CCIE Job Trends in the North West

Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for CCIE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 178 201 178
Rank change year-on-year +23 -23 +126
Permanent jobs citing CCIE 5 8 10
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.081% 0.15% 0.26%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.18% 0.40% 1.04%
Number of salaries quoted 3 8 10
10th Percentile - £64,250 £58,175
25th Percentile £57,500 £65,000 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £73,750 £81,250
Median % change year-on-year -18.64% -9.23% +1.56%
75th Percentile £62,500 £82,500 £84,688
90th Percentile - - £85,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +6.67% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,819 1,992 963
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 45.83% 38.15% 24.95%
Number of salaries quoted 682 874 630
10th Percentile £27,025 £32,075 £30,450
25th Percentile £29,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,842 £50,055 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.42% -4.66% -3.67%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
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 West

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

CCIE job vacancy trend in the North West

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Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing CCIE

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Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCIE within the North West region over the 6 months to 31 December 2025. 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
Lancashire +12 3 £60,000 -7.69%
Manchester +29 2 - -
CCIE
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 3 (60.00%) BGP
1 3 (60.00%) DHCP
1 3 (60.00%) DNS
1 3 (60.00%) Firewall
1 3 (60.00%) LAN
1 3 (60.00%) Network Security
1 3 (60.00%) OSPF
1 3 (60.00%) SD-WAN
1 3 (60.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (60.00%) VLAN
1 3 (60.00%) VPN
1 3 (60.00%) WAN
2 2 (40.00%) Telepresence
2 2 (40.00%) Unified Communications
2 2 (40.00%) VoIP
2 2 (40.00%) WebEx
General
1 3 (60.00%) Retail
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) IT Manager
1 3 (60.00%) Network Manager
2 2 (40.00%) Support Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Voice Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Voice Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Network Management
2 3 (60.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 3 (60.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (60.00%) Mentoring
2 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (60.00%) Strategic Planning
2 3 (60.00%) TOGAF
2 3 (60.00%) Zero Trust
3 2 (40.00%) AI
3 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (40.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (60.00%) CISSP
2 3 (60.00%) TOGAF Certification
3 2 (40.00%) CCNA
3 2 (40.00%) CCNP
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle