CCIE Contracts in England

Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CCIE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 412 434 537
Rank change year-on-year +22 +103 +81
Contract jobs citing CCIE 73 108 116
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.30% 0.29% 0.23%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.96% 0.93% 0.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 63 75
10th Percentile £457 £356 £425
25th Percentile £493 £425 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% -0.94% +0.95%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £600
90th Percentile £746 £775 £706
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £523
% change year-on-year -4.55% +5.26% -0.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 0
10th Percentile - £37.50 -
25th Percentile £53.75 £38.75 -
Median hourly rate £57.50 £40.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +43.75% - -
75th Percentile £61.25 £41.25 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £40.00 -
% change year-on-year +43.75% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

CCIE 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 7,629 11,624 13,999
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.33% 31.25% 27.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,849 7,135 9,365
10th Percentile £290 £306 £330
25th Percentile £415 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £629 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 435 985 748
10th Percentile £18.13 £14.00 £15.15
25th Percentile £22.39 £18.13 £20.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £52.40
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -23.66% +39.73%
75th Percentile £67.75 £62.50 £68.25
90th Percentile £81.74 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for CCIE in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CCIE in England.

Daily rate trend for CCIE in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CCIE in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CCIE in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CCIE in England.

Hourly rate trend for CCIE in England

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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 within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
London +19 41 £500 -9.09% 20
South East +46 11 £575 +25.00% 5
South West +49 7 £550 +25.71% 3
North of England +13 7 £500 -25.93% 1
North West +13 7 £500 -33.33%
Midlands +13 4 £481 -35.83% 4
East Midlands - 3 £438 - 2
East of England +29 1 £540 +39.35%
West Midlands +2 1 £525 -30.00% 2
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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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.74%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (5.48%) MS Visio
2 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 19 (26.03%) AWS
2 17 (23.29%) Azure
3 7 (9.59%) Cloudflare
4 5 (6.85%) GCP
5 2 (2.74%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 2 (2.74%) Amazon EC2
5 2 (2.74%) AWS Lambda
5 2 (2.74%) OpenShift
5 2 (2.74%) Serverless
6 1 (1.37%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 41 (56.16%) BGP
2 39 (53.42%) OSPF
3 38 (52.05%) Firewall
4 29 (39.73%) MPLS
5 26 (35.62%) VPN
6 24 (32.88%) WAN
7 23 (31.51%) Network Security
8 17 (23.29%) Multicast
9 15 (20.55%) Wireless
10 12 (16.44%) Broadband
11 11 (15.07%) IPv6
11 11 (15.07%) TCP/IP
12 10 (13.70%) SD-WAN
13 9 (12.33%) Cisco ASA
14 8 (10.96%) Cisco Firepower
14 8 (10.96%) Cisco IOS
14 8 (10.96%) Wi-Fi
15 6 (8.22%) EIGRP
15 6 (8.22%) Internet
15 6 (8.22%) NX-OS
Development Applications
1 3 (4.11%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 23 (31.51%) Social Skills
2 14 (19.18%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (10.96%) Finance
4 7 (9.59%) Banking
4 7 (9.59%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (6.85%) Telecoms
6 3 (4.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (4.11%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.74%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.37%) Aviation
8 1 (1.37%) Legal
8 1 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.37%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 43 (58.90%) Network Engineer
2 12 (16.44%) Architect
2 12 (16.44%) Network Architect
3 11 (15.07%) Cisco Engineer
3 11 (15.07%) Principal Engineer
3 11 (15.07%) Principal Network Engineer
4 10 (13.70%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 8 (10.96%) Implementation Engineer
5 8 (10.96%) Network Implementation Engineer
6 7 (9.59%) Senior
7 6 (8.22%) Consultant
8 5 (6.85%) Network Consultant
8 5 (6.85%) Senior Network Engineer
9 4 (5.48%) Cloud Engineer
9 4 (5.48%) Cloud Network Engineer
9 4 (5.48%) Network Security Engineer
9 4 (5.48%) Security Engineer
9 4 (5.48%) Systems Engineer
10 3 (4.11%) Cisco Network Consultant
10 3 (4.11%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.48%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 10 (13.70%) Data Centre
2 8 (10.96%) Hybrid Cloud
3 6 (8.22%) Public Cloud
4 5 (6.85%) PKI
5 2 (2.74%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.74%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.74%) Hedge funds
5 2 (2.74%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (2.74%) Video\Live Streaming
6 1 (1.37%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.11%) Linux
2 2 (2.74%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (26.03%) Network Monitoring
2 17 (23.29%) Network Architecture
2 17 (23.29%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (21.92%) Network Design
4 15 (20.55%) Migration
4 15 (20.55%) Project Delivery
5 14 (19.18%) Roadmaps
6 9 (12.33%) Architecture Roadmap
7 7 (9.59%) Network Management
7 7 (9.59%) Zero Trust
8 6 (8.22%) Mentoring
8 6 (8.22%) Service Design
9 5 (6.85%) Change Management
9 5 (6.85%) Collaborative Working
9 5 (6.85%) Decision-Making
9 5 (6.85%) ITIL
9 5 (6.85%) Network Virtualisation
9 5 (6.85%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (6.85%) Strategic Roadmap
9 5 (6.85%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 18 (24.66%) Python
2 4 (5.48%) PowerShell
3 3 (4.11%) Perl
Qualifications
1 73 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 42 (57.53%) CCNP
3 15 (20.55%) Security Cleared
4 11 (15.07%) SC Cleared
5 7 (9.59%) DV Cleared
6 6 (8.22%) CCIE Service Provider
6 6 (8.22%) CCNA
6 6 (8.22%) Degree
7 4 (5.48%) AWS Certification
7 4 (5.48%) Azure Certification
7 4 (5.48%) JNCIE
8 3 (4.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (4.11%) CCIE Data Center
8 3 (4.11%) JNCIP
9 2 (2.74%) CCIE Security
9 2 (2.74%) CCIE Wireless
9 2 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (2.74%) Master's Degree
10 1 (1.37%) CCIE Collaboration
10 1 (1.37%) CCNA CyberOps
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.48%) SLA
2 3 (4.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.74%) NIST
System Software
1 8 (10.96%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (4.11%) VMware NSX
3 2 (2.74%) vSphere
4 1 (1.37%) Docker
4 1 (1.37%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 20 (27.40%) Ansible
2 5 (6.85%) ZABBIX
3 3 (4.11%) Cisco Prime
3 3 (4.11%) FortiGate
3 3 (4.11%) Nagios
4 2 (2.74%) Progress Chef
4 2 (2.74%) Puppet
5 1 (1.37%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (1.37%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.37%) SolarWinds Orion
5 1 (1.37%) Terraform
Vendors
1 64 (87.67%) Cisco
2 26 (35.62%) Fortinet
3 15 (20.55%) SolarWinds
4 12 (16.44%) F5
5 10 (13.70%) VMware
6 8 (10.96%) Arista
6 8 (10.96%) CheckPoint
7 7 (9.59%) Palo Alto
8 6 (8.22%) Citrix
8 6 (8.22%) Juniper
8 6 (8.22%) Zscaler
9 5 (6.85%) Ericsson
9 5 (6.85%) Meraki
9 5 (6.85%) Nokia
10 3 (4.11%) Google
10 3 (4.11%) McAfee
10 3 (4.11%) Splunk
11 2 (2.74%) Microsoft
11 2 (2.74%) Red Hat
12 1 (1.37%) Aruba