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 22 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 184 221 168
Rank change year-on-year +37 -53 +115
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 207 296 432
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.35% 1.47% 2.01%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.88% 5.59% 7.19%
Number of salaries quoted 145 184 360
10th Percentile £31,250 £42,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £52,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,750 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.40% +13.64% -15.38%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £103,000 £82,125 £85,000
UK median annual salary £53,750 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.42% +9.09% -

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 5,340 5,295 6,005
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.92% 26.25% 27.97%
Number of salaries quoted 2,457 2,661 4,435
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,863 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £93,000 £90,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,344 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.73% +1.47% +1.41%

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 22 November 2025.

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 12 (5.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.93%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 80 (38.65%) Azure
2 48 (23.19%) AWS
3 37 (17.87%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (10.63%) Entra ID
5 7 (3.38%) IaaS
6 4 (1.93%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (1.93%) Azure Logic Apps
6 4 (1.93%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (1.45%) Amazon ECS
7 3 (1.45%) Azure Key Vault
7 3 (1.45%) Cloudflare
7 3 (1.45%) GCP
7 3 (1.45%) Microsoft Purview
7 3 (1.45%) OCI
8 2 (0.97%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.48%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 1 (0.48%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.48%) GitHub
9 1 (0.48%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.48%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 82 (39.61%) Firewall
2 68 (32.85%) LAN
3 64 (30.92%) WAN
4 54 (26.09%) VPN
5 39 (18.84%) Network Security
6 38 (18.36%) SD-WAN
7 37 (17.87%) Wi-Fi
8 31 (14.98%) VLAN
9 30 (14.49%) TCP/IP
10 21 (10.14%) DNS
11 20 (9.66%) BGP
12 19 (9.18%) VoIP
13 16 (7.73%) Wireless
14 14 (6.76%) MPLS
14 14 (6.76%) OSPF
15 13 (6.28%) DHCP
16 12 (5.80%) Junos
17 9 (4.35%) IPsec
17 9 (4.35%) Unified Communications
18 8 (3.86%) Cisco ASA
Development Applications
1 6 (2.90%) Burp Suite
1 6 (2.90%) Metasploit
2 1 (0.48%) Git
2 1 (0.48%) GitLab
2 1 (0.48%) Jenkins
General
1 63 (30.43%) Finance
2 60 (28.99%) Social Skills
3 34 (16.43%) Telecoms
4 13 (6.28%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (3.38%) Retail
6 6 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (2.90%) Law
6 6 (2.90%) Public Sector
7 5 (2.42%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.93%) Legal
9 3 (1.45%) Marketing
9 3 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.97%) Banking
10 2 (0.97%) Electronics
10 2 (0.97%) French Language
10 2 (0.97%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.48%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.48%) Local Government
11 1 (0.48%) Military
Job Titles
1 45 (21.74%) Network Engineer
2 38 (18.36%) Administrator
2 38 (18.36%) Senior
2 38 (18.36%) Systems Administrator
3 21 (10.14%) Security Engineer
4 17 (8.21%) Architect
4 17 (8.21%) Senior Network Engineer
5 10 (4.83%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 10 (4.83%) Network Architect
5 10 (4.83%) Support Engineer
6 9 (4.35%) 2nd Line Support
6 9 (4.35%) Analyst
6 9 (4.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 9 (4.35%) IT Engineer
6 9 (4.35%) Senior Security Engineer
7 8 (3.86%) 3rd Line Support
7 8 (3.86%) 3rd Line Support Technician
7 8 (3.86%) Support Technician
8 7 (3.38%) Head of IT Operations
8 7 (3.38%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.45%) FreeSWITCH
1 3 (1.45%) Node.js
2 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (0.48%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.48%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.48%) React
3 1 (0.48%) Svelte
3 1 (0.48%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 41 (19.81%) e-Learning
2 23 (11.11%) Data Centre
3 15 (7.25%) Driving Licence
4 13 (6.28%) CCTV
5 12 (5.80%) Security Posture
6 9 (4.35%) Management Information System
7 8 (3.86%) Operational Technology
7 8 (3.86%) Security Operations Centre
8 7 (3.38%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (2.90%) Cloud Native
9 6 (2.90%) Cloud Security Posture
10 4 (1.93%) Onboarding
11 3 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.45%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 3 (1.45%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (1.45%) Insider Threat
11 3 (1.45%) Low-Code
11 3 (1.45%) Social Media
11 3 (1.45%) Web3
12 2 (0.97%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 62 (29.95%) Linux
2 42 (20.29%) Windows
3 25 (12.08%) Unix
4 21 (10.14%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.93%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.45%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.97%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.48%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (29.95%) High Availability
2 46 (22.22%) ITIL
3 39 (18.84%) Cybersecurity
3 39 (18.84%) Innovative Thinking
4 29 (14.01%) Problem-Solving
5 24 (11.59%) Information Security
5 24 (11.59%) Mentoring
6 22 (10.63%) Project Delivery
6 22 (10.63%) Service Delivery
7 21 (10.14%) DevOps
8 18 (8.70%) Computer Science
8 18 (8.70%) ITSM
9 17 (8.21%) Change Control
9 17 (8.21%) Infrastructure as Code
10 16 (7.73%) Stakeholder Management
11 15 (7.25%) Data Protection
11 15 (7.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 15 (7.25%) Network Design
11 15 (7.25%) SIEM
12 14 (6.76%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 17 (8.21%) Python
2 16 (7.73%) PowerShell
3 8 (3.86%) Bash
4 3 (1.45%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (0.97%) Go
6 1 (0.48%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 125 (60.39%) CCNP
2 106 (51.21%) CCNA
3 74 (35.75%) Security Cleared
4 70 (33.82%) SC Cleared
5 49 (23.67%) DV Cleared
6 47 (22.71%) Degree
7 38 (18.36%) CISSP
8 29 (14.01%) Microsoft Certification
9 28 (13.53%) Azure Certification
10 27 (13.04%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 22 (10.63%) CCIE
12 21 (10.14%) MCSE
13 20 (9.66%) CompTIA Security+
13 20 (9.66%) MCP
13 20 (9.66%) MCSA
14 19 (9.18%) CISM
15 16 (7.73%) AWS Certification
16 14 (6.76%) RHCSA
17 12 (5.80%) Network+ Certification
18 9 (4.35%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (13.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (9.18%) Cyber Essentials
2 19 (9.18%) NIST
3 14 (6.76%) SLA
4 13 (6.28%) GDPR
5 4 (1.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (1.45%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (1.45%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.97%) GRC
7 2 (0.97%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.48%) HIPAA
System Software
1 18 (8.70%) Active Directory
2 10 (4.83%) Hyper-V
3 7 (3.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.90%) Firmware
5 5 (2.42%) Docker
6 2 (0.97%) pfSense
6 2 (0.97%) vSphere
7 1 (0.48%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 18 (8.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (7.25%) Terraform
3 12 (5.80%) Ansible
4 6 (2.90%) Nmap
5 5 (2.42%) Autotask
5 5 (2.42%) FortiGate
5 5 (2.42%) Kubernetes
6 3 (1.45%) Dell DRAC
6 3 (1.45%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.97%) Nagios
7 2 (0.97%) PaperCut
8 1 (0.48%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.48%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.48%) OpenView
8 1 (0.48%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.48%) vRealize Orchestrator
8 1 (0.48%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 144 (69.57%) Cisco
2 61 (29.47%) Microsoft
3 29 (14.01%) Juniper
3 29 (14.01%) VMware
4 22 (10.63%) Fortinet
5 19 (9.18%) Palo Alto
6 13 (6.28%) Red Hat
7 12 (5.80%) Meraki
8 10 (4.83%) Citrix
9 8 (3.86%) Mitel
10 7 (3.38%) Draytek
10 7 (3.38%) SolarWinds
10 7 (3.38%) WatchGuard
11 6 (2.90%) CheckPoint
11 6 (2.90%) Zscaler
12 4 (1.93%) F5
12 4 (1.93%) HP
12 4 (1.93%) Ubiquiti
13 3 (1.45%) Apple
13 3 (1.45%) Dell