CCIE Security Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) Security
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for CCIE Security qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 - 82
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CCIE Security 2 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.10% - 0.33%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.42% - 1.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £725
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £750
75th Percentile - - £775
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £478 - £750

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Manchester

CCIE Security 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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 475 275 270
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 24.19% 27.25% 22.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 292 157 158
10th Percentile £358 £359 £350
25th Percentile £418 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £530 £516
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +2.66% -
75th Percentile £619 £638 £675
90th Percentile £718 £750 £825
North West median daily rate £511 £500 £509
% change year-on-year +2.12% -1.67% +1.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 24 20
10th Percentile £17.14 £20.65 £16.76
25th Percentile £28.50 £22.16 £27.53
Median hourly rate £36.00 £28.58 £51.50
Median % change year-on-year +25.98% -44.51% +171.05%
75th Percentile £44.86 £55.12 £75.56
90th Percentile £178.75 £68.50 £100.00
North West median hourly rate £43.96 £30.64 £18.07
% change year-on-year +43.50% +69.58% -57.15%

CCIE Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

CCIE Security job vacancy trend in Manchester

CCIE Security
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing CCIE Security.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing CCIE Security

CCIE Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) Software-Defined Networking
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Network Operations Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Operations Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Zero Trust
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Compliance Management
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Network Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Security Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) Workflow
2 1 (50.00%) Workflow Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCIE
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) CCSP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (50.00%) AWS Certification
2 1 (50.00%) CCIE Service Provider
2 1 (50.00%) CCSA
2 1 (50.00%) CCSE
2 1 (50.00%) GCIA
2 1 (50.00%) GCIH
2 1 (50.00%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
1 2 (100.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) AlgoSec
2 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto