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

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 198 221 177
Rank change year-on-year +23 -44 +97
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 190 271 381
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.24% 1.44% 1.85%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.62% 5.34% 6.64%
Number of salaries quoted 133 174 345
10th Percentile £31,250 £42,500 £31,250
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% -14.40%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £84,625 £85,000
UK median annual salary £53,750 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.42% +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 5,254 5,074 5,736
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.35% 26.98% 27.81%
Number of salaries quoted 2,437 2,617 4,273
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,750 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +0.80%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £88,850 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,125 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.98% +2.83% -

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 7 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 12 (6.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 76 (40.00%) Azure
2 46 (24.21%) AWS
3 37 (19.47%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (12.11%) Entra ID
5 7 (3.68%) IaaS
6 4 (2.11%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (2.11%) Azure Logic Apps
6 4 (2.11%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (1.58%) Amazon ECS
7 3 (1.58%) Azure Key Vault
7 3 (1.58%) Cloudflare
7 3 (1.58%) Microsoft Purview
7 3 (1.58%) OCI
8 2 (1.05%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.05%) GCP
9 1 (0.53%) AWS Direct Connect
9 1 (0.53%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.53%) GitHub
9 1 (0.53%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.53%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 72 (37.89%) Firewall
2 57 (30.00%) LAN
3 54 (28.42%) WAN
4 45 (23.68%) VPN
5 35 (18.42%) SD-WAN
6 31 (16.32%) Network Security
7 28 (14.74%) Wi-Fi
8 25 (13.16%) TCP/IP
8 25 (13.16%) VLAN
9 18 (9.47%) VoIP
10 17 (8.95%) BGP
10 17 (8.95%) DNS
11 14 (7.37%) MPLS
12 13 (6.84%) OSPF
13 12 (6.32%) Wireless
14 9 (4.74%) DHCP
14 9 (4.74%) IPsec
14 9 (4.74%) Unified Communications
15 8 (4.21%) Cisco ASA
15 8 (4.21%) Junos
Development Applications
1 6 (3.16%) Burp Suite
1 6 (3.16%) Metasploit
2 1 (0.53%) GitLab
General
1 59 (31.05%) Social Skills
2 51 (26.84%) Finance
3 31 (16.32%) Telecoms
4 11 (5.79%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (3.68%) Retail
6 6 (3.16%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (3.16%) Law
7 4 (2.11%) Legal
7 4 (2.11%) Public Sector
8 3 (1.58%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.58%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.05%) French Language
9 2 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.05%) Marketing
10 1 (0.53%) Banking
10 1 (0.53%) Electronics
10 1 (0.53%) Fire and Rescue
10 1 (0.53%) Military
10 1 (0.53%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 36 (18.95%) Network Engineer
1 36 (18.95%) Senior
2 34 (17.89%) Administrator
2 34 (17.89%) Systems Administrator
3 21 (11.05%) Security Engineer
4 16 (8.42%) Senior Network Engineer
5 11 (5.79%) Architect
6 10 (5.26%) Analyst
6 10 (5.26%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 10 (5.26%) IT Engineer
6 10 (5.26%) Support Engineer
7 9 (4.74%) 2nd Line Support
7 9 (4.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 9 (4.74%) Senior Security Engineer
8 8 (4.21%) 3rd Line Support
8 8 (4.21%) 3rd Line Support Technician
8 8 (4.21%) IT Support
8 8 (4.21%) IT Support Engineer
8 8 (4.21%) Security Analyst
8 8 (4.21%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.58%) FreeSWITCH
1 3 (1.58%) Node.js
2 2 (1.05%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (0.53%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.53%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.53%) React
3 1 (0.53%) Svelte
3 1 (0.53%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 37 (19.47%) e-Learning
2 22 (11.58%) Data Centre
3 15 (7.89%) Driving Licence
4 13 (6.84%) Security Posture
5 12 (6.32%) CCTV
6 10 (5.26%) Management Information System
7 9 (4.74%) Operational Technology
8 8 (4.21%) Security Operations Centre
9 6 (3.16%) Cloud Native
9 6 (3.16%) Cloud Security Posture
10 5 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (2.11%) Onboarding
12 3 (1.58%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (1.58%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 3 (1.58%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (1.58%) Insider Threat
12 3 (1.58%) Low-Code
12 3 (1.58%) Social Media
12 3 (1.58%) Web3
13 2 (1.05%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 57 (30.00%) Linux
2 40 (21.05%) Windows
3 25 (13.16%) Unix
4 20 (10.53%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.58%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.05%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (1.05%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.53%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (29.47%) High Availability
2 46 (24.21%) ITIL
3 40 (21.05%) Cybersecurity
4 36 (18.95%) Innovative Thinking
5 27 (14.21%) Problem-Solving
6 24 (12.63%) Information Security
7 23 (12.11%) Service Delivery
8 22 (11.58%) Mentoring
9 21 (11.05%) DevOps
10 20 (10.53%) Project Delivery
11 19 (10.00%) ITSM
12 18 (9.47%) Computer Science
13 17 (8.95%) Change Control
13 17 (8.95%) Infrastructure as Code
13 17 (8.95%) Stakeholder Management
14 16 (8.42%) Data Protection
14 16 (8.42%) SIEM
15 15 (7.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 15 (7.89%) Network Design
16 14 (7.37%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 17 (8.95%) PowerShell
2 16 (8.42%) Python
3 8 (4.21%) Bash
4 3 (1.58%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.53%) Bicep
5 1 (0.53%) Go
Qualifications
1 109 (57.37%) CCNP
2 98 (51.58%) CCNA
3 67 (35.26%) Security Cleared
4 63 (33.16%) SC Cleared
5 45 (23.68%) Degree
5 45 (23.68%) DV Cleared
6 38 (20.00%) CISSP
7 31 (16.32%) Microsoft Certification
8 28 (14.74%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 27 (14.21%) Azure Certification
10 21 (11.05%) MCSA
10 21 (11.05%) MCSE
11 20 (10.53%) CompTIA Security+
11 20 (10.53%) MCP
12 19 (10.00%) CCIE
12 19 (10.00%) CISM
13 16 (8.42%) AWS Certification
14 10 (5.26%) CCSP
14 10 (5.26%) RHCSA
15 9 (4.74%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (14.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (10.53%) Cyber Essentials
3 19 (10.00%) NIST
4 14 (7.37%) GDPR
5 13 (6.84%) SLA
6 4 (2.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (1.58%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (1.05%) GRC
8 2 (1.05%) PCI DSS
8 2 (1.05%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.53%) HIPAA
System Software
1 18 (9.47%) Active Directory
2 9 (4.74%) Hyper-V
3 7 (3.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (3.16%) Firmware
5 5 (2.63%) Docker
6 2 (1.05%) pfSense
6 2 (1.05%) vSphere
7 1 (0.53%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 19 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (7.37%) Terraform
3 12 (6.32%) Ansible
4 6 (3.16%) Nmap
5 5 (2.63%) Autotask
5 5 (2.63%) Kubernetes
6 3 (1.58%) Dell DRAC
6 3 (1.58%) FortiGate
6 3 (1.58%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (1.05%) Nagios
7 2 (1.05%) PaperCut
8 1 (0.53%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.53%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.53%) OpenView
8 1 (0.53%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.53%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 126 (66.32%) Cisco
2 58 (30.53%) Microsoft
3 28 (14.74%) VMware
4 22 (11.58%) Juniper
5 20 (10.53%) Fortinet
6 18 (9.47%) Palo Alto
7 11 (5.79%) Meraki
8 10 (5.26%) Citrix
9 9 (4.74%) Red Hat
10 8 (4.21%) Mitel
11 7 (3.68%) Draytek
11 7 (3.68%) WatchGuard
12 6 (3.16%) Zscaler
13 5 (2.63%) CheckPoint
13 5 (2.63%) SolarWinds
14 4 (2.11%) F5
15 3 (1.58%) Apple
15 3 (1.58%) Dell
15 3 (1.58%) Rapid7
15 3 (1.58%) Ubiquiti