CCIE Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

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

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work with a requirement for CCIE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 269 282 372
Rank change year-on-year +13 +90 +137
Contract jobs citing CCIE 28 52 80
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.29% 0.35% 0.33%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.02% 1.34% 1.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 31 51
10th Percentile £444 £363 £413
25th Percentile - £447 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £493
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +11.68% -6.19%
75th Percentile £530 £619 £587
90th Percentile £545 £638 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £530 £500
% change year-on-year -0.94% +6.00% -5.66%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,748 3,883 6,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 28.78% 26.45% 25.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,826 2,508 4,227
10th Percentile £350 £335 £380
25th Percentile £425 £438 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.32% -3.64% +3.77%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £725 £745
UK median daily rate £521 £533 £550
% change year-on-year -2.25% -3.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 256 256
10th Percentile £15.09 £15.36 £19.00
25th Percentile £26.73 £24.00 £42.50
Median hourly rate £54.50 £43.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.74% -31.20% +25.63%
75th Percentile £67.50 £67.58 £70.00
90th Percentile £87.05 £84.28 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £40.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -18.75% -27.27% +23.60%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing CCIE as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

CCIE trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing CCIE.

CCIE daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing CCIE over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

CCIE daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing CCIE.

CCIE hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (7.14%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 4 (14.29%) AWS
1 4 (14.29%) Azure
2 2 (7.14%) Cloudflare
2 2 (7.14%) OpenShift
3 1 (3.57%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 17 (60.71%) BGP
1 17 (60.71%) Firewall
2 16 (57.14%) OSPF
3 10 (35.71%) MPLS
3 10 (35.71%) Multicast
3 10 (35.71%) VPN
4 8 (28.57%) Broadband
4 8 (28.57%) IPv6
5 7 (25.00%) WAN
6 6 (21.43%) Cisco Nexus
6 6 (21.43%) Network Security
7 5 (17.86%) Ethernet VPN
7 5 (17.86%) GPON
8 4 (14.29%) NX-OS
8 4 (14.29%) SD-WAN
8 4 (14.29%) VXLAN
8 4 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (10.71%) Cisco ASA
9 3 (10.71%) TCP/IP
9 3 (10.71%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 5 (17.86%) Social Skills
2 3 (10.71%) Finance
3 2 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (7.14%) Telecoms
4 1 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.57%) Banking
4 1 (3.57%) Retail
Job Titles
1 20 (71.43%) Network Engineer
2 8 (28.57%) Principal Engineer
2 8 (28.57%) Principal Network Engineer
3 6 (21.43%) Cisco Engineer
3 6 (21.43%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 5 (17.86%) Implementation Engineer
4 5 (17.86%) Network Implementation Engineer
5 4 (14.29%) Consultant
6 3 (10.71%) Architect
6 3 (10.71%) Network Architect
6 3 (10.71%) Network Consultant
7 2 (7.14%) Network Security Architect
7 2 (7.14%) Network Security Engineer
7 2 (7.14%) Principal Security Engineer
7 2 (7.14%) Security Architect
7 2 (7.14%) Security Engineer
7 2 (7.14%) Senior
7 2 (7.14%) Senior Network Engineer
8 1 (3.57%) Cloud Network Engineer
8 1 (3.57%) Core Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (28.57%) Data Centre
2 2 (7.14%) Linux Command Line
2 2 (7.14%) PKI
3 1 (3.57%) Client/Server
3 1 (3.57%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.57%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (35.71%) Migration
2 9 (32.14%) Network Monitoring
3 7 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 5 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (14.29%) ITIL
5 4 (14.29%) Network Design
6 3 (10.71%) Network Management
7 2 (7.14%) Critical Thinking
7 2 (7.14%) Incident Management
7 2 (7.14%) Load Balancing
7 2 (7.14%) Low Latency
7 2 (7.14%) Zero Trust
8 1 (3.57%) Collaborative Working
8 1 (3.57%) Containerisation
8 1 (3.57%) Incident Response
8 1 (3.57%) Infrastructure as Code
8 1 (3.57%) Knowledge Transfer
8 1 (3.57%) Network Virtualisation
8 1 (3.57%) Patch Management
8 1 (3.57%) Proactive Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 7 (25.00%) Python
2 1 (3.57%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 28 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 14 (50.00%) CCNP
3 5 (17.86%) CCIE Service Provider
4 3 (10.71%) CCIE Data Center
4 3 (10.71%) CCNA
4 3 (10.71%) SC Cleared
4 3 (10.71%) Security Cleared
5 1 (3.57%) CCDP
5 1 (3.57%) CCIE Security
5 1 (3.57%) CCIE Wireless
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (3.57%) NIST
1 1 (3.57%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (7.14%) vSphere
2 1 (3.57%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (25.00%) Ansible
2 5 (17.86%) ZABBIX
3 3 (10.71%) Nagios
4 2 (7.14%) Progress Chef
5 1 (3.57%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 25 (89.29%) Cisco
2 11 (39.29%) SolarWinds
3 7 (25.00%) Fortinet
4 5 (17.86%) Nokia
5 4 (14.29%) F5
5 4 (14.29%) Palo Alto
5 4 (14.29%) VMware
6 3 (10.71%) Arista
6 3 (10.71%) CheckPoint
7 2 (7.14%) Ericsson
7 2 (7.14%) Red Hat
8 1 (3.57%) Aruba
8 1 (3.57%) Citrix
8 1 (3.57%) Juniper
8 1 (3.57%) Meraki
8 1 (3.57%) Zscaler