CCIE Contracts in the UK excluding London

Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE)
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 qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 303 356 409
Rank change year-on-year +53 +53 +24
Contract jobs citing CCIE 33 43 53
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.26% 0.21% 0.22%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.73% 0.56% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 30 36
10th Percentile £426 £387 £419
25th Percentile £463 £420 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £597 £775 £550
90th Percentile £625 - £575
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £523
% change year-on-year -4.55% +5.26% -0.48%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,542 7,695 7,993
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.58% 37.05% 33.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,785 4,411 5,360
10th Percentile £211 £263 £275
25th Percentile £394 £425 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £533 £530
Median % change year-on-year -6.10% +0.57% +6.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £631
90th Percentile £688 £723 £703
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 405 935 669
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.69 £14.25
25th Percentile £21.46 £16.50 £19.92
Median hourly rate £42.50 £40.94 £49.57
Median % change year-on-year +3.81% -17.41% +53.14%
75th Percentile £67.50 £62.50 £65.75
90th Percentile £80.39 £76.29 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for CCIE in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for CCIE in the UK excluding London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CCIE in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CCIE in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for CCIE in the UK excluding London

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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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 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
South East +46 11 £575 +25.00% 5
South West +49 7 £550 +25.71% 3
North West +13 7 £500 -33.33%
North of England +13 7 £500 -25.93% 1
Wales - 5 £450 - 2
Midlands +13 4 £481 -35.83% 4
East Midlands - 3 £438 - 2
East of England +29 1 £540 +39.35%
West Midlands +2 1 £525 -30.00% 2
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UK

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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:

Applications
1 3 (9.09%) MS Visio
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (30.30%) AWS
1 10 (30.30%) Azure
2 5 (15.15%) Cloudflare
3 4 (12.12%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 21 (63.64%) BGP
1 21 (63.64%) Firewall
2 19 (57.58%) OSPF
3 16 (48.48%) VPN
4 14 (42.42%) MPLS
4 14 (42.42%) WAN
5 9 (27.27%) Cisco ASA
5 9 (27.27%) Network Security
5 9 (27.27%) Wireless
6 8 (24.24%) Cisco Firepower
7 6 (18.18%) SD-WAN
8 5 (15.15%) TCP/IP
9 4 (12.12%) Cisco IOS
9 4 (12.12%) LAN
9 4 (12.12%) VLAN
9 4 (12.12%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (9.09%) Broadband
10 3 (9.09%) Cisco Nexus
10 3 (9.09%) DNS
10 3 (9.09%) Multicast
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 11 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (6.06%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (6.06%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (3.03%) Aviation
4 1 (3.03%) Banking
4 1 (3.03%) Finance
4 1 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.03%) Legal
4 1 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (3.03%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 23 (69.70%) Network Engineer
2 6 (18.18%) Cisco Engineer
2 6 (18.18%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 6 (18.18%) Senior
2 6 (18.18%) Senior Network Engineer
3 5 (15.15%) Architect
3 5 (15.15%) Network Architect
4 4 (12.12%) Cloud Engineer
4 4 (12.12%) Cloud Network Engineer
4 4 (12.12%) Senior Cisco Engineer
4 4 (12.12%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) Principal Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) Principal Network Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Consultant
6 2 (6.06%) Designer
6 2 (6.06%) Network Designer
6 2 (6.06%) Network Security Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Principal Security Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Security Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.21%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (12.12%) Data Centre
2 4 (12.12%) Public Cloud
3 2 (6.06%) Cloud Native
3 2 (6.06%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (36.36%) Network Architecture
2 10 (30.30%) Migration
3 9 (27.27%) Roadmaps
4 8 (24.24%) Network Design
5 7 (21.21%) Network Monitoring
6 6 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (18.18%) Service Design
7 5 (15.15%) Architecture Roadmap
7 5 (15.15%) Zero Trust
8 4 (12.12%) Mentoring
8 4 (12.12%) Strategic Roadmap
8 4 (12.12%) TOGAF
9 3 (9.09%) Computer Science
9 3 (9.09%) Decision-Making
9 3 (9.09%) IT Strategy
9 3 (9.09%) Network Management
9 3 (9.09%) Project Delivery
9 3 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
10 2 (6.06%) Critical Thinking
10 2 (6.06%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 7 (21.21%) Python
2 2 (6.06%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.03%) Perl
Qualifications
1 33 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 24 (72.73%) CCNP
3 7 (21.21%) Security Cleared
4 5 (15.15%) DV Cleared
4 5 (15.15%) SC Cleared
5 4 (12.12%) CCNA
5 4 (12.12%) Degree
5 4 (12.12%) JNCIE
6 3 (9.09%) AWS Certification
6 3 (9.09%) Azure Certification
6 3 (9.09%) JNCIP
7 2 (6.06%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (6.06%) CCIE Wireless
7 2 (6.06%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (6.06%) Master's Degree
8 1 (3.03%) CCDE
8 1 (3.03%) CCDP
8 1 (3.03%) CCIE Data Center
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.03%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.03%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 7 (21.21%) Ansible
2 3 (9.09%) Cisco Prime
3 2 (6.06%) Nagios
4 1 (3.03%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 32 (96.97%) Cisco
2 11 (33.33%) Fortinet
3 8 (24.24%) Palo Alto
4 6 (18.18%) F5
5 4 (12.12%) CheckPoint
5 4 (12.12%) Citrix
5 4 (12.12%) Meraki
5 4 (12.12%) SolarWinds
5 4 (12.12%) Zscaler
6 3 (9.09%) Juniper
6 3 (9.09%) VMware
7 2 (6.06%) Ekahau
7 2 (6.06%) Google
8 1 (3.03%) Arista
8 1 (3.03%) Aruba
8 1 (3.03%) McAfee
8 1 (3.03%) Splunk