CCIE Job Trends in England

Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CCIE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 548 528 665
Rank change year-on-year -20 +137 +130
Permanent jobs citing CCIE 96 81 129
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.15% 0.21% 0.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.52% 0.51% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 40 61 107
10th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 -
25th Percentile £65,938 £62,500 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +33.33% -17.24%
75th Percentile £96,250 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £99,000 £96,750
UK median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% +28.00% -21.88%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

CCIE 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 18,460 15,894 20,914
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 28.16% 40.61% 28.20%
Number of salaries quoted 7,623 6,931 14,710
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £44,000 £38,734
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,900 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £88,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,430 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.45% +8.05% -4.35%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

CCIE job vacancy trend in England

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Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing CCIE.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing CCIE

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Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing CCIE in England over the 6 months to 14 March 2026.

Salary histogram for CCIE in England

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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 within the England region over the 6 months to 14 March 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
London +31 62 £85,000 +3.03% 13
North of England -46 10 £60,000 -25.00% 6
South West -28 8 £90,000 +12.50% 1
North East -15 7 - -
South East -4 5 £95,000 +9.83% 2
North West -12 3 £60,000 -25.00% 5
West Midlands 0 1 - - 3
Midlands -34 1 - - 5
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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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (3.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.04%) Confluence
Applications
1 19 (19.79%) MS Visio
2 3 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 47 (48.96%) AWS
2 44 (45.83%) Azure
3 9 (9.38%) GCP
4 6 (6.25%) AWS Direct Connect
5 3 (3.13%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (1.04%) Datadog
6 1 (1.04%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.04%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.04%) Mimecast
6 1 (1.04%) Stackdriver
6 1 (1.04%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 68 (70.83%) Firewall
1 68 (70.83%) WAN
2 58 (60.42%) LAN
3 42 (43.75%) Network Security
4 34 (35.42%) Cisco ASA
5 31 (32.29%) SD-WAN
6 29 (30.21%) Wireless
7 27 (28.13%) BGP
7 27 (28.13%) OSPF
8 26 (27.08%) VPN
9 23 (23.96%) VLAN
10 22 (22.92%) Wi-Fi
11 20 (20.83%) Cisco Wireless
11 20 (20.83%) EIGRP
12 19 (19.79%) Cisco Firepower
12 19 (19.79%) Cisco Nexus
13 18 (18.75%) SNMP
14 16 (16.67%) WAAS
15 14 (14.58%) Wireless Security
16 11 (11.46%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.08%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 1 (1.04%) Git
1 1 (1.04%) JIRA
1 1 (1.04%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 31 (32.29%) Finance
2 26 (27.08%) Social Skills
3 16 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (9.38%) Public Sector
4 9 (9.38%) Telecoms
5 8 (8.33%) Banking
6 6 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (5.21%) Military
8 4 (4.17%) Law
8 4 (4.17%) Manufacturing
8 4 (4.17%) Marketing
8 4 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.08%) Retail
10 1 (1.04%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 66 (68.75%) Network Engineer
2 29 (30.21%) Senior
3 28 (29.17%) Senior Network Engineer
4 16 (16.67%) Cisco Engineer
4 16 (16.67%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 16 (16.67%) WAN Engineer
5 15 (15.63%) Architect
5 15 (15.63%) AWS Engineer
5 15 (15.63%) Azure Engineer
5 15 (15.63%) LAN Engineer
5 15 (15.63%) LAN/WAN Engineer
5 15 (15.63%) Network Architect
6 11 (11.46%) Consultant
7 9 (9.38%) Network Consultant
8 5 (5.21%) Principal Architect
8 5 (5.21%) Principal Consultant
9 4 (4.17%) Lead
10 3 (3.13%) Deployment Engineer
10 3 (3.13%) Network Deployment Engineer
10 3 (3.13%) Sales Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 54 (56.25%) Data Centre
2 15 (15.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 6 (6.25%) Public Cloud
4 4 (4.17%) CMDB
4 4 (4.17%) Virtual Team
5 3 (3.13%) Cloud Native
5 3 (3.13%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (3.13%) Private Cloud
6 1 (1.04%) Hedge funds
6 1 (1.04%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.04%) PKI
6 1 (1.04%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (11.46%) Windows
2 8 (8.33%) Linux
3 1 (1.04%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.04%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (41.67%) Computer Science
2 26 (27.08%) High Availability
2 26 (27.08%) Kalman Filter
2 26 (27.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 21 (21.88%) Load Balancing
4 20 (20.83%) Root Cause Analysis
5 19 (19.79%) Project Delivery
6 17 (17.71%) Process Improvement
7 16 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
7 16 (16.67%) Roadmaps
8 14 (14.58%) Analytical Thinking
8 14 (14.58%) Mentoring
8 14 (14.58%) Technical Leadership
8 14 (14.58%) WAN Optimisation
9 13 (13.54%) Change Control
10 12 (12.50%) AI
11 10 (10.42%) Network Design
11 10 (10.42%) Presales
12 9 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
12 9 (9.38%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 22 (22.92%) Python
2 2 (2.08%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.04%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 96 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 75 (78.13%) CCNP
3 45 (46.88%) Degree
4 39 (40.63%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (27.08%) CCNA
6 22 (22.92%) CCSE
7 20 (20.83%) CCSA
8 16 (16.67%) Security Cleared
9 14 (14.58%) SC Cleared
10 9 (9.38%) DV Cleared
11 6 (6.25%) JNCIP
12 5 (5.21%) VCAP
13 4 (4.17%) AWS Certification
14 3 (3.13%) Azure Certification
14 3 (3.13%) CCDE
14 3 (3.13%) CISSP
15 2 (2.08%) APMG
15 2 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
15 2 (2.08%) CISM
15 2 (2.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (16.67%) PMO
2 5 (5.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (4.17%) NIST
4 1 (1.04%) GDPR
4 1 (1.04%) SOC 2
System Software
1 14 (14.58%) ProxySG
2 5 (5.21%) Firmware
3 2 (2.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.04%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.04%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.04%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.04%) VMware NSX
4 1 (1.04%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (17.71%) FortiGate
2 7 (7.29%) Ansible
3 5 (5.21%) Terraform
4 4 (4.17%) Nagios
5 3 (3.13%) OpenView
5 3 (3.13%) Tivoli
6 2 (2.08%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (1.04%) vCenter Server
7 1 (1.04%) vRealize
Vendors
1 80 (83.33%) Cisco
2 42 (43.75%) CheckPoint
3 33 (34.38%) Fortinet
4 23 (23.96%) F5
5 21 (21.88%) SolarWinds
6 17 (17.71%) Infoblox
7 16 (16.67%) Motorola
8 14 (14.58%) Blue Coat
8 14 (14.58%) ServiceNow
9 12 (12.50%) Palo Alto
10 9 (9.38%) Juniper
11 7 (7.29%) Arista
12 5 (5.21%) Meraki
13 4 (4.17%) HP
14 3 (3.13%) ArcSight
14 3 (3.13%) EMC
14 3 (3.13%) ExtraHop
14 3 (3.13%) Riverbed
15 2 (2.08%) Dynatrace
15 2 (2.08%) Microsoft