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 18 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 293 242 235
Rank change year-on-year -51 -7 -70
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 163 197 316
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.67% 1.21% 1.35%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.22% 3.44% 4.96%
Number of salaries quoted 117 131 168
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £35,696
25th Percentile £44,750 £35,625 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £86,500 £97,500 £78,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £51,058 £55,000
% change year-on-year +27.31% -7.17% -

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 5,057 5,720 6,377
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.78% 35.06% 27.19%
Number of salaries quoted 3,188 2,338 3,073
10th Percentile £33,250 £31,000 £34,375
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,881
% change year-on-year +9.09% -1.58% -4.48%

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 18 September 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 15 (9.20%) SharePoint
2 9 (5.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.23%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.23%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 64 (39.26%) Azure
2 34 (20.86%) AWS
2 34 (20.86%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (15.34%) Entra ID
4 9 (5.52%) GCP
5 6 (3.68%) Power Platform
6 4 (2.45%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (2.45%) Power Automate
6 4 (2.45%) WeChat
7 3 (1.84%) Azure Monitor
7 3 (1.84%) OCI
7 3 (1.84%) Serverless
7 3 (1.84%) Vertex AI
8 2 (1.23%) Anthropic Claude
8 2 (1.23%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (1.23%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.61%) Amazon EMR
9 1 (0.61%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.61%) IaaS
9 1 (0.61%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 84 (51.53%) Firewall
2 74 (45.40%) LAN
3 66 (40.49%) WAN
4 58 (35.58%) Network Security
5 39 (23.93%) Wireless
6 33 (20.25%) VPN
7 26 (15.95%) VLAN
8 24 (14.72%) SD-WAN
8 24 (14.72%) Wi-Fi
9 20 (12.27%) WLAN
10 16 (9.82%) TCP/IP
11 15 (9.20%) DHCP
11 15 (9.20%) DNS
11 15 (9.20%) OSPF
12 14 (8.59%) BGP
13 10 (6.13%) Cisco ISE
13 10 (6.13%) Cisco Nexus
14 9 (5.52%) Internet
14 9 (5.52%) MPLS
15 8 (4.91%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.61%) Big Data
1 1 (0.61%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 9 (5.52%) JIRA
2 4 (2.45%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.61%) Git
3 1 (0.61%) GitLab
General
1 63 (38.65%) Social Skills
2 36 (22.09%) Telecoms
3 27 (16.56%) Finance
4 17 (10.43%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (6.13%) Retail
6 8 (4.91%) Banking
6 8 (4.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (3.68%) Aerospace
8 5 (3.07%) Public Sector
9 4 (2.45%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.45%) Legal
9 4 (2.45%) Mandarin Language
10 3 (1.84%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.84%) Law
10 3 (1.84%) Marketing
10 3 (1.84%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.23%) French Language
11 2 (1.23%) German Language
11 2 (1.23%) Local Government
12 1 (0.61%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 62 (38.04%) Network Engineer
2 31 (19.02%) Senior
3 19 (11.66%) Consultant
4 18 (11.04%) Architect
5 17 (10.43%) IT Support
5 17 (10.43%) Senior Network Engineer
6 16 (9.82%) IT Engineer
7 14 (8.59%) Cisco Engineer
7 14 (8.59%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 14 (8.59%) IT Support Engineer
7 14 (8.59%) Support Engineer
8 11 (6.75%) Network Consultant
9 9 (5.52%) Network Architect
10 8 (4.91%) LAN Engineer
10 8 (4.91%) Security Consultant
11 7 (4.29%) Cisco Network Consultant
11 7 (4.29%) Juniper Consultant
11 7 (4.29%) Juniper Engineer
11 7 (4.29%) Security Engineer
11 7 (4.29%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (6.75%) Terraform
2 3 (1.84%) ARM Templates
2 3 (1.84%) JSON
3 2 (1.23%) RESTful
4 1 (0.61%) Jinja
4 1 (0.61%) OAuth
4 1 (0.61%) OpenID
4 1 (0.61%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 27 (16.56%) Data Centre
2 14 (8.59%) Driving Licence
3 11 (6.75%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (6.13%) Management Information System
5 9 (5.52%) CCTV
6 8 (4.91%) Cloud Native
7 7 (4.29%) Security Posture
8 4 (2.45%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (2.45%) Private Cloud
8 4 (2.45%) Video Conferencing
9 3 (1.84%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.84%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.84%) Virtual Team
10 2 (1.23%) IoT
10 2 (1.23%) Onboarding
11 1 (0.61%) Cyber Defence
11 1 (0.61%) Enterprise Storage
11 1 (0.61%) Housing Association
11 1 (0.61%) PKI
11 1 (0.61%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 32 (19.63%) Windows
2 24 (14.72%) Windows Server
3 13 (7.98%) Linux
4 6 (3.68%) Windows Server 2016
4 6 (3.68%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (1.23%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.23%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (34.97%) Problem-Solving
2 46 (28.22%) Cybersecurity
3 44 (26.99%) ITIL
4 27 (16.56%) Project Delivery
5 26 (15.95%) Network Design
5 26 (15.95%) Technical Leadership
6 25 (15.34%) Cloud Security
6 25 (15.34%) Mentoring
7 20 (12.27%) Incident Management
7 20 (12.27%) Stakeholder Management
8 19 (11.66%) Presales
9 18 (11.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 16 (9.82%) Disaster Recovery
11 15 (9.20%) AI
11 15 (9.20%) Business Continuity
11 15 (9.20%) High Availability
12 14 (8.59%) Continuous Improvement
13 13 (7.98%) Agile
13 13 (7.98%) Information Security
13 13 (7.98%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 20 (12.27%) Python
2 18 (11.04%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.84%) Bash
3 3 (1.84%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (1.23%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 93 (57.06%) CCNP
2 72 (44.17%) CCNA
3 32 (19.63%) CISSP
3 32 (19.63%) Degree
4 29 (17.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 24 (14.72%) CCSP
5 24 (14.72%) Microsoft Certification
6 21 (12.88%) CCIE
6 21 (12.88%) Security Cleared
7 18 (11.04%) CISM
8 17 (10.43%) Azure Certification
9 16 (9.82%) SC Cleared
10 12 (7.36%) MCSE
10 12 (7.36%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 11 (6.75%) DBS Check
12 10 (6.13%) DV Cleared
12 10 (6.13%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 8 (4.91%) MCSA
14 6 (3.68%) Network+ Certification
14 6 (3.68%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (14.72%) Cyber Essentials
1 24 (14.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (7.36%) NIST
3 8 (4.91%) GDPR
4 6 (3.68%) Accessibility
5 5 (3.07%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 5 (3.07%) GRC
5 5 (3.07%) NCSC
5 5 (3.07%) SLA
6 2 (1.23%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.23%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.61%) COBIT
System Software
1 20 (12.27%) Active Directory
2 13 (7.98%) Hyper-V
2 13 (7.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (4.29%) VMware NSX
4 5 (3.07%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.84%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.84%) vSphere
6 1 (0.61%) Firmware
6 1 (0.61%) iptables
Systems Management
1 19 (11.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (7.98%) FortiGate
3 11 (6.75%) Ansible
4 3 (1.84%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (1.84%) Stealthwatch
5 1 (0.61%) CASB
5 1 (0.61%) Check_MK
5 1 (0.61%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (0.61%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.61%) SCCM
Vendors
1 89 (54.60%) Cisco
2 35 (21.47%) Microsoft
3 29 (17.79%) VMware
4 26 (15.95%) Aruba
4 26 (15.95%) Palo Alto
5 22 (13.50%) Juniper
6 20 (12.27%) Fortinet
7 8 (4.91%) CheckPoint
7 8 (4.91%) Draytek
7 8 (4.91%) F5
7 8 (4.91%) Mitel
7 8 (4.91%) SolarWinds
7 8 (4.91%) WatchGuard
8 7 (4.29%) Citrix
8 7 (4.29%) Veeam
9 4 (2.45%) Google
9 4 (2.45%) Meraki
10 3 (1.84%) Arista
10 3 (1.84%) Huawei
10 3 (1.84%) SonicWALL