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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 290 300 244
Rank change year-on-year +10 -56 -53
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 131 129 451
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.66% 0.84% 1.30%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.07% 2.44% 4.93%
Number of salaries quoted 102 101 324
10th Percentile £41,250 £31,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £32,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,250 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.45% - -2.65%
75th Percentile £85,000 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £76,250 £84,919
UK median annual salary £65,000 £54,069 £52,000
% change year-on-year +20.22% +3.98% -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 4,270 5,283 9,147
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 21.39% 34.41% 26.46%
Number of salaries quoted 2,950 2,360 5,899
10th Percentile £33,250 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £86,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +2.80% -10.83%

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 17 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 9 (6.87%) SharePoint
2 7 (5.34%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (3.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.53%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 58 (44.27%) Azure
2 31 (23.66%) AWS
3 20 (15.27%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (8.40%) GCP
5 9 (6.87%) Power Platform
6 6 (4.58%) Azure Sentinel
6 6 (4.58%) Entra ID
7 4 (3.05%) ChatGPT
7 4 (3.05%) Microsoft Copilot
7 4 (3.05%) Mimecast
7 4 (3.05%) OneDrive
7 4 (3.05%) PowerApps
8 3 (2.29%) OCI
8 3 (2.29%) Serverless
8 3 (2.29%) Vertex AI
9 2 (1.53%) Anthropic Claude
9 2 (1.53%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (1.53%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (1.53%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.76%) WeChat
Communications & Networking
1 56 (42.75%) Firewall
2 50 (38.17%) WAN
3 48 (36.64%) LAN
4 36 (27.48%) Network Security
5 35 (26.72%) SD-WAN
6 22 (16.79%) Wireless
7 21 (16.03%) VPN
8 14 (10.69%) WLAN
9 13 (9.92%) Cisco ISE
10 11 (8.40%) VLAN
10 11 (8.40%) Wi-Fi
11 10 (7.63%) Cisco Nexus
12 9 (6.87%) MPLS
12 9 (6.87%) VoIP
13 8 (6.11%) TCP/IP
14 7 (5.34%) BGP
14 7 (5.34%) Cisco Wireless
15 6 (4.58%) Cisco Firepower
15 6 (4.58%) DNS
15 6 (4.58%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.53%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (2.29%) Burp Suite
1 3 (2.29%) JIRA
1 3 (2.29%) Metasploit
General
1 41 (31.30%) Social Skills
2 27 (20.61%) Finance
3 15 (11.45%) Telecoms
4 11 (8.40%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (8.40%) Retail
5 10 (7.63%) Public Sector
6 7 (5.34%) Banking
7 6 (4.58%) Law
8 5 (3.82%) Military
9 3 (2.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.29%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.53%) Legal
10 2 (1.53%) Local Government
10 2 (1.53%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.53%) Social Housing
11 1 (0.76%) Dutch Language
11 1 (0.76%) French Language
11 1 (0.76%) Mandarin Language
11 1 (0.76%) Marketing
11 1 (0.76%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 37 (28.24%) Network Engineer
2 30 (22.90%) Architect
3 20 (15.27%) Senior
4 17 (12.98%) Consultant
4 17 (12.98%) Solutions Architect
5 11 (8.40%) IT Engineer
5 11 (8.40%) Network Consultant
6 10 (7.63%) Network Architect
6 10 (7.63%) Security Specialist
7 9 (6.87%) Senior Network Engineer
8 8 (6.11%) Presales Solution Architect
8 8 (6.11%) Security Architect
9 7 (5.34%) Principal Architect
10 6 (4.58%) Cisco Consultant
10 6 (4.58%) Cisco Network Consultant
10 6 (4.58%) IT Support
10 6 (4.58%) IT Support Engineer
10 6 (4.58%) Support Engineer
10 6 (4.58%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
11 5 (3.82%) Cybersecurity Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.82%) OAuth
1 5 (3.82%) OpenID
2 2 (1.53%) ARM Templates
2 2 (1.53%) JSON
2 2 (1.53%) RESTful
3 1 (0.76%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (20.61%) Data Centre
2 10 (7.63%) Security Posture
3 9 (6.87%) Cloud Native
4 6 (4.58%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (3.82%) Management Information System
5 5 (3.82%) Public Cloud
6 4 (3.05%) Cyber Defence
7 3 (2.29%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (2.29%) Insider Threat
7 3 (2.29%) Private Cloud
8 2 (1.53%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.53%) Housing Association
9 1 (0.76%) CMDB
9 1 (0.76%) Enterprise Storage
9 1 (0.76%) IoT
9 1 (0.76%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.76%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 23 (17.56%) Windows
2 10 (7.63%) Linux
3 8 (6.11%) Windows Server
4 5 (3.82%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (3.82%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.76%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (29.77%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (27.48%) Cybersecurity
3 28 (21.37%) ITIL
4 27 (20.61%) Presales
5 21 (16.03%) Technical Leadership
6 19 (14.50%) Roadmaps
6 19 (14.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 18 (13.74%) Cloud Security
8 17 (12.98%) Disaster Recovery
8 17 (12.98%) Mentoring
8 17 (12.98%) Project Delivery
8 17 (12.98%) Zero Trust
9 15 (11.45%) Incident Response
9 15 (11.45%) Security Architecture
10 14 (10.69%) Stakeholder Management
11 13 (9.92%) Business Continuity
11 13 (9.92%) Continuous Improvement
11 13 (9.92%) DevOps
11 13 (9.92%) High Availability
12 12 (9.16%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 15 (11.45%) PowerShell
2 11 (8.40%) Python
3 3 (2.29%) Bash
4 2 (1.53%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (1.53%) Search Processing Language
4 2 (1.53%) SQL
5 1 (0.76%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 67 (51.15%) CCNP
2 53 (40.46%) CCNA
3 33 (25.19%) CISSP
4 29 (22.14%) CCIE
5 27 (20.61%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 26 (19.85%) Degree
7 21 (16.03%) Azure Certification
8 20 (15.27%) CISM
9 19 (14.50%) CCSP
10 18 (13.74%) Microsoft Certification
10 18 (13.74%) Security Cleared
11 16 (12.21%) SC Cleared
12 11 (8.40%) MCSE
13 10 (7.63%) Computer Science Degree
14 7 (5.34%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 6 (4.58%) AWS Certification
15 6 (4.58%) CCSE
15 6 (4.58%) CompTIA Security+
15 6 (4.58%) DV Cleared
15 6 (4.58%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (14.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (9.16%) NIST
3 11 (8.40%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (3.82%) Actionable Recommendations
4 5 (3.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 5 (3.82%) SLA
5 3 (2.29%) GRC
6 2 (1.53%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.53%) GDPR
7 1 (0.76%) NCSC
7 1 (0.76%) SOC 2
System Software
1 11 (8.40%) Active Directory
2 7 (5.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (3.82%) Hyper-V
4 4 (3.05%) vSphere
5 1 (0.76%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.76%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 13 (9.92%) Terraform
2 10 (7.63%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (4.58%) Ansible
3 6 (4.58%) FortiGate
4 5 (3.82%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (2.29%) Nmap
6 2 (1.53%) Cisco Prime
6 2 (1.53%) OpenView
6 2 (1.53%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.76%) Check_MK
7 1 (0.76%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.76%) Nagios
7 1 (0.76%) SCCM
Vendors
1 78 (59.54%) Cisco
2 35 (26.72%) Microsoft
3 28 (21.37%) Fortinet
4 22 (16.79%) Palo Alto
5 16 (12.21%) Juniper
6 14 (10.69%) VMware
7 13 (9.92%) CheckPoint
8 12 (9.16%) Aruba
9 7 (5.34%) Meraki
9 7 (5.34%) Veeam
9 7 (5.34%) Zscaler
10 6 (4.58%) SolarWinds
10 6 (4.58%) Splunk
11 5 (3.82%) F5
12 4 (3.05%) Citrix
12 4 (3.05%) Huawei
12 4 (3.05%) Okta
12 4 (3.05%) Sophos
13 3 (2.29%) Dell
13 3 (2.29%) Netskope