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

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 227 223 163
Rank change year-on-year -4 -60 +160
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 202 287 479
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.25% 1.42% 2.06%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.32% 5.30% 7.39%
Number of salaries quoted 135 159 370
10th Percentile £31,250 £43,100 £36,250
25th Percentile £36,625 £52,500 £41,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.20% +13.64% -12.00%
75th Percentile £73,500 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £103,000 £81,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -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 6,079 5,410 6,481
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.50% 26.77% 27.90%
Number of salaries quoted 2,266 2,661 4,703
10th Percentile £30,750 £35,000 £36,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,560 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.45% +0.10% +4.55%

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 October 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 13 (6.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 71 (35.15%) Azure
2 42 (20.79%) AWS
3 31 (15.35%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (7.43%) Entra ID
5 12 (5.94%) IaaS
6 5 (2.48%) PaaS
6 5 (2.48%) SaaS
7 4 (1.98%) Amazon ECS
7 4 (1.98%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (1.98%) GCP
8 3 (1.49%) Azure Key Vault
8 3 (1.49%) Cloudflare
9 2 (0.99%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.50%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 1 (0.50%) AWS Direct Connect
10 1 (0.50%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.50%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.50%) OCI
10 1 (0.50%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 70 (34.65%) Firewall
2 58 (28.71%) LAN
2 58 (28.71%) VPN
3 55 (27.23%) WAN
4 39 (19.31%) Wi-Fi
5 37 (18.32%) Network Security
6 31 (15.35%) SD-WAN
7 28 (13.86%) TCP/IP
8 23 (11.39%) VLAN
9 20 (9.90%) DNS
10 19 (9.41%) VoIP
11 17 (8.42%) BGP
12 15 (7.43%) Wireless
13 14 (6.93%) Junos
14 12 (5.94%) DHCP
14 12 (5.94%) MPLS
15 11 (5.45%) OSPF
16 9 (4.46%) IPsec
16 9 (4.46%) SAN
16 9 (4.46%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.99%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (1.98%) Burp Suite
1 4 (1.98%) Metasploit
2 1 (0.50%) Git
2 1 (0.50%) GitLab
2 1 (0.50%) Jenkins
General
1 72 (35.64%) Finance
2 50 (24.75%) Social Skills
3 30 (14.85%) Telecoms
4 10 (4.95%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (3.47%) Law
5 7 (3.47%) Manufacturing
6 6 (2.97%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (2.97%) Public Sector
7 4 (1.98%) Legal
8 3 (1.49%) Electronics
8 3 (1.49%) Marketing
8 3 (1.49%) Retail
9 2 (0.99%) Banking
9 2 (0.99%) French Language
9 2 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.50%) Local Government
10 1 (0.50%) Military
Job Titles
1 49 (24.26%) Administrator
1 49 (24.26%) Systems Administrator
2 43 (21.29%) Network Engineer
3 31 (15.35%) Senior
4 21 (10.40%) Security Engineer
5 18 (8.91%) Architect
6 12 (5.94%) 2nd Line Support
6 12 (5.94%) Senior Network Engineer
7 11 (5.45%) Network Architect
8 9 (4.46%) IT Support
8 9 (4.46%) Senior Security Engineer
9 8 (3.96%) 3rd Line Support
9 8 (3.96%) 3rd Line Support Technician
9 8 (3.96%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 8 (3.96%) Support Engineer
9 8 (3.96%) Support Technician
10 7 (3.47%) Head of IT
10 7 (3.47%) Head of IT Operations
10 7 (3.47%) Head of Operations
10 7 (3.47%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.48%) SAML
2 3 (1.49%) 802.1X
2 3 (1.49%) FreeSWITCH
2 3 (1.49%) Node.js
3 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.50%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.50%) JSON
4 1 (0.50%) ModSecurity
4 1 (0.50%) React
4 1 (0.50%) Svelte
4 1 (0.50%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 50 (24.75%) e-Learning
2 20 (9.90%) Data Centre
3 14 (6.93%) Driving Licence
4 9 (4.46%) CCTV
4 9 (4.46%) Security Posture
5 8 (3.96%) Management Information System
5 8 (3.96%) Security Operations Centre
6 7 (3.47%) Cloud Security Posture
6 7 (3.47%) Operational Technology
6 7 (3.47%) PKI
6 7 (3.47%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (2.97%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.49%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 3 (1.49%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.49%) Low-Code
8 3 (1.49%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.49%) Web3
9 2 (0.99%) CMDB
9 2 (0.99%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 77 (38.12%) Linux
2 43 (21.29%) Windows
3 26 (12.87%) Unix
4 23 (11.39%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.50%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.50%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.50%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.50%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (35.15%) High Availability
2 56 (27.72%) Innovative Thinking
3 42 (20.79%) ITIL
4 32 (15.84%) Problem-Solving
5 30 (14.85%) Cybersecurity
6 22 (10.89%) Mentoring
7 21 (10.40%) DevOps
7 21 (10.40%) Service Delivery
8 20 (9.90%) Information Security
8 20 (9.90%) Project Delivery
9 19 (9.41%) ITSM
10 17 (8.42%) Infrastructure as Code
11 16 (7.92%) Computer Science
11 16 (7.92%) Project Management
11 16 (7.92%) Stakeholder Management
12 15 (7.43%) Change Control
12 15 (7.43%) Data Protection
12 15 (7.43%) SIEM
13 14 (6.93%) Customer Service
14 13 (6.44%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 15 (7.43%) Python
2 13 (6.44%) PowerShell
3 5 (2.48%) Bash
4 3 (1.49%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (0.99%) Go
6 1 (0.50%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 140 (69.31%) CCNP
2 108 (53.47%) CCNA
3 86 (42.57%) Security Cleared
4 81 (40.10%) SC Cleared
5 63 (31.19%) DV Cleared
6 44 (21.78%) Degree
7 33 (16.34%) CISSP
8 25 (12.38%) Azure Certification
9 24 (11.88%) RHCSA
10 22 (10.89%) CCIE
11 21 (10.40%) Microsoft Certification
12 19 (9.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 17 (8.42%) MCP
13 17 (8.42%) MCSE
14 16 (7.92%) CISM
14 16 (7.92%) MCSA
15 15 (7.43%) AWS Certification
15 15 (7.43%) CompTIA Security+
16 11 (5.45%) JNCIA
17 10 (4.95%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (9.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (7.43%) SLA
3 13 (6.44%) Cyber Essentials
3 13 (6.44%) NIST
4 11 (5.45%) GDPR
5 2 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.99%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.50%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.50%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 18 (8.91%) Active Directory
2 9 (4.46%) Hyper-V
3 6 (2.97%) Docker
3 6 (2.97%) Firmware
3 6 (2.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.48%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.99%) pfSense
5 2 (0.99%) vSphere
6 1 (0.50%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 15 (7.43%) Terraform
2 13 (6.44%) Ansible
3 12 (5.94%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (2.97%) Kubernetes
5 5 (2.48%) Autotask
5 5 (2.48%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (1.98%) FortiGate
6 4 (1.98%) Nmap
7 3 (1.49%) Dell DRAC
8 2 (0.99%) Nagios
9 1 (0.50%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.50%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.50%) OpenView
9 1 (0.50%) Tivoli
9 1 (0.50%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 143 (70.79%) Cisco
2 53 (26.24%) Microsoft
3 27 (13.37%) Juniper
4 24 (11.88%) Red Hat
4 24 (11.88%) VMware
5 15 (7.43%) Fortinet
6 12 (5.94%) Palo Alto
7 11 (5.45%) Meraki
8 8 (3.96%) Citrix
9 7 (3.47%) CheckPoint
9 7 (3.47%) SolarWinds
10 6 (2.97%) HP
10 6 (2.97%) Zscaler
11 5 (2.48%) F5
11 5 (2.48%) Veeam
12 4 (1.98%) Mitel
13 3 (1.49%) Aruba
13 3 (1.49%) Dell
13 3 (1.49%) Draytek
13 3 (1.49%) WatchGuard