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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 455 433 318
Rank change year-on-year -22 -115 +225
Contract jobs citing Cisco ASA 57 95 295
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.21% 0.29% 0.70%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.74% 2.39% 5.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 57 201
10th Percentile £400 £408 £273
25th Percentile £450 £463 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £520 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% +15.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £575
90th Percentile £646 £768 £638
UK median daily rate £535 £520 £450
% change year-on-year +2.88% +15.56% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 14
10th Percentile - - £40.70
25th Percentile £100.50 - -
Median hourly rate £103.00 - £65.98
75th Percentile £105.50 - £76.19
90th Percentile - - £77.13
UK median hourly rate £103.00 - £65.98
% change year-on-year - - +31.37%

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 3,282 3,967 5,565
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.81% 12.04% 13.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,054 2,323 3,578
10th Percentile £227 £242 £225
25th Percentile £363 £388 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.94% +1.50% -1.96%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £618
90th Percentile £688 £688 £713
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 217 280
10th Percentile £15.31 £14.44 £16.73
25th Percentile £25.04 £22.75 £24.03
Median hourly rate £41.72 £57.35 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -27.25% +1.52% +34.02%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £67.78
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £76.12
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £50.50 £56.49
% change year-on-year -14.85% -10.60% +34.50%

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

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 September 2025.

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 September 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
London +18 23 £481 -7.45% 3
North of England -12 19 £550 +9.13% 7
North West -19 13 £586 +16.32% 4
Midlands -16 8 £500 -33.33% 5
West Midlands -12 6 £450 -40.00% 3
Yorkshire - 6 £550 - 2
South East +7 4 £575 +21.05% 8
East Midlands - 2 £525 - 2
South West +17 1 £535 +15.68%
East of England -7 1 - - 3
Cisco ASA
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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (12.28%) Azure
2 5 (8.77%) AWS
3 1 (1.75%) GCP
3 1 (1.75%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 52 (91.23%) Firewall
2 20 (35.09%) Network Security
3 18 (31.58%) Cisco Firepower
4 16 (28.07%) BGP
4 16 (28.07%) OSPF
5 13 (22.81%) WAN
6 12 (21.05%) DNS
6 12 (21.05%) EIGRP
6 12 (21.05%) TCP/IP
7 11 (19.30%) Cisco Nexus
7 11 (19.30%) DHCP
7 11 (19.30%) LAN
8 10 (17.54%) IPsec
9 9 (15.79%) BIG-IP
9 9 (15.79%) Cisco ISE
10 8 (14.04%) HSRP
10 8 (14.04%) MPLS
10 8 (14.04%) Software-Defined Networking
10 8 (14.04%) VPN
10 8 (14.04%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 5 (8.77%) JIRA
2 4 (7.02%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (1.75%) GitLab
General
1 10 (17.54%) Social Skills
2 9 (15.79%) Finance
3 8 (14.04%) Public Sector
4 4 (7.02%) Telecoms
5 3 (5.26%) Banking
6 2 (3.51%) Financial Institution
6 2 (3.51%) Military
7 1 (1.75%) Advertising
7 1 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.75%) Law
Job Titles
1 38 (66.67%) Network Engineer
2 8 (14.04%) Security Engineer
3 7 (12.28%) Architect
3 7 (12.28%) Network Architect
3 7 (12.28%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 7 (12.28%) Senior
4 6 (10.53%) Network Security Engineer
5 5 (8.77%) Firewall Engineer
5 5 (8.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (8.77%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (7.02%) Cisco Engineer
7 3 (5.26%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 3 (5.26%) Firewall Specialist
7 3 (5.26%) Tester
8 2 (3.51%) Cisco Architect
8 2 (3.51%) Cisco Network Architect
8 2 (3.51%) Lead Architect
8 2 (3.51%) Senior Network Engineer
8 2 (3.51%) Senior Tester
8 2 (3.51%) Validation Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.51%) JSON
2 1 (1.75%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (14.04%) Data Centre
2 4 (7.02%) Security Posture
3 1 (1.75%) Client/Server
3 1 (1.75%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.75%) Operational Technology
3 1 (1.75%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.75%) Linux
1 1 (1.75%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (26.32%) Migration
2 11 (19.30%) ITIL
3 8 (14.04%) Network Monitoring
4 7 (12.28%) Load Balancing
5 6 (10.53%) Agile
5 6 (10.53%) Network Management
6 5 (8.77%) Asset Management
6 5 (8.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 5 (8.77%) Network Design
7 4 (7.02%) Project Delivery
7 4 (7.02%) Zero Trust
8 3 (5.26%) Change Management
8 3 (5.26%) Cybersecurity
8 3 (5.26%) Process Improvement
8 3 (5.26%) Task Automation
8 3 (5.26%) Test Automation
8 3 (5.26%) Test Scripting
9 2 (3.51%) BCP
9 2 (3.51%) Stakeholder Management
9 2 (3.51%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.77%) PowerShell
2 4 (7.02%) Python
3 3 (5.26%) Bash
Qualifications
1 26 (45.61%) Security Cleared
2 22 (38.60%) Cisco Certification
2 22 (38.60%) SC Cleared
3 20 (35.09%) CCNP
4 8 (14.04%) CCNA
5 6 (10.53%) CCIE
6 2 (3.51%) CISSP
6 2 (3.51%) Degree
7 1 (1.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (1.75%) CCDE
7 1 (1.75%) CCIE Security
7 1 (1.75%) CCSP
7 1 (1.75%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.75%) GIAC
7 1 (1.75%) GSEC
7 1 (1.75%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (3.51%) NIST
1 2 (3.51%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (1.75%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.75%) Firmware
1 1 (1.75%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (1.75%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (1.75%) VMware NSX
1 1 (1.75%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (19.30%) Ansible
2 4 (7.02%) FortiGate
3 3 (5.26%) Iperf
3 3 (5.26%) Nmap
4 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 57 (100.00%) Cisco
2 42 (73.68%) CheckPoint
3 32 (56.14%) Palo Alto
4 17 (29.82%) F5
5 14 (24.56%) Fortinet
5 14 (24.56%) SolarWinds
6 5 (8.77%) Juniper
6 5 (8.77%) ServiceNow
7 4 (7.02%) AlgoSec
7 4 (7.02%) Meraki
8 3 (5.26%) Infoblox
8 3 (5.26%) Zscaler
9 2 (3.51%) LogicMonitor
9 2 (3.51%) VMware
10 1 (1.75%) Arista
10 1 (1.75%) Bloomberg
10 1 (1.75%) Extreme Networks
10 1 (1.75%) Microsoft
10 1 (1.75%) Refinitiv
10 1 (1.75%) Tufin