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

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 290 296 249
Rank change year-on-year +6 -47 -68
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 135 130 429
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.65% 0.82% 1.28%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.09% 2.42% 4.82%
Number of salaries quoted 105 100 306
10th Percentile £41,250 £31,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £32,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £54,694 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.84% -0.56% -2.65%
75th Percentile £83,750 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £76,250 £84,919
UK median annual salary £65,000 £53,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +21.50% +1.90% -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 4,362 5,372 8,908
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 21.05% 33.81% 26.64%
Number of salaries quoted 3,027 2,407 5,757
10th Percentile £33,250 £28,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,300 £60,000 £56,525
Median % change year-on-year +3.83% +6.15% -5.79%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £86,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £52,777
% change year-on-year +9.09% +4.21% -12.04%

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 1 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 10 (7.41%) SharePoint
2 8 (5.93%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (2.96%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (2.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.74%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 62 (45.93%) Azure
2 32 (23.70%) AWS
3 22 (16.30%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (8.15%) GCP
5 9 (6.67%) Power Platform
6 7 (5.19%) Entra ID
7 6 (4.44%) Azure Sentinel
8 4 (2.96%) ChatGPT
8 4 (2.96%) Microsoft Copilot
8 4 (2.96%) Mimecast
8 4 (2.96%) OneDrive
8 4 (2.96%) PowerApps
9 3 (2.22%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (2.22%) OCI
9 3 (2.22%) Serverless
9 3 (2.22%) Vertex AI
10 2 (1.48%) Anthropic Claude
10 2 (1.48%) AWS Direct Connect
10 2 (1.48%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (1.48%) WeChat
Communications & Networking
1 60 (44.44%) Firewall
2 54 (40.00%) LAN
3 53 (39.26%) WAN
4 39 (28.89%) Network Security
5 34 (25.19%) SD-WAN
6 25 (18.52%) Wireless
7 24 (17.78%) VPN
8 14 (10.37%) Cisco ISE
8 14 (10.37%) WLAN
9 13 (9.63%) VLAN
9 13 (9.63%) Wi-Fi
10 11 (8.15%) Cisco Nexus
11 10 (7.41%) TCP/IP
12 9 (6.67%) DNS
13 8 (5.93%) DHCP
13 8 (5.93%) VoIP
14 7 (5.19%) MPLS
15 6 (4.44%) BGP
15 6 (4.44%) Cisco Wireless
15 6 (4.44%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.48%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (2.22%) JIRA
2 1 (0.74%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.74%) Metasploit
General
1 43 (31.85%) Social Skills
2 30 (22.22%) Finance
3 17 (12.59%) Telecoms
4 13 (9.63%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (7.41%) Retail
6 7 (5.19%) Banking
6 7 (5.19%) Public Sector
7 6 (4.44%) Law
8 5 (3.70%) Military
9 3 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.48%) Legal
10 2 (1.48%) Local Government
10 2 (1.48%) Mandarin Language
10 2 (1.48%) Social Housing
11 1 (0.74%) Dutch Language
11 1 (0.74%) French Language
11 1 (0.74%) German Language
11 1 (0.74%) Italian Language
11 1 (0.74%) Marketing
11 1 (0.74%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 38 (28.15%) Network Engineer
2 30 (22.22%) Architect
3 20 (14.81%) Consultant
3 20 (14.81%) Senior
4 17 (12.59%) Solutions Architect
5 12 (8.89%) IT Engineer
6 11 (8.15%) Network Consultant
7 10 (7.41%) Network Architect
8 9 (6.67%) Security Specialist
9 8 (5.93%) Presales Solution Architect
9 8 (5.93%) Security Architect
9 8 (5.93%) Senior Network Engineer
10 7 (5.19%) IT Support
10 7 (5.19%) IT Support Engineer
10 7 (5.19%) Principal Architect
10 7 (5.19%) Support Engineer
11 6 (4.44%) Cisco Consultant
11 6 (4.44%) Cisco Network Consultant
11 6 (4.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 5 (3.70%) Cisco Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.70%) OAuth
1 5 (3.70%) OpenID
2 3 (2.22%) ARM Templates
3 2 (1.48%) JSON
3 2 (1.48%) RESTful
4 1 (0.74%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (18.52%) Data Centre
2 9 (6.67%) Cloud Native
2 9 (6.67%) Security Posture
3 7 (5.19%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (4.44%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.96%) Cyber Defence
5 4 (2.96%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (2.96%) Private Cloud
5 4 (2.96%) Public Cloud
6 3 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.48%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.48%) Housing Association
7 2 (1.48%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.74%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.74%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (0.74%) Insider Threat
8 1 (0.74%) IoT
8 1 (0.74%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 24 (17.78%) Windows
2 10 (7.41%) Windows Server
3 9 (6.67%) Linux
4 5 (3.70%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (3.70%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.74%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (30.37%) Problem-Solving
2 37 (27.41%) Cybersecurity
3 28 (20.74%) Presales
4 27 (20.00%) ITIL
5 21 (15.56%) Cloud Security
5 21 (15.56%) Technical Leadership
6 20 (14.81%) Disaster Recovery
6 20 (14.81%) Mentoring
7 19 (14.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 18 (13.33%) Project Delivery
8 18 (13.33%) Roadmaps
8 18 (13.33%) Zero Trust
9 17 (12.59%) High Availability
10 16 (11.85%) Incident Response
10 16 (11.85%) Security Architecture
10 16 (11.85%) Stakeholder Management
11 15 (11.11%) Business Continuity
12 13 (9.63%) Application Security
12 13 (9.63%) DevOps
12 13 (9.63%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 18 (13.33%) PowerShell
2 12 (8.89%) Python
3 3 (2.22%) Bash
4 2 (1.48%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (1.48%) Search Processing Language
4 2 (1.48%) SQL
5 1 (0.74%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 72 (53.33%) CCNP
2 56 (41.48%) CCNA
3 33 (24.44%) CISSP
4 29 (21.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 29 (21.48%) CCIE
5 27 (20.00%) Degree
6 22 (16.30%) CCSP
7 21 (15.56%) Azure Certification
7 21 (15.56%) CISM
8 18 (13.33%) Security Cleared
9 17 (12.59%) Microsoft Certification
10 16 (11.85%) SC Cleared
11 10 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
11 10 (7.41%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 9 (6.67%) MCSE
13 7 (5.19%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 6 (4.44%) AWS Certification
14 6 (4.44%) CCSE
14 6 (4.44%) DV Cleared
14 6 (4.44%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (15.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (9.63%) Cyber Essentials
3 12 (8.89%) NIST
4 6 (4.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (2.96%) GRC
5 4 (2.96%) SLA
6 3 (2.22%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (2.22%) GDPR
6 3 (2.22%) NCSC
7 2 (1.48%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.74%) SOC 2
System Software
1 14 (10.37%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (4.44%) Hyper-V
4 4 (2.96%) vSphere
5 1 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.74%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.74%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 14 (10.37%) Terraform
2 11 (8.15%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (4.44%) FortiGate
4 5 (3.70%) Ansible
4 5 (3.70%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.48%) Cisco Prime
5 2 (1.48%) OpenView
5 2 (1.48%) Tivoli
6 1 (0.74%) Check_MK
6 1 (0.74%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.74%) Nmap
6 1 (0.74%) SCCM
Vendors
1 77 (57.04%) Cisco
2 34 (25.19%) Microsoft
3 27 (20.00%) Fortinet
4 25 (18.52%) Palo Alto
5 18 (13.33%) Juniper
6 16 (11.85%) VMware
7 13 (9.63%) Aruba
7 13 (9.63%) CheckPoint
8 7 (5.19%) SolarWinds
8 7 (5.19%) Veeam
8 7 (5.19%) Zscaler
9 6 (4.44%) Meraki
9 6 (4.44%) Splunk
10 5 (3.70%) Citrix
10 5 (3.70%) F5
11 4 (2.96%) Okta
11 4 (2.96%) Sophos
12 3 (2.22%) Dell
12 3 (2.22%) EMC
12 3 (2.22%) Netskope