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 31 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 418 410 481
Rank change year-on-year -8 +71 -3
Permanent jobs citing Cisco ISE 42 10 22
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.18% 0.061% 0.091%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.82% 0.52% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 26 5 13
10th Percentile £53,000 £50,188 £46,250
25th Percentile £68,563 £53,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.60% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £102,438 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £75,000 £75,690
UK median annual salary £70,000 £58,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +20.69% -3.33% -2.44%

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 2,314 1,905 3,767
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.92% 11.53% 15.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,341 1,137 1,825
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -12.04% -6.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £86,461 £81,250
UK median annual salary £47,500 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.75% -20.00% -3.85%

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 31 August 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (4.76%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 22 (52.38%) Azure
2 6 (14.29%) AWS
2 6 (14.29%) Entra ID
2 6 (14.29%) Mimecast
3 4 (9.52%) AWS Direct Connect
3 4 (9.52%) SaaS
3 4 (9.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 1 (2.38%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (2.38%) Cloudflare
4 1 (2.38%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 35 (83.33%) Firewall
2 21 (50.00%) Network Security
2 21 (50.00%) VPN
2 21 (50.00%) WAN
3 20 (47.62%) Wireless
4 19 (45.24%) LAN
5 15 (35.71%) SD-WAN
6 14 (33.33%) OSPF
7 13 (30.95%) Cisco Nexus
8 12 (28.57%) BGP
8 12 (28.57%) WLAN
9 10 (23.81%) VLAN
10 8 (19.05%) Cisco ASA
10 8 (19.05%) Cisco Firepower
10 8 (19.05%) Wi-Fi
11 7 (16.67%) MPLS
11 7 (16.67%) NX-OS
12 6 (14.29%) Cisco Wireless
12 6 (14.29%) TACACS
13 5 (11.90%) VXLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 12 (28.57%) Finance
2 10 (23.81%) Social Skills
3 4 (9.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (9.52%) Law
4 3 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.76%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.38%) Legal
Job Titles
1 27 (64.29%) Network Engineer
2 11 (26.19%) Security Engineer
3 9 (21.43%) Senior
3 9 (21.43%) Senior Network Engineer
4 6 (14.29%) Network Security Engineer
5 4 (9.52%) Architect
5 4 (9.52%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 4 (9.52%) Network Architect
6 3 (7.14%) Cisco Engineer
6 3 (7.14%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 3 (7.14%) Cisco Wireless Engineer
6 3 (7.14%) Firewall Engineer
6 3 (7.14%) Senior Cisco Engineer
6 3 (7.14%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
6 3 (7.14%) Senior Firewall Engineer
6 3 (7.14%) Wireless Engineer
6 3 (7.14%) Wireless Network Engineer
7 2 (4.76%) Lead
7 2 (4.76%) Network Systems Engineer
7 2 (4.76%) Principal Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (16.67%) 802.1X
2 1 (2.38%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 12 (28.57%) Data Centre
2 9 (21.43%) Security Posture
3 5 (11.90%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 4 (9.52%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (7.14%) Virtual Team
6 2 (4.76%) Management Information System
6 2 (4.76%) Public Cloud
7 1 (2.38%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.14%) Windows
2 2 (4.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (23.81%) Zero Trust
2 9 (21.43%) Technical Leadership
3 8 (19.05%) Continuous Improvement
3 8 (19.05%) High Availability
4 7 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 7 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
5 6 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (14.29%) Incident Response
5 6 (14.29%) Network Architecture
5 6 (14.29%) Roadmaps
5 6 (14.29%) Security Operations
5 6 (14.29%) SIEM
5 6 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
6 5 (11.90%) Disaster Recovery
6 5 (11.90%) Mentoring
7 4 (9.52%) ITIL
7 4 (9.52%) Network Design
7 4 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (9.52%) Threat Detection
7 4 (9.52%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.14%) PowerShell
1 3 (7.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (26.19%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (16.67%) CCNA
3 5 (11.90%) CCNP
4 3 (7.14%) Azure Certification
5 2 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (4.76%) DV Cleared
5 2 (4.76%) SC Cleared
5 2 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (11.90%) NIST
1 5 (11.90%) PCI DSS
2 2 (4.76%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (4.76%) Active Directory
1 2 (4.76%) Firmware
1 2 (4.76%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.38%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 20 (47.62%) FortiGate
2 5 (11.90%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (7.14%) Stealthwatch
4 1 (2.38%) Ansible
4 1 (2.38%) Check_MK
Vendors
1 42 (100.00%) Cisco
2 27 (64.29%) Palo Alto
3 11 (26.19%) Microsoft
4 10 (23.81%) CheckPoint
4 10 (23.81%) Meraki
5 7 (16.67%) SolarWinds
6 5 (11.90%) CrowdStrike
6 5 (11.90%) F5
7 4 (9.52%) Dynatrace
7 4 (9.52%) Fortinet
8 2 (4.76%) Veeam
8 2 (4.76%) VMware
9 1 (2.38%) Aruba
9 1 (2.38%) Okta
9 1 (2.38%) Sophos
9 1 (2.38%) Splunk
9 1 (2.38%) Zscaler