Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CCIE qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 763 820 917
Rank change year-on-year +57 +97 -193
Permanent jobs citing CCIE 141 173 315
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.17% 0.20%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.51% 0.51% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 105 151 263
10th Percentile - £55,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £46,750 £64,375 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 £91,875
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,600 £65,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -20.62% -18.75% +23.08%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,433 33,803 42,122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.82% 32.57% 26.91%
Number of salaries quoted 17,326 15,201 19,033
10th Percentile £28,290 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £59,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.24% +8.18% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -

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
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CCIE.

Salary trend for CCIE in the UK

CCIE
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CCIE over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for CCIE in the UK

CCIE
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCIE within the UK over the 6 months to 3 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +87 125 £60,000 -14.29% 32
UK excluding London +74 101 £51,600 -20.62% 15
Work from Home +50 69 £48,500 -39.38% 14
Midlands +54 41 £48,500 -46.11% 1
West Midlands +56 40 £48,500 -46.11% 1
London +74 32 £75,000 -9.09% 17
North of England +74 25 £60,000 -25.00% 6
South East -10 16 £60,000 -7.69% 3
Yorkshire - 15 £65,050 - 2
South West - 11 £48,500 - 3
North West +15 10 £60,000 -25.00% 4
Scotland - 5 £75,000 - 1
Wales - 3 - - 1
East Midlands - 1 £51,700 -

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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (2.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.71%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (0.71%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (2.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.71%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 18 (12.77%) Azure
2 9 (6.38%) AWS
3 3 (2.13%) GCP
3 3 (2.13%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (1.42%) AWS Direct Connect
4 2 (1.42%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 1 (0.71%) Amazon Kinesis
5 1 (0.71%) Amazon S3
5 1 (0.71%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (0.71%) IaaS
5 1 (0.71%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 97 (68.79%) WAN
2 80 (56.74%) LAN
3 64 (45.39%) BGP
4 62 (43.97%) OSPF
5 59 (41.84%) Firewall
6 56 (39.72%) Network Security
7 52 (36.88%) SD-WAN
8 47 (33.33%) MPLS
9 40 (28.37%) WLAN
10 36 (25.53%) Wireless
11 33 (23.40%) VPN
12 29 (20.57%) Wi-Fi
13 22 (15.60%) Cisco Nexus
14 20 (14.18%) VLAN
15 19 (13.48%) Cisco IOS
16 16 (11.35%) Cisco Firepower
17 15 (10.64%) TCP/IP
18 12 (8.51%) Internet
18 12 (8.51%) VoIP
18 12 (8.51%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.55%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.71%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.71%) DynamoDB
2 1 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 53 (37.59%) Social Skills
2 19 (13.48%) Retail
3 14 (9.93%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (7.80%) Finance
5 10 (7.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (6.38%) Manufacturing
7 7 (4.96%) Legal
8 5 (3.55%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (2.84%) Financial Institution
9 4 (2.84%) Police
9 4 (2.84%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (2.13%) Automotive
10 3 (2.13%) Banking
10 3 (2.13%) Local Government
10 3 (2.13%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.42%) Electronics
11 2 (1.42%) Front Office
11 2 (1.42%) Games
11 2 (1.42%) Military
12 1 (0.71%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 57 (40.43%) Network Engineer
2 43 (30.50%) Senior
3 38 (26.95%) Analyst
3 38 (26.95%) Network Analyst
4 37 (26.24%) Network Operations Analyst
4 37 (26.24%) Operations Analyst
5 24 (17.02%) Senior Network Engineer
6 16 (11.35%) Architect
7 11 (7.80%) IT Engineer
8 10 (7.09%) Consultant
9 9 (6.38%) Security Consultant
10 8 (5.67%) Network Architect
11 7 (4.96%) Senior Architect
12 6 (4.26%) Cisco Engineer
12 6 (4.26%) Cisco Network Engineer
12 6 (4.26%) Project Engineer
12 6 (4.26%) Senior Analyst
12 6 (4.26%) Senior Network Analyst
12 6 (4.26%) Senior Network Architect
12 6 (4.26%) Senior Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.26%) 802.1X
2 4 (2.84%) HTML
3 2 (1.42%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 31 (21.99%) Data Centre
2 7 (4.96%) FMCG
2 7 (4.96%) Public Cloud
3 6 (4.26%) Cyber Threat
3 6 (4.26%) Hedge funds
3 6 (4.26%) Management Information System
3 6 (4.26%) PKI
4 5 (3.55%) Algorithms
4 5 (3.55%) Data Structures
4 5 (3.55%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (3.55%) PropTech
5 3 (2.13%) Client/Server
6 2 (1.42%) Cybercrime
6 2 (1.42%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.42%) EPoS
6 2 (1.42%) Fibre Optics
6 2 (1.42%) Molecular Biology
6 2 (1.42%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.42%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.71%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 11 (7.80%) Windows
2 9 (6.38%) Android
3 8 (5.67%) Windows Server
4 7 (4.96%) Apple iOS
5 4 (2.84%) Linux
6 3 (2.13%) CatOS
7 1 (0.71%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (19.86%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (19.15%) Computer Science
3 24 (17.02%) Roadmaps
4 23 (16.31%) Network Architecture
5 19 (13.48%) Network Design
5 19 (13.48%) Project Management
6 17 (12.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 15 (10.64%) Mentoring
7 15 (10.64%) Network Monitoring
7 15 (10.64%) Project Delivery
8 13 (9.22%) Network Virtualisation
9 12 (8.51%) Business Analysis
9 12 (8.51%) Continuous Improvement
10 11 (7.80%) Change Management
10 11 (7.80%) Service Delivery
11 10 (7.09%) Patch Management
11 10 (7.09%) Presales
12 9 (6.38%) Disaster Recovery
12 9 (6.38%) High Availability
12 9 (6.38%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (6.38%) Python
2 4 (2.84%) Bash
2 4 (2.84%) C#
2 4 (2.84%) PowerShell
2 4 (2.84%) SQL
Qualifications
1 141 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 121 (85.82%) CCNP
3 43 (30.50%) CCNA
4 39 (27.66%) CCDP
5 33 (23.40%) Degree
6 25 (17.73%) CISSP
6 25 (17.73%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (9.22%) Security Cleared
8 10 (7.09%) CCIE Routing and Switching
8 10 (7.09%) SC Cleared
9 9 (6.38%) Master's Degree
10 8 (5.67%) CCIE Security
10 8 (5.67%) CCSP
11 6 (4.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 6 (4.26%) JNCIE
12 5 (3.55%) CISM
13 4 (2.84%) Microsoft Certification
14 3 (2.13%) Check Point Certification
14 3 (2.13%) CISA
14 3 (2.13%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.96%) NIST
2 5 (3.55%) SLA
3 4 (2.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.42%) GPG for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence
5 1 (0.71%) GxP
System Software
1 8 (5.67%) Active Directory
2 7 (4.96%) Firmware
2 7 (4.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.84%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 11 (7.80%) Ansible
2 5 (3.55%) Cisco CUCM
3 4 (2.84%) Stealthwatch
4 3 (2.13%) Cisco Prime
5 2 (1.42%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.71%) CASB
6 1 (0.71%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 89 (63.12%) Cisco
2 38 (26.95%) Palo Alto
3 20 (14.18%) CheckPoint
4 18 (12.77%) Fortinet
5 17 (12.06%) Meraki
6 15 (10.64%) VMware
7 10 (7.09%) Aruba
7 10 (7.09%) Microsoft
8 8 (5.67%) F5
8 8 (5.67%) Zscaler
9 7 (4.96%) Ekahau
10 6 (4.26%) Blue Coat
10 6 (4.26%) CrowdStrike
10 6 (4.26%) Netskope
10 6 (4.26%) Symantec
11 4 (2.84%) Juniper
11 4 (2.84%) SolarWinds
11 4 (2.84%) Splunk
12 2 (1.42%) Apple
12 2 (1.42%) Huawei