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

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 237 245 211
Rank change year-on-year +8 -34 +11
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 156 179 440
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.95% 1.24% 1.54%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.23% 4.19% 5.72%
Number of salaries quoted 119 130 383
10th Percentile £31,250 £41,125 £30,550
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £81,250 £77,250 £70,625
90th Percentile £97,500 £88,750 £84,919
UK median annual salary £60,000 £61,644 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.67% +17.42% -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 4,824 4,269 7,690
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 29.23% 29.59% 26.91%
Number of salaries quoted 2,604 2,360 5,601
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £73,886 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,875 £88,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%

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 3 March 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 15 (9.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (5.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.28%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 62 (39.74%) Azure
2 40 (25.64%) Microsoft 365
3 35 (22.44%) AWS
4 22 (14.10%) Entra ID
5 6 (3.85%) IaaS
6 5 (3.21%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (2.56%) Azure Logic Apps
8 3 (1.92%) AWS Direct Connect
8 3 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (1.92%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (1.92%) Mimecast
8 3 (1.92%) OneDrive
9 2 (1.28%) ChatGPT
9 2 (1.28%) GCP
9 2 (1.28%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (1.28%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (1.28%) OCI
9 2 (1.28%) Power Platform
9 2 (1.28%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.64%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 60 (38.46%) Firewall
2 38 (24.36%) WAN
3 37 (23.72%) LAN
4 30 (19.23%) VPN
5 27 (17.31%) SD-WAN
6 26 (16.67%) Network Security
7 21 (13.46%) VLAN
8 16 (10.26%) BGP
9 15 (9.62%) MPLS
9 15 (9.62%) TCP/IP
10 11 (7.05%) OSPF
10 11 (7.05%) Wireless
11 10 (6.41%) Cisco ISE
12 9 (5.77%) VoIP
12 9 (5.77%) Wi-Fi
13 8 (5.13%) IPsec
13 8 (5.13%) Structured Cabling
14 7 (4.49%) Cisco ASA
14 7 (4.49%) Cisco Nexus
14 7 (4.49%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.64%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (4.49%) Burp Suite
1 7 (4.49%) Metasploit
2 2 (1.28%) JIRA
3 1 (0.64%) GitLab
General
1 59 (37.82%) Social Skills
2 31 (19.87%) Finance
3 15 (9.62%) Telecoms
4 14 (8.97%) Retail
5 10 (6.41%) Law
5 10 (6.41%) Public Sector
6 6 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (3.21%) Military
7 5 (3.21%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.56%) Legal
8 4 (2.56%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.92%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.28%) Marketing
11 1 (0.64%) Banking
11 1 (0.64%) Electronics
11 1 (0.64%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.64%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 33 (21.15%) Network Engineer
2 29 (18.59%) Senior
3 15 (9.62%) Architect
4 14 (8.97%) Senior Network Engineer
5 12 (7.69%) IT Engineer
6 11 (7.05%) Support Engineer
7 10 (6.41%) 2nd Line Support
7 10 (6.41%) Analyst
7 10 (6.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 10 (6.41%) Security Specialist
8 9 (5.77%) IT Support
8 9 (5.77%) IT Support Engineer
8 9 (5.77%) Security Analyst
9 8 (5.13%) Administrator
9 8 (5.13%) Security Architect
9 8 (5.13%) Security Manager
9 8 (5.13%) Systems Administrator
10 7 (4.49%) Cybersecurity Architect
10 7 (4.49%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
11 6 (3.85%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.92%) OAuth
1 3 (1.92%) OpenID
2 1 (0.64%) AngularJS
2 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (0.64%) React
2 1 (0.64%) SAML
2 1 (0.64%) Svelte
2 1 (0.64%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 26 (16.67%) Data Centre
2 15 (9.62%) Security Posture
3 11 (7.05%) e-Learning
4 10 (6.41%) Driving Licence
5 8 (5.13%) Cloud Native
5 8 (5.13%) Management Information System
6 7 (4.49%) CCTV
6 7 (4.49%) Insider Threat
7 5 (3.21%) Cyber Defence
7 5 (3.21%) Onboarding
7 5 (3.21%) Social Media
8 4 (2.56%) Operational Technology
8 4 (2.56%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.92%) CMDB
9 3 (1.92%) Security Operations Centre
10 2 (1.28%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (1.28%) Private Cloud
10 2 (1.28%) Robotics
10 2 (1.28%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 40 (25.64%) Windows
2 25 (16.03%) Linux
3 19 (12.18%) Windows Server
4 7 (4.49%) Unix
5 5 (3.21%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.28%) Ubuntu
6 2 (1.28%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (1.28%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.64%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (27.56%) Cybersecurity
2 39 (25.00%) ITIL
3 30 (19.23%) Mentoring
4 26 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 22 (14.10%) Information Security
6 21 (13.46%) Security Architecture
7 19 (12.18%) Project Delivery
8 17 (10.90%) High Availability
8 17 (10.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 16 (10.26%) Change Control
9 16 (10.26%) Customer Service
9 16 (10.26%) Network Design
10 15 (9.62%) Continuous Improvement
10 15 (9.62%) ITSM
11 14 (8.97%) SIEM
12 13 (8.33%) Computer Science
12 13 (8.33%) Penetration Testing
12 13 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 13 (8.33%) Technical Leadership
13 12 (7.69%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 14 (8.97%) PowerShell
2 6 (3.85%) Python
3 3 (1.92%) Bash
4 2 (1.28%) Bicep
5 1 (0.64%) Go
5 1 (0.64%) SQL
Qualifications
1 86 (55.13%) CCNA
2 65 (41.67%) CCNP
3 39 (25.00%) CISSP
3 39 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 38 (24.36%) Microsoft Certification
5 37 (23.72%) SC Cleared
6 36 (23.08%) Degree
7 30 (19.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 27 (17.31%) MCSE
9 25 (16.03%) MCSA
10 24 (15.38%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 21 (13.46%) CISM
12 19 (12.18%) CCIE
13 18 (11.54%) Azure Certification
13 18 (11.54%) DV Cleared
14 16 (10.26%) CompTIA Security+
15 12 (7.69%) CCSP
15 12 (7.69%) DBS Check
16 11 (7.05%) GIAC
17 10 (6.41%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (12.18%) NIST
3 16 (10.26%) Cyber Essentials
4 15 (9.62%) SLA
5 10 (6.41%) GDPR
6 7 (4.49%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (1.92%) GRC
7 3 (1.92%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.64%) SOC 2
System Software
1 14 (8.97%) Active Directory
2 10 (6.41%) Hyper-V
3 7 (4.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.92%) vSphere
5 2 (1.28%) Docker
5 2 (1.28%) Firmware
6 1 (0.64%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 23 (14.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (7.05%) Terraform
3 7 (4.49%) Ansible
3 7 (4.49%) Nmap
4 5 (3.21%) Autotask
4 5 (3.21%) Jamf Pro
5 4 (2.56%) FortiGate
5 4 (2.56%) Nagios
5 4 (2.56%) PaperCut
6 3 (1.92%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (1.28%) Dell DRAC
7 2 (1.28%) Kubernetes
7 2 (1.28%) OpenView
7 2 (1.28%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.64%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.64%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (0.64%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 93 (59.62%) Cisco
2 54 (34.62%) Microsoft
3 29 (18.59%) VMware
4 28 (17.95%) Fortinet
5 16 (10.26%) Palo Alto
6 14 (8.97%) Juniper
7 11 (7.05%) Citrix
8 10 (6.41%) CheckPoint
9 8 (5.13%) Draytek
9 8 (5.13%) Meraki
9 8 (5.13%) WatchGuard
10 7 (4.49%) Mitel
11 6 (3.85%) SolarWinds
12 5 (3.21%) Apple
12 5 (3.21%) Zscaler
13 4 (2.56%) F5
13 4 (2.56%) Sophos
14 3 (1.92%) Dell
14 3 (1.92%) Google
14 3 (1.92%) Splunk