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 4 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 307 282 236
Rank change year-on-year -25 -46 -66
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 149 157 317
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.67% 0.95% 1.25%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.23% 2.81% 4.74%
Number of salaries quoted 108 110 207
10th Percentile £42,500 £31,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £35,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% -4.55% -3.51%
75th Percentile £80,000 £66,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £86,350 £81,750
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 4,615 5,587 6,693
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.72% 33.86% 26.47%
Number of salaries quoted 3,047 2,476 3,921
10th Percentile £33,310 £29,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,743 £40,976 £42,608
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £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 4 August 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 11 (7.38%) SharePoint
2 10 (6.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.34%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (1.34%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.67%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 58 (38.93%) Azure
2 33 (22.15%) AWS
3 23 (15.44%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (7.38%) GCP
5 10 (6.71%) Entra ID
6 7 (4.70%) Power Platform
7 5 (3.36%) Azure Sentinel
8 4 (2.68%) Mimecast
8 4 (2.68%) Power Automate
8 4 (2.68%) WeChat
9 3 (2.01%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (2.01%) OCI
9 3 (2.01%) Serverless
9 3 (2.01%) Vertex AI
10 2 (1.34%) Anthropic Claude
10 2 (1.34%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (1.34%) ChatGPT
10 2 (1.34%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (1.34%) OneDrive
10 2 (1.34%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 70 (46.98%) Firewall
2 69 (46.31%) LAN
3 63 (42.28%) WAN
4 51 (34.23%) Network Security
5 34 (22.82%) Wireless
6 31 (20.81%) SD-WAN
7 30 (20.13%) VPN
8 24 (16.11%) VLAN
9 21 (14.09%) Wi-Fi
9 21 (14.09%) WLAN
10 15 (10.07%) TCP/IP
11 12 (8.05%) DHCP
11 12 (8.05%) DNS
12 11 (7.38%) Cisco ISE
12 11 (7.38%) Cisco Nexus
12 11 (7.38%) OSPF
13 10 (6.71%) BGP
14 9 (6.04%) MPLS
15 8 (5.37%) Internet
15 8 (5.37%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (3.36%) JIRA
2 1 (0.67%) Git
2 1 (0.67%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 56 (37.58%) Social Skills
2 26 (17.45%) Finance
3 23 (15.44%) Telecoms
4 13 (8.72%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (6.71%) Retail
6 9 (6.04%) Banking
7 8 (5.37%) Public Sector
8 5 (3.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (2.68%) Mandarin Language
10 3 (2.01%) Marketing
10 3 (2.01%) Military
11 2 (1.34%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.34%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.34%) French Language
11 2 (1.34%) German Language
11 2 (1.34%) Law
11 2 (1.34%) Legal
11 2 (1.34%) Local Government
11 2 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.34%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 50 (33.56%) Network Engineer
2 26 (17.45%) Architect
2 26 (17.45%) Senior
3 21 (14.09%) Consultant
4 15 (10.07%) Solutions Architect
5 14 (9.40%) Senior Network Engineer
6 12 (8.05%) IT Engineer
7 11 (7.38%) Network Consultant
8 10 (6.71%) IT Support
8 10 (6.71%) IT Support Engineer
8 10 (6.71%) Network Architect
8 10 (6.71%) Support Engineer
9 9 (6.04%) Cisco Engineer
9 9 (6.04%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 8 (5.37%) Presales Solution Architect
10 8 (5.37%) Security Specialist
11 7 (4.70%) LAN Engineer
12 6 (4.03%) Juniper Consultant
12 6 (4.03%) Juniper Engineer
12 6 (4.03%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.01%) ARM Templates
2 2 (1.34%) JSON
2 2 (1.34%) OAuth
2 2 (1.34%) OpenID
2 2 (1.34%) RESTful
3 1 (0.67%) Jinja
3 1 (0.67%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 22 (14.77%) Data Centre
2 7 (4.70%) Cloud Native
2 7 (4.70%) Management Information System
2 7 (4.70%) Security Posture
2 7 (4.70%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (4.03%) Private Cloud
4 4 (2.68%) Cyber Defence
4 4 (2.68%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (2.68%) Public Cloud
4 4 (2.68%) Video Conferencing
5 3 (2.01%) Driving Licence
5 3 (2.01%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.34%) Housing Association
7 1 (0.67%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.67%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.67%) Enterprise Storage
7 1 (0.67%) IoT
7 1 (0.67%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 26 (17.45%) Windows
2 15 (10.07%) Windows Server
3 10 (6.71%) Linux
4 6 (4.03%) Windows Server 2016
4 6 (4.03%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (1.34%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.67%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (34.23%) Problem-Solving
2 38 (25.50%) Cybersecurity
3 31 (20.81%) Presales
4 30 (20.13%) ITIL
5 29 (19.46%) Technical Leadership
6 26 (17.45%) Mentoring
7 22 (14.77%) Cloud Security
8 21 (14.09%) Project Delivery
9 20 (13.42%) Disaster Recovery
10 18 (12.08%) Stakeholder Management
10 18 (12.08%) Zero Trust
11 17 (11.41%) Incident Response
12 16 (10.74%) High Availability
12 16 (10.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 16 (10.74%) Network Design
12 16 (10.74%) Roadmaps
13 15 (10.07%) Business Continuity
13 15 (10.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 14 (9.40%) Infrastructure as Code
15 13 (8.72%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 20 (13.42%) PowerShell
2 16 (10.74%) Python
3 3 (2.01%) Bash
4 2 (1.34%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (1.34%) Search Processing Language
5 1 (0.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 86 (57.72%) CCNP
2 58 (38.93%) CCNA
3 30 (20.13%) CISSP
4 29 (19.46%) Degree
5 27 (18.12%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 25 (16.78%) CCIE
7 22 (14.77%) CCSP
8 21 (14.09%) Azure Certification
9 19 (12.75%) CISM
9 19 (12.75%) Security Cleared
10 18 (12.08%) Microsoft Certification
11 15 (10.07%) SC Cleared
12 10 (6.71%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 9 (6.04%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 8 (5.37%) DV Cleared
14 8 (5.37%) RHCSA
15 7 (4.70%) Computer Science Degree
15 7 (4.70%) DBS Check
15 7 (4.70%) MCSE
16 6 (4.03%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (14.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (10.74%) Cyber Essentials
3 11 (7.38%) NIST
4 6 (4.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 6 (4.03%) GDPR
5 5 (3.36%) GRC
6 4 (2.68%) NCSC
6 4 (2.68%) SLA
7 3 (2.01%) Accessibility
8 2 (1.34%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.67%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.67%) SOC 2
System Software
1 18 (12.08%) Active Directory
2 14 (9.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (4.03%) Hyper-V
4 5 (3.36%) VMware NSX
5 4 (2.68%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (2.68%) vSphere
6 3 (2.01%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.67%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 13 (8.72%) Terraform
2 12 (8.05%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (6.04%) Ansible
4 8 (5.37%) FortiGate
5 4 (2.68%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.34%) OpenView
6 2 (1.34%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.67%) CASB
7 1 (0.67%) Check_MK
7 1 (0.67%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (0.67%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.67%) SCCM
7 1 (0.67%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 87 (58.39%) Cisco
2 33 (22.15%) Microsoft
3 28 (18.79%) Palo Alto
4 26 (17.45%) Fortinet
5 23 (15.44%) Aruba
5 23 (15.44%) VMware
6 22 (14.77%) Juniper
7 13 (8.72%) CheckPoint
8 8 (5.37%) Citrix
8 8 (5.37%) Zscaler
9 7 (4.70%) F5
9 7 (4.70%) Veeam
10 6 (4.03%) SolarWinds
10 6 (4.03%) Splunk
11 4 (2.68%) Google
11 4 (2.68%) Netskope
11 4 (2.68%) Okta
11 4 (2.68%) Sophos
12 3 (2.01%) Arista
12 3 (2.01%) Meraki