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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 454 558 628
Rank change year-on-year +104 +70 -70
Contract jobs citing CCIE 125 136 235
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.29% 0.24% 0.27%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.98% 0.87% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 85 176
10th Percentile £363 £393 £409
25th Percentile £425 £450 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% -6.98% +15.34%
75th Percentile £638 £575 £595
90th Percentile £775 £706 £704
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £486 £510
% change year-on-year +13.17% -4.66% +13.28%
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 12,775 15,576 19,048
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.03% 27.20% 21.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,956 10,400 12,640
10th Percentile £308 £330 £340
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +7.14%
75th Percentile £646 £650 £630
90th Percentile £738 £743 £706
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,057 771 774
10th Percentile £13.69 £15.21 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.80 £21.24 £19.52
Median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £43.95
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +25.14% +21.73%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.25 £57.95
90th Percentile £76.25 £79.19 £67.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.94 £50.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -18.12% +42.86% +5.26%

CCIE
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 20 May 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 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 20 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +104 101 £525 +5.00% 31
London +97 51 £525 -4.55% 12
Work from Home +86 50 £550 +10.00% 15
UK excluding London +44 45 £550 +13.17% 22
Midlands +28 14 £650 +44.44% 4
North of England +26 14 £675 +38.89% 10
West Midlands +33 13 £750 - 4
North West +13 12 £750 +54.32% 4
South East +15 11 £500 - 1
South West +8 4 £438 -32.69% 3
Scotland +41 2 £555 - 1
Yorkshire +18 2 £550 +10.00% 6
East of England +6 2 £388 +3.33%
East Midlands +15 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 (0.80%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (2.40%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (2.40%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (2.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 17 (13.60%) Azure
2 13 (10.40%) AWS
3 7 (5.60%) GCP
4 5 (4.00%) Cloudflare
5 3 (2.40%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 3 (2.40%) Azure Monitor
5 3 (2.40%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (2.40%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (2.40%) Entra ID
5 3 (2.40%) SaaS
6 2 (1.60%) Catchpoint
7 1 (0.80%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 48 (38.40%) Firewall
2 40 (32.00%) WAN
3 37 (29.60%) MPLS
4 32 (25.60%) VPN
5 28 (22.40%) BGP
5 28 (22.40%) LAN
6 26 (20.80%) Network Security
7 21 (16.80%) SD-WAN
8 19 (15.20%) OSPF
9 18 (14.40%) Cisco Nexus
10 15 (12.00%) Cisco ASA
11 13 (10.40%) DNS
11 13 (10.40%) VoIP
12 12 (9.60%) Cisco IOS
12 12 (9.60%) Wireless
13 11 (8.80%) Cisco Firepower
13 11 (8.80%) Cisco ISE
13 11 (8.80%) Internet
13 11 (8.80%) WLAN
14 10 (8.00%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.80%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.60%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 35 (28.00%) Social Skills
2 20 (16.00%) Finance
3 17 (13.60%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (10.40%) Telecoms
5 7 (5.60%) Legal
5 7 (5.60%) Public Sector
6 5 (4.00%) Banking
6 5 (4.00%) Marketing
7 4 (3.20%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.60%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.80%) Arabic Language
9 1 (0.80%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.80%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 69 (55.20%) Network Engineer
2 22 (17.60%) Architect
3 17 (13.60%) Network Architect
4 15 (12.00%) Senior
5 12 (9.60%) Consultant
6 11 (8.80%) Network Consultant
7 8 (6.40%) Senior Network Engineer
8 6 (4.80%) Cisco Engineer
8 6 (4.80%) Cisco Expert
8 6 (4.80%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 6 (4.80%) Cloud Engineer
8 6 (4.80%) Cloud Network Engineer
8 6 (4.80%) IP Expert
8 6 (4.80%) Senior Consultant
8 6 (4.80%) Senior Network Consultant
9 5 (4.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 5 (4.00%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
9 5 (4.00%) Enterprise Architect
9 5 (4.00%) Network Manager
10 4 (3.20%) Network Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.20%) Web Services
2 6 (4.80%) Jinja
2 6 (4.80%) JSON
2 6 (4.80%) NETCONF
2 6 (4.80%) XML
2 6 (4.80%) YANG
3 3 (2.40%) SAML
4 1 (0.80%) MFC
4 1 (0.80%) web3js
4 1 (0.80%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 28 (22.40%) Data Centre
2 10 (8.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 9 (7.20%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 6 (4.80%) Distributed Architecture
5 5 (4.00%) Public Cloud
5 5 (4.00%) Social Media
6 4 (3.20%) Management Information System
7 3 (2.40%) Cloud Native
7 3 (2.40%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (2.40%) PKI
8 1 (0.80%) Blockchain
8 1 (0.80%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.80%) Handset
8 1 (0.80%) IPTV
8 1 (0.80%) NHS
8 1 (0.80%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.80%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.40%) Windows
2 2 (1.60%) Linux
3 1 (0.80%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (17.60%) Network Design
3 19 (15.20%) Network Architecture
4 14 (11.20%) Computer Science
4 14 (11.20%) Mentoring
5 13 (10.40%) Network Monitoring
5 13 (10.40%) Network Virtualisation
6 10 (8.00%) Change Management
6 10 (8.00%) Programme Management
6 10 (8.00%) Storage Management
7 9 (7.20%) Analytics
7 9 (7.20%) Architectural Design
7 9 (7.20%) Configuration Management
7 9 (7.20%) Data Analytics
7 9 (7.20%) Migration
7 9 (7.20%) Performance Management
7 9 (7.20%) SOA
8 8 (6.40%) DevOps
8 8 (6.40%) Zero Trust
9 7 (5.60%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (11.20%) Python
2 3 (2.40%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.80%) C
Qualifications
1 125 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 86 (68.80%) CCNP
3 17 (13.60%) Degree
4 12 (9.60%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (8.80%) CCNA
6 9 (7.20%) CCIE Data Center
7 8 (6.40%) CCIE Service Provider
7 8 (6.40%) CISSP
8 6 (4.80%) CCIE Security
8 6 (4.80%) Security Cleared
9 4 (3.20%) SC Cleared
9 4 (3.20%) VCAP
10 3 (2.40%) CISM
10 3 (2.40%) JNCIE
11 2 (1.60%) CCSP
11 2 (1.60%) CISA
11 2 (1.60%) CSSLP
11 2 (1.60%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.80%) CCIE Collaboration
12 1 (0.80%) CCIE Routing and Switching
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.60%) SLA
2 1 (0.80%) NIST
System Software
1 10 (8.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 10 (8.00%) VMware NSX
2 3 (2.40%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.60%) Firmware
3 2 (1.60%) vSphere
4 1 (0.80%) KVM
Systems Management
1 14 (11.20%) Ansible
2 6 (4.80%) FortiGate
3 5 (4.00%) Terraform
4 1 (0.80%) CASB
4 1 (0.80%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (0.80%) Cisco UCCE
4 1 (0.80%) Netcool
4 1 (0.80%) SCCM
Vendors
1 105 (84.00%) Cisco
2 29 (23.20%) Palo Alto
3 24 (19.20%) F5
4 22 (17.60%) CheckPoint
5 17 (13.60%) Fortinet
6 15 (12.00%) SolarWinds
7 14 (11.20%) Juniper
8 13 (10.40%) Zscaler
9 12 (9.60%) VMware
10 9 (7.20%) Nokia
11 8 (6.40%) Infoblox
12 7 (5.60%) Arista
12 7 (5.60%) Microsoft
13 5 (4.00%) Symantec
14 4 (3.20%) Citrix
14 4 (3.20%) Dynatrace
14 4 (3.20%) LogicMonitor
14 4 (3.20%) Meraki
15 3 (2.40%) New Relic
15 3 (2.40%) Tufin