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 15 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 292 230 218
Rank change year-on-year -62 -12 -52
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 177 201 296
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.70% 1.22% 1.42%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.39% 3.25% 5.34%
Number of salaries quoted 118 134 161
10th Percentile £30,908 £31,250 £43,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,438 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,589 £58,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.02% -7.20% +13.64%
75th Percentile £73,750 £73,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £103,500 £81,250
UK median annual salary £62,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +19.05% -12.50% +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 5,216 6,191 5,541
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.75% 37.45% 26.61%
Number of salaries quoted 3,193 2,279 2,738
10th Percentile £33,550 £30,915 £34,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £76,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +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 15 October 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 14 (7.91%) SharePoint
2 9 (5.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.13%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 66 (37.29%) Azure
2 43 (24.29%) AWS
3 35 (19.77%) Microsoft 365
4 29 (16.38%) Entra ID
5 14 (7.91%) GCP
6 9 (5.08%) SaaS
7 8 (4.52%) Amazon EKS
7 8 (4.52%) Google Compute Engine
7 8 (4.52%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 8 (4.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 5 (2.82%) Power Platform
9 4 (2.26%) Azure Sentinel
9 4 (2.26%) OCI
9 4 (2.26%) Power Automate
9 4 (2.26%) WeChat
10 2 (1.13%) Anthropic Claude
10 2 (1.13%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (1.13%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (1.13%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.56%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 100 (56.50%) Firewall
2 79 (44.63%) LAN
3 73 (41.24%) WAN
4 69 (38.98%) Network Security
5 45 (25.42%) VPN
6 43 (24.29%) Wireless
7 31 (17.51%) VLAN
8 30 (16.95%) Wi-Fi
9 27 (15.25%) SD-WAN
9 27 (15.25%) TCP/IP
10 25 (14.12%) BGP
11 22 (12.43%) WLAN
12 18 (10.17%) DHCP
12 18 (10.17%) DNS
12 18 (10.17%) OSPF
13 14 (7.91%) Cisco Nexus
14 12 (6.78%) IP Telephony
15 10 (5.65%) Cisco ISE
16 9 (5.08%) Internet
16 9 (5.08%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.52%) Amazon RDS
1 8 (4.52%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.56%) Big Data
2 1 (0.56%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 10 (5.65%) JIRA
2 8 (4.52%) TeamCity
3 4 (2.26%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.56%) Git
4 1 (0.56%) GitLab
General
1 77 (43.50%) Social Skills
2 39 (22.03%) Telecoms
3 32 (18.08%) Finance
4 18 (10.17%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (6.21%) Retail
6 8 (4.52%) Aerospace
6 8 (4.52%) Back Office
6 8 (4.52%) Financial Institution
6 8 (4.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (3.39%) French Language
8 5 (2.82%) Banking
9 4 (2.26%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.26%) Legal
9 4 (2.26%) Mandarin Language
9 4 (2.26%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.69%) Marketing
10 3 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.13%) German Language
11 2 (1.13%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 71 (40.11%) Network Engineer
2 40 (22.60%) Senior
3 21 (11.86%) IT Support
3 21 (11.86%) Senior Network Engineer
4 18 (10.17%) Consultant
5 15 (8.47%) IT Engineer
5 15 (8.47%) Security Engineer
6 14 (7.91%) Cisco Engineer
6 14 (7.91%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 14 (7.91%) IT Support Engineer
6 14 (7.91%) Support Engineer
7 13 (7.34%) Architect
8 11 (6.21%) Network Consultant
9 9 (5.08%) Cloud Engineer
10 8 (4.52%) Cloud Security Engineer
10 8 (4.52%) GCP Engineer
10 8 (4.52%) LAN Engineer
10 8 (4.52%) Network Architect
10 8 (4.52%) Security Consultant
11 7 (3.95%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (9.04%) Terraform
2 3 (1.69%) JSON
3 2 (1.13%) ARM Templates
3 2 (1.13%) RESTful
4 1 (0.56%) Jinja
4 1 (0.56%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 34 (19.21%) Data Centre
2 20 (11.30%) Driving Licence
3 18 (10.17%) Management Information System
4 16 (9.04%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (8.47%) Security Posture
6 14 (7.91%) Cloud Native
7 13 (7.34%) CCTV
8 8 (4.52%) Blog
8 8 (4.52%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (2.26%) Private Cloud
9 4 (2.26%) Video Conferencing
10 3 (1.69%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (1.69%) Virtual Team
11 2 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (1.13%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (1.13%) IoT
11 2 (1.13%) Onboarding
12 1 (0.56%) Cyber Defence
12 1 (0.56%) Enterprise Storage
12 1 (0.56%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 33 (18.64%) Windows
2 27 (15.25%) Windows Server
3 17 (9.60%) Linux
4 6 (3.39%) Windows Server 2016
4 6 (3.39%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (1.69%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (1.13%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (37.29%) Problem-Solving
2 52 (29.38%) Cybersecurity
3 48 (27.12%) ITIL
4 31 (17.51%) Cloud Security
4 31 (17.51%) Network Design
4 31 (17.51%) Project Delivery
5 28 (15.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 26 (14.69%) Mentoring
6 26 (14.69%) Technical Leadership
7 22 (12.43%) Incident Management
7 22 (12.43%) Stakeholder Management
8 21 (11.86%) Information Security
9 20 (11.30%) High Availability
9 20 (11.30%) ITSM
10 19 (10.73%) Identity Access Management
10 19 (10.73%) Incident Response
10 19 (10.73%) Infrastructure as Code
11 17 (9.60%) Application Security
11 17 (9.60%) Presales
11 17 (9.60%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 26 (14.69%) Python
2 16 (9.04%) PowerShell
3 8 (4.52%) Go
3 8 (4.52%) Java
3 8 (4.52%) SQL
4 3 (1.69%) Bash
4 3 (1.69%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (1.13%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 104 (58.76%) CCNP
2 85 (48.02%) CCNA
3 35 (19.77%) CISSP
4 32 (18.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 31 (17.51%) Degree
6 28 (15.82%) CCSP
7 27 (15.25%) Microsoft Certification
8 23 (12.99%) Security Cleared
9 21 (11.86%) CCIE
9 21 (11.86%) CISM
10 16 (9.04%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 16 (9.04%) SC Cleared
11 14 (7.91%) MCSE
12 13 (7.34%) Azure Certification
13 12 (6.78%) DV Cleared
13 12 (6.78%) MCSA
14 11 (6.21%) DBS Check
15 9 (5.08%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 7 (3.95%) PMP
17 6 (3.39%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (16.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (15.25%) Cyber Essentials
3 17 (9.60%) NIST
4 10 (5.65%) PCI DSS
4 10 (5.65%) SOC 2
5 7 (3.95%) GDPR
6 6 (3.39%) Accessibility
7 5 (2.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (2.82%) GRC
7 5 (2.82%) NCSC
7 5 (2.82%) SLA
8 1 (0.56%) COBIT
System Software
1 18 (10.17%) Active Directory
2 17 (9.60%) Hyper-V
3 12 (6.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (3.95%) VMware NSX
5 5 (2.82%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (2.26%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (1.13%) vSphere
8 1 (0.56%) Firmware
8 1 (0.56%) iptables
Systems Management
1 24 (13.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (8.47%) FortiGate
3 11 (6.21%) Ansible
4 9 (5.08%) Kubernetes
5 8 (4.52%) Cilium
5 8 (4.52%) Grafana
6 3 (1.69%) Stealthwatch
7 2 (1.13%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.56%) CASB
8 1 (0.56%) Check_MK
8 1 (0.56%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 97 (54.80%) Cisco
2 33 (18.64%) Microsoft
3 32 (18.08%) VMware
4 30 (16.95%) Aruba
5 25 (14.12%) Palo Alto
6 23 (12.99%) Fortinet
7 22 (12.43%) Juniper
8 12 (6.78%) Draytek
8 12 (6.78%) Google
8 12 (6.78%) Mitel
8 12 (6.78%) WatchGuard
9 11 (6.21%) CheckPoint
9 11 (6.21%) F5
10 9 (5.08%) SolarWinds
11 7 (3.95%) Citrix
11 7 (3.95%) Veeam
12 5 (2.82%) Meraki
13 4 (2.26%) Infoblox
14 3 (1.69%) Huawei
14 3 (1.69%) SonicWALL