CCIE Routing and Switching Job Trends in England

Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) Routing and Switching
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CCIE Routing and Switching qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 10 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 759 - 741
Rank change year-on-year - - -43
Permanent jobs citing CCIE Routing and Switching 1 0 10
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.001% - 0.015%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.006% - 0.053%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -21.21%
75th Percentile - - £65,938
90th Percentile - - £72,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 - £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -21.21%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

CCIE Routing and Switching falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 17,930 15,467 18,901
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.26% 35.89% 29.04%
Number of salaries quoted 10,511 6,634 8,001
10th Percentile £32,000 £29,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -0.86%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £90,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -0.04%

CCIE Routing and Switching
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CCIE Routing and Switching relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

CCIE Routing and Switching job vacancy trend in England

CCIE Routing and Switching
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing CCIE Routing and Switching.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing CCIE Routing and Switching

CCIE Routing and Switching
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCIE Routing and Switching within the England region over the 6 months to 10 October 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Midlands - 1 £65,000 - 1
West Midlands - 1 £65,000 - 1
CCIE Routing and Switching
UK

CCIE Routing and Switching
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Firepower
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) HSRP
1 1 (100.00%) IPv4
1 1 (100.00%) IPv6
1 1 (100.00%) Multicast
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) Spanning Tree
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) VRRP
1 1 (100.00%) VXLAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Mellanox
1 1 (100.00%) NVIDIA
1 1 (100.00%) VMware