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

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 265 265 210
Rank change year-on-year 0 -55 +12
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 130 134 467
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.75% 1.03% 1.48%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.09% 3.50% 5.57%
Number of salaries quoted 100 121 391
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £48,165 £47,813 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £61,644 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.44% +12.08% -5.98%
75th Percentile £87,500 £75,000 £67,000
90th Percentile £95,250 £88,750 £84,919
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £51,364
% change year-on-year +4.17% +16.81% -6.61%

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 4,209 3,826 8,380
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 24.32% 29.46% 26.47%
Number of salaries quoted 2,799 2,481 5,985
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,500 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -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 10 April 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 9 (6.92%) SharePoint
2 8 (6.15%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.31%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.54%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 59 (45.38%) Azure
2 37 (28.46%) AWS
3 35 (26.92%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (10.00%) Entra ID
5 6 (4.62%) GCP
6 5 (3.85%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (3.08%) Azure Logic Apps
7 4 (3.08%) ChatGPT
7 4 (3.08%) Microsoft Copilot
7 4 (3.08%) Mimecast
7 4 (3.08%) OCI
7 4 (3.08%) OneDrive
7 4 (3.08%) Power Platform
7 4 (3.08%) PowerApps
8 3 (2.31%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (1.54%) AWS Direct Connect
10 1 (0.77%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.77%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.77%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 47 (36.15%) Firewall
2 37 (28.46%) WAN
3 34 (26.15%) LAN
4 27 (20.77%) SD-WAN
5 26 (20.00%) Network Security
6 15 (11.54%) VPN
7 14 (10.77%) VLAN
7 14 (10.77%) Wireless
8 10 (7.69%) Cisco ISE
9 9 (6.92%) MPLS
10 8 (6.15%) BGP
11 7 (5.38%) Cisco Nexus
11 7 (5.38%) OSPF
11 7 (5.38%) Structured Cabling
11 7 (5.38%) TCP/IP
11 7 (5.38%) WLAN
12 6 (4.62%) Cisco ASA
13 5 (3.85%) Cisco Wireless
13 5 (3.85%) IP Telephony
13 5 (3.85%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.54%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (5.38%) Burp Suite
1 7 (5.38%) Metasploit
2 2 (1.54%) JIRA
General
1 45 (34.62%) Social Skills
2 24 (18.46%) Finance
3 15 (11.54%) Retail
4 10 (7.69%) Public Sector
4 10 (7.69%) Telecoms
5 6 (4.62%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (4.62%) Law
6 5 (3.85%) Military
6 5 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (3.08%) Banking
8 3 (2.31%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.54%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.54%) Social Housing
10 1 (0.77%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.77%) Fire and Rescue
10 1 (0.77%) Marketing
10 1 (0.77%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.77%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (17.69%) Architect
1 23 (17.69%) Network Engineer
2 18 (13.85%) Senior
3 12 (9.23%) IT Engineer
3 12 (9.23%) Solutions Architect
4 11 (8.46%) Consultant
4 11 (8.46%) Security Specialist
5 10 (7.69%) Analyst
5 10 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 10 (7.69%) Senior Network Engineer
6 9 (6.92%) Security Analyst
7 8 (6.15%) IT Support
7 8 (6.15%) IT Support Engineer
7 8 (6.15%) Presales Solution Architect
7 8 (6.15%) Security Architect
7 8 (6.15%) Support Engineer
8 7 (5.38%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 7 (5.38%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
9 6 (4.62%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 6 (4.62%) Principal Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.85%) OAuth
1 5 (3.85%) OpenID
2 1 (0.77%) ARM Templates
2 1 (0.77%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (16.15%) Data Centre
2 17 (13.08%) Security Posture
3 7 (5.38%) Driving Licence
3 7 (5.38%) Insider Threat
4 6 (4.62%) Cyber Defence
4 6 (4.62%) Public Cloud
5 5 (3.85%) CCTV
5 5 (3.85%) Cloud Native
5 5 (3.85%) Onboarding
5 5 (3.85%) Social Media
6 3 (2.31%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.54%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.54%) e-Learning
7 2 (1.54%) Housing Association
7 2 (1.54%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.54%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.54%) Private Cloud
7 2 (1.54%) Robotics
7 2 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.54%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 36 (27.69%) Windows
2 17 (13.08%) Linux
3 13 (10.00%) Windows Server
4 5 (3.85%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.54%) Ubuntu
5 2 (1.54%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.77%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.77%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (26.92%) Cybersecurity
2 33 (25.38%) ITIL
3 27 (20.77%) Problem-Solving
4 26 (20.00%) Mentoring
5 21 (16.15%) Presales
6 19 (14.62%) Technical Leadership
7 18 (13.85%) Project Delivery
7 18 (13.85%) Security Architecture
8 17 (13.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 16 (12.31%) Roadmaps
10 13 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 13 (10.00%) Penetration Testing
10 13 (10.00%) Zero Trust
11 12 (9.23%) Information Security
12 11 (8.46%) Continuous Improvement
12 11 (8.46%) Decision-Making
12 11 (8.46%) Ethical Hacking
12 11 (8.46%) Incident Response
12 11 (8.46%) Vulnerability Management
13 10 (7.69%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 14 (10.77%) PowerShell
2 7 (5.38%) Python
3 3 (2.31%) Bash
4 2 (1.54%) SQL
5 1 (0.77%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 61 (46.92%) CCNA
2 52 (40.00%) CCNP
3 35 (26.92%) CISSP
4 34 (26.15%) Microsoft Certification
5 29 (22.31%) Degree
6 27 (20.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 24 (18.46%) MCSE
7 24 (18.46%) Security Cleared
8 23 (17.69%) SC Cleared
9 20 (15.38%) CCIE
10 18 (13.85%) CISM
10 18 (13.85%) MCSA
11 16 (12.31%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 15 (11.54%) Azure Certification
13 13 (10.00%) CCSP
13 13 (10.00%) CompTIA Security+
14 12 (9.23%) CEH
15 9 (6.92%) CISMP
16 7 (5.38%) GPEN
16 7 (5.38%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (18.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (14.62%) NIST
3 14 (10.77%) Cyber Essentials
4 11 (8.46%) SLA
5 9 (6.92%) Actionable Recommendations
6 6 (4.62%) GDPR
7 5 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (2.31%) GRC
8 3 (2.31%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (6.92%) Hyper-V
2 8 (6.15%) Active Directory
2 8 (6.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (3.85%) vSphere
4 1 (0.77%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 16 (12.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (9.23%) Terraform
3 7 (5.38%) Ansible
3 7 (5.38%) Nmap
4 5 (3.85%) FortiGate
4 5 (3.85%) Jamf Pro
4 5 (3.85%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (3.08%) PaperCut
6 2 (1.54%) Nagios
6 2 (1.54%) OpenView
6 2 (1.54%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.77%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (0.77%) SCCM
7 1 (0.77%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 74 (56.92%) Cisco
2 44 (33.85%) Microsoft
3 27 (20.77%) Fortinet
4 24 (18.46%) VMware
5 14 (10.77%) Palo Alto
6 11 (8.46%) CheckPoint
7 9 (6.92%) Juniper
8 8 (6.15%) Meraki
9 7 (5.38%) Draytek
9 7 (5.38%) WatchGuard
9 7 (5.38%) Zscaler
10 6 (4.62%) Citrix
11 5 (3.85%) Apple
11 5 (3.85%) Mitel
11 5 (3.85%) Sophos
12 4 (3.08%) Okta
12 4 (3.08%) SolarWinds
12 4 (3.08%) Splunk
13 3 (2.31%) Netskope
13 3 (2.31%) Tenable