Hybrid/Remote CCIE Routing and Switching Job Trends

Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) Routing and Switching
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid work with a requirement for CCIE Routing and Switching qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 10 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 465 - 476
Rank change year-on-year - - +27
Permanent jobs citing CCIE Routing and Switching 2 0 8
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.008% - 0.037%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.039% - 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -21.21%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £71,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 - £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -21.21%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

CCIE Routing and Switching 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 5,117 6,275 5,990
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.59% 37.63% 27.67%
Number of salaries quoted 3,150 2,262 2,744
10th Percentile £32,750 £30,956 £34,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -0.04%

CCIE Routing and Switching
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CCIE Routing and Switching and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

CCIE Routing and Switching job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

CCIE Routing and Switching
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing CCIE Routing and Switching.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing CCIE Routing and Switching

CCIE Routing and Switching
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 2 (100.00%) BGP
1 2 (100.00%) Ethernet VPN
1 2 (100.00%) VXLAN
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Firepower
2 1 (50.00%) Ethernet
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) HSRP
2 1 (50.00%) IPv4
2 1 (50.00%) IPv6
2 1 (50.00%) Multicast
2 1 (50.00%) OSPF
2 1 (50.00%) Spanning Tree
2 1 (50.00%) tcpdump
2 1 (50.00%) VLAN
2 1 (50.00%) VRRP
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Network Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (50.00%) ASIC
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) High Availability
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCIE
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) CCNP
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) iptables
1 1 (50.00%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Mellanox
1 1 (50.00%) NVIDIA
1 1 (50.00%) VMware