certification
Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert
Cisco
$2,050
exam fee · checked 2026-08
1000 hrs
1000 hours — over a year at 10 hrs/wk
3 yr
renewal cycle — this is a recurring cost
Where it is actually asked for
- Computer Network Architect (national)9%15 of 161 postings
- Computer Network Architect in San Francisco8%3 of 36 postings
- Computer and Information Systems Manager in Dallas–Fort Worth6%1 of 16 postings
- Computer and Information Systems Manager in Austin6%1 of 17 postings
Where it barely came up
It appeared in these samples, but rarely. If one of these is the job you want, this credential is probably not the thing standing between you and it.
- Computer Network Architect in Fresno5%1 of 22 postings
- Computer Network Architect in Los Angeles5%1 of 22 postings
- Computer Network Architect in Sacramento5%1 of 22 postings
- Computer Network Architect in San Diego5%1 of 22 postings
- Computer Network Architect in San Jose4%1 of 24 postings
- Database Architect (national)0%1 of 330 postings
- Network and Computer Systems Administrator (national)0%1 of 363 postings
- Information Security Analyst (national)0%1 of 400 postings
- Computer and Information Systems Manager (national)0%1 of 400 postings
These percentages describe the samples we read, listed above with their sizes and dates. They are not a statement about the whole labour market, and absence from this page means we have no evidence either way — not that the credential is worthless. How we know →