CCIE Routing and Switching Contracts in the UK excluding London

Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) Routing and Switching
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for CCIE Routing and Switching qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 340 - 425
Rank change year-on-year - - +85
Contract jobs citing CCIE Routing and Switching 3 0 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.023% - 0.022%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.064% - 0.067%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £405
25th Percentile - - £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.56%
75th Percentile - - £688
90th Percentile - - £695
UK median daily rate - £415 £669
% change year-on-year - -37.94% +27.38%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

CCIE Routing and Switching 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,679 7,469 7,457
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.90% 36.05% 32.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,834 4,357 4,938
10th Percentile £205 £275 £300
25th Percentile £375 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £535 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +1.90% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £635
90th Percentile £675 £723 £712
UK median daily rate £520 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -1.89% -3.64% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 422 954 578
10th Percentile £17.45 £13.56 £13.47
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.13 £20.00
Median hourly rate £32.18 £40.97 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.45% -21.96% +50.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.81 £66.21
90th Percentile £77.50 £77.50 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £40.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -18.75% -27.27% +24.36%

CCIE Routing and Switching
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing CCIE Routing and Switching as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for CCIE Routing and Switching in the UK excluding London

CCIE Routing and Switching
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CCIE Routing and Switching in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for CCIE Routing and Switching in the UK excluding London

CCIE Routing and Switching
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CCIE Routing and Switching in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for CCIE Routing and Switching in the UK excluding London

CCIE Routing and Switching
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCIE Routing and Switching within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
Midlands - 3 - -
West Midlands - 3 - -
CCIE Routing and Switching
UK

CCIE Routing and Switching
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) DHCP
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) Network Security
1 3 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 3 (100.00%) Wireless
2 2 (66.67%) WAN
3 1 (33.33%) Ethereal
3 1 (33.33%) VPN
3 1 (33.33%) Wireshark
General
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Network Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Network Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Technical Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Data Centre
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) High Availability
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Problem Management
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CCIE
1 3 (100.00%) CCNP
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) OpenView
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) F5
1 3 (100.00%) Fortinet