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

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 300 241 225
Rank change year-on-year -59 -16 -59
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 161 190 310
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.67% 1.17% 1.32%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.25% 3.36% 4.88%
Number of salaries quoted 116 128 171
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £38,250
25th Percentile £45,875 £35,938 £49,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £88,750 £95,750 £77,500
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 4,951 5,651 6,357
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.69% 34.70% 27.17%
Number of salaries quoted 3,120 2,351 3,160
10th Percentile £33,500 £30,750 £34,401
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,357
% change year-on-year +9.09% -0.64% -4.56%

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 13 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 15 (9.32%) SharePoint
2 9 (5.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.24%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.24%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 62 (38.51%) Azure
2 34 (21.12%) AWS
3 33 (20.50%) Microsoft 365
4 24 (14.91%) Entra ID
5 10 (6.21%) GCP
6 6 (3.73%) Power Platform
7 4 (2.48%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (2.48%) Power Automate
7 4 (2.48%) WeChat
8 3 (1.86%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (1.86%) OCI
8 3 (1.86%) Serverless
8 3 (1.86%) Vertex AI
9 2 (1.24%) Anthropic Claude
9 2 (1.24%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (1.24%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.62%) Amazon EMR
10 1 (0.62%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.62%) IaaS
10 1 (0.62%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 85 (52.80%) Firewall
2 74 (45.96%) LAN
3 67 (41.61%) WAN
4 58 (36.02%) Network Security
5 36 (22.36%) Wireless
6 34 (21.12%) VPN
7 26 (16.15%) SD-WAN
7 26 (16.15%) VLAN
8 23 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
9 19 (11.80%) WLAN
10 16 (9.94%) TCP/IP
11 15 (9.32%) DHCP
11 15 (9.32%) DNS
12 14 (8.70%) OSPF
13 13 (8.07%) BGP
14 11 (6.83%) Cisco ISE
14 11 (6.83%) Cisco Nexus
15 9 (5.59%) Internet
15 9 (5.59%) MPLS
15 9 (5.59%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.62%) Big Data
1 1 (0.62%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 9 (5.59%) JIRA
2 4 (2.48%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.62%) Git
3 1 (0.62%) GitLab
General
1 61 (37.89%) Social Skills
2 36 (22.36%) Telecoms
3 27 (16.77%) Finance
4 17 (10.56%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (6.21%) Retail
6 9 (5.59%) Banking
7 7 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (3.73%) Public Sector
9 5 (3.11%) Aerospace
10 4 (2.48%) Legal
10 4 (2.48%) Mandarin Language
11 3 (1.86%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.86%) Marketing
11 3 (1.86%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.24%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.24%) French Language
12 2 (1.24%) German Language
12 2 (1.24%) Law
12 2 (1.24%) Local Government
12 2 (1.24%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 57 (35.40%) Network Engineer
2 27 (16.77%) Senior
3 21 (13.04%) Architect
4 18 (11.18%) Consultant
5 16 (9.94%) IT Support
6 15 (9.32%) IT Engineer
7 14 (8.70%) Senior Network Engineer
8 13 (8.07%) IT Support Engineer
8 13 (8.07%) Support Engineer
9 12 (7.45%) Cisco Engineer
9 12 (7.45%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 11 (6.83%) Network Consultant
11 10 (6.21%) Network Architect
12 9 (5.59%) Solutions Architect
13 8 (4.97%) LAN Engineer
14 7 (4.35%) Cisco Network Consultant
14 7 (4.35%) Juniper Consultant
14 7 (4.35%) Juniper Engineer
14 7 (4.35%) Security Consultant
14 7 (4.35%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (7.45%) Terraform
2 3 (1.86%) ARM Templates
2 3 (1.86%) JSON
3 2 (1.24%) RESTful
4 1 (0.62%) Jinja
4 1 (0.62%) OAuth
4 1 (0.62%) OpenID
4 1 (0.62%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 27 (16.77%) Data Centre
2 11 (6.83%) Driving Licence
2 11 (6.83%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (6.21%) Management Information System
4 8 (4.97%) CCTV
4 8 (4.97%) Cloud Native
4 8 (4.97%) Security Posture
5 4 (2.48%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (2.48%) Private Cloud
5 4 (2.48%) Video Conferencing
6 3 (1.86%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.86%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.24%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (1.24%) Housing Association
7 2 (1.24%) IoT
7 2 (1.24%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.62%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (0.62%) PKI
8 1 (0.62%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 31 (19.25%) Windows
2 23 (14.29%) Windows Server
3 12 (7.45%) Linux
4 6 (3.73%) Windows Server 2016
4 6 (3.73%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (1.24%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.24%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (34.78%) Problem-Solving
2 46 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
3 44 (27.33%) ITIL
4 27 (16.77%) Project Delivery
5 26 (16.15%) Technical Leadership
6 25 (15.53%) Mentoring
7 24 (14.91%) Cloud Security
7 24 (14.91%) Network Design
8 22 (13.66%) Presales
9 20 (12.42%) Incident Management
10 19 (11.80%) Stakeholder Management
11 18 (11.18%) Disaster Recovery
12 17 (10.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 16 (9.94%) Business Continuity
14 15 (9.32%) AI
14 15 (9.32%) Continuous Improvement
14 15 (9.32%) High Availability
14 15 (9.32%) Zero Trust
15 14 (8.70%) Incident Response
15 14 (8.70%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 21 (13.04%) Python
2 19 (11.80%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.86%) Bash
3 3 (1.86%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (1.24%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 92 (57.14%) CCNP
2 69 (42.86%) CCNA
3 34 (21.12%) Degree
4 32 (19.88%) CISSP
5 28 (17.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 24 (14.91%) CCSP
7 23 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
8 22 (13.66%) CCIE
9 20 (12.42%) Security Cleared
10 18 (11.18%) Azure Certification
10 18 (11.18%) CISM
11 16 (9.94%) SC Cleared
12 11 (6.83%) DBS Check
12 11 (6.83%) MCSE
12 11 (6.83%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 10 (6.21%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 9 (5.59%) DV Cleared
15 7 (4.35%) MCSA
16 6 (3.73%) Network+ Certification
16 6 (3.73%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (14.91%) Cyber Essentials
1 24 (14.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (8.07%) NIST
3 8 (4.97%) GDPR
4 6 (3.73%) Accessibility
4 6 (3.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 5 (3.11%) GRC
5 5 (3.11%) NCSC
5 5 (3.11%) SLA
6 2 (1.24%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (1.24%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.24%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.62%) COBIT
System Software
1 20 (12.42%) Active Directory
2 13 (8.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (7.45%) Hyper-V
4 7 (4.35%) VMware NSX
5 5 (3.11%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.86%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (1.86%) vSphere
7 1 (0.62%) Firmware
7 1 (0.62%) iptables
Systems Management
1 18 (11.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (7.45%) Ansible
2 12 (7.45%) FortiGate
3 3 (1.86%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (1.86%) Stealthwatch
4 1 (0.62%) CASB
4 1 (0.62%) Check_MK
4 1 (0.62%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (0.62%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.62%) SCCM
Vendors
1 88 (54.66%) Cisco
2 35 (21.74%) Microsoft
3 28 (17.39%) VMware
4 27 (16.77%) Palo Alto
5 25 (15.53%) Aruba
6 22 (13.66%) Fortinet
6 22 (13.66%) Juniper
7 10 (6.21%) CheckPoint
8 8 (4.97%) F5
9 7 (4.35%) Citrix
9 7 (4.35%) Draytek
9 7 (4.35%) Mitel
9 7 (4.35%) SolarWinds
9 7 (4.35%) Veeam
9 7 (4.35%) WatchGuard
10 4 (2.48%) Google
10 4 (2.48%) Meraki
10 4 (2.48%) Zscaler
11 3 (1.86%) Arista
11 3 (1.86%) Netskope