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 19 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 164 218 195
Rank change year-on-year +54 -23 +112
Permanent jobs citing CCIE 6 2 26
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.17% 0.031% 0.56%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.46% 0.099% 1.29%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 4
10th Percentile £56,400 - £54,500
25th Percentile £57,750 £52,500 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -18.52% -10.00%
75th Percentile - £57,500 £71,875
90th Percentile - - £75,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £74,500 £82,500
% change year-on-year -6.04% -9.70% +10.00%

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 1,318 2,016 2,008
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 36.52% 31.21% 43.23%
Number of salaries quoted 729 1,053 1,437
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,598 £29,440
25th Percentile £32,000 £41,250 £39,750
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 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £86,000 £82,548
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £58,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -0.86% +5.45%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

CCIE job vacancy trend 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 19 October 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
Gloucestershire - 3 - -
Bristol - 2 £60,000 -
Devon - 1 £56,000 -
CCIE
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) Firewall
2 4 (66.67%) Network Security
3 3 (50.00%) LAN
3 3 (50.00%) SD-WAN
3 3 (50.00%) WAN
4 2 (33.33%) WLAN
5 1 (16.67%) BGP
5 1 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
General
1 5 (83.33%) Manufacturing
2 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Advertising
4 1 (16.67%) Local Government
4 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Network Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Lead
2 2 (33.33%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Lead Network Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Network Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) CMDB
1 3 (50.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Linux
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Asset Management
1 3 (50.00%) Change Control
1 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (50.00%) ITIL
1 3 (50.00%) ITSM
1 3 (50.00%) Use Case
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Network Design
2 2 (33.33%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (50.00%) CCNP
2 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (16.67%) NIST
1 1 (16.67%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) Nagios
2 1 (16.67%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco
2 4 (66.67%) Fortinet
3 3 (50.00%) CheckPoint
3 3 (50.00%) F5
3 3 (50.00%) Meraki
3 3 (50.00%) Palo Alto
4 1 (16.67%) Aruba
4 1 (16.67%) SolarWinds