 2 (1.53%) PaperCut
5 2 (1.53%) Tivoli
6 1 (0.76%) Check_MK
6 1 (0.76%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.76%) SCCM
Vendors
1 75 (57.25%) Cisco
2 37 (28.24%) Microsoft
3 26 (19.85%) Fortinet
4 18 (13.74%) Palo Alto
5 16 (12.21%) Juniper
6 12 (9.16%) CheckPoint
7 11 (8.40%) VMware
8 9 (6.87%) Aruba
9 7 (5.34%) Meraki
9 7 (5.34%) SolarWinds
9 7 (5.34%) Veeam
9 7 (5.34%) Zscaler
10 6 (4.58%) Splunk
11 4 (3.05%) F5
11 4 (3.05%) Huawei
11 4 (3.05%) Okta
11 4 (3.05%) Sophos
12 3 (2.29%) Dell
12 3 (2.29%) EMC
12 3 (2.29%) Netskope