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 17 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 187 233 185
Rank change year-on-year +46 -48 +83
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 192 247 369
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.25% 1.40% 1.87%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.76% 5.11% 6.65%
Number of salaries quoted 137 164 335
10th Percentile £31,250 £42,500 £31,100
25th Percentile £38,750 £52,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +13.64% -15.38%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £66,875
90th Percentile £105,000 £86,250 £85,000
UK median annual salary £53,750 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.42% +9.09% -

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 5,105 4,833 5,546
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 33.25% 27.46% 28.08%
Number of salaries quoted 2,463 2,541 4,077
10th Percentile £30,165 £35,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £46,050
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,269 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.61% +1.34% -

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 17 December 2025.

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 14 (7.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (3.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 77 (40.10%) Azure
2 46 (23.96%) AWS
3 41 (21.35%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (13.54%) Entra ID
5 7 (3.65%) IaaS
6 5 (2.60%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (2.08%) Azure Logic Apps
8 3 (1.56%) Azure Key Vault
8 3 (1.56%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (1.56%) Cloudflare
8 3 (1.56%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (1.56%) OCI
9 2 (1.04%) Amazon ECS
9 2 (1.04%) GCP
10 1 (0.52%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (0.52%) GitHub
10 1 (0.52%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.52%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.52%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 71 (36.98%) Firewall
2 53 (27.60%) LAN
3 51 (26.56%) WAN
4 43 (22.40%) VPN
5 33 (17.19%) SD-WAN
6 32 (16.67%) Network Security
7 27 (14.06%) VLAN
8 24 (12.50%) TCP/IP
9 23 (11.98%) Wi-Fi
10 18 (9.38%) VoIP
11 17 (8.85%) BGP
11 17 (8.85%) DNS
12 14 (7.29%) MPLS
13 13 (6.77%) OSPF
14 11 (5.73%) Wireless
15 9 (4.69%) DHCP
15 9 (4.69%) IPsec
15 9 (4.69%) Unified Communications
16 7 (3.65%) IP Telephony
16 7 (3.65%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 7 (3.65%) Burp Suite
1 7 (3.65%) Metasploit
2 1 (0.52%) GitLab
General
1 62 (32.29%) Social Skills
2 48 (25.00%) Finance
3 31 (16.15%) Telecoms
4 11 (5.73%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (5.21%) Retail
6 6 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (3.13%) Law
7 5 (2.60%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.08%) Legal
8 4 (2.08%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.56%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.04%) Marketing
11 1 (0.52%) Banking
11 1 (0.52%) Electronics
11 1 (0.52%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.52%) French Language
11 1 (0.52%) Military
11 1 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 36 (18.75%) Senior
2 35 (18.23%) Network Engineer
3 32 (16.67%) Administrator
3 32 (16.67%) Systems Administrator
4 20 (10.42%) Security Engineer
5 16 (8.33%) Senior Network Engineer
6 11 (5.73%) Analyst
6 11 (5.73%) IT Engineer
6 11 (5.73%) Support Engineer
7 10 (5.21%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 9 (4.69%) 2nd Line Support
8 9 (4.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 9 (4.69%) IT Support
8 9 (4.69%) IT Support Engineer
8 9 (4.69%) Security Analyst
8 9 (4.69%) Senior Security Engineer
9 8 (4.17%) 3rd Line Support
9 8 (4.17%) 3rd Line Support Technician
9 8 (4.17%) Architect
9 8 (4.17%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.56%) FreeSWITCH
1 3 (1.56%) Node.js
2 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (0.52%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.52%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.52%) React
3 1 (0.52%) Svelte
3 1 (0.52%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 35 (18.23%) e-Learning
2 20 (10.42%) Data Centre
3 15 (7.81%) Driving Licence
3 15 (7.81%) Security Posture
4 12 (6.25%) CCTV
5 11 (5.73%) Management Information System
6 9 (4.69%) Operational Technology
7 8 (4.17%) Cloud Native
7 8 (4.17%) Security Operations Centre
8 6 (3.13%) Onboarding
9 5 (2.60%) Cloud Security Posture
9 5 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (2.60%) Social Media
10 4 (2.08%) Insider Threat
11 3 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.56%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 3 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (1.56%) Low-Code
11 3 (1.56%) Web3
12 2 (1.04%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 55 (28.65%) Linux
2 42 (21.88%) Windows
3 25 (13.02%) Unix
4 20 (10.42%) Windows Server
5 5 (2.60%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.04%) Ubuntu
6 2 (1.04%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (1.04%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (27.60%) High Availability
2 49 (25.52%) ITIL
3 43 (22.40%) Cybersecurity
4 35 (18.23%) Innovative Thinking
5 28 (14.58%) Problem-Solving
6 24 (12.50%) Information Security
6 24 (12.50%) Mentoring
6 24 (12.50%) Service Delivery
7 21 (10.94%) DevOps
8 20 (10.42%) ITSM
9 18 (9.38%) Computer Science
9 18 (9.38%) Customer Service
9 18 (9.38%) SIEM
10 17 (8.85%) Change Control
10 17 (8.85%) Data Protection
10 17 (8.85%) Infrastructure as Code
10 17 (8.85%) Project Delivery
11 15 (7.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 15 (7.81%) Security Architecture
12 14 (7.29%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 18 (9.38%) PowerShell
2 15 (7.81%) Python
3 8 (4.17%) Bash
4 3 (1.56%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.52%) Bicep
5 1 (0.52%) Go
Qualifications
1 104 (54.17%) CCNP
2 100 (52.08%) CCNA
3 63 (32.81%) Security Cleared
4 59 (30.73%) SC Cleared
5 46 (23.96%) Degree
6 41 (21.35%) CISSP
6 41 (21.35%) DV Cleared
7 36 (18.75%) Microsoft Certification
8 30 (15.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 27 (14.06%) Azure Certification
10 24 (12.50%) MCSA
11 22 (11.46%) MCSE
12 21 (10.94%) CISM
12 21 (10.94%) MCP
13 20 (10.42%) CompTIA Security+
14 18 (9.38%) CCIE
15 15 (7.81%) AWS Certification
16 13 (6.77%) CCSP
17 12 (6.25%) DBS Check
18 9 (4.69%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (15.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (11.98%) Cyber Essentials
3 21 (10.94%) NIST
4 15 (7.81%) GDPR
5 13 (6.77%) SLA
6 5 (2.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (2.08%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (1.56%) GRC
8 3 (1.56%) PCI DSS
9 2 (1.04%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.52%) HIPAA
System Software
1 18 (9.38%) Active Directory
2 9 (4.69%) Hyper-V
3 7 (3.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (3.13%) Firmware
5 4 (2.08%) Docker
6 2 (1.04%) pfSense
6 2 (1.04%) vSphere
7 1 (0.52%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 22 (11.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (7.29%) Terraform
3 12 (6.25%) Ansible
4 7 (3.65%) Nmap
5 5 (2.60%) Autotask
5 5 (2.60%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (2.08%) Kubernetes
6 4 (2.08%) PaperCut
7 3 (1.56%) Dell DRAC
7 3 (1.56%) FortiGate
7 3 (1.56%) Nagios
8 1 (0.52%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.52%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.52%) OpenView
8 1 (0.52%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.52%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 121 (63.02%) Cisco
2 62 (32.29%) Microsoft
3 28 (14.58%) VMware
4 20 (10.42%) Fortinet
5 19 (9.90%) Juniper
6 18 (9.38%) Palo Alto
7 10 (5.21%) Citrix
7 10 (5.21%) Meraki
8 8 (4.17%) Mitel
9 7 (3.65%) Draytek
9 7 (3.65%) Red Hat
9 7 (3.65%) WatchGuard
10 6 (3.13%) SolarWinds
10 6 (3.13%) Zscaler
11 5 (2.60%) Apple
11 5 (2.60%) CheckPoint
12 4 (2.08%) F5
13 3 (1.56%) Dell
13 3 (1.56%) Rapid7
13 3 (1.56%) Ubiquiti