CCIE Service Provider Contracts

Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) Service Provider
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for CCIE Service Provider 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 514 570 712
Rank change year-on-year +56 +142 +129
Contract jobs citing CCIE Service Provider 6 12 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.020% 0.028% 0.010%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.067% 0.090% 0.037%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 12 2
10th Percentile - - £572
25th Percentile - - £581
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £641
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -6.43% +22.14%
75th Percentile - - £731
90th Percentile £518 - £757
UK excluding London median daily rate - £600 -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CCIE Service Provider 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 8,993 13,316 16,299
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.72% 30.57% 27.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,686 8,190 10,861
10th Percentile £288 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £707 £743 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £501 £533 £530
% change year-on-year -6.10% +0.57% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 509 1,076 849
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.87 £15.25
25th Percentile £22.00 £17.88 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%
75th Percentile £66.00 £61.60 £68.25
90th Percentile £80.20 £75.24 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £40.94 £49.57
% change year-on-year +3.81% -17.41% +53.14%

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Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for CCIE Service Provider in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for CCIE Service Provider in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for CCIE Service Provider in the UK

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Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCIE Service Provider within the UK 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
England +52 6 £500 -16.67%
London +34 6 £500 -16.67%
Work from Home +43 5 £500 -16.67% 1

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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 5 (83.33%) BGP
1 5 (83.33%) Broadband
1 5 (83.33%) Firewall
1 5 (83.33%) GPON
1 5 (83.33%) IPv6
1 5 (83.33%) MPLS
1 5 (83.33%) Multicast
1 5 (83.33%) OSPF
1 5 (83.33%) VPN
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco Firepower
2 1 (16.67%) Network Security
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 5 (83.33%) Implementation Engineer
2 5 (83.33%) Network Implementation Engineer
2 5 (83.33%) Principal Engineer
2 5 (83.33%) Principal Network Engineer
3 4 (66.67%) Cisco Engineer
3 4 (66.67%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Core Network Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Network Security Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Migration
1 5 (83.33%) Network Monitoring
1 5 (83.33%) Project Delivery
2 4 (66.67%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) CCIE
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (16.67%) CCIE Security
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) SLA
Systems Management
1 5 (83.33%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco
2 5 (83.33%) Nokia
2 5 (83.33%) SolarWinds