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

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 292 309 245
Rank change year-on-year +17 -64 -52
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 130 123 436
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.68% 0.83% 1.30%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.06% 2.46% 4.86%
Number of salaries quoted 103 96 325
10th Percentile £41,250 £31,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £32,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £53,444 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.98% -2.83% -3.51%
75th Percentile £86,250 £66,563 £67,500
90th Percentile £97,000 £76,875 £84,919
UK median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% +7.84% -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 4,252 5,007 8,972
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 22.09% 33.73% 26.77%
Number of salaries quoted 2,903 2,308 5,888
10th Percentile £33,270 £27,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,813 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £60,000 £57,250
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% +4.80% -4.58%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £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 4 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 11 (8.46%) SharePoint
2 9 (6.92%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.54%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 57 (43.85%) Azure
2 28 (21.54%) AWS
3 24 (18.46%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (8.46%) GCP
5 9 (6.92%) Entra ID
5 9 (6.92%) Power Platform
6 7 (5.38%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (3.08%) ChatGPT
7 4 (3.08%) Microsoft Copilot
7 4 (3.08%) Mimecast
7 4 (3.08%) OneDrive
7 4 (3.08%) PowerApps
8 3 (2.31%) OCI
8 3 (2.31%) Serverless
8 3 (2.31%) Vertex AI
9 2 (1.54%) Anthropic Claude
9 2 (1.54%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (1.54%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (1.54%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.77%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 52 (40.00%) Firewall
2 44 (33.85%) WAN
3 42 (32.31%) LAN
4 34 (26.15%) Network Security
5 33 (25.38%) SD-WAN
6 21 (16.15%) Wireless
7 17 (13.08%) VPN
8 13 (10.00%) Cisco ISE
9 12 (9.23%) WLAN
10 9 (6.92%) VLAN
10 9 (6.92%) VoIP
11 8 (6.15%) Cisco Nexus
11 8 (6.15%) Wi-Fi
12 7 (5.38%) Cisco Wireless
13 6 (4.62%) BGP
13 6 (4.62%) Cisco Firepower
13 6 (4.62%) MPLS
13 6 (4.62%) TCP/IP
14 5 (3.85%) OSPF
14 5 (3.85%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.54%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (3.08%) Burp Suite
1 4 (3.08%) Metasploit
2 3 (2.31%) JIRA
General
1 41 (31.54%) Social Skills
2 27 (20.77%) Finance
3 13 (10.00%) Telecoms
4 11 (8.46%) Retail
5 9 (6.92%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (6.92%) Public Sector
6 6 (4.62%) Banking
6 6 (4.62%) Law
7 5 (3.85%) Military
8 4 (3.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.31%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.54%) Legal
10 2 (1.54%) Local Government
10 2 (1.54%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.54%) Social Housing
11 1 (0.77%) Dutch Language
11 1 (0.77%) French Language
11 1 (0.77%) German Language
11 1 (0.77%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 32 (24.62%) Network Engineer
2 30 (23.08%) Architect
3 19 (14.62%) Senior
4 17 (13.08%) Solutions Architect
5 15 (11.54%) Consultant
6 12 (9.23%) IT Engineer
7 10 (7.69%) Network Architect
7 10 (7.69%) Network Consultant
8 9 (6.92%) Security Specialist
8 9 (6.92%) Senior Network Engineer
9 8 (6.15%) Presales Solution Architect
9 8 (6.15%) Security Architect
10 7 (5.38%) IT Support
10 7 (5.38%) IT Support Engineer
10 7 (5.38%) Principal Architect
10 7 (5.38%) Support Engineer
11 6 (4.62%) Cisco Consultant
11 6 (4.62%) Cisco Network Consultant
11 6 (4.62%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 6 (4.62%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.85%) OAuth
1 5 (3.85%) OpenID
2 2 (1.54%) ARM Templates
2 2 (1.54%) JSON
2 2 (1.54%) RESTful
3 1 (0.77%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (18.46%) Data Centre
2 11 (8.46%) Cloud Native
2 11 (8.46%) Security Posture
3 6 (4.62%) Cyber Defence
4 5 (3.85%) Public Cloud
5 4 (3.08%) Insider Threat
5 4 (3.08%) Management Information System
5 4 (3.08%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.31%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (2.31%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.31%) Private Cloud
7 2 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.54%) Housing Association
7 2 (1.54%) Social Media
7 2 (1.54%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.77%) CMDB
8 1 (0.77%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.77%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (0.77%) IoT
8 1 (0.77%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 26 (20.00%) Windows
2 11 (8.46%) Linux
3 8 (6.15%) Windows Server
4 5 (3.85%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (3.85%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (1.54%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.77%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.77%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (29.23%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (25.38%) Cybersecurity
3 31 (23.85%) ITIL
4 28 (21.54%) Presales
5 18 (13.85%) Roadmaps
5 18 (13.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 18 (13.85%) Technical Leadership
6 17 (13.08%) Zero Trust
7 16 (12.31%) Cloud Security
7 16 (12.31%) Mentoring
7 16 (12.31%) Project Delivery
8 15 (11.54%) Disaster Recovery
8 15 (11.54%) Incident Response
8 15 (11.54%) Security Architecture
9 13 (10.00%) DevOps
9 13 (10.00%) Security Operations
9 13 (10.00%) SIEM
10 12 (9.23%) Stakeholder Management
11 11 (8.46%) Business Continuity
11 11 (8.46%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 16 (12.31%) PowerShell
2 10 (7.69%) Python
3 3 (2.31%) Bash
4 2 (1.54%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (1.54%) Search Processing Language
4 2 (1.54%) SQL
5 1 (0.77%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 61 (46.92%) CCNP
2 53 (40.77%) CCNA
3 34 (26.15%) CISSP
4 28 (21.54%) CCIE
5 27 (20.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 25 (19.23%) Degree
7 23 (17.69%) Microsoft Certification
8 21 (16.15%) Azure Certification
9 20 (15.38%) CISM
10 19 (14.62%) CCSP
11 17 (13.08%) Security Cleared
12 15 (11.54%) SC Cleared
13 12 (9.23%) MCSE
14 10 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
15 8 (6.15%) DBS Check
16 7 (5.38%) CEH
16 7 (5.38%) CompTIA Security+
17 6 (4.62%) CCSE
17 6 (4.62%) DV Cleared
17 6 (4.62%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (14.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (10.77%) NIST
3 12 (9.23%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (4.62%) Actionable Recommendations
5 5 (3.85%) SLA
6 4 (3.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (2.31%) GDPR
8 2 (1.54%) Accessibility
8 2 (1.54%) GRC
9 1 (0.77%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.77%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (6.92%) Active Directory
2 7 (5.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (3.08%) vSphere
4 3 (2.31%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.77%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 13 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 13 (10.00%) Terraform
2 6 (4.62%) Ansible
2 6 (4.62%) FortiGate
3 5 (3.85%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (3.08%) Nmap
5 2 (1.54%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (1.54%) Nagios
5 2 (1.54%) OpenView
5 2 (1.54%) PaperCut
5 2 (1.54%) Tivoli
6 1 (0.77%) Check_MK
6 1 (0.77%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (0.77%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.77%) SCCM
Vendors
1 74 (56.92%) Cisco
2 37 (28.46%) Microsoft
3 25 (19.23%) Fortinet
4 17 (13.08%) Palo Alto
5 16 (12.31%) Juniper
6 12 (9.23%) CheckPoint
7 11 (8.46%) VMware
8 8 (6.15%) Aruba
9 7 (5.38%) Meraki
9 7 (5.38%) Veeam
9 7 (5.38%) Zscaler
10 6 (4.62%) SolarWinds
10 6 (4.62%) Splunk
11 4 (3.08%) F5
11 4 (3.08%) Huawei
11 4 (3.08%) Okta
11 4 (3.08%) Sophos
12 3 (2.31%) Citrix
12 3 (2.31%) Dell
12 3 (2.31%) Netskope