CCIE Job Trends in the South West

Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for CCIE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 168 238 207
Rank change year-on-year +70 -31 +104
Permanent jobs citing CCIE 4 1 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.11% 0.013% 0.52%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.32% 0.046% 1.17%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile £56,400 - £54,000
25th Percentile £57,750 £52,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -21.43% -6.67%
75th Percentile - £57,500 £73,750
90th Percentile - - £76,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% -18.75% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South 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 South West.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,255 2,194 2,130
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 36.06% 29.24% 44.35%
Number of salaries quoted 745 1,262 1,470
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,550 £29,440
25th Percentile £31,750 £42,139 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £84,500 £86,225 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,762 £58,627
% change year-on-year -1.37% -4.89% +6.59%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing CCIE as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for CCIE in the South West

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Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing CCIE

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Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCIE within the South West region over the 6 months to 16 September 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
Bristol - 2 £60,000 -
Devon - 1 £56,000 -
Gloucestershire - 1 - - 2
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Firewall
1 3 (75.00%) LAN
1 3 (75.00%) SD-WAN
1 3 (75.00%) WAN
2 2 (50.00%) Network Security
2 2 (50.00%) WLAN
3 1 (25.00%) BGP
3 1 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 3 (75.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (50.00%) Advertising
3 1 (25.00%) Local Government
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Network Architect
3 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) CMDB
1 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (25.00%) Change Control
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) ITSM
2 1 (25.00%) Network Design
2 1 (25.00%) Service Management
2 1 (25.00%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (75.00%) CCNP
3 2 (50.00%) CCNA
4 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (25.00%) NIST
1 1 (25.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) FortiGate
1 1 (25.00%) Nagios
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
2 3 (75.00%) Meraki
2 3 (75.00%) Palo Alto
3 2 (50.00%) Fortinet
4 1 (25.00%) Aruba
4 1 (25.00%) CheckPoint
4 1 (25.00%) F5
4 1 (25.00%) SolarWinds