CCIE Contracts in London

Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for CCIE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 27 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 329 336 419
Rank change year-on-year +7 +83 +112
Contract jobs citing CCIE 43 49 56
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.31% 0.30% 0.23%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.22% 1.24% 1.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 31 43
10th Percentile £404 £350 £304
25th Percentile £469 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £525 £510
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +2.94% -7.27%
75th Percentile £662 £551 £660
90th Percentile £714 £625 £738
England median daily rate £525 £535 £500
% change year-on-year -1.87% +7.00% -8.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
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 - - -
England median hourly rate £80.25 £40.00 -
% change year-on-year +100.63% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,515 3,944 5,372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 25.71% 23.89% 21.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,380 2,744 3,699
10th Percentile £332 £331 £363
25th Percentile £430 £426 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £537 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.28% -2.32% -
75th Percentile £659 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £790
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 73 79
10th Percentile £18.15 £17.93 £19.23
25th Percentile £25.02 £22.00 £34.63
Median hourly rate £25.15 £27.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.85% -50.91% +46.67%
75th Percentile £43.38 £43.75 £72.50
90th Percentile £63.65 £68.60 £87.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £55.13
% change year-on-year -41.51% -22.00% +26.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for CCIE in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for CCIE in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CCIE in London over the 6 months to 27 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CCIE in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for CCIE in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCIE within the London region over the 6 months to 27 July 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
Central London +7 11 £657 +2.18% 2
West London -4 2 £405 -22.86% 1
South London - 2 £600 -
East London - 1 £675 - 1
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 4 (9.30%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.65%) Confluence
3 1 (2.33%) OpenStack
Applications
1 6 (13.95%) MS Visio
2 3 (6.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (11.63%) AWS
2 4 (9.30%) Azure
3 2 (4.65%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 2 (4.65%) Amazon EC2
3 2 (4.65%) AWS Lambda
3 2 (4.65%) Serverless
4 1 (2.33%) AWS Direct Connect
4 1 (2.33%) IaaS
4 1 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.33%) OpenShift
4 1 (2.33%) PaaS
4 1 (2.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (58.14%) Firewall
2 24 (55.81%) BGP
3 21 (48.84%) OSPF
4 17 (39.53%) Network Security
5 13 (30.23%) Multicast
6 10 (23.26%) MPLS
6 10 (23.26%) WAN
7 9 (20.93%) VPN
8 8 (18.60%) DNS
8 8 (18.60%) Wireless
9 7 (16.28%) LAN
9 7 (16.28%) SD-WAN
10 6 (13.95%) Radio Access Network
11 5 (11.63%) Cisco IOS
12 4 (9.30%) Broadband
12 4 (9.30%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
12 4 (9.30%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 4 (9.30%) GPON
12 4 (9.30%) IPv6
12 4 (9.30%) Software-Defined Networking
Development Applications
1 3 (6.98%) Git
2 1 (2.33%) GitLab
2 1 (2.33%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 10 (23.26%) Social Skills
1 10 (23.26%) Telecoms
2 9 (20.93%) Finance
3 7 (16.28%) Banking
4 3 (6.98%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (6.98%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (6.98%) Investment Banking
5 2 (4.65%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (4.65%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 22 (51.16%) Network Engineer
2 11 (25.58%) Architect
3 9 (20.93%) Network Architect
4 7 (16.28%) Cisco Engineer
4 7 (16.28%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 6 (13.95%) Implementation Engineer
5 6 (13.95%) Network Implementation Engineer
5 6 (13.95%) Senior
6 5 (11.63%) Senior Network Engineer
7 4 (9.30%) Principal Engineer
7 4 (9.30%) Principal Network Engineer
7 4 (9.30%) Systems Engineer
8 3 (6.98%) Automation Engineer
8 3 (6.98%) Solutions Architect
9 2 (4.65%) Cisco Architect
9 2 (4.65%) Consultant
9 2 (4.65%) Design Engineer
9 2 (4.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 2 (4.65%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
9 2 (4.65%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.98%) 802.1X
2 1 (2.33%) eBPF
2 1 (2.33%) gRPC
2 1 (2.33%) Jinja
2 1 (2.33%) NETCONF
2 1 (2.33%) REST
2 1 (2.33%) RESTCONF
2 1 (2.33%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 11 (25.58%) Data Centre
2 5 (11.63%) PKI
3 3 (6.98%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (4.65%) Hedge funds
4 2 (4.65%) Video\Live Streaming
5 1 (2.33%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.33%) CMDB
5 1 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (2.33%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.33%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (2.33%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 6 (13.95%) Linux
2 3 (6.98%) Windows
3 2 (4.65%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (18.60%) ITIL
1 8 (18.60%) Migration
1 8 (18.60%) Project Delivery
2 7 (16.28%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (13.95%) Change Management
3 6 (13.95%) Low Latency
3 6 (13.95%) Network Monitoring
4 5 (11.63%) Change Control
4 5 (11.63%) Technical Leadership
5 4 (9.30%) Configuration Management
5 4 (9.30%) Data Protection
5 4 (9.30%) Infrastructure as Code
5 4 (9.30%) Network Design
5 4 (9.30%) Runbook
5 4 (9.30%) TOGAF
6 3 (6.98%) Business Case
6 3 (6.98%) Incident Management
6 3 (6.98%) Observability
6 3 (6.98%) Security Architecture
6 3 (6.98%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (30.23%) Python
2 2 (4.65%) Perl
2 2 (4.65%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.33%) C
Qualifications
1 43 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 21 (48.84%) CCNP
3 7 (16.28%) SC Cleared
3 7 (16.28%) Security Cleared
4 6 (13.95%) JNCIE
5 4 (9.30%) CCIE Service Provider
5 4 (9.30%) JNCIP
6 3 (6.98%) CCSE
7 2 (4.65%) CCNA
7 2 (4.65%) Degree
8 1 (2.33%) CCIE Data Center
8 1 (2.33%) CCIE Routing and Switching
8 1 (2.33%) CCIE Security
8 1 (2.33%) CISSP
8 1 (2.33%) JNCIS
8 1 (2.33%) MCITP
8 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (2.33%) VCAP
System Software
1 2 (4.65%) Active Directory
1 2 (4.65%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.33%) Docker
2 1 (2.33%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 19 (44.19%) Ansible
2 6 (13.95%) Terraform
3 4 (9.30%) ZABBIX
4 2 (4.65%) FortiGate
4 2 (4.65%) Kubernetes
4 2 (4.65%) Puppet
Vendors
1 31 (72.09%) Cisco
2 13 (30.23%) Arista
3 12 (27.91%) Fortinet
4 7 (16.28%) F5
4 7 (16.28%) SolarWinds
5 6 (13.95%) Juniper
6 5 (11.63%) CheckPoint
6 5 (11.63%) Ericsson
6 5 (11.63%) Microsoft
6 5 (11.63%) VMware
7 4 (9.30%) Nokia
8 3 (6.98%) Remedy
8 3 (6.98%) ServiceNow
8 3 (6.98%) Zscaler
9 2 (4.65%) McAfee
9 2 (4.65%) Palo Alto
9 2 (4.65%) Splunk
10 1 (2.33%) Extreme Networks
10 1 (2.33%) Red Hat
10 1 (2.33%) Wind River