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

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 294 309 249
Rank change year-on-year +15 -60 -57
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 133 128 448
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.66% 0.83% 1.29%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.09% 2.41% 4.90%
Number of salaries quoted 103 101 322
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% - -3.51%
75th Percentile £85,000 £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 4,302 5,322 9,145
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 21.29% 34.35% 26.32%
Number of salaries quoted 2,976 2,365 5,901
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 £88,750 £86,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +3.77% -11.67%

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 21 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 9 (6.77%) SharePoint
2 7 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (3.01%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (3.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.75%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 60 (45.11%) Azure
2 32 (24.06%) AWS
3 20 (15.04%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (8.27%) GCP
5 9 (6.77%) Power Platform
6 6 (4.51%) Azure Sentinel
6 6 (4.51%) Entra ID
7 4 (3.01%) ChatGPT
7 4 (3.01%) Microsoft Copilot
7 4 (3.01%) Mimecast
7 4 (3.01%) OneDrive
7 4 (3.01%) PowerApps
8 3 (2.26%) OCI
8 3 (2.26%) Serverless
8 3 (2.26%) Vertex AI
9 2 (1.50%) Anthropic Claude
9 2 (1.50%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (1.50%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (1.50%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.75%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 55 (41.35%) Firewall
2 49 (36.84%) WAN
3 48 (36.09%) LAN
4 38 (28.57%) Network Security
5 33 (24.81%) SD-WAN
6 21 (15.79%) VPN
6 21 (15.79%) Wireless
7 13 (9.77%) Cisco ISE
7 13 (9.77%) WLAN
8 12 (9.02%) VLAN
8 12 (9.02%) Wi-Fi
9 10 (7.52%) Cisco Nexus
10 8 (6.02%) TCP/IP
10 8 (6.02%) VoIP
11 7 (5.26%) DNS
11 7 (5.26%) MPLS
12 6 (4.51%) BGP
12 6 (4.51%) Cisco Wireless
12 6 (4.51%) DHCP
12 6 (4.51%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (2.26%) Burp Suite
1 3 (2.26%) JIRA
1 3 (2.26%) Metasploit
General
1 42 (31.58%) Social Skills
2 29 (21.80%) Finance
3 15 (11.28%) Telecoms
4 12 (9.02%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (9.02%) Retail
5 9 (6.77%) Public Sector
6 7 (5.26%) Banking
7 6 (4.51%) Law
8 5 (3.76%) Military
9 3 (2.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.50%) Legal
10 2 (1.50%) Local Government
10 2 (1.50%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.50%) Social Housing
11 1 (0.75%) Dutch Language
11 1 (0.75%) French Language
11 1 (0.75%) German Language
11 1 (0.75%) Mandarin Language
11 1 (0.75%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 36 (27.07%) Network Engineer
2 30 (22.56%) Architect
3 20 (15.04%) Senior
4 19 (14.29%) Consultant
5 17 (12.78%) Solutions Architect
6 11 (8.27%) IT Engineer
6 11 (8.27%) Network Consultant
6 11 (8.27%) Security Specialist
7 10 (7.52%) Network Architect
8 8 (6.02%) Presales Solution Architect
8 8 (6.02%) Security Architect
8 8 (6.02%) Senior Network Engineer
9 7 (5.26%) Principal Architect
9 7 (5.26%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
10 6 (4.51%) Cisco Consultant
10 6 (4.51%) Cisco Network Consultant
10 6 (4.51%) IT Support
10 6 (4.51%) IT Support Engineer
10 6 (4.51%) Support Engineer
11 5 (3.76%) Cisco Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.76%) OAuth
1 5 (3.76%) OpenID
2 2 (1.50%) ARM Templates
2 2 (1.50%) JSON
2 2 (1.50%) RESTful
3 1 (0.75%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (19.55%) Data Centre
2 11 (8.27%) Security Posture
3 9 (6.77%) Cloud Native
4 7 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (4.51%) Management Information System
6 4 (3.01%) Cyber Defence
6 4 (3.01%) Public Cloud
7 3 (2.26%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (2.26%) Insider Threat
7 3 (2.26%) Private Cloud
8 2 (1.50%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.50%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.50%) Housing Association
9 1 (0.75%) CMDB
9 1 (0.75%) Enterprise Storage
9 1 (0.75%) IoT
9 1 (0.75%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.75%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 23 (17.29%) Windows
2 10 (7.52%) Linux
3 8 (6.02%) Windows Server
4 5 (3.76%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (3.76%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.75%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (30.83%) Problem-Solving
2 39 (29.32%) Cybersecurity
3 27 (20.30%) ITIL
3 27 (20.30%) Presales
4 21 (15.79%) Technical Leadership
5 20 (15.04%) Cloud Security
5 20 (15.04%) Roadmaps
6 18 (13.53%) Disaster Recovery
6 18 (13.53%) Mentoring
6 18 (13.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 17 (12.78%) Project Delivery
7 17 (12.78%) Zero Trust
8 16 (12.03%) Incident Response
8 16 (12.03%) Security Architecture
8 16 (12.03%) Stakeholder Management
9 14 (10.53%) Business Continuity
9 14 (10.53%) High Availability
10 13 (9.77%) Continuous Improvement
10 13 (9.77%) DevOps
11 12 (9.02%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 15 (11.28%) PowerShell
2 10 (7.52%) Python
3 3 (2.26%) Bash
4 2 (1.50%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (1.50%) Search Processing Language
4 2 (1.50%) SQL
5 1 (0.75%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 67 (50.38%) CCNP
2 53 (39.85%) CCNA
3 36 (27.07%) CISSP
4 30 (22.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 29 (21.80%) CCIE
6 27 (20.30%) Degree
7 22 (16.54%) CISM
8 21 (15.79%) Azure Certification
8 21 (15.79%) CCSP
9 20 (15.04%) Security Cleared
10 18 (13.53%) Microsoft Certification
10 18 (13.53%) SC Cleared
11 11 (8.27%) MCSE
12 10 (7.52%) Computer Science Degree
13 9 (6.77%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 6 (4.51%) AWS Certification
14 6 (4.51%) CCSE
14 6 (4.51%) CompTIA Security+
14 6 (4.51%) DV Cleared
14 6 (4.51%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (15.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (9.02%) Cyber Essentials
2 12 (9.02%) NIST
3 6 (4.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 5 (3.76%) Actionable Recommendations
4 5 (3.76%) SLA
5 4 (3.01%) GRC
6 2 (1.50%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.50%) GDPR
6 2 (1.50%) NCSC
7 1 (0.75%) SOC 2
System Software
1 12 (9.02%) Active Directory
2 7 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (4.51%) Hyper-V
4 4 (3.01%) vSphere
5 1 (0.75%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.75%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 13 (9.77%) Terraform
2 10 (7.52%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (3.76%) Ansible
3 5 (3.76%) FortiGate
3 5 (3.76%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (2.26%) Nmap
5 2 (1.50%) Cisco Prime
5 2 (1.50%) OpenView
5 2 (1.50%) Tivoli
6 1 (0.75%) Check_MK
6 1 (0.75%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.75%) Nagios
6 1 (0.75%) SCCM
Vendors
1 77 (57.89%) Cisco
2 36 (27.07%) Microsoft
3 27 (20.30%) Fortinet
4 23 (17.29%) Palo Alto
5 16 (12.03%) Juniper
6 15 (11.28%) VMware
7 13 (9.77%) Aruba
7 13 (9.77%) CheckPoint
8 7 (5.26%) Veeam
8 7 (5.26%) Zscaler
9 6 (4.51%) Meraki
9 6 (4.51%) SolarWinds
9 6 (4.51%) Splunk
10 5 (3.76%) F5
11 4 (3.01%) Citrix
11 4 (3.01%) Okta
11 4 (3.01%) Sophos
12 3 (2.26%) Dell
12 3 (2.26%) EMC
12 3 (2.26%) Netskope