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 9 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 190 223 185
Rank change year-on-year +33 -38 +56
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 184 232 380
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.22% 1.41% 1.79%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.67% 4.96% 6.64%
Number of salaries quoted 132 148 343
10th Percentile £31,250 £39,475 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £52,188 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +13.64% -14.40%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,563 £66,875
90th Percentile £105,000 £88,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 5,011 4,675 5,725
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 33.19% 28.38% 27.02%
Number of salaries quoted 2,480 2,395 4,108
10th Percentile £30,500 £35,000 £35,142
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,754 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -2.84% +3.69% -0.74%
75th Percentile £78,312 £77,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £92,550 £90,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,430 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.45% +3.36% -

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 9 January 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 14 (7.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (3.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.54%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 71 (38.59%) Azure
2 43 (23.37%) AWS
3 40 (21.74%) Microsoft 365
4 25 (13.59%) Entra ID
5 7 (3.80%) IaaS
6 5 (2.72%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (2.17%) Azure Logic Apps
8 3 (1.63%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (1.63%) Cloudflare
8 3 (1.63%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (1.09%) Azure Key Vault
9 2 (1.09%) GCP
9 2 (1.09%) OCI
10 1 (0.54%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 1 (0.54%) AWS Direct Connect
10 1 (0.54%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (0.54%) GitHub
10 1 (0.54%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.54%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 66 (35.87%) Firewall
2 50 (27.17%) LAN
3 49 (26.63%) WAN
4 41 (22.28%) VPN
5 33 (17.93%) SD-WAN
6 31 (16.85%) Network Security
7 24 (13.04%) VLAN
8 21 (11.41%) TCP/IP
9 20 (10.87%) Wi-Fi
10 17 (9.24%) BGP
11 16 (8.70%) VoIP
12 15 (8.15%) MPLS
13 14 (7.61%) DNS
14 12 (6.52%) OSPF
15 10 (5.43%) Wireless
16 9 (4.89%) IPsec
16 9 (4.89%) Unified Communications
17 7 (3.80%) IP Telephony
18 6 (3.26%) Cisco ASA
18 6 (3.26%) SAN
Development Applications
1 10 (5.43%) Burp Suite
1 10 (5.43%) Metasploit
2 1 (0.54%) GitLab
General
1 62 (33.70%) Social Skills
2 45 (24.46%) Finance
3 29 (15.76%) Telecoms
4 13 (7.07%) Retail
5 8 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (3.80%) Public Sector
7 6 (3.26%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (3.26%) Law
8 5 (2.72%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (2.17%) Legal
9 4 (2.17%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.63%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.09%) Marketing
12 1 (0.54%) Banking
12 1 (0.54%) Electronics
12 1 (0.54%) Fire and Rescue
12 1 (0.54%) Military
12 1 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 38 (20.65%) Senior
2 34 (18.48%) Network Engineer
3 28 (15.22%) Administrator
3 28 (15.22%) Systems Administrator
4 17 (9.24%) Security Engineer
5 16 (8.70%) Senior Network Engineer
6 12 (6.52%) Analyst
7 11 (5.98%) Support Engineer
8 10 (5.43%) 2nd Line Support
8 10 (5.43%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 10 (5.43%) IT Engineer
9 9 (4.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (4.89%) IT Support
9 9 (4.89%) IT Support Engineer
9 9 (4.89%) Security Analyst
9 9 (4.89%) Senior Security Engineer
10 8 (4.35%) Security Manager
11 7 (3.80%) Head of IT
11 7 (3.80%) Head of Operations
11 7 (3.80%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.09%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (0.54%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.54%) AngularJS
2 1 (0.54%) React
2 1 (0.54%) Svelte
2 1 (0.54%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 31 (16.85%) e-Learning
2 21 (11.41%) Data Centre
3 16 (8.70%) Security Posture
4 15 (8.15%) Driving Licence
5 12 (6.52%) CCTV
6 9 (4.89%) Operational Technology
7 8 (4.35%) Cloud Native
7 8 (4.35%) Management Information System
7 8 (4.35%) Security Operations Centre
8 7 (3.80%) Insider Threat
9 6 (3.26%) Onboarding
10 5 (2.72%) Social Media
11 3 (1.63%) Cloud Security Posture
11 3 (1.63%) CMDB
11 3 (1.63%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.63%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 3 (1.63%) Low-Code
11 3 (1.63%) Public Cloud
11 3 (1.63%) Web3
12 2 (1.09%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 47 (25.54%) Linux
2 38 (20.65%) Windows
3 22 (11.96%) Unix
4 20 (10.87%) Windows Server
5 5 (2.72%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.09%) Ubuntu
6 2 (1.09%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (1.09%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.54%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (26.63%) ITIL
2 48 (26.09%) High Availability
3 45 (24.46%) Cybersecurity
4 31 (16.85%) Innovative Thinking
5 26 (14.13%) Problem-Solving
6 25 (13.59%) Information Security
7 24 (13.04%) Mentoring
7 24 (13.04%) Service Delivery
8 21 (11.41%) ITSM
9 19 (10.33%) Customer Service
9 19 (10.33%) DevOps
10 18 (9.78%) Change Control
11 17 (9.24%) Data Protection
11 17 (9.24%) SIEM
12 16 (8.70%) Project Delivery
13 15 (8.15%) Infrastructure as Code
13 15 (8.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 15 (8.15%) Penetration Testing
13 15 (8.15%) Security Architecture
14 14 (7.61%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 17 (9.24%) PowerShell
2 13 (7.07%) Python
3 8 (4.35%) Bash
4 2 (1.09%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.54%) Bicep
5 1 (0.54%) Go
Qualifications
1 101 (54.89%) CCNA
2 92 (50.00%) CCNP
3 57 (30.98%) Security Cleared
4 55 (29.89%) SC Cleared
5 42 (22.83%) CISSP
5 42 (22.83%) Degree
6 36 (19.57%) Microsoft Certification
7 35 (19.02%) DV Cleared
8 29 (15.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 25 (13.59%) MCSE
10 24 (13.04%) MCP
10 24 (13.04%) MCSA
11 23 (12.50%) Azure Certification
12 21 (11.41%) CompTIA Security+
13 20 (10.87%) CISM
14 16 (8.70%) CCIE
15 13 (7.07%) CCSP
16 12 (6.52%) AWS Certification
16 12 (6.52%) DBS Check
17 11 (5.98%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (16.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (11.96%) Cyber Essentials
3 20 (10.87%) NIST
4 15 (8.15%) GDPR
4 15 (8.15%) SLA
5 7 (3.80%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (1.63%) GRC
7 3 (1.63%) PCI DSS
8 2 (1.09%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.54%) HIPAA
System Software
1 18 (9.78%) Active Directory
2 9 (4.89%) Hyper-V
3 7 (3.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.63%) Firmware
5 2 (1.09%) Docker
5 2 (1.09%) pfSense
5 2 (1.09%) vSphere
6 1 (0.54%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 22 (11.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (6.52%) Terraform
3 10 (5.43%) Ansible
3 10 (5.43%) Nmap
4 5 (2.72%) Autotask
4 5 (2.72%) Jamf Pro
5 4 (2.17%) Nagios
5 4 (2.17%) PaperCut
6 3 (1.63%) Dell DRAC
6 3 (1.63%) FortiGate
7 2 (1.09%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.54%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.54%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.54%) OpenView
8 1 (0.54%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.54%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 117 (63.59%) Cisco
2 63 (34.24%) Microsoft
3 28 (15.22%) VMware
4 22 (11.96%) Fortinet
5 16 (8.70%) Palo Alto
6 14 (7.61%) Juniper
7 10 (5.43%) Citrix
8 9 (4.89%) Meraki
9 8 (4.35%) Mitel
10 7 (3.80%) Draytek
10 7 (3.80%) WatchGuard
11 6 (3.26%) CheckPoint
11 6 (3.26%) Red Hat
12 5 (2.72%) Apple
12 5 (2.72%) SolarWinds
13 4 (2.17%) F5
13 4 (2.17%) Zscaler
14 3 (1.63%) Rapid7
14 3 (1.63%) Tenable
14 3 (1.63%) Ubiquiti