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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 550 431 420
Rank change year-on-year -119 -11 -82
Contract jobs citing Cisco ASA 83 70 108
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.18% 0.25% 0.33%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.92% 2.07% 2.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 38 74
10th Percentile £369 £325 £350
25th Percentile £440 £420 £442
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +7.32% +13.89%
75th Percentile £547 £588 £550
90th Percentile £649 £638 £616
UK median daily rate £473 £530 £511
% change year-on-year -10.85% +3.67% +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 4,317 3,376 4,169
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.44% 12.23% 12.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,610 2,076 2,573
10th Percentile £264 £250 £250
25th Percentile £400 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £492 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% -1.60% -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £613
90th Percentile £687 £684 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 337 170 279
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £14.25
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.15 £20.50
Median hourly rate £27.50 £43.75 £54.88
Median % change year-on-year -37.14% -20.27% -0.23%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £85.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.14 £46.25 £49.00
% change year-on-year -43.48% -5.61% -10.91%

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 18 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 18 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
North of England -74 29 £500 -13.04% 9
South East -55 25 £525 +59.09% 3
London -76 21 £400 -25.58% 3
North West -46 19 £450 -23.24% 7
Yorkshire -41 9 £500 -9.09% 2
Midlands -57 5 £425 -19.05% 2
West Midlands -48 4 £375 -16.67% 2
East of England -25 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 6 (7.23%) SAS
2 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (2.41%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 26 (31.33%) Azure
2 22 (26.51%) AWS
3 7 (8.43%) GCP
4 5 (6.02%) Azure Sentinel
4 5 (6.02%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (4.82%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 73 (87.95%) Firewall
2 54 (65.06%) Cisco Firepower
3 47 (56.63%) BGP
4 44 (53.01%) OSPF
5 41 (49.40%) VPN
6 39 (46.99%) WAN
7 38 (45.78%) LAN
8 33 (39.76%) Network Security
9 32 (38.55%) IPsec
10 27 (32.53%) Cisco Nexus
11 24 (28.92%) DNS
12 23 (27.71%) EIGRP
13 19 (22.89%) Wireless
14 16 (19.28%) TCP/IP
15 15 (18.07%) Wi-Fi
16 14 (16.87%) DHCP
17 13 (15.66%) BIG-IP
17 13 (15.66%) VLAN
18 11 (13.25%) MPLS
18 11 (13.25%) SSL
Development Applications
1 2 (2.41%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 19 (22.89%) Finance
2 12 (14.46%) Social Skills
3 10 (12.05%) Public Sector
4 9 (10.84%) Financial Institution
5 7 (8.43%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (7.23%) Banking
6 6 (7.23%) Police
7 5 (6.02%) Manufacturing
7 5 (6.02%) Retail
8 3 (3.61%) Telecoms
9 2 (2.41%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (2.41%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.20%) Law
Job Titles
1 63 (75.90%) Network Engineer
2 24 (28.92%) Senior
3 19 (22.89%) Senior Network Engineer
4 7 (8.43%) Architect
5 6 (7.23%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
5 6 (7.23%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 5 (6.02%) Cisco Engineer
6 5 (6.02%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 5 (6.02%) NOC Engineer
7 4 (4.82%) Security Engineer
7 4 (4.82%) Technical Architect
8 3 (3.61%) Data Centre Engineer
8 3 (3.61%) Data Network Engineer
8 3 (3.61%) Juniper Engineer
8 3 (3.61%) Lead
8 3 (3.61%) Lead Architect
8 3 (3.61%) Network Architect
8 3 (3.61%) Network Security Engineer
8 3 (3.61%) Security Hacker
8 3 (3.61%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.82%) LDAP
1 4 (4.82%) SAML
2 3 (3.61%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 21 (25.30%) Data Centre
2 13 (15.66%) PKI
3 6 (7.23%) Cloud Native
3 6 (7.23%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (6.02%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (4.82%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 4 (4.82%) Fibre Optics
5 4 (4.82%) Private Cloud
6 1 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.20%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.20%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.20%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.20%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 12 (14.46%) Windows
2 10 (12.05%) Linux
3 1 (1.20%) CatOS
3 1 (1.20%) Mac OS
3 1 (1.20%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (38.55%) ITIL
2 21 (25.30%) Network Monitoring
3 19 (22.89%) Change Management
4 13 (15.66%) Load Balancing
5 12 (14.46%) Security Operations
6 11 (13.25%) High Availability
6 11 (13.25%) Network Virtualisation
6 11 (13.25%) Technical Leadership
7 10 (12.05%) Cybersecurity
8 9 (10.84%) Stakeholder Management
8 9 (10.84%) Virtual Environments
9 8 (9.64%) Disaster Recovery
9 8 (9.64%) Migration
10 7 (8.43%) Cloud Security
10 7 (8.43%) Computer Science
10 7 (8.43%) Problem-Solving
10 7 (8.43%) Project Delivery
10 7 (8.43%) Zero Trust
11 6 (7.23%) Incident Management
11 6 (7.23%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (9.64%) Python
2 3 (3.61%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.41%) Bash
Qualifications
1 40 (48.19%) Security Cleared
2 27 (32.53%) SC Cleared
3 21 (25.30%) Cisco Certification
4 20 (24.10%) CCNP
5 14 (16.87%) DV Cleared
6 8 (9.64%) Degree
7 6 (7.23%) CCSE
8 5 (6.02%) CCIE
8 5 (6.02%) CCNA
8 5 (6.02%) CCSM
9 4 (4.82%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (3.61%) AWS Certification
10 3 (3.61%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (2.41%) Azure Certification
12 1 (1.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (1.20%) CCNA CyberOps
12 1 (1.20%) CCSA
12 1 (1.20%) GCIA
12 1 (1.20%) GCIH
12 1 (1.20%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.64%) SLA
2 6 (7.23%) NIST
3 4 (4.82%) NCSC
4 1 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.20%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 19 (22.89%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (18.07%) VMware NSX
3 12 (14.46%) Active Directory
4 5 (6.02%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.20%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.20%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 7 (8.43%) Ansible
1 7 (8.43%) Terraform
2 5 (6.02%) FortiGate
3 4 (4.82%) Cisco CUCM
3 4 (4.82%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (3.61%) Grafana
4 3 (3.61%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.20%) Nagios
5 1 (1.20%) Progress Chef
5 1 (1.20%) SCCM
Vendors
1 83 (100.00%) Cisco
2 56 (67.47%) Palo Alto
3 48 (57.83%) CheckPoint
4 30 (36.14%) F5
5 25 (30.12%) VMware
6 19 (22.89%) Fortinet
7 15 (18.07%) SolarWinds
8 9 (10.84%) Microsoft
9 8 (9.64%) Juniper
10 7 (8.43%) Meraki
11 6 (7.23%) ServiceNow
12 4 (4.82%) Becrypt
12 4 (4.82%) Citrix
13 3 (3.61%) Arista
13 3 (3.61%) Dell
13 3 (3.61%) Infoblox
14 2 (2.41%) Aruba
14 2 (2.41%) Google
14 2 (2.41%) Tufin
14 2 (2.41%) Zscaler