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 9 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 283 301 240
Rank change year-on-year +18 -61 -14
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 122 122 436
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.67% 0.85% 1.34%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.86% 2.71% 4.97%
Number of salaries quoted 93 109 341
10th Percentile £45,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.74% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £87,500 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £86,750 £84,919
UK median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £52,000
% change year-on-year +13.04% +10.58% -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 4,263 4,503 8,772
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 23.24% 31.33% 26.98%
Number of salaries quoted 2,875 2,449 5,892
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,800 £32,500
25th Percentile £48,115 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,296
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.30% -7.19%

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 9 May 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 (7.38%) SharePoint
2 7 (5.74%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (4.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.46%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.64%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 54 (44.26%) Azure
2 29 (23.77%) AWS
3 27 (22.13%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (8.20%) GCP
5 8 (6.56%) Entra ID
6 5 (4.10%) Azure Sentinel
6 5 (4.10%) OCI
6 5 (4.10%) Power Platform
7 4 (3.28%) ChatGPT
7 4 (3.28%) Microsoft Copilot
7 4 (3.28%) Mimecast
7 4 (3.28%) OneDrive
7 4 (3.28%) PowerApps
8 3 (2.46%) Serverless
8 3 (2.46%) Vertex AI
9 2 (1.64%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (1.64%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (1.64%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.82%) Cloudflare
10 1 (0.82%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 46 (37.70%) Firewall
2 40 (32.79%) LAN
2 40 (32.79%) WAN
3 32 (26.23%) Network Security
3 32 (26.23%) SD-WAN
4 20 (16.39%) Wireless
5 16 (13.11%) VPN
6 13 (10.66%) Cisco ISE
7 12 (9.84%) VLAN
8 9 (7.38%) MPLS
8 9 (7.38%) WLAN
9 8 (6.56%) Cisco Wireless
10 7 (5.74%) BGP
10 7 (5.74%) TCP/IP
10 7 (5.74%) VoIP
11 6 (4.92%) Cisco Firepower
11 6 (4.92%) Cisco Nexus
11 6 (4.92%) OSPF
11 6 (4.92%) Structured Cabling
12 5 (4.10%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.64%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (3.28%) Burp Suite
1 4 (3.28%) Metasploit
2 2 (1.64%) JIRA
General
1 40 (32.79%) Social Skills
2 25 (20.49%) Finance
3 9 (7.38%) Public Sector
4 8 (6.56%) Retail
5 7 (5.74%) Telecoms
6 6 (4.92%) Banking
6 6 (4.92%) Law
7 5 (4.10%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (4.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (4.10%) Military
8 4 (3.28%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (2.46%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.64%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.64%) Social Housing
11 1 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.82%) Legal
11 1 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 29 (23.77%) Network Engineer
2 26 (21.31%) Architect
3 16 (13.11%) Senior
4 14 (11.48%) Solutions Architect
5 11 (9.02%) Consultant
6 10 (8.20%) Senior Network Engineer
7 9 (7.38%) IT Engineer
8 8 (6.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 8 (6.56%) Presales Solution Architect
8 8 (6.56%) Security Architect
8 8 (6.56%) Security Specialist
9 7 (5.74%) Analyst
9 7 (5.74%) Data Centre Engineer
9 7 (5.74%) Principal Architect
10 6 (4.92%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 6 (4.92%) Network Architect
10 6 (4.92%) Network Consultant
10 6 (4.92%) Security Analyst
10 6 (4.92%) Security Manager
11 5 (4.10%) Cybersecurity Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.10%) OAuth
1 5 (4.10%) OpenID
2 2 (1.64%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.82%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (18.03%) Data Centre
2 11 (9.02%) Security Posture
3 8 (6.56%) Cloud Native
4 6 (4.92%) Cyber Defence
5 5 (4.10%) Public Cloud
6 4 (3.28%) Insider Threat
6 4 (3.28%) Onboarding
6 4 (3.28%) Social Media
7 3 (2.46%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.64%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.64%) e-Learning
8 2 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.64%) Housing Association
8 2 (1.64%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.64%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.64%) Private Cloud
8 2 (1.64%) Robotics
8 2 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.64%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.82%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 28 (22.95%) Windows
2 12 (9.84%) Linux
3 6 (4.92%) Windows Server
4 4 (3.28%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.64%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.82%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.82%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.82%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (26.23%) ITIL
2 28 (22.95%) Cybersecurity
3 27 (22.13%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (18.85%) Presales
5 19 (15.57%) Roadmaps
6 18 (14.75%) Mentoring
7 17 (13.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 16 (13.11%) Project Delivery
8 16 (13.11%) Security Architecture
8 16 (13.11%) Zero Trust
9 15 (12.30%) Technical Leadership
10 14 (11.48%) Cloud Security
11 12 (9.84%) Incident Response
11 12 (9.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 11 (9.02%) Continuous Improvement
12 11 (9.02%) Infrastructure as Code
12 11 (9.02%) SIEM
13 10 (8.20%) High Availability
13 10 (8.20%) Network Design
13 10 (8.20%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 11 (9.02%) PowerShell
2 9 (7.38%) Python
3 3 (2.46%) Bash
4 2 (1.64%) SQL
5 1 (0.82%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 53 (43.44%) CCNP
2 50 (40.98%) CCNA
3 31 (25.41%) CISSP
4 26 (21.31%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 23 (18.85%) CCIE
5 23 (18.85%) Degree
6 21 (17.21%) Microsoft Certification
7 20 (16.39%) CISM
8 18 (14.75%) CCSP
9 17 (13.93%) Security Cleared
10 16 (13.11%) Azure Certification
10 16 (13.11%) SC Cleared
11 12 (9.84%) MCSE
12 9 (7.38%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (7.38%) DBS Check
13 8 (6.56%) CEH
13 8 (6.56%) MCSA
14 7 (5.74%) CompTIA Security+
15 6 (4.92%) CISMP
15 6 (4.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (16.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (12.30%) NIST
3 9 (7.38%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (5.74%) SLA
5 6 (4.92%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (3.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (3.28%) GDPR
7 2 (1.64%) GRC
7 2 (1.64%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.82%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.82%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (4.92%) Active Directory
1 6 (4.92%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (3.28%) vSphere
3 2 (1.64%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.82%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 14 (11.48%) Terraform
2 10 (8.20%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (6.56%) Ansible
4 7 (5.74%) FortiGate
5 5 (4.10%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (3.28%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (3.28%) Nmap
6 4 (3.28%) PaperCut
7 2 (1.64%) Nagios
7 2 (1.64%) OpenView
7 2 (1.64%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.82%) Check_MK
8 1 (0.82%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (0.82%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.82%) SCCM
Vendors
1 70 (57.38%) Cisco
2 35 (28.69%) Microsoft
3 26 (21.31%) Fortinet
4 17 (13.93%) Palo Alto
5 12 (9.84%) CheckPoint
5 12 (9.84%) Juniper
6 11 (9.02%) VMware
7 7 (5.74%) Meraki
7 7 (5.74%) Zscaler
8 6 (4.92%) SolarWinds
9 4 (3.28%) Apple
9 4 (3.28%) Aruba
9 4 (3.28%) Okta
9 4 (3.28%) Sophos
9 4 (3.28%) Splunk
10 3 (2.46%) Dell
10 3 (2.46%) EMC
10 3 (2.46%) Google
10 3 (2.46%) Huawei
10 3 (2.46%) Netskope