Hybrid/Remote CCIE Job Trends

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

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid work with a requirement for CCIE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 355 407 428
Rank change year-on-year +52 +21 +132
Permanent jobs citing CCIE 16 25 61
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.11% 0.15% 0.28%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.32% 0.54% 1.04%
Number of salaries quoted 10 23 59
10th Percentile £67,050 £63,150 -
25th Percentile - £65,625 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £76,500 £76,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.50% +0.66% -5.00%
75th Percentile £107,188 £82,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £119,375 £95,000 -
UK median annual salary £70,000 £80,000 £75,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +5.96% -5.63%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,944 4,669 5,856
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 33.07% 28.41% 26.91%
Number of salaries quoted 2,457 2,383 4,210
10th Percentile £30,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,644 £59,528
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% +3.56% -0.79%
75th Percentile £78,500 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £93,300 £90,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,499 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.56% +3.48% -

CCIE
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

CCIE job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

CCIE
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

CCIE
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing CCIE over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

CCIE salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

CCIE
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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (18.75%) AWS
2 1 (6.25%) AWS Direct Connect
2 1 (6.25%) Azure
2 1 (6.25%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 12 (75.00%) SD-WAN
2 11 (68.75%) Firewall
3 10 (62.50%) Network Security
4 9 (56.25%) LAN
5 8 (50.00%) WAN
6 6 (37.50%) MPLS
6 6 (37.50%) VLAN
7 5 (31.25%) Cisco Wireless
7 5 (31.25%) HSRP
7 5 (31.25%) Wireless
8 3 (18.75%) VoIP
8 3 (18.75%) VPN
9 2 (12.50%) BGP
9 2 (12.50%) EIGRP
9 2 (12.50%) OSPF
10 1 (6.25%) ATM
10 1 (6.25%) Frame Relay
10 1 (6.25%) SNMP
10 1 (6.25%) TCP/IP
10 1 (6.25%) Wi-Fi
General
1 5 (31.25%) Finance
2 4 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (18.75%) Manufacturing
4 1 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (6.25%) Law
4 1 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
4 1 (6.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (75.00%) Network Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Lead
3 2 (12.50%) Lead Network Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Senior
3 2 (12.50%) Senior Network Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Cisco Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Network Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Principal Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Sales Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Switch Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) WAN Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Data Centre
2 3 (18.75%) CMDB
3 2 (12.50%) Virtual Team
4 1 (6.25%) Private Cloud
4 1 (6.25%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (31.25%) Windows
2 4 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) High Availability
2 4 (25.00%) Change Control
2 4 (25.00%) ITIL
2 4 (25.00%) ITSM
3 3 (18.75%) Asset Management
3 3 (18.75%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (18.75%) Mentoring
3 3 (18.75%) Network Design
3 3 (18.75%) Roadmaps
3 3 (18.75%) Service Delivery
3 3 (18.75%) Service Management
3 3 (18.75%) Use Case
4 2 (12.50%) Cloud Security
4 2 (12.50%) Security Architecture
4 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (12.50%) Strategic Planning
5 1 (6.25%) Coaching
5 1 (6.25%) Computer Science
5 1 (6.25%) Incident Management
5 1 (6.25%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 16 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (68.75%) CCNP
3 6 (37.50%) Security Cleared
4 5 (31.25%) SC Cleared
5 2 (12.50%) CCDE
6 1 (6.25%) AWS Certification
6 1 (6.25%) Azure Certification
6 1 (6.25%) CCNA
6 1 (6.25%) Degree
6 1 (6.25%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (6.25%) NIST
Systems Management
1 3 (18.75%) Nagios
2 1 (6.25%) OpenView
2 1 (6.25%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 16 (100.00%) Cisco
2 4 (25.00%) CheckPoint
2 4 (25.00%) Fortinet
2 4 (25.00%) Palo Alto
3 3 (18.75%) F5
3 3 (18.75%) Juniper
4 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
5 1 (6.25%) ArcSight
5 1 (6.25%) EMC
5 1 (6.25%) ExtraHop
5 1 (6.25%) HP
5 1 (6.25%) Meraki
5 1 (6.25%) Riverbed
5 1 (6.25%) Siebel
5 1 (6.25%) Sophos