CCIE Contracts

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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 449 538 605
Rank change year-on-year +89 +67 -32
Contract jobs citing CCIE 126 145 238
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.29% 0.26% 0.27%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.98% 0.95% 1.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 96 182
10th Percentile £363 £369 £413
25th Percentile £425 £450 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -6.98% +14.36%
75th Percentile £638 £599 £588
90th Percentile £775 £738 £698
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £486 £514
% change year-on-year +8.02% -5.40% +14.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
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 12,872 15,254 19,038
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 29.89% 27.21% 21.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,011 10,183 12,699
10th Percentile £310 £338 £345
25th Percentile £425 £450 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +6.06%
75th Percentile £645 £650 £630
90th Percentile £738 £738 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £535 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +1.90% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,100 745 759
10th Percentile £13.87 £14.67 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.13 £21.24 £19.52
Median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +28.21%
75th Percentile £62.50 £68.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £76.32 £79.19 £67.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.25 £52.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -21.43% +50.00% +16.67%

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Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for CCIE in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for CCIE in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CCIE over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CCIE in the UK

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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 14 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 1 June 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 +68 101 £525 +5.00% 25
Work from Home +88 53 £525 +7.31% 17
London +90 52 £525 -4.55% 12
UK excluding London +25 46 £525 +8.02% 17
Midlands +34 15 £550 +22.22%
West Midlands +27 14 £638 -
North of England +17 14 £638 +31.17% 8
North West +18 13 £750 +54.32% 4
South East +7 11 £500 -2.91% 2
South West +5 4 £438 -32.69% 1
Scotland +36 2 £555 - 2
East of England -5 2 £388 -24.39% 3
Yorkshire +15 1 £500 - 4
East Midlands +10 1 £550 +22.22%

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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 1 (0.79%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (2.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 18 (14.29%) Azure
2 16 (12.70%) AWS
3 8 (6.35%) GCP
4 5 (3.97%) Cloudflare
5 3 (2.38%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 3 (2.38%) Azure Monitor
5 3 (2.38%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (2.38%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (2.38%) Entra ID
5 3 (2.38%) SaaS
6 2 (1.59%) Catchpoint
7 1 (0.79%) GitHub
7 1 (0.79%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 53 (42.06%) Firewall
2 42 (33.33%) WAN
3 37 (29.37%) MPLS
4 32 (25.40%) VPN
5 31 (24.60%) Network Security
6 29 (23.02%) LAN
7 28 (22.22%) BGP
8 27 (21.43%) SD-WAN
9 20 (15.87%) OSPF
10 18 (14.29%) Cisco Nexus
11 16 (12.70%) Cisco ASA
12 14 (11.11%) DNS
13 13 (10.32%) VoIP
13 13 (10.32%) Wireless
14 12 (9.52%) WLAN
15 11 (8.73%) Internet
16 10 (7.94%) Cisco Firepower
16 10 (7.94%) Cisco ISE
16 10 (7.94%) PBX
16 10 (7.94%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.79%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.59%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 33 (26.19%) Social Skills
2 22 (17.46%) Finance
3 17 (13.49%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (10.32%) Telecoms
5 7 (5.56%) Public Sector
6 5 (3.97%) Legal
6 5 (3.97%) Marketing
7 4 (3.17%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (2.38%) Banking
9 2 (1.59%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.79%) Arabic Language
10 1 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.79%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 72 (57.14%) Network Engineer
2 23 (18.25%) Architect
3 17 (13.49%) Network Architect
4 16 (12.70%) Senior
5 13 (10.32%) Consultant
6 12 (9.52%) Network Consultant
7 9 (7.14%) Senior Network Engineer
8 7 (5.56%) Network Security Engineer
8 7 (5.56%) Security Engineer
9 6 (4.76%) Cloud Engineer
9 6 (4.76%) Cloud Network Engineer
9 6 (4.76%) Senior Consultant
9 6 (4.76%) Senior Network Consultant
10 5 (3.97%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 5 (3.97%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
10 5 (3.97%) Cisco Engineer
10 5 (3.97%) Cisco Expert
10 5 (3.97%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 5 (3.97%) Enterprise Architect
10 5 (3.97%) IP Expert
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.14%) Web Services
2 5 (3.97%) Jinja
2 5 (3.97%) JSON
2 5 (3.97%) NETCONF
2 5 (3.97%) XML
2 5 (3.97%) YANG
3 3 (2.38%) SAML
4 1 (0.79%) MFC
4 1 (0.79%) web3js
4 1 (0.79%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 29 (23.02%) Data Centre
2 11 (8.73%) Hybrid Cloud
3 9 (7.14%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 5 (3.97%) Distributed Architecture
4 5 (3.97%) Public Cloud
4 5 (3.97%) Social Media
5 4 (3.17%) Cloud Native
6 3 (2.38%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (2.38%) PKI
7 2 (1.59%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.79%) Blockchain
8 1 (0.79%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.79%) Handset
8 1 (0.79%) IPTV
8 1 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.79%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.38%) Windows
2 1 (0.79%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (19.84%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (17.46%) Network Design
3 20 (15.87%) Network Architecture
4 14 (11.11%) Computer Science
4 14 (11.11%) Mentoring
4 14 (11.11%) Network Virtualisation
5 13 (10.32%) Network Monitoring
6 10 (7.94%) Change Management
6 10 (7.94%) Programme Management
7 9 (7.14%) Analytics
7 9 (7.14%) Architectural Design
7 9 (7.14%) Configuration Management
7 9 (7.14%) Data Analytics
7 9 (7.14%) Migration
7 9 (7.14%) Performance Management
7 9 (7.14%) SOA
7 9 (7.14%) Storage Management
8 8 (6.35%) Roadmaps
8 8 (6.35%) Zero Trust
9 7 (5.56%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 17 (13.49%) Python
2 3 (2.38%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.79%) C
Qualifications
1 126 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 88 (69.84%) CCNP
3 17 (13.49%) Degree
4 13 (10.32%) CCNA
5 12 (9.52%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (7.14%) CCIE Data Center
6 9 (7.14%) CISSP
6 9 (7.14%) Security Cleared
7 7 (5.56%) SC Cleared
8 5 (3.97%) CCIE Service Provider
9 4 (3.17%) CCIE Security
9 4 (3.17%) JNCIE
9 4 (3.17%) VCAP
10 3 (2.38%) CCSA
11 2 (1.59%) AWS Certification
11 2 (1.59%) Azure Certification
11 2 (1.59%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.79%) CCIE Collaboration
12 1 (0.79%) CCIE Routing and Switching
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.59%) SLA
2 1 (0.79%) NIST
System Software
1 10 (7.94%) VMware Infrastructure
1 10 (7.94%) VMware NSX
2 3 (2.38%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.59%) Firmware
3 2 (1.59%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (13.49%) Ansible
2 6 (4.76%) Terraform
3 5 (3.97%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.79%) CASB
4 1 (0.79%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (0.79%) Cisco UCCE
4 1 (0.79%) Netcool
4 1 (0.79%) SCCM
Vendors
1 106 (84.13%) Cisco
2 32 (25.40%) Palo Alto
3 29 (23.02%) F5
4 28 (22.22%) CheckPoint
5 22 (17.46%) Fortinet
6 17 (13.49%) SolarWinds
7 14 (11.11%) Juniper
7 14 (11.11%) Zscaler
8 12 (9.52%) VMware
9 8 (6.35%) Arista
9 8 (6.35%) Infoblox
9 8 (6.35%) Nokia
10 7 (5.56%) Microsoft
11 5 (3.97%) Meraki
11 5 (3.97%) Symantec
12 4 (3.17%) AlgoSec
12 4 (3.17%) Citrix
12 4 (3.17%) Dynatrace
12 4 (3.17%) LogicMonitor
13 3 (2.38%) New Relic