CCIE Security Contract Job Trends in the North West

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for CCIE Security qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 - 132
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CCIE Security 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.030% - 0.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.11% - 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £725
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £750
75th Percentile - - £775
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £505 £775 £750
% change year-on-year -34.84% +3.33% +76.47%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

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 the North West.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 936 705 766
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 27.97% 35.88% 28.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 612 409 429
10th Percentile £335 £229 £297
25th Percentile £400 £387 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.94% -2.00% -0.10%
75th Percentile £591 £575 £638
90th Percentile £680 £671 £725
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 45 132
10th Percentile £22.68 £17.44 £10.95
25th Percentile £28.50 £22.72 £11.94
Median hourly rate £44.90 £29.27 £16.06
Median % change year-on-year +53.40% +82.25% -60.43%
75th Percentile £74.26 £59.90 £43.26
90th Percentile £111.15 £75.25 £68.24
England median hourly rate £47.54 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +46.28% -18.75% -27.25%

CCIE Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

CCIE Security job vacancy trend in the North West

CCIE Security
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing CCIE Security.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing CCIE Security

CCIE Security
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCIE Security within the North West region over the 6 months to 1 June 2026. 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
Cheshire - 1 - -
CCIE Security
England

CCIE Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) TACACS
1 1 (100.00%) VXLAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Cisco Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Aruba
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) F5