Hybrid/Remote CCDE Contract Job Trends

Cisco Certified Design Expert (CCDE)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work with a requirement for CCDE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 21 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 337 308 -
Rank change year-on-year -29 - -
Contract jobs citing CCDE 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.008% 0.010% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.024% 0.035% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
UK median daily rate £475 £575 -
% change year-on-year -17.39% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

CCDE 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 with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,220 2,828 4,341
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 35.43% 28.00% 28.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,944 1,909 2,700
10th Percentile £353 £352 £335
25th Percentile £425 £431 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -1.41% -3.18%
75th Percentile £606 £613 £638
90th Percentile £725 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £518 £525 £536
% change year-on-year -1.43% -2.05% -2.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 158 108 248
10th Percentile £22.63 £19.90 £14.21
25th Percentile £36.27 £26.25 £23.94
Median hourly rate £55.00 £54.51 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.91% +26.76% -33.85%
75th Percentile £82.25 £67.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £96.63 £86.00 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £45.46 £42.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +6.96% +6.25% -25.93%

CCDE
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CCDE and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

CCDE job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

CCDE
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing CCDE.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing CCDE

CCDE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) IaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (100.00%) Billing
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Fibre Optics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Benchmarking
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cost Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cost Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Cost Reduction
1 1 (100.00%) Culture Change
1 1 (100.00%) Feasibility Study
1 1 (100.00%) Financial Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) FinOps
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCDP
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft