Cisco ISE Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Cisco ISE skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 488 520 511
Rank change year-on-year +32 -9 +178
Permanent jobs citing Cisco ISE 27 58 37
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.064% 0.16% 0.12%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.35% 1.15% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 24 43 29
10th Percentile £46,160 £51,251 £37,800
25th Percentile £47,938 £55,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% +14.13%
75th Percentile £62,000 £64,375 £67,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £80,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £77,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -25.81% +19.23% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 7,662 5,047 5,058
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 18.19% 13.50% 16.39%
Number of salaries quoted 2,919 2,541 4,155
10th Percentile £25,087 £29,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £27,694 £35,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £52,500 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £69,800 £75,000 £72,433
UK median annual salary £38,500 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -28.70% +8.00% -4.76%

Cisco ISE
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cisco ISE relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Cisco ISE job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Cisco ISE
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Cisco ISE.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Cisco ISE

Cisco ISE
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco ISE in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 29 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Cisco ISE in the UK excluding London

Cisco ISE
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco ISE within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 29 December 2025. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +32 18 £55,000 -8.33% 15
North West +24 4 £67,500 +27.36% 6
North of England +6 4 £67,500 +27.36% 12
East of England +19 3 £46,160 -36.33% 7
West Midlands +17 2 £49,000 -18.33% 5
Midlands +15 2 £49,000 -18.33% 7
Cisco ISE
UK

Cisco ISE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (18.52%) Azure
2 2 (7.41%) AWS
3 1 (3.70%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (3.70%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 17 (62.96%) Firewall
2 13 (48.15%) Cisco Firepower
2 13 (48.15%) WAN
3 12 (44.44%) LAN
4 11 (40.74%) Cisco IOS
4 11 (40.74%) Junos
5 9 (33.33%) Network Security
5 9 (33.33%) NX-OS
6 7 (25.93%) SD-WAN
7 4 (14.81%) BGP
7 4 (14.81%) Cisco Nexus
7 4 (14.81%) OSPF
7 4 (14.81%) VLAN
7 4 (14.81%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (11.11%) VPN
9 2 (7.41%) Internet
9 2 (7.41%) IPsec
9 2 (7.41%) MPLS
9 2 (7.41%) Wireless
9 2 (7.41%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) JIRA
1 1 (3.70%) Subversion
General
1 3 (11.11%) Social Skills
2 1 (3.70%) Advertising
2 1 (3.70%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 22 (81.48%) Network Engineer
2 10 (37.04%) Cloud Engineer
2 10 (37.04%) Senior
3 8 (29.63%) Senior Network Engineer
4 4 (14.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (14.81%) Security Engineer
5 3 (11.11%) Cloud Network Engineer
5 3 (11.11%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (11.11%) Network Security Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 2 (7.41%) Test Specialist
7 1 (3.70%) 3rd Line Support
7 1 (3.70%) Firewall Engineer
7 1 (3.70%) Network Support
7 1 (3.70%) Network Support Engineer
7 1 (3.70%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 10 (37.04%) PKI
2 1 (3.70%) CCTV
2 1 (3.70%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.70%) FMCG
2 1 (3.70%) Security Posture
2 1 (3.70%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.11%) Windows
1 3 (11.11%) Windows Server
2 2 (7.41%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (40.74%) ITSM
2 9 (33.33%) Change Management
2 9 (33.33%) Service Management
3 4 (14.81%) Agile
3 4 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (14.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (11.11%) IT Strategy
4 3 (11.11%) Load Balancing
5 2 (7.41%) Collaborative Culture
5 2 (7.41%) ITIL
5 2 (7.41%) Manual Testing
5 2 (7.41%) Network Management
5 2 (7.41%) Network Monitoring
5 2 (7.41%) Network Virtualisation
5 2 (7.41%) Test Automation
5 2 (7.41%) V-Model
5 2 (7.41%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (7.41%) Waterfall
6 1 (3.70%) Observability
6 1 (3.70%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.41%) SQL
2 1 (3.70%) Python
2 1 (3.70%) VB
Qualifications
1 19 (70.37%) Security Cleared
2 14 (51.85%) DV Cleared
3 9 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 3 (11.11%) CCNP
4 3 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (7.41%) ISTQB
6 1 (3.70%) CCNA
6 1 (3.70%) CISSP
6 1 (3.70%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (3.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
System Software
1 11 (40.74%) Firmware
1 11 (40.74%) VMware NSX
2 3 (11.11%) Active Directory
2 3 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (7.41%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 10 (37.04%) vCenter Server
2 2 (7.41%) Ansible
2 2 (7.41%) SCCM
2 2 (7.41%) SCOM
2 2 (7.41%) Terraform
3 1 (3.70%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 27 (100.00%) Cisco
2 13 (48.15%) SolarWinds
3 12 (44.44%) Juniper
4 9 (33.33%) Broadcom
5 4 (14.81%) VMware
6 3 (11.11%) F5
6 3 (11.11%) Palo Alto
7 2 (7.41%) CheckPoint
7 2 (7.41%) Citrix
7 2 (7.41%) HP
7 2 (7.41%) McAfee
7 2 (7.41%) Microsoft
8 1 (3.70%) Meraki
8 1 (3.70%) NetApp
8 1 (3.70%) Splunk