Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for CCIE qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 464 579 650
Rank change year-on-year +115 +71 -116
Contract jobs citing CCIE 127 128 213
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.29% 0.21% 0.24%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.95% 0.78% 1.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 79 163
10th Percentile £363 £425 £401
25th Percentile £425 £475 £477
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +16.67%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £775 £706 £708
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £37.50 - -
25th Percentile £38.75 - -
Median hourly rate £40.00 - -
75th Percentile £41.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CCIE is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 13,393 16,479 19,230
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.68% 27.33% 21.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,265 10,989 12,632
10th Percentile £300 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% +4.76% +8.81%
75th Percentile £648 £650 £625
90th Percentile £738 £740 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,062 872 784
10th Percentile £13.85 £15.25 £13.44
25th Percentile £17.80 £20.22 £19.20
Median hourly rate £40.00 £54.28 £40.93
Median % change year-on-year -26.31% +32.62% +6.31%
75th Percentile £61.30 £68.56 £56.31
90th Percentile £75.22 £79.98 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.13 £50.00 £31.00
% change year-on-year -19.75% +61.29% -10.25%

CCIE
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CCIE as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CCIE in the UK

CCIE
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CCIE.

Daily rate trend for CCIE in the UK

CCIE
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CCIE over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CCIE in the UK

CCIE
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CCIE.

Hourly rate trend for CCIE in the UK

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Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCIE within the UK over the 6 months to 23 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +111 104 £525 -4.55% 25
London +105 59 £550 -8.33% 14
Work from Home +103 49 £550 - 10
UK excluding London +51 42 £500 - 12
West Midlands +49 13 £750 -
Midlands +45 13 £750 +66.67%
North of England +31 13 £600 +9.09% 3
North West +20 11 £750 +42.86% 2
South East +11 9 £420 -16.00% 3
South West +20 4 £438 -32.69% 4
East of England +12 3 £425 +13.33%
Scotland +35 2 £555 +11.00% 1
Yorkshire +18 2 £550 - 1

CCIE
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 4 (3.15%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 12 (9.45%) Azure
2 8 (6.30%) AWS
3 7 (5.51%) GCP
4 4 (3.15%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (2.36%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 3 (2.36%) Azure Monitor
5 3 (2.36%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (2.36%) Entra ID
5 3 (2.36%) SaaS
6 2 (1.57%) Catchpoint
7 1 (0.79%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 44 (34.65%) Firewall
2 33 (25.98%) MPLS
3 30 (23.62%) BGP
4 29 (22.83%) Network Security
4 29 (22.83%) WAN
5 26 (20.47%) LAN
6 23 (18.11%) VPN
7 20 (15.75%) Cisco Nexus
8 18 (14.17%) SD-WAN
9 17 (13.39%) OSPF
10 15 (11.81%) Cisco ASA
11 14 (11.02%) DNS
11 14 (11.02%) VoIP
11 14 (11.02%) Wireless
12 13 (10.24%) Cisco IOS
13 12 (9.45%) Internet
14 11 (8.66%) IOS XR
14 11 (8.66%) IPv4
14 11 (8.66%) RSVP
14 11 (8.66%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.79%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.57%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 39 (30.71%) Social Skills
2 21 (16.54%) Finance
3 14 (11.02%) Telecoms
4 11 (8.66%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (5.51%) Public Sector
6 6 (4.72%) Legal
7 5 (3.94%) Banking
7 5 (3.94%) Marketing
7 5 (3.94%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (2.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.57%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.79%) Arabic Language
10 1 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.79%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 64 (50.39%) Network Engineer
2 19 (14.96%) Architect
3 17 (13.39%) Senior
4 15 (11.81%) Consultant
5 14 (11.02%) Network Architect
5 14 (11.02%) Network Consultant
6 9 (7.09%) Cisco Expert
6 9 (7.09%) IP Expert
6 9 (7.09%) Senior Network Engineer
7 8 (6.30%) Cisco Engineer
7 8 (6.30%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 8 (6.30%) Network Manager
8 7 (5.51%) Senior Consultant
8 7 (5.51%) Senior Network Consultant
9 5 (3.94%) Enterprise Architect
9 5 (3.94%) Security Manager
10 4 (3.15%) Cisco Architect
10 4 (3.15%) Cisco Network Architect
10 4 (3.15%) Juniper Engineer
10 4 (3.15%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.09%) Jinja
1 9 (7.09%) JSON
1 9 (7.09%) NETCONF
1 9 (7.09%) Web Services
1 9 (7.09%) XML
1 9 (7.09%) YANG
2 3 (2.36%) SAML
3 1 (0.79%) MFC
3 1 (0.79%) web3js
3 1 (0.79%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 35 (27.56%) Data Centre
2 9 (7.09%) Distributed Architecture
2 9 (7.09%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 5 (3.94%) Management Information System
3 5 (3.94%) Social Media
4 4 (3.15%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (2.36%) Cloud Native
5 3 (2.36%) PKI
6 2 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.57%) Fibre Optics
6 2 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.79%) Blockchain
7 1 (0.79%) Handset
7 1 (0.79%) IPTV
7 1 (0.79%) NHS
7 1 (0.79%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.36%) Linux
1 3 (2.36%) Windows
2 1 (0.79%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (20.47%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (15.75%) Network Design
3 17 (13.39%) Mentoring
4 12 (9.45%) Computer Science
4 12 (9.45%) Network Architecture
4 12 (9.45%) Project Management
5 11 (8.66%) DevOps
5 11 (8.66%) Network Monitoring
5 11 (8.66%) Network Virtualisation
6 10 (7.87%) Programme Management
6 10 (7.87%) Storage Management
7 9 (7.09%) Analytics
7 9 (7.09%) Architectural Design
7 9 (7.09%) Configuration Management
7 9 (7.09%) Data Analytics
7 9 (7.09%) Migration
7 9 (7.09%) Performance Management
7 9 (7.09%) SOA
7 9 (7.09%) Test Planning
8 8 (6.30%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 8 (6.30%) Python
2 3 (2.36%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.57%) Perl
Qualifications
1 127 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 85 (66.93%) CCNP
3 15 (11.81%) Degree
4 13 (10.24%) CCNA
5 12 (9.45%) CCIE Service Provider
6 10 (7.87%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (7.09%) CCIE Data Center
7 9 (7.09%) CCIE Security
8 7 (5.51%) CISSP
8 7 (5.51%) JNCIE
9 5 (3.94%) Security Cleared
10 3 (2.36%) CISM
10 3 (2.36%) JNCIP
10 3 (2.36%) SC Cleared
11 2 (1.57%) CCDA
11 2 (1.57%) CCDP
11 2 (1.57%) CCSP
11 2 (1.57%) CISA
11 2 (1.57%) CSSLP
11 2 (1.57%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.57%) SLA
2 1 (0.79%) NIST
System Software
1 11 (8.66%) VMware NSX
2 10 (7.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.36%) Active Directory
4 2 (1.57%) Firmware
4 2 (1.57%) vSphere
5 1 (0.79%) KVM
Systems Management
1 6 (4.72%) Ansible
2 5 (3.94%) FortiGate
2 5 (3.94%) Terraform
3 1 (0.79%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (0.79%) Cisco UCCE
3 1 (0.79%) Netcool
3 1 (0.79%) SCCM
Vendors
1 102 (80.31%) Cisco
2 28 (22.05%) Palo Alto
3 17 (13.39%) Juniper
4 16 (12.60%) F5
5 15 (11.81%) CheckPoint
6 13 (10.24%) VMware
7 11 (8.66%) Nokia
7 11 (8.66%) SolarWinds
8 10 (7.87%) Fortinet
9 8 (6.30%) Infoblox
9 8 (6.30%) Microsoft
10 7 (5.51%) Arista
11 6 (4.72%) Zscaler
12 5 (3.94%) Symantec
13 4 (3.15%) Dynatrace
14 3 (2.36%) Meraki
14 3 (2.36%) New Relic
14 3 (2.36%) Tufin
15 2 (1.57%) AppNeta
15 2 (1.57%) Riverbed