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 22 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 282 305 242
Rank change year-on-year +23 -63 -28
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 123 117 425
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.65% 0.80% 1.31%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.89% 2.38% 4.82%
Number of salaries quoted 97 95 327
10th Percentile £41,250 £31,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £34,375 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £87,500 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £87,750 £84,919
UK median annual salary £66,250 £56,097 £51,364
% change year-on-year +18.10% +9.21% -6.61%

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 4,253 4,923 8,821
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 22.62% 33.69% 27.10%
Number of salaries quoted 2,876 2,287 5,894
10th Percentile £33,125 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £48,165 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -10.00%

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 22 May 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 9 (7.32%) SharePoint
2 7 (5.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (4.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.63%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 51 (41.46%) Azure
2 26 (21.14%) AWS
3 24 (19.51%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (8.94%) GCP
5 8 (6.50%) Entra ID
6 7 (5.69%) Power Platform
7 5 (4.07%) Azure Sentinel
8 4 (3.25%) ChatGPT
8 4 (3.25%) Microsoft Copilot
8 4 (3.25%) Mimecast
8 4 (3.25%) OneDrive
8 4 (3.25%) PowerApps
9 3 (2.44%) OCI
9 3 (2.44%) Serverless
9 3 (2.44%) Vertex AI
10 2 (1.63%) AWS Direct Connect
10 2 (1.63%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (0.81%) AWS CloudFormation
11 1 (0.81%) Cloudflare
11 1 (0.81%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 45 (36.59%) Firewall
2 40 (32.52%) WAN
3 38 (30.89%) LAN
4 32 (26.02%) Network Security
4 32 (26.02%) SD-WAN
5 21 (17.07%) Wireless
6 14 (11.38%) VPN
7 13 (10.57%) Cisco ISE
8 10 (8.13%) WLAN
9 8 (6.50%) VoIP
10 7 (5.69%) Cisco Nexus
10 7 (5.69%) Cisco Wireless
10 7 (5.69%) VLAN
11 6 (4.88%) Cisco Firepower
11 6 (4.88%) MPLS
12 5 (4.07%) BGP
12 5 (4.07%) TCP/IP
12 5 (4.07%) Unified Communications
12 5 (4.07%) Wi-Fi
13 4 (3.25%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.63%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (3.25%) Burp Suite
1 4 (3.25%) Metasploit
2 3 (2.44%) JIRA
General
1 37 (30.08%) Social Skills
2 27 (21.95%) Finance
3 11 (8.94%) Telecoms
4 10 (8.13%) Retail
5 9 (7.32%) Public Sector
6 7 (5.69%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (4.88%) Banking
7 6 (4.88%) Law
8 5 (4.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (4.07%) Military
9 3 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.63%) Legal
10 2 (1.63%) Local Government
10 2 (1.63%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.63%) Social Housing
11 1 (0.81%) Dutch Language
11 1 (0.81%) French Language
11 1 (0.81%) German Language
11 1 (0.81%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 30 (24.39%) Network Engineer
2 29 (23.58%) Architect
3 17 (13.82%) Senior
4 16 (13.01%) Solutions Architect
5 14 (11.38%) Consultant
6 11 (8.94%) IT Engineer
7 9 (7.32%) Network Architect
7 9 (7.32%) Network Consultant
7 9 (7.32%) Senior Network Engineer
8 8 (6.50%) Presales Solution Architect
8 8 (6.50%) Security Architect
8 8 (6.50%) Security Specialist
9 7 (5.69%) Principal Architect
10 6 (4.88%) Analyst
10 6 (4.88%) Cisco Consultant
10 6 (4.88%) Cisco Network Consultant
10 6 (4.88%) IT Support
10 6 (4.88%) IT Support Engineer
10 6 (4.88%) Security Manager
10 6 (4.88%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.07%) OAuth
1 5 (4.07%) OpenID
2 2 (1.63%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.81%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (18.70%) Data Centre
2 11 (8.94%) Security Posture
3 9 (7.32%) Cloud Native
4 6 (4.88%) Cyber Defence
5 5 (4.07%) Public Cloud
6 4 (3.25%) Insider Threat
6 4 (3.25%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.63%) Housing Association
8 2 (1.63%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.63%) Private Cloud
8 2 (1.63%) Robotics
8 2 (1.63%) Social Media
8 2 (1.63%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.81%) CMDB
9 1 (0.81%) Enterprise Storage
9 1 (0.81%) IoT
9 1 (0.81%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 26 (21.14%) Windows
2 12 (9.76%) Linux
3 6 (4.88%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.44%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (2.44%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (1.63%) Ubuntu
5 2 (1.63%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.81%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (26.02%) Problem-Solving
2 31 (25.20%) ITIL
3 28 (22.76%) Cybersecurity
4 25 (20.33%) Presales
5 18 (14.63%) Roadmaps
5 18 (14.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 17 (13.82%) Project Delivery
6 17 (13.82%) Zero Trust
7 16 (13.01%) Security Architecture
7 16 (13.01%) Technical Leadership
8 15 (12.20%) Mentoring
9 13 (10.57%) Cloud Security
9 13 (10.57%) Incident Response
10 12 (9.76%) Disaster Recovery
10 12 (9.76%) SIEM
11 11 (8.94%) Continuous Improvement
11 11 (8.94%) DevOps
11 11 (8.94%) Infrastructure as Code
11 11 (8.94%) Network Design
11 11 (8.94%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 13 (10.57%) PowerShell
2 8 (6.50%) Python
3 2 (1.63%) SQL
4 1 (0.81%) Bash
4 1 (0.81%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 56 (45.53%) CCNP
2 51 (41.46%) CCNA
3 31 (25.20%) CISSP
4 26 (21.14%) CCIE
5 25 (20.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 22 (17.89%) Degree
7 21 (17.07%) Microsoft Certification
8 19 (15.45%) CISM
9 17 (13.82%) Azure Certification
9 17 (13.82%) CCSP
10 16 (13.01%) Security Cleared
11 15 (12.20%) SC Cleared
12 12 (9.76%) MCSE
13 9 (7.32%) DBS Check
14 8 (6.50%) Computer Science Degree
15 7 (5.69%) CEH
16 6 (4.88%) AWS Certification
16 6 (4.88%) CCSE
16 6 (4.88%) CompTIA Security+
16 6 (4.88%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (15.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (12.20%) NIST
3 10 (8.13%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (4.88%) Actionable Recommendations
5 5 (4.07%) SLA
6 4 (3.25%) GDPR
7 3 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (1.63%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.81%) GRC
9 1 (0.81%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.81%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (4.88%) Active Directory
1 6 (4.88%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (3.25%) vSphere
3 2 (1.63%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.81%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 13 (10.57%) Terraform
2 10 (8.13%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (5.69%) Ansible
4 6 (4.88%) FortiGate
5 5 (4.07%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (3.25%) Nmap
7 2 (1.63%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (1.63%) Nagios
7 2 (1.63%) OpenView
7 2 (1.63%) PaperCut
7 2 (1.63%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.81%) Check_MK
8 1 (0.81%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (0.81%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.81%) SCCM
Vendors
1 70 (56.91%) Cisco
2 34 (27.64%) Microsoft
3 23 (18.70%) Fortinet
4 15 (12.20%) Palo Alto
5 14 (11.38%) Juniper
6 12 (9.76%) CheckPoint
7 9 (7.32%) VMware
8 7 (5.69%) Meraki
8 7 (5.69%) Zscaler
9 6 (4.88%) Aruba
9 6 (4.88%) SolarWinds
10 5 (4.07%) Veeam
11 4 (3.25%) F5
11 4 (3.25%) Huawei
11 4 (3.25%) Okta
11 4 (3.25%) Sophos
11 4 (3.25%) Splunk
12 3 (2.44%) Dell
12 3 (2.44%) EMC
12 3 (2.44%) Netskope