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

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 402 464 421
Rank change year-on-year +62 -43 +235
Permanent jobs citing CCIE 22 40 110
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.13% 0.17% 0.45%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.38% 0.63% 1.67%
Number of salaries quoted 15 31 48
10th Percentile £50,188 £60,000 £55,250
25th Percentile £57,125 £65,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -15.63% -4.76%
75th Percentile £79,375 £74,875 £90,000
90th Percentile £95,500 £82,500 £95,750
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% -18.75% -3.03%

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 5,720 6,378 6,579
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.07% 27.19% 26.66%
Number of salaries quoted 2,338 3,074 4,929
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 £55,762 £58,500
% change year-on-year -1.37% -4.68% +6.36%

CCIE
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

CCIE trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

CCIE
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing CCIE

CCIE
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing CCIE over the 6 months to 19 September 2025.

CCIE salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

CCIE
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 5 (22.73%) Azure
2 3 (13.64%) AWS
3 1 (4.55%) GCP
3 1 (4.55%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 18 (81.82%) Firewall
2 16 (72.73%) Network Security
3 15 (68.18%) SD-WAN
4 14 (63.64%) LAN
5 11 (50.00%) WAN
6 9 (40.91%) VPN
7 8 (36.36%) Wireless
8 6 (27.27%) Cisco Wireless
8 6 (27.27%) HSRP
8 6 (27.27%) VLAN
9 5 (22.73%) MPLS
10 4 (18.18%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (13.64%) BGP
11 3 (13.64%) Cisco ISE
11 3 (13.64%) TACACS
12 2 (9.09%) Cisco Firepower
12 2 (9.09%) OSPF
12 2 (9.09%) Software-Defined Networking
13 1 (4.55%) DHCP
13 1 (4.55%) DNS
General
1 6 (27.27%) Finance
1 6 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 4 (18.18%) Telecoms
3 3 (13.64%) Banking
4 2 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (9.09%) French Language
5 1 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.55%) Local Government
5 1 (4.55%) Manufacturing
5 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (54.55%) Network Engineer
2 4 (18.18%) Architect
2 4 (18.18%) Network Architect
2 4 (18.18%) Senior
3 3 (13.64%) Senior Network Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Network Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Automation Architect
5 1 (4.55%) Cloud Architect
5 1 (4.55%) Cloud Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Network Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Network Security Architect
5 1 (4.55%) Network Security Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Network Specialist
5 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Security Architect
5 1 (4.55%) Security Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 1 (4.55%) Senior Network Specialist
5 1 (4.55%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.09%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Data Centre
2 2 (9.09%) Virtual Team
3 1 (4.55%) CMDB
3 1 (4.55%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.55%) Linux
1 1 (4.55%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (36.36%) High Availability
1 8 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (31.82%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (27.27%) Security Architecture
4 5 (22.73%) Roadmaps
4 5 (22.73%) Zero Trust
5 4 (18.18%) Network Architecture
5 4 (18.18%) Network Segmentation
6 3 (13.64%) Computer Science
6 3 (13.64%) DevOps
6 3 (13.64%) Innovative Thinking
6 3 (13.64%) ITIL
6 3 (13.64%) Mentoring
6 3 (13.64%) Network Design
6 3 (13.64%) Network Monitoring
6 3 (13.64%) Performance Optimisation
6 3 (13.64%) Service Delivery
6 3 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (13.64%) TOGAF
7 2 (9.09%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.64%) Python
Qualifications
1 22 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 17 (77.27%) CCNP
3 3 (13.64%) CCNA
3 3 (13.64%) CISSP
3 3 (13.64%) Degree
3 3 (13.64%) SC Cleared
3 3 (13.64%) Security Cleared
4 2 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (9.09%) JNCIE
4 2 (9.09%) JNCIP
4 2 (9.09%) Master's Degree
5 1 (4.55%) AWS Certification
5 1 (4.55%) Azure Certification
5 1 (4.55%) CCDE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (18.18%) NIST
2 2 (9.09%) GDPR
2 2 (9.09%) HIPAA
2 2 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (9.09%) NIST 800
3 1 (4.55%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 4 (18.18%) Ansible
2 2 (9.09%) Terraform
3 1 (4.55%) FortiGate
3 1 (4.55%) Nagios
Vendors
1 19 (86.36%) Cisco
2 6 (27.27%) Palo Alto
3 3 (13.64%) Fortinet
3 3 (13.64%) Juniper
4 2 (9.09%) Arista
4 2 (9.09%) Aruba
4 2 (9.09%) CheckPoint
4 2 (9.09%) Meraki
4 2 (9.09%) SolarWinds
5 1 (4.55%) F5
5 1 (4.55%) HP
5 1 (4.55%) Microsoft
5 1 (4.55%) Oracle