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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 296 233 234
Rank change year-on-year -63 +1 -74
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 169 204 299
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.68% 1.21% 1.37%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.30% 3.20% 4.94%
Number of salaries quoted 117 136 162
10th Percentile £32,261 £31,250 £41,375
25th Percentile £42,500 £35,938 £51,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -7.20% +13.64%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £102,500 £79,800
UK median annual salary £65,000 £51,058 £57,500
% change year-on-year +27.31% -11.20% +4.55%

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 5,119 6,371 6,050
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.64% 37.93% 27.67%
Number of salaries quoted 3,167 2,256 2,775
10th Percentile £33,060 £30,956 £34,404
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 £75,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -0.38%

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 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 (8.28%) SharePoint
2 9 (5.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.18%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.18%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 67 (39.64%) Azure
2 40 (23.67%) AWS
3 36 (21.30%) Microsoft 365
4 28 (16.57%) Entra ID
5 12 (7.10%) GCP
6 6 (3.55%) SaaS
7 5 (2.96%) Amazon EKS
7 5 (2.96%) Google Compute Engine
7 5 (2.96%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 5 (2.96%) Power Platform
7 5 (2.96%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 4 (2.37%) Azure Sentinel
8 4 (2.37%) OCI
8 4 (2.37%) Power Automate
8 4 (2.37%) WeChat
9 3 (1.78%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (1.18%) Anthropic Claude
10 2 (1.18%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (1.18%) Serverless
10 2 (1.18%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 90 (53.25%) Firewall
2 74 (43.79%) LAN
3 67 (39.64%) WAN
4 62 (36.69%) Network Security
5 39 (23.08%) VPN
5 39 (23.08%) Wireless
6 25 (14.79%) VLAN
7 24 (14.20%) Wi-Fi
8 22 (13.02%) SD-WAN
8 22 (13.02%) WLAN
9 21 (12.43%) BGP
9 21 (12.43%) TCP/IP
10 17 (10.06%) OSPF
11 15 (8.88%) DHCP
11 15 (8.88%) DNS
12 11 (6.51%) IP Telephony
13 10 (5.92%) Cisco ISE
13 10 (5.92%) Cisco Nexus
14 9 (5.33%) Internet
14 9 (5.33%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.96%) Amazon RDS
1 5 (2.96%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.59%) Big Data
2 1 (0.59%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 9 (5.33%) JIRA
2 5 (2.96%) TeamCity
3 4 (2.37%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.59%) Git
4 1 (0.59%) GitLab
General
1 67 (39.64%) Social Skills
2 38 (22.49%) Telecoms
3 30 (17.75%) Finance
4 17 (10.06%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (6.51%) Retail
6 10 (5.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (4.73%) Aerospace
8 6 (3.55%) Banking
9 5 (2.96%) Back Office
9 5 (2.96%) Financial Institution
10 4 (2.37%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (2.37%) Legal
10 4 (2.37%) Mandarin Language
10 4 (2.37%) Public Sector
11 3 (1.78%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.78%) Marketing
11 3 (1.78%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.18%) French Language
12 2 (1.18%) German Language
12 2 (1.18%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 65 (38.46%) Network Engineer
2 38 (22.49%) Senior
3 20 (11.83%) IT Support
3 20 (11.83%) Senior Network Engineer
4 18 (10.65%) Consultant
5 15 (8.88%) IT Engineer
6 14 (8.28%) Architect
6 14 (8.28%) Cisco Engineer
6 14 (8.28%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 14 (8.28%) IT Support Engineer
6 14 (8.28%) Support Engineer
7 12 (7.10%) Security Engineer
8 11 (6.51%) Network Consultant
9 8 (4.73%) LAN Engineer
9 8 (4.73%) Network Architect
9 8 (4.73%) Security Consultant
10 7 (4.14%) Cisco Consultant
10 7 (4.14%) Cisco Network Consultant
10 7 (4.14%) Juniper Consultant
10 7 (4.14%) Juniper Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (8.28%) Terraform
2 3 (1.78%) ARM Templates
2 3 (1.78%) JSON
3 2 (1.18%) RESTful
4 1 (0.59%) Jinja
4 1 (0.59%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 28 (16.57%) Data Centre
2 17 (10.06%) Driving Licence
3 15 (8.88%) Management Information System
4 12 (7.10%) CCTV
4 12 (7.10%) Cloud Native
4 12 (7.10%) Security Posture
5 11 (6.51%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (2.96%) Blog
6 5 (2.96%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (2.37%) Private Cloud
7 4 (2.37%) Video Conferencing
8 3 (1.78%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.78%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.78%) Virtual Team
9 2 (1.18%) IoT
9 2 (1.18%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.59%) Cyber Defence
10 1 (0.59%) Enterprise Storage
10 1 (0.59%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 33 (19.53%) Windows
2 27 (15.98%) Windows Server
3 15 (8.88%) Linux
4 6 (3.55%) Windows Server 2016
4 6 (3.55%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (1.78%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (1.18%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (36.69%) Problem-Solving
2 48 (28.40%) Cybersecurity
3 44 (26.04%) ITIL
4 29 (17.16%) Cloud Security
4 29 (17.16%) Network Design
5 28 (16.57%) Project Delivery
6 26 (15.38%) Mentoring
6 26 (15.38%) Technical Leadership
7 25 (14.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 22 (13.02%) Incident Management
9 21 (12.43%) Stakeholder Management
10 18 (10.65%) Identity Access Management
10 18 (10.65%) Information Security
10 18 (10.65%) ITSM
11 16 (9.47%) High Availability
11 16 (9.47%) Incident Response
11 16 (9.47%) Infrastructure as Code
11 16 (9.47%) Presales
12 15 (8.88%) Application Security
12 15 (8.88%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 24 (14.20%) Python
2 17 (10.06%) PowerShell
3 5 (2.96%) Go
3 5 (2.96%) Java
3 5 (2.96%) SQL
4 3 (1.78%) Bash
4 3 (1.78%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (1.18%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 98 (57.99%) CCNP
2 78 (46.15%) CCNA
3 35 (20.71%) CISSP
4 32 (18.93%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 31 (18.34%) Degree
6 28 (16.57%) CCSP
7 26 (15.38%) Microsoft Certification
8 23 (13.61%) Security Cleared
9 21 (12.43%) CISM
10 20 (11.83%) CCIE
11 16 (9.47%) SC Cleared
12 15 (8.88%) Azure Certification
12 15 (8.88%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 13 (7.69%) MCSE
14 12 (7.10%) DV Cleared
15 11 (6.51%) DBS Check
15 11 (6.51%) MCSA
16 9 (5.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
17 6 (3.55%) Computer Science Degree
17 6 (3.55%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (16.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (14.79%) Cyber Essentials
3 15 (8.88%) NIST
4 8 (4.73%) GDPR
5 7 (4.14%) PCI DSS
5 7 (4.14%) SOC 2
6 6 (3.55%) Accessibility
7 5 (2.96%) GRC
7 5 (2.96%) NCSC
7 5 (2.96%) SLA
8 4 (2.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.59%) COBIT
System Software
1 19 (11.24%) Active Directory
2 16 (9.47%) Hyper-V
3 12 (7.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (4.14%) VMware NSX
5 5 (2.96%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.78%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (1.18%) vSphere
8 1 (0.59%) Firmware
8 1 (0.59%) iptables
Systems Management
1 23 (13.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (9.47%) FortiGate
3 10 (5.92%) Ansible
4 6 (3.55%) Kubernetes
5 5 (2.96%) Cilium
5 5 (2.96%) Grafana
6 3 (1.78%) Stealthwatch
7 2 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.59%) CASB
8 1 (0.59%) Check_MK
8 1 (0.59%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 89 (52.66%) Cisco
2 33 (19.53%) Microsoft
3 30 (17.75%) VMware
4 26 (15.38%) Aruba
5 25 (14.79%) Palo Alto
6 22 (13.02%) Juniper
7 19 (11.24%) Fortinet
8 11 (6.51%) Draytek
8 11 (6.51%) Mitel
8 11 (6.51%) WatchGuard
9 10 (5.92%) SolarWinds
10 9 (5.33%) Google
11 7 (4.14%) CheckPoint
11 7 (4.14%) Citrix
11 7 (4.14%) F5
11 7 (4.14%) Veeam
12 4 (2.37%) Meraki
13 3 (1.78%) Arista
13 3 (1.78%) Forcepoint
13 3 (1.78%) ServiceNow