Cisco ISE Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Cisco ISE skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 111 132
Rank change year-on-year -12 +21 +15
Contract jobs citing Cisco ISE 15 3 17
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.61% 0.18% 0.63%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.08% 0.95% 2.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 16
10th Percentile £223 £465 £494
25th Percentile £428 £478 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £500 £800
Median % change year-on-year +9.50% -37.50% +56.86%
75th Percentile £586 £544 £844
90th Percentile £588 £570 £938
South East median daily rate £500 £463 £613
% change year-on-year +8.11% -24.49% +22.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £44.28 - -
25th Percentile £48.68 - -
Median hourly rate £57.02 - -
75th Percentile £65.01 - -
90th Percentile £69.20 - -
South East median hourly rate £57.02 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

Cisco ISE falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 368 316 663
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.92% 18.99% 24.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 238 153 362
10th Percentile £219 £232 £205
25th Percentile £325 £389 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £446 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year -8.51% +2.63% -5.00%
75th Percentile £571 £588 £575
90th Percentile £638 £650 £650
South East median daily rate £492 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.60% +5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 2 46
10th Percentile £19.00 £19.12 £16.94
25th Percentile £23.02 £20.04 £24.00
Median hourly rate £36.00 £21.83 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +64.91% -54.04% +15.15%
75th Percentile £76.00 £23.37 £84.08
90th Percentile £86.00 £24.14 £87.53
South East median hourly rate £48.72 £62.50 £57.99
% change year-on-year -22.05% +7.78% +28.87%

Cisco ISE
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cisco ISE relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Cisco ISE job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Cisco ISE
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Cisco ISE.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Cisco ISE

Cisco ISE
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco ISE in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 26 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco ISE in the Thames Valley

Cisco ISE
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Cisco ISE.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Cisco ISE

Cisco ISE
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cisco ISE in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 26 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Cisco ISE in the Thames Valley

Cisco ISE
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco ISE within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 26 February 2026. 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
Berkshire -13 15 £548 +9.50% 2
Cisco ISE
South East

Cisco ISE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (6.67%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 14 (93.33%) Firewall
2 13 (86.67%) WAN
3 12 (80.00%) BGP
3 12 (80.00%) BIG-IP
3 12 (80.00%) DNS
3 12 (80.00%) LAN
3 12 (80.00%) OSPF
4 11 (73.33%) DHCP
4 11 (73.33%) Ethernet VPN
4 11 (73.33%) Junos
4 11 (73.33%) VXLAN
5 3 (20.00%) Network Security
6 2 (13.33%) Wireless
7 1 (6.67%) Cisco IPT
7 1 (6.67%) DMVPN
7 1 (6.67%) EIGRP
7 1 (6.67%) IPsec
7 1 (6.67%) SSL
7 1 (6.67%) VPN
7 1 (6.67%) WLAN
General
1 4 (26.67%) Military
2 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (6.67%) Billing
3 1 (6.67%) Finance
3 1 (6.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Network Engineer
2 6 (40.00%) Senior
2 6 (40.00%) Senior Network Engineer
3 4 (26.67%) Firewall Specialist
3 4 (26.67%) Network Specialist
4 3 (20.00%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Cisco Project Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Firewall Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Lead
5 1 (6.67%) Network Support
5 1 (6.67%) Project Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (80.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 11 (73.33%) Clustering
1 11 (73.33%) Data Centre
2 10 (66.67%) PKI
3 1 (6.67%) iSeries
3 1 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (73.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (73.33%) High Availability
1 11 (73.33%) Identity Access Management
1 11 (73.33%) Load Balancing
2 10 (66.67%) Observability
3 7 (46.67%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (33.33%) ITIL
4 5 (33.33%) Service Management
5 4 (26.67%) Availability Management
5 4 (26.67%) ITSM
6 3 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
7 2 (13.33%) Performance Analysis
8 1 (6.67%) Agile
8 1 (6.67%) Change Control
8 1 (6.67%) Change Management
8 1 (6.67%) Inventory Management
8 1 (6.67%) PRINCE2
8 1 (6.67%) Project Governance
8 1 (6.67%) Project Management
8 1 (6.67%) Risk Assessment
8 1 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 14 (93.33%) Security Cleared
2 9 (60.00%) DV Cleared
3 7 (46.67%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (26.67%) JNCIA
4 4 (26.67%) JNCIP
4 4 (26.67%) JNCIS
5 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
6 1 (6.67%) Degree
6 1 (6.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Systems Management
1 11 (73.33%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 15 (100.00%) Cisco
2 14 (93.33%) Juniper
3 13 (86.67%) F5
4 11 (73.33%) SolarWinds
4 11 (73.33%) Splunk
5 9 (60.00%) Extreme Networks
6 2 (13.33%) Palo Alto
7 1 (6.67%) Blue Coat
7 1 (6.67%) CheckPoint
7 1 (6.67%) Meraki