CCIE Job Trends in the North East

Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE)
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North East with a requirement for CCIE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 83 59
Rank change year-on-year +8 -24 -
Permanent jobs citing CCIE 2 3 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 0.19% 0.31% 0.50%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.55% 1.27% 1.95%
Number of salaries quoted 0 3 3
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £80,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.88% -
England median annual salary £70,000 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +6.67% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North East

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 the North East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 361 237 154
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 35.19% 24.13% 25.80%
Number of salaries quoted 154 114 126
10th Percentile - £29,550 £29,250
25th Percentile £28,250 £38,313 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.17% +5.50% +11.94%
75th Percentile £57,500 £74,145 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,470 £95,000 £78,125
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

CCIE job vacancy trend in the North East

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Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing CCIE.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing CCIE

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Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCIE within the North East region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
Durham - 2 - -
CCIE
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) BGP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Wireless
1 2 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) OSPF
1 2 (100.00%) SNMP
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) WAAS
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless Security
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 2 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (100.00%) WAN Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) ProxySG
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Blue Coat
1 2 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) F5
1 2 (100.00%) Infoblox
1 2 (100.00%) Motorola
1 2 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 2 (100.00%) SolarWinds