The first table below looks at the demand for CCIE in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited CCIE over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the London region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE)
Rank 315 333 441
Rank change year-on-year
+18 +108
Permanent jobs citing CCIE 330 365 197
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.750% 0.670% 0.345%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.978% 2.812% 1.467%
Number of salaries quoted 285 316 178
Average salary £57,500 £60,000 £65,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.16% -7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £45,000 £47,500
10% offered a salary of more than £80,000 £85,000 £77,500
UK excluding London average salary £52,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year
-4.54% -8.33%
All Qualifications
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
11080 12981 13432
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 25.18% 23.83% 23.52%
Number of salaries quoted 8995 11185 11128
Average salary £50,000 £48,000 £49,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.16% -3.03%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
CCIE
England

CCIE
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing CCIE across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

London CCIE Jobs Demand Trend

CCIE
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing CCIE across the London region.

London CCIE Salary Trend

CCIE
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing CCIE across the London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

London CCIE Salary Histogram

CCIE
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCIE within the London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of London +9 128 £57,500 -6.12%
Orpington - 38 £42,500 -
Surbiton - 5 £42,500 -
Docklands, London - 4 £78,750 -
Croydon +9 3 £22,500 -60.86%
Canary Wharf -7 2 - -
Hammersmith - 2 £60,000 -
Hounslow - 2 £60,000 -
Twickenham - 1 £65,000 -
CCIE
England

CCIE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region citing CCIE also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited CCIE.

1 723 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 662 (91.56%) Cisco
3 479 (66.25%) CCNP
4 298 (41.22%) Firewall
5 284 (39.28%) WAN
6 279 (38.59%) Juniper
7 251 (34.72%) CheckPoint
8 250 (34.58%) CCNA
9 249 (34.44%) BGP
10 229 (31.67%) OSPF
11 221 (30.57%) MPLS
12 206 (28.49%) Network Security
13 203 (28.08%) Wireless
14 194 (26.83%) Cisco ASA
15 190 (26.28%) VPN
16 185 (25.59%) LAN
16 185 (25.59%) F5
17 175 (24.20%) Cisco Nexus
18 157 (21.72%) Finance
19 156 (21.58%) Network Design
20 147 (20.33%) EIGRP
21 141 (19.50%) CCIP
22 113 (15.63%) Cisco PIX
23 105 (14.52%) CCDP
24 103 (14.25%) Unified Communications
25 93 (12.86%) CCSP
26 88 (12.17%) FWSM
27 81 (11.20%) VMware
28 80 (11.07%) JNCIA
29 77 (10.65%) Banking

CCIE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region citing CCIE also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited CCIE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 16 (2.213%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 13 (1.798%) Lync
2 2 (0.277%) SharePoint Server
2 2 (0.277%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (0.277%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 2 (0.277%) MS Exchange
2 2 (0.277%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.138%) Rendezvous
Applications
1 31 (4.288%) MS Excel
2 6 (0.830%) MS Office
3 5 (0.692%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.138%) RMDS
Communications & Networking
1 298 (41.22%) Firewall
2 284 (39.28%) WAN
3 249 (34.44%) BGP
4 229 (31.67%) OSPF
5 221 (30.57%) MPLS
6 206 (28.49%) Network Security
7 203 (28.08%) Wireless
8 194 (26.83%) Cisco ASA
9 190 (26.28%) VPN
10 185 (25.59%) LAN
11 175 (24.20%) Cisco Nexus
12 147 (20.33%) EIGRP
13 113 (15.63%) Cisco PIX
14 103 (14.25%) Unified Communications
15 88 (12.17%) FWSM
16 75 (10.37%) TCP/IP
17 71 (9.820%) DNS
18 70 (9.682%) VLAN
19 69 (9.544%) VoIP
20 66 (9.129%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (0.692%) MySQL
2 2 (0.277%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (0.277%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.138%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 2 (0.277%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 157 (21.72%) Finance
2 77 (10.65%) Banking
3 50 (6.916%) Telecoms
4 19 (2.628%) Law
5 16 (2.213%) Financial Institution
6 14 (1.936%) Investment Banking
7 7 (0.968%) Legal
8 4 (0.553%) Mandarin Language
9 3 (0.415%) Games
9 3 (0.415%) Advertising
9 3 (0.415%) Retail
10 1 (0.138%) Billing
10 1 (0.138%) Marketing
10 1 (0.138%) Online Betting
Job Titles
1 289 (39.97%) Network Engineer
2 127 (17.57%) Consultant
3 101 (13.97%) Architect
4 97 (13.42%) Cisco Engineer
5 80 (11.07%) Senior Network Engineer
6 77 (10.65%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 62 (8.575%) Cisco Consultant
8 51 (7.054%) Network Support
9 50 (6.916%) Network Architect
10 46 (6.362%) Network Consultant
11 44 (6.086%) Support Engineer
12 43 (5.947%) IP Engineer
12 43 (5.947%) IP Network Engineer
13 36 (4.979%) Security Engineer
14 30 (4.149%) Security Architect
15 28 (3.873%) Technical Design Authority
16 26 (3.596%) Network Manager
16 26 (3.596%) Network Security Engineer
17 22 (3.043%) Firewall Engineer
17 22 (3.043%) Voice Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 29 (4.011%) Video Conferencing
2 14 (1.936%) PKI
3 12 (1.660%) Management Information System
4 7 (0.968%) Blackberry
4 7 (0.968%) Computer Science
5 6 (0.830%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (0.692%) SaaS
7 4 (0.553%) IPTV
8 3 (0.415%) NHS
8 3 (0.415%) Equities
8 3 (0.415%) e-Health
8 3 (0.415%) Mobile Banking
9 2 (0.277%) Hedge funds
9 2 (0.277%) Video on Demand
9 2 (0.277%) Replication
9 2 (0.277%) Client/Server
10 1 (0.138%) Derivative
10 1 (0.138%) Web 2.0
10 1 (0.138%) Streaming Media
Operating Systems
1 42 (5.809%) Windows
2 29 (4.011%) Linux
3 18 (2.490%) UNIX
4 9 (1.245%) Windows Server 2003
4 9 (1.245%) Windows Server 2008
5 6 (0.830%) Windows 2000
6 5 (0.692%) Windows XP
6 5 (0.692%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.138%) Solaris
7 1 (0.138%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (21.58%) Network Design
2 67 (9.267%) Load Balancing
3 51 (7.054%) Network Management
4 46 (6.362%) ITIL
5 35 (4.841%) Migration
6 34 (4.703%) Project Management
6 34 (4.703%) Network Architecture
7 26 (3.596%) E-Commerce
7 26 (3.596%) Change Management
8 24 (3.320%) Network Load Balancing
8 24 (3.320%) Security Management
9 21 (2.905%) Information Security
9 21 (2.905%) Capacity Planning
10 17 (2.351%) Security Architecture
11 15 (2.075%) Root Cause Analysis
12 14 (1.936%) Penetration Testing
12 14 (1.936%) Enterprise Architecture
12 14 (1.936%) Change Control
12 14 (1.936%) Continuous Improvement
13 13 (1.798%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (1.936%) Perl
2 10 (1.383%) Python
2 10 (1.383%) C
3 9 (1.245%) Ruby
4 6 (0.830%) SQL
5 5 (0.692%) PHP
6 4 (0.553%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 723 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 479 (66.25%) CCNP
3 250 (34.58%) CCNA
4 141 (19.50%) CCIP
5 105 (14.52%) CCDP
6 93 (12.86%) CCSP
7 80 (11.07%) JNCIA
8 75 (10.37%) CCVP
9 73 (10.10%) JNCIE
10 71 (9.820%) JNCIS
11 49 (6.777%) CCSA
12 48 (6.639%) Degree
13 40 (5.533%) CCSE
14 39 (5.394%) JNCIP
15 30 (4.149%) CISSP
16 25 (3.458%) CCDA
16 25 (3.458%) Microsoft Certification
16 25 (3.458%) CCDE
17 19 (2.628%) MCITP
18 18 (2.490%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (5.118%) PCI DSS
2 31 (4.288%) SLA
3 19 (2.628%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (0.692%) ISO 9000
5 1 (0.138%) QA
System Software
1 47 (6.501%) VMware Infrastructure
2 29 (4.011%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.798%) Forefront TMG
4 10 (1.383%) UAG
5 6 (0.830%) XenServer
6 4 (0.553%) XenApp
7 3 (0.415%) ProxySG
8 2 (0.277%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.277%) XenDesktop
8 2 (0.277%) vSphere
9 1 (0.138%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.138%) VMware ESX
9 1 (0.138%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 66 (9.129%) Cisco UCCX
2 49 (6.777%) Cisco UCCE
3 36 (4.979%) Cisco CUCM
3 36 (4.979%) CiscoWorks
4 32 (4.426%) FortiGate
5 24 (3.320%) SolarWinds Orion
6 2 (0.277%) Cacti
6 2 (0.277%) Backup Exec
6 2 (0.277%) Nagios
7 1 (0.138%) HP NNM
Vendors
1 662 (91.56%) Cisco
2 279 (38.59%) Juniper
3 251 (34.72%) CheckPoint
4 185 (25.59%) F5
5 81 (11.20%) VMware
6 68 (9.405%) Microsoft
7 46 (6.362%) Twitter
8 41 (5.671%) Citrix
9 40 (5.533%) HP
10 38 (5.256%) Fortinet
11 32 (4.426%) SolarWinds
12 29 (4.011%) Riverbed
13 24 (3.320%) Aruba
14 20 (2.766%) Polycom
14 20 (2.766%) Sourcefire
15 16 (2.213%) BT
16 15 (2.075%) Remedy
17 13 (1.798%) Blue Coat
18 12 (1.660%) Radware
19 11 (1.521%) Nokia
Orpington, Kent
My client already have a strong team in place with twelve engineers ranging from CCNA through to CCIE Architect level and the role that is open will sit...
Austin Fraser
Salary: £40000.00 - £45000.00 per annum + Package
Posted: 21 May 2013
Orpington, Kent
My client already have a strong team in place with twelve engineers ranging from CCNA through to CCIE Architect level and the role that is open will sit...
Austin Fraser
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Package
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
Extensive experience of Cisco and Juniper security solutions (CCIE level of expertise in security and routing/switching). *Checkpoint experience an advantage... *CCIE or similar high level appropriate Cisco/...
Polar Recruitment
Salary: £55000 - £75000 per annum + + Car & Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required: *Excellent hands on routing and switching, must be CCIE level... *Experience with Cisco Nexus 7k and 5k. *Experience with F5 load balancers... Education...
Roc Search
Salary: £90000 - £100000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
East London
You: As a Principle Network Consultant you will be certified to CCNP/CCSP level although CCIE R&S/Security will be hugely beneficial, as will experience working within...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £75000 - £85000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
Our client is one of the market leading service providers in the UK managing some of the most complex customer networks within the UK by integrating a number...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £60000 - £65000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
They have now signed off on a Network Architect (Cisco CCIE) to join there expanding Global Network Team and supply services directly to the end client... The ideal...
Austin Fraser
Salary: £70000 - £80000 per annum + + Package
Posted: 17 May 2013
City, London
Network Engineer opportunities have arisen across the multiple projects that are in place and allow my client to look suitable candidates from CCNP through to CCIE level... From...
Austin Fraser
Salary: £55000 - £70000 per annum + Package
Posted: 17 May 2013
City, London
The role will suit individuals who have a CCNP to CCIE understanding of routers and switches, load balancer knowledge which includes either/or CSS, ACE, Netscaler, WAN acceleration...
Austin Fraser
Salary: £45000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
This successful Network Systems Integrator that specialise in IP Telephony and Unified Communications solutions are going through a period of growth... You will be responsible for designing technical...
DCL Search & Selection
Salary: £55k - 60k per year + £20,000 Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
You will have the opportunity to take full ownership of network support and engineering issues from identification to resolution, capacity planning, proactive enhancements to the networks and working...
Aston Carter
Salary: £60000 - £75000 per annum + Excellent Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
Their flexible, integrated communications services encompass IP and mobile telephony, converged networks, unified communications, contact centres and document solutions. Due to rapid growth they're currently looking for...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £26 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
City of London
Cisco Network Engineer required for a Financial Services client. The ideal candidate will be minimum CCNP certified or equivalent level with proven experience of supporting and troubleshooting core...
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 11 May 2013
City, London
The successful Senior Network Engineer will be joining a highly skilled team, and so you should be a strongly skilled Network Design Engineer that is capable and comfortable...
Harrington Starr
Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
City, London
My client. Operate in 51 countries in five regions - Middle East & Africa, Europe, Asia Pacific, Australia and the Americas. Their growth has been driven by their clients' need...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + £5,000 Car + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
City, London
We are currently recruiting for an Experienced Network Support Engineer who will be responsible for supporting bespoke Ethernet Networks and Managed Services. You will have strong MPLS/VPLS/...
Exponential-e
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
City of London
Key vendor technologies are Cisco R+S, with Fortigate, Checkpoint and Juniper firewalls and F5 load balancers. Ideal skill set: CCIE standard network engineer LAN/WAN protocols and...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £1 per annum + Banking Salary + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
CCIE, CCNP, CCNP voice, CCSP, Unified Communications, call manager, CUCM, Unity, CUC, UCCX, UCCE, Contact Centre, MeetingPlace, Telepresence, ARC, IPT... experience in implementation and support of Cisco IP...
Woodrow Mercer Recruitment
Salary: From £50,000 to £70,000 per annum + car + bonus + pension
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
Good scripting in Perl and/or Python with prior work in a Linux environment helpful... Further responsibilities for the Sales Engineer (Pre-Sales, Low Latency, Financial Services, IP...
harringtonstarr
Salary: £80000 - £90000 per annum + BONUS + BENEFITS
Posted: 20 May 2013
City of London
CCIE qualification Core Competencies and essential skills: LAN and WAN Network Implementation and Support Connectivity to Major Exchanges and Clients Cisco - 3750, 3800, 7200, 6500, Nexus * EIGRP, BGP,...
Real Staffing
Salary: £55000 - £80000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
The successful candidate will need exceptional knowledge of CUCM and Cisco VoIP products... As a professional company we gladly welcome applications from persons of any age and background...
Roc Search
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
Cisco Voice / CCNA / CCNP / Avaya TDM / / Unified Communications / Dealerboard My client is a leading global financial services player who is currently undergoing a huge migration from Avaya TDM...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £45000 - £60000 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 1 May 2013
City, London
Skills o Excellent written and oral communications skills o Strong facilitation and negotiation skills o Ability to moderate and build consensus o Ability to articulate and sell a...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £59000 - £61000 per annum + Car Allowance + Bonus + Overtime
Posted: 21 May 2013
Hayes, Middlesex
In-depth working knowledge of network security technologies, specifically Cisco ASA, Juniper firewalls. Experience working with Load balancers, F5 and Brocade desirable... Minimum CCNP Security, CCIE desirable but...
Rackspace
Salary: Unspecified COMPETITIVE
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
The ideal candidate will already have a CCIE qualification and come from a financial background... The skills required are as follows: * Working knowledge of Switched Ethernet and VLAN...
Aston Carter
Salary: £60000 - £85000 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
London
The ideal candidate will already have a CCIE qualification and come from a financial background... The skills required are as follows: * Working knowledge of Switched Ethernet and VLAN...
Aston Carter
Salary: £60000 - £85000 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
Working knowledge of the following LAN/WAN Protocols & Technologies: (TCP/IP, Multicast, BGP, EIGRP, OSPF, MPLS, Spanning Tree, QoS)... *Working knowledge of firewall products including Checkpoint, Fortinet and...
Aston Carter
Salary: £60000 - £80000 per annum + Package and Bonus
Posted: 16 May 2013
City, London
Working knowledge of the following LAN/WAN Protocols & Technologies: (TCP/IP, Multicast, BGP, EIGRP, OSPF, MPLS, Spanning Tree, QoS)... *Working knowledge of firewall products including Checkpoint, Fortinet and...
Aston Carter
Salary: £60000 - £80000 per annum + Package and Bonus
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
Cisco Voice Engineer (CUCM, UCCX, VoIP, CCVP) - Central London - Up to £45,000... The successful candidate will need exceptional knowledge of CUCM and Cisco VoIP products... As a...
Roc Search
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
City of London
Desirable) Knowledge of other related products: Cisco Nexus, Cisco UCS, HP BladeCentre, VMware, Fortinet Fortigate, SourceFire IDS, F5 load-balancers... Professional accreditation in relevant technical disciplines - (eg, Cisco...
WorldPay
Salary: Competitive + Bens
Posted: 22 May 2013
West London
Ability to maintain and troubleshoot FTP, HTTP, SSL, and SMTP mail flow... Thorough understanding of clustering requirements; ability to build and maintain Microsoft Windows clusters... Microsoft SQL configuration...
Rackspace
Salary: Unspecified
Posted: 13 May 2013