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

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 306 228 238
Rank change year-on-year -78 +10 -77
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 164 206 308
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.66% 1.23% 1.38%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.17% 3.22% 4.98%
Number of salaries quoted 116 137 159
10th Percentile £33,006 £31,250 £38,650
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 £71,563
90th Percentile £84,375 £102,000 £78,000
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 5,174 6,394 6,183
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.75% 38.13% 27.63%
Number of salaries quoted 3,229 2,293 2,821
10th Percentile £32,775 £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 £75,000
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% -1.81%

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 30 September 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 (8.54%) SharePoint
2 9 (5.49%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.22%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.22%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 65 (39.63%) Azure
2 36 (21.95%) AWS
3 35 (21.34%) Microsoft 365
4 27 (16.46%) Entra ID
5 10 (6.10%) GCP
6 5 (3.05%) Power Platform
7 4 (2.44%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (2.44%) Power Automate
7 4 (2.44%) WeChat
8 3 (1.83%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (1.83%) OCI
8 3 (1.83%) SaaS
8 3 (1.83%) Serverless
8 3 (1.83%) Vertex AI
9 2 (1.22%) Amazon EKS
9 2 (1.22%) Anthropic Claude
9 2 (1.22%) Google Compute Engine
9 2 (1.22%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 2 (1.22%) Google Workspace
9 2 (1.22%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 86 (52.44%) Firewall
2 74 (45.12%) LAN
3 65 (39.63%) WAN
4 59 (35.98%) Network Security
5 39 (23.78%) Wireless
6 35 (21.34%) VPN
7 26 (15.85%) VLAN
8 24 (14.63%) Wi-Fi
9 22 (13.41%) SD-WAN
10 21 (12.80%) WLAN
11 18 (10.98%) TCP/IP
12 17 (10.37%) BGP
13 16 (9.76%) OSPF
14 15 (9.15%) DHCP
14 15 (9.15%) DNS
15 10 (6.10%) Cisco ISE
15 10 (6.10%) Cisco Nexus
15 10 (6.10%) IP Telephony
16 9 (5.49%) Internet
16 9 (5.49%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.22%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.61%) Big Data
2 1 (0.61%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 9 (5.49%) JIRA
2 4 (2.44%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (1.22%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.61%) Git
4 1 (0.61%) GitLab
General
1 64 (39.02%) Social Skills
2 37 (22.56%) Telecoms
3 29 (17.68%) Finance
4 17 (10.37%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (6.10%) Retail
6 9 (5.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (4.27%) Aerospace
7 7 (4.27%) Banking
8 4 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (2.44%) Legal
8 4 (2.44%) Mandarin Language
8 4 (2.44%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.83%) Marketing
9 3 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.22%) Back Office
10 2 (1.22%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.22%) French Language
10 2 (1.22%) German Language
10 2 (1.22%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 64 (39.02%) Network Engineer
2 34 (20.73%) Senior
3 19 (11.59%) IT Support
3 19 (11.59%) Senior Network Engineer
4 18 (10.98%) Consultant
5 15 (9.15%) Architect
5 15 (9.15%) IT Engineer
6 14 (8.54%) Cisco Engineer
6 14 (8.54%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 14 (8.54%) IT Support Engineer
6 14 (8.54%) Support Engineer
7 11 (6.71%) Network Consultant
8 9 (5.49%) Security Engineer
9 8 (4.88%) LAN Engineer
9 8 (4.88%) Network Architect
9 8 (4.88%) Security Consultant
10 7 (4.27%) Cisco Consultant
10 7 (4.27%) Cisco Network Consultant
10 7 (4.27%) Juniper Consultant
10 7 (4.27%) Juniper Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (6.71%) Terraform
2 3 (1.83%) ARM Templates
2 3 (1.83%) JSON
3 2 (1.22%) RESTful
4 1 (0.61%) Jinja
4 1 (0.61%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 27 (16.46%) Data Centre
2 16 (9.76%) Driving Licence
3 12 (7.32%) Management Information System
4 11 (6.71%) CCTV
4 11 (6.71%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (6.10%) Cloud Native
6 9 (5.49%) Security Posture
7 4 (2.44%) Private Cloud
7 4 (2.44%) Video Conferencing
8 3 (1.83%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.83%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.83%) Virtual Team
9 2 (1.22%) Blog
9 2 (1.22%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (1.22%) IoT
9 2 (1.22%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.61%) ASIC
10 1 (0.61%) Client/Server
10 1 (0.61%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 32 (19.51%) Windows
2 26 (15.85%) Windows Server
3 14 (8.54%) Linux
4 6 (3.66%) Windows Server 2016
4 6 (3.66%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (1.83%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (1.22%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (35.98%) Problem-Solving
2 47 (28.66%) Cybersecurity
3 43 (26.22%) ITIL
4 27 (16.46%) Cloud Security
4 27 (16.46%) Network Design
4 27 (16.46%) Project Delivery
5 25 (15.24%) Mentoring
5 25 (15.24%) Technical Leadership
6 21 (12.80%) Incident Management
6 21 (12.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 21 (12.80%) Stakeholder Management
7 16 (9.76%) ITSM
7 16 (9.76%) Presales
8 15 (9.15%) High Availability
8 15 (9.15%) Identity Access Management
8 15 (9.15%) Information Security
9 14 (8.54%) AI
9 14 (8.54%) Disaster Recovery
10 13 (7.93%) Continuous Improvement
10 13 (7.93%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 21 (12.80%) Python
2 17 (10.37%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.83%) Bash
3 3 (1.83%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (1.22%) Go
4 2 (1.22%) Java
4 2 (1.22%) Search Processing Language
4 2 (1.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 95 (57.93%) CCNP
2 75 (45.73%) CCNA
3 33 (20.12%) CISSP
4 30 (18.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 30 (18.29%) Degree
5 26 (15.85%) CCSP
6 25 (15.24%) Microsoft Certification
7 22 (13.41%) Security Cleared
8 20 (12.20%) CCIE
9 19 (11.59%) CISM
10 16 (9.76%) SC Cleared
11 15 (9.15%) Azure Certification
12 14 (8.54%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 12 (7.32%) MCSE
14 11 (6.71%) DBS Check
14 11 (6.71%) DV Cleared
15 10 (6.10%) MCSA
16 9 (5.49%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
17 6 (3.66%) Computer Science Degree
17 6 (3.66%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (15.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (14.63%) Cyber Essentials
3 13 (7.93%) NIST
4 8 (4.88%) GDPR
5 6 (3.66%) Accessibility
6 5 (3.05%) GRC
6 5 (3.05%) NCSC
6 5 (3.05%) SLA
7 4 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (2.44%) PCI DSS
7 4 (2.44%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.61%) COBIT
System Software
1 19 (11.59%) Active Directory
2 15 (9.15%) Hyper-V
3 12 (7.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (4.27%) VMware NSX
5 5 (3.05%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.83%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (1.22%) vSphere
8 1 (0.61%) Firmware
8 1 (0.61%) iptables
Systems Management
1 22 (13.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (8.54%) FortiGate
3 10 (6.10%) Ansible
4 3 (1.83%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.83%) Stealthwatch
5 2 (1.22%) Cilium
5 2 (1.22%) Grafana
5 2 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.61%) CASB
6 1 (0.61%) Check_MK
6 1 (0.61%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 87 (53.05%) Cisco
2 33 (20.12%) Microsoft
3 29 (17.68%) VMware
4 26 (15.85%) Aruba
5 25 (15.24%) Palo Alto
6 22 (13.41%) Juniper
7 19 (11.59%) Fortinet
8 10 (6.10%) Draytek
8 10 (6.10%) Mitel
8 10 (6.10%) WatchGuard
9 9 (5.49%) SolarWinds
10 8 (4.88%) F5
11 7 (4.27%) CheckPoint
11 7 (4.27%) Citrix
11 7 (4.27%) Veeam
12 6 (3.66%) Google
13 3 (1.83%) Arista
13 3 (1.83%) Forcepoint
13 3 (1.83%) Huawei
13 3 (1.83%) SonicWALL