Hybrid/Remote Cisco ISE Job Trends

Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Cisco ISE skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 349 400 532
Rank change year-on-year +51 +132 +56
Permanent jobs citing Cisco ISE 47 18 40
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.25% 0.12% 0.12%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.35% 1.04% 0.79%
Number of salaries quoted 21 12 33
10th Percentile £57,500 £48,407 £46,500
25th Percentile £71,750 £57,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,750 £85,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.71% +47.83% -11.54%
75th Percentile £105,000 £95,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £99,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £55,500
% change year-on-year +16.67% +8.11% -3.48%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,002 1,737 5,085
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.86% 11.88% 15.63%
Number of salaries quoted 973 1,201 3,367
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,313 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £86,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.00%

Cisco ISE
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cisco ISE and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Cisco ISE job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Cisco ISE
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Cisco ISE.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Cisco ISE

Cisco ISE
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Cisco ISE over the 6 months to 11 May 2026.

Cisco ISE salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Cisco ISE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 28 (59.57%) Azure
2 17 (36.17%) AWS
3 15 (31.91%) AWS Direct Connect
4 13 (27.66%) SaaS
4 13 (27.66%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 6 (12.77%) Mimecast
6 2 (4.26%) Entra ID
7 1 (2.13%) Cloudflare
7 1 (2.13%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 44 (93.62%) Firewall
2 31 (65.96%) WAN
3 29 (61.70%) LAN
3 29 (61.70%) SD-WAN
4 26 (55.32%) VPN
5 25 (53.19%) WLAN
6 23 (48.94%) BGP
6 23 (48.94%) OSPF
7 21 (44.68%) Wi-Fi
7 21 (44.68%) Wireless
8 19 (40.43%) Cisco ASA
9 18 (38.30%) MPLS
9 18 (38.30%) NX-OS
10 17 (36.17%) Cisco Firepower
11 16 (34.04%) IPsec
11 16 (34.04%) Network Security
12 15 (31.91%) VXLAN
13 13 (27.66%) NetScaler
14 12 (25.53%) Cisco Nexus
15 6 (12.77%) VLAN
General
1 11 (23.40%) Finance
2 5 (10.64%) Social Skills
3 4 (8.51%) Law
4 2 (4.26%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.13%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (2.13%) Retail
Job Titles
1 33 (70.21%) Network Engineer
2 12 (25.53%) Cisco Engineer
2 12 (25.53%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 12 (25.53%) Firewall Engineer
2 12 (25.53%) Senior
2 12 (25.53%) Senior Network Engineer
3 11 (23.40%) Network Operations Engineer
4 9 (19.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 9 (19.15%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
4 9 (19.15%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
4 9 (19.15%) Operations Engineer
5 5 (10.64%) Architect
5 5 (10.64%) AWS Engineer
5 5 (10.64%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (10.64%) Network Architect
5 5 (10.64%) Security Engineer
6 4 (8.51%) Network Security Specialist
6 4 (8.51%) Network Specialist
6 4 (8.51%) Security Specialist
7 3 (6.38%) Network Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.26%) 802.1X
2 1 (2.13%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 20 (42.55%) Data Centre
2 9 (19.15%) Management Information System
3 4 (8.51%) Cyber Defence
3 4 (8.51%) Security Posture
4 3 (6.38%) Public Cloud
5 2 (4.26%) Cloud Native
5 2 (4.26%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 2 (4.26%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.13%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (40.43%) Zero Trust
2 15 (31.91%) Network Segmentation
3 13 (27.66%) Cloud Security
3 13 (27.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 11 (23.40%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (19.15%) Kalman Filter
5 9 (19.15%) Runbook
6 8 (17.02%) Network Architecture
7 6 (12.77%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (12.77%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (12.77%) Disaster Recovery
7 6 (12.77%) Incident Response
7 6 (12.77%) Security Operations
7 6 (12.77%) SIEM
7 6 (12.77%) Vulnerability Management
8 5 (10.64%) Technical Leadership
8 5 (10.64%) Threat Management
9 4 (8.51%) Ethical Hacking
9 4 (8.51%) Security Architecture
9 4 (8.51%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.51%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.13%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (27.66%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (23.40%) CCNA
3 10 (21.28%) CCNP
4 4 (8.51%) Azure Certification
5 3 (6.38%) CCIE
6 2 (4.26%) CCSA
6 2 (4.26%) CCSE
6 2 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (4.26%) Degree
6 2 (4.26%) SC Cleared
6 2 (4.26%) Security Cleared
7 1 (2.13%) CWNA
7 1 (2.13%) DV Cleared
7 1 (2.13%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (4.26%) NIST
1 2 (4.26%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (4.26%) Firmware
2 1 (2.13%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.13%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 15 (31.91%) FortiGate
2 2 (4.26%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (4.26%) Terraform
3 1 (2.13%) Ansible
3 1 (2.13%) Check_MK
3 1 (2.13%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 47 (100.00%) Cisco
2 24 (51.06%) CheckPoint
3 22 (46.81%) Palo Alto
4 21 (44.68%) Meraki
5 18 (38.30%) Fortinet
6 16 (34.04%) SolarWinds
7 15 (31.91%) Dynatrace
8 9 (19.15%) ServiceNow
9 6 (12.77%) Microsoft
10 5 (10.64%) F5
11 4 (8.51%) Okta
11 4 (8.51%) Sophos
11 4 (8.51%) Splunk
11 4 (8.51%) Zscaler
12 2 (4.26%) CrowdStrike
12 2 (4.26%) VMware
13 1 (2.13%) Aruba
13 1 (2.13%) Blue Coat
13 1 (2.13%) Google
13 1 (2.13%) Juniper