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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 301 243 225
Rank change year-on-year -58 -18 -59
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 166 187 309
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.69% 1.15% 1.32%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.36% 3.35% 4.86%
Number of salaries quoted 121 128 172
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £39,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £35,000 £49,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £56,597 £58,097
Median % change year-on-year +10.43% -2.58% +1.04%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £88,750 £95,000 £77,475
UK median annual salary £65,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +30.00% -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 4,947 5,590 6,352
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.66% 34.46% 27.18%
Number of salaries quoted 3,146 2,360 3,159
10th Percentile £33,500 £30,500 £34,398
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £59,857 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.42% -0.24% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -5.25%

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 10 September 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 (8.43%) SharePoint
2 10 (6.02%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.20%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.20%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 64 (38.55%) Azure
2 36 (21.69%) AWS
3 33 (19.88%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (13.25%) Entra ID
5 11 (6.63%) GCP
6 6 (3.61%) Power Platform
7 5 (3.01%) Azure Sentinel
8 4 (2.41%) Power Automate
8 4 (2.41%) WeChat
9 3 (1.81%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (1.81%) OCI
9 3 (1.81%) Serverless
9 3 (1.81%) Vertex AI
10 2 (1.20%) Anthropic Claude
10 2 (1.20%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (1.20%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.60%) Amazon EMR
11 1 (0.60%) AWS CloudFormation
11 1 (0.60%) Mimecast
11 1 (0.60%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 84 (50.60%) Firewall
2 76 (45.78%) LAN
3 69 (41.57%) WAN
4 58 (34.94%) Network Security
5 36 (21.69%) Wireless
6 34 (20.48%) VPN
7 28 (16.87%) SD-WAN
8 27 (16.27%) VLAN
9 23 (13.86%) Wi-Fi
10 20 (12.05%) WLAN
11 17 (10.24%) TCP/IP
12 15 (9.04%) DHCP
12 15 (9.04%) DNS
13 14 (8.43%) OSPF
14 13 (7.83%) BGP
15 12 (7.23%) Cisco Nexus
16 11 (6.63%) Cisco ISE
17 10 (6.02%) MPLS
18 9 (5.42%) Internet
18 9 (5.42%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.60%) Electronic Patient Records
1 1 (0.60%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (5.42%) JIRA
2 4 (2.41%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.60%) Git
3 1 (0.60%) GitLab
General
1 63 (37.95%) Social Skills
2 34 (20.48%) Telecoms
3 30 (18.07%) Finance
4 17 (10.24%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (6.63%) Retail
6 9 (5.42%) Banking
7 7 (4.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (4.22%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.41%) Aerospace
8 4 (2.41%) Legal
8 4 (2.41%) Mandarin Language
9 3 (1.81%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.81%) Marketing
9 3 (1.81%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.20%) French Language
10 2 (1.20%) German Language
10 2 (1.20%) Law
10 2 (1.20%) Local Government
10 2 (1.20%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 58 (34.94%) Network Engineer
2 27 (16.27%) Senior
3 21 (12.65%) Architect
4 20 (12.05%) Consultant
5 16 (9.64%) IT Support
6 15 (9.04%) IT Engineer
7 14 (8.43%) Senior Network Engineer
8 13 (7.83%) IT Support Engineer
8 13 (7.83%) Support Engineer
9 11 (6.63%) Cisco Engineer
9 11 (6.63%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 11 (6.63%) Network Consultant
10 10 (6.02%) Network Architect
10 10 (6.02%) Solutions Architect
11 7 (4.22%) LAN Engineer
11 7 (4.22%) Security Consultant
11 7 (4.22%) Security Engineer
12 6 (3.61%) Cisco Network Consultant
12 6 (3.61%) Juniper Consultant
12 6 (3.61%) Juniper Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (7.83%) Terraform
2 3 (1.81%) ARM Templates
2 3 (1.81%) JSON
3 2 (1.20%) RESTful
4 1 (0.60%) Jinja
4 1 (0.60%) OAuth
4 1 (0.60%) OpenID
4 1 (0.60%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 28 (16.87%) Data Centre
2 11 (6.63%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (6.02%) Driving Licence
4 9 (5.42%) Management Information System
5 8 (4.82%) Cloud Native
5 8 (4.82%) Security Posture
6 7 (4.22%) CCTV
7 5 (3.01%) Private Cloud
8 4 (2.41%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (2.41%) Video Conferencing
9 3 (1.81%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.81%) Virtual Team
10 2 (1.20%) Cyber Defence
10 2 (1.20%) Enterprise Storage
10 2 (1.20%) Housing Association
10 2 (1.20%) Onboarding
10 2 (1.20%) Public Cloud
11 1 (0.60%) Client/Server
11 1 (0.60%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 33 (19.88%) Windows
2 22 (13.25%) Windows Server
3 14 (8.43%) Linux
4 6 (3.61%) Windows Server 2016
4 6 (3.61%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (1.20%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.20%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.60%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (33.13%) Problem-Solving
2 45 (27.11%) Cybersecurity
3 43 (25.90%) ITIL
4 29 (17.47%) Technical Leadership
5 28 (16.87%) Project Delivery
6 26 (15.66%) Mentoring
7 25 (15.06%) Presales
8 24 (14.46%) Cloud Security
9 23 (13.86%) Network Design
10 19 (11.45%) Incident Management
10 19 (11.45%) Stakeholder Management
11 18 (10.84%) Disaster Recovery
11 18 (10.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 16 (9.64%) Business Continuity
12 16 (9.64%) High Availability
13 15 (9.04%) Continuous Improvement
13 15 (9.04%) Infrastructure as Code
13 15 (9.04%) Roadmaps
13 15 (9.04%) Zero Trust
14 14 (8.43%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 21 (12.65%) Python
2 19 (11.45%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.81%) Bash
3 3 (1.81%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (1.20%) Search Processing Language
5 1 (0.60%) SQL
Qualifications
1 95 (57.23%) CCNP
2 71 (42.77%) CCNA
3 35 (21.08%) Degree
4 32 (19.28%) CISSP
5 28 (16.87%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 25 (15.06%) CCIE
7 24 (14.46%) CCSP
8 23 (13.86%) Microsoft Certification
9 22 (13.25%) Security Cleared
10 19 (11.45%) Azure Certification
11 18 (10.84%) CISM
12 17 (10.24%) SC Cleared
13 12 (7.23%) MCSE
14 10 (6.02%) DV Cleared
14 10 (6.02%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 10 (6.02%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 9 (5.42%) DBS Check
16 8 (4.82%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 7 (4.22%) Computer Science Degree
17 7 (4.22%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (14.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (13.86%) Cyber Essentials
3 13 (7.83%) NIST
4 8 (4.82%) GDPR
5 6 (3.61%) Accessibility
5 6 (3.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 6 (3.61%) SLA
6 5 (3.01%) GRC
6 5 (3.01%) NCSC
7 2 (1.20%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (1.20%) PCI DSS
7 2 (1.20%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.60%) COBIT
System Software
1 20 (12.05%) Active Directory
2 16 (9.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (7.23%) Hyper-V
4 7 (4.22%) VMware NSX
5 5 (3.01%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (2.41%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (2.41%) vSphere
7 1 (0.60%) Firmware
7 1 (0.60%) iptables
Systems Management
1 18 (10.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (7.23%) Ansible
2 12 (7.23%) FortiGate
3 3 (1.81%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (1.81%) Stealthwatch
4 1 (0.60%) CASB
4 1 (0.60%) Check_MK
4 1 (0.60%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (0.60%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.60%) OpenView
4 1 (0.60%) SCCM
4 1 (0.60%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 93 (56.02%) Cisco
2 37 (22.29%) Microsoft
3 31 (18.67%) VMware
4 28 (16.87%) Palo Alto
5 24 (14.46%) Aruba
5 24 (14.46%) Fortinet
6 22 (13.25%) Juniper
7 11 (6.63%) CheckPoint
8 8 (4.82%) Citrix
8 8 (4.82%) F5
8 8 (4.82%) Veeam
9 7 (4.22%) Draytek
9 7 (4.22%) SolarWinds
9 7 (4.22%) WatchGuard
10 6 (3.61%) Mitel
11 4 (2.41%) Google
11 4 (2.41%) Meraki
11 4 (2.41%) SonicWALL
11 4 (2.41%) Zscaler
12 3 (1.81%) Netskope