Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Skill Sets
Period
to 20 October 2021

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) with a requirement for Cisco Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 20 October 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Cisco Certification
UK > Work from Home
6 months to
20 Oct 2021		 Same period 2020 Same period 2019
Rank 236 139 114
Rank change year-on-year -97 -25 0
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 373 128 209
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.35% 2.04% 2.74%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.91% 13.06% 15.70%
Number of salaries quoted 341 121 142
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £41,375
25th Percentile £45,500 £42,500 £49,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -20.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £76,250 £89,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +10.53% -

Cisco Certification is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home
Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,399 980 1,331
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 19.53% 15.61% 17.47%
Number of salaries quoted 3,514 815 1,112
10th Percentile £34,567 £31,500 £34,476
25th Percentile £43,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -2.65%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £72,813
90th Percentile £87,500 £81,250 £87,375
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -

Cisco Certification
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Cisco Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Cisco Certification trend for jobs with a WFH option

Cisco Certification
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Cisco Certification.

Cisco Certification salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Cisco Certification
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Cisco Certification over the 6 months to 20 October 2021.

Cisco Certification salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

For the 6 months to 20 October 2021, Cisco Certification job roles required the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with a WFH option and a requirement for Cisco Certification.

1 259 (69.44%) Cisco
2 211 (56.57%) CCNP
3 190 (50.94%) Firewall
4 155 (41.55%) CCNA
5 112 (30.03%) WAN
6 111 (29.76%) Azure
7 101 (27.08%) Microsoft
8 87 (23.32%) Palo Alto
9 80 (21.45%) VPN
10 78 (20.91%) Wireless
11 76 (20.38%) Windows
12 75 (20.11%) LAN
12 75 (20.11%) Social Skills
13 74 (19.84%) Linux
14 70 (18.77%) VMware
15 69 (18.50%) AWS
16 67 (17.96%) Data Centre
17 64 (17.16%) Network Security
17 64 (17.16%) BGP
18 63 (16.89%) OSPF
19 62 (16.62%) CheckPoint
20 59 (15.82%) ITIL
21 56 (15.01%) Meraki
22 55 (14.75%) Active Directory
23 53 (14.21%) TCP/IP
23 53 (14.21%) Cisco ASA
24 52 (13.94%) Degree
24 52 (13.94%) F5
24 52 (13.94%) CISSP
25 51 (13.67%) Network Design

Cisco Certification
Co-occurring IT Skills with a WFH Option by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 17 (4.56%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.41%) IIS
3 4 (1.07%) Apache
4 2 (0.54%) Confluence
4 2 (0.54%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (0.54%) MS Exchange
5 1 (0.27%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.27%) nginx
5 1 (0.27%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 10 (2.68%) MS Visio
2 8 (2.14%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.07%) Sentinel
2 1 (0.27%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.27%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.27%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 111 (29.76%) Azure
2 69 (18.50%) AWS
3 43 (11.53%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (4.56%) GCP
5 12 (3.22%) IaaS
6 10 (2.68%) OneDrive
7 9 (2.41%) SaaS
8 6 (1.61%) GitHub
8 6 (1.61%) PaaS
8 6 (1.61%) Serverless
9 5 (1.34%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 4 (1.07%) Azure Active Directory
10 4 (1.07%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (1.07%) Google Workspace
10 4 (1.07%) Mimecast
11 1 (0.27%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 1 (0.27%) Azure Key Vault
11 1 (0.27%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.27%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 190 (50.94%) Firewall
2 112 (30.03%) WAN
3 80 (21.45%) VPN
4 78 (20.91%) Wireless
5 75 (20.11%) LAN
6 64 (17.16%) BGP
6 64 (17.16%) Network Security
7 63 (16.89%) OSPF
8 53 (14.21%) Cisco ASA
8 53 (14.21%) TCP/IP
9 50 (13.40%) VLAN
10 47 (12.60%) MPLS
11 43 (11.53%) Cisco Nexus
12 39 (10.46%) DHCP
12 39 (10.46%) DNS
13 34 (9.12%) SD-WAN
14 31 (8.31%) VoIP
15 26 (6.97%) SAN
16 23 (6.17%) Wi-Fi
17 19 (5.09%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (6.97%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.34%) Oracle Database
3 3 (0.80%) Big Data
3 3 (0.80%) MySQL
4 2 (0.54%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.54%) RDBMS
4 2 (0.54%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.27%) InfluxDB
5 1 (0.27%) Redis
5 1 (0.27%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 16 (4.29%) JIRA
2 8 (2.14%) Rational DOORS
2 8 (2.14%) SonarQube
2 8 (2.14%) Visual Studio
3 7 (1.88%) Selenium
4 3 (0.80%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.54%) SoapUI
5 2 (0.54%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 1 (0.27%) Git (software)
6 1 (0.27%) GitLab
6 1 (0.27%) Maven
6 1 (0.27%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.27%) TeamCity
General
1 75 (20.11%) Social Skills
2 32 (8.58%) Finance
3 30 (8.04%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (5.36%) Telecoms
5 17 (4.56%) Public Sector
6 12 (3.22%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (1.88%) Advertising
7 7 (1.88%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (1.88%) Law
8 6 (1.61%) Back Office
8 6 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (1.61%) Manufacturing
8 6 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.07%) Electronics
9 4 (1.07%) Marketing
10 3 (0.80%) Aerospace
10 3 (0.80%) Banking
10 3 (0.80%) Legal
10 3 (0.80%) Retail
11 2 (0.54%) Games
Job Titles
1 132 (35.39%) Network Engineer
2 76 (20.38%) Consultant
3 46 (12.33%) Architect
4 45 (12.06%) Senior Network Engineer
5 37 (9.92%) Network Consultant
6 30 (8.04%) Analyst
7 28 (7.51%) Security Consultant
8 26 (6.97%) Security Architect
9 24 (6.43%) Cisco Engineer
10 23 (6.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 23 (6.17%) Network Analyst
11 19 (5.09%) Cloud Consultant
11 19 (5.09%) Network Security Consultant
12 18 (4.83%) Cisco Network Engineer
13 17 (4.56%) Support Engineer
14 14 (3.75%) Cisco Consultant
14 14 (3.75%) Cloud Architect
15 13 (3.49%) Azure Consultant
15 13 (3.49%) Cisco Network Consultant
15 13 (3.49%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.14%) Web Services
2 7 (1.88%) 802.1X
3 6 (1.61%) RESTful
4 4 (1.07%) XMPP
5 3 (0.80%) SOAP
6 2 (0.54%) OAuth
6 2 (0.54%) OpenID
6 2 (0.54%) SAML
7 1 (0.27%) CSS
7 1 (0.27%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.27%) LEMP Stack
7 1 (0.27%) RabbitMQ
7 1 (0.27%) REST
7 1 (0.27%) RFC 2544
7 1 (0.27%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.27%) WAP
7 1 (0.27%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 67 (17.96%) Data Centre
2 34 (9.12%) Public Cloud
3 31 (8.31%) Self-Motivation
4 29 (7.77%) Management Information System
5 17 (4.56%) Private Cloud
6 13 (3.49%) Driving Licence
6 13 (3.49%) Hybrid Cloud
7 11 (2.95%) Security Operations Centre
8 9 (2.41%) HP Storage
9 8 (2.14%) Mobile Payment
9 8 (2.14%) Smartcard
10 6 (1.61%) SCADA
11 5 (1.34%) CESG
11 5 (1.34%) CESG CLAS
11 5 (1.34%) Clustering
12 4 (1.07%) IVR
12 4 (1.07%) PKI
13 3 (0.80%) CCTV
13 3 (0.80%) Data Protection Act
13 3 (0.80%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 76 (20.38%) Windows
2 74 (19.84%) Linux
3 43 (11.53%) Windows Server
4 23 (6.17%) Unix
5 18 (4.83%) Windows Server 2019
6 11 (2.95%) Windows Server 2016
7 10 (2.68%) Solaris
8 8 (2.14%) Android
9 7 (1.88%) VyOS
10 6 (1.61%) Windows Server 2003
11 5 (1.34%) CentOS
11 5 (1.34%) Debian
12 2 (0.54%) Apple iOS
12 2 (0.54%) Windows 10
12 2 (0.54%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.27%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (15.82%) ITIL
2 51 (13.67%) Network Design
3 41 (10.99%) Information Security
4 36 (9.65%) Cybersecurity
5 35 (9.38%) Change Management
6 32 (8.58%) Problem-Solving
7 29 (7.77%) Security Architecture
8 28 (7.51%) Presales
9 27 (7.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 26 (6.97%) Project Delivery
11 25 (6.70%) Mentoring
12 24 (6.43%) DevOps
13 23 (6.17%) PRINCE2
13 23 (6.17%) Project Management
14 22 (5.90%) Customer Requirements
14 22 (5.90%) Network Monitoring
14 22 (5.90%) Risk Management
14 22 (5.90%) SIEM
14 22 (5.90%) TOGAF
15 21 (5.63%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (5.36%) Python
2 19 (5.09%) SQL
3 13 (3.49%) PowerShell
4 9 (2.41%) Java
5 8 (2.14%) C#
6 3 (0.80%) Bash Shell
6 3 (0.80%) C
7 1 (0.27%) C++
Qualifications
1 211 (56.57%) CCNP
2 155 (41.55%) CCNA
3 52 (13.94%) CISSP
3 52 (13.94%) Degree
4 50 (13.40%) CCIE
5 43 (11.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 34 (9.12%) Microsoft Certification
7 24 (6.43%) Security Cleared
8 21 (5.63%) CISM
8 21 (5.63%) MCSE
9 20 (5.36%) CISA
10 17 (4.56%) CCSP
10 17 (4.56%) SC Cleared
10 17 (4.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 14 (3.75%) JNCIP
12 13 (3.49%) CCDP
12 13 (3.49%) CCSE
12 13 (3.49%) CEH
12 13 (3.49%) CLAS
12 13 (3.49%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (10.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 37 (9.92%) NIST
3 20 (5.36%) SLA
4 18 (4.83%) GDPR
5 14 (3.75%) PCI DSS
6 13 (3.49%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 12 (3.22%) NCSC
8 9 (2.41%) ISO 9001
9 8 (2.14%) GRC
9 8 (2.14%) ISAE 3402
9 8 (2.14%) ISO 31000
9 8 (2.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 7 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 6 (1.61%) IASME
12 2 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.54%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 2 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 17025
12 2 (0.54%) QA
13 1 (0.27%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 55 (14.75%) Active Directory
2 42 (11.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (7.51%) Hyper-V
4 11 (2.95%) Docker
5 8 (2.14%) ISA Server
6 6 (1.61%) BitLocker
7 5 (1.34%) ProxySG
8 4 (1.07%) Firmware
8 4 (1.07%) vSphere
9 3 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
10 2 (0.54%) Squid
10 2 (0.54%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.27%) XenApp
11 1 (0.27%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 23 (6.17%) Ansible
2 19 (5.09%) Microsoft Intune
3 17 (4.56%) Cisco Prime
4 13 (3.49%) Terraform
5 12 (3.22%) CASB
6 11 (2.95%) Cisco CUCM
6 11 (2.95%) Nessus
7 10 (2.68%) Kubernetes
7 10 (2.68%) Nagios
8 9 (2.41%) Cisco UCCX
8 9 (2.41%) Puppet
8 9 (2.41%) QRadar
8 9 (2.41%) Single Sign-On
9 8 (2.14%) Trend Micro Deep Security
10 6 (1.61%) FortiGate
10 6 (1.61%) Opscode Chef
10 6 (1.61%) SCCM
10 6 (1.61%) WSUS
11 5 (1.34%) Stealthwatch
12 4 (1.07%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 259 (69.44%) Cisco
2 101 (27.08%) Microsoft
3 87 (23.32%) Palo Alto
4 70 (18.77%) VMware
5 62 (16.62%) CheckPoint
6 56 (15.01%) Meraki
7 52 (13.94%) F5
8 47 (12.60%) Juniper
9 42 (11.26%) Aruba
10 36 (9.65%) SolarWinds
11 34 (9.12%) HP
12 22 (5.90%) Fortinet
13 21 (5.63%) Google
14 20 (5.36%) Splunk
15 16 (4.29%) NetApp
16 15 (4.02%) Nimble Storage
16 15 (4.02%) Oracle
17 14 (3.75%) EMC
18 13 (3.49%) Veeam
19 11 (2.95%) Brocade