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 18 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 298 274 246
Rank change year-on-year -24 -28 -77
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 160 167 311
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.70% 1.01% 1.26%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.37% 2.95% 4.77%
Number of salaries quoted 115 113 200
10th Percentile £41,750 £31,250 £38,700
25th Percentile £51,250 £35,000 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £65,313
90th Percentile £92,750 £91,750 £72,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £49,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year +30.65% -9.55% -

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 4,750 5,669 6,521
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.74% 34.28% 26.47%
Number of salaries quoted 3,075 2,425 3,724
10th Percentile £33,500 £29,750 £33,250
25th Percentile £46,500 £41,074 £43,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £57,875
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -0.65% -3.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 18 August 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 11 (6.88%) SharePoint
2 10 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.25%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.25%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 59 (36.88%) Azure
2 34 (21.25%) AWS
3 23 (14.38%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (6.88%) Entra ID
4 11 (6.88%) GCP
5 7 (4.38%) Power Platform
6 5 (3.13%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (2.50%) Power Automate
7 4 (2.50%) WeChat
8 3 (1.88%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (1.88%) Mimecast
8 3 (1.88%) OCI
8 3 (1.88%) Serverless
8 3 (1.88%) Vertex AI
9 2 (1.25%) Anthropic Claude
9 2 (1.25%) ChatGPT
9 2 (1.25%) Google Workspace
9 2 (1.25%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (1.25%) OneDrive
9 2 (1.25%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 77 (48.13%) Firewall
1 77 (48.13%) LAN
2 71 (44.38%) WAN
3 58 (36.25%) Network Security
4 37 (23.13%) Wireless
5 36 (22.50%) VPN
6 31 (19.38%) SD-WAN
7 27 (16.88%) VLAN
8 23 (14.38%) Wi-Fi
9 22 (13.75%) WLAN
10 18 (11.25%) TCP/IP
11 14 (8.75%) DHCP
11 14 (8.75%) DNS
11 14 (8.75%) OSPF
12 13 (8.13%) BGP
12 13 (8.13%) Cisco ISE
12 13 (8.13%) Cisco Nexus
13 11 (6.88%) MPLS
14 9 (5.63%) Internet
14 9 (5.63%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.63%) Electronic Patient Records
1 1 (0.63%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (3.75%) JIRA
2 3 (1.88%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.63%) Git
General
1 62 (38.75%) Social Skills
2 28 (17.50%) Finance
3 26 (16.25%) Telecoms
4 15 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (6.88%) Retail
6 9 (5.63%) Banking
6 9 (5.63%) Public Sector
7 7 (4.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.50%) Aerospace
8 4 (2.50%) Mandarin Language
9 3 (1.88%) Marketing
9 3 (1.88%) Military
9 3 (1.88%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.25%) French Language
10 2 (1.25%) German Language
10 2 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.25%) Law
10 2 (1.25%) Local Government
10 2 (1.25%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 58 (36.25%) Network Engineer
2 27 (16.88%) Senior
3 24 (15.00%) Architect
4 22 (13.75%) Consultant
5 14 (8.75%) Senior Network Engineer
6 13 (8.13%) Solutions Architect
7 12 (7.50%) IT Engineer
7 12 (7.50%) Network Consultant
8 11 (6.88%) Cisco Engineer
8 11 (6.88%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 11 (6.88%) Network Architect
9 10 (6.25%) IT Support
9 10 (6.25%) IT Support Engineer
9 10 (6.25%) Support Engineer
10 7 (4.38%) LAN Engineer
10 7 (4.38%) Security Specialist
11 6 (3.75%) Juniper Consultant
11 6 (3.75%) Juniper Engineer
11 6 (3.75%) Presales Solution Architect
11 6 (3.75%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.88%) ARM Templates
2 2 (1.25%) JSON
2 2 (1.25%) OAuth
2 2 (1.25%) OpenID
2 2 (1.25%) RESTful
3 1 (0.63%) Jinja
3 1 (0.63%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 26 (16.25%) Data Centre
2 9 (5.63%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (5.00%) Management Information System
3 8 (5.00%) Security Posture
4 7 (4.38%) Cloud Native
5 6 (3.75%) Private Cloud
6 4 (2.50%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (2.50%) Public Cloud
6 4 (2.50%) Video Conferencing
7 3 (1.88%) Cyber Defence
7 3 (1.88%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.88%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.25%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.25%) Enterprise Storage
8 2 (1.25%) Housing Association
8 2 (1.25%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.25%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.63%) ASIC
9 1 (0.63%) CCTV
9 1 (0.63%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 27 (16.88%) Windows
2 16 (10.00%) Windows Server
3 11 (6.88%) Linux
4 6 (3.75%) Windows Server 2016
4 6 (3.75%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (1.25%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.63%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (33.75%) Problem-Solving
2 39 (24.38%) Cybersecurity
3 34 (21.25%) ITIL
4 32 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
5 30 (18.75%) Presales
6 26 (16.25%) Mentoring
7 25 (15.63%) Project Delivery
8 23 (14.38%) Cloud Security
9 21 (13.13%) Network Design
10 20 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
11 19 (11.88%) Stakeholder Management
12 18 (11.25%) Zero Trust
13 17 (10.63%) High Availability
13 17 (10.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 17 (10.63%) Roadmaps
14 16 (10.00%) Business Continuity
14 16 (10.00%) Incident Response
14 16 (10.00%) Infrastructure as Code
14 16 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 15 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 20 (12.50%) PowerShell
2 19 (11.88%) Python
3 3 (1.88%) Bash
4 2 (1.25%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (1.25%) Search Processing Language
5 1 (0.63%) SQL
Qualifications
1 93 (58.13%) CCNP
2 63 (39.38%) CCNA
3 32 (20.00%) Degree
4 31 (19.38%) CISSP
5 29 (18.13%) CCIE
6 27 (16.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 24 (15.00%) Security Cleared
8 22 (13.75%) Azure Certification
9 21 (13.13%) CCSP
10 19 (11.88%) SC Cleared
11 18 (11.25%) CISM
11 18 (11.25%) Microsoft Certification
12 11 (6.88%) DV Cleared
13 10 (6.25%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 10 (6.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 8 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
14 8 (5.00%) RHCSA
15 7 (4.38%) AWS Certification
15 7 (4.38%) DBS Check
15 7 (4.38%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (13.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (10.63%) Cyber Essentials
3 12 (7.50%) NIST
4 6 (3.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 6 (3.75%) GDPR
5 5 (3.13%) GRC
5 5 (3.13%) NCSC
5 5 (3.13%) SLA
6 4 (2.50%) Accessibility
7 2 (1.25%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (1.25%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.63%) SOC 2
System Software
1 20 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 17 (10.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (4.38%) VMware NSX
4 6 (3.75%) Hyper-V
5 5 (3.13%) vSphere
6 4 (2.50%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (2.50%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.63%) Firmware
7 1 (0.63%) iptables
Systems Management
1 14 (8.75%) Terraform
2 12 (7.50%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (6.88%) Ansible
4 10 (6.25%) FortiGate
5 4 (2.50%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.25%) OpenView
6 2 (1.25%) Stealthwatch
6 2 (1.25%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.63%) CASB
7 1 (0.63%) Check_MK
7 1 (0.63%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (0.63%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.63%) SCCM
Vendors
1 96 (60.00%) Cisco
2 34 (21.25%) Microsoft
3 29 (18.13%) Palo Alto
4 26 (16.25%) Fortinet
4 26 (16.25%) VMware
5 24 (15.00%) Aruba
6 23 (14.38%) Juniper
7 14 (8.75%) CheckPoint
8 8 (5.00%) Citrix
8 8 (5.00%) F5
8 8 (5.00%) Veeam
9 7 (4.38%) SolarWinds
9 7 (4.38%) Zscaler
10 5 (3.13%) Splunk
11 4 (2.50%) Arista
11 4 (2.50%) Google
11 4 (2.50%) Meraki
11 4 (2.50%) Netskope
11 4 (2.50%) SonicWALL
12 3 (1.88%) Okta