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

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 620 756 813
Rank change year-on-year +136 +57 +81
Permanent jobs citing CCIE 72 140 176
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.14% 0.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.28% 0.51% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 53 104 152
10th Percentile £57,500 - £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 £75,938 £86,563
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £50,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +30.00% -23.08% -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 25,404 27,420 33,991
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 48.81% 27.84% 32.71%
Number of salaries quoted 11,182 17,336 15,221
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 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -6.90% +5.45%
75th Percentile £68,568 £71,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -0.99% +1.00%

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 May 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 May 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 +118 68 £80,000 +33.33% 34
UK excluding London +148 38 £65,000 +30.00% 16
London +111 34 £82,500 +9.27% 21
Work from Home +140 14 £65,000 +34.02% 21
North of England +74 13 £80,000 +33.33% 1
Midlands +55 13 £65,000 +34.02% 4
East Midlands +58 9 £65,000 +25.73% 2
North West +30 7 £80,000 +39.13%
South West +100 4 £80,000 +64.95% 3
Yorkshire +65 4 £80,000 +22.98% 1
West Midlands +15 4 £72,300 +49.07% 2
South East +96 3 £67,989 +13.32% 5
Scotland +129 2 £80,000 +6.67% 1
Wales +45 2 £65,000 - 2
North East - 2 £80,000 -
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 (6.94%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (6.94%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (6.94%) MS Visio
2 2 (2.78%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 29 (40.28%) Azure
2 15 (20.83%) AWS
3 3 (4.17%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (1.39%) AWS Direct Connect
4 1 (1.39%) GCP
4 1 (1.39%) IaaS
4 1 (1.39%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.39%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 51 (70.83%) LAN
2 36 (50.00%) Firewall
2 36 (50.00%) WAN
3 33 (45.83%) Wireless
4 27 (37.50%) Cisco Nexus
5 22 (30.56%) SD-WAN
5 22 (30.56%) VPN
6 19 (26.39%) BGP
6 19 (26.39%) Network Security
7 18 (25.00%) OSPF
8 13 (18.06%) MPLS
9 12 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
10 11 (15.28%) Cisco ISE
11 10 (13.89%) Cisco Firepower
12 8 (11.11%) TCP/IP
13 6 (8.33%) TACACS
13 6 (8.33%) VLAN
13 6 (8.33%) WLAN
14 5 (6.94%) Intrusion Detection
15 4 (5.56%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.17%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 3 (4.17%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 28 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 16 (22.22%) Banking
3 14 (19.44%) Telecoms
4 9 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
5 8 (11.11%) Finance
6 5 (6.94%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (6.94%) Public Sector
6 5 (6.94%) Retail
7 3 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (4.17%) Marketing
7 3 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.39%) German Language
Job Titles
1 26 (36.11%) Senior
2 25 (34.72%) Network Engineer
3 21 (29.17%) Consultant
4 18 (25.00%) Network Consultant
4 18 (25.00%) Senior Consultant
4 18 (25.00%) Senior Network Consultant
5 14 (19.44%) Cisco Engineer
6 9 (12.50%) Architect
7 7 (9.72%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 7 (9.72%) 3rd Line Support
7 7 (9.72%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 7 (9.72%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 7 (9.72%) Cisco Support
7 7 (9.72%) Cisco Support Engineer
7 7 (9.72%) Network Architect
7 7 (9.72%) Project Engineer
7 7 (9.72%) Senior Network Engineer
7 7 (9.72%) Support Engineer
8 6 (8.33%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
9 5 (6.94%) Network Deployment Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (11.11%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 10 (13.89%) Data Centre
2 4 (5.56%) IoT
3 3 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.78%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (2.78%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.39%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.39%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.39%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.39%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (25.00%) Migration
2 13 (18.06%) Zero Trust
3 12 (16.67%) Presales
4 11 (15.28%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (13.89%) Change Management
5 10 (13.89%) Network Virtualisation
6 9 (12.50%) Network Design
7 8 (11.11%) Computer Science
7 8 (11.11%) Project Delivery
7 8 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
8 6 (8.33%) Load Balancing
8 6 (8.33%) Network Management
8 6 (8.33%) Performance Optimisation
9 5 (6.94%) Change Control
9 5 (6.94%) Client Onboarding
9 5 (6.94%) Customer Engagement
9 5 (6.94%) Low Latency
9 5 (6.94%) Network Segmentation
9 5 (6.94%) Ultra-Low Latency
Programming Languages
1 10 (13.89%) Python
2 2 (2.78%) Bash
Qualifications
1 72 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 69 (95.83%) CCNP
3 22 (30.56%) Degree
4 9 (12.50%) CCSE
5 7 (9.72%) CCNA
6 6 (8.33%) CCSA
6 6 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (8.33%) DV Cleared
6 6 (8.33%) Security Cleared
7 5 (6.94%) CISSP
8 3 (4.17%) APMG
8 3 (4.17%) AWS Certification
8 3 (4.17%) CISM
8 3 (4.17%) JNCIE
8 3 (4.17%) PMI Certification
8 3 (4.17%) PMP
9 2 (2.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (2.78%) CITP
9 2 (2.78%) JNCIP
9 2 (2.78%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.56%) SLA
2 3 (4.17%) GDPR
3 2 (2.78%) HIPAA
3 2 (2.78%) NIST
3 2 (2.78%) NIST 800
4 1 (1.39%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (9.72%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (8.33%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 11 (15.28%) Ansible
2 6 (8.33%) Terraform
3 5 (6.94%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 61 (84.72%) Cisco
2 26 (36.11%) Palo Alto
3 20 (27.78%) Fortinet
3 20 (27.78%) Meraki
4 18 (25.00%) F5
5 16 (22.22%) CheckPoint
6 10 (13.89%) Arista
7 9 (12.50%) Aruba
7 9 (12.50%) HP
8 8 (11.11%) VMware
9 6 (8.33%) Citrix
10 3 (4.17%) LogicMonitor
11 2 (2.78%) Microsoft
11 2 (2.78%) ServiceNow
12 1 (1.39%) Dynatrace
12 1 (1.39%) Juniper
12 1 (1.39%) SolarWinds