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 1 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 396 410 508
Rank change year-on-year +14 +98 -56
Permanent jobs citing CCIE 29 14 68
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.14% 0.088% 0.20%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.66% 0.26% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 22 9 46
10th Percentile £70,125 £52,563 -
25th Percentile £71,250 £55,500 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.23% +8.33% -25.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £91,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £77,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +19.23% +4.00% -20.63%

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 4,362 5,372 8,908
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 21.05% 33.81% 26.64%
Number of salaries quoted 3,027 2,407 5,757
10th Percentile £33,250 £28,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,300 £60,000 £56,525
Median % change year-on-year +3.83% +6.15% -5.79%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £86,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £52,777
% change year-on-year +9.09% +4.21% -12.04%

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 1 July 2026.

CCIE salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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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 9 (31.03%) Azure
2 8 (27.59%) AWS
3 5 (17.24%) GCP
4 3 (10.34%) OCI
5 2 (6.90%) AWS Direct Connect
Communications & Networking
1 19 (65.52%) Firewall
1 19 (65.52%) SD-WAN
2 18 (62.07%) WAN
3 13 (44.83%) LAN
4 10 (34.48%) Network Security
4 10 (34.48%) Wireless
5 5 (17.24%) VXLAN
5 5 (17.24%) WLAN
6 4 (13.79%) Cisco Wireless
6 4 (13.79%) MPLS
6 4 (13.79%) VLAN
7 3 (10.34%) Cisco Firepower
7 3 (10.34%) Cisco ISE
7 3 (10.34%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (10.34%) Ethernet VPN
7 3 (10.34%) Software-Defined Networking
7 3 (10.34%) VPN
7 3 (10.34%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (6.90%) BGP
8 2 (6.90%) OSPF
General
1 11 (37.93%) Finance
1 11 (37.93%) Social Skills
2 5 (17.24%) Military
3 3 (10.34%) Banking
3 3 (10.34%) Telecoms
4 2 (6.90%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.45%) Dutch Language
5 1 (3.45%) French Language
5 1 (3.45%) German Language
5 1 (3.45%) Italian Language
5 1 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 11 (37.93%) Network Engineer
2 10 (34.48%) Architect
2 10 (34.48%) Network Architect
3 5 (17.24%) Consultant
3 5 (17.24%) Network Consultant
3 5 (17.24%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (10.34%) Principal Architect
4 3 (10.34%) Senior
5 2 (6.90%) Sales Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Senior Network Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Automation Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) IT Architect
6 1 (3.45%) Network Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Network Operations Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Operations Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Senior Architect
6 1 (3.45%) Senior Network Architect
Miscellaneous
1 10 (34.48%) Data Centre
2 2 (6.90%) Cloud Native
2 2 (6.90%) Private Cloud
3 1 (3.45%) Client/Server
3 1 (3.45%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.34%) Windows
2 2 (6.90%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (41.38%) Technical Leadership
2 11 (37.93%) Presales
3 9 (31.03%) Customer Engagement
4 8 (27.59%) Project Delivery
5 7 (24.14%) Roadmaps
6 6 (20.69%) High Availability
7 5 (17.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 5 (17.24%) Zero Trust
8 4 (13.79%) Computer Science
8 4 (13.79%) Infrastructure Transformation
8 4 (13.79%) Strategic Roadmap
8 4 (13.79%) Translating Business Requirements
9 3 (10.34%) Agile
9 3 (10.34%) AI
9 3 (10.34%) Customer Requirements
9 3 (10.34%) Infrastructure as Code
9 3 (10.34%) ITIL
9 3 (10.34%) PRINCE2
9 3 (10.34%) Scrum
9 3 (10.34%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (13.79%) Python
Qualifications
1 29 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 21 (72.41%) CCNP
3 7 (24.14%) SC Cleared
3 7 (24.14%) Security Cleared
4 5 (17.24%) CCNA
4 5 (17.24%) CCSA
4 5 (17.24%) CCSE
4 5 (17.24%) DV Cleared
5 4 (13.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (13.79%) Degree
5 4 (13.79%) JNCIE
5 4 (13.79%) JNCIP
6 3 (10.34%) AWS Certification
6 3 (10.34%) Azure Certification
6 3 (10.34%) CCIE Security
7 1 (3.45%) CISSP
7 1 (3.45%) Master's Degree
7 1 (3.45%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (3.45%) NIST
Systems Management
1 5 (17.24%) Terraform
2 4 (13.79%) Ansible
3 2 (6.90%) OpenView
3 2 (6.90%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 24 (82.76%) Cisco
2 11 (37.93%) Palo Alto
3 8 (27.59%) Juniper
4 7 (24.14%) Fortinet
5 6 (20.69%) CheckPoint
6 3 (10.34%) F5
7 2 (6.90%) ArcSight
7 2 (6.90%) Dynatrace
7 2 (6.90%) EMC
7 2 (6.90%) ExtraHop
7 2 (6.90%) HP
7 2 (6.90%) Meraki
7 2 (6.90%) Riverbed
7 2 (6.90%) SolarWinds
8 1 (3.45%) Arista
8 1 (3.45%) Radware
8 1 (3.45%) Siebel