CCIE Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for CCIE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 22 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 84 100
Rank change year-on-year -8 +16 +20
Contract jobs citing CCIE 3 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.25% 0.19% 0.19%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.04% 0.68% 0.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile - - £415
25th Percentile - - £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +11.11% -18.18%
75th Percentile - - £531
90th Percentile - - £565
North West median daily rate £550 £540 £578
% change year-on-year +1.85% -6.49% +5.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 288 295 408
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 23.68% 27.80% 26.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 173 265
10th Percentile £230 £294 £225
25th Percentile £400 £367 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £458 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.08% -7.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £613
90th Percentile £638 £698 £700
North West median daily rate £475 £475 £535
% change year-on-year - -11.21% +4.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 12 20
10th Percentile £20.20 £30.80 £25.50
25th Percentile £21.46 £31.25 £33.56
Median hourly rate £33.00 £32.50 £55.75
Median % change year-on-year +1.54% -41.70% +178.75%
75th Percentile £61.25 £33.75 £73.75
90th Percentile £73.25 £36.68 £75.38
North West median hourly rate £45.46 £34.75 £45.44
% change year-on-year +30.82% -23.53% +65.81%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

CCIE job vacancy trend in Manchester

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Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing CCIE

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Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing CCIE

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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 (66.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
2 2 (66.67%) Internet
2 2 (66.67%) Network Security
3 1 (33.33%) 802.11
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (33.33%) Firewall
3 1 (33.33%) VPN
3 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Senior
2 2 (66.67%) Architect
2 2 (66.67%) Network Architect
2 2 (66.67%) Senior Architect
2 2 (66.67%) Senior Network Architect
3 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Hybrid Cloud
1 2 (66.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (33.33%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Network Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Architecture Roadmap
2 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 2 (66.67%) Roadmaps
2 2 (66.67%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (33.33%) CCNP
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Ansible
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) SAP
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) Meraki
2 1 (33.33%) Palo Alto