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

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 310 237 227
Rank change year-on-year -73 -10 -62
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 164 199 302
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.67% 1.23% 1.34%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.21% 3.49% 4.90%
Number of salaries quoted 116 132 163
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £37,650
25th Percentile £44,750 £36,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.23% -3.75% +9.09%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,625 £68,750
90th Percentile £86,875 £97,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £51,058 £55,754
% change year-on-year +27.31% -8.42% +1.37%

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 5,105 5,701 6,168
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.75% 35.28% 27.35%
Number of salaries quoted 3,202 2,311 2,937
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,000 £34,404
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,890 £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 £56,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -2.65% -3.42%

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 23 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 (9.15%) SharePoint
2 9 (5.49%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.22%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.22%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 65 (39.63%) Azure
2 36 (21.95%) AWS
3 35 (21.34%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (15.85%) Entra ID
5 10 (6.10%) GCP
6 6 (3.66%) Power Platform
7 4 (2.44%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (2.44%) Power Automate
7 4 (2.44%) WeChat
8 3 (1.83%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (1.83%) OCI
8 3 (1.83%) Serverless
8 3 (1.83%) Vertex AI
9 2 (1.22%) Anthropic Claude
9 2 (1.22%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (1.22%) Google Workspace
9 2 (1.22%) SaaS
10 1 (0.61%) Amazon EMR
10 1 (0.61%) IaaS
10 1 (0.61%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 84 (51.22%) Firewall
2 74 (45.12%) LAN
3 66 (40.24%) WAN
4 58 (35.37%) Network Security
5 39 (23.78%) Wireless
6 34 (20.73%) VPN
7 26 (15.85%) VLAN
8 24 (14.63%) SD-WAN
8 24 (14.63%) Wi-Fi
9 20 (12.20%) WLAN
10 17 (10.37%) TCP/IP
11 15 (9.15%) BGP
11 15 (9.15%) DHCP
11 15 (9.15%) DNS
11 15 (9.15%) OSPF
12 10 (6.10%) Cisco ISE
12 10 (6.10%) Cisco Nexus
13 9 (5.49%) Internet
13 9 (5.49%) IP Telephony
13 9 (5.49%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (0.61%) Big Data
1 1 (0.61%) Electronic Patient Records
1 1 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 9 (5.49%) JIRA
2 4 (2.44%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.61%) Git
3 1 (0.61%) GitLab
3 1 (0.61%) TeamCity
General
1 64 (39.02%) Social Skills
2 37 (22.56%) Telecoms
3 28 (17.07%) Finance
4 17 (10.37%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (6.10%) Retail
6 8 (4.88%) Banking
6 8 (4.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (3.66%) Aerospace
8 4 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (2.44%) Legal
8 4 (2.44%) Mandarin Language
8 4 (2.44%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.83%) Law
9 3 (1.83%) Marketing
9 3 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.22%) French Language
10 2 (1.22%) German Language
10 2 (1.22%) Local Government
11 1 (0.61%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 62 (37.80%) Network Engineer
2 32 (19.51%) Senior
3 19 (11.59%) Consultant
4 18 (10.98%) Architect
4 18 (10.98%) IT Support
5 17 (10.37%) Senior Network Engineer
6 15 (9.15%) IT Engineer
7 14 (8.54%) Cisco Engineer
7 14 (8.54%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 14 (8.54%) IT Support Engineer
7 14 (8.54%) Support Engineer
8 11 (6.71%) Network Consultant
9 9 (5.49%) Network Architect
10 8 (4.88%) LAN Engineer
10 8 (4.88%) Security Consultant
10 8 (4.88%) Security Engineer
11 7 (4.27%) Cisco Consultant
11 7 (4.27%) Juniper Consultant
11 7 (4.27%) Juniper Engineer
11 7 (4.27%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (7.32%) Terraform
2 3 (1.83%) ARM Templates
2 3 (1.83%) JSON
3 2 (1.22%) RESTful
4 1 (0.61%) Jinja
4 1 (0.61%) OAuth
4 1 (0.61%) OpenID
4 1 (0.61%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 27 (16.46%) Data Centre
2 15 (9.15%) Driving Licence
3 11 (6.71%) Management Information System
3 11 (6.71%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (6.10%) CCTV
5 9 (5.49%) Cloud Native
6 8 (4.88%) Security Posture
7 4 (2.44%) Private Cloud
7 4 (2.44%) Video Conferencing
8 3 (1.83%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.83%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.83%) Virtual Team
9 2 (1.22%) IoT
9 2 (1.22%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.61%) Cyber Defence
10 1 (0.61%) Distributed Systems
10 1 (0.61%) Enterprise Storage
10 1 (0.61%) PKI
10 1 (0.61%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 33 (20.12%) Windows
2 25 (15.24%) Windows Server
3 14 (8.54%) Linux
4 6 (3.66%) Windows Server 2016
4 6 (3.66%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (1.22%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.22%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (35.37%) Problem-Solving
2 46 (28.05%) Cybersecurity
3 44 (26.83%) ITIL
4 28 (17.07%) Project Delivery
5 26 (15.85%) Cloud Security
5 26 (15.85%) Network Design
5 26 (15.85%) Technical Leadership
6 24 (14.63%) Mentoring
7 21 (12.80%) Stakeholder Management
8 20 (12.20%) Incident Management
9 19 (11.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 19 (11.59%) Presales
10 15 (9.15%) AI
10 15 (9.15%) High Availability
11 14 (8.54%) Disaster Recovery
11 14 (8.54%) Identity Access Management
11 14 (8.54%) Information Security
11 14 (8.54%) Infrastructure as Code
11 14 (8.54%) ITSM
12 13 (7.93%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 21 (12.80%) Python
2 17 (10.37%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.83%) Bash
3 3 (1.83%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (1.22%) Search Processing Language
5 1 (0.61%) Go
5 1 (0.61%) Java
5 1 (0.61%) SQL
Qualifications
1 94 (57.32%) CCNP
2 73 (44.51%) CCNA
3 33 (20.12%) CISSP
4 31 (18.90%) Degree
5 30 (18.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 25 (15.24%) CCSP
6 25 (15.24%) Microsoft Certification
7 21 (12.80%) CCIE
7 21 (12.80%) Security Cleared
8 18 (10.98%) CISM
9 17 (10.37%) Azure Certification
10 16 (9.76%) SC Cleared
11 13 (7.93%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 12 (7.32%) MCSE
13 11 (6.71%) DBS Check
14 10 (6.10%) DV Cleared
15 9 (5.49%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 9 (5.49%) MCSA
16 6 (3.66%) Computer Science Degree
16 6 (3.66%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (15.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (14.02%) Cyber Essentials
3 12 (7.32%) NIST
4 8 (4.88%) GDPR
5 6 (3.66%) Accessibility
6 5 (3.05%) GRC
6 5 (3.05%) NCSC
6 5 (3.05%) SLA
7 4 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (1.83%) PCI DSS
8 3 (1.83%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.61%) COBIT
System Software
1 19 (11.59%) Active Directory
2 14 (8.54%) Hyper-V
3 13 (7.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (4.27%) VMware NSX
5 5 (3.05%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.83%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (1.83%) vSphere
7 1 (0.61%) Firmware
7 1 (0.61%) iptables
Systems Management
1 21 (12.80%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (7.93%) FortiGate
3 11 (6.71%) Ansible
4 3 (1.83%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (1.83%) Stealthwatch
5 2 (1.22%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.61%) CASB
6 1 (0.61%) Check_MK
6 1 (0.61%) Cilium
6 1 (0.61%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (0.61%) Grafana
Vendors
1 88 (53.66%) Cisco
2 35 (21.34%) Microsoft
3 29 (17.68%) VMware
4 26 (15.85%) Aruba
4 26 (15.85%) Palo Alto
5 22 (13.41%) Juniper
6 20 (12.20%) Fortinet
7 9 (5.49%) Draytek
7 9 (5.49%) Mitel
7 9 (5.49%) WatchGuard
8 8 (4.88%) CheckPoint
8 8 (4.88%) F5
8 8 (4.88%) SolarWinds
9 7 (4.27%) Citrix
9 7 (4.27%) Veeam
10 5 (3.05%) Google
11 4 (2.44%) Meraki
12 3 (1.83%) Arista
12 3 (1.83%) Huawei
12 3 (1.83%) SonicWALL