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 7 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 234 248 207
Rank change year-on-year +14 -41 +20
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 155 183 453
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.92% 1.24% 1.55%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.19% 4.22% 5.76%
Number of salaries quoted 118 136 393
10th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £30,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,188 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,072 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.72% +12.86% -8.33%
75th Percentile £86,875 £76,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £88,750 £84,919
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +14.29% -4.55%

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 4,859 4,336 7,865
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 28.99% 29.39% 26.90%
Number of salaries quoted 2,625 2,503 5,720
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,644 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% +7.21% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £73,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £88,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%

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 7 March 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 (9.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (5.81%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (2.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.29%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.29%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 64 (41.29%) Azure
2 41 (26.45%) Microsoft 365
3 36 (23.23%) AWS
4 22 (14.19%) Entra ID
5 6 (3.87%) IaaS
6 5 (3.23%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (2.58%) Azure Logic Apps
7 4 (2.58%) OneDrive
8 3 (1.94%) AWS Direct Connect
8 3 (1.94%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (1.94%) ChatGPT
8 3 (1.94%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (1.94%) GCP
8 3 (1.94%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (1.94%) Mimecast
8 3 (1.94%) Power Platform
8 3 (1.94%) PowerApps
9 2 (1.29%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (1.29%) OCI
10 1 (0.65%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 60 (38.71%) Firewall
2 39 (25.16%) WAN
3 37 (23.87%) LAN
4 30 (19.35%) VPN
5 28 (18.06%) SD-WAN
6 26 (16.77%) Network Security
7 21 (13.55%) VLAN
8 16 (10.32%) BGP
9 15 (9.68%) TCP/IP
10 14 (9.03%) MPLS
11 11 (7.10%) OSPF
11 11 (7.10%) Wireless
12 10 (6.45%) Cisco ISE
13 9 (5.81%) VoIP
13 9 (5.81%) Wi-Fi
14 8 (5.16%) IPsec
14 8 (5.16%) Structured Cabling
15 7 (4.52%) IP Telephony
16 6 (3.87%) SSL
16 6 (3.87%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.65%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (4.52%) Burp Suite
1 7 (4.52%) Metasploit
2 2 (1.29%) JIRA
3 1 (0.65%) GitLab
General
1 59 (38.06%) Social Skills
2 29 (18.71%) Finance
3 14 (9.03%) Retail
3 14 (9.03%) Telecoms
4 11 (7.10%) Law
5 9 (5.81%) Public Sector
6 6 (3.87%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (3.23%) Military
7 5 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.58%) Legal
9 3 (1.94%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.94%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.65%) Banking
11 1 (0.65%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.65%) Marketing
11 1 (0.65%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 33 (21.29%) Network Engineer
2 29 (18.71%) Senior
3 16 (10.32%) Architect
4 14 (9.03%) Senior Network Engineer
5 12 (7.74%) IT Engineer
6 11 (7.10%) Support Engineer
7 10 (6.45%) Analyst
7 10 (6.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 10 (6.45%) Security Specialist
8 9 (5.81%) 2nd Line Support
8 9 (5.81%) IT Support
8 9 (5.81%) IT Support Engineer
8 9 (5.81%) Security Analyst
9 8 (5.16%) Security Manager
10 7 (4.52%) Administrator
10 7 (4.52%) Consultant
10 7 (4.52%) Cybersecurity Architect
10 7 (4.52%) Security Architect
10 7 (4.52%) Solutions Architect
10 7 (4.52%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.58%) OAuth
1 4 (2.58%) OpenID
2 1 (0.65%) AngularJS
2 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (0.65%) React
2 1 (0.65%) SAML
2 1 (0.65%) Svelte
2 1 (0.65%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 25 (16.13%) Data Centre
2 15 (9.68%) Security Posture
3 10 (6.45%) Driving Licence
3 10 (6.45%) e-Learning
4 8 (5.16%) Cloud Native
4 8 (5.16%) Management Information System
5 7 (4.52%) CCTV
5 7 (4.52%) Insider Threat
6 5 (3.23%) Cyber Defence
6 5 (3.23%) Onboarding
6 5 (3.23%) Public Cloud
6 5 (3.23%) Social Media
7 4 (2.58%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.94%) CMDB
8 3 (1.94%) Security Operations Centre
9 2 (1.29%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (1.29%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.29%) Private Cloud
9 2 (1.29%) Robotics
9 2 (1.29%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 42 (27.10%) Windows
2 25 (16.13%) Linux
3 19 (12.26%) Windows Server
4 7 (4.52%) Unix
5 5 (3.23%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.29%) Ubuntu
6 2 (1.29%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (1.29%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (27.10%) Cybersecurity
2 40 (25.81%) ITIL
3 30 (19.35%) Mentoring
4 26 (16.77%) Problem-Solving
5 22 (14.19%) Information Security
6 20 (12.90%) Security Architecture
7 19 (12.26%) Project Delivery
8 17 (10.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 16 (10.32%) Customer Service
9 16 (10.32%) High Availability
9 16 (10.32%) Network Design
10 15 (9.68%) Change Control
10 15 (9.68%) Continuous Improvement
10 15 (9.68%) ITSM
11 14 (9.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 14 (9.03%) Technical Leadership
12 13 (8.39%) Computer Science
12 13 (8.39%) Penetration Testing
12 13 (8.39%) Roadmaps
12 13 (8.39%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 14 (9.03%) PowerShell
2 6 (3.87%) Python
3 3 (1.94%) Bash
4 2 (1.29%) Bicep
5 1 (0.65%) Go
5 1 (0.65%) SQL
Qualifications
1 86 (55.48%) CCNA
2 64 (41.29%) CCNP
3 39 (25.16%) CISSP
4 38 (24.52%) Microsoft Certification
5 37 (23.87%) Degree
5 37 (23.87%) Security Cleared
6 35 (22.58%) SC Cleared
7 30 (19.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 27 (17.42%) MCSE
9 24 (15.48%) MCSA
10 23 (14.84%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 20 (12.90%) CISM
12 19 (12.26%) CCIE
13 18 (11.61%) Azure Certification
14 17 (10.97%) DV Cleared
15 16 (10.32%) CompTIA Security+
16 12 (7.74%) CCSP
16 12 (7.74%) DBS Check
17 11 (7.10%) GIAC
18 10 (6.45%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (16.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (11.61%) NIST
3 16 (10.32%) Cyber Essentials
4 14 (9.03%) SLA
5 10 (6.45%) GDPR
6 7 (4.52%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (1.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (1.94%) GRC
7 3 (1.94%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.65%) SOC 2
System Software
1 14 (9.03%) Active Directory
2 10 (6.45%) Hyper-V
3 8 (5.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (2.58%) vSphere
5 2 (1.29%) Docker
5 2 (1.29%) Firmware
6 1 (0.65%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 23 (14.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (7.74%) Terraform
3 7 (4.52%) Ansible
3 7 (4.52%) Nmap
4 5 (3.23%) Autotask
4 5 (3.23%) Jamf Pro
5 4 (2.58%) FortiGate
5 4 (2.58%) Nagios
5 4 (2.58%) PaperCut
5 4 (2.58%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.29%) Dell DRAC
6 2 (1.29%) Kubernetes
6 2 (1.29%) OpenView
6 2 (1.29%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.65%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.65%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (0.65%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 91 (58.71%) Cisco
2 55 (35.48%) Microsoft
3 29 (18.71%) VMware
4 27 (17.42%) Fortinet
5 15 (9.68%) Palo Alto
6 13 (8.39%) Juniper
7 10 (6.45%) CheckPoint
7 10 (6.45%) Citrix
8 9 (5.81%) Meraki
9 8 (5.16%) Draytek
9 8 (5.16%) WatchGuard
10 7 (4.52%) Mitel
11 6 (3.87%) SolarWinds
11 6 (3.87%) Zscaler
12 5 (3.23%) Apple
13 4 (2.58%) F5
13 4 (2.58%) Sophos
14 3 (1.94%) Dell
14 3 (1.94%) Google
14 3 (1.94%) Splunk