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

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 493 397 362
Rank change year-on-year -96 -35 +137
Contract jobs citing Cisco ASA 46 91 197
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.14% 0.34% 0.54%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.38% 2.64% 3.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 45 109
10th Percentile £293 £400 £305
25th Percentile £335 £425 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £490
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -3.06% -6.67%
75th Percentile £525 £575 £600
90th Percentile £588 £617 £825
UK median daily rate £433 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -8.95% -5.00% -4.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 16
10th Percentile - - £64.24
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £65.98
75th Percentile - - £76.25
90th Percentile - - £76.88
UK median hourly rate - - £65.98
% change year-on-year - - +42.17%

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 3,324 3,443 5,154
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.45% 12.81% 14.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,156 1,997 3,185
10th Percentile £204 £220 £206
25th Percentile £356 £375 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +1.01% -4.81%
75th Percentile £588 £603 £600
90th Percentile £680 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 150 105 330
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.08 £18.51
25th Percentile £18.90 £21.46 £24.00
Median hourly rate £32.00 £35.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% -38.04% +129.40%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.50 £65.98
90th Percentile £74.26 £70.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.00 £35.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -8.57% -38.04% +132.95%

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 January 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 January 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 -12 11 £350 -15.15% 8
North of England -89 10 £335 -39.09% 13
Midlands - 10 £340 - 13
West Midlands - 9 £340 - 7
North West -67 7 £300 -45.45% 6
South West -9 6 £513 +10.81% 11
South East -30 4 £575 +1.77% 20
East of England -13 3 £285 -40.00% 13
Yorkshire -47 3 £495 -20.80% 5
East Midlands - 1 £500 - 5
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 (13.04%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 9 (19.57%) Azure
2 8 (17.39%) AWS
3 6 (13.04%) GCP
4 5 (10.87%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 4 (8.70%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (4.35%) AWS Direct Connect
7 1 (2.17%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 39 (84.78%) Firewall
2 30 (65.22%) VPN
2 30 (65.22%) WAN
3 25 (54.35%) LAN
4 24 (52.17%) BGP
5 21 (45.65%) OSPF
6 18 (39.13%) MPLS
6 18 (39.13%) Network Security
7 17 (36.96%) SD-WAN
7 17 (36.96%) Wireless
8 15 (32.61%) DNS
8 15 (32.61%) VLAN
9 13 (28.26%) IPsec
10 12 (26.09%) Cisco Nexus
11 11 (23.91%) EIGRP
12 10 (21.74%) Wireshark
13 8 (17.39%) Cisco IOS
13 8 (17.39%) VXLAN
14 7 (15.22%) BIG-IP
14 7 (15.22%) DHCP
Development Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 15 (32.61%) Social Skills
2 10 (21.74%) Public Sector
3 4 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (8.70%) Documentation Skills
3 4 (8.70%) Finance
3 4 (8.70%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (6.52%) Financial Institution
4 3 (6.52%) Military
5 2 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (4.35%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.17%) Legal
Job Titles
1 22 (47.83%) Network Engineer
2 10 (21.74%) Architect
3 9 (19.57%) Network Architect
4 7 (15.22%) Security Engineer
5 5 (10.87%) Senior
6 4 (8.70%) Network Security Engineer
7 3 (6.52%) Cisco Engineer
7 3 (6.52%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (6.52%) Tester
8 2 (4.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (4.35%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
8 2 (4.35%) Network Specialist
8 2 (4.35%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 2 (4.35%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 2 (4.35%) Senior Network Specialist
8 2 (4.35%) Senior Tester
8 2 (4.35%) Validation Tester
9 1 (2.17%) Lead
9 1 (2.17%) Network Security Architect
9 1 (2.17%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (19.57%) LDAP
2 6 (13.04%) SAML
3 4 (8.70%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 8 (17.39%) Data Centre
2 5 (10.87%) PKI
3 4 (8.70%) Onboarding
4 2 (4.35%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.17%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.17%) RSA SecurID
5 1 (2.17%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.70%) CatOS
1 4 (8.70%) Linux
2 3 (6.52%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (32.61%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (21.74%) Change Management
3 9 (19.57%) Migration
4 7 (15.22%) Load Balancing
4 7 (15.22%) Network Design
4 7 (15.22%) Zero Trust
5 6 (13.04%) Roadmaps
5 6 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (13.04%) Technical Leadership
6 5 (10.87%) Incident Response
6 5 (10.87%) Performance Monitoring
6 5 (10.87%) Root Cause Analysis
6 5 (10.87%) Security Architecture
7 4 (8.70%) Business Strategy
7 4 (8.70%) Enterprise Architecture
7 4 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 4 (8.70%) Network Architecture
7 4 (8.70%) Network Management
7 4 (8.70%) Project Delivery
7 4 (8.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 8 (17.39%) Python
2 3 (6.52%) Bash
3 1 (2.17%) PHP
Qualifications
1 17 (36.96%) Security Cleared
2 14 (30.43%) Cisco Certification
3 13 (28.26%) CCNP
3 13 (28.26%) SC Cleared
4 8 (17.39%) CCIE
5 5 (10.87%) CISSP
6 4 (8.70%) CCIE Security
6 4 (8.70%) CCNA
7 3 (6.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (6.52%) AWS Certification
7 3 (6.52%) Azure Certification
7 3 (6.52%) CCSP
7 3 (6.52%) Degree
7 3 (6.52%) DV Cleared
7 3 (6.52%) JNCIE
8 2 (4.35%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (4.35%) GIAC
8 2 (4.35%) JNCIP
9 1 (2.17%) APMG
9 1 (2.17%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (21.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (21.74%) NIST
2 7 (15.22%) PCI DSS
2 7 (15.22%) SLA
3 5 (10.87%) GDPR
4 1 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 14 (30.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (26.09%) VMware NSX
3 6 (13.04%) Active Directory
4 3 (6.52%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (2.17%) Firmware
5 1 (2.17%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (2.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (19.57%) Ansible
2 8 (17.39%) FortiGate
3 6 (13.04%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (10.87%) Terraform
5 3 (6.52%) Iperf
5 3 (6.52%) Nmap
5 3 (6.52%) vCenter Server
6 1 (2.17%) Kubernetes
6 1 (2.17%) SCOM
Vendors
1 46 (100.00%) Cisco
2 28 (60.87%) Palo Alto
3 17 (36.96%) CheckPoint
4 16 (34.78%) Fortinet
5 15 (32.61%) F5
5 15 (32.61%) VMware
6 11 (23.91%) SolarWinds
7 8 (17.39%) Juniper
7 8 (17.39%) Meraki
7 8 (17.39%) Microsoft
8 3 (6.52%) Forcepoint
8 3 (6.52%) Zscaler
9 2 (4.35%) Extreme Networks
9 2 (4.35%) LogicMonitor
9 2 (4.35%) McAfee
9 2 (4.35%) ServiceNow
10 1 (2.17%) Infoblox
10 1 (2.17%) NetScout
10 1 (2.17%) Red Hat
10 1 (2.17%) SevOne