Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for CCIE qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 465 582 632
Rank change year-on-year +117 +50 -104
Contract jobs citing CCIE 133 137 220
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.31% 0.23% 0.25%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.00% 0.84% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 88 169
10th Percentile £363 £425 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £524 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.01% -0.24% +16.67%
75th Percentile £638 £599 £604
90th Percentile £775 £702 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £500 £488
% change year-on-year +10.00% +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £37.50 - -
25th Percentile £38.75 - -
Median hourly rate £40.00 - -
75th Percentile £41.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CCIE is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 13,270 16,337 19,076
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.65% 27.32% 21.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,165 10,899 12,575
10th Percentile £300 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £625
90th Percentile £738 £743 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £530 £500
% change year-on-year - +6.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,067 858 776
10th Percentile £13.86 £15.25 £13.46
25th Percentile £17.80 £20.06 £19.33
Median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +30.12% +5.06%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.25 £56.31
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.28 £50.00 £31.89
% change year-on-year -19.45% +56.79% -14.39%

CCIE
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for CCIE in the UK

CCIE
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for CCIE in the UK

CCIE
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CCIE over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CCIE in the UK

CCIE
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for CCIE in the UK

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Top 13 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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 +122 109 £550 +1.85% 27
London +103 60 £550 - 15
Work from Home +110 50 £550 - 11
UK excluding London +57 44 £550 +10.00% 12
North of England +32 14 £600 +14.29% 4
West Midlands +42 13 £750 - 1
Midlands +32 13 £750 +66.67% 1
North West +19 12 £750 +42.86% 3
South East +18 11 £460 -8.00% 3
South West +21 4 £438 -32.69% 3
Scotland +33 2 £555 +11.00%
Yorkshire +16 2 £550 - 1
East of England +12 2 £388 +3.33%

CCIE
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:

Applications
1 3 (2.26%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (2.26%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (2.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 18 (13.53%) Azure
2 13 (9.77%) AWS
3 8 (6.02%) GCP
4 5 (3.76%) Cloudflare
5 4 (3.01%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (2.26%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 3 (2.26%) Azure Monitor
6 3 (2.26%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (2.26%) Entra ID
6 3 (2.26%) SaaS
7 2 (1.50%) Catchpoint
8 1 (0.75%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 46 (34.59%) Firewall
2 39 (29.32%) MPLS
3 36 (27.07%) WAN
4 31 (23.31%) BGP
4 31 (23.31%) VPN
5 29 (21.80%) Network Security
6 27 (20.30%) LAN
7 20 (15.04%) Cisco Nexus
8 19 (14.29%) OSPF
8 19 (14.29%) SD-WAN
9 15 (11.28%) Cisco ASA
10 14 (10.53%) Wireless
11 13 (9.77%) Cisco IOS
11 13 (9.77%) DNS
11 13 (9.77%) VoIP
12 12 (9.02%) Internet
13 11 (8.27%) Cisco ISE
13 11 (8.27%) IPv4
13 11 (8.27%) RSVP
13 11 (8.27%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.75%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.50%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 42 (31.58%) Social Skills
2 21 (15.79%) Finance
3 17 (12.78%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (9.77%) Telecoms
5 7 (5.26%) Public Sector
6 6 (4.51%) Legal
7 5 (3.76%) Banking
7 5 (3.76%) Marketing
7 5 (3.76%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.50%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.75%) Arabic Language
9 1 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.75%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 70 (52.63%) Network Engineer
2 21 (15.79%) Architect
3 17 (12.78%) Senior
4 16 (12.03%) Network Architect
5 15 (11.28%) Consultant
6 14 (10.53%) Network Consultant
7 9 (6.77%) Cisco Expert
7 9 (6.77%) IP Expert
7 9 (6.77%) Senior Network Engineer
8 8 (6.02%) Cisco Engineer
8 8 (6.02%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 7 (5.26%) Network Manager
9 7 (5.26%) Senior Consultant
9 7 (5.26%) Senior Network Consultant
10 6 (4.51%) Cloud Engineer
10 6 (4.51%) Cloud Network Engineer
11 5 (3.76%) Enterprise Architect
12 4 (3.01%) Cisco Architect
12 4 (3.01%) Security Architect
12 4 (3.01%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.77%) Jinja
1 9 (6.77%) JSON
1 9 (6.77%) NETCONF
1 9 (6.77%) Web Services
1 9 (6.77%) XML
1 9 (6.77%) YANG
2 3 (2.26%) SAML
3 1 (0.75%) MFC
3 1 (0.75%) web3js
3 1 (0.75%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 33 (24.81%) Data Centre
2 9 (6.77%) Distributed Architecture
2 9 (6.77%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 9 (6.77%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (3.76%) Management Information System
3 5 (3.76%) Public Cloud
3 5 (3.76%) Social Media
4 3 (2.26%) Cloud Native
4 3 (2.26%) PKI
5 2 (1.50%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.50%) Fibre Optics
5 2 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.75%) Blockchain
6 1 (0.75%) Handset
6 1 (0.75%) IPTV
6 1 (0.75%) NHS
6 1 (0.75%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.26%) Linux
1 3 (2.26%) Windows
2 1 (0.75%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (17.29%) Network Design
3 19 (14.29%) Network Architecture
4 16 (12.03%) Mentoring
5 13 (9.77%) Computer Science
6 12 (9.02%) Network Monitoring
6 12 (9.02%) Network Virtualisation
6 12 (9.02%) Project Management
7 11 (8.27%) DevOps
8 10 (7.52%) Programme Management
8 10 (7.52%) Storage Management
9 9 (6.77%) Analytics
9 9 (6.77%) Architectural Design
9 9 (6.77%) Change Management
9 9 (6.77%) Configuration Management
9 9 (6.77%) Data Analytics
9 9 (6.77%) Migration
9 9 (6.77%) Performance Management
9 9 (6.77%) SOA
9 9 (6.77%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 13 (9.77%) Python
2 3 (2.26%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.50%) Perl
4 1 (0.75%) C
Qualifications
1 133 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 87 (65.41%) CCNP
3 16 (12.03%) Degree
4 12 (9.02%) CCIE Service Provider
4 12 (9.02%) CCNA
5 11 (8.27%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (6.77%) CCIE Data Center
7 8 (6.02%) CCIE Security
8 7 (5.26%) CISSP
9 6 (4.51%) JNCIE
10 5 (3.76%) Security Cleared
11 3 (2.26%) CISM
11 3 (2.26%) JNCIP
11 3 (2.26%) SC Cleared
11 3 (2.26%) VCAP
12 2 (1.50%) CCSP
12 2 (1.50%) CISA
12 2 (1.50%) CSSLP
13 1 (0.75%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.75%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.50%) SLA
2 1 (0.75%) NIST
System Software
1 11 (8.27%) VMware NSX
2 10 (7.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.26%) Active Directory
4 2 (1.50%) Firmware
4 2 (1.50%) vSphere
5 1 (0.75%) KVM
Systems Management
1 11 (8.27%) Ansible
2 6 (4.51%) FortiGate
3 5 (3.76%) Terraform
4 1 (0.75%) CASB
4 1 (0.75%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (0.75%) Cisco UCCE
4 1 (0.75%) Netcool
4 1 (0.75%) SCCM
Vendors
1 107 (80.45%) Cisco
2 29 (21.80%) Palo Alto
3 21 (15.79%) CheckPoint
3 21 (15.79%) F5
4 16 (12.03%) Fortinet
5 15 (11.28%) Juniper
6 13 (9.77%) SolarWinds
6 13 (9.77%) VMware
7 12 (9.02%) Zscaler
8 11 (8.27%) Nokia
9 8 (6.02%) Infoblox
10 7 (5.26%) Arista
10 7 (5.26%) Microsoft
11 5 (3.76%) Symantec
12 4 (3.01%) Citrix
12 4 (3.01%) Dynatrace
12 4 (3.01%) Meraki
13 3 (2.26%) LogicMonitor
13 3 (2.26%) New Relic
13 3 (2.26%) Tufin