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

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 229 244 204
Rank change year-on-year +15 -40 +12
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 160 197 434
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.98% 1.31% 1.56%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.29% 4.43% 5.78%
Number of salaries quoted 123 138 379
10th Percentile £31,250 £42,125 £30,500
25th Percentile £44,375 £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 £80,000 £77,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £88,750 £84,919
UK median annual salary £59,522 £61,644 £53,000
% change year-on-year -3.44% +16.31% -3.64%

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 4,857 4,450 7,505
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 29.62% 29.64% 27.00%
Number of salaries quoted 2,611 2,389 5,491
10th Percentile £30,750 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,930 £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 £74,014 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £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 24 February 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 (9.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (5.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.25%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.25%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 63 (39.38%) Azure
2 40 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 36 (22.50%) AWS
4 22 (13.75%) Entra ID
5 6 (3.75%) IaaS
6 5 (3.13%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (2.50%) Azure Logic Apps
8 3 (1.88%) AWS Direct Connect
8 3 (1.88%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (1.88%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (1.88%) OneDrive
9 2 (1.25%) ChatGPT
9 2 (1.25%) GCP
9 2 (1.25%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (1.25%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (1.25%) Mimecast
9 2 (1.25%) OCI
9 2 (1.25%) Power Platform
9 2 (1.25%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.63%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 60 (37.50%) Firewall
2 38 (23.75%) WAN
3 37 (23.13%) LAN
4 29 (18.13%) VPN
5 28 (17.50%) SD-WAN
6 27 (16.88%) Network Security
7 22 (13.75%) VLAN
8 16 (10.00%) BGP
8 16 (10.00%) TCP/IP
9 15 (9.38%) MPLS
10 11 (6.88%) OSPF
10 11 (6.88%) VoIP
10 11 (6.88%) Wi-Fi
10 11 (6.88%) Wireless
11 8 (5.00%) Cisco ISE
11 8 (5.00%) DNS
11 8 (5.00%) IPsec
11 8 (5.00%) Structured Cabling
12 7 (4.38%) Cisco ASA
12 7 (4.38%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.63%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (5.00%) Burp Suite
1 8 (5.00%) Metasploit
2 2 (1.25%) JIRA
3 1 (0.63%) GitLab
General
1 61 (38.13%) Social Skills
2 32 (20.00%) Finance
3 16 (10.00%) Telecoms
4 14 (8.75%) Retail
5 10 (6.25%) Law
5 10 (6.25%) Public Sector
6 6 (3.75%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (3.75%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (3.13%) Military
7 5 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.50%) Legal
8 4 (2.50%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.88%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.25%) Marketing
11 1 (0.63%) Banking
11 1 (0.63%) Electronics
11 1 (0.63%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.63%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 34 (21.25%) Network Engineer
2 30 (18.75%) Senior
3 15 (9.38%) Architect
4 14 (8.75%) Senior Network Engineer
5 12 (7.50%) IT Engineer
6 11 (6.88%) Support Engineer
7 10 (6.25%) 2nd Line Support
7 10 (6.25%) Analyst
7 10 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 9 (5.63%) Administrator
8 9 (5.63%) IT Support
8 9 (5.63%) IT Support Engineer
8 9 (5.63%) Security Analyst
8 9 (5.63%) Security Specialist
8 9 (5.63%) Systems Administrator
9 8 (5.00%) Security Architect
9 8 (5.00%) Security Engineer
9 8 (5.00%) Security Manager
10 7 (4.38%) Cybersecurity Architect
10 7 (4.38%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.88%) OAuth
1 3 (1.88%) OpenID
2 1 (0.63%) AngularJS
2 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (0.63%) React
2 1 (0.63%) SAML
2 1 (0.63%) Svelte
2 1 (0.63%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 25 (15.63%) Data Centre
2 16 (10.00%) Security Posture
3 12 (7.50%) e-Learning
4 10 (6.25%) Driving Licence
5 8 (5.00%) Cloud Native
5 8 (5.00%) Management Information System
6 7 (4.38%) CCTV
6 7 (4.38%) Insider Threat
6 7 (4.38%) Onboarding
7 5 (3.13%) Social Media
8 4 (2.50%) Cyber Defence
8 4 (2.50%) Operational Technology
8 4 (2.50%) Public Cloud
8 4 (2.50%) Security Operations Centre
8 4 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.88%) CMDB
10 2 (1.25%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (1.25%) Robotics
10 2 (1.25%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (1.25%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 40 (25.00%) Windows
2 27 (16.88%) Linux
3 19 (11.88%) Windows Server
4 7 (4.38%) Unix
5 5 (3.13%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.25%) Ubuntu
6 2 (1.25%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (1.25%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.63%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (26.88%) Cybersecurity
2 42 (26.25%) ITIL
3 32 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 26 (16.25%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (14.38%) Information Security
6 20 (12.50%) Security Architecture
7 19 (11.88%) High Availability
7 19 (11.88%) Project Delivery
8 18 (11.25%) Customer Service
9 17 (10.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 16 (10.00%) Change Control
10 16 (10.00%) Network Design
11 15 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
11 15 (9.38%) ITSM
12 14 (8.75%) Service Delivery
12 14 (8.75%) SIEM
13 13 (8.13%) Computer Science
13 13 (8.13%) Penetration Testing
13 13 (8.13%) Technical Leadership
14 12 (7.50%) Innovative Thinking
Programming Languages
1 14 (8.75%) PowerShell
2 7 (4.38%) Python
3 4 (2.50%) Bash
4 2 (1.25%) Bicep
5 1 (0.63%) Go
5 1 (0.63%) SQL
Qualifications
1 88 (55.00%) CCNA
2 66 (41.25%) CCNP
3 41 (25.63%) CISSP
4 40 (25.00%) Security Cleared
5 38 (23.75%) Microsoft Certification
5 38 (23.75%) SC Cleared
6 36 (22.50%) Degree
7 31 (19.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 27 (16.88%) MCSE
9 25 (15.63%) MCSA
10 24 (15.00%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 21 (13.13%) CISM
12 19 (11.88%) CCIE
12 19 (11.88%) DV Cleared
13 18 (11.25%) Azure Certification
14 17 (10.63%) CompTIA Security+
15 13 (8.13%) CCSP
16 12 (7.50%) DBS Check
17 11 (6.88%) GIAC
18 10 (6.25%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (17.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (11.88%) NIST
3 17 (10.63%) Cyber Essentials
4 15 (9.38%) SLA
5 11 (6.88%) GDPR
6 7 (4.38%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (1.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (1.88%) GRC
7 3 (1.88%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.63%) SOC 2
System Software
1 14 (8.75%) Active Directory
2 10 (6.25%) Hyper-V
3 7 (4.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.88%) vSphere
5 2 (1.25%) Docker
5 2 (1.25%) Firmware
6 1 (0.63%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 23 (14.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (6.25%) Terraform
3 8 (5.00%) Nmap
4 7 (4.38%) Ansible
5 5 (3.13%) Autotask
5 5 (3.13%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (2.50%) FortiGate
6 4 (2.50%) Nagios
6 4 (2.50%) PaperCut
7 3 (1.88%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (1.25%) Dell DRAC
8 2 (1.25%) Kubernetes
8 2 (1.25%) OpenView
8 2 (1.25%) Tivoli
9 1 (0.63%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.63%) Cisco Prime
9 1 (0.63%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 95 (59.38%) Cisco
2 56 (35.00%) Microsoft
3 29 (18.13%) VMware
4 26 (16.25%) Fortinet
5 15 (9.38%) Palo Alto
6 13 (8.13%) Juniper
7 11 (6.88%) Citrix
8 8 (5.00%) CheckPoint
8 8 (5.00%) Draytek
8 8 (5.00%) Meraki
8 8 (5.00%) WatchGuard
9 7 (4.38%) Mitel
10 6 (3.75%) SolarWinds
11 5 (3.13%) Apple
12 4 (2.50%) F5
12 4 (2.50%) Zscaler
13 3 (1.88%) Dell
13 3 (1.88%) Google
13 3 (1.88%) Sophos
13 3 (1.88%) Ubiquiti