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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 302 233 235
Rank change year-on-year -69 +2 -75
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 166 206 304
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.67% 1.22% 1.35%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.21% 3.22% 4.89%
Number of salaries quoted 116 137 161
10th Percentile £33,006 £31,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £44,188 £36,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £76,375 £73,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £84,375 £102,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £51,058 £57,500
% change year-on-year +27.31% -11.20% +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 5,176 6,400 6,218
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.76% 37.94% 27.66%
Number of salaries quoted 3,216 2,287 2,846
10th Percentile £33,013 £31,000 £34,404
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,813
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -3.51% -1.72%

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 October 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 9 (5.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.20%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.20%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 66 (39.76%) Azure
2 37 (22.29%) AWS
3 35 (21.08%) Microsoft 365
4 27 (16.27%) Entra ID
5 11 (6.63%) GCP
6 5 (3.01%) Power Platform
7 4 (2.41%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (2.41%) OCI
7 4 (2.41%) Power Automate
7 4 (2.41%) SaaS
7 4 (2.41%) WeChat
8 3 (1.81%) Amazon EKS
8 3 (1.81%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (1.81%) Google Compute Engine
8 3 (1.81%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 3 (1.81%) Serverless
8 3 (1.81%) Vertex AI
8 3 (1.81%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 2 (1.20%) Anthropic Claude
9 2 (1.20%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 88 (53.01%) Firewall
2 74 (44.58%) LAN
3 65 (39.16%) WAN
4 60 (36.14%) Network Security
5 39 (23.49%) Wireless
6 36 (21.69%) VPN
7 26 (15.66%) VLAN
8 24 (14.46%) Wi-Fi
9 22 (13.25%) SD-WAN
10 21 (12.65%) WLAN
11 19 (11.45%) TCP/IP
12 18 (10.84%) BGP
13 16 (9.64%) OSPF
14 15 (9.04%) DHCP
14 15 (9.04%) DNS
15 10 (6.02%) Cisco ISE
15 10 (6.02%) Cisco Nexus
15 10 (6.02%) IP Telephony
16 9 (5.42%) Internet
16 9 (5.42%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.81%) Amazon RDS
1 3 (1.81%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.60%) Big Data
2 1 (0.60%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 9 (5.42%) JIRA
2 4 (2.41%) Sonatype Nexus
3 3 (1.81%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.60%) Git
4 1 (0.60%) GitLab
General
1 65 (39.16%) Social Skills
2 37 (22.29%) Telecoms
3 30 (18.07%) Finance
4 17 (10.24%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (6.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 10 (6.02%) Retail
6 8 (4.82%) Aerospace
7 7 (4.22%) Banking
8 4 (2.41%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (2.41%) Legal
8 4 (2.41%) Mandarin Language
8 4 (2.41%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.81%) Back Office
9 3 (1.81%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.81%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.81%) Marketing
9 3 (1.81%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.20%) French Language
10 2 (1.20%) German Language
10 2 (1.20%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 65 (39.16%) Network Engineer
2 36 (21.69%) Senior
3 20 (12.05%) Senior Network Engineer
4 19 (11.45%) IT Support
5 18 (10.84%) Consultant
6 15 (9.04%) Architect
6 15 (9.04%) IT Engineer
7 14 (8.43%) Cisco Engineer
7 14 (8.43%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 14 (8.43%) IT Support Engineer
7 14 (8.43%) Support Engineer
8 11 (6.63%) Network Consultant
9 10 (6.02%) Security Engineer
10 8 (4.82%) LAN Engineer
10 8 (4.82%) Network Architect
10 8 (4.82%) Security Consultant
11 7 (4.22%) Cisco Consultant
11 7 (4.22%) Cisco Network Consultant
11 7 (4.22%) Juniper Consultant
11 7 (4.22%) Juniper Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (7.23%) 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%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 28 (16.87%) Data Centre
2 16 (9.64%) Driving Licence
3 13 (7.83%) Management Information System
4 11 (6.63%) CCTV
4 11 (6.63%) Cloud Native
4 11 (6.63%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (6.02%) Security Posture
6 4 (2.41%) Private Cloud
6 4 (2.41%) Video Conferencing
7 3 (1.81%) Blog
7 3 (1.81%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (1.81%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.81%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.81%) Virtual Team
8 2 (1.20%) IoT
8 2 (1.20%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.60%) Cyber Defence
9 1 (0.60%) Enterprise Storage
9 1 (0.60%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 32 (19.28%) Windows
2 26 (15.66%) Windows Server
3 14 (8.43%) Linux
4 6 (3.61%) Windows Server 2016
4 6 (3.61%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (1.81%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (1.20%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (36.14%) Problem-Solving
2 47 (28.31%) Cybersecurity
3 43 (25.90%) ITIL
4 28 (16.87%) Cloud Security
5 27 (16.27%) Network Design
5 27 (16.27%) Project Delivery
6 25 (15.06%) Mentoring
6 25 (15.06%) Technical Leadership
7 22 (13.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 21 (12.65%) Incident Management
8 21 (12.65%) Stakeholder Management
9 17 (10.24%) ITSM
10 16 (9.64%) High Availability
10 16 (9.64%) Identity Access Management
10 16 (9.64%) Information Security
10 16 (9.64%) Presales
11 14 (8.43%) Application Security
11 14 (8.43%) Incident Response
11 14 (8.43%) Infrastructure as Code
11 14 (8.43%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 22 (13.25%) Python
2 17 (10.24%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.81%) Bash
3 3 (1.81%) Go
3 3 (1.81%) Java
3 3 (1.81%) Kusto Query Language
3 3 (1.81%) SQL
4 2 (1.20%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 96 (57.83%) CCNP
2 76 (45.78%) CCNA
3 34 (20.48%) CISSP
4 31 (18.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 30 (18.07%) Degree
6 27 (16.27%) CCSP
7 25 (15.06%) Microsoft Certification
8 23 (13.86%) Security Cleared
9 20 (12.05%) CCIE
9 20 (12.05%) CISM
10 16 (9.64%) SC Cleared
11 15 (9.04%) Azure Certification
12 14 (8.43%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 12 (7.23%) DV Cleared
13 12 (7.23%) MCSE
14 11 (6.63%) DBS Check
15 10 (6.02%) MCSA
16 9 (5.42%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
17 6 (3.61%) Computer Science Degree
17 6 (3.61%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (16.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (14.46%) Cyber Essentials
3 14 (8.43%) NIST
4 8 (4.82%) GDPR
5 6 (3.61%) Accessibility
6 5 (3.01%) GRC
6 5 (3.01%) NCSC
6 5 (3.01%) PCI DSS
6 5 (3.01%) SLA
6 5 (3.01%) SOC 2
7 4 (2.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.60%) COBIT
System Software
1 19 (11.45%) Active Directory
2 15 (9.04%) Hyper-V
3 12 (7.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (4.22%) VMware NSX
5 5 (3.01%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.81%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (1.20%) vSphere
8 1 (0.60%) Firmware
8 1 (0.60%) iptables
Systems Management
1 22 (13.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (9.04%) FortiGate
3 10 (6.02%) Ansible
4 4 (2.41%) Kubernetes
5 3 (1.81%) Cilium
5 3 (1.81%) Grafana
5 3 (1.81%) Stealthwatch
6 2 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.60%) CASB
7 1 (0.60%) Check_MK
7 1 (0.60%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 88 (53.01%) Cisco
2 33 (19.88%) Microsoft
3 29 (17.47%) VMware
4 26 (15.66%) Aruba
5 25 (15.06%) Palo Alto
6 22 (13.25%) Juniper
7 19 (11.45%) Fortinet
8 10 (6.02%) Draytek
8 10 (6.02%) Mitel
8 10 (6.02%) SolarWinds
8 10 (6.02%) WatchGuard
9 8 (4.82%) F5
10 7 (4.22%) CheckPoint
10 7 (4.22%) Citrix
10 7 (4.22%) Google
10 7 (4.22%) Veeam
11 3 (1.81%) Forcepoint
11 3 (1.81%) Huawei
11 3 (1.81%) ServiceNow
11 3 (1.81%) SonicWALL