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 25 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 509 380 386
Rank change year-on-year -129 +6 +42
Contract jobs citing Cisco ASA 65 96 150
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.16% 0.39% 0.40%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.72% 2.98% 2.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 53 104
10th Percentile £300 £337 £335
25th Percentile £400 £463 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £550 £502
Median % change year-on-year -17.05% +9.56% -4.38%
75th Percentile £547 £611 £578
90th Percentile £612 £629 £825
UK median daily rate £450 £535 £513
% change year-on-year -15.89% +4.39% +2.50%

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 3,790 3,217 5,081
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.51% 13.08% 13.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,381 2,001 3,073
10th Percentile £238 £220 £205
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% -7.14%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £490 £490
% change year-on-year +2.04% - -5.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 196 124 403
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.20 £13.57
25th Percentile £21.25 £16.30 £17.69
Median hourly rate £42.60 £36.57 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.49% -8.57% +111.30%
75th Percentile £68.07 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £81.01 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £42.25 £37.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +12.67% -6.25% +110.53%

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 25 April 2026.

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 25 April 2026. 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 -69 24 £400 -27.27% 3
South East -62 11 £525 -9.87% 3
South West -41 9 £525 +5.00%
North of England -98 9 £472 -18.00% 4
Midlands -55 8 £300 -45.45% 8
North West -66 8 £472 -18.00% 3
West Midlands -51 7 £288 -36.11% 7
East of England -43 3 £463 +14.91% 1
Yorkshire -61 1 - - 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:

Applications
1 8 (12.31%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (23.08%) AWS
1 15 (23.08%) Azure
2 6 (9.23%) GCP
3 2 (3.08%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.54%) OpenShift
4 1 (1.54%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 52 (80.00%) Firewall
2 41 (63.08%) BGP
3 40 (61.54%) WAN
4 35 (53.85%) Network Security
5 32 (49.23%) LAN
6 31 (47.69%) OSPF
6 31 (47.69%) VPN
7 24 (36.92%) MPLS
8 19 (29.23%) IPsec
9 17 (26.15%) Wireless
10 15 (23.08%) Cisco Nexus
10 15 (23.08%) EIGRP
10 15 (23.08%) Multicast
11 14 (21.54%) Cisco IOS
12 13 (20.00%) BIG-IP
12 13 (20.00%) Cisco Firepower
12 13 (20.00%) DNS
13 12 (18.46%) SD-WAN
13 12 (18.46%) Wireshark
14 9 (13.85%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (1.54%) Git
1 1 (1.54%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 21 (32.31%) Finance
2 15 (23.08%) Financial Institution
3 10 (15.38%) Social Skills
4 9 (13.85%) Public Sector
5 4 (6.15%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (3.08%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (3.08%) Aviation
6 2 (3.08%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.08%) Retail
6 2 (3.08%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.54%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.54%) Banking
7 1 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.54%) Law
7 1 (1.54%) Police
7 1 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 36 (55.38%) Network Engineer
2 17 (26.15%) Senior
3 9 (13.85%) Security Engineer
4 7 (10.77%) Cisco Engineer
5 5 (7.69%) Architect
5 5 (7.69%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 5 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (7.69%) Senior Network Engineer
6 4 (6.15%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
6 4 (6.15%) Network Security Engineer
7 3 (4.62%) Data Centre Engineer
7 3 (4.62%) Data Network Engineer
7 3 (4.62%) Juniper Engineer
8 2 (3.08%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
8 2 (3.08%) Firewall Architect
8 2 (3.08%) Network Support
8 2 (3.08%) NOC Engineer
8 2 (3.08%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
9 1 (1.54%) Azure Engineer
9 1 (1.54%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (21.54%) LDAP
2 8 (12.31%) SAML
3 5 (7.69%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 10 (15.38%) Data Centre
2 7 (10.77%) PKI
3 4 (6.15%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.08%) Cloud Native
4 2 (3.08%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.54%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.54%) RSA SecurID
5 1 (1.54%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (13.85%) Linux
2 6 (9.23%) Ubuntu
3 4 (6.15%) CatOS
4 3 (4.62%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (21.54%) Cybersecurity
2 13 (20.00%) Change Management
3 12 (18.46%) Load Balancing
4 11 (16.92%) Technical Leadership
5 10 (15.38%) Disaster Recovery
6 9 (13.85%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (12.31%) High Availability
7 8 (12.31%) ITIL
7 8 (12.31%) Migration
8 7 (10.77%) Network Monitoring
9 6 (9.23%) Break/Fix
9 6 (9.23%) Performance Management
9 6 (9.23%) Root Cause Analysis
10 5 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 5 (7.69%) Network Virtualisation
10 5 (7.69%) Security Operations
10 5 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 4 (6.15%) Continuous Improvement
11 4 (6.15%) Network Design
11 4 (6.15%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 12 (18.46%) Python
2 4 (6.15%) PHP
3 3 (4.62%) Bash
4 1 (1.54%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 20 (30.77%) Security Cleared
2 19 (29.23%) SC Cleared
3 10 (15.38%) DV Cleared
4 9 (13.85%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (12.31%) CCNP
6 5 (7.69%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (6.15%) APMG
7 4 (6.15%) Degree
7 4 (6.15%) GIAC
7 4 (6.15%) SSCP
8 3 (4.62%) CCIE
8 3 (4.62%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (4.62%) GSEC
9 2 (3.08%) AWS Certification
9 2 (3.08%) BC Cleared
9 2 (3.08%) CCNA
9 2 (3.08%) CCSE
9 2 (3.08%) CCSM
9 2 (3.08%) ISTQB
10 1 (1.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (18.46%) SLA
2 8 (12.31%) NIST
3 6 (9.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (6.15%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (6.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (3.08%) NCSC
6 1 (1.54%) GRC
6 1 (1.54%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (1.54%) PCI DSS
6 1 (1.54%) QA
System Software
1 22 (33.85%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (15.38%) VMware NSX
3 9 (13.85%) Active Directory
4 8 (12.31%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.54%) Firmware
5 1 (1.54%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (13.85%) FortiGate
2 8 (12.31%) Ansible
2 8 (12.31%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (9.23%) Terraform
3 6 (9.23%) vCenter Server
4 4 (6.15%) Grafana
5 3 (4.62%) Prometheus
5 3 (4.62%) SCOM
6 2 (3.08%) Cisco Prime
6 2 (3.08%) Iperf
6 2 (3.08%) Nmap
7 1 (1.54%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 65 (100.00%) Cisco
2 41 (63.08%) Palo Alto
3 33 (50.77%) F5
4 27 (41.54%) CheckPoint
5 22 (33.85%) VMware
6 14 (21.54%) Fortinet
7 11 (16.92%) Microsoft
8 8 (12.31%) Juniper
9 7 (10.77%) SolarWinds
10 5 (7.69%) ServiceNow
11 4 (6.15%) Arista
11 4 (6.15%) Zscaler
12 3 (4.62%) McAfee
12 3 (4.62%) Meraki
13 2 (3.08%) Aruba
13 2 (3.08%) Dell
13 2 (3.08%) Forcepoint
13 2 (3.08%) NetScout
13 2 (3.08%) Tufin
14 1 (1.54%) Infoblox