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 1 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 265 259 204
Rank change year-on-year -6 -55 +18
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 130 133 471
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.78% 1.04% 1.52%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.20% 3.60% 5.73%
Number of salaries quoted 100 122 395
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,375 £30,600
25th Percentile £48,165 £52,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £61,644 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.64% +12.08% -4.35%
75th Percentile £87,500 £76,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £88,750 £84,919
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year - +15.38% -5.45%

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 4,067 3,693 8,223
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 24.29% 28.83% 26.47%
Number of salaries quoted 2,694 2,449 5,948
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.86% +5.45% -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 1 April 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 (6.92%) SharePoint
2 8 (6.15%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.31%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.54%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 59 (45.38%) Azure
2 38 (29.23%) AWS
3 36 (27.69%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (11.54%) Entra ID
5 5 (3.85%) Azure Sentinel
5 5 (3.85%) GCP
6 4 (3.08%) Azure Logic Apps
6 4 (3.08%) ChatGPT
6 4 (3.08%) Microsoft Copilot
6 4 (3.08%) Mimecast
6 4 (3.08%) OCI
6 4 (3.08%) OneDrive
6 4 (3.08%) Power Platform
6 4 (3.08%) PowerApps
7 3 (2.31%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.54%) AWS Direct Connect
9 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.77%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.77%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 48 (36.92%) Firewall
2 36 (27.69%) WAN
3 32 (24.62%) LAN
4 26 (20.00%) SD-WAN
5 24 (18.46%) Network Security
6 15 (11.54%) VPN
7 13 (10.00%) VLAN
7 13 (10.00%) Wireless
8 10 (7.69%) Cisco ISE
9 9 (6.92%) MPLS
10 8 (6.15%) BGP
11 7 (5.38%) Cisco Nexus
11 7 (5.38%) IP Telephony
11 7 (5.38%) OSPF
11 7 (5.38%) Structured Cabling
11 7 (5.38%) WLAN
12 6 (4.62%) Cisco ASA
12 6 (4.62%) TCP/IP
13 5 (3.85%) VoIP
13 5 (3.85%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.54%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (5.38%) Burp Suite
1 7 (5.38%) Metasploit
2 2 (1.54%) JIRA
General
1 45 (34.62%) Social Skills
2 23 (17.69%) Finance
3 15 (11.54%) Retail
4 12 (9.23%) Telecoms
5 10 (7.69%) Public Sector
6 6 (4.62%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (4.62%) Law
7 5 (3.85%) Military
7 5 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (2.31%) Banking
8 3 (2.31%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.54%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.54%) Social Housing
10 1 (0.77%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.77%) Fire and Rescue
10 1 (0.77%) Marketing
10 1 (0.77%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.77%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (16.92%) Architect
1 22 (16.92%) Network Engineer
2 16 (12.31%) Senior
3 14 (10.77%) IT Engineer
4 12 (9.23%) Solutions Architect
5 11 (8.46%) Consultant
5 11 (8.46%) Security Specialist
5 11 (8.46%) Support Engineer
6 10 (7.69%) Analyst
6 10 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 10 (7.69%) IT Support
6 10 (7.69%) IT Support Engineer
7 9 (6.92%) Security Analyst
7 9 (6.92%) Senior Network Engineer
8 8 (6.15%) Presales Solution Architect
9 7 (5.38%) Cybersecurity Architect
9 7 (5.38%) Security Architect
9 7 (5.38%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
10 6 (4.62%) Data Centre Engineer
10 6 (4.62%) Principal Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.85%) OAuth
1 5 (3.85%) OpenID
2 1 (0.77%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (16.15%) Data Centre
2 17 (13.08%) Security Posture
3 9 (6.92%) Driving Licence
4 7 (5.38%) CCTV
4 7 (5.38%) Insider Threat
5 6 (4.62%) Cyber Defence
5 6 (4.62%) Public Cloud
6 5 (3.85%) Onboarding
6 5 (3.85%) Social Media
7 4 (3.08%) Cloud Native
8 3 (2.31%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.54%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (1.54%) e-Learning
9 2 (1.54%) Housing Association
9 2 (1.54%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (1.54%) Operational Technology
9 2 (1.54%) Private Cloud
9 2 (1.54%) Robotics
9 2 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.54%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 38 (29.23%) Windows
2 19 (14.62%) Linux
3 14 (10.77%) Windows Server
4 5 (3.85%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.54%) Ubuntu
5 2 (1.54%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (1.54%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.77%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (28.46%) Cybersecurity
2 35 (26.92%) ITIL
3 26 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 26 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (16.15%) Presales
5 19 (14.62%) Technical Leadership
6 18 (13.85%) Project Delivery
7 17 (13.08%) Security Architecture
7 17 (13.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 15 (11.54%) Roadmaps
9 13 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 13 (10.00%) Penetration Testing
10 12 (9.23%) Information Security
10 12 (9.23%) Zero Trust
11 11 (8.46%) Continuous Improvement
11 11 (8.46%) Decision-Making
11 11 (8.46%) Ethical Hacking
11 11 (8.46%) Incident Response
11 11 (8.46%) Vulnerability Management
12 10 (7.69%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 13 (10.00%) PowerShell
2 6 (4.62%) Python
3 3 (2.31%) Bash
4 2 (1.54%) SQL
5 1 (0.77%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 63 (48.46%) CCNA
2 52 (40.00%) CCNP
3 36 (27.69%) Microsoft Certification
4 34 (26.15%) CISSP
5 29 (22.31%) Degree
6 26 (20.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 26 (20.00%) MCSE
7 24 (18.46%) Security Cleared
8 23 (17.69%) SC Cleared
9 20 (15.38%) MCSA
10 19 (14.62%) CCIE
11 18 (13.85%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 17 (13.08%) CISM
13 15 (11.54%) Azure Certification
14 13 (10.00%) CompTIA Security+
15 12 (9.23%) CCSP
15 12 (9.23%) CEH
16 9 (6.92%) CISMP
17 7 (5.38%) GPEN
17 7 (5.38%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (16.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (13.85%) NIST
3 16 (12.31%) Cyber Essentials
4 11 (8.46%) SLA
5 9 (6.92%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (3.85%) GDPR
7 3 (2.31%) GRC
7 3 (2.31%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 11 (8.46%) Hyper-V
2 9 (6.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (6.15%) Active Directory
4 5 (3.85%) vSphere
5 1 (0.77%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 18 (13.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (8.46%) Terraform
3 7 (5.38%) Ansible
3 7 (5.38%) Nmap
4 5 (3.85%) Jamf Pro
4 5 (3.85%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (3.08%) FortiGate
5 4 (3.08%) PaperCut
6 2 (1.54%) Nagios
6 2 (1.54%) OpenView
6 2 (1.54%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.77%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (0.77%) SCCM
7 1 (0.77%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 74 (56.92%) Cisco
2 44 (33.85%) Microsoft
3 27 (20.77%) Fortinet
3 27 (20.77%) VMware
4 14 (10.77%) Palo Alto
5 12 (9.23%) CheckPoint
6 9 (6.92%) Draytek
6 9 (6.92%) Juniper
6 9 (6.92%) Meraki
6 9 (6.92%) WatchGuard
7 7 (5.38%) Citrix
7 7 (5.38%) Mitel
7 7 (5.38%) Zscaler
8 5 (3.85%) Apple
8 5 (3.85%) Sophos
9 4 (3.08%) Okta
9 4 (3.08%) Splunk
10 3 (2.31%) Netskope
10 3 (2.31%) Tenable
10 3 (2.31%) Veeam