CCIE Contract Job Trends 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 19 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 458 403 428
Rank change year-on-year -55 +25 +170
Contract jobs citing CCIE 75 101 137
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.24% 0.35% 0.37%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.70% 1.15% 1.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 58 90
10th Percentile £321 £400 £313
25th Percentile £429 £503 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £506
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +18.52% -7.95%
75th Percentile £600 £676 £600
90th Percentile £650 £750 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £563 £500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +12.50% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £100.50 - £36.25
Median hourly rate £103.00 - £37.50
75th Percentile £105.50 - £38.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £103.00 - £37.50

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 10,669 8,786 11,335
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.92% 30.33% 30.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,965 5,424 7,175
10th Percentile £313 £306 £300
25th Percentile £419 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £528 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.47% -4.09% -
75th Percentile £626 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 905 413 680
10th Percentile £16.75 £20.00 £17.11
25th Percentile £19.38 £25.26 £26.65
Median hourly rate £25.15 £48.56 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -48.21% -7.50% +16.67%
75th Percentile £56.00 £68.00 £67.61
90th Percentile £76.58 £75.00 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -23.81% +16.67%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CCIE relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

CCIE job vacancy trend in England

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Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CCIE

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CCIE in England over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CCIE in England

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Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CCIE

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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 19 December 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 -31 31 £525 -16.13% 7
South East -16 21 £650 +1.36% 8
West Midlands -28 11 £500 - 3
Midlands -40 11 £500 - 4
East of England -21 6 £285 -49.33% 3
North of England -49 5 £600 +3.45% 4
North West -26 3 £550 -5.17%
Yorkshire -41 2 £650 - 4
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 13 (17.33%) OpenStack
2 5 (6.67%) SharePoint
3 3 (4.00%) Confluence
4 1 (1.33%) JBoss
4 1 (1.33%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (8.00%) MS Visio
2 5 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (2.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 23 (30.67%) AWS
2 22 (29.33%) Azure
3 10 (13.33%) GCP
4 7 (9.33%) OpenShift
5 5 (6.67%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 3 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (4.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 2 (2.67%) AWS Direct Connect
7 2 (2.67%) IaaS
7 2 (2.67%) PaaS
8 1 (1.33%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (1.33%) OCI
8 1 (1.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 47 (62.67%) WAN
2 44 (58.67%) Firewall
3 42 (56.00%) BGP
4 33 (44.00%) LAN
4 33 (44.00%) OSPF
5 29 (38.67%) VPN
6 26 (34.67%) SD-WAN
7 25 (33.33%) MPLS
7 25 (33.33%) Network Security
8 14 (18.67%) Wi-Fi
9 12 (16.00%) DNS
9 12 (16.00%) Wireless
10 10 (13.33%) Cisco Nexus
10 10 (13.33%) VXLAN
10 10 (13.33%) WLAN
11 9 (12.00%) Cisco ASA
12 8 (10.67%) DHCP
12 8 (10.67%) EIGRP
12 8 (10.67%) SNMP
12 8 (10.67%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.33%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (6.67%) Sonatype Nexus
2 4 (5.33%) Git
3 1 (1.33%) GitLab
General
1 37 (49.33%) Social Skills
2 14 (18.67%) Documentation Skills
3 10 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (12.00%) Telecoms
5 7 (9.33%) Public Sector
6 6 (8.00%) Finance
7 4 (5.33%) Retail
8 3 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (2.67%) Banking
10 1 (1.33%) Billing
10 1 (1.33%) Electronics
10 1 (1.33%) Investment Banking
10 1 (1.33%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.33%) Marketing
10 1 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 32 (42.67%) Architect
2 23 (30.67%) Network Architect
3 20 (26.67%) Network Engineer
4 12 (16.00%) Senior
5 8 (10.67%) IP Specialist
6 7 (9.33%) IP Architect
6 7 (9.33%) Network Security Architect
6 7 (9.33%) Security Architect
6 7 (9.33%) Solutions Architect
7 6 (8.00%) Designer
7 6 (8.00%) IP Designer
7 6 (8.00%) Senior Network Engineer
8 5 (6.67%) Lead
9 4 (5.33%) Consultant
9 4 (5.33%) Senior Architect
10 3 (4.00%) Administrator
10 3 (4.00%) Automation Engineer
10 3 (4.00%) Senior Network Architect
11 2 (2.67%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
11 2 (2.67%) Telecoms Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (12.00%) NETCONF
1 9 (12.00%) YANG
2 7 (9.33%) REST
3 4 (5.33%) 802.1X
3 4 (5.33%) VML
4 3 (4.00%) RESTCONF
5 2 (2.67%) Jinja
5 2 (2.67%) OpenConfig
6 1 (1.33%) eBPF
6 1 (1.33%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 27 (36.00%) Data Centre
2 19 (25.33%) Hybrid Cloud
3 11 (14.67%) Cloud Native
4 4 (5.33%) Security Posture
5 2 (2.67%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.67%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.67%) Operational Technology
5 2 (2.67%) SCADA
5 2 (2.67%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.33%) CMDB
6 1 (1.33%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.33%) IoT
6 1 (1.33%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.33%) NHS
6 1 (1.33%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.33%) Private Cloud
6 1 (1.33%) Replication
6 1 (1.33%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.33%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.67%) Windows
2 2 (2.67%) Linux
3 1 (1.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (29.33%) Network Architecture
1 22 (29.33%) Network Design
2 16 (21.33%) Network Virtualisation
2 16 (21.33%) TOGAF
3 14 (18.67%) Network Segmentation
3 14 (18.67%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (17.33%) ITIL
4 13 (17.33%) Roadmaps
4 13 (17.33%) Security Architecture
4 13 (17.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 12 (16.00%) DevOps
5 12 (16.00%) Incident Response
5 12 (16.00%) Migration
5 12 (16.00%) Zero Trust
6 11 (14.67%) Enterprise Architecture
6 11 (14.67%) Strategic Thinking
7 10 (13.33%) Technical Leadership
8 9 (12.00%) Cybersecurity
8 9 (12.00%) Validation
9 8 (10.67%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 36 (48.00%) Python
2 2 (2.67%) Bash
3 1 (1.33%) C
3 1 (1.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 75 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 48 (64.00%) CCNP
3 22 (29.33%) JNCIE
4 12 (16.00%) CISSP
4 12 (16.00%) Security Cleared
5 10 (13.33%) AWS Certification
6 8 (10.67%) SC Cleared
7 6 (8.00%) CCIE Security
7 6 (8.00%) JNCIP
8 5 (6.67%) Azure Certification
8 5 (6.67%) CCSE
8 5 (6.67%) Degree
9 4 (5.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 4 (5.33%) CCSP
10 3 (4.00%) CCIE Routing and Switching
10 3 (4.00%) GIAC
11 2 (2.67%) CCDE
11 2 (2.67%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (2.67%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (2.67%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (9.33%) NIST
2 6 (8.00%) GDPR
3 4 (5.33%) PCI DSS
4 2 (2.67%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (17.33%) VMware NSX
2 12 (16.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (4.00%) Active Directory
4 2 (2.67%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.33%) Docker
5 1 (1.33%) KVM
Systems Management
1 40 (53.33%) Ansible
2 21 (28.00%) Terraform
3 3 (4.00%) FortiGate
3 3 (4.00%) Kubernetes
4 2 (2.67%) Iperf
4 2 (2.67%) Nmap
5 1 (1.33%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (1.33%) Cisco UCCE
5 1 (1.33%) QRadar
Vendors
1 58 (77.33%) Cisco
2 25 (33.33%) Fortinet
3 24 (32.00%) Palo Alto
4 23 (30.67%) F5
5 19 (25.33%) Juniper
6 16 (21.33%) CheckPoint
7 14 (18.67%) Meraki
7 14 (18.67%) VMware
8 10 (13.33%) Microsoft
9 9 (12.00%) Arista
10 7 (9.33%) Aruba
10 7 (9.33%) SolarWinds
10 7 (9.33%) Zscaler
11 4 (5.33%) Remedy
11 4 (5.33%) ServiceNow
12 3 (4.00%) Forcepoint
13 2 (2.67%) Citrix
13 2 (2.67%) IBM
13 2 (2.67%) SAP
14 1 (1.33%) Oracle