Hybrid/Remote CCIE Service Provider Contract Job Trends

Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) Service Provider
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 6 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 361 302 332
Rank change year-on-year -59 +30 +92
Contract jobs citing CCIE Service Provider 1 2 2
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.007% 0.020% 0.015%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.021% 0.067% 0.059%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - - £533
25th Percentile £313 - £544
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% -13.04% -1.29%
75th Percentile £338 - £594
90th Percentile - - £598
UK median daily rate £325 £500 £600
% change year-on-year -35.00% -16.67% +3.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,706 2,996 3,364
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 34.71% 29.74% 25.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,181 1,989 2,242
10th Percentile £363 £347 £329
25th Percentile £440 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% - -2.43%
75th Percentile £600 £610 £631
90th Percentile £688 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 314 103 200
10th Percentile £24.38 £15.29 £18.45
25th Percentile £43.96 £27.52 £35.00
Median hourly rate £50.24 £47.81 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.10% +0.64% -18.93%
75th Percentile £77.50 £67.50 £72.50
90th Percentile £90.00 £83.70 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +108.75% -41.51% -23.21%

CCIE Service Provider
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

CCIE Service Provider job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

CCIE Service Provider
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing CCIE Service Provider.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing CCIE Service Provider

CCIE Service Provider
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) OpenStack
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet VPN
1 1 (100.00%) IPv4
1 1 (100.00%) IPv6
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) VXLAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) NETCONF
1 1 (100.00%) OpenConfig
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Cloud
1 1 (100.00%) TM Forum
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Architecture Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Product Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) JNCIE
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) VMware