CCIE Routing and Switching Contract Job Trends in England

Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) Routing and Switching
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CCIE Routing and Switching qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 505 - 595
Rank change year-on-year - - +142
Contract jobs citing CCIE Routing and Switching 4 0 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.015% - 0.014%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.046% - 0.049%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - £388
25th Percentile £450 - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -20.00%
75th Percentile £550 - £550
90th Percentile - - £625
UK median daily rate £525 - £450
% change year-on-year - - -20.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

CCIE Routing and Switching falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 8,684 9,797 12,216
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.51% 29.86% 28.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,507 6,078 7,917
10th Percentile £304 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £743
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 674 586 660
10th Percentile £18.15 £17.08 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £27.00 £24.04
Median hourly rate £25.15 £55.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -54.27% - +22.22%
75th Percentile £47.41 £69.94 £70.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £80.00 £79.19
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -49.70% -9.09% +22.22%

CCIE Routing and Switching
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing CCIE Routing and Switching as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for CCIE Routing and Switching in England

CCIE Routing and Switching
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CCIE Routing and Switching.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CCIE Routing and Switching

CCIE Routing and Switching
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CCIE Routing and Switching.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CCIE Routing and Switching

CCIE Routing and Switching
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCIE Routing and Switching within the England region over the 6 months to 14 September 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Midlands - 3 - - 1
West Midlands - 3 - - 1
London - 1 £500 - 2
CCIE Routing and Switching
UK

CCIE Routing and Switching
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) DHCP
1 4 (100.00%) DNS
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) Network Security
2 3 (75.00%) SD-WAN
2 3 (75.00%) Wireless
3 2 (50.00%) WAN
4 1 (25.00%) Ethereal
4 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
4 1 (25.00%) VPN
4 1 (25.00%) Wireshark
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Network Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Senior
1 2 (50.00%) Senior Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Senior Network Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Senior Technical Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) High Availability
1 3 (75.00%) ITIL
1 3 (75.00%) Service Management
2 1 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (25.00%) Network Management
2 1 (25.00%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (25.00%) Network Optimisation
2 1 (25.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) CCIE
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (75.00%) CCNP
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) OpenView
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
2 3 (75.00%) F5
2 3 (75.00%) Fortinet
3 1 (25.00%) Extreme Networks
3 1 (25.00%) Palo Alto