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

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 299 258 241
Rank change year-on-year -41 -17 -78
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 159 176 317
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.68% 1.08% 1.31%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.33% 3.14% 4.87%
Number of salaries quoted 117 119 189
10th Percentile £35,750 £31,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £35,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £53,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.64% -7.83% +4.55%
75th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £95,000 £73,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +30.00% -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 4,774 5,614 6,513
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.43% 34.35% 26.91%
Number of salaries quoted 3,073 2,399 3,418
10th Percentile £33,750 £30,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £44,027
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -2.21% -2.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 3 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 13 (8.18%) SharePoint
2 10 (6.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.26%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.26%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 60 (37.74%) Azure
2 33 (20.75%) AWS
3 29 (18.24%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (11.32%) Entra ID
5 10 (6.29%) GCP
6 6 (3.77%) Power Platform
7 5 (3.14%) Azure Sentinel
8 4 (2.52%) Power Automate
8 4 (2.52%) WeChat
9 3 (1.89%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (1.89%) OCI
9 3 (1.89%) Serverless
9 3 (1.89%) Vertex AI
10 2 (1.26%) Anthropic Claude
10 2 (1.26%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (1.26%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.63%) Amazon EMR
11 1 (0.63%) AWS CloudFormation
11 1 (0.63%) Mimecast
11 1 (0.63%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 81 (50.94%) Firewall
2 75 (47.17%) LAN
3 68 (42.77%) WAN
4 56 (35.22%) Network Security
5 36 (22.64%) Wireless
6 34 (21.38%) VPN
7 28 (17.61%) SD-WAN
8 27 (16.98%) VLAN
9 23 (14.47%) Wi-Fi
10 20 (12.58%) WLAN
11 17 (10.69%) TCP/IP
12 15 (9.43%) DHCP
12 15 (9.43%) DNS
13 14 (8.81%) OSPF
14 13 (8.18%) BGP
15 11 (6.92%) Cisco ISE
15 11 (6.92%) Cisco Nexus
16 10 (6.29%) MPLS
17 9 (5.66%) Internet
17 9 (5.66%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.63%) Electronic Patient Records
1 1 (0.63%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (5.03%) JIRA
2 3 (1.89%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.63%) Git
3 1 (0.63%) GitLab
General
1 61 (38.36%) Social Skills
2 30 (18.87%) Telecoms
3 27 (16.98%) Finance
4 16 (10.06%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (6.92%) Retail
6 9 (5.66%) Banking
7 7 (4.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (4.40%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.52%) Aerospace
8 4 (2.52%) Mandarin Language
9 3 (1.89%) Marketing
9 3 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.26%) French Language
10 2 (1.26%) German Language
10 2 (1.26%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.26%) Law
10 2 (1.26%) Legal
10 2 (1.26%) Local Government
10 2 (1.26%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 58 (36.48%) Network Engineer
2 27 (16.98%) Senior
3 20 (12.58%) Architect
4 19 (11.95%) Consultant
5 14 (8.81%) IT Engineer
5 14 (8.81%) IT Support
5 14 (8.81%) Senior Network Engineer
6 12 (7.55%) IT Support Engineer
6 12 (7.55%) Support Engineer
7 11 (6.92%) Cisco Engineer
7 11 (6.92%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 11 (6.92%) Network Consultant
7 11 (6.92%) Solutions Architect
8 10 (6.29%) Network Architect
9 7 (4.40%) LAN Engineer
9 7 (4.40%) Security Engineer
10 6 (3.77%) Cisco Consultant
10 6 (3.77%) Cisco Network Consultant
10 6 (3.77%) Juniper Consultant
10 6 (3.77%) Juniper Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (7.55%) Terraform
2 3 (1.89%) ARM Templates
3 2 (1.26%) JSON
3 2 (1.26%) RESTful
4 1 (0.63%) Jinja
4 1 (0.63%) OAuth
4 1 (0.63%) OpenID
4 1 (0.63%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 27 (16.98%) Data Centre
2 10 (6.29%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (5.66%) Management Information System
4 8 (5.03%) Driving Licence
5 7 (4.40%) Cloud Native
5 7 (4.40%) Security Posture
6 5 (3.14%) CCTV
6 5 (3.14%) Private Cloud
7 4 (2.52%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (2.52%) Video Conferencing
8 3 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.89%) Virtual Team
9 2 (1.26%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (1.26%) Enterprise Storage
9 2 (1.26%) Housing Association
9 2 (1.26%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.26%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.63%) ASIC
10 1 (0.63%) Client/Server
10 1 (0.63%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 30 (18.87%) Windows
2 20 (12.58%) Windows Server
3 12 (7.55%) Linux
4 6 (3.77%) Windows Server 2016
4 6 (3.77%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (1.26%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.26%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.63%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (33.96%) Problem-Solving
2 40 (25.16%) Cybersecurity
3 39 (24.53%) ITIL
4 29 (18.24%) Technical Leadership
5 27 (16.98%) Project Delivery
6 25 (15.72%) Mentoring
6 25 (15.72%) Presales
7 22 (13.84%) Cloud Security
7 22 (13.84%) Network Design
8 18 (11.32%) Disaster Recovery
8 18 (11.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 18 (11.32%) Stakeholder Management
9 17 (10.69%) Incident Management
10 16 (10.06%) Business Continuity
10 16 (10.06%) High Availability
11 15 (9.43%) Continuous Improvement
11 15 (9.43%) Infrastructure as Code
12 14 (8.81%) Roadmaps
12 14 (8.81%) Zero Trust
13 13 (8.18%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 20 (12.58%) Python
2 19 (11.95%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.89%) Bash
4 2 (1.26%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (1.26%) Search Processing Language
5 1 (0.63%) SQL
Qualifications
1 92 (57.86%) CCNP
2 67 (42.14%) CCNA
3 34 (21.38%) Degree
4 28 (17.61%) CISSP
5 25 (15.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 25 (15.72%) CCIE
6 21 (13.21%) CCSP
6 21 (13.21%) Microsoft Certification
6 21 (13.21%) Security Cleared
7 19 (11.95%) Azure Certification
8 17 (10.69%) CISM
9 16 (10.06%) SC Cleared
10 10 (6.29%) DV Cleared
10 10 (6.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 10 (6.29%) MCSE
11 8 (5.03%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 8 (5.03%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 7 (4.40%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (4.40%) DBS Check
13 6 (3.77%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (13.21%) Cyber Essentials
1 21 (13.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (6.92%) NIST
3 6 (3.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 6 (3.77%) GDPR
3 6 (3.77%) SLA
4 5 (3.14%) GRC
4 5 (3.14%) NCSC
5 4 (2.52%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.26%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (1.26%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.63%) SOC 2
System Software
1 20 (12.58%) Active Directory
2 16 (10.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (6.29%) Hyper-V
4 7 (4.40%) VMware NSX
5 5 (3.14%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (2.52%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (2.52%) vSphere
7 1 (0.63%) Firmware
7 1 (0.63%) iptables
Systems Management
1 16 (10.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (7.55%) FortiGate
3 11 (6.92%) Ansible
4 3 (1.89%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (1.89%) Stealthwatch
5 1 (0.63%) CASB
5 1 (0.63%) Check_MK
5 1 (0.63%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (0.63%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.63%) OpenView
5 1 (0.63%) SCCM
5 1 (0.63%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 91 (57.23%) Cisco
2 35 (22.01%) Microsoft
3 29 (18.24%) VMware
4 28 (17.61%) Palo Alto
5 24 (15.09%) Aruba
5 24 (15.09%) Fortinet
6 22 (13.84%) Juniper
7 11 (6.92%) CheckPoint
8 8 (5.03%) Citrix
8 8 (5.03%) F5
8 8 (5.03%) Veeam
9 7 (4.40%) SolarWinds
10 5 (3.14%) Draytek
10 5 (3.14%) WatchGuard
11 4 (2.52%) Google
11 4 (2.52%) Mitel
11 4 (2.52%) SonicWALL
11 4 (2.52%) Zscaler
12 3 (1.89%) Arista
12 3 (1.89%) Netskope