Cisco ASA Contracts in England

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Cisco ASA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cisco ASA over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 390 398 419
Rank change year-on-year +8 +21 +184
Contract jobs citing Cisco ASA 95 144 246
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.39% 0.39% 0.49%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.99% 2.87% 3.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 104 176
10th Percentile £388 £335 £314
25th Percentile £475 £381 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £502 £519
Median % change year-on-year +9.56% -3.32% +15.39%
75th Percentile £611 £578 £625
90th Percentile £629 £825 £650
UK median daily rate £535 £513 £500
% change year-on-year +4.39% +2.50% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 9
10th Percentile - - £30.65
25th Percentile - - £43.75
Median hourly rate - - £62.00
75th Percentile - - £63.23
90th Percentile - - £65.78
UK median hourly rate - - £62.00
% change year-on-year - - +169.57%

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 3,178 5,012 6,158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.05% 13.48% 12.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,963 3,022 4,045
10th Percentile £220 £206 £231
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £650
90th Percentile £675 £700 £738
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 399 439
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.50 £9.80
25th Percentile £15.22 £17.35 £10.63
Median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%
75th Percentile £63.50 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £81.01 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

Cisco ASA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Cisco ASA in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cisco ASA in England.

Daily rate trend for Cisco ASA in England

Cisco ASA
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco ASA in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco ASA in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cisco ASA in England.

Hourly rate trend for Cisco ASA in England

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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 1 May 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
North of England +38 38 £575 +21.05% 9
North West +38 35 £575 +11.92% 2
London +12 27 £550 +10.00% 16
South East +3 9 £583 +26.63% 14
South West +50 8 £518 -3.27%
East of England +25 7 £403 -5.29% 2
Midlands +22 6 £538 -28.33% 8
East Midlands - 4 £575 - 1
Yorkshire - 3 £625 - 7
West Midlands +10 2 £488 -35.00% 7
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UK

Cisco ASA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.05%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 8 (8.42%) AWS
2 7 (7.37%) Azure
3 1 (1.05%) GitHub
3 1 (1.05%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 80 (84.21%) Firewall
2 45 (47.37%) Cisco Firepower
3 42 (44.21%) BGP
4 38 (40.00%) OSPF
5 32 (33.68%) IPsec
6 30 (31.58%) VPN
7 28 (29.47%) WAN
8 27 (28.42%) EIGRP
8 27 (28.42%) Network Security
9 26 (27.37%) Cisco Nexus
10 25 (26.32%) LAN
11 24 (25.26%) HSRP
12 20 (21.05%) Wireless
13 12 (12.63%) MPLS
14 11 (11.58%) Cisco Wireless
14 11 (11.58%) Wi-Fi
15 10 (10.53%) Cisco ISE
15 10 (10.53%) TCP/IP
16 9 (9.47%) DNS
17 8 (8.42%) SD-WAN
Development Applications
1 3 (3.16%) Sonatype Nexus
2 2 (2.11%) GitLab
3 1 (1.05%) JIRA
General
1 13 (13.68%) Social Skills
2 10 (10.53%) Public Sector
3 6 (6.32%) Finance
3 6 (6.32%) Telecoms
4 3 (3.16%) Advertising
4 3 (3.16%) Banking
5 2 (2.11%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.05%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.05%) Legal
6 1 (1.05%) Military
6 1 (1.05%) Police
Job Titles
1 73 (76.84%) Network Engineer
2 22 (23.16%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 16 (16.84%) Network Security Engineer
3 16 (16.84%) Security Engineer
4 10 (10.53%) Architect
5 6 (6.32%) Network Architect
5 6 (6.32%) Senior
6 5 (5.26%) Cisco Engineer
6 5 (5.26%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 5 (5.26%) Field Engineer
6 5 (5.26%) Network Field Engineer
7 4 (4.21%) Senior Network Engineer
8 3 (3.16%) Cisco Architect
8 3 (3.16%) Cisco Network Architect
8 3 (3.16%) Consultant
8 3 (3.16%) Firewall Specialist
8 3 (3.16%) Principal Engineer
8 3 (3.16%) Principal Network Engineer
8 3 (3.16%) Principal Security Engineer
9 2 (2.11%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.16%) JSON
2 1 (1.05%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (15.79%) Data Centre
2 5 (5.26%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (4.21%) Security Posture
4 3 (3.16%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 3 (3.16%) Public Cloud
5 2 (2.11%) Client/Server
5 2 (2.11%) PKI
6 1 (1.05%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.05%) Linux
1 1 (1.05%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (14.74%) Migration
1 14 (14.74%) Network Monitoring
2 13 (13.68%) Network Management
3 10 (10.53%) Network Design
4 9 (9.47%) ITIL
5 6 (6.32%) Adaptive Security
5 6 (6.32%) Change Management
5 6 (6.32%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (6.32%) Load Balancing
6 4 (4.21%) Business Strategy
6 4 (4.21%) Incident Management
6 4 (4.21%) Roadmaps
7 3 (3.16%) Agile
7 3 (3.16%) CI/CD
7 3 (3.16%) Network Architecture
7 3 (3.16%) Network Load Balancing
7 3 (3.16%) Project Management
7 3 (3.16%) Requirements Management
7 3 (3.16%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (3.16%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 55 (57.89%) Security Cleared
2 50 (52.63%) SC Cleared
3 24 (25.26%) Cisco Certification
4 15 (15.79%) CCNP
5 12 (12.63%) CCNA
6 9 (9.47%) CCIE
6 9 (9.47%) DV Cleared
7 2 (2.11%) Degree
7 2 (2.11%) MCSE
7 2 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (2.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (1.05%) CCIE Security
8 1 (1.05%) CCIE Service Provider
8 1 (1.05%) CCIE Wireless
8 1 (1.05%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.11%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (2.11%) NCSC
1 2 (2.11%) NIST
2 1 (1.05%) QA
System Software
1 7 (7.37%) VMware NSX
2 3 (3.16%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (9.47%) FortiGate
2 3 (3.16%) ZABBIX
3 2 (2.11%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (1.05%) Cisco LMS
4 1 (1.05%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.05%) SolarWinds Orion
4 1 (1.05%) Terraform
Vendors
1 95 (100.00%) Cisco
2 57 (60.00%) Palo Alto
3 42 (44.21%) CheckPoint
4 17 (17.89%) F5
5 14 (14.74%) SolarWinds
6 12 (12.63%) Juniper
7 11 (11.58%) Fortinet
8 7 (7.37%) VMware
9 5 (5.26%) Zscaler
10 4 (4.21%) Aruba
10 4 (4.21%) Meraki
10 4 (4.21%) Microsoft
11 2 (2.11%) Arista
11 2 (2.11%) Blue Coat
11 2 (2.11%) McAfee
12 1 (1.05%) AlgoSec
12 1 (1.05%) Bloomberg
12 1 (1.05%) Citrix
12 1 (1.05%) Refinitiv
12 1 (1.05%) Symantec