CCIE Job Trends in the South East

Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South 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 271 300 258
Rank change year-on-year +29 -42 +129
Permanent jobs citing CCIE 4 2 11
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.039% 0.022% 0.14%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.12% 0.050% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 10
10th Percentile £49,400 - £60,500
25th Percentile £62,750 - £77,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 - £81,250
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.41%
75th Percentile £116,250 - £84,688
90th Percentile £135,000 - £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
South 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 South East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,298 3,985 3,050
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 31.83% 43.10% 39.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,406 1,801 1,961
10th Percentile £27,767 £35,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £37,380
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +13.21% +1.92%
75th Percentile £66,370 £76,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £82,500
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 South East

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

CCIE job vacancy trend in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing CCIE

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Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing CCIE in the South East over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for CCIE in the South East

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Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCIE within the South 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
Hampshire +37 2 £90,500 -
Kent - 1 £85,000 -
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) WAN
2 3 (75.00%) LAN
3 2 (50.00%) MPLS
3 2 (50.00%) SD-WAN
3 2 (50.00%) VoIP
4 1 (25.00%) ATM
4 1 (25.00%) BGP
4 1 (25.00%) EIGRP
4 1 (25.00%) Firewall
4 1 (25.00%) Frame Relay
4 1 (25.00%) OSPF
4 1 (25.00%) SNMP
4 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
4 1 (25.00%) VLAN
4 1 (25.00%) VXLAN
4 1 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Senior
2 2 (50.00%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Principal Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Sales Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (25.00%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (25.00%) IT Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) ITSM
2 1 (25.00%) Network Optimisation
2 1 (25.00%) Network Virtualisation
2 1 (25.00%) Presales
2 1 (25.00%) Product Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Security Monitoring
2 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Discovery
2 1 (25.00%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) CCNP
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) CCIE Security
2 1 (25.00%) CCNA
2 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) OpenView
1 1 (25.00%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
2 2 (50.00%) Meraki
3 1 (25.00%) ArcSight
3 1 (25.00%) EMC
3 1 (25.00%) ExtraHop
3 1 (25.00%) HP
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Palo Alto
3 1 (25.00%) Riverbed
3 1 (25.00%) Siebel
3 1 (25.00%) Sophos