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 17 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 185 216 162
Rank change year-on-year +31 -54 +121
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 208 290 464
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.37% 1.47% 2.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.86% 5.61% 7.56%
Number of salaries quoted 146 176 371
10th Percentile £31,250 £41,875 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £52,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,875 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.80% +13.64% -15.38%
75th Percentile £77,188 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £81,875 £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 5,389 5,172 6,135
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.55% 26.28% 28.20%
Number of salaries quoted 2,433 2,550 4,498
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £45,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £77,188
90th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.98% +1.74% +2.00%

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 17 November 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 13 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.92%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 80 (38.46%) Azure
2 47 (22.60%) AWS
3 38 (18.27%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (10.58%) Entra ID
5 8 (3.85%) IaaS
6 4 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (1.92%) Azure Logic Apps
6 4 (1.92%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (1.44%) Amazon ECS
7 3 (1.44%) Azure Key Vault
7 3 (1.44%) Cloudflare
7 3 (1.44%) GCP
7 3 (1.44%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (0.96%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.96%) OCI
9 1 (0.48%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 1 (0.48%) AWS Direct Connect
9 1 (0.48%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.48%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.48%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 79 (37.98%) Firewall
2 67 (32.21%) LAN
3 64 (30.77%) WAN
4 55 (26.44%) VPN
5 39 (18.75%) Wi-Fi
6 37 (17.79%) Network Security
7 35 (16.83%) SD-WAN
8 29 (13.94%) TCP/IP
8 29 (13.94%) VLAN
9 21 (10.10%) DNS
10 19 (9.13%) BGP
10 19 (9.13%) VoIP
11 15 (7.21%) Wireless
12 14 (6.73%) Junos
13 13 (6.25%) DHCP
13 13 (6.25%) MPLS
13 13 (6.25%) OSPF
14 9 (4.33%) IPsec
14 9 (4.33%) Unified Communications
15 8 (3.85%) SAN
Development Applications
1 6 (2.88%) Burp Suite
1 6 (2.88%) Metasploit
2 1 (0.48%) Git
2 1 (0.48%) GitLab
2 1 (0.48%) Jenkins
General
1 67 (32.21%) Finance
2 57 (27.40%) Social Skills
3 34 (16.35%) Telecoms
4 12 (5.77%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (3.37%) Retail
6 6 (2.88%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (2.88%) Law
6 6 (2.88%) Public Sector
7 5 (2.40%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.92%) Legal
9 3 (1.44%) Marketing
9 3 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.96%) Banking
10 2 (0.96%) Electronics
10 2 (0.96%) French Language
10 2 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.48%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.48%) Local Government
11 1 (0.48%) Military
Job Titles
1 44 (21.15%) Network Engineer
2 41 (19.71%) Administrator
2 41 (19.71%) Systems Administrator
3 38 (18.27%) Senior
4 21 (10.10%) Security Engineer
5 19 (9.13%) Architect
6 17 (8.17%) Senior Network Engineer
7 10 (4.81%) 2nd Line Support
7 10 (4.81%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 10 (4.81%) Network Architect
7 10 (4.81%) Support Engineer
8 9 (4.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 9 (4.33%) IT Engineer
8 9 (4.33%) Senior Security Engineer
9 8 (3.85%) 3rd Line Support
9 8 (3.85%) 3rd Line Support Technician
9 8 (3.85%) Analyst
9 8 (3.85%) Support Technician
10 7 (3.37%) Head of IT Operations
10 7 (3.37%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.44%) FreeSWITCH
1 3 (1.44%) Node.js
2 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (0.48%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.48%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.48%) React
3 1 (0.48%) SAML
3 1 (0.48%) Svelte
3 1 (0.48%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 43 (20.67%) e-Learning
2 22 (10.58%) Data Centre
3 14 (6.73%) Driving Licence
4 13 (6.25%) CCTV
5 12 (5.77%) Security Posture
6 9 (4.33%) Management Information System
7 8 (3.85%) Security Operations Centre
8 7 (3.37%) Operational Technology
8 7 (3.37%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (2.88%) Cloud Native
9 6 (2.88%) Cloud Security Posture
10 4 (1.92%) Onboarding
11 3 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.44%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 3 (1.44%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (1.44%) Insider Threat
11 3 (1.44%) Low-Code
11 3 (1.44%) PKI
11 3 (1.44%) Social Media
11 3 (1.44%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 65 (31.25%) Linux
2 43 (20.67%) Windows
3 25 (12.02%) Unix
4 22 (10.58%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.92%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.44%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.96%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.48%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (30.77%) High Availability
2 45 (21.63%) ITIL
3 43 (20.67%) Innovative Thinking
4 38 (18.27%) Cybersecurity
5 31 (14.90%) Problem-Solving
6 24 (11.54%) Information Security
7 23 (11.06%) Project Delivery
8 22 (10.58%) Mentoring
8 22 (10.58%) Service Delivery
9 21 (10.10%) DevOps
10 18 (8.65%) ITSM
11 17 (8.17%) Change Control
11 17 (8.17%) Computer Science
11 17 (8.17%) Infrastructure as Code
11 17 (8.17%) Network Design
12 16 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 16 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
13 15 (7.21%) Data Protection
13 15 (7.21%) SIEM
14 14 (6.73%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 16 (7.69%) PowerShell
1 16 (7.69%) Python
2 7 (3.37%) Bash
3 3 (1.44%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (0.96%) Go
5 1 (0.48%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 128 (61.54%) CCNP
2 108 (51.92%) CCNA
3 79 (37.98%) Security Cleared
4 75 (36.06%) SC Cleared
5 54 (25.96%) DV Cleared
6 46 (22.12%) Degree
7 38 (18.27%) CISSP
8 29 (13.94%) Azure Certification
8 29 (13.94%) Microsoft Certification
9 26 (12.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 21 (10.10%) CCIE
10 21 (10.10%) MCSE
11 20 (9.62%) MCP
11 20 (9.62%) MCSA
12 19 (9.13%) CISM
12 19 (9.13%) CompTIA Security+
13 17 (8.17%) RHCSA
14 16 (7.69%) AWS Certification
15 11 (5.29%) JNCIA
15 11 (5.29%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (12.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (9.13%) Cyber Essentials
2 19 (9.13%) NIST
3 14 (6.73%) SLA
4 13 (6.25%) GDPR
5 4 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (1.44%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (1.44%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.96%) GRC
7 2 (0.96%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.48%) HIPAA
System Software
1 19 (9.13%) Active Directory
2 11 (5.29%) Hyper-V
3 7 (3.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.88%) Firmware
5 5 (2.40%) Docker
6 2 (0.96%) pfSense
6 2 (0.96%) vSphere
7 1 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.48%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 18 (8.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (6.73%) Terraform
3 11 (5.29%) Ansible
4 6 (2.88%) Nmap
5 5 (2.40%) Autotask
5 5 (2.40%) Kubernetes
6 4 (1.92%) FortiGate
7 3 (1.44%) Dell DRAC
7 3 (1.44%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.96%) Nagios
8 2 (0.96%) PaperCut
9 1 (0.48%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.48%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.48%) OpenView
9 1 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.48%) Tivoli
9 1 (0.48%) vRealize Orchestrator
9 1 (0.48%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 145 (69.71%) Cisco
2 62 (29.81%) Microsoft
3 31 (14.90%) Juniper
4 30 (14.42%) VMware
5 20 (9.62%) Fortinet
6 17 (8.17%) Palo Alto
7 16 (7.69%) Red Hat
8 12 (5.77%) Meraki
9 10 (4.81%) Citrix
10 8 (3.85%) Mitel
11 7 (3.37%) Draytek
11 7 (3.37%) SolarWinds
11 7 (3.37%) WatchGuard
12 6 (2.88%) CheckPoint
12 6 (2.88%) Zscaler
13 4 (1.92%) F5
13 4 (1.92%) HP
13 4 (1.92%) Ubiquiti
14 3 (1.44%) Apple
14 3 (1.44%) Dell