CCIE Job Trends in the West Midlands

Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for CCIE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 179 186 153
Rank change year-on-year +7 -33 +127
Permanent jobs citing CCIE 1 12 22
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.019% 0.28% 0.66%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.047% 0.74% 2.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1 7 22
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72,500 £63,150 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £64,600 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.10% +33.20% -42.94%
75th Percentile £77,500 £74,275 £82,500
90th Percentile - £82,500 £84,875
England median annual salary £70,000 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +6.67% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,117 1,613 1,017
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 40.25% 37.19% 30.43%
Number of salaries quoted 522 507 865
10th Percentile £27,699 £32,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £32,214 £41,438 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £66,188 £66,000 £61,700
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £73,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

CCIE job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

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Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing CCIE.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing CCIE

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Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCIE within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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
Birmingham +20 1 £75,000 +16.10%
CCIE
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Presales
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Meraki