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 21 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 501 379 384
Rank change year-on-year -122 +5 +86
Contract jobs citing Cisco ASA 61 103 182
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.17% 0.40% 0.48%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.72% 3.02% 3.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 52 99
10th Percentile £300 £400 £313
25th Percentile £335 £445 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -11.00% +5.26% -13.64%
75th Percentile £556 £576 £591
90th Percentile £639 £617 £830
UK median daily rate £425 £478 £486
% change year-on-year -10.99% -1.75% -7.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 13
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £65.98
75th Percentile - - £76.25
90th Percentile - - £77.25
UK median hourly rate - - £65.98
% change year-on-year - - +12.21%

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 3,554 3,415 5,289
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.17% 13.21% 13.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,288 2,031 3,168
10th Percentile £204 £210 £205
25th Percentile £356 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £491 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.80% +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £676 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -5.00% +2.56% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 159 100 378
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.22 £14.42
25th Percentile £18.94 £20.30 £20.38
Median hourly rate £34.00 £33.75 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.74% -28.95% +138.93%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.69 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £73.88 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £32.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +4.62% -31.58% +143.59%

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 21 February 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 21 February 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 -36 22 £400 -11.11% 3
Midlands -46 10 £340 -24.44% 5
North of England -103 10 £335 -39.09% 2
South West -25 9 £525 +5.00% 2
West Midlands -45 9 £340 -24.44% 4
North West -77 7 £300 -45.45% 2
South East -35 5 £650 +11.59% 3
East of England -24 3 £285 -40.00%
Yorkshire -59 3 £495 -20.80%
East Midlands -25 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:

Applications
1 6 (9.84%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (16.39%) AWS
1 10 (16.39%) Azure
2 7 (11.48%) GCP
3 5 (8.20%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 4 (6.56%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 2 (3.28%) AWS Direct Connect
6 1 (1.64%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 50 (81.97%) Firewall
2 38 (62.30%) BGP
2 38 (62.30%) WAN
3 35 (57.38%) VPN
4 32 (52.46%) LAN
5 31 (50.82%) Network Security
5 31 (50.82%) OSPF
6 29 (47.54%) MPLS
7 18 (29.51%) SD-WAN
8 17 (27.87%) EIGRP
8 17 (27.87%) Wireless
9 16 (26.23%) VLAN
10 15 (24.59%) DNS
11 14 (22.95%) IPsec
12 13 (21.31%) Cisco IOS
12 13 (21.31%) Cisco Nexus
13 12 (19.67%) Wireshark
14 11 (18.03%) Multicast
15 10 (16.39%) VXLAN
16 8 (13.11%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (1.64%) Git
1 1 (1.64%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 17 (27.87%) Social Skills
2 13 (21.31%) Finance
3 12 (19.67%) Public Sector
4 11 (18.03%) Financial Institution
5 6 (9.84%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (8.20%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (6.56%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (6.56%) Telecoms
8 2 (3.28%) Aviation
8 2 (3.28%) Military
8 2 (3.28%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.64%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.64%) Legal
Job Titles
1 26 (42.62%) Network Engineer
2 13 (21.31%) Senior
3 11 (18.03%) Architect
3 11 (18.03%) Security Engineer
4 9 (14.75%) Network Architect
5 6 (9.84%) Network Security Engineer
6 4 (6.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (6.56%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
6 4 (6.56%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (4.92%) Cisco Engineer
7 3 (4.92%) Senior Tester
7 3 (4.92%) Tester
7 3 (4.92%) Validation Tester
8 2 (3.28%) Network Specialist
8 2 (3.28%) Network Support
8 2 (3.28%) Security Architect
8 2 (3.28%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 2 (3.28%) Senior Network Specialist
9 1 (1.64%) Firewall Engineer
9 1 (1.64%) IP Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (19.67%) LDAP
2 6 (9.84%) SAML
3 4 (6.56%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 9 (14.75%) Data Centre
2 8 (13.11%) PKI
3 4 (6.56%) Onboarding
4 3 (4.92%) Management Information System
5 2 (3.28%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (3.28%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.64%) RSA SecurID
Operating Systems
1 6 (9.84%) Linux
1 6 (9.84%) Ubuntu
2 4 (6.56%) CatOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (29.51%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (19.67%) Change Management
3 10 (16.39%) Load Balancing
4 9 (14.75%) Migration
5 8 (13.11%) Network Design
5 8 (13.11%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (11.48%) Disaster Recovery
6 7 (11.48%) Zero Trust
7 6 (9.84%) Incident Response
7 6 (9.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 6 (9.84%) Roadmaps
7 6 (9.84%) Root Cause Analysis
7 6 (9.84%) Technical Leadership
7 6 (9.84%) Validation
8 5 (8.20%) Agile
8 5 (8.20%) Penetration Testing
8 5 (8.20%) Performance Management
8 5 (8.20%) Performance Monitoring
8 5 (8.20%) Security Architecture
8 5 (8.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 13 (21.31%) Python
2 4 (6.56%) Bash
2 4 (6.56%) PHP
Qualifications
1 21 (34.43%) Security Cleared
2 18 (29.51%) SC Cleared
3 17 (27.87%) Cisco Certification
4 16 (26.23%) CCNP
5 10 (16.39%) CCIE
6 6 (9.84%) DV Cleared
7 5 (8.20%) CISSP
7 5 (8.20%) CompTIA Security+
7 5 (8.20%) GIAC
8 4 (6.56%) APMG
8 4 (6.56%) AWS Certification
8 4 (6.56%) CCIE Security
8 4 (6.56%) CCNA
8 4 (6.56%) Degree
8 4 (6.56%) SSCP
9 3 (4.92%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (4.92%) Azure Certification
9 3 (4.92%) CCSP
9 3 (4.92%) GSEC
9 3 (4.92%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (21.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 13 (21.31%) NIST
2 9 (14.75%) SLA
3 7 (11.48%) PCI DSS
4 5 (8.20%) GDPR
5 4 (6.56%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (6.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (3.28%) NCSC
7 1 (1.64%) GRC
7 1 (1.64%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (1.64%) QA
System Software
1 17 (27.87%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (18.03%) VMware NSX
3 6 (9.84%) Active Directory
3 6 (9.84%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.64%) Firmware
4 1 (1.64%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.64%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (18.03%) Ansible
2 10 (16.39%) FortiGate
3 6 (9.84%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (9.84%) Terraform
3 6 (9.84%) vCenter Server
4 4 (6.56%) Iperf
4 4 (6.56%) Nmap
5 3 (4.92%) SCOM
6 2 (3.28%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (1.64%) Grafana
7 1 (1.64%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 61 (100.00%) Cisco
2 38 (62.30%) Palo Alto
3 26 (42.62%) CheckPoint
4 25 (40.98%) F5
5 18 (29.51%) Fortinet
6 17 (27.87%) VMware
7 12 (19.67%) SolarWinds
8 10 (16.39%) Juniper
9 9 (14.75%) Meraki
10 8 (13.11%) Microsoft
11 4 (6.56%) Forcepoint
11 4 (6.56%) Zscaler
12 2 (3.28%) Extreme Networks
12 2 (3.28%) LogicMonitor
12 2 (3.28%) McAfee
12 2 (3.28%) NetScout
12 2 (3.28%) ServiceNow
12 2 (3.28%) Tufin
13 1 (1.64%) Dell
13 1 (1.64%) Red Hat