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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 284 307 244
Rank change year-on-year +23 -63 -54
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 129 127 446
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.66% 0.84% 1.30%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.04% 2.48% 4.90%
Number of salaries quoted 101 99 327
10th Percentile £41,250 £31,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £32,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% - -2.65%
75th Percentile £87,500 £66,875 £67,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £77,750 £84,919
UK median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £51,364
% change year-on-year +18.18% +7.08% -6.61%

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 4,246 5,112 9,107
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 21.83% 33.82% 26.64%
Number of salaries quoted 2,907 2,349 5,923
10th Percentile £33,310 £27,319 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,333 £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 10 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 10 (7.75%) SharePoint
2 8 (6.20%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (3.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.55%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 58 (44.96%) Azure
2 30 (23.26%) AWS
3 22 (17.05%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (8.53%) GCP
5 9 (6.98%) Power Platform
6 7 (5.43%) Azure Sentinel
6 7 (5.43%) Entra ID
7 4 (3.10%) ChatGPT
7 4 (3.10%) Microsoft Copilot
7 4 (3.10%) Mimecast
7 4 (3.10%) OneDrive
7 4 (3.10%) PowerApps
8 3 (2.33%) OCI
8 3 (2.33%) Serverless
8 3 (2.33%) Vertex AI
9 2 (1.55%) Anthropic Claude
9 2 (1.55%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (1.55%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (1.55%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.78%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 55 (42.64%) Firewall
2 46 (35.66%) WAN
3 44 (34.11%) LAN
4 34 (26.36%) Network Security
4 34 (26.36%) SD-WAN
5 22 (17.05%) Wireless
6 20 (15.50%) VPN
7 13 (10.08%) Cisco ISE
7 13 (10.08%) WLAN
8 10 (7.75%) Cisco Nexus
8 10 (7.75%) VLAN
9 9 (6.98%) VoIP
9 9 (6.98%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (5.43%) BGP
10 7 (5.43%) Cisco Wireless
10 7 (5.43%) MPLS
10 7 (5.43%) TCP/IP
11 6 (4.65%) Cisco Firepower
11 6 (4.65%) OSPF
11 6 (4.65%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.55%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (3.10%) Burp Suite
1 4 (3.10%) Metasploit
2 3 (2.33%) JIRA
General
1 40 (31.01%) Social Skills
2 27 (20.93%) Finance
3 13 (10.08%) Telecoms
4 10 (7.75%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (7.75%) Retail
5 9 (6.98%) Public Sector
6 6 (4.65%) Banking
6 6 (4.65%) Law
7 5 (3.88%) Military
8 3 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.55%) Legal
9 2 (1.55%) Local Government
9 2 (1.55%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.55%) Social Housing
10 1 (0.78%) Dutch Language
10 1 (0.78%) French Language
10 1 (0.78%) German Language
10 1 (0.78%) Italian Language
10 1 (0.78%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 34 (26.36%) Network Engineer
2 30 (23.26%) Architect
3 19 (14.73%) Senior
4 17 (13.18%) Solutions Architect
5 16 (12.40%) Consultant
6 11 (8.53%) IT Engineer
6 11 (8.53%) Network Consultant
7 10 (7.75%) Network Architect
7 10 (7.75%) Security Specialist
8 9 (6.98%) Senior Network Engineer
9 8 (6.20%) Presales Solution Architect
9 8 (6.20%) Security Architect
10 7 (5.43%) Principal Architect
11 6 (4.65%) Cisco Consultant
11 6 (4.65%) Cisco Network Consultant
11 6 (4.65%) IT Support
11 6 (4.65%) IT Support Engineer
11 6 (4.65%) Support Engineer
11 6 (4.65%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
12 5 (3.88%) LAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.88%) OAuth
1 5 (3.88%) OpenID
2 2 (1.55%) ARM Templates
2 2 (1.55%) JSON
2 2 (1.55%) RESTful
3 1 (0.78%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (19.38%) Data Centre
2 10 (7.75%) Security Posture
3 9 (6.98%) Cloud Native
4 5 (3.88%) Public Cloud
4 5 (3.88%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (3.10%) Cyber Defence
5 4 (3.10%) Insider Threat
5 4 (3.10%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.33%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (2.33%) Private Cloud
7 2 (1.55%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.55%) Housing Association
7 2 (1.55%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.78%) CMDB
8 1 (0.78%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (0.78%) IoT
8 1 (0.78%) Social Media
8 1 (0.78%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 24 (18.60%) Windows
2 10 (7.75%) Linux
3 8 (6.20%) Windows Server
4 5 (3.88%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (3.88%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.78%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.78%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (30.23%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (25.58%) Cybersecurity
3 29 (22.48%) ITIL
4 28 (21.71%) Presales
5 20 (15.50%) Technical Leadership
6 18 (13.95%) Roadmaps
6 18 (13.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 17 (13.18%) Project Delivery
7 17 (13.18%) Zero Trust
8 16 (12.40%) Cloud Security
8 16 (12.40%) Disaster Recovery
8 16 (12.40%) Security Architecture
9 15 (11.63%) Mentoring
10 14 (10.85%) Incident Response
11 13 (10.08%) DevOps
11 13 (10.08%) Stakeholder Management
12 12 (9.30%) Business Continuity
12 12 (9.30%) Continuous Improvement
13 11 (8.53%) High Availability
13 11 (8.53%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 15 (11.63%) PowerShell
2 10 (7.75%) Python
3 3 (2.33%) Bash
4 2 (1.55%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (1.55%) Search Processing Language
4 2 (1.55%) SQL
5 1 (0.78%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 64 (49.61%) CCNP
2 51 (39.53%) CCNA
3 33 (25.58%) CISSP
4 29 (22.48%) CCIE
5 26 (20.16%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 25 (19.38%) Degree
7 21 (16.28%) Azure Certification
8 20 (15.50%) Microsoft Certification
9 19 (14.73%) CISM
10 18 (13.95%) CCSP
11 17 (13.18%) Security Cleared
12 15 (11.63%) SC Cleared
13 12 (9.30%) MCSE
14 10 (7.75%) Computer Science Degree
15 7 (5.43%) CEH
15 7 (5.43%) CompTIA Security+
16 6 (4.65%) AWS Certification
16 6 (4.65%) CCSE
16 6 (4.65%) DV Cleared
16 6 (4.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (13.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (9.30%) NIST
3 11 (8.53%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (4.65%) Actionable Recommendations
5 5 (3.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 5 (3.88%) SLA
6 3 (2.33%) GRC
7 2 (1.55%) Accessibility
7 2 (1.55%) GDPR
8 1 (0.78%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.78%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (7.75%) Active Directory
2 7 (5.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (3.10%) Hyper-V
3 4 (3.10%) vSphere
4 1 (0.78%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 13 (10.08%) Terraform
2 11 (8.53%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (4.65%) FortiGate
4 5 (3.88%) Ansible
4 5 (3.88%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (3.10%) Nmap
6 2 (1.55%) Cisco Prime
6 2 (1.55%) Nagios
6 2 (1.55%) OpenView
6 2 (1.55%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.78%) Check_MK
7 1 (0.78%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.78%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.78%) PaperCut
7 1 (0.78%) SCCM
Vendors
1 77 (59.69%) Cisco
2 36 (27.91%) Microsoft
3 27 (20.93%) Fortinet
4 19 (14.73%) Palo Alto
5 16 (12.40%) Juniper
6 12 (9.30%) CheckPoint
6 12 (9.30%) VMware
7 11 (8.53%) Aruba
8 7 (5.43%) Meraki
8 7 (5.43%) SolarWinds
8 7 (5.43%) Veeam
8 7 (5.43%) Zscaler
9 6 (4.65%) Splunk
10 4 (3.10%) F5
10 4 (3.10%) Huawei
10 4 (3.10%) Okta
10 4 (3.10%) Sophos
11 3 (2.33%) Citrix
11 3 (2.33%) Dell
11 3 (2.33%) Netskope