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

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 188 214 180
Rank change year-on-year +26 -34 +92
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 199 289 394
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.30% 1.47% 1.88%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.75% 5.50% 6.78%
Number of salaries quoted 141 182 352
10th Percentile £31,250 £42,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £52,500 £41,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,750 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.40% +13.64% -15.38%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £82,500 £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 5,300 5,253 5,815
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.70% 26.72% 27.77%
Number of salaries quoted 2,456 2,671 4,332
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,806 £45,575
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £76,063
90th Percentile £92,750 £89,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,033 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.23% +0.93% +0.77%

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 29 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 12 (6.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.01%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 79 (39.70%) Azure
2 47 (23.62%) AWS
3 38 (19.10%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (11.56%) Entra ID
5 7 (3.52%) IaaS
6 4 (2.01%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (2.01%) Azure Logic Apps
6 4 (2.01%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (1.51%) Amazon ECS
7 3 (1.51%) Azure Key Vault
7 3 (1.51%) Cloudflare
7 3 (1.51%) Microsoft Purview
7 3 (1.51%) OCI
8 2 (1.01%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.01%) GCP
9 1 (0.50%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 1 (0.50%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.50%) GitHub
9 1 (0.50%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.50%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 79 (39.70%) Firewall
2 63 (31.66%) LAN
3 60 (30.15%) WAN
4 50 (25.13%) VPN
5 37 (18.59%) Network Security
6 36 (18.09%) SD-WAN
7 34 (17.09%) Wi-Fi
8 29 (14.57%) TCP/IP
9 28 (14.07%) VLAN
10 21 (10.55%) DNS
11 19 (9.55%) VoIP
12 18 (9.05%) BGP
13 14 (7.04%) MPLS
13 14 (7.04%) Wireless
14 13 (6.53%) DHCP
14 13 (6.53%) OSPF
15 9 (4.52%) IPsec
15 9 (4.52%) Junos
15 9 (4.52%) Unified Communications
16 8 (4.02%) Cisco ASA
Development Applications
1 6 (3.02%) Burp Suite
1 6 (3.02%) Metasploit
2 1 (0.50%) GitLab
General
1 62 (31.16%) Social Skills
2 54 (27.14%) Finance
3 32 (16.08%) Telecoms
4 12 (6.03%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (3.52%) Retail
6 6 (3.02%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (3.02%) Law
7 5 (2.51%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.01%) Legal
8 4 (2.01%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.51%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.01%) Banking
10 2 (1.01%) French Language
10 2 (1.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.01%) Marketing
10 2 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.50%) Electronics
11 1 (0.50%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.50%) Local Government
11 1 (0.50%) Military
Job Titles
1 41 (20.60%) Network Engineer
2 37 (18.59%) Senior
3 35 (17.59%) Administrator
3 35 (17.59%) Systems Administrator
4 21 (10.55%) Security Engineer
5 16 (8.04%) Senior Network Engineer
6 14 (7.04%) Architect
7 11 (5.53%) Support Engineer
8 10 (5.03%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 10 (5.03%) IT Engineer
9 9 (4.52%) 2nd Line Support
9 9 (4.52%) Analyst
9 9 (4.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (4.52%) Senior Security Engineer
10 8 (4.02%) 3rd Line Support
10 8 (4.02%) 3rd Line Support Technician
10 8 (4.02%) IT Support
10 8 (4.02%) IT Support Engineer
10 8 (4.02%) Support Technician
11 7 (3.52%) Head of IT Operations
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.51%) FreeSWITCH
1 3 (1.51%) Node.js
2 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (0.50%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.50%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.50%) React
3 1 (0.50%) Svelte
3 1 (0.50%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 38 (19.10%) e-Learning
2 22 (11.06%) Data Centre
3 15 (7.54%) Driving Licence
4 13 (6.53%) CCTV
5 12 (6.03%) Security Posture
6 10 (5.03%) Management Information System
7 8 (4.02%) Operational Technology
7 8 (4.02%) Security Operations Centre
8 6 (3.02%) Cloud Native
8 6 (3.02%) Cloud Security Posture
8 6 (3.02%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (2.51%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.51%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.51%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 3 (1.51%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (1.51%) Insider Threat
10 3 (1.51%) Low-Code
10 3 (1.51%) Social Media
10 3 (1.51%) Web3
11 2 (1.01%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 60 (30.15%) Linux
2 42 (21.11%) Windows
3 25 (12.56%) Unix
4 20 (10.05%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.51%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.01%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (1.01%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.50%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.50%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (28.64%) High Availability
2 46 (23.12%) ITIL
3 39 (19.60%) Cybersecurity
4 37 (18.59%) Innovative Thinking
5 30 (15.08%) Problem-Solving
6 24 (12.06%) Information Security
6 24 (12.06%) Mentoring
7 23 (11.56%) Service Delivery
8 21 (10.55%) DevOps
9 19 (9.55%) ITSM
9 19 (9.55%) Project Delivery
10 18 (9.05%) Computer Science
11 17 (8.54%) Change Control
11 17 (8.54%) Infrastructure as Code
12 16 (8.04%) Data Protection
12 16 (8.04%) Stakeholder Management
13 15 (7.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 15 (7.54%) Network Design
13 15 (7.54%) SIEM
14 14 (7.04%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 17 (8.54%) PowerShell
2 16 (8.04%) Python
3 8 (4.02%) Bash
4 3 (1.51%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.50%) Bicep
5 1 (0.50%) Go
Qualifications
1 115 (57.79%) CCNP
2 105 (52.76%) CCNA
3 69 (34.67%) Security Cleared
4 65 (32.66%) SC Cleared
5 48 (24.12%) Degree
6 46 (23.12%) DV Cleared
7 38 (19.10%) CISSP
8 31 (15.58%) Microsoft Certification
9 28 (14.07%) Azure Certification
10 27 (13.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 21 (10.55%) MCSA
11 21 (10.55%) MCSE
12 20 (10.05%) CCIE
12 20 (10.05%) MCP
13 19 (9.55%) CISM
13 19 (9.55%) CompTIA Security+
14 16 (8.04%) AWS Certification
15 11 (5.53%) Network+ Certification
15 11 (5.53%) RHCSA
16 9 (4.52%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (13.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (9.55%) Cyber Essentials
2 19 (9.55%) NIST
3 14 (7.04%) GDPR
3 14 (7.04%) SLA
4 4 (2.01%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (1.51%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (1.51%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.01%) GRC
6 2 (1.01%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.50%) HIPAA
System Software
1 18 (9.05%) Active Directory
2 9 (4.52%) Hyper-V
3 7 (3.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (3.02%) Firmware
5 5 (2.51%) Docker
6 2 (1.01%) pfSense
6 2 (1.01%) vSphere
7 1 (0.50%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 19 (9.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (7.04%) Terraform
3 12 (6.03%) Ansible
4 6 (3.02%) Nmap
5 5 (2.51%) Autotask
5 5 (2.51%) Kubernetes
6 4 (2.01%) FortiGate
7 3 (1.51%) Dell DRAC
7 3 (1.51%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (1.01%) Nagios
8 2 (1.01%) PaperCut
9 1 (0.50%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.50%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.50%) OpenView
9 1 (0.50%) Tivoli
9 1 (0.50%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 135 (67.84%) Cisco
2 62 (31.16%) Microsoft
3 28 (14.07%) VMware
4 26 (13.07%) Juniper
5 21 (10.55%) Fortinet
6 19 (9.55%) Palo Alto
7 12 (6.03%) Meraki
8 10 (5.03%) Citrix
8 10 (5.03%) Red Hat
9 8 (4.02%) Mitel
10 7 (3.52%) Draytek
10 7 (3.52%) WatchGuard
11 6 (3.02%) CheckPoint
11 6 (3.02%) SolarWinds
11 6 (3.02%) Zscaler
12 4 (2.01%) F5
12 4 (2.01%) Ubiquiti
13 3 (1.51%) Aruba
13 3 (1.51%) Extreme Networks
13 3 (1.51%) Rapid7