CCIE Contracts in the West Midlands

Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for CCIE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 99 129
Rank change year-on-year +5 +30 +43
Contract jobs citing CCIE 8 14 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.55% 0.69% 0.045%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.67% 2.07% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 10 0
10th Percentile £524 - -
25th Percentile £541 £425 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £638 -
Median % change year-on-year -13.73% - -
75th Percentile £609 £775 -
90th Percentile £716 - -
England median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -7.41%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 478 677 586
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 32.94% 33.51% 26.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 314 434 353
10th Percentile £150 £299 £313
25th Percentile £326 £363 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -7.41% +13.68%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £628
90th Percentile £689 £688 £700
England median daily rate £525 £536 £550
% change year-on-year -2.07% -2.53% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 37 27
10th Percentile £18.13 £14.00 £11.60
25th Percentile £18.51 £21.25 £13.31
Median hourly rate £30.15 £28.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% +42.50% +37.93%
75th Percentile £50.00 £43.75 £28.75
90th Percentile £54.45 £58.75 £60.90
England median hourly rate £32.00 £40.33 £55.00
% change year-on-year -20.64% -26.68% +35.80%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing CCIE as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for CCIE in the West Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for CCIE in the West Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CCIE in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 11 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CCIE in the West Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for CCIE in the West Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCIE within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 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
Warwickshire 0 5 £775 +3.33% 1
Birmingham +16 3 £550 +22.22% 2
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 6 (75.00%) Firewall
1 6 (75.00%) Network Security
1 6 (75.00%) SD-WAN
1 6 (75.00%) Wireless
2 5 (62.50%) WAN
3 4 (50.00%) DHCP
3 4 (50.00%) DNS
4 3 (37.50%) Cisco Nexus
4 3 (37.50%) LAN
4 3 (37.50%) MPLS
5 2 (25.00%) Ethereal
5 2 (25.00%) TCP/IP
5 2 (25.00%) Unified Communications
5 2 (25.00%) VoIP
5 2 (25.00%) VPN
5 2 (25.00%) Wireshark
6 1 (12.50%) BGP
6 1 (12.50%) EIGRP
6 1 (12.50%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (12.50%) OSPF
General
1 2 (25.00%) Legal
1 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Consultant
1 3 (37.50%) Senior
1 3 (37.50%) Technical Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Architect
2 2 (25.00%) Network Architect
2 2 (25.00%) Network Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Network Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Technical Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Network Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Security Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Security Technical Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Cisco Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
3 1 (12.50%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) High Availability
1 4 (50.00%) ITIL
1 4 (50.00%) Service Management
2 3 (37.50%) Mentoring
2 3 (37.50%) Problem Management
3 2 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
3 2 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 2 (25.00%) Incident Management
3 2 (25.00%) Migration
3 2 (25.00%) Network Design
3 2 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (12.50%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (12.50%) Load Balancing
4 1 (12.50%) Network Monitoring
4 1 (12.50%) Remediation Plan
4 1 (12.50%) Security Operations
4 1 (12.50%) User Experience
4 1 (12.50%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (62.50%) CCNP
3 3 (37.50%) CCIE Routing and Switching
4 2 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (12.50%) CCIE Security
5 1 (12.50%) CCSE
5 1 (12.50%) CCSM
5 1 (12.50%) Degree
5 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) OpenView
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (12.50%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Cisco
2 6 (75.00%) Fortinet
3 5 (62.50%) F5
4 3 (37.50%) Meraki
5 1 (12.50%) CheckPoint
5 1 (12.50%) Palo Alto
5 1 (12.50%) Zscaler