Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Cisco ASA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cisco ASA over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 768 700 792
Rank change year-on-year -68 +92 -239
Permanent jobs citing Cisco ASA 128 276 468
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.26% 0.30%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.94% 1.72% 2.26%
Number of salaries quoted 90 203 350
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £39,650
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% +11.43% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,750 £82,500 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.95% +5.00% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

Cisco ASA is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,586 16,051 20,707
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.86% 15.34% 13.43%
Number of salaries quoted 9,485 8,237 11,833
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -

Cisco ASA
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Cisco ASA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco ASA in the UK

Cisco ASA
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cisco ASA.

Salary trend for Cisco ASA in the UK

Cisco ASA
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco ASA over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Cisco ASA in the UK

Cisco ASA
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco ASA within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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 +9 104 £55,000 +0.92% 30
UK excluding London -39 97 £53,000 +0.95% 31
Work from Home -40 31 £55,000 -15.38% 6
London +89 25 £70,000 +16.67% 6
South West -3 25 £52,073 +15.72% 3
South East +22 24 £53,000 -3.64% 7
West Midlands +13 17 £52,500 +16.67% 3
Midlands -7 17 £52,500 +16.67% 5
Wales +21 11 - -
North of England +28 8 £49,500 -5.71% 7
Scotland -61 7 £55,000 - 7
East of England +4 5 £70,000 +29.03% 1
North West +8 4 £52,500 +5.00% 4
Yorkshire +75 3 £49,000 -18.33% 3
North East -3 1 £42,155 -15.69%

Cisco ASA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 6 (4.69%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.34%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 32 (25.00%) AWS
2 31 (24.22%) Azure
3 10 (7.81%) GCP
4 5 (3.91%) AWS Direct Connect
5 4 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.78%) IaaS
6 1 (0.78%) Mimecast
6 1 (0.78%) PaaS
6 1 (0.78%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 111 (86.72%) Firewall
2 51 (39.84%) WAN
3 48 (37.50%) BGP
4 42 (32.81%) OSPF
5 36 (28.13%) Cisco Firepower
5 36 (28.13%) LAN
6 32 (25.00%) Cisco ISE
7 28 (21.88%) Cisco Nexus
7 28 (21.88%) VPN
8 27 (21.09%) SD-WAN
9 23 (17.97%) EIGRP
10 22 (17.19%) VLAN
11 21 (16.41%) Spanning Tree
11 21 (16.41%) Wireless
12 20 (15.63%) MPLS
13 18 (14.06%) DMVPN
14 17 (13.28%) Cisco IOS
14 17 (13.28%) Cisco Wireless
14 17 (13.28%) IPsec
15 15 (11.72%) HSRP
Development Applications
1 3 (2.34%) JIRA
1 3 (2.34%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 14 (10.94%) Finance
2 12 (9.38%) Telecoms
3 11 (8.59%) Aerospace
4 7 (5.47%) Military
5 6 (4.69%) Banking
5 6 (4.69%) Investment Banking
6 5 (3.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (3.91%) Police
7 4 (3.13%) Publishing
7 4 (3.13%) Social Skills
8 3 (2.34%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.56%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (1.56%) Billing
9 2 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.56%) Games
10 1 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.78%) Retail
Job Titles
1 72 (56.25%) Network Engineer
2 50 (39.06%) Senior
3 35 (27.34%) Senior Network Engineer
4 13 (10.16%) Consultant
4 13 (10.16%) Senior Consultant
5 12 (9.38%) Senior Network Consultant
6 11 (8.59%) Project Consultant
6 11 (8.59%) Senior Project Consultant
7 10 (7.81%) DevOps Engineer
7 10 (7.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 9 (7.03%) 3rd Line Support
8 9 (7.03%) Network Support
9 7 (5.47%) Network Specialist
10 6 (4.69%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 6 (4.69%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
10 6 (4.69%) Linux Engineer
10 6 (4.69%) Security Engineer
11 5 (3.91%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
11 5 (3.91%) IT Engineer
11 5 (3.91%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (12.50%) 802.1X
2 6 (4.69%) LDAP
3 5 (3.91%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 30 (23.44%) Data Centre
2 10 (7.81%) Public Cloud
3 8 (6.25%) Driving Licence
4 5 (3.91%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.56%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.56%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.78%) CMDB
6 1 (0.78%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 22 (17.19%) Linux
2 13 (10.16%) Windows
3 6 (4.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 6 (4.69%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.78%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.78%) Windows 7
4 1 (0.78%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.78%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (21.09%) Network Design
2 18 (14.06%) ITIL
3 17 (13.28%) Actionable Insight
4 16 (12.50%) Change Control
5 15 (11.72%) Migration
6 14 (10.94%) Customer Service
6 14 (10.94%) Incident Management
7 13 (10.16%) Change Management
8 11 (8.59%) Configuration Management
8 11 (8.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 10 (7.81%) Agile
9 10 (7.81%) DevOps
9 10 (7.81%) Network Monitoring
9 10 (7.81%) Network Virtualisation
10 9 (7.03%) Load Balancing
11 8 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
11 8 (6.25%) Cybersecurity
11 8 (6.25%) Disaster Recovery
11 8 (6.25%) Mentoring
11 8 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 22 (17.19%) Python
2 17 (13.28%) Bash
3 10 (7.81%) Shell Script
4 6 (4.69%) Perl
5 2 (1.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 69 (53.91%) Security Cleared
2 68 (53.13%) Cisco Certification
3 53 (41.41%) CCNP
4 35 (27.34%) CCNA
5 32 (25.00%) SC Cleared
6 24 (18.75%) DV Cleared
7 8 (6.25%) CCIE
8 3 (2.34%) CCDA
8 3 (2.34%) CCSA
9 2 (1.56%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.56%) CCIE Routing and Switching
9 2 (1.56%) CCIP
9 2 (1.56%) MCSA
9 2 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.78%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.78%) CCDP
10 1 (0.78%) CCNP Voice
10 1 (0.78%) CCSP
10 1 (0.78%) Check Point Certification
10 1 (0.78%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.91%) SLA
2 1 (0.78%) QA
System Software
1 12 (9.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (7.81%) VMware NSX
3 6 (4.69%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.34%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 24 (18.75%) Ansible
2 21 (16.41%) FortiGate
3 13 (10.16%) Puppet
4 10 (7.81%) Progress Chef
5 6 (4.69%) Kubernetes
5 6 (4.69%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (3.91%) Cisco Prime
6 5 (3.91%) Opsview
6 5 (3.91%) vCenter Server
7 3 (2.34%) Terraform
8 2 (1.56%) SolarWinds Orion
9 1 (0.78%) CASB
9 1 (0.78%) DatAdvantage
9 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.78%) QRadar
9 1 (0.78%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 128 (100.00%) Cisco
2 36 (28.13%) Fortinet
2 36 (28.13%) Palo Alto
3 34 (26.56%) CheckPoint
4 29 (22.66%) Juniper
5 24 (18.75%) VMware
6 22 (17.19%) McAfee
7 20 (15.63%) Microsoft
8 19 (14.84%) F5
9 16 (12.50%) Red Hat
10 12 (9.38%) SolarWinds
11 11 (8.59%) Oracle
12 7 (5.47%) Meraki
13 6 (4.69%) Aruba
14 3 (2.34%) Avaya
14 3 (2.34%) HP
14 3 (2.34%) Huawei
14 3 (2.34%) ServiceNow
15 2 (1.56%) Citrix
15 2 (1.56%) LogicMonitor