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

6 months to
27 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 266 277 224
Rank change year-on-year +11 -53 -4
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 126 129 461
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.70% 0.96% 1.42%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.94% 3.15% 5.27%
Number of salaries quoted 96 116 369
10th Percentile £44,375 £31,875 £30,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,938 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +9.09% -5.17%
75th Percentile £87,500 £72,846 £65,603
90th Percentile £97,500 £88,750 £84,919
UK median annual salary £65,000 £58,500 £51,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% +13.59% -6.36%

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 4,282 4,100 8,755
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 23.64% 30.36% 26.92%
Number of salaries quoted 2,873 2,466 5,930
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,344 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £78,800 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £54,399
% change year-on-year +4.35% +5.70% -5.90%

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 27 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 (7.14%) SharePoint
2 8 (6.35%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (3.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.59%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 58 (46.03%) Azure
2 34 (26.98%) Microsoft 365
3 33 (26.19%) AWS
4 10 (7.94%) Entra ID
5 8 (6.35%) GCP
6 5 (3.97%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (3.17%) ChatGPT
7 4 (3.17%) Microsoft Copilot
7 4 (3.17%) Mimecast
7 4 (3.17%) OCI
7 4 (3.17%) OneDrive
7 4 (3.17%) Power Platform
7 4 (3.17%) PowerApps
8 3 (2.38%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (2.38%) Serverless
8 3 (2.38%) Vertex AI
9 2 (1.59%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (1.59%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (1.59%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.79%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 44 (34.92%) Firewall
2 38 (30.16%) WAN
3 37 (29.37%) LAN
4 30 (23.81%) Network Security
5 26 (20.63%) SD-WAN
6 17 (13.49%) VPN
7 16 (12.70%) Wireless
8 13 (10.32%) VLAN
9 11 (8.73%) Cisco ISE
10 9 (7.14%) MPLS
11 8 (6.35%) TCP/IP
11 8 (6.35%) WLAN
12 7 (5.56%) BGP
12 7 (5.56%) Structured Cabling
12 7 (5.56%) VoIP
13 6 (4.76%) Cisco Firepower
13 6 (4.76%) Cisco Nexus
13 6 (4.76%) OSPF
14 5 (3.97%) Cisco ASA
14 5 (3.97%) Cisco Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.59%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (3.97%) Burp Suite
1 5 (3.97%) Metasploit
2 2 (1.59%) JIRA
General
1 39 (30.95%) Social Skills
2 25 (19.84%) Finance
3 11 (8.73%) Retail
4 10 (7.94%) Public Sector
5 9 (7.14%) Telecoms
6 6 (4.76%) Banking
6 6 (4.76%) Law
7 5 (3.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (3.97%) Military
7 5 (3.97%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (3.17%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.59%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.59%) Social Housing
11 1 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.79%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.79%) Marketing
11 1 (0.79%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 26 (20.63%) Network Engineer
2 25 (19.84%) Architect
3 16 (12.70%) Senior
4 12 (9.52%) Consultant
4 12 (9.52%) Solutions Architect
5 11 (8.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 10 (7.94%) Security Architect
6 10 (7.94%) Senior Network Engineer
7 9 (7.14%) IT Engineer
7 9 (7.14%) Security Specialist
8 8 (6.35%) Analyst
8 8 (6.35%) Presales Solution Architect
9 7 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Architect
9 7 (5.56%) Security Analyst
10 6 (4.76%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 6 (4.76%) Data Centre Engineer
10 6 (4.76%) Principal Architect
10 6 (4.76%) Security Manager
10 6 (4.76%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 5 (3.97%) Solutions Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.97%) OAuth
1 5 (3.97%) OpenID
2 2 (1.59%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.79%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (16.67%) Data Centre
2 13 (10.32%) Security Posture
3 7 (5.56%) Cloud Native
4 6 (4.76%) Cyber Defence
4 6 (4.76%) Public Cloud
5 5 (3.97%) Insider Threat
5 5 (3.97%) Onboarding
5 5 (3.97%) Social Media
6 3 (2.38%) Driving Licence
6 3 (2.38%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (2.38%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.59%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.59%) e-Learning
7 2 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.59%) Housing Association
7 2 (1.59%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.59%) Private Cloud
7 2 (1.59%) Robotics
7 2 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.59%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 34 (26.98%) Windows
2 14 (11.11%) Linux
3 11 (8.73%) Windows Server
4 5 (3.97%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.59%) Ubuntu
5 2 (1.59%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.79%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (26.98%) Cybersecurity
2 33 (26.19%) ITIL
3 27 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (16.67%) Mentoring
5 20 (15.87%) Presales
6 18 (14.29%) Roadmaps
6 18 (14.29%) Security Architecture
7 17 (13.49%) Project Delivery
7 17 (13.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 17 (13.49%) Technical Leadership
8 15 (11.90%) Zero Trust
9 14 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 13 (10.32%) Cloud Security
11 12 (9.52%) Network Design
12 11 (8.73%) Continuous Improvement
12 11 (8.73%) DevOps
12 11 (8.73%) Incident Response
12 11 (8.73%) Infrastructure as Code
12 11 (8.73%) Penetration Testing
13 10 (7.94%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 13 (10.32%) PowerShell
2 9 (7.14%) Python
3 4 (3.17%) Bash
4 2 (1.59%) SQL
5 1 (0.79%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 54 (42.86%) CCNA
2 51 (40.48%) CCNP
3 35 (27.78%) CISSP
4 29 (23.02%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 26 (20.63%) Degree
5 26 (20.63%) Microsoft Certification
6 22 (17.46%) CISM
7 20 (15.87%) Security Cleared
8 19 (15.08%) CCIE
8 19 (15.08%) SC Cleared
9 18 (14.29%) CCSP
10 16 (12.70%) Azure Certification
10 16 (12.70%) MCSE
11 12 (9.52%) MCSA
12 10 (7.94%) CEH
12 10 (7.94%) CompTIA Security+
13 9 (7.14%) DBS Check
14 8 (6.35%) Computer Science Degree
14 8 (6.35%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 7 (5.56%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (19.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (14.29%) NIST
3 11 (8.73%) Cyber Essentials
4 8 (6.35%) SLA
5 7 (5.56%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (3.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (3.97%) GDPR
7 3 (2.38%) GRC
7 3 (2.38%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.79%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (7.14%) Active Directory
2 8 (6.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (4.76%) Hyper-V
4 5 (3.97%) vSphere
5 1 (0.79%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 14 (11.11%) Terraform
2 13 (10.32%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (5.56%) Ansible
4 5 (3.97%) FortiGate
4 5 (3.97%) Jamf Pro
4 5 (3.97%) Nmap
4 5 (3.97%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (3.17%) PaperCut
6 2 (1.59%) Nagios
6 2 (1.59%) OpenView
6 2 (1.59%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.79%) Check_MK
7 1 (0.79%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (0.79%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.79%) SCCM
7 1 (0.79%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 70 (55.56%) Cisco
2 38 (30.16%) Microsoft
3 26 (20.63%) Fortinet
4 18 (14.29%) VMware
5 13 (10.32%) Palo Alto
6 11 (8.73%) CheckPoint
6 11 (8.73%) Juniper
7 8 (6.35%) Meraki
8 7 (5.56%) Zscaler
9 6 (4.76%) SolarWinds
10 5 (3.97%) Apple
11 4 (3.17%) Draytek
11 4 (3.17%) Google
11 4 (3.17%) Okta
11 4 (3.17%) Sophos
11 4 (3.17%) Splunk
11 4 (3.17%) WatchGuard
12 3 (2.38%) Aruba
12 3 (2.38%) Netskope
12 3 (2.38%) Tenable