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

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 299 266 248
Rank change year-on-year -33 -18 -76
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 160 166 319
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.70% 1.00% 1.29%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.37% 2.91% 4.87%
Number of salaries quoted 117 111 200
10th Percentile £41,250 £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 £66,250
90th Percentile £89,750 £88,750 £72,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £49,875 £55,000
% change year-on-year +30.33% -9.32% -

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 4,741 5,706 6,556
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.65% 34.43% 26.52%
Number of salaries quoted 3,076 2,415 3,684
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,750 £33,000
25th Percentile £46,743 £40,903 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -0.86% -3.33%
75th Percentile £79,688 £75,900 £73,431
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,650 £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 21 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 13 (8.13%) 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
2 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.25%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 59 (36.88%) Azure
2 32 (20.00%) AWS
3 25 (15.63%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (8.13%) Entra ID
5 11 (6.88%) GCP
6 7 (4.38%) Power Platform
7 5 (3.13%) Azure Sentinel
8 4 (2.50%) Power Automate
8 4 (2.50%) WeChat
9 3 (1.88%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (1.88%) OCI
9 3 (1.88%) Serverless
9 3 (1.88%) Vertex AI
10 2 (1.25%) Anthropic Claude
10 2 (1.25%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (1.25%) ChatGPT
10 2 (1.25%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (1.25%) Mimecast
10 2 (1.25%) OneDrive
10 2 (1.25%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 79 (49.38%) Firewall
2 76 (47.50%) LAN
3 69 (43.13%) WAN
4 57 (35.63%) Network Security
5 37 (23.13%) Wireless
6 35 (21.88%) VPN
7 30 (18.75%) SD-WAN
8 27 (16.88%) VLAN
9 23 (14.38%) Wi-Fi
10 22 (13.75%) WLAN
11 17 (10.63%) TCP/IP
12 15 (9.38%) DHCP
12 15 (9.38%) DNS
13 14 (8.75%) OSPF
14 13 (8.13%) BGP
14 13 (8.13%) Cisco ISE
15 12 (7.50%) Cisco Nexus
16 10 (6.25%) MPLS
17 9 (5.63%) Internet
17 9 (5.63%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.63%) Electronic Patient Records
1 1 (0.63%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (4.38%) JIRA
2 3 (1.88%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.63%) Git
3 1 (0.63%) GitLab
General
1 61 (38.13%) 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
7 8 (5.00%) Public Sector
8 7 (4.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (2.50%) Aerospace
9 4 (2.50%) Mandarin Language
10 3 (1.88%) Law
10 3 (1.88%) Marketing
10 3 (1.88%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.25%) French Language
11 2 (1.25%) German Language
11 2 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.25%) Legal
11 2 (1.25%) Local Government
11 2 (1.25%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 58 (36.25%) Network Engineer
2 27 (16.88%) Senior
3 24 (15.00%) Architect
4 21 (13.13%) 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 Engineer
11 6 (3.75%) Juniper Consultant
11 6 (3.75%) Juniper Engineer
11 6 (3.75%) Presales Solution Architect
11 6 (3.75%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (8.75%) Terraform
2 3 (1.88%) ARM Templates
3 2 (1.25%) JSON
3 2 (1.25%) OAuth
3 2 (1.25%) OpenID
3 2 (1.25%) RESTful
4 1 (0.63%) Jinja
4 1 (0.63%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 27 (16.88%) Data Centre
2 9 (5.63%) Management Information System
2 9 (5.63%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (4.38%) Cloud Native
3 7 (4.38%) Security Posture
4 5 (3.13%) Private Cloud
5 4 (2.50%) Driving Licence
5 4 (2.50%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (2.50%) Video Conferencing
6 3 (1.88%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.88%) Public Cloud
6 3 (1.88%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.25%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (1.25%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.25%) Enterprise Storage
7 2 (1.25%) Housing Association
7 2 (1.25%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.63%) CCTV
8 1 (0.63%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.63%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 28 (17.50%) Windows
2 16 (10.00%) Windows Server
3 9 (5.63%) 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 53 (33.13%) Problem-Solving
2 38 (23.75%) Cybersecurity
3 35 (21.88%) ITIL
4 31 (19.38%) Technical Leadership
5 28 (17.50%) Presales
6 27 (16.88%) Project Delivery
7 26 (16.25%) Mentoring
8 23 (14.38%) Cloud Security
9 21 (13.13%) Network Design
10 19 (11.88%) Disaster Recovery
11 18 (11.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 18 (11.25%) Stakeholder Management
12 16 (10.00%) Business Continuity
12 16 (10.00%) High Availability
12 16 (10.00%) Infrastructure as Code
12 16 (10.00%) Roadmaps
12 16 (10.00%) Zero Trust
13 15 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
14 14 (8.75%) Incident Response
14 14 (8.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 20 (12.50%) PowerShell
1 20 (12.50%) Python
2 3 (1.88%) Bash
3 2 (1.25%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (1.25%) Search Processing Language
4 1 (0.63%) SQL
Qualifications
1 90 (56.25%) CCNP
2 63 (39.38%) CCNA
3 34 (21.25%) Degree
4 30 (18.75%) CISSP
5 27 (16.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 27 (16.88%) CCIE
6 23 (14.38%) Security Cleared
7 21 (13.13%) Azure Certification
7 21 (13.13%) CCSP
8 18 (11.25%) CISM
8 18 (11.25%) Microsoft Certification
8 18 (11.25%) SC Cleared
9 11 (6.88%) DV Cleared
10 10 (6.25%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 9 (5.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 7 (4.38%) AWS Certification
12 7 (4.38%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (4.38%) DBS Check
12 7 (4.38%) MCSE
12 7 (4.38%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (13.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (10.63%) Cyber Essentials
3 11 (6.88%) NIST
4 6 (3.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 6 (3.75%) GDPR
4 6 (3.75%) SLA
5 5 (3.13%) GRC
5 5 (3.13%) NCSC
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%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (3.13%) vSphere
6 4 (2.50%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.63%) Firmware
7 1 (0.63%) iptables
Systems Management
1 12 (7.50%) FortiGate
1 12 (7.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (6.88%) Ansible
3 4 (2.50%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (1.88%) Stealthwatch
5 1 (0.63%) CASB
5 1 (0.63%) Check_MK
5 1 (0.63%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (0.63%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.63%) OpenView
5 1 (0.63%) SCCM
5 1 (0.63%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 94 (58.75%) Cisco
2 36 (22.50%) 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 13 (8.13%) CheckPoint
8 8 (5.00%) Citrix
8 8 (5.00%) F5
8 8 (5.00%) Veeam
9 7 (4.38%) SolarWinds
10 6 (3.75%) Zscaler
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
11 4 (2.50%) Splunk
12 3 (1.88%) Huawei