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 23 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 449 398 442
Rank change year-on-year -51 +44 -29
Permanent jobs citing CCIE 21 23 39
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.085% 0.14% 0.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.41% 0.40% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 16 16 31
10th Percentile - £50,782 £60,000
25th Percentile £71,250 £57,938 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.71% +3.70% -15.63%
75th Percentile £85,625 £82,188 £77,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £94,375 £82,500
UK median annual salary £77,500 £68,750 £67,500
% change year-on-year +12.73% +1.85% -15.63%

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 5,105 5,701 6,168
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.75% 35.28% 27.35%
Number of salaries quoted 3,202 2,311 2,937
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,000 £34,404
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,890 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -2.65% -3.42%

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 23 September 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 5 (23.81%) Azure
2 2 (9.52%) AWS
2 2 (9.52%) GCP
2 2 (9.52%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 12 (57.14%) WAN
2 11 (52.38%) Firewall
2 11 (52.38%) SD-WAN
3 7 (33.33%) Ethernet VPN
3 7 (33.33%) LAN
3 7 (33.33%) Network Security
3 7 (33.33%) VXLAN
4 6 (28.57%) Cisco Nexus
5 4 (19.05%) BGP
5 4 (19.05%) Wireless
6 3 (14.29%) NX-OS
6 3 (14.29%) OSPF
7 2 (9.52%) Cisco Wireless
7 2 (9.52%) MPLS
7 2 (9.52%) Multicast
7 2 (9.52%) Software-Defined Networking
7 2 (9.52%) VLAN
8 1 (4.76%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (4.76%) tcpdump
8 1 (4.76%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (4.76%) Git
2 1 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 6 (28.57%) Finance
2 5 (23.81%) Social Skills
3 2 (9.52%) Banking
3 2 (9.52%) Telecoms
4 1 (4.76%) Dutch Language
4 1 (4.76%) French Language
4 1 (4.76%) German Language
4 1 (4.76%) Italian Language
4 1 (4.76%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 9 (42.86%) Architect
1 9 (42.86%) Network Architect
2 7 (33.33%) Network Engineer
3 5 (23.81%) Solutions Architect
4 4 (19.05%) Consultant
4 4 (19.05%) Network Consultant
5 3 (14.29%) Cisco Engineer
5 3 (14.29%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 3 (14.29%) Senior
6 2 (9.52%) Automation Engineer
6 2 (9.52%) Data Centre Engineer
6 2 (9.52%) Principal Architect
6 2 (9.52%) Senior Network Engineer
7 1 (4.76%) IT Architect
7 1 (4.76%) Network Security Consultant
7 1 (4.76%) Presales Consultant
7 1 (4.76%) Project Manager
7 1 (4.76%) Security Consultant
7 1 (4.76%) Senior Network Architect
7 1 (4.76%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (19.05%) Terraform
2 1 (4.76%) Jinja
2 1 (4.76%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 11 (52.38%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.76%) ASIC
2 1 (4.76%) Client/Server
2 1 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.52%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (38.10%) Customer Engagement
1 8 (38.10%) Presales
1 8 (38.10%) Project Delivery
2 7 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
3 5 (23.81%) Infrastructure as Code
4 4 (19.05%) AI
4 4 (19.05%) Validation
5 3 (14.29%) Agile
5 3 (14.29%) Infrastructure Transformation
5 3 (14.29%) ITIL
5 3 (14.29%) Network Design
5 3 (14.29%) Roadmaps
5 3 (14.29%) Strategic Roadmap
5 3 (14.29%) Zero Trust
6 2 (9.52%) Customer Experience
6 2 (9.52%) Design Patterns
6 2 (9.52%) High Availability
6 2 (9.52%) Network Architecture
6 2 (9.52%) Translating Business Requirements
6 2 (9.52%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 7 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 21 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (76.19%) CCNP
3 3 (14.29%) JNCIE
4 2 (9.52%) AWS Certification
4 2 (9.52%) Azure Certification
4 2 (9.52%) CCIE Data Center
4 2 (9.52%) CCIE Security
4 2 (9.52%) CCNA
4 2 (9.52%) CCSA
4 2 (9.52%) CCSE
4 2 (9.52%) JNCIP
5 1 (4.76%) CCIE Routing and Switching
5 1 (4.76%) CISSP
5 1 (4.76%) Degree
5 1 (4.76%) PMP
5 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
5 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (4.76%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) iptables
Systems Management
1 7 (33.33%) Ansible
Vendors
1 20 (95.24%) Cisco
2 9 (42.86%) Palo Alto
3 7 (33.33%) Juniper
4 3 (14.29%) Arista
4 3 (14.29%) F5
4 3 (14.29%) Fortinet
5 2 (9.52%) CheckPoint
6 1 (4.76%) Meraki