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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 294 232 235
Rank change year-on-year -62 +3 -73
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 173 203 298
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.70% 1.21% 1.37%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.39% 3.20% 4.96%
Number of salaries quoted 117 136 162
10th Percentile £32,261 £31,250 £42,575
25th Percentile £42,500 £35,938 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -7.20% +13.64%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £102,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £51,529 £59,000
% change year-on-year +21.29% -12.66% +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 5,100 6,350 6,014
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.58% 37.82% 27.75%
Number of salaries quoted 3,141 2,261 2,762
10th Percentile £32,750 £30,956 £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 £75,813
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 9 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 (8.09%) SharePoint
2 9 (5.20%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.16%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.16%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 67 (38.73%) Azure
2 41 (23.70%) AWS
3 36 (20.81%) Microsoft 365
4 28 (16.18%) Entra ID
5 13 (7.51%) GCP
6 7 (4.05%) SaaS
7 6 (3.47%) Amazon EKS
7 6 (3.47%) Google Compute Engine
7 6 (3.47%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 6 (3.47%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 5 (2.89%) Power Platform
9 4 (2.31%) Azure Sentinel
9 4 (2.31%) OCI
9 4 (2.31%) Power Automate
9 4 (2.31%) WeChat
10 3 (1.73%) Azure Monitor
11 2 (1.16%) Anthropic Claude
11 2 (1.16%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (1.16%) Serverless
11 2 (1.16%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 93 (53.76%) Firewall
2 77 (44.51%) LAN
3 70 (40.46%) WAN
4 66 (38.15%) Network Security
5 42 (24.28%) VPN
6 41 (23.70%) Wireless
7 27 (15.61%) VLAN
8 26 (15.03%) Wi-Fi
9 24 (13.87%) SD-WAN
9 24 (13.87%) TCP/IP
10 22 (12.72%) BGP
10 22 (12.72%) WLAN
11 17 (9.83%) DHCP
11 17 (9.83%) DNS
11 17 (9.83%) OSPF
12 12 (6.94%) Cisco Nexus
13 11 (6.36%) IP Telephony
14 10 (5.78%) Cisco ISE
15 9 (5.20%) Internet
15 9 (5.20%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.47%) Amazon RDS
1 6 (3.47%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.58%) Big Data
2 1 (0.58%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 10 (5.78%) JIRA
2 6 (3.47%) TeamCity
3 4 (2.31%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.58%) Git
4 1 (0.58%) GitLab
General
1 71 (41.04%) Social Skills
2 38 (21.97%) Telecoms
3 31 (17.92%) Finance
4 18 (10.40%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (6.36%) Retail
6 10 (5.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (4.62%) Aerospace
8 6 (3.47%) Back Office
8 6 (3.47%) Banking
8 6 (3.47%) Financial Institution
9 4 (2.31%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.31%) French Language
9 4 (2.31%) Legal
9 4 (2.31%) Mandarin Language
9 4 (2.31%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.73%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.73%) Marketing
10 3 (1.73%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.16%) Law
11 2 (1.16%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 67 (38.73%) Network Engineer
2 39 (22.54%) Senior
3 20 (11.56%) IT Support
3 20 (11.56%) Senior Network Engineer
4 18 (10.40%) Consultant
5 15 (8.67%) IT Engineer
6 14 (8.09%) Architect
6 14 (8.09%) Cisco Engineer
6 14 (8.09%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 14 (8.09%) IT Support Engineer
6 14 (8.09%) Support Engineer
7 13 (7.51%) Security Engineer
8 11 (6.36%) Network Consultant
9 8 (4.62%) LAN Engineer
9 8 (4.62%) Network Architect
9 8 (4.62%) Security Consultant
10 7 (4.05%) Cisco Consultant
10 7 (4.05%) Cisco Network Consultant
10 7 (4.05%) Cloud Engineer
10 7 (4.05%) Juniper Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (8.67%) Terraform
2 3 (1.73%) ARM Templates
2 3 (1.73%) JSON
3 2 (1.16%) RESTful
4 1 (0.58%) Jinja
4 1 (0.58%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 31 (17.92%) Data Centre
2 17 (9.83%) Driving Licence
3 16 (9.25%) Management Information System
4 14 (8.09%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (7.51%) Cloud Native
5 13 (7.51%) Security Posture
6 12 (6.94%) CCTV
7 6 (3.47%) Blog
7 6 (3.47%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (2.31%) Private Cloud
8 4 (2.31%) Video Conferencing
9 3 (1.73%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.73%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.73%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.73%) Virtual Team
10 2 (1.16%) IoT
10 2 (1.16%) Onboarding
11 1 (0.58%) Cyber Defence
11 1 (0.58%) Enterprise Storage
11 1 (0.58%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 33 (19.08%) Windows
2 27 (15.61%) Windows Server
3 15 (8.67%) Linux
4 6 (3.47%) Windows Server 2016
4 6 (3.47%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (1.73%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (1.16%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (36.99%) Problem-Solving
2 50 (28.90%) Cybersecurity
3 47 (27.17%) ITIL
4 31 (17.92%) Project Delivery
5 30 (17.34%) Cloud Security
5 30 (17.34%) Network Design
6 26 (15.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 26 (15.03%) Mentoring
6 26 (15.03%) Technical Leadership
7 22 (12.72%) Incident Management
7 22 (12.72%) Stakeholder Management
8 19 (10.98%) Identity Access Management
8 19 (10.98%) Information Security
9 18 (10.40%) High Availability
9 18 (10.40%) ITSM
10 17 (9.83%) Incident Response
10 17 (9.83%) Infrastructure as Code
11 16 (9.25%) Application Security
11 16 (9.25%) Presales
11 16 (9.25%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 25 (14.45%) Python
2 17 (9.83%) PowerShell
3 6 (3.47%) Go
3 6 (3.47%) Java
3 6 (3.47%) SQL
4 3 (1.73%) Bash
4 3 (1.73%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (1.16%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 101 (58.38%) CCNP
2 81 (46.82%) CCNA
3 36 (20.81%) CISSP
4 33 (19.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 31 (17.92%) Degree
6 29 (16.76%) CCSP
7 26 (15.03%) Microsoft Certification
8 23 (13.29%) Security Cleared
9 22 (12.72%) CISM
10 20 (11.56%) CCIE
11 16 (9.25%) SC Cleared
12 15 (8.67%) Azure Certification
12 15 (8.67%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 13 (7.51%) MCSE
14 12 (6.94%) DV Cleared
15 11 (6.36%) DBS Check
15 11 (6.36%) MCSA
16 9 (5.20%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
17 7 (4.05%) PMP
18 6 (3.47%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (16.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (14.45%) Cyber Essentials
3 16 (9.25%) NIST
4 8 (4.62%) GDPR
4 8 (4.62%) PCI DSS
4 8 (4.62%) SOC 2
5 6 (3.47%) Accessibility
6 5 (2.89%) GRC
6 5 (2.89%) NCSC
6 5 (2.89%) SLA
7 4 (2.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.58%) COBIT
System Software
1 19 (10.98%) Active Directory
2 16 (9.25%) Hyper-V
3 12 (6.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (4.05%) VMware NSX
5 5 (2.89%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.73%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (1.16%) vSphere
8 1 (0.58%) Firmware
8 1 (0.58%) iptables
Systems Management
1 23 (13.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (9.25%) FortiGate
3 10 (5.78%) Ansible
4 7 (4.05%) Kubernetes
5 6 (3.47%) Cilium
5 6 (3.47%) Grafana
6 3 (1.73%) Stealthwatch
7 2 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.58%) CASB
8 1 (0.58%) Check_MK
8 1 (0.58%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 92 (53.18%) Cisco
2 33 (19.08%) Microsoft
3 30 (17.34%) VMware
4 28 (16.18%) Aruba
5 25 (14.45%) Palo Alto
6 22 (12.72%) Juniper
7 21 (12.14%) Fortinet
8 11 (6.36%) Draytek
8 11 (6.36%) Mitel
8 11 (6.36%) WatchGuard
9 10 (5.78%) Google
9 10 (5.78%) SolarWinds
10 9 (5.20%) CheckPoint
10 9 (5.20%) F5
11 7 (4.05%) Citrix
11 7 (4.05%) Veeam
12 4 (2.31%) Meraki
13 3 (1.73%) Arista
13 3 (1.73%) Forcepoint
13 3 (1.73%) ServiceNow