Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE)
UK

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

6 months to
26 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 611 755 812
Rank change year-on-year +144 +57 +83
Permanent jobs citing CCIE 76 140 179
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.14% 0.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.31% 0.51% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 57 104 155
10th Percentile £55,250 - £55,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £46,750 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £60,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -25.00% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £78,813 £86,875
90th Percentile £96,600 £90,000 £99,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £48,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +34.02% -25.38% -18.75%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 24,916 27,326 34,428
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 48.28% 27.84% 32.74%
Number of salaries quoted 11,164 17,300 15,366
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,000 £38,500 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £57,825
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -6.61% +5.14%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,850 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% - -

CCIE
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CCIE as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CCIE in the UK

CCIE
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CCIE.

Salary trend for CCIE in the UK

CCIE
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CCIE over the 6 months to 26 April 2025.

Salary histogram for CCIE in the UK

CCIE
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCIE within the UK over the 6 months to 26 April 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
England +132 73 £80,000 +33.33% 62
UK excluding London +150 38 £65,000 +34.02% 25
London +121 38 £82,500 +8.55% 43
Work from Home +106 16 £65,000 +34.02% 35
Midlands +46 14 £65,000 +34.02% 6
North of England +67 13 £80,000 +33.33% 3
East Midlands +65 9 £65,000 +25.73% 3
North West +30 7 £80,000 +39.13% 2
West Midlands +34 5 £64,600 +33.20% 3
South West +111 4 £80,000 +64.95% 3
Yorkshire +61 4 £80,000 +22.98% 1
South East +98 3 £67,989 +13.32% 4
Scotland +131 2 £80,000 +6.67% 5
North East - 2 £80,000 -
Wales +42 1 - - 2
East of England - 1 £65,000 -

CCIE
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (6.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.32%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (6.58%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (6.58%) MS Visio
2 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 32 (42.11%) Azure
2 16 (21.05%) AWS
3 3 (3.95%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 2 (2.63%) Google Workspace
4 2 (2.63%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.32%) AWS Direct Connect
5 1 (1.32%) GCP
5 1 (1.32%) IaaS
5 1 (1.32%) OpenShift
5 1 (1.32%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 53 (69.74%) LAN
2 38 (50.00%) Firewall
2 38 (50.00%) WAN
3 33 (43.42%) Wireless
4 27 (35.53%) Cisco Nexus
5 23 (30.26%) SD-WAN
5 23 (30.26%) VPN
6 21 (27.63%) Network Security
7 20 (26.32%) BGP
8 19 (25.00%) OSPF
9 14 (18.42%) MPLS
9 14 (18.42%) Wi-Fi
10 12 (15.79%) Cisco ISE
11 10 (13.16%) Cisco Firepower
11 10 (13.16%) TCP/IP
12 8 (10.53%) WLAN
13 6 (7.89%) Intrusion Detection
13 6 (7.89%) TACACS
14 5 (6.58%) Internet
14 5 (6.58%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.95%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 3 (3.95%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 30 (39.47%) Social Skills
2 16 (21.05%) Banking
3 14 (18.42%) Telecoms
4 9 (11.84%) Finance
4 9 (11.84%) Presentation Skills
5 6 (7.89%) Public Sector
6 5 (6.58%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (6.58%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (6.58%) Retail
7 3 (3.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (3.95%) Marketing
7 3 (3.95%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.32%) German Language
Job Titles
1 27 (35.53%) Senior
2 25 (32.89%) Network Engineer
3 21 (27.63%) Consultant
4 18 (23.68%) Network Consultant
4 18 (23.68%) Senior Consultant
4 18 (23.68%) Senior Network Consultant
5 15 (19.74%) Cisco Engineer
6 10 (13.16%) Architect
7 9 (11.84%) Network Architect
8 7 (9.21%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 7 (9.21%) 3rd Line Support
8 7 (9.21%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 7 (9.21%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 7 (9.21%) Cisco Support
8 7 (9.21%) Cisco Support Engineer
8 7 (9.21%) Project Engineer
8 7 (9.21%) Senior Network Engineer
8 7 (9.21%) Support Engineer
9 6 (7.89%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
10 5 (6.58%) Network Deployment Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (10.53%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 11 (14.47%) Data Centre
2 4 (5.26%) IoT
3 3 (3.95%) Operational Technology
3 3 (3.95%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.63%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.32%) Clustering
5 1 (1.32%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.32%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.32%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.63%) Linux
1 2 (2.63%) Windows
1 2 (2.63%) Windows 10
1 2 (2.63%) Windows Server 2019
2 1 (1.32%) Mac OS
2 1 (1.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (1.32%) Ubuntu
2 1 (1.32%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (23.68%) Migration
2 13 (17.11%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (17.11%) Zero Trust
3 12 (15.79%) Presales
4 11 (14.47%) Network Design
4 11 (14.47%) Network Virtualisation
5 10 (13.16%) Change Management
6 8 (10.53%) Computer Science
6 8 (10.53%) Project Delivery
6 8 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (7.89%) Customer Engagement
7 6 (7.89%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (7.89%) Load Balancing
7 6 (7.89%) Network Management
7 6 (7.89%) Performance Optimisation
8 5 (6.58%) Change Control
8 5 (6.58%) High Availability
8 5 (6.58%) Low Latency
8 5 (6.58%) Ultra-Low Latency
8 5 (6.58%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 10 (13.16%) Python
2 2 (2.63%) Bash
Qualifications
1 76 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 72 (94.74%) CCNP
3 22 (28.95%) Degree
4 9 (11.84%) CCSE
5 7 (9.21%) CCNA
5 7 (9.21%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (7.89%) CCSA
6 6 (7.89%) DV Cleared
6 6 (7.89%) Security Cleared
7 5 (6.58%) CISSP
8 4 (5.26%) AWS Certification
9 3 (3.95%) APMG
9 3 (3.95%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (3.95%) CISM
9 3 (3.95%) CITP
9 3 (3.95%) JNCIE
9 3 (3.95%) PMI Certification
9 3 (3.95%) PMP
10 2 (2.63%) JNCIP
10 2 (2.63%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.26%) SLA
2 3 (3.95%) GDPR
3 2 (2.63%) HIPAA
3 2 (2.63%) NIST
3 2 (2.63%) NIST 800
4 1 (1.32%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (7.89%) VMware NSX
3 2 (2.63%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.63%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.32%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (17.11%) Ansible
2 8 (10.53%) Terraform
3 5 (6.58%) FortiGate
4 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.32%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (1.32%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (1.32%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 64 (84.21%) Cisco
2 27 (35.53%) Palo Alto
3 22 (28.95%) Meraki
4 20 (26.32%) Fortinet
5 18 (23.68%) F5
6 16 (21.05%) CheckPoint
7 10 (13.16%) Arista
7 10 (13.16%) Aruba
8 9 (11.84%) HP
8 9 (11.84%) VMware
9 6 (7.89%) Citrix
10 4 (5.26%) Microsoft
11 3 (3.95%) LogicMonitor
12 2 (2.63%) Google
12 2 (2.63%) Red Hat
12 2 (2.63%) ServiceNow
13 1 (1.32%) Dynatrace
13 1 (1.32%) Juniper
13 1 (1.32%) Riverbed
13 1 (1.32%) SolarWinds