CCIE Security Contracts

Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) Security
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for CCIE Security qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 25 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 526 587 683
Rank change year-on-year +61 +96 +173
Contract jobs citing CCIE Security 4 5 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.013% 0.011% 0.011%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.043% 0.039% 0.040%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 2
10th Percentile - £538 £363
25th Percentile £763 £725 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 £750 £425
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% +76.47% -37.04%
75th Percentile £788 £775 £481
90th Percentile - - £508
UK excluding London median daily rate £775 £750 £350
% change year-on-year +3.33% +114.29% -42.27%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 9,374 12,982 14,946
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.07% 29.80% 26.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,798 8,015 9,930
10th Percentile £275 £313 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £530 £530
% change year-on-year -5.66% - +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 606 1,132 732
10th Percentile £17.87 £14.00 £15.25
25th Percentile £20.00 £19.25 £22.15
Median hourly rate £28.58 £40.94 £55.13
Median % change year-on-year -30.20% -25.73% +23.88%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.25 £75.25 £79.98
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.40 £43.00 £53.67
% change year-on-year -36.28% -19.87% +53.33%

CCIE Security
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CCIE Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CCIE Security in the UK

CCIE Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CCIE Security.

Daily rate trend for CCIE Security in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CCIE Security.

Hourly rate trend for CCIE Security in the UK

CCIE Security
Top 6 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 25 June 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
England +71 3 £775 +3.33% 3
London +45 2 - -
Work from Home +47 1 - - 4
UK excluding London +45 1 £775 +3.33% 3
Midlands - 1 £775 - 1
West Midlands - 1 £775 - 1

CCIE Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 4 (100.00%) Network Security
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco Firepower
3 2 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (50.00%) Firewall
4 1 (25.00%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (25.00%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (25.00%) IPsec
4 1 (25.00%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (25.00%) TACACS
4 1 (25.00%) VPN
4 1 (25.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Network Security Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Network Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Network Security Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Principal Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Principal Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Principal Security Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Security Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Security Technical Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (25.00%) PKI
1 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (25.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (25.00%) Migration
1 1 (25.00%) Network Design
1 1 (25.00%) Network Monitoring
1 1 (25.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (25.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (25.00%) Remediation Plan
1 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (25.00%) User Experience
1 1 (25.00%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) CCIE
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) CCIE Service Provider
2 1 (25.00%) CCSE
2 1 (25.00%) CCSM
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Network Intrusion Detection System
1 1 (25.00%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (25.00%) Ericsson
2 1 (25.00%) F5
2 1 (25.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (25.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (25.00%) SolarWinds
2 1 (25.00%) Zscaler