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

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 243 256 211
Rank change year-on-year +13 -45 +10
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 145 159 453
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.87% 1.15% 1.52%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.06% 3.92% 5.65%
Number of salaries quoted 112 127 393
10th Percentile £31,250 £37,000 £30,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £51,875 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £61,644 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +12.08% -8.33%
75th Percentile £85,625 £75,625 £67,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £88,750 £84,919
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +14.29% -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 4,743 4,051 8,014
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 28.32% 29.27% 26.81%
Number of salaries quoted 2,605 2,429 5,826
10th Percentile £30,987 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £73,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £88,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 13 March 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 13 (8.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (6.21%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (2.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.07%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.38%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 61 (42.07%) Azure
2 39 (26.90%) Microsoft 365
3 38 (26.21%) AWS
4 19 (13.10%) Entra ID
5 5 (3.45%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (2.76%) Azure Logic Apps
6 4 (2.76%) GCP
6 4 (2.76%) IaaS
6 4 (2.76%) OneDrive
7 3 (2.07%) AWS Direct Connect
7 3 (2.07%) ChatGPT
7 3 (2.07%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (2.07%) Microsoft Copilot
7 3 (2.07%) Mimecast
7 3 (2.07%) Power Platform
7 3 (2.07%) PowerApps
8 2 (1.38%) OCI
9 1 (0.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.69%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 51 (35.17%) Firewall
2 38 (26.21%) WAN
3 36 (24.83%) LAN
4 27 (18.62%) SD-WAN
5 23 (15.86%) Network Security
5 23 (15.86%) VPN
6 19 (13.10%) VLAN
7 12 (8.28%) BGP
7 12 (8.28%) MPLS
7 12 (8.28%) Wireless
8 11 (7.59%) TCP/IP
9 9 (6.21%) Cisco ISE
9 9 (6.21%) OSPF
9 9 (6.21%) VoIP
10 8 (5.52%) Structured Cabling
11 7 (4.83%) IP Telephony
11 7 (4.83%) Wi-Fi
11 7 (4.83%) WLAN
12 6 (4.14%) Cisco ASA
12 6 (4.14%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (4.83%) Burp Suite
1 7 (4.83%) Metasploit
2 2 (1.38%) JIRA
General
1 53 (36.55%) Social Skills
2 29 (20.00%) Finance
3 15 (10.34%) Retail
4 12 (8.28%) Telecoms
5 10 (6.90%) Public Sector
6 8 (5.52%) Law
7 6 (4.14%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (3.45%) Military
8 5 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (2.07%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.07%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.38%) Legal
10 2 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.69%) Banking
11 1 (0.69%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.69%) Marketing
11 1 (0.69%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 29 (20.00%) Network Engineer
2 22 (15.17%) Senior
3 16 (11.03%) Architect
4 13 (8.97%) IT Engineer
5 11 (7.59%) Senior Network Engineer
5 11 (7.59%) Support Engineer
6 10 (6.90%) Analyst
6 10 (6.90%) Consultant
6 10 (6.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 10 (6.90%) IT Support
6 10 (6.90%) IT Support Engineer
6 10 (6.90%) Security Specialist
7 9 (6.21%) Security Analyst
8 8 (5.52%) 2nd Line Support
8 8 (5.52%) Solutions Architect
9 7 (4.83%) Cybersecurity Architect
9 7 (4.83%) Security Architect
9 7 (4.83%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
10 6 (4.14%) Data Centre Engineer
10 6 (4.14%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.76%) OAuth
1 4 (2.76%) OpenID
2 1 (0.69%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (15.86%) Data Centre
2 15 (10.34%) Security Posture
3 9 (6.21%) Driving Licence
4 7 (4.83%) CCTV
4 7 (4.83%) e-Learning
4 7 (4.83%) Insider Threat
5 6 (4.14%) Cloud Native
5 6 (4.14%) Management Information System
5 6 (4.14%) Public Cloud
6 5 (3.45%) Cyber Defence
6 5 (3.45%) Onboarding
6 5 (3.45%) Social Media
7 3 (2.07%) Operational Technology
7 3 (2.07%) Private Cloud
8 2 (1.38%) CMDB
8 2 (1.38%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.38%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.38%) Robotics
8 2 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.38%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 42 (28.97%) Windows
2 25 (17.24%) Linux
3 17 (11.72%) Windows Server
4 5 (3.45%) Unix
4 5 (3.45%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.38%) Ubuntu
5 2 (1.38%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (1.38%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.69%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.69%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (24.83%) Cybersecurity
1 36 (24.83%) ITIL
2 30 (20.69%) Mentoring
3 27 (18.62%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (13.10%) Project Delivery
5 18 (12.41%) Information Security
5 18 (12.41%) Security Architecture
6 17 (11.72%) Presales
6 17 (11.72%) Technical Leadership
7 16 (11.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 15 (10.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 14 (9.66%) High Availability
9 14 (9.66%) Roadmaps
10 13 (8.97%) Continuous Improvement
10 13 (8.97%) Customer Service
10 13 (8.97%) Network Design
11 12 (8.28%) Change Control
11 12 (8.28%) ITSM
12 11 (7.59%) Decision-Making
12 11 (7.59%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 13 (8.97%) PowerShell
2 5 (3.45%) Python
3 3 (2.07%) Bash
4 2 (1.38%) SQL
5 1 (0.69%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 78 (53.79%) CCNA
2 60 (41.38%) CCNP
3 37 (25.52%) Microsoft Certification
4 34 (23.45%) CISSP
5 33 (22.76%) Degree
5 33 (22.76%) Security Cleared
6 31 (21.38%) SC Cleared
7 27 (18.62%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 27 (18.62%) MCSE
8 23 (15.86%) MCSA
9 21 (14.48%) CCIE
9 21 (14.48%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 17 (11.72%) CISM
11 16 (11.03%) Azure Certification
12 14 (9.66%) CompTIA Security+
13 13 (8.97%) DV Cleared
14 12 (8.28%) CCSP
15 10 (6.90%) CEH
15 10 (6.90%) DBS Check
16 9 (6.21%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (15.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (11.72%) NIST
3 14 (9.66%) Cyber Essentials
3 14 (9.66%) SLA
4 7 (4.83%) Actionable Recommendations
4 7 (4.83%) GDPR
5 3 (2.07%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (2.07%) GRC
5 3 (2.07%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 11 (7.59%) Hyper-V
2 10 (6.90%) Active Directory
2 10 (6.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (3.45%) vSphere
4 1 (0.69%) Docker
4 1 (0.69%) Firmware
4 1 (0.69%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 21 (14.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (6.90%) Terraform
3 7 (4.83%) Nmap
4 6 (4.14%) Ansible
5 5 (3.45%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (2.76%) FortiGate
6 4 (2.76%) PaperCut
6 4 (2.76%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (2.07%) Autotask
7 3 (2.07%) Nagios
7 3 (2.07%) OpenView
7 3 (2.07%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.69%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.69%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (0.69%) Dell DRAC
8 1 (0.69%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.69%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 86 (59.31%) Cisco
2 52 (35.86%) Microsoft
3 30 (20.69%) VMware
4 27 (18.62%) Fortinet
5 14 (9.66%) Palo Alto
6 12 (8.28%) Juniper
7 10 (6.90%) CheckPoint
7 10 (6.90%) Citrix
8 9 (6.21%) Draytek
8 9 (6.21%) WatchGuard
9 8 (5.52%) Meraki
10 7 (4.83%) Mitel
11 5 (3.45%) Apple
11 5 (3.45%) SolarWinds
11 5 (3.45%) Zscaler
12 4 (2.76%) Dell
12 4 (2.76%) EMC
12 4 (2.76%) Sophos
13 3 (2.07%) HP
13 3 (2.07%) Veeam