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

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 214 227 200
Rank change year-on-year +13 -27 +28
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 171 227 443
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.08% 1.40% 1.68%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.38% 4.90% 6.24%
Number of salaries quoted 128 149 388
10th Percentile £31,250 £38,150 £30,675
25th Percentile £38,750 £51,250 £40,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +13.64% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,625 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £98,250 £88,750 £84,919
UK median annual salary £55,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.50% +9.09% -

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 5,065 4,630 7,098
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 32.03% 28.57% 26.99%
Number of salaries quoted 2,568 2,406 5,182
10th Percentile £30,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £43,470
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,500 £75,000 £74,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 31 January 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 15 (8.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (4.68%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.17%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.58%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 68 (39.77%) Azure
2 42 (24.56%) Microsoft 365
3 38 (22.22%) AWS
4 24 (14.04%) Entra ID
5 6 (3.51%) Azure Sentinel
5 6 (3.51%) IaaS
6 4 (2.34%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (2.34%) Azure Logic Apps
7 3 (1.75%) AWS Direct Connect
7 3 (1.75%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (1.75%) Cloudflare
7 3 (1.75%) Microsoft Purview
7 3 (1.75%) OneDrive
8 2 (1.17%) Azure Key Vault
8 2 (1.17%) ChatGPT
8 2 (1.17%) GCP
8 2 (1.17%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (1.17%) OCI
8 2 (1.17%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.17%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 63 (36.84%) Firewall
2 44 (25.73%) WAN
3 42 (24.56%) LAN
4 35 (20.47%) VPN
5 33 (19.30%) SD-WAN
6 26 (15.20%) Network Security
7 23 (13.45%) VLAN
8 17 (9.94%) BGP
9 16 (9.36%) MPLS
9 16 (9.36%) Wi-Fi
10 15 (8.77%) TCP/IP
11 12 (7.02%) DNS
11 12 (7.02%) OSPF
11 12 (7.02%) VoIP
11 12 (7.02%) Wireless
12 9 (5.26%) IPsec
13 7 (4.09%) Cisco ASA
13 7 (4.09%) IP Telephony
14 6 (3.51%) Structured Cabling
14 6 (3.51%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.58%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (5.85%) Burp Suite
1 10 (5.85%) Metasploit
2 1 (0.58%) GitLab
General
1 61 (35.67%) Social Skills
2 41 (23.98%) Finance
3 23 (13.45%) Telecoms
4 13 (7.60%) Retail
5 10 (5.85%) Law
6 8 (4.68%) Public Sector
7 7 (4.09%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (3.51%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (2.92%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (2.34%) Legal
10 4 (2.34%) Manufacturing
10 4 (2.34%) Military
11 3 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (1.17%) Marketing
13 1 (0.58%) Banking
13 1 (0.58%) Electronics
13 1 (0.58%) Fire and Rescue
13 1 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 37 (21.64%) Network Engineer
2 33 (19.30%) Senior
3 19 (11.11%) Administrator
3 19 (11.11%) Systems Administrator
4 15 (8.77%) Senior Network Engineer
5 14 (8.19%) Security Engineer
6 13 (7.60%) IT Engineer
7 11 (6.43%) Support Engineer
8 10 (5.85%) 2nd Line Support
8 10 (5.85%) Analyst
8 10 (5.85%) Architect
8 10 (5.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (5.26%) IT Support
9 9 (5.26%) IT Support Engineer
9 9 (5.26%) Security Analyst
10 8 (4.68%) Security Manager
11 7 (4.09%) Cybersecurity Engineer
11 7 (4.09%) Security Specialist
11 7 (4.09%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
12 6 (3.51%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.75%) OAuth
1 3 (1.75%) OpenID
2 2 (1.17%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (0.58%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.58%) React
3 1 (0.58%) SAML
3 1 (0.58%) Svelte
3 1 (0.58%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 22 (12.87%) Data Centre
1 22 (12.87%) e-Learning
2 17 (9.94%) Security Posture
3 13 (7.60%) Driving Licence
4 10 (5.85%) CCTV
5 9 (5.26%) Cloud Native
6 8 (4.68%) Management Information System
7 7 (4.09%) Insider Threat
7 7 (4.09%) Onboarding
8 6 (3.51%) Operational Technology
9 5 (2.92%) Security Operations Centre
9 5 (2.92%) Social Media
10 3 (1.75%) Cloud Security Posture
10 3 (1.75%) CMDB
10 3 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.75%) Public Cloud
11 2 (1.17%) Cyber Defence
11 2 (1.17%) Cyber Threat
11 2 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (1.17%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 40 (23.39%) Windows
2 37 (21.64%) Linux
3 19 (11.11%) Windows Server
4 13 (7.60%) Unix
5 5 (2.92%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.17%) Ubuntu
6 2 (1.17%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (1.17%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.58%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (24.56%) Cybersecurity
1 42 (24.56%) ITIL
2 32 (18.71%) High Availability
3 29 (16.96%) Mentoring
4 25 (14.62%) Information Security
4 25 (14.62%) Problem-Solving
5 22 (12.87%) Innovative Thinking
6 19 (11.11%) Service Delivery
7 18 (10.53%) Customer Service
7 18 (10.53%) Security Architecture
8 17 (9.94%) Change Control
8 17 (9.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 17 (9.94%) ITSM
9 16 (9.36%) Continuous Improvement
9 16 (9.36%) Project Delivery
10 15 (8.77%) Cloud Security
10 15 (8.77%) SIEM
11 14 (8.19%) Computer Science
11 14 (8.19%) Data Protection
11 14 (8.19%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 17 (9.94%) PowerShell
2 12 (7.02%) Python
3 7 (4.09%) Bash
4 2 (1.17%) Bicep
4 2 (1.17%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.58%) Go
5 1 (0.58%) SQL
Qualifications
1 90 (52.63%) CCNA
2 75 (43.86%) CCNP
3 48 (28.07%) Security Cleared
4 46 (26.90%) SC Cleared
5 43 (25.15%) CISSP
6 39 (22.81%) Degree
7 37 (21.64%) Microsoft Certification
8 33 (19.30%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 29 (16.96%) DV Cleared
10 26 (15.20%) MCSE
11 25 (14.62%) MCSA
12 24 (14.04%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 21 (12.28%) CISM
14 20 (11.70%) CCIE
15 19 (11.11%) Azure Certification
16 18 (10.53%) CompTIA Security+
17 15 (8.77%) CCSP
18 12 (7.02%) DBS Check
19 11 (6.43%) GIAC
20 10 (5.85%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (16.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials
3 18 (10.53%) NIST
4 14 (8.19%) GDPR
5 13 (7.60%) SLA
6 7 (4.09%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (2.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (1.75%) GRC
8 3 (1.75%) PCI DSS
9 2 (1.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 16 (9.36%) Active Directory
2 10 (5.85%) Hyper-V
3 7 (4.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.75%) Firmware
5 2 (1.17%) Docker
5 2 (1.17%) vSphere
6 1 (0.58%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 23 (13.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (6.43%) Terraform
3 10 (5.85%) Nmap
4 8 (4.68%) Ansible
5 5 (2.92%) Autotask
5 5 (2.92%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (2.34%) Nagios
6 4 (2.34%) PaperCut
7 3 (1.75%) Dell DRAC
7 3 (1.75%) FortiGate
7 3 (1.75%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (1.17%) Kubernetes
9 1 (0.58%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.58%) OpenView
9 1 (0.58%) Tivoli
9 1 (0.58%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 103 (60.23%) Cisco
2 60 (35.09%) Microsoft
3 29 (16.96%) VMware
4 25 (14.62%) Fortinet
5 15 (8.77%) Juniper
5 15 (8.77%) Palo Alto
6 11 (6.43%) Citrix
7 9 (5.26%) Meraki
8 8 (4.68%) Draytek
8 8 (4.68%) WatchGuard
9 7 (4.09%) CheckPoint
9 7 (4.09%) Mitel
9 7 (4.09%) SolarWinds
10 6 (3.51%) Red Hat
11 5 (2.92%) Apple
12 4 (2.34%) Dell
12 4 (2.34%) F5
13 3 (1.75%) Rapid7
13 3 (1.75%) Ubiquiti
13 3 (1.75%) Zscaler