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

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 202 232 182
Rank change year-on-year +30 -50 +76
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 186 246 374
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.22% 1.43% 1.82%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.68% 5.12% 6.62%
Number of salaries quoted 133 162 337
10th Percentile £31,250 £41,375 £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 £77,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £88,500 £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 5,060 4,807 5,647
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 33.14% 28.00% 27.46%
Number of salaries quoted 2,465 2,507 4,084
10th Percentile £30,500 £35,000 £35,275
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,000 £46,047
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 £91,729
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 28 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 (7.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (3.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.54%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 74 (39.78%) Azure
2 44 (23.66%) AWS
3 41 (22.04%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (13.98%) Entra ID
5 7 (3.76%) IaaS
6 5 (2.69%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (2.15%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (2.15%) Azure Logic Apps
8 3 (1.61%) Azure Key Vault
8 3 (1.61%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (1.61%) Cloudflare
8 3 (1.61%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (1.08%) GCP
9 2 (1.08%) OCI
10 1 (0.54%) AWS Direct Connect
10 1 (0.54%) GitHub
10 1 (0.54%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.54%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.54%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.54%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 69 (37.10%) Firewall
2 51 (27.42%) LAN
3 50 (26.88%) WAN
4 42 (22.58%) VPN
5 33 (17.74%) SD-WAN
6 31 (16.67%) Network Security
7 27 (14.52%) VLAN
8 24 (12.90%) TCP/IP
9 21 (11.29%) Wi-Fi
10 19 (10.22%) VoIP
11 17 (9.14%) BGP
11 17 (9.14%) DNS
12 15 (8.06%) MPLS
13 12 (6.45%) OSPF
14 10 (5.38%) Wireless
15 9 (4.84%) DHCP
15 9 (4.84%) IPsec
15 9 (4.84%) Unified Communications
16 7 (3.76%) IP Telephony
17 6 (3.23%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 8 (4.30%) Burp Suite
1 8 (4.30%) Metasploit
2 1 (0.54%) GitLab
General
1 64 (34.41%) Social Skills
2 46 (24.73%) Finance
3 32 (17.20%) Telecoms
4 11 (5.91%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (5.91%) Retail
5 6 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
5 6 (3.23%) Law
5 6 (3.23%) Public Sector
6 5 (2.69%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (2.15%) Legal
8 3 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.61%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.08%) Marketing
10 1 (0.54%) Banking
10 1 (0.54%) Electronics
10 1 (0.54%) Fire and Rescue
10 1 (0.54%) French Language
10 1 (0.54%) Military
10 1 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 38 (20.43%) Senior
2 34 (18.28%) Network Engineer
3 30 (16.13%) Administrator
3 30 (16.13%) Systems Administrator
4 18 (9.68%) Security Engineer
5 17 (9.14%) Senior Network Engineer
6 12 (6.45%) Analyst
7 11 (5.91%) IT Engineer
7 11 (5.91%) Support Engineer
8 10 (5.38%) 2nd Line Support
8 10 (5.38%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 9 (4.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (4.84%) IT Support
9 9 (4.84%) IT Support Engineer
9 9 (4.84%) Security Analyst
9 9 (4.84%) Senior Security Engineer
10 8 (4.30%) 3rd Line Support
10 8 (4.30%) 3rd Line Support Technician
10 8 (4.30%) Support Technician
11 7 (3.76%) Head of IT Operations
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.61%) FreeSWITCH
1 3 (1.61%) Node.js
2 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (0.54%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.54%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.54%) React
3 1 (0.54%) Svelte
3 1 (0.54%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 33 (17.74%) e-Learning
2 20 (10.75%) Data Centre
3 15 (8.06%) Driving Licence
4 14 (7.53%) Security Posture
5 12 (6.45%) CCTV
6 11 (5.91%) Management Information System
7 9 (4.84%) Operational Technology
8 8 (4.30%) Cloud Native
8 8 (4.30%) Security Operations Centre
9 6 (3.23%) Onboarding
10 5 (2.69%) Insider Threat
10 5 (2.69%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (2.69%) Social Media
11 3 (1.61%) Cloud Security Posture
11 3 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.61%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 3 (1.61%) Low-Code
11 3 (1.61%) Public Cloud
11 3 (1.61%) Web3
12 2 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 51 (27.42%) Linux
2 40 (21.51%) Windows
3 24 (12.90%) Unix
4 20 (10.75%) Windows Server
5 5 (2.69%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.08%) Ubuntu
6 2 (1.08%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (1.08%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.54%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (26.88%) High Availability
1 50 (26.88%) ITIL
2 44 (23.66%) Cybersecurity
3 33 (17.74%) Innovative Thinking
4 29 (15.59%) Problem-Solving
5 24 (12.90%) Mentoring
5 24 (12.90%) Service Delivery
6 23 (12.37%) Information Security
7 20 (10.75%) DevOps
7 20 (10.75%) ITSM
8 19 (10.22%) Customer Service
9 18 (9.68%) SIEM
10 17 (9.14%) Change Control
10 17 (9.14%) Computer Science
10 17 (9.14%) Data Protection
11 16 (8.60%) Project Delivery
12 15 (8.06%) Infrastructure as Code
12 15 (8.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 15 (8.06%) Security Architecture
13 14 (7.53%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (9.68%) PowerShell
2 15 (8.06%) Python
3 8 (4.30%) Bash
4 3 (1.61%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.54%) Bicep
5 1 (0.54%) Go
Qualifications
1 101 (54.30%) CCNA
2 97 (52.15%) CCNP
3 56 (30.11%) Security Cleared
4 54 (29.03%) SC Cleared
5 43 (23.12%) Degree
6 40 (21.51%) CISSP
7 37 (19.89%) DV Cleared
7 37 (19.89%) Microsoft Certification
8 29 (15.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 26 (13.98%) Azure Certification
10 24 (12.90%) MCSA
11 23 (12.37%) MCSE
12 22 (11.83%) MCP
13 20 (10.75%) CISM
14 19 (10.22%) CompTIA Security+
15 16 (8.60%) CCIE
16 14 (7.53%) CCSP
17 12 (6.45%) AWS Certification
17 12 (6.45%) DBS Check
18 9 (4.84%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (16.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (12.37%) Cyber Essentials
3 20 (10.75%) NIST
4 15 (8.06%) GDPR
5 14 (7.53%) SLA
6 5 (2.69%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (2.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (1.61%) GRC
7 3 (1.61%) PCI DSS
8 2 (1.08%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.54%) HIPAA
System Software
1 18 (9.68%) Active Directory
2 9 (4.84%) Hyper-V
3 7 (3.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (3.23%) Firmware
5 2 (1.08%) Docker
5 2 (1.08%) pfSense
5 2 (1.08%) vSphere
6 1 (0.54%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 22 (11.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (6.45%) Terraform
3 11 (5.91%) Ansible
4 8 (4.30%) Nmap
5 5 (2.69%) Autotask
5 5 (2.69%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (2.15%) PaperCut
7 3 (1.61%) Dell DRAC
7 3 (1.61%) FortiGate
7 3 (1.61%) Nagios
8 2 (1.08%) Kubernetes
9 1 (0.54%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.54%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.54%) OpenView
9 1 (0.54%) Tivoli
9 1 (0.54%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 117 (62.90%) Cisco
2 64 (34.41%) Microsoft
3 28 (15.05%) VMware
4 21 (11.29%) Fortinet
5 17 (9.14%) Palo Alto
6 14 (7.53%) Juniper
7 10 (5.38%) Citrix
7 10 (5.38%) Meraki
8 8 (4.30%) Mitel
9 7 (3.76%) Draytek
9 7 (3.76%) WatchGuard
10 6 (3.23%) Red Hat
11 5 (2.69%) Apple
11 5 (2.69%) CheckPoint
11 5 (2.69%) SolarWinds
12 4 (2.15%) Zscaler
13 3 (1.61%) F5
13 3 (1.61%) Rapid7
13 3 (1.61%) Tenable
13 3 (1.61%) Ubiquiti