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 13 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 286 295 239
Rank change year-on-year +9 -56 -46
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 134 128 448
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.68% 0.84% 1.30%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.14% 2.45% 4.90%
Number of salaries quoted 105 101 325
10th Percentile £41,250 £31,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £32,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% - -2.65%
75th Percentile £85,000 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £96,500 £76,250 £84,919
UK median annual salary £65,000 £54,500 £51,500
% change year-on-year +19.27% +5.83% -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 4,265 5,222 9,151
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 21.60% 34.26% 26.60%
Number of salaries quoted 2,933 2,351 5,921
10th Percentile £33,250 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,333 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -10.00%

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 13 June 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 (7.46%) SharePoint
2 8 (5.97%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (3.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.49%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 61 (45.52%) Azure
2 33 (24.63%) AWS
3 22 (16.42%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (8.21%) GCP
5 9 (6.72%) Power Platform
6 7 (5.22%) Azure Sentinel
6 7 (5.22%) Entra ID
7 4 (2.99%) ChatGPT
7 4 (2.99%) Microsoft Copilot
7 4 (2.99%) Mimecast
7 4 (2.99%) OneDrive
7 4 (2.99%) PowerApps
8 3 (2.24%) OCI
8 3 (2.24%) Serverless
8 3 (2.24%) Vertex AI
9 2 (1.49%) Anthropic Claude
9 2 (1.49%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (1.49%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (1.49%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.75%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 58 (43.28%) Firewall
2 50 (37.31%) WAN
3 48 (35.82%) LAN
4 36 (26.87%) Network Security
5 35 (26.12%) SD-WAN
6 22 (16.42%) VPN
6 22 (16.42%) Wireless
7 14 (10.45%) WLAN
8 13 (9.70%) Cisco ISE
9 12 (8.96%) VLAN
10 11 (8.21%) Wi-Fi
11 10 (7.46%) Cisco Nexus
12 9 (6.72%) MPLS
12 9 (6.72%) VoIP
13 8 (5.97%) BGP
13 8 (5.97%) TCP/IP
14 7 (5.22%) Cisco Wireless
14 7 (5.22%) OSPF
15 6 (4.48%) Cisco Firepower
15 6 (4.48%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.49%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (2.99%) Burp Suite
1 4 (2.99%) Metasploit
2 3 (2.24%) JIRA
General
1 43 (32.09%) Social Skills
2 28 (20.90%) Finance
3 15 (11.19%) Telecoms
4 12 (8.96%) Retail
5 11 (8.21%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (7.46%) Public Sector
7 7 (5.22%) Banking
8 6 (4.48%) Law
9 5 (3.73%) Military
10 3 (2.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (2.24%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.49%) Legal
11 2 (1.49%) Local Government
11 2 (1.49%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.49%) Social Housing
12 1 (0.75%) Dutch Language
12 1 (0.75%) French Language
12 1 (0.75%) German Language
12 1 (0.75%) Mandarin Language
12 1 (0.75%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 37 (27.61%) Network Engineer
2 30 (22.39%) Architect
3 21 (15.67%) Senior
4 17 (12.69%) Consultant
4 17 (12.69%) Solutions Architect
5 11 (8.21%) IT Engineer
5 11 (8.21%) Network Consultant
5 11 (8.21%) Security Specialist
6 10 (7.46%) Network Architect
6 10 (7.46%) Senior Network Engineer
7 8 (5.97%) Presales Solution Architect
7 8 (5.97%) Security Architect
8 7 (5.22%) Principal Architect
8 7 (5.22%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
9 6 (4.48%) Cisco Consultant
9 6 (4.48%) Cisco Network Consultant
9 6 (4.48%) IT Support
9 6 (4.48%) IT Support Engineer
9 6 (4.48%) Support Engineer
10 5 (3.73%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.73%) OAuth
1 5 (3.73%) OpenID
2 2 (1.49%) ARM Templates
2 2 (1.49%) JSON
2 2 (1.49%) RESTful
3 1 (0.75%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (20.15%) Data Centre
2 11 (8.21%) Security Posture
3 9 (6.72%) Cloud Native
4 6 (4.48%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (3.73%) Management Information System
5 5 (3.73%) Public Cloud
6 4 (2.99%) Cyber Defence
6 4 (2.99%) Insider Threat
7 3 (2.24%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (2.24%) Private Cloud
8 2 (1.49%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.49%) Housing Association
8 2 (1.49%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.75%) CMDB
9 1 (0.75%) Enterprise Storage
9 1 (0.75%) IoT
9 1 (0.75%) Social Media
9 1 (0.75%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 24 (17.91%) Windows
2 10 (7.46%) Linux
3 8 (5.97%) Windows Server
4 5 (3.73%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (3.73%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.75%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.75%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (30.60%) Problem-Solving
2 37 (27.61%) Cybersecurity
3 29 (21.64%) ITIL
4 27 (20.15%) Presales
5 21 (15.67%) Technical Leadership
6 19 (14.18%) Roadmaps
6 19 (14.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 18 (13.43%) Cloud Security
7 18 (13.43%) Project Delivery
8 17 (12.69%) Disaster Recovery
8 17 (12.69%) Mentoring
8 17 (12.69%) Zero Trust
9 16 (11.94%) Security Architecture
10 15 (11.19%) Incident Response
11 14 (10.45%) Stakeholder Management
12 13 (9.70%) Business Continuity
12 13 (9.70%) Continuous Improvement
12 13 (9.70%) DevOps
12 13 (9.70%) High Availability
13 12 (8.96%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 15 (11.19%) PowerShell
2 11 (8.21%) Python
3 3 (2.24%) Bash
4 2 (1.49%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (1.49%) Search Processing Language
4 2 (1.49%) SQL
5 1 (0.75%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 67 (50.00%) CCNP
2 54 (40.30%) CCNA
3 35 (26.12%) CISSP
4 29 (21.64%) CCIE
5 28 (20.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 27 (20.15%) Degree
7 21 (15.67%) Azure Certification
7 21 (15.67%) CISM
8 20 (14.93%) CCSP
8 20 (14.93%) Microsoft Certification
9 19 (14.18%) Security Cleared
10 17 (12.69%) SC Cleared
11 12 (8.96%) MCSE
12 10 (7.46%) Computer Science Degree
13 7 (5.22%) CEH
13 7 (5.22%) CompTIA Security+
13 7 (5.22%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 6 (4.48%) CCSE
14 6 (4.48%) DV Cleared
14 6 (4.48%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (14.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (8.96%) Cyber Essentials
2 12 (8.96%) NIST
3 6 (4.48%) Actionable Recommendations
3 6 (4.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 5 (3.73%) SLA
5 4 (2.99%) GRC
6 2 (1.49%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.49%) GDPR
7 1 (0.75%) NCSC
7 1 (0.75%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.75%) SOC 2
System Software
1 11 (8.21%) Active Directory
2 7 (5.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (3.73%) Hyper-V
4 4 (2.99%) vSphere
5 1 (0.75%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.75%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 13 (9.70%) Terraform
2 11 (8.21%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (4.48%) Ansible
3 6 (4.48%) FortiGate
4 5 (3.73%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (2.99%) Nmap
6 2 (1.49%) Cisco Prime
6 2 (1.49%) Nagios
6 2 (1.49%) OpenView
6 2 (1.49%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.75%) Check_MK
7 1 (0.75%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.75%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.75%) PaperCut
7 1 (0.75%) SCCM
Vendors
1 80 (59.70%) Cisco
2 37 (27.61%) Microsoft
3 29 (21.64%) Fortinet
4 22 (16.42%) Palo Alto
5 16 (11.94%) Juniper
6 14 (10.45%) VMware
7 13 (9.70%) CheckPoint
8 12 (8.96%) Aruba
9 7 (5.22%) Meraki
9 7 (5.22%) SolarWinds
9 7 (5.22%) Veeam
9 7 (5.22%) Zscaler
10 6 (4.48%) Splunk
11 5 (3.73%) F5
12 4 (2.99%) Citrix
12 4 (2.99%) Huawei
12 4 (2.99%) Okta
12 4 (2.99%) Sophos
13 3 (2.24%) Dell
13 3 (2.24%) Netskope