CCIE Job Trends in London

Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for CCIE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 357 357 476
Rank change year-on-year 0 +119 +35
Permanent jobs citing CCIE 61 32 30
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.28% 0.26% 0.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.43% 0.84% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 35 14 18
10th Percentile £66,250 £57,775 £58,750
25th Percentile £71,250 £64,375 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £82,500 £73,750
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +11.86% -10.61%
75th Percentile £96,875 £93,438 £84,375
90th Percentile £112,500 £98,500 £108,500
England median annual salary £80,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +23.08% +8.33% -14.29%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,255 3,805 6,703
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 19.87% 31.21% 27.30%
Number of salaries quoted 2,675 1,827 4,116
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,903 £36,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.70% -
75th Percentile £89,375 £90,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £102,500 £110,000 £101,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,296
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.30% -9.51%

CCIE
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

CCIE job vacancy trend in London

CCIE
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing CCIE.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing CCIE

CCIE
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing CCIE in London over the 6 months to 16 June 2026.

Salary histogram for CCIE in London

CCIE
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCIE within the London region over the 6 months to 16 June 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
East London - 7 - - 1
West London -13 3 £77,500 -11.43%
Central London -4 2 £78,750 +21.15% 4
CCIE
England

CCIE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 (1.64%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 31 (50.82%) Azure
2 25 (40.98%) AWS
3 16 (26.23%) GCP
4 8 (13.11%) OCI
5 2 (3.28%) AWS Direct Connect
6 1 (1.64%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 43 (70.49%) Firewall
2 40 (65.57%) WAN
3 35 (57.38%) Network Security
4 33 (54.10%) LAN
5 30 (49.18%) SD-WAN
6 17 (27.87%) Wireless
7 14 (22.95%) Wi-Fi
8 13 (21.31%) Cisco Firepower
9 10 (16.39%) VLAN
9 10 (16.39%) WLAN
10 9 (14.75%) Cisco ASA
11 8 (13.11%) BGP
11 8 (13.11%) OSPF
11 8 (13.11%) VPN
11 8 (13.11%) VXLAN
12 7 (11.48%) Ethernet VPN
12 7 (11.48%) Software-Defined Networking
13 6 (9.84%) Cisco Wireless
13 6 (9.84%) MPLS
14 5 (8.20%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.56%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 1 (1.64%) GitLab
1 1 (1.64%) JIRA
General
1 29 (47.54%) Social Skills
2 21 (34.43%) Finance
3 10 (16.39%) Banking
3 10 (16.39%) Telecoms
4 9 (14.75%) Public Sector
5 5 (8.20%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (6.56%) Marketing
6 4 (6.56%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (6.56%) Retail
7 3 (4.92%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (3.28%) Military
9 1 (1.64%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (1.64%) Law
Job Titles
1 27 (44.26%) Network Engineer
2 22 (36.07%) Architect
2 22 (36.07%) Network Architect
3 19 (31.15%) Consultant
4 15 (24.59%) Network Consultant
5 12 (19.67%) Principal Architect
6 11 (18.03%) Senior
6 11 (18.03%) Senior Network Engineer
7 8 (13.11%) Principal Consultant
8 7 (11.48%) AWS Engineer
8 7 (11.48%) Azure Engineer
8 7 (11.48%) Cisco Engineer
8 7 (11.48%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 7 (11.48%) LAN Engineer
8 7 (11.48%) LAN/WAN Engineer
8 7 (11.48%) WAN Engineer
9 4 (6.56%) Presales Consultant
9 4 (6.56%) Solutions Consultant
10 3 (4.92%) Security Engineer
10 3 (4.92%) Senior Network Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 38 (62.30%) Data Centre
2 7 (11.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 4 (6.56%) Public Cloud
4 3 (4.92%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (3.28%) Cloud Native
5 2 (3.28%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.56%) Linux
2 3 (4.92%) Windows
3 1 (1.64%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (42.62%) Roadmaps
2 21 (34.43%) Technical Leadership
3 19 (31.15%) High Availability
4 18 (29.51%) Presales
5 17 (27.87%) Project Delivery
6 15 (24.59%) Computer Science
7 13 (21.31%) Network Architecture
8 11 (18.03%) Customer Requirements
8 11 (18.03%) Translating Business Requirements
9 10 (16.39%) AI
9 10 (16.39%) Analytics
10 9 (14.75%) Infrastructure as Code
10 9 (14.75%) ITIL
10 9 (14.75%) Process Improvement
11 8 (13.11%) PRINCE2
11 8 (13.11%) Service Management
11 8 (13.11%) Strategic Roadmap
12 7 (11.48%) Agile
12 7 (11.48%) Migration
12 7 (11.48%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 11 (18.03%) Python
2 1 (1.64%) Bash
2 1 (1.64%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 61 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 47 (77.05%) CCNP
3 21 (34.43%) CCSE
4 17 (27.87%) CCNA
4 17 (27.87%) CCSA
5 15 (24.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (24.59%) Degree
6 11 (18.03%) JNCIP
7 8 (13.11%) AWS Certification
7 8 (13.11%) Azure Certification
7 8 (13.11%) CCIE Security
7 8 (13.11%) JNCIE
8 6 (9.84%) SC Cleared
8 6 (9.84%) Security Cleared
9 5 (8.20%) VCAP
10 4 (6.56%) APMG
10 4 (6.56%) CISM
10 4 (6.56%) CISSP
11 3 (4.92%) CCDE
11 3 (4.92%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.20%) QA
2 1 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.64%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (3.28%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 11 (18.03%) Ansible
2 10 (16.39%) Terraform
3 8 (13.11%) FortiGate
4 2 (3.28%) OpenView
4 2 (3.28%) Tivoli
5 1 (1.64%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 48 (78.69%) Cisco
2 26 (42.62%) Fortinet
3 22 (36.07%) CheckPoint
4 19 (31.15%) Palo Alto
5 12 (19.67%) Arista
6 7 (11.48%) F5
7 4 (6.56%) Juniper
8 3 (4.92%) Meraki
9 2 (3.28%) ArcSight
9 2 (3.28%) Dynatrace
9 2 (3.28%) EMC
9 2 (3.28%) ExtraHop
9 2 (3.28%) HP
9 2 (3.28%) Riverbed
9 2 (3.28%) Siebel
9 2 (3.28%) SolarWinds
10 1 (1.64%) Red Hat