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

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 192 224 180
Rank change year-on-year +32 -44 +95
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 191 275 383
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.26% 1.44% 1.85%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.65% 5.37% 6.63%
Number of salaries quoted 135 174 348
10th Percentile £31,250 £42,725 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £52,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +13.64% -12.70%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £83,375 £85,000
UK median annual salary £53,375 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.04% +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 5,236 5,120 5,781
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.58% 26.82% 27.87%
Number of salaries quoted 2,421 2,613 4,317
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +0.80%
75th Percentile £78,500 £76,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £89,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,033 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.23% +0.93% +0.88%

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 2 December 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 12 (6.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 78 (40.84%) Azure
2 47 (24.61%) AWS
3 37 (19.37%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (12.04%) Entra ID
5 7 (3.66%) IaaS
6 4 (2.09%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (2.09%) Azure Logic Apps
6 4 (2.09%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (1.57%) Amazon ECS
7 3 (1.57%) Azure Key Vault
7 3 (1.57%) Cloudflare
7 3 (1.57%) Microsoft Purview
7 3 (1.57%) OCI
8 2 (1.05%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.05%) GCP
9 1 (0.52%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 1 (0.52%) GitHub
9 1 (0.52%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.52%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.52%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 73 (38.22%) Firewall
2 58 (30.37%) LAN
3 55 (28.80%) WAN
4 46 (24.08%) VPN
5 36 (18.85%) SD-WAN
6 32 (16.75%) Network Security
7 29 (15.18%) Wi-Fi
8 25 (13.09%) TCP/IP
8 25 (13.09%) VLAN
9 19 (9.95%) VoIP
10 18 (9.42%) BGP
11 17 (8.90%) DNS
12 14 (7.33%) MPLS
13 13 (6.81%) OSPF
14 12 (6.28%) Wireless
15 9 (4.71%) DHCP
15 9 (4.71%) IPsec
15 9 (4.71%) Unified Communications
16 8 (4.19%) Cisco ASA
16 8 (4.19%) Junos
Development Applications
1 6 (3.14%) Burp Suite
1 6 (3.14%) Metasploit
2 1 (0.52%) GitLab
General
1 59 (30.89%) Social Skills
2 51 (26.70%) Finance
3 32 (16.75%) Telecoms
4 11 (5.76%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (3.66%) Retail
6 6 (3.14%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (3.14%) Law
7 5 (2.62%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.09%) Legal
9 3 (1.57%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.05%) French Language
10 2 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.05%) Marketing
11 1 (0.52%) Banking
11 1 (0.52%) Electronics
11 1 (0.52%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.52%) Local Government
11 1 (0.52%) Military
11 1 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 36 (18.85%) Network Engineer
1 36 (18.85%) Senior
2 34 (17.80%) Administrator
2 34 (17.80%) Systems Administrator
3 21 (10.99%) Security Engineer
4 16 (8.38%) Senior Network Engineer
5 12 (6.28%) Architect
6 11 (5.76%) Support Engineer
7 10 (5.24%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 10 (5.24%) IT Engineer
8 9 (4.71%) 2nd Line Support
8 9 (4.71%) Analyst
8 9 (4.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 9 (4.71%) Senior Security Engineer
9 8 (4.19%) 3rd Line Support
9 8 (4.19%) 3rd Line Support Technician
9 8 (4.19%) IT Support
9 8 (4.19%) IT Support Engineer
9 8 (4.19%) Support Technician
10 7 (3.66%) Head of IT Operations
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.57%) FreeSWITCH
1 3 (1.57%) Node.js
2 2 (1.05%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (0.52%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.52%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.52%) React
3 1 (0.52%) Svelte
3 1 (0.52%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 37 (19.37%) e-Learning
2 22 (11.52%) Data Centre
3 15 (7.85%) Driving Licence
4 12 (6.28%) CCTV
4 12 (6.28%) Security Posture
5 10 (5.24%) Management Information System
6 9 (4.71%) Operational Technology
7 8 (4.19%) Security Operations Centre
8 6 (3.14%) Cloud Native
8 6 (3.14%) Cloud Security Posture
9 5 (2.62%) Onboarding
9 5 (2.62%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.57%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 3 (1.57%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (1.57%) Insider Threat
10 3 (1.57%) Low-Code
10 3 (1.57%) Social Media
10 3 (1.57%) Web3
11 2 (1.05%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 57 (29.84%) Linux
2 40 (20.94%) Windows
3 25 (13.09%) Unix
4 20 (10.47%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.57%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.05%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (1.05%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.52%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.52%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (29.32%) High Availability
2 45 (23.56%) ITIL
3 40 (20.94%) Cybersecurity
4 36 (18.85%) Innovative Thinking
5 27 (14.14%) Problem-Solving
6 24 (12.57%) Information Security
7 23 (12.04%) Service Delivery
8 22 (11.52%) Mentoring
9 21 (10.99%) DevOps
10 19 (9.95%) ITSM
10 19 (9.95%) Project Delivery
11 18 (9.42%) Computer Science
12 17 (8.90%) Change Control
12 17 (8.90%) Infrastructure as Code
12 17 (8.90%) Stakeholder Management
13 16 (8.38%) Data Protection
14 15 (7.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 15 (7.85%) Network Design
14 15 (7.85%) SIEM
15 14 (7.33%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 17 (8.90%) PowerShell
2 16 (8.38%) Python
3 8 (4.19%) Bash
4 3 (1.57%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.52%) Bicep
5 1 (0.52%) Go
Qualifications
1 110 (57.59%) CCNP
2 98 (51.31%) CCNA
3 67 (35.08%) Security Cleared
4 63 (32.98%) SC Cleared
5 45 (23.56%) Degree
5 45 (23.56%) DV Cleared
6 38 (19.90%) CISSP
7 31 (16.23%) Microsoft Certification
8 28 (14.66%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 27 (14.14%) Azure Certification
10 21 (10.99%) MCSA
10 21 (10.99%) MCSE
11 20 (10.47%) CCIE
11 20 (10.47%) CompTIA Security+
11 20 (10.47%) MCP
12 19 (9.95%) CISM
13 16 (8.38%) AWS Certification
14 10 (5.24%) CCSP
14 10 (5.24%) RHCSA
15 9 (4.71%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (14.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (9.95%) Cyber Essentials
2 19 (9.95%) NIST
3 14 (7.33%) GDPR
4 13 (6.81%) SLA
5 4 (2.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (1.57%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (1.57%) PCI DSS
7 2 (1.05%) GRC
7 2 (1.05%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.52%) HIPAA
System Software
1 18 (9.42%) Active Directory
2 9 (4.71%) Hyper-V
3 7 (3.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (3.14%) Firmware
5 5 (2.62%) Docker
6 2 (1.05%) pfSense
6 2 (1.05%) vSphere
7 1 (0.52%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 19 (9.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (7.33%) Terraform
3 12 (6.28%) Ansible
4 6 (3.14%) Nmap
5 5 (2.62%) Autotask
5 5 (2.62%) Kubernetes
6 4 (2.09%) FortiGate
7 3 (1.57%) Dell DRAC
7 3 (1.57%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (1.05%) Nagios
8 2 (1.05%) PaperCut
9 1 (0.52%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.52%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.52%) OpenView
9 1 (0.52%) Tivoli
9 1 (0.52%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 127 (66.49%) Cisco
2 58 (30.37%) Microsoft
3 28 (14.66%) VMware
4 22 (11.52%) Juniper
5 21 (10.99%) Fortinet
6 19 (9.95%) Palo Alto
7 12 (6.28%) Meraki
8 10 (5.24%) Citrix
9 9 (4.71%) Red Hat
10 8 (4.19%) Mitel
11 7 (3.66%) Draytek
11 7 (3.66%) WatchGuard
12 6 (3.14%) SolarWinds
12 6 (3.14%) Zscaler
13 5 (2.62%) CheckPoint
14 4 (2.09%) F5
15 3 (1.57%) Apple
15 3 (1.57%) Aruba
15 3 (1.57%) Dell
15 3 (1.57%) Rapid7