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

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 183 224 178
Rank change year-on-year +41 -46 +82
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 191 247 368
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.25% 1.43% 1.84%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.79% 5.14% 6.60%
Number of salaries quoted 137 163 332
10th Percentile £31,250 £41,500 £31,000
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% -15.38%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,625 £66,563
90th Percentile £105,000 £86,250 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 5,038 4,803 5,577
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 32.90% 27.79% 27.89%
Number of salaries quoted 2,456 2,509 4,044
10th Percentile £30,500 £35,000 £35,625
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £46,050
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% +1.67% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £75,781
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,430 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.45% +3.36% -

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 25 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 14 (7.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (3.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.52%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 78 (40.84%) Azure
2 47 (24.61%) AWS
3 41 (21.47%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (13.61%) Entra ID
5 7 (3.66%) IaaS
6 5 (2.62%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (2.09%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (2.09%) Azure Logic Apps
8 3 (1.57%) Azure Key Vault
8 3 (1.57%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (1.57%) Cloudflare
8 3 (1.57%) GCP
8 3 (1.57%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (1.57%) OCI
9 1 (0.52%) Amazon ECS
9 1 (0.52%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 1 (0.52%) AWS Direct Connect
9 1 (0.52%) GitHub
9 1 (0.52%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.52%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 73 (38.22%) Firewall
2 54 (28.27%) LAN
3 52 (27.23%) WAN
4 44 (23.04%) VPN
5 35 (18.32%) SD-WAN
6 32 (16.75%) Network Security
7 27 (14.14%) VLAN
8 24 (12.57%) TCP/IP
9 22 (11.52%) Wi-Fi
10 19 (9.95%) VoIP
11 17 (8.90%) BGP
11 17 (8.90%) DNS
12 15 (7.85%) MPLS
13 12 (6.28%) OSPF
14 11 (5.76%) Wireless
15 9 (4.71%) DHCP
15 9 (4.71%) IPsec
15 9 (4.71%) Unified Communications
16 7 (3.66%) Cisco ASA
16 7 (3.66%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 8 (4.19%) Burp Suite
1 8 (4.19%) Metasploit
2 1 (0.52%) GitLab
General
1 65 (34.03%) Social Skills
2 47 (24.61%) Finance
3 32 (16.75%) Telecoms
4 11 (5.76%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (5.76%) Retail
5 6 (3.14%) Documentation Skills
5 6 (3.14%) Law
5 6 (3.14%) Public Sector
6 5 (2.62%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (2.09%) Legal
8 3 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.57%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.05%) Marketing
10 1 (0.52%) Banking
10 1 (0.52%) Electronics
10 1 (0.52%) Fire and Rescue
10 1 (0.52%) French Language
10 1 (0.52%) Military
10 1 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 38 (19.90%) Senior
2 35 (18.32%) Network Engineer
3 30 (15.71%) Administrator
3 30 (15.71%) Systems Administrator
4 19 (9.95%) Security Engineer
5 17 (8.90%) Senior Network Engineer
6 12 (6.28%) Analyst
7 11 (5.76%) IT Engineer
7 11 (5.76%) Support Engineer
8 10 (5.24%) 2nd Line Support
8 10 (5.24%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 9 (4.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (4.71%) IT Support
9 9 (4.71%) IT Support Engineer
9 9 (4.71%) Security Analyst
9 9 (4.71%) Senior Security Engineer
10 8 (4.19%) 3rd Line Support
10 8 (4.19%) 3rd Line Support Technician
10 8 (4.19%) Support Technician
11 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 33 (17.28%) e-Learning
2 22 (11.52%) Data Centre
3 15 (7.85%) Driving Licence
3 15 (7.85%) Security Posture
4 12 (6.28%) CCTV
5 11 (5.76%) Management Information System
6 9 (4.71%) Operational Technology
7 8 (4.19%) Cloud Native
7 8 (4.19%) Security Operations Centre
8 6 (3.14%) Onboarding
9 5 (2.62%) Insider Threat
9 5 (2.62%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (2.62%) Social Media
10 4 (2.09%) Cloud Security Posture
11 3 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.57%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 3 (1.57%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (1.57%) Low-Code
11 3 (1.57%) Public Cloud
11 3 (1.57%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 52 (27.23%) Linux
2 41 (21.47%) Windows
3 24 (12.57%) Unix
4 20 (10.47%) Windows Server
5 5 (2.62%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.05%) Ubuntu
6 2 (1.05%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (1.05%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (26.70%) High Availability
1 51 (26.70%) ITIL
2 45 (23.56%) Cybersecurity
3 33 (17.28%) Innovative Thinking
4 30 (15.71%) Problem-Solving
5 24 (12.57%) Information Security
5 24 (12.57%) Mentoring
5 24 (12.57%) Service Delivery
6 21 (10.99%) DevOps
7 20 (10.47%) ITSM
8 19 (9.95%) Customer Service
9 18 (9.42%) Change Control
9 18 (9.42%) Computer Science
9 18 (9.42%) SIEM
10 17 (8.90%) Data Protection
10 17 (8.90%) Infrastructure as Code
10 17 (8.90%) Project Delivery
11 15 (7.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 15 (7.85%) Security Architecture
12 14 (7.33%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 18 (9.42%) 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
1 101 (52.88%) CCNA
1 101 (52.88%) CCNP
2 59 (30.89%) Security Cleared
3 57 (29.84%) SC Cleared
4 45 (23.56%) Degree
5 42 (21.99%) CISSP
6 37 (19.37%) DV Cleared
6 37 (19.37%) Microsoft Certification
7 30 (15.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 27 (14.14%) Azure Certification
9 24 (12.57%) MCSA
10 23 (12.04%) MCSE
11 22 (11.52%) MCP
12 21 (10.99%) CISM
13 20 (10.47%) CompTIA Security+
14 18 (9.42%) CCIE
15 14 (7.33%) AWS Certification
15 14 (7.33%) CCSP
16 12 (6.28%) DBS Check
17 9 (4.71%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (16.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (12.04%) Cyber Essentials
3 21 (10.99%) NIST
4 15 (7.85%) GDPR
5 14 (7.33%) SLA
6 5 (2.62%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (2.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (1.57%) GRC
7 3 (1.57%) PCI DSS
8 2 (1.05%) SOC 2
9 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 3 (1.57%) Docker
6 2 (1.05%) pfSense
6 2 (1.05%) vSphere
7 1 (0.52%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 22 (11.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (7.33%) Terraform
3 13 (6.81%) Ansible
4 8 (4.19%) Nmap
5 5 (2.62%) Autotask
5 5 (2.62%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (2.09%) FortiGate
6 4 (2.09%) PaperCut
7 3 (1.57%) Dell DRAC
7 3 (1.57%) Kubernetes
7 3 (1.57%) Nagios
8 1 (0.52%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.52%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.52%) OpenView
8 1 (0.52%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.52%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 120 (62.83%) Cisco
2 64 (33.51%) Microsoft
3 28 (14.66%) VMware
4 22 (11.52%) Fortinet
5 18 (9.42%) Palo Alto
6 16 (8.38%) Juniper
7 10 (5.24%) Citrix
7 10 (5.24%) Meraki
8 8 (4.19%) Mitel
9 7 (3.66%) Draytek
9 7 (3.66%) WatchGuard
10 6 (3.14%) Red Hat
10 6 (3.14%) SolarWinds
11 5 (2.62%) Apple
11 5 (2.62%) CheckPoint
11 5 (2.62%) Zscaler
12 4 (2.09%) F5
13 3 (1.57%) Dell
13 3 (1.57%) Rapid7
13 3 (1.57%) Ubiquiti