Hybrid/Remote CCDE Job Trends

Cisco Certified Design Expert (CCDE)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid work with a requirement for CCDE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 424 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing CCDE 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.006% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.018% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £108,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £112,500 - -
75th Percentile £116,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £112,500 - £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -13.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

CCDE 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 with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,670 6,348 6,689
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.01% 27.28% 26.66%
Number of salaries quoted 2,312 3,081 5,032
10th Percentile £31,000 £34,375 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,500 £58,000
% change year-on-year -0.90% -4.31% +5.45%

CCDE
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing CCDE as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

CCDE trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

CCDE
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing CCDE.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing CCDE

CCDE
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Planning
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto