Update 3-5-2013:
Cisco CCIE Salaries
Update 2-15-2012:
January 2012 Cisco CCIE count
It is estimated that ~7,900 CCIEs (23% of all Cisco CCIEs) over the years have decided to drop from the status of active and/or suspended to the status of inactive .
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For the first time we have numbers to report for the Cisco CCDE and CCAr certifications:
Updated 9-year CCIE track count, historical 7-year multiple CCIE count and historical 13-year total worldwide CCIE count
7/31 7/31 9/31 7/31 8/1 8/1 8/1 8/1 8/1 9/24 4/30 2/17 1/9
Total CCIEs 4,996 6,368 8,578 10,144 11,275 12,421 13,602 15,062 17,660 20,690 20,860 22,741 26,564
R & S 11,150 11,824 12,850 13,898 15,754 17,826 17,699 16,647 17,320
Security 404 511 720 1,046 1,699 2,328 2,445 2,537 3,794
SP 168 222 371 569 916 1,588 1,788 1,951 2,885
Storage 11 46 90 135 148 153 145 170
Voice 64 181 330 543 778 1,077 1,214 1,414 2,291
Wireless 8 26 42 93
SP Ops 5 11
CCDE 39 63
CCAr 7
7/31 7/31 9/31 7/31 8/1 8/1 8/1 8/1 8/1 9/24 4/30 2/17 1/9
Total Multiple 625 898 1,240 1,680 2,245 2,378 2,650 ?
RS/Security 356 483 483 632 755 755 809 ?
RS/SP 169 288 268 402 646 702 790 ?
RS/Storage 2 19 22 34 34 34 35 ?
RS/Voice 86 241 167 228 286 302 347 ?
3 or more 100 147 189 268 374 427 476 ?
Dual CCIE #18532 R&S/Security - George Morton meticulously recorded the following 11-year worldwide CCIE count statistics:
Historical 11-year worldwide Cisco CCIE count by theater, region and country
7/31 7/31 9/31 7/31 8/1 8/1 8/1 8/1 8/1 9/24 4/30
Americas 2,557 3,183 3,923 4,440 4,778 4,908 5,162 5,571 6,209 6,913 7,014
North America 2,488 3,070 3,746 4,236 4,563 4,686 4,920 5,291 5,863 6,489 6,584
Canada 145 171 226 317 410 458 549 617 726 902 928
Mexico 44 40 54 63 61 60 68 75 111 142 144
USA 2,299 2,859 3,466 3,856 4,092 4,168 4,303 4,599 5,026 5,445 5,512
Caribbean 2 3 4 6 5 6 7 11 13 15 16
Barbados 1 1 1 1 1 1
Bermuda 1 2 2 2 1 2 5 5 6 6
Cayman 1
Dominican 2 1 2 1 1 1 1
Guadeloupe 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
Jamaica 2 2 1
Puerto Rico 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 4 5
Trinidad 1 1 1
South America 67 109 170 191 200 208 225 256 315 386 389
Argentina 19 29 49 50 46 50 51 57 68 82 82
Brazil 35 61 96 106 117 119 151 147 177 215 218
Chile 5 5 8 12 13 13 15 14 20 24 25
Colombia 1 5 6 10 13 16 17 24 32 43 43
Ecuador 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2
Peru 2 4 6 6
Uruguay 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2
Venezuela 7 9 10 10 8 8 9 10 12 12 11
Central America 1 3 7 9 8 10 13 18 23 25
Costa Rica 4 6 5 5 7 11 16 16
Guatemala 1 1 1 1 1
Panama 1 3 3 3 3 4 5 6 6 7
EMEA 1,674 2,052 2,735 3,113 3,257 3,409 3,592 3,879 4,624 5,511 5,603
Europe 1,571 1,942 2,572 2,904 3,018 3,129 3,275 3,482 4,006 4,473 4,534
Albania 2 2 1 2 2
Andorra 1 1 1 1 1
Austria 35 39 48 56 56 60 60 62 65 68 70
Belarus 2 1 2 1 2 2 3
Belgium 154 180 208 224 231 233 228 232 263 294 295
Bosnia 1 1 1 1 3 5 5
Bulgaria 3 3 6 6 12 16 20 32 45 59 58
Croatia 2 9 14 17 22 29 33 40 47 48
Czech Republic 21 22 33 40 42 44 42 49 66 76 76
Denmark 39 38 45 48 50 49 54 57 70 74 75
Estonia 1 1 1 1 2 2
Finland 23 21 22 26 27 26 29 29 35 38 40
France 126 145 199 217 211 209 207 214 233 235 236
Germany 282 329 444 491 508 523 550 565 608 646 646
Gibraltar 1 1
Greece 5 15 24 32 36 36 39 41 44 49 50
Hungary 18 27 38 42 39 40 42 45 60 65 65
Iceland 4 4 4 4 3 4 6 7 8 9 10
Ireland 16 22 29 36 38 41 50 54 61 69 71
Italy 38 60 85 109 113 119 127 128 139 156 158
Latvia 1 1 2 4 4 5 7 9 9
Lithuania 1 1 2 4 5 7 9 9 9
Luxembourg 4 4 5 5 6 4 6 7 11 11 11
Macedonia 1 2 4 4
Maldova 1 1 1
Netherlands 76 91 118 137 144 148 146 161 195 207 208
Norway 22 21 37 41 44 46 52 57 59 69 68
Poland 30 39 62 74 79 88 98 108 129 155 162
Portugal 11 16 21 37 48 53 58 61 59 71 73
Romania 1 4 5 6 7 10 15 18 24 50 51
Russia 48 55 84 116 152 175 200 230 284 331 329
Serbia 1 2 2 2 6 9 17 19 26
Slovakia 4 5 13 17 17 19 19 22 33 39 40
Slovenia 9 8 9 10 14 15 16 19 23 29 29
Spain 44 51 94 113 119 132 136 146 170 191 192
Sweden 65 70 90 93 90 91 91 91 95 95 95
Switzerland 101 144 166 181 176 178 173 178 203 213 217
Ukraine 3 4 5 13 16 16 20 25 30 39 37
United Kingdom 389 521 663 710 716 720 742 783 910 1,030 1,061
Africa 83 79 85 97 94 104 111 132 193 296 307
Algeria 1 4 6 7
Angola 2 2
Botswana 3 1 1 1
Cameroon 1 2 3 3 3
Chad 1 3 3
Cote d'Ivoire 1 3 3
Egypt 1 6 9 11 19 16 27 54 101 112
Ethiopia 1 1 1
Ghana 1 1 1
Kenya 1 2 3 5
Libya 2 2 2
Mauritius 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Morocco 1 1 1 1 3 3 5 6 5
Nigeria 1 1 2 1 1 2 6 8 13 33 32
Senegal 2 2 2 2 3 3
South Africa 82 76 72 83 77 77 80 84 100 123 121
Tunisia 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4
Zimbabwe 1 1 1
Middle East 20 31 78 112 145 176 206 265 425 742 762
Bahrain 1 2 2 2 4 3 6 12 12
Cyprus 1 2 3 1 1 3 3 3
Israel 9 16 26 27 30 34 38 39 51 65 64
Jordan 1 1 2 6 10 12 18 31 33
Kuwait 2 7 10 18 18 20 27 37 46 47
Lebanon 3 4 6 9 12 12 18 30 27
Oman 1 2 2 3 3 4 10 10
Palestine 2
Qatar 2 3 4 4 8 11 20 32 38
Saudi Arabia 5 4 18 32 33 39 44 64 114 193 192
Syria 1 1 1
Turkey 2 5 10 15 18 19 23 40 65 68
UAE 6 7 15 20 30 40 49 70 114 167 173
Yemen 2 2
Pacific Rim 765 1,127 1,900 2,547 3,287 3,822 4,593 5,345 6,815 8,266 8,238
Pacific Islands 222 265 327 371 377 417 468 543 609 727 731
American Samoa 1 2 2
Australia 184 226 287 324 324 360 402 466 522 630 636
Christmas Island 1
Fiji 1
Guam 1 1 1 1 1 1
Kirbati 1 2 1 1
New Caledonia 1 1
New Zealand 37 39 40 47 52 56 65 75 82 92 91
Asia 543 862 1,573 2,176 2,910 3,405 4,125 4,802 6,206 7,539 7,507
Afghanistan 1 2 2 2
Azerbaijan 2 2 3 3 3 5 6
Bangladesh 3 5 4
Bhutan 1
East Timor 2
Georgia 3
Hong Kong 44 59 98 125 146 159 188 200 228 267 262
India 4 17 39 72 102 115 144 200 410 724 753
Indonesia 11 13 22 28 27 33 33 37 49 61 64
Japan 224 294 407 510 557 647 777 896 1,027 1,149 1,143
Kazakhstan 1 2 3 1 1 3 3 4 5
Korea 28 95 212 299 448 529 582 741 933 1,036 1,030
Laos 1 1 1 1
Macau 1 2 3 3 6 7 7 8 8 9
Malaysia 14 19 42 49 53 54 58 67 80 100 103
Pakistan 1 2 5 6 8 9 16 21 42 84 91
Philippines 2 3 5 10 13 12 12 13 12 24 26
P.R. China 108 228 554 842 1,256 1,522 1,966 2,233 2,966 3,617 3,565
Singapore 55 65 76 96 111 123 128 147 162 204 204
Sri Lanka 1 1 2 4 6 6
Taiwan 44 55 84 97 131 138 149 158 180 193 188
Thailand 8 11 24 30 38 43 45 51 64 81 84
Uzbekistan 1 1 1 4 4
Vietnam 1 6 12 12 16 20 28 41 41
Source: Dual CCIE #18532 George Morton
According to Cisco, "suspended CCIEs" were included in the above worldwide statistics because they were eligible to recertify.
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