CCIE Security Job Trends

Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) Security
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CCIE Security qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 26 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 652 749 720
Rank change year-on-year +97 -29 +383
Permanent jobs citing CCIE Security 1 1 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.002% 0.001% 0.008%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.006% 0.005% 0.025%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - £55,125
25th Percentile - £78,750 £59,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £82,500 £76,250
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +8.20% +1.67%
75th Percentile - £86,250 £90,625
90th Percentile - - £91,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £85,000 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CCIE Security 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.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 17,260 20,392 16,020
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.17% 30.35% 31.35%
Number of salaries quoted 7,926 8,405 11,006
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,750 £31,125
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £41,621
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +0.87% +0.77%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £91,250 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,122 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.51% +4.76% +5.00%

CCIE Security
Job Vacancy Trend

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

CCIE Security job vacancy trend in the UK

CCIE Security
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CCIE Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CCIE Security

CCIE Security
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCIE Security within the UK over the 6 months to 26 November 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
South East - 1 £85,000 - 5
England - 1 £85,000 - 5
UK excluding London - 1 £85,000 - 5

CCIE Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Meraki