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 11 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 541 431 426
Rank change year-on-year -110 -5 -80
Contract jobs citing Cisco ASA 77 72 105
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.17% 0.26% 0.32%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.79% 2.10% 2.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 40 72
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £425 £423 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £543 £514
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% +5.60% +11.08%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £554
90th Percentile £648 £638 £622
UK median daily rate £470 £525 £511
% change year-on-year -10.48% +2.69% +13.61%
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 4,294 3,427 4,186
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.42% 12.40% 12.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,596 2,130 2,572
10th Percentile £263 £250 £243
25th Percentile £400 £375 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £588 £600 £613
90th Percentile £675 £680 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 335 165 282
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £14.48
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.15 £20.50
Median hourly rate £28.00 £44.00 £54.94
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% -19.91% +5.87%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £86.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.07 £46.88 £49.50
% change year-on-year -44.38% -5.30% -3.24%

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 11 August 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 11 August 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 -52 25 £525 +59.09% 5
North of England -77 22 £500 -13.04% 12
London -89 22 £400 -23.81% 9
North West -42 14 £450 -23.24% 8
Yorkshire -44 7 £500 -9.09% 4
Midlands -59 5 £425 -19.05% 5
West Midlands -57 4 £375 -16.67% 3
East of England -22 1 £450 +36.36%
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 (3.90%) SAS
2 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (2.60%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 26 (33.77%) Azure
2 22 (28.57%) AWS
3 8 (10.39%) GCP
4 5 (6.49%) Azure Sentinel
4 5 (6.49%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (5.19%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (1.30%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 68 (88.31%) Firewall
2 47 (61.04%) Cisco Firepower
3 44 (57.14%) BGP
4 40 (51.95%) OSPF
5 39 (50.65%) WAN
6 38 (49.35%) VPN
7 37 (48.05%) LAN
8 33 (42.86%) Network Security
9 30 (38.96%) IPsec
10 24 (31.17%) Cisco Nexus
11 23 (29.87%) DNS
12 20 (25.97%) EIGRP
13 18 (23.38%) Wireless
14 15 (19.48%) TCP/IP
15 13 (16.88%) BIG-IP
15 13 (16.88%) DHCP
16 12 (15.58%) MPLS
16 12 (15.58%) VLAN
16 12 (15.58%) Wi-Fi
17 11 (14.29%) SSL
Development Applications
1 2 (2.60%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (1.30%) Git
General
1 20 (25.97%) Finance
2 10 (12.99%) Financial Institution
2 10 (12.99%) Social Skills
3 9 (11.69%) Public Sector
4 5 (6.49%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (6.49%) Banking
4 5 (6.49%) Manufacturing
4 5 (6.49%) Police
4 5 (6.49%) Retail
5 3 (3.90%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (2.60%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.30%) Law
Job Titles
1 57 (74.03%) Network Engineer
2 24 (31.17%) Senior
3 18 (23.38%) Senior Network Engineer
4 7 (9.09%) Architect
5 6 (7.79%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 5 (6.49%) Cisco Engineer
6 5 (6.49%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 5 (6.49%) NOC Engineer
7 4 (5.19%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 4 (5.19%) Technical Architect
8 3 (3.90%) Data Centre Engineer
8 3 (3.90%) Data Network Engineer
8 3 (3.90%) Juniper Engineer
8 3 (3.90%) Lead
8 3 (3.90%) Lead Architect
8 3 (3.90%) Network Architect
8 3 (3.90%) Security Engineer
8 3 (3.90%) Technical Leader
9 2 (2.60%) Implementation Engineer
9 2 (2.60%) Network Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.19%) LDAP
1 4 (5.19%) SAML
2 3 (3.90%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 21 (27.27%) Data Centre
2 12 (15.58%) PKI
3 6 (7.79%) Cloud Native
4 5 (6.49%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (6.49%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (5.19%) Fibre Optics
5 4 (5.19%) Private Cloud
6 3 (3.90%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (1.30%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.30%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.30%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.30%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.30%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 12 (15.58%) Windows
2 10 (12.99%) Linux
3 1 (1.30%) CatOS
3 1 (1.30%) Mac OS
3 1 (1.30%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (36.36%) ITIL
2 21 (27.27%) Network Monitoring
3 19 (24.68%) Change Management
4 14 (18.18%) Load Balancing
5 11 (14.29%) High Availability
5 11 (14.29%) Network Virtualisation
5 11 (14.29%) Security Operations
5 11 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
6 9 (11.69%) Disaster Recovery
6 9 (11.69%) Virtual Environments
7 8 (10.39%) Cybersecurity
7 8 (10.39%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (9.09%) Computer Science
8 7 (9.09%) Migration
8 7 (9.09%) Project Delivery
9 6 (7.79%) Cloud Security
9 6 (7.79%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (7.79%) Zero Trust
10 5 (6.49%) Presales
10 5 (6.49%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 8 (10.39%) Python
2 2 (2.60%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.30%) Bash
Qualifications
1 36 (46.75%) Security Cleared
2 24 (31.17%) SC Cleared
3 19 (24.68%) Cisco Certification
4 18 (23.38%) CCNP
5 14 (18.18%) DV Cleared
6 8 (10.39%) Degree
7 5 (6.49%) CCNA
7 5 (6.49%) CCSE
7 5 (6.49%) CCSM
8 4 (5.19%) CCIE
8 4 (5.19%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (3.90%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (2.60%) AWS Certification
10 2 (2.60%) Azure Certification
11 1 (1.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (1.30%) CCNA CyberOps
11 1 (1.30%) DBS Check
11 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.39%) SLA
2 5 (6.49%) NIST
3 4 (5.19%) NCSC
System Software
1 19 (24.68%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (19.48%) VMware NSX
3 12 (15.58%) Active Directory
4 5 (6.49%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.30%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.30%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 7 (9.09%) Ansible
1 7 (9.09%) Terraform
2 5 (6.49%) FortiGate
3 4 (5.19%) Cisco CUCM
3 4 (5.19%) Grafana
3 4 (5.19%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (3.90%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.30%) Nagios
5 1 (1.30%) SCCM
Vendors
1 77 (100.00%) Cisco
2 53 (68.83%) Palo Alto
3 42 (54.55%) CheckPoint
4 32 (41.56%) F5
5 25 (32.47%) VMware
6 18 (23.38%) Fortinet
7 15 (19.48%) SolarWinds
8 9 (11.69%) Juniper
8 9 (11.69%) Microsoft
9 7 (9.09%) Meraki
10 6 (7.79%) ServiceNow
11 4 (5.19%) Arista
11 4 (5.19%) Becrypt
11 4 (5.19%) Citrix
12 3 (3.90%) Aruba
12 3 (3.90%) Dell
13 2 (2.60%) Google
13 2 (2.60%) Infoblox
13 2 (2.60%) Tufin
13 2 (2.60%) Zscaler