Cisco ASA Contract Job Trends in England

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Cisco ASA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 500 404 326
Rank change year-on-year -96 -78 +207
Contract jobs citing Cisco ASA 44 109 271
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.15% 0.35% 0.68%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.30% 2.89% 4.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 54 154
10th Percentile £335 £404 £273
25th Percentile £400 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £463
Median % change year-on-year - +8.11% -11.48%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £583
90th Percentile £638 £581 £623
UK median daily rate £450 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 18
10th Percentile - - £48.30
25th Percentile £100.50 - -
Median hourly rate £103.00 - £65.98
75th Percentile £105.50 - £76.25
90th Percentile - - £76.63
UK median hourly rate £103.00 - £65.98
% change year-on-year - - +11.05%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

Cisco ASA falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,385 3,773 5,658
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.53% 12.20% 14.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,185 2,184 3,532
10th Percentile £213 £233 £213
25th Percentile £360 £380 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -
75th Percentile £588 £607 £600
90th Percentile £686 £687 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 180 130 324
10th Percentile £15.50 £20.00 £17.83
25th Percentile £20.00 £27.75 £23.07
Median hourly rate £34.00 £56.13 £56.45
Median % change year-on-year -39.42% -0.57% +34.15%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £67.13
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £48.56 £55.00
% change year-on-year -27.92% -11.71% +34.10%

Cisco ASA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cisco ASA relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Cisco ASA job vacancy trend in England

Cisco ASA
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco ASA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco ASA

Cisco ASA
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco ASA in England over the 6 months to 4 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco ASA in England

Cisco ASA
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco ASA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco ASA

Cisco ASA
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco ASA within the England region over the 6 months to 4 November 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -16 15 £350 -31.37% 9
North of England -70 11 £550 +4.76% 7
Midlands -18 10 £500 -4.76% 8
West Midlands -17 9 £488 -7.14% 6
Yorkshire - 7 £550 - 1
South East -5 4 £575 +21.05% 7
North West -58 4 £598 +13.81% 6
East of England -16 2 £95 -82.88%
East Midlands - 1 £500 - 1
Cisco ASA
UK

Cisco ASA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 11 (25.00%) Azure
2 9 (20.45%) AWS
3 7 (15.91%) GCP
4 4 (9.09%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 4 (9.09%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 2 (4.55%) AWS Direct Connect
6 1 (2.27%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (2.27%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 40 (90.91%) Firewall
2 17 (38.64%) WAN
3 16 (36.36%) DHCP
3 16 (36.36%) DNS
3 16 (36.36%) LAN
3 16 (36.36%) Network Security
4 15 (34.09%) VPN
5 12 (27.27%) BGP
5 12 (27.27%) OSPF
6 11 (25.00%) SD-WAN
6 11 (25.00%) TCP/IP
6 11 (25.00%) VLAN
7 10 (22.73%) BIG-IP
7 10 (22.73%) Cisco Firepower
7 10 (22.73%) Wireless
8 9 (20.45%) MPLS
9 8 (18.18%) Cisco ISE
10 7 (15.91%) Cisco Nexus
10 7 (15.91%) WLAN
11 6 (13.64%) EIGRP
Development Applications
1 5 (11.36%) JIRA
2 3 (6.82%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 14 (31.82%) Social Skills
2 6 (13.64%) Public Sector
3 5 (11.36%) Finance
4 4 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (6.82%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (6.82%) Military
5 3 (6.82%) Telecoms
6 2 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.27%) Financial Institution
7 1 (2.27%) Law
7 1 (2.27%) Legal
Job Titles
1 23 (52.27%) Network Engineer
2 10 (22.73%) Architect
3 9 (20.45%) Network Architect
4 5 (11.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (11.36%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (11.36%) Security Engineer
4 5 (11.36%) Senior
5 4 (9.09%) Firewall Engineer
6 3 (6.82%) Cisco Engineer
6 3 (6.82%) Network Security Engineer
6 3 (6.82%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (6.82%) Tester
7 2 (4.55%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 2 (4.55%) Network Security Architect
7 2 (4.55%) Network Specialist
7 2 (4.55%) Security Architect
7 2 (4.55%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 2 (4.55%) Senior Network Specialist
7 2 (4.55%) Senior Tester
7 2 (4.55%) Validation Tester
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.64%) Data Centre
2 2 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (4.55%) PKI
3 1 (2.27%) Client/Server
3 1 (2.27%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.27%) RSA SecurID
3 1 (2.27%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.27%) Linux
1 1 (2.27%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (31.82%) Migration
2 11 (25.00%) ITIL
3 10 (22.73%) Load Balancing
4 9 (20.45%) Zero Trust
5 8 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (15.91%) Agile
6 7 (15.91%) Network Management
7 6 (13.64%) Incident Response
7 6 (13.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 6 (13.64%) Network Design
7 6 (13.64%) Roadmaps
7 6 (13.64%) Security Architecture
8 5 (11.36%) Asset Management
8 5 (11.36%) Network Architecture
8 5 (11.36%) Network Monitoring
8 5 (11.36%) Performance Monitoring
9 4 (9.09%) Business Strategy
9 4 (9.09%) Change Management
9 4 (9.09%) SIEM
9 4 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (13.64%) Python
2 5 (11.36%) PowerShell
3 3 (6.82%) Bash
Qualifications
1 23 (52.27%) Cisco Certification
2 21 (47.73%) CCNP
3 12 (27.27%) Security Cleared
4 8 (18.18%) CCIE
4 8 (18.18%) CCNA
4 8 (18.18%) SC Cleared
5 7 (15.91%) CISSP
6 5 (11.36%) CCIE Security
6 5 (11.36%) Degree
7 4 (9.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 4 (9.09%) CCSP
8 3 (6.82%) AWS Certification
8 3 (6.82%) Azure Certification
8 3 (6.82%) JNCIE
9 2 (4.55%) GIAC
9 2 (4.55%) JNCIP
10 1 (2.27%) CCDE
10 1 (2.27%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (20.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (18.18%) NIST
3 6 (13.64%) PCI DSS
4 5 (11.36%) GDPR
5 1 (2.27%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (13.64%) VMware NSX
2 5 (11.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (4.55%) vSphere
4 1 (2.27%) Active Directory
4 1 (2.27%) Firmware
4 1 (2.27%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (2.27%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 16 (36.36%) Ansible
2 6 (13.64%) FortiGate
3 5 (11.36%) Terraform
4 3 (6.82%) Iperf
4 3 (6.82%) Nmap
5 1 (2.27%) Kubernetes
5 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 44 (100.00%) Cisco
2 27 (61.36%) CheckPoint
3 26 (59.09%) Palo Alto
4 19 (43.18%) Fortinet
5 16 (36.36%) F5
6 14 (31.82%) SolarWinds
7 7 (15.91%) Juniper
7 7 (15.91%) VMware
8 6 (13.64%) Meraki
9 5 (11.36%) ServiceNow
10 4 (9.09%) Infoblox
11 3 (6.82%) AlgoSec
12 2 (4.55%) Extreme Networks
12 2 (4.55%) Forcepoint
12 2 (4.55%) LogicMonitor
12 2 (4.55%) Zscaler
13 1 (2.27%) Arista
13 1 (2.27%) Microsoft
13 1 (2.27%) Red Hat
13 1 (2.27%) SevOne