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

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 200 216 162
Rank change year-on-year +16 -54 +122
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 207 286 469
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.31% 1.45% 2.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.57% 5.51% 7.63%
Number of salaries quoted 144 172 372
10th Percentile £31,250 £41,375 £31,825
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 £77,500 £72,500 £67,813
90th Percentile £103,500 £82,375 £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 5,791 5,190 6,143
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.76% 26.38% 28.17%
Number of salaries quoted 2,427 2,549 4,489
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.17% +0.87% +2.68%

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 12 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 (5.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.97%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 76 (36.71%) Azure
2 45 (21.74%) AWS
3 35 (16.91%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (9.66%) Entra ID
5 9 (4.35%) IaaS
6 4 (1.93%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (1.93%) Azure Logic Apps
7 3 (1.45%) Amazon ECS
7 3 (1.45%) Azure Key Vault
7 3 (1.45%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (1.45%) Cloudflare
7 3 (1.45%) GCP
7 3 (1.45%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.48%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (0.48%) GitHub
8 1 (0.48%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.48%) Nutanix
8 1 (0.48%) OCI
8 1 (0.48%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.48%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 77 (37.20%) Firewall
2 63 (30.43%) LAN
3 60 (28.99%) WAN
4 54 (26.09%) VPN
5 40 (19.32%) Wi-Fi
6 36 (17.39%) Network Security
7 34 (16.43%) SD-WAN
8 28 (13.53%) TCP/IP
9 26 (12.56%) VLAN
10 21 (10.14%) DNS
11 19 (9.18%) VoIP
12 18 (8.70%) BGP
13 15 (7.25%) Wireless
14 14 (6.76%) Junos
15 13 (6.28%) DHCP
16 12 (5.80%) MPLS
16 12 (5.80%) OSPF
17 9 (4.35%) IPsec
17 9 (4.35%) Unified Communications
18 8 (3.86%) SAN
Development Applications
1 6 (2.90%) Burp Suite
1 6 (2.90%) Metasploit
2 1 (0.48%) Git
2 1 (0.48%) GitLab
2 1 (0.48%) Jenkins
General
1 70 (33.82%) Finance
2 54 (26.09%) Social Skills
3 34 (16.43%) Telecoms
4 12 (5.80%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (3.38%) Retail
6 6 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (2.90%) Law
6 6 (2.90%) Manufacturing
6 6 (2.90%) Public Sector
7 4 (1.93%) Legal
8 3 (1.45%) Marketing
9 2 (0.97%) Banking
9 2 (0.97%) Electronics
9 2 (0.97%) French Language
9 2 (0.97%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.48%) Fire and Rescue
10 1 (0.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.48%) Local Government
10 1 (0.48%) Military
10 1 (0.48%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 44 (21.26%) Administrator
1 44 (21.26%) Network Engineer
1 44 (21.26%) Systems Administrator
2 37 (17.87%) Senior
3 21 (10.14%) Security Engineer
4 19 (9.18%) Architect
5 16 (7.73%) Senior Network Engineer
6 11 (5.31%) 2nd Line Support
7 10 (4.83%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 10 (4.83%) Network Architect
7 10 (4.83%) Support Engineer
8 9 (4.35%) IT Engineer
8 9 (4.35%) Senior Security Engineer
9 8 (3.86%) 3rd Line Support
9 8 (3.86%) 3rd Line Support Technician
9 8 (3.86%) Support Technician
10 7 (3.38%) Analyst
10 7 (3.38%) Head of IT
10 7 (3.38%) Head of IT Operations
10 7 (3.38%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.45%) FreeSWITCH
1 3 (1.45%) Node.js
2 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (0.97%) SAML
3 1 (0.48%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.48%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.48%) React
3 1 (0.48%) Svelte
3 1 (0.48%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 45 (21.74%) e-Learning
2 21 (10.14%) Data Centre
3 14 (6.76%) Driving Licence
4 13 (6.28%) CCTV
5 12 (5.80%) Security Posture
6 9 (4.35%) Management Information System
7 8 (3.86%) Security Operations Centre
8 7 (3.38%) Operational Technology
8 7 (3.38%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (2.90%) Cloud Native
9 6 (2.90%) Cloud Security Posture
10 4 (1.93%) Onboarding
10 4 (1.93%) PKI
11 3 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.45%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 3 (1.45%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (1.45%) Insider Threat
11 3 (1.45%) Low-Code
11 3 (1.45%) Web3
12 2 (0.97%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 68 (32.85%) Linux
2 41 (19.81%) Windows
3 25 (12.08%) Unix
4 22 (10.63%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.45%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.97%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.97%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.48%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (32.37%) High Availability
2 47 (22.71%) Innovative Thinking
3 42 (20.29%) ITIL
4 37 (17.87%) Cybersecurity
5 30 (14.49%) Problem-Solving
6 24 (11.59%) Information Security
7 23 (11.11%) Project Delivery
8 22 (10.63%) Service Delivery
9 21 (10.14%) DevOps
9 21 (10.14%) Mentoring
10 18 (8.70%) ITSM
11 17 (8.21%) Change Control
11 17 (8.21%) Infrastructure as Code
12 16 (7.73%) Computer Science
12 16 (7.73%) Network Design
12 16 (7.73%) Stakeholder Management
13 15 (7.25%) Data Protection
13 15 (7.25%) SIEM
14 14 (6.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 14 (6.76%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 16 (7.73%) PowerShell
2 15 (7.25%) Python
3 6 (2.90%) Bash
4 3 (1.45%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (0.97%) Go
6 1 (0.48%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 132 (63.77%) CCNP
2 107 (51.69%) CCNA
3 82 (39.61%) Security Cleared
4 78 (37.68%) SC Cleared
5 57 (27.54%) DV Cleared
6 45 (21.74%) Degree
7 37 (17.87%) CISSP
8 29 (14.01%) Azure Certification
9 27 (13.04%) Microsoft Certification
10 25 (12.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 21 (10.14%) CCIE
11 21 (10.14%) MCSE
12 20 (9.66%) MCP
12 20 (9.66%) RHCSA
13 19 (9.18%) CompTIA Security+
14 18 (8.70%) CISM
14 18 (8.70%) MCSA
15 16 (7.73%) AWS Certification
16 11 (5.31%) JNCIA
17 10 (4.83%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (12.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (9.18%) NIST
3 18 (8.70%) Cyber Essentials
4 14 (6.76%) SLA
5 13 (6.28%) GDPR
6 3 (1.45%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.97%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.97%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.48%) GRC
8 1 (0.48%) HIPAA
System Software
1 19 (9.18%) Active Directory
2 12 (5.80%) Hyper-V
3 7 (3.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.90%) Firmware
5 5 (2.42%) Docker
6 2 (0.97%) pfSense
6 2 (0.97%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.97%) vSphere
7 1 (0.48%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 16 (7.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (6.28%) Terraform
3 10 (4.83%) Ansible
4 6 (2.90%) Nmap
5 5 (2.42%) Autotask
5 5 (2.42%) Kubernetes
6 4 (1.93%) FortiGate
7 3 (1.45%) Dell DRAC
8 2 (0.97%) Nagios
8 2 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.48%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.48%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.48%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.48%) OpenView
9 1 (0.48%) Tivoli
9 1 (0.48%) vRealize Orchestrator
9 1 (0.48%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 146 (70.53%) Cisco
2 60 (28.99%) Microsoft
3 30 (14.49%) Juniper
3 30 (14.49%) VMware
4 19 (9.18%) Red Hat
5 18 (8.70%) Fortinet
6 15 (7.25%) Palo Alto
7 12 (5.80%) Meraki
8 10 (4.83%) Citrix
9 8 (3.86%) Mitel
10 7 (3.38%) Draytek
10 7 (3.38%) SolarWinds
10 7 (3.38%) WatchGuard
11 6 (2.90%) CheckPoint
11 6 (2.90%) Zscaler
12 4 (1.93%) F5
12 4 (1.93%) HP
12 4 (1.93%) Ubiquiti
13 3 (1.45%) Dell
13 3 (1.45%) Veeam