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 1 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 598 717 790
Rank change year-on-year +119 +73 +110
Permanent jobs citing CCIE 80 147 206
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.16% 0.19%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.34% 0.57% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 62 115 174
10th Percentile £57,500 - £56,500
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 £83,438 £85,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,750 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £50,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year +28.08% -21.92% -7.14%

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 23,308 25,785 36,035
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 46.17% 27.93% 32.53%
Number of salaries quoted 10,544 16,771 15,781
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,750 £41,374
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £87,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -

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 1 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 1 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 +105 76 £80,000 +33.33% 60
London +95 41 £82,500 +3.13% 45
UK excluding London +151 38 £65,000 +28.08% 21
Work from Home +104 18 £76,500 +57.73% 36
Midlands +35 16 £65,000 +34.02% 1
North of England +84 11 £80,000 +33.89% 5
East Midlands +59 9 £65,000 +25.73%
West Midlands +9 7 £64,600 +33.20% 1
North West +42 5 £80,000 +39.74% 3
South West +94 4 £80,000 +64.95% 2
Yorkshire +55 4 £80,000 +22.98% 2
South East +93 3 £67,989 +13.32% 9
Scotland +113 2 £80,000 +17.59% 2
North East +40 2 £80,000 -5.88%
East of England +57 1 £65,000 +18.18%
Wales +44 1 - -

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 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (6.25%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 32 (40.00%) Azure
2 17 (21.25%) AWS
3 4 (5.00%) OpenShift
4 3 (3.75%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 2 (2.50%) Google Workspace
5 2 (2.50%) IaaS
5 2 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.25%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 54 (67.50%) LAN
2 39 (48.75%) WAN
3 37 (46.25%) Firewall
4 34 (42.50%) Wireless
5 28 (35.00%) Cisco Nexus
6 22 (27.50%) Network Security
6 22 (27.50%) SD-WAN
7 21 (26.25%) BGP
7 21 (26.25%) VPN
8 20 (25.00%) OSPF
9 17 (21.25%) MPLS
10 16 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
11 11 (13.75%) Cisco Firepower
12 10 (12.50%) Cisco ISE
12 10 (12.50%) TCP/IP
13 9 (11.25%) Internet
13 9 (11.25%) WLAN
14 6 (7.50%) Intrusion Detection
15 5 (6.25%) BIG-IP
15 5 (6.25%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.25%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 3 (3.75%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 31 (38.75%) Social Skills
2 15 (18.75%) Banking
3 13 (16.25%) Telecoms
4 12 (15.00%) Finance
5 11 (13.75%) Presentation Skills
6 9 (11.25%) Public Sector
7 7 (8.75%) Retail
8 6 (7.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (6.25%) Marketing
9 5 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (3.75%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 32 (40.00%) Senior
2 24 (30.00%) Consultant
3 23 (28.75%) Network Engineer
4 19 (23.75%) Senior Consultant
5 18 (22.50%) Network Consultant
5 18 (22.50%) Senior Network Consultant
6 15 (18.75%) Cisco Engineer
7 10 (12.50%) Architect
8 9 (11.25%) Network Architect
9 7 (8.75%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 7 (8.75%) 3rd Line Support
9 7 (8.75%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 7 (8.75%) Cisco Support
9 7 (8.75%) Cisco Support Engineer
9 7 (8.75%) Lead
9 7 (8.75%) Project Engineer
9 7 (8.75%) Senior Network Engineer
9 7 (8.75%) Support Engineer
10 6 (7.50%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 6 (7.50%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (8.75%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 13 (16.25%) Data Centre
2 5 (6.25%) Operational Technology
3 4 (5.00%) IoT
4 2 (2.50%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.25%) Clustering
5 1 (1.25%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.25%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.50%) Linux
1 2 (2.50%) Windows
1 2 (2.50%) Windows 10
1 2 (2.50%) Windows Server 2019
2 1 (1.25%) Mac OS
2 1 (1.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (1.25%) Ubuntu
2 1 (1.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (22.50%) Migration
2 15 (18.75%) Presales
3 14 (17.50%) Network Design
4 11 (13.75%) Network Virtualisation
4 11 (13.75%) Zero Trust
5 10 (12.50%) Customer Engagement
5 10 (12.50%) Project Delivery
6 9 (11.25%) Change Management
6 9 (11.25%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (10.00%) Computer Science
7 8 (10.00%) High Availability
8 6 (7.50%) Load Balancing
8 6 (7.50%) Network Management
8 6 (7.50%) Roadmaps
8 6 (7.50%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (6.25%) Cost Reduction
9 5 (6.25%) Inventory Management
9 5 (6.25%) Observability
9 5 (6.25%) Product Roadmap
9 5 (6.25%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 11 (13.75%) Python
2 2 (2.50%) Bash
3 1 (1.25%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 80 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 72 (90.00%) CCNP
3 20 (25.00%) Degree
4 10 (12.50%) CCSE
5 8 (10.00%) CCNA
6 7 (8.75%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (7.50%) CISSP
7 6 (7.50%) DV Cleared
7 6 (7.50%) Security Cleared
8 5 (6.25%) APMG
8 5 (6.25%) AWS Certification
8 5 (6.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 5 (6.25%) CCSA
8 5 (6.25%) CISM
8 5 (6.25%) CITP
9 4 (5.00%) CCIE Data Center
9 4 (5.00%) RHCA
9 4 (5.00%) VCDX
10 2 (2.50%) CCIE Routing and Switching
10 2 (2.50%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.00%) SLA
2 1 (1.25%) GDPR
2 1 (1.25%) NIST
2 1 (1.25%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 11 (13.75%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (7.50%) VMware NSX
3 4 (5.00%) vSphere
4 2 (2.50%) Active Directory
4 2 (2.50%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 18 (22.50%) Ansible
2 13 (16.25%) Terraform
3 5 (6.25%) FortiGate
4 4 (5.00%) Kubernetes
5 2 (2.50%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (1.25%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (1.25%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (1.25%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 70 (87.50%) Cisco
2 31 (38.75%) Palo Alto
3 23 (28.75%) Meraki
4 22 (27.50%) Fortinet
5 21 (26.25%) F5
6 19 (23.75%) CheckPoint
7 12 (15.00%) Arista
7 12 (15.00%) VMware
8 10 (12.50%) Aruba
9 9 (11.25%) HP
10 6 (7.50%) Citrix
11 5 (6.25%) Microsoft
11 5 (6.25%) Red Hat
12 3 (3.75%) LogicMonitor
13 2 (2.50%) Google
14 1 (1.25%) Blue Coat
14 1 (1.25%) Juniper
14 1 (1.25%) Riverbed
14 1 (1.25%) SolarWinds
14 1 (1.25%) Symantec