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

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 293 228 229
Rank change year-on-year -65 +1 -68
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 174 201 297
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.70% 1.22% 1.38%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.38% 3.25% 4.99%
Number of salaries quoted 116 134 162
10th Percentile £32,261 £31,250 £42,575
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,438 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,295 £58,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.23% -7.20% +13.64%
75th Percentile £73,750 £73,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £103,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £52,500 £59,000
% change year-on-year +19.05% -11.02% +7.27%

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 5,142 6,190 5,949
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.63% 37.45% 27.70%
Number of salaries quoted 3,149 2,258 2,727
10th Percentile £32,750 £30,750 £34,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -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 12 October 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 14 (8.05%) SharePoint
2 9 (5.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.15%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.15%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 65 (37.36%) Azure
2 41 (23.56%) AWS
3 34 (19.54%) Microsoft 365
4 28 (16.09%) Entra ID
5 13 (7.47%) GCP
6 8 (4.60%) SaaS
7 7 (4.02%) Amazon EKS
7 7 (4.02%) Google Compute Engine
7 7 (4.02%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 7 (4.02%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 5 (2.87%) Power Platform
9 4 (2.30%) Azure Sentinel
9 4 (2.30%) OCI
9 4 (2.30%) Power Automate
9 4 (2.30%) WeChat
10 2 (1.15%) Anthropic Claude
10 2 (1.15%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (1.15%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (1.15%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.57%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 97 (55.75%) Firewall
2 79 (45.40%) LAN
3 72 (41.38%) WAN
4 68 (39.08%) Network Security
5 44 (25.29%) VPN
6 43 (24.71%) Wireless
7 30 (17.24%) VLAN
8 29 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
9 26 (14.94%) SD-WAN
9 26 (14.94%) TCP/IP
10 24 (13.79%) BGP
11 22 (12.64%) WLAN
12 18 (10.34%) DHCP
12 18 (10.34%) DNS
12 18 (10.34%) OSPF
13 14 (8.05%) Cisco Nexus
14 11 (6.32%) IP Telephony
15 10 (5.75%) Cisco ISE
16 9 (5.17%) Internet
16 9 (5.17%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.02%) Amazon RDS
1 7 (4.02%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.57%) Big Data
2 1 (0.57%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 10 (5.75%) JIRA
2 7 (4.02%) TeamCity
3 4 (2.30%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.57%) Git
4 1 (0.57%) GitLab
General
1 76 (43.68%) Social Skills
2 38 (21.84%) Telecoms
3 31 (17.82%) Finance
4 18 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (6.32%) Retail
6 8 (4.60%) Aerospace
6 8 (4.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (4.02%) Back Office
7 7 (4.02%) Financial Institution
8 6 (3.45%) French Language
9 5 (2.87%) Banking
10 4 (2.30%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (2.30%) Legal
10 4 (2.30%) Mandarin Language
10 4 (2.30%) Public Sector
11 3 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.72%) Marketing
11 3 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.15%) German Language
12 2 (1.15%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 70 (40.23%) Network Engineer
2 38 (21.84%) Senior
3 20 (11.49%) IT Support
3 20 (11.49%) Senior Network Engineer
4 18 (10.34%) Consultant
5 15 (8.62%) IT Engineer
6 14 (8.05%) Cisco Engineer
6 14 (8.05%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 14 (8.05%) IT Support Engineer
6 14 (8.05%) Security Engineer
6 14 (8.05%) Support Engineer
7 13 (7.47%) Architect
8 11 (6.32%) Network Consultant
9 8 (4.60%) Cloud Engineer
9 8 (4.60%) LAN Engineer
9 8 (4.60%) Network Architect
9 8 (4.60%) Security Consultant
10 7 (4.02%) Cloud Security Engineer
10 7 (4.02%) Juniper Consultant
10 7 (4.02%) Juniper Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (8.62%) Terraform
2 3 (1.72%) JSON
3 2 (1.15%) ARM Templates
3 2 (1.15%) RESTful
4 1 (0.57%) Jinja
4 1 (0.57%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 34 (19.54%) Data Centre
2 18 (10.34%) Driving Licence
3 17 (9.77%) Management Information System
4 16 (9.20%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (8.05%) Security Posture
6 13 (7.47%) Cloud Native
7 12 (6.90%) CCTV
8 7 (4.02%) Blog
8 7 (4.02%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (2.30%) Private Cloud
9 4 (2.30%) Video Conferencing
10 3 (1.72%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (1.72%) Virtual Team
11 2 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (1.15%) IoT
11 2 (1.15%) Onboarding
12 1 (0.57%) Client/Server
12 1 (0.57%) Enterprise Storage
12 1 (0.57%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 32 (18.39%) Windows
2 26 (14.94%) Windows Server
3 16 (9.20%) Linux
4 6 (3.45%) Windows Server 2016
4 6 (3.45%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (1.72%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (1.15%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (37.36%) Problem-Solving
2 50 (28.74%) Cybersecurity
3 47 (27.01%) ITIL
4 31 (17.82%) Project Delivery
5 30 (17.24%) Cloud Security
5 30 (17.24%) Network Design
6 27 (15.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 26 (14.94%) Mentoring
7 26 (14.94%) Technical Leadership
8 22 (12.64%) Stakeholder Management
9 21 (12.07%) Incident Management
10 20 (11.49%) High Availability
10 20 (11.49%) Information Security
11 19 (10.92%) ITSM
12 18 (10.34%) Identity Access Management
12 18 (10.34%) Incident Response
12 18 (10.34%) Infrastructure as Code
13 16 (9.20%) Application Security
13 16 (9.20%) Presales
13 16 (9.20%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 25 (14.37%) Python
2 16 (9.20%) PowerShell
3 7 (4.02%) Go
3 7 (4.02%) Java
3 7 (4.02%) SQL
4 3 (1.72%) Bash
4 3 (1.72%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (1.15%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 103 (59.20%) CCNP
2 83 (47.70%) CCNA
3 34 (19.54%) CISSP
4 31 (17.82%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 31 (17.82%) Degree
5 27 (15.52%) CCSP
6 26 (14.94%) Microsoft Certification
7 23 (13.22%) Security Cleared
8 21 (12.07%) CCIE
9 20 (11.49%) CISM
10 16 (9.20%) SC Cleared
11 15 (8.62%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 13 (7.47%) Azure Certification
12 13 (7.47%) MCSE
13 12 (6.90%) DV Cleared
14 11 (6.32%) DBS Check
14 11 (6.32%) MCSA
15 9 (5.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 7 (4.02%) PMP
17 6 (3.45%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (16.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (14.37%) Cyber Essentials
3 16 (9.20%) NIST
4 9 (5.17%) PCI DSS
4 9 (5.17%) SOC 2
5 7 (4.02%) GDPR
6 6 (3.45%) Accessibility
7 5 (2.87%) GRC
7 5 (2.87%) NCSC
7 5 (2.87%) SLA
8 4 (2.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.57%) COBIT
System Software
1 18 (10.34%) Active Directory
2 16 (9.20%) Hyper-V
3 12 (6.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (4.02%) VMware NSX
5 5 (2.87%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (2.30%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (1.15%) vSphere
8 1 (0.57%) Firmware
8 1 (0.57%) iptables
Systems Management
1 23 (13.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (8.62%) FortiGate
3 11 (6.32%) Ansible
4 8 (4.60%) Kubernetes
5 7 (4.02%) Cilium
5 7 (4.02%) Grafana
6 3 (1.72%) Stealthwatch
7 2 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.57%) CASB
8 1 (0.57%) Check_MK
8 1 (0.57%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 96 (55.17%) Cisco
2 33 (18.97%) Microsoft
3 31 (17.82%) VMware
4 30 (17.24%) Aruba
5 25 (14.37%) Palo Alto
6 23 (13.22%) Fortinet
7 22 (12.64%) Juniper
8 11 (6.32%) CheckPoint
8 11 (6.32%) Draytek
8 11 (6.32%) F5
8 11 (6.32%) Google
8 11 (6.32%) Mitel
8 11 (6.32%) WatchGuard
9 9 (5.17%) SolarWinds
10 7 (4.02%) Citrix
10 7 (4.02%) Veeam
11 4 (2.30%) Infoblox
11 4 (2.30%) Meraki
12 3 (1.72%) Forcepoint
12 3 (1.72%) ServiceNow