Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Cisco ISE skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 616 538 772
Rank change year-on-year -78 +234 +87
Permanent jobs citing Cisco ISE 111 116 105
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.27% 0.11%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.16% 1.85% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 74 96 92
10th Percentile £48,625 £52,500 £40,625
25th Percentile £61,563 £56,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £56,750
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +5.73% -5.42%
75th Percentile £76,000 £86,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £86,750 £95,000 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £52,750
% change year-on-year - +13.74% +6.03%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,600 6,266 12,933
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.59% 14.40% 13.41%
Number of salaries quoted 4,007 3,794 9,423
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,000 £32,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £87,500 £77,715
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £43,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +3.45% -3.33%

Cisco ISE
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Cisco ISE job vacancy trend in the UK

Cisco ISE
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Cisco ISE

Cisco ISE
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco ISE over the 6 months to 9 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Cisco ISE in the UK

Cisco ISE
Top 12 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 9 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -30 110 £70,000 +16.67% 23
London +25 72 £73,750 -18.06% 12
Work from Home +47 47 £76,750 -9.71% 11
UK excluding London -89 35 £60,000 - 16
North of England -54 14 £67,500 +25.00% 2
South East -35 12 £55,000 -8.33% 5
North West -16 9 £67,500 +25.00% 1
East of England -16 5 £46,160 -23.07% 1
Midlands -45 5 £67,500 +12.50% 7
Yorkshire - 5 £67,500 - 1
West Midlands -42 4 £70,000 +16.67% 7
East Midlands - 1 £62,500 -

Cisco ISE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.80%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (10.81%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 29 (26.13%) Azure
2 17 (15.32%) AWS
3 15 (13.51%) AWS Direct Connect
4 13 (11.71%) SaaS
4 13 (11.71%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 12 (10.81%) Datadog
6 7 (6.31%) Mimecast
7 3 (2.70%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.80%) GCP
8 2 (1.80%) Rubrik
9 1 (0.90%) Cloudflare
9 1 (0.90%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 87 (78.38%) Firewall
2 77 (69.37%) WAN
3 68 (61.26%) SD-WAN
4 55 (49.55%) LAN
5 54 (48.65%) VPN
6 43 (38.74%) Wireless
7 40 (36.04%) BGP
7 40 (36.04%) OSPF
8 39 (35.14%) Network Security
9 34 (30.63%) Cisco Firepower
10 31 (27.93%) WLAN
11 26 (23.42%) Wi-Fi
12 25 (22.52%) NX-OS
13 22 (19.82%) Cisco Nexus
14 21 (18.92%) Cisco Wireless
14 21 (18.92%) MPLS
15 20 (18.02%) Cisco ASA
16 17 (15.32%) IPsec
17 16 (14.41%) VLAN
18 15 (13.51%) VXLAN
Development Applications
1 6 (5.41%) JIRA
2 3 (2.70%) Subversion
General
1 21 (18.92%) Social Skills
2 11 (9.91%) Finance
3 8 (7.21%) Retail Banking
4 4 (3.60%) Law
4 4 (3.60%) Public Sector
5 2 (1.80%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (1.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (0.90%) Electronics
6 1 (0.90%) Legal
6 1 (0.90%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (0.90%) Retail
6 1 (0.90%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 74 (66.67%) Network Engineer
2 30 (27.03%) Senior
3 28 (25.23%) Senior Network Engineer
4 18 (16.22%) Cisco Engineer
5 17 (15.32%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 14 (12.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 13 (11.71%) Firewall Engineer
7 13 (11.71%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
8 11 (9.91%) Network Operations Engineer
9 9 (8.11%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
9 9 (8.11%) Operations Engineer
10 8 (7.21%) Security Engineer
11 7 (6.31%) Cloud Engineer
11 7 (6.31%) Network Security Specialist
11 7 (6.31%) Network Specialist
11 7 (6.31%) Security Specialist
12 6 (5.41%) Architect
12 6 (5.41%) Designer
12 6 (5.41%) Network Architect
12 6 (5.41%) Network Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (9.91%) 802.1X
2 2 (1.80%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 48 (43.24%) Data Centre
2 20 (18.02%) PKI
3 19 (17.12%) Security Posture
4 10 (9.01%) Management Information System
5 4 (3.60%) Cyber Defence
5 4 (3.60%) Public Cloud
6 3 (2.70%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (1.80%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.80%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.90%) CCTV
8 1 (0.90%) FMCG
8 1 (0.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.90%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.90%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (6.31%) Windows
2 5 (4.50%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.70%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (1.80%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (20.72%) Network Design
2 22 (19.82%) Disaster Recovery
3 20 (18.02%) Zero Trust
4 19 (17.12%) Problem-Solving
5 18 (16.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 17 (15.32%) Security Architecture
7 15 (13.51%) Continuous Improvement
7 15 (13.51%) Network Segmentation
7 15 (13.51%) Technical Leadership
8 13 (11.71%) Cloud Security
8 13 (11.71%) Network Monitoring
9 12 (10.81%) Business Continuity
9 12 (10.81%) Enterprise Architecture
9 12 (10.81%) High Availability
9 12 (10.81%) Stakeholder Management
10 11 (9.91%) ITIL
10 11 (9.91%) Load Balancing
11 10 (9.01%) Incident Response
11 10 (9.01%) Runbook
11 10 (9.01%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 14 (12.61%) Python
2 7 (6.31%) PowerShell
3 3 (2.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 39 (35.14%) Cisco Certification
2 36 (32.43%) CCNP
3 18 (16.22%) Security Cleared
4 14 (12.61%) CCNA
5 12 (10.81%) DV Cleared
6 11 (9.91%) SC Cleared
7 6 (5.41%) Degree
8 5 (4.50%) CCIE
9 4 (3.60%) Azure Certification
10 3 (2.70%) ISTQB
10 3 (2.70%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (1.80%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (1.80%) CCSA
11 2 (1.80%) CCSE
11 2 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (0.90%) CISSP
12 1 (0.90%) CREST Certified
12 1 (0.90%) CWNA
12 1 (0.90%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (13.51%) NIST
1 15 (13.51%) PCI DSS
2 3 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 12 (10.81%) Firmware
2 9 (8.11%) VMware NSX
3 7 (6.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (5.41%) Active Directory
5 3 (2.70%) Terminal Server
6 2 (1.80%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 20 (18.02%) FortiGate
2 14 (12.61%) Ansible
3 9 (8.11%) Check_MK
4 7 (6.31%) vCenter Server
5 5 (4.50%) Terraform
6 3 (2.70%) SCCM
6 3 (2.70%) SCOM
6 3 (2.70%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (1.80%) VxRail
8 1 (0.90%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 111 (100.00%) Cisco
2 47 (42.34%) Palo Alto
2 47 (42.34%) SolarWinds
3 29 (26.13%) CheckPoint
3 29 (26.13%) Fortinet
4 25 (22.52%) Meraki
4 25 (22.52%) Microsoft
5 20 (18.02%) Splunk
6 17 (15.32%) F5
6 17 (15.32%) Juniper
7 15 (13.51%) Dynatrace
8 13 (11.71%) Arista
9 12 (10.81%) ForeScout
9 12 (10.81%) Infoblox
9 12 (10.81%) SevOne
10 9 (8.11%) ServiceNow
10 9 (8.11%) VMware
11 8 (7.21%) Aruba
11 8 (7.21%) Zscaler
12 7 (6.31%) Broadcom