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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 415 424 480
Rank change year-on-year +9 +56 +20
Permanent jobs citing Cisco ISE 41 14 29
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.18% 0.085% 0.11%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.75% 0.70% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 21 9 21
10th Percentile £62,500 £45,797 £46,250
25th Percentile £71,750 £53,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £105,000 £85,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £90,000 £77,113
UK median annual salary £70,000 £64,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.38% +11.30% -4.17%

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 2,341 1,986 3,933
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.54% 12.01% 15.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1,293 1,215 2,180
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £68,000
90th Percentile £87,250 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -13.27% -5.77%

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 1 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 1 (2.44%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 21 (51.22%) Azure
2 8 (19.51%) AWS
3 7 (17.07%) AWS Direct Connect
3 7 (17.07%) Mimecast
3 7 (17.07%) SaaS
3 7 (17.07%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 3 (7.32%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.44%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 35 (85.37%) Firewall
2 21 (51.22%) LAN
2 21 (51.22%) WAN
3 20 (48.78%) VPN
4 19 (46.34%) Wireless
5 18 (43.90%) Network Security
6 17 (41.46%) WLAN
7 16 (39.02%) OSPF
7 16 (39.02%) SD-WAN
8 15 (36.59%) BGP
9 13 (31.71%) Cisco Nexus
10 11 (26.83%) Wi-Fi
11 10 (24.39%) Cisco ASA
11 10 (24.39%) MPLS
11 10 (24.39%) NX-OS
12 9 (21.95%) Cisco Firepower
13 7 (17.07%) IPsec
13 7 (17.07%) NetScaler
13 7 (17.07%) VLAN
13 7 (17.07%) VXLAN
General
1 11 (26.83%) Finance
2 7 (17.07%) Social Skills
3 3 (7.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (7.32%) Law
4 2 (4.88%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.44%) Aerospace
5 1 (2.44%) Legal
5 1 (2.44%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (2.44%) Retail
Job Titles
1 26 (63.41%) Network Engineer
2 10 (24.39%) Senior
2 10 (24.39%) Senior Network Engineer
3 7 (17.07%) Security Engineer
4 6 (14.63%) Cisco Engineer
4 6 (14.63%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 6 (14.63%) Firewall Engineer
5 4 (9.76%) Architect
5 4 (9.76%) Network Architect
5 4 (9.76%) Network Security Engineer
5 4 (9.76%) Network Security Specialist
5 4 (9.76%) Network Specialist
5 4 (9.76%) Security Specialist
6 3 (7.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (7.32%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (7.32%) Network Operations Engineer
6 3 (7.32%) Operations Engineer
6 3 (7.32%) Senior Cisco Engineer
6 3 (7.32%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
6 3 (7.32%) Wireless Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.76%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 12 (29.27%) Data Centre
2 7 (17.07%) Security Posture
3 4 (9.76%) Cyber Defence
3 4 (9.76%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (9.76%) Management Information System
4 3 (7.32%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 2 (4.88%) Public Cloud
6 1 (2.44%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.88%) Windows
2 1 (2.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (34.15%) Zero Trust
2 7 (17.07%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (17.07%) Incident Response
2 7 (17.07%) Network Segmentation
2 7 (17.07%) Security Operations
2 7 (17.07%) SIEM
2 7 (17.07%) Vulnerability Management
3 6 (14.63%) Cloud Security
3 6 (14.63%) Disaster Recovery
3 6 (14.63%) Network Architecture
3 6 (14.63%) Technical Leadership
4 5 (12.20%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (12.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 5 (12.20%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (12.20%) Threat Detection
5 4 (9.76%) Ethical Hacking
5 4 (9.76%) High Availability
5 4 (9.76%) Root Cause Analysis
5 4 (9.76%) Security Architecture
5 4 (9.76%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (12.20%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.44%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (29.27%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (21.95%) CCNA
3 7 (17.07%) CCNP
4 4 (9.76%) Azure Certification
5 1 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.44%) CCIE
5 1 (2.44%) CWNA
5 1 (2.44%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.44%) JNCIP
5 1 (2.44%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.44%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (7.32%) NIST
1 3 (7.32%) PCI DSS
2 1 (2.44%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (4.88%) Firmware
2 1 (2.44%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.44%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (2.44%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 17 (41.46%) FortiGate
2 3 (7.32%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (2.44%) Check_MK
3 1 (2.44%) Cisco Prime
3 1 (2.44%) Stealthwatch
3 1 (2.44%) Terraform
Vendors
1 41 (100.00%) Cisco
2 24 (58.54%) Palo Alto
3 16 (39.02%) CheckPoint
4 13 (31.71%) Meraki
5 9 (21.95%) Fortinet
5 9 (21.95%) SolarWinds
6 7 (17.07%) Dynatrace
6 7 (17.07%) Microsoft
7 4 (9.76%) F5
7 4 (9.76%) Okta
7 4 (9.76%) Sophos
7 4 (9.76%) Splunk
7 4 (9.76%) Zscaler
8 3 (7.32%) CrowdStrike
8 3 (7.32%) ServiceNow
9 1 (2.44%) Arista
9 1 (2.44%) Aruba
9 1 (2.44%) Juniper
9 1 (2.44%) Veeam
9 1 (2.44%) VMware