CCIE Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE)
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland with a requirement for CCIE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 25 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 28 -
Rank change year-on-year -2 - -
Contract jobs citing CCIE 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 0.86% 0.63% -
As % of the Qualifications category 2.94% 1.56% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
UK median daily rate £488 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -11.36% +10.00% -9.09%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 68 64 42
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 29.18% 40.25% 25.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 25 23
10th Percentile £348 £134 £290
25th Percentile £400 £155 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £600
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -25.00% +37.14%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £648
90th Percentile £646 £596 £670
UK median daily rate £519 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.14% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 9 6
10th Percentile £13.71 £22.50 -
25th Percentile £18.08 - -
Median hourly rate £24.58 £24.18 £12.25
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% +97.39% -24.62%
75th Percentile £25.75 £29.50 £14.79
90th Percentile £28.15 £39.56 £15.63
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £39.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -35.51% -17.89% +5.56%

CCIE
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

CCIE job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

CCIE
Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing CCIE.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing CCIE

CCIE
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCIE within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 25 January 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
County Antrim 0 2 £600 - 1
CCIE
UK

CCIE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 (50.00%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Wireless
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
1 1 (50.00%) Wireless
General
1 2 (100.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Network Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Network Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Network Design
1 1 (50.00%) Network Planning
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) Fortinet