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 10 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 286 303 249
Rank change year-on-year +17 -54 -67
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 146 135 419
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.69% 0.82% 1.30%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.28% 2.44% 4.82%
Number of salaries quoted 112 103 297
10th Percentile £41,375 £31,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £55,125 £34,375 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% -4.55% -2.65%
75th Percentile £83,750 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £76,250 £84,919
UK median annual salary £65,000 £53,750 £52,500
% change year-on-year +20.93% +2.38% -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 4,452 5,528 8,687
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.98% 33.57% 26.87%
Number of salaries quoted 3,041 2,474 5,572
10th Percentile £33,250 £29,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £56,825
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +5.59% -5.29%
75th Percentile £78,750 £73,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £93,634 £90,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +2.80% -10.83%

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 10 July 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 (7.53%) SharePoint
2 9 (6.16%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (2.74%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (2.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.68%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 64 (43.84%) Azure
2 33 (22.60%) AWS
3 23 (15.75%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (7.53%) GCP
5 9 (6.16%) Power Platform
6 8 (5.48%) Entra ID
7 6 (4.11%) Azure Sentinel
8 4 (2.74%) ChatGPT
8 4 (2.74%) Microsoft Copilot
8 4 (2.74%) Mimecast
8 4 (2.74%) OneDrive
8 4 (2.74%) PowerApps
9 3 (2.05%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (2.05%) OCI
9 3 (2.05%) Serverless
9 3 (2.05%) Vertex AI
9 3 (2.05%) WeChat
10 2 (1.37%) Anthropic Claude
10 2 (1.37%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (1.37%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 67 (45.89%) Firewall
2 64 (43.84%) LAN
3 60 (41.10%) WAN
4 44 (30.14%) Network Security
5 36 (24.66%) SD-WAN
6 32 (21.92%) Wireless
7 27 (18.49%) VPN
8 19 (13.01%) VLAN
8 19 (13.01%) WLAN
9 18 (12.33%) Wi-Fi
10 14 (9.59%) Cisco ISE
11 13 (8.90%) TCP/IP
12 11 (7.53%) Cisco Nexus
13 10 (6.85%) DNS
14 9 (6.16%) DHCP
14 9 (6.16%) MPLS
15 8 (5.48%) BGP
15 8 (5.48%) OSPF
15 8 (5.48%) VoIP
16 6 (4.11%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.37%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (2.05%) JIRA
General
1 50 (34.25%) Social Skills
2 31 (21.23%) Finance
3 20 (13.70%) Telecoms
4 13 (8.90%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (7.53%) Retail
6 9 (6.16%) Banking
6 9 (6.16%) Public Sector
7 6 (4.11%) Law
7 6 (4.11%) Military
8 3 (2.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.05%) Mandarin Language
8 3 (2.05%) Marketing
9 2 (1.37%) Legal
9 2 (1.37%) Local Government
9 2 (1.37%) Social Housing
10 1 (0.68%) Dutch Language
10 1 (0.68%) French Language
10 1 (0.68%) German Language
10 1 (0.68%) Italian Language
10 1 (0.68%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 47 (32.19%) Network Engineer
2 30 (20.55%) Architect
3 24 (16.44%) Senior
4 20 (13.70%) Consultant
5 17 (11.64%) Solutions Architect
6 13 (8.90%) IT Engineer
7 12 (8.22%) Senior Network Engineer
8 11 (7.53%) Network Consultant
9 10 (6.85%) Network Architect
10 8 (5.48%) IT Support
10 8 (5.48%) IT Support Engineer
10 8 (5.48%) Presales Solution Architect
10 8 (5.48%) Security Architect
10 8 (5.48%) Security Specialist
10 8 (5.48%) Support Engineer
11 7 (4.79%) Principal Architect
12 6 (4.11%) Cisco Consultant
12 6 (4.11%) Cisco Network Consultant
12 6 (4.11%) Cisco Network Engineer
12 6 (4.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.42%) OAuth
1 5 (3.42%) OpenID
2 3 (2.05%) ARM Templates
3 2 (1.37%) JSON
3 2 (1.37%) RESTful
4 1 (0.68%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (17.81%) Data Centre
2 9 (6.16%) Cloud Native
3 8 (5.48%) Security Posture
4 7 (4.79%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (4.11%) Management Information System
6 5 (3.42%) Private Cloud
7 4 (2.74%) Cyber Defence
7 4 (2.74%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (2.74%) Public Cloud
8 3 (2.05%) Driving Licence
8 3 (2.05%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (2.05%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (1.37%) Housing Association
10 1 (0.68%) Client/Server
10 1 (0.68%) Enterprise Storage
10 1 (0.68%) IoT
10 1 (0.68%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 26 (17.81%) Windows
2 12 (8.22%) Windows Server
3 9 (6.16%) Linux
4 6 (4.11%) Windows Server 2016
4 6 (4.11%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.68%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (31.51%) Problem-Solving
2 39 (26.71%) Cybersecurity
3 29 (19.86%) Presales
4 27 (18.49%) ITIL
5 25 (17.12%) Mentoring
5 25 (17.12%) Technical Leadership
6 21 (14.38%) Cloud Security
6 21 (14.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 20 (13.70%) Disaster Recovery
7 20 (13.70%) Project Delivery
8 18 (12.33%) Roadmaps
8 18 (12.33%) Zero Trust
9 17 (11.64%) High Availability
10 16 (10.96%) Incident Response
10 16 (10.96%) Security Architecture
10 16 (10.96%) Stakeholder Management
11 15 (10.27%) Business Continuity
11 15 (10.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 15 (10.27%) Network Design
12 13 (8.90%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 19 (13.01%) PowerShell
2 14 (9.59%) Python
3 3 (2.05%) Bash
4 2 (1.37%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (1.37%) Search Processing Language
4 2 (1.37%) SQL
5 1 (0.68%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 81 (55.48%) CCNP
2 61 (41.78%) CCNA
3 32 (21.92%) CISSP
4 29 (19.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 29 (19.86%) CCIE
4 29 (19.86%) Degree
5 22 (15.07%) CCSP
6 21 (14.38%) Azure Certification
6 21 (14.38%) CISM
7 18 (12.33%) Security Cleared
8 17 (11.64%) Microsoft Certification
9 16 (10.96%) SC Cleared
10 10 (6.85%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (6.85%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 8 (5.48%) MCSE
11 8 (5.48%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 7 (4.79%) DV Cleared
12 7 (4.79%) RHCSA
13 6 (4.11%) AWS Certification
13 6 (4.11%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (14.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (9.59%) Cyber Essentials
3 12 (8.22%) NIST
4 6 (4.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (2.74%) GRC
6 3 (2.05%) GDPR
6 3 (2.05%) NCSC
6 3 (2.05%) SLA
7 2 (1.37%) Accessibility
7 2 (1.37%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.68%) SOC 2
System Software
1 15 (10.27%) Active Directory
2 10 (6.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (4.79%) Hyper-V
4 4 (2.74%) vSphere
5 3 (2.05%) VMware NSX
6 2 (1.37%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.37%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.68%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 14 (9.59%) Terraform
2 12 (8.22%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (4.79%) Ansible
4 6 (4.11%) FortiGate
5 5 (3.42%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.37%) Cisco Prime
6 2 (1.37%) OpenView
6 2 (1.37%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.68%) Check_MK
7 1 (0.68%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.68%) SCCM
Vendors
1 84 (57.53%) Cisco
2 35 (23.97%) Microsoft
3 29 (19.86%) Fortinet
4 27 (18.49%) Palo Alto
5 20 (13.70%) Juniper
5 20 (13.70%) VMware
6 18 (12.33%) Aruba
7 15 (10.27%) CheckPoint
8 8 (5.48%) Citrix
9 7 (4.79%) F5
9 7 (4.79%) SolarWinds
9 7 (4.79%) Veeam
9 7 (4.79%) Zscaler
10 6 (4.11%) Meraki
10 6 (4.11%) Splunk
11 4 (2.74%) Okta
11 4 (2.74%) Sophos
12 3 (2.05%) Dell
12 3 (2.05%) Huawei
12 3 (2.05%) Netskope