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

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 437 398 454
Rank change year-on-year -39 +56 -39
Permanent jobs citing CCIE 25 22 43
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.11% 0.14% 0.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.51% 0.39% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 19 15 33
10th Percentile £70,250 £50,188 £57,500
25th Percentile £71,250 £57,125 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.71% +3.70% -15.63%
75th Percentile £89,375 £79,375 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,500 £81,450
UK median annual salary £77,500 £66,250 £65,000
% change year-on-year +16.98% +1.92% -18.75%

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 4,895 5,585 6,335
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.58% 34.50% 27.16%
Number of salaries quoted 3,132 2,353 3,145
10th Percentile £33,750 £30,500 £34,375
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,895 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £59,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.04% -0.83% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -5.44%

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 9 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 7 (28.00%) Azure
2 4 (16.00%) AWS
2 4 (16.00%) GCP
3 3 (12.00%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 15 (60.00%) WAN
2 14 (56.00%) SD-WAN
3 13 (52.00%) Firewall
4 11 (44.00%) LAN
5 9 (36.00%) Network Security
6 7 (28.00%) Ethernet VPN
6 7 (28.00%) VXLAN
7 6 (24.00%) Cisco Nexus
7 6 (24.00%) Wireless
8 4 (16.00%) BGP
9 3 (12.00%) Cisco Wireless
9 3 (12.00%) MPLS
9 3 (12.00%) NX-OS
9 3 (12.00%) OSPF
9 3 (12.00%) Software-Defined Networking
9 3 (12.00%) VLAN
10 2 (8.00%) Multicast
11 1 (4.00%) Cisco IOS
11 1 (4.00%) HSRP
11 1 (4.00%) tcpdump
Development Applications
1 3 (12.00%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (4.00%) Git
2 1 (4.00%) JIRA
General
1 8 (32.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (28.00%) Finance
3 3 (12.00%) Banking
3 3 (12.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (4.00%) Dutch Language
4 1 (4.00%) French Language
4 1 (4.00%) German Language
4 1 (4.00%) Italian Language
4 1 (4.00%) Military
4 1 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.00%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 10 (40.00%) Architect
1 10 (40.00%) Network Architect
2 8 (32.00%) Network Engineer
3 5 (20.00%) Consultant
3 5 (20.00%) Network Consultant
3 5 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (12.00%) Cisco Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) Principal Architect
4 3 (12.00%) Senior
5 2 (8.00%) Automation Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Data Centre Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Senior Network Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) IT Architect
6 1 (4.00%) Network Security Consultant
6 1 (4.00%) Presales Consultant
6 1 (4.00%) Security Consultant
6 1 (4.00%) Senior Network Architect
6 1 (4.00%) Technical Manager
6 1 (4.00%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (20.00%) Terraform
2 1 (4.00%) Jinja
2 1 (4.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 12 (48.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.00%) ASIC
2 1 (4.00%) Client/Server
2 1 (4.00%) Private Cloud
2 1 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.00%) Linux
2 1 (4.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (40.00%) Presales
1 10 (40.00%) Project Delivery
2 9 (36.00%) Technical Leadership
3 8 (32.00%) Customer Engagement
4 6 (24.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 6 (24.00%) Roadmaps
5 4 (16.00%) Agile
5 4 (16.00%) AI
5 4 (16.00%) High Availability
5 4 (16.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
5 4 (16.00%) ITIL
5 4 (16.00%) Strategic Roadmap
5 4 (16.00%) Validation
5 4 (16.00%) Zero Trust
6 3 (12.00%) Network Architecture
6 3 (12.00%) Network Design
6 3 (12.00%) PRINCE2
6 3 (12.00%) Scrum
6 3 (12.00%) Service Management
6 3 (12.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 8 (32.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 25 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 20 (80.00%) CCNP
3 4 (16.00%) JNCIE
4 3 (12.00%) AWS Certification
4 3 (12.00%) Azure Certification
4 3 (12.00%) CCIE Security
4 3 (12.00%) CCNA
4 3 (12.00%) CCSA
4 3 (12.00%) CCSE
4 3 (12.00%) JNCIP
4 3 (12.00%) SC Cleared
4 3 (12.00%) Security Cleared
5 2 (8.00%) CCIE Data Center
5 2 (8.00%) Degree
6 1 (4.00%) CCIE Routing and Switching
6 1 (4.00%) CISSP
6 1 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (4.00%) DV Cleared
6 1 (4.00%) Master's Degree
6 1 (4.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (4.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (4.00%) iptables
Systems Management
1 8 (32.00%) Ansible
2 1 (4.00%) OpenView
2 1 (4.00%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 23 (92.00%) Cisco
2 10 (40.00%) Palo Alto
3 7 (28.00%) Juniper
4 4 (16.00%) Fortinet
5 3 (12.00%) Arista
5 3 (12.00%) CheckPoint
5 3 (12.00%) F5
6 1 (4.00%) ArcSight
6 1 (4.00%) EMC
6 1 (4.00%) ExtraHop
6 1 (4.00%) HP
6 1 (4.00%) Meraki
6 1 (4.00%) Riverbed
6 1 (4.00%) Siebel