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 13 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 539 412 418
Rank change year-on-year -127 +6 -55
Contract jobs citing Cisco ASA 78 92 123
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.17% 0.34% 0.34%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.84% 2.67% 2.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 49 85
10th Percentile £336 £333 £355
25th Percentile £400 £425 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £535 £515
Median % change year-on-year -13.55% +3.88% +8.42%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £553
90th Percentile £653 £638 £613
UK median daily rate £463 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -7.50% -2.44% +13.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £103.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £103.00 -

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 4,248 3,451 4,763
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.47% 12.65% 12.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,619 2,141 2,837
10th Percentile £250 £235 £216
25th Percentile £400 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £492 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% -1.60% -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £608
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £483 £500
% change year-on-year +3.57% -3.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 303 157 385
10th Percentile £16.04 £14.99 £13.87
25th Percentile £20.41 £24.22 £17.69
Median hourly rate £26.66 £42.50 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.27% -1.16% +56.36%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.00 £83.40 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £46.25 £43.00
% change year-on-year -43.78% +7.56% +49.57%

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 13 July 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 13 July 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
South East -54 24 £523 +58.33% 5
London -73 24 £400 -23.81% 12
North of England -95 14 £450 -20.00% 7
North West -69 10 £449 -22.00% 1
Midlands -53 7 £340 -30.26% 5
South West -32 6 £538 +7.50% 1
West Midlands -66 6 £320 -28.89% 3
Yorkshire -55 3 £500 -9.09% 6
East of England -26 1 £450 +11.80%
North East - 1 £200 -
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (3.85%) SAS
2 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (6.41%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 24 (30.77%) Azure
2 23 (29.49%) AWS
3 8 (10.26%) GCP
4 5 (6.41%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (5.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 3 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.28%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 64 (82.05%) Firewall
2 47 (60.26%) BGP
3 43 (55.13%) VPN
4 40 (51.28%) WAN
5 39 (50.00%) Network Security
6 37 (47.44%) LAN
6 37 (47.44%) OSPF
7 35 (44.87%) Cisco Firepower
8 24 (30.77%) IPsec
9 22 (28.21%) MPLS
10 21 (26.92%) Cisco Nexus
10 21 (26.92%) DNS
11 19 (24.36%) Wireless
12 18 (23.08%) EIGRP
13 16 (20.51%) BIG-IP
14 15 (19.23%) Multicast
14 15 (19.23%) TCP/IP
15 12 (15.38%) VLAN
16 11 (14.10%) SSL
17 10 (12.82%) Cisco IOS
Development Applications
1 2 (2.56%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (1.28%) Git
General
1 22 (28.21%) Finance
2 13 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 12 (15.38%) Financial Institution
4 9 (11.54%) Public Sector
5 5 (6.41%) Banking
5 5 (6.41%) Manufacturing
5 5 (6.41%) Retail
5 5 (6.41%) Telecoms
6 4 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (5.13%) Police
7 3 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.56%) Aviation
8 2 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.28%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.28%) Law
Job Titles
1 49 (62.82%) Network Engineer
2 22 (28.21%) Senior
3 11 (14.10%) Senior Network Engineer
4 10 (12.82%) Security Engineer
5 8 (10.26%) Architect
6 5 (6.41%) Cisco Engineer
6 5 (6.41%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 5 (6.41%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 5 (6.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (6.41%) NOC Engineer
7 4 (5.13%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
7 4 (5.13%) Network Security Engineer
7 4 (5.13%) Technical Architect
8 3 (3.85%) Data Centre Engineer
8 3 (3.85%) Data Network Engineer
8 3 (3.85%) Juniper Engineer
8 3 (3.85%) Lead
8 3 (3.85%) Lead Architect
8 3 (3.85%) Network Architect
8 3 (3.85%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (16.67%) LDAP
2 7 (8.97%) SAML
3 3 (3.85%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 17 (21.79%) Data Centre
2 13 (16.67%) PKI
3 6 (7.69%) Cloud Native
4 5 (6.41%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (5.13%) Private Cloud
6 3 (3.85%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 3 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (2.56%) Management Information System
7 2 (2.56%) Security Posture
8 1 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (1.28%) Fibre Optics
8 1 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (1.28%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 15 (19.23%) Linux
2 9 (11.54%) Windows
3 6 (7.69%) Ubuntu
4 3 (3.85%) CatOS
5 1 (1.28%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.28%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (34.62%) ITIL
2 19 (24.36%) Change Management
3 18 (23.08%) Network Monitoring
4 15 (19.23%) Cybersecurity
5 14 (17.95%) Load Balancing
6 12 (15.38%) Disaster Recovery
7 9 (11.54%) High Availability
8 8 (10.26%) Network Virtualisation
8 8 (10.26%) Security Operations
8 8 (10.26%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (10.26%) Technical Leadership
9 7 (8.97%) Cloud Security
9 7 (8.97%) Computer Science
9 7 (8.97%) Project Delivery
10 6 (7.69%) Agile
10 6 (7.69%) Network Design
10 6 (7.69%) Virtual Environments
11 5 (6.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 5 (6.41%) Presales
11 5 (6.41%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 14 (17.95%) Python
2 4 (5.13%) PHP
3 3 (3.85%) Bash
4 2 (2.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 34 (43.59%) Security Cleared
2 26 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 19 (24.36%) Cisco Certification
4 18 (23.08%) CCNP
5 15 (19.23%) DV Cleared
6 8 (10.26%) Degree
7 6 (7.69%) CCIE
8 5 (6.41%) CCNA
8 5 (6.41%) CCSE
8 5 (6.41%) CCSM
9 4 (5.13%) APMG
9 4 (5.13%) CompTIA Security+
9 4 (5.13%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (5.13%) GIAC
9 4 (5.13%) SSCP
10 3 (3.85%) AWS Certification
10 3 (3.85%) GSEC
10 3 (3.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (2.56%) BC Cleared
11 2 (2.56%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (12.82%) NIST
2 8 (10.26%) SLA
3 6 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (7.69%) NCSC
4 4 (5.13%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (5.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.28%) GRC
5 1 (1.28%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (1.28%) QA
System Software
1 25 (32.05%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (19.23%) VMware NSX
3 12 (15.38%) Active Directory
4 11 (14.10%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.28%) Firmware
5 1 (1.28%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.28%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 9 (11.54%) Ansible
2 7 (8.97%) Single Sign-On
2 7 (8.97%) Terraform
3 6 (7.69%) vCenter Server
4 5 (6.41%) FortiGate
5 4 (5.13%) Grafana
6 3 (3.85%) Prometheus
6 3 (3.85%) SCOM
7 2 (2.56%) Cisco Prime
7 2 (2.56%) Iperf
7 2 (2.56%) Nmap
8 1 (1.28%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (1.28%) Nagios
8 1 (1.28%) SCCM
Vendors
1 78 (100.00%) Cisco
2 54 (69.23%) Palo Alto
3 41 (52.56%) CheckPoint
4 37 (47.44%) F5
5 31 (39.74%) VMware
6 19 (24.36%) Fortinet
7 15 (19.23%) SolarWinds
8 11 (14.10%) Microsoft
9 9 (11.54%) Juniper
10 6 (7.69%) ServiceNow
11 5 (6.41%) Meraki
12 4 (5.13%) Arista
12 4 (5.13%) Citrix
12 4 (5.13%) Tufin
13 3 (3.85%) Aruba
13 3 (3.85%) Becrypt
13 3 (3.85%) Dell
14 2 (2.56%) Google
14 2 (2.56%) Zscaler
15 1 (1.28%) NetScout