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

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 503 372 390
Rank change year-on-year -131 +18 +80
Contract jobs citing Cisco ASA 69 108 164
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.19% 0.44% 0.43%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.86% 3.28% 3.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 56 97
10th Percentile £300 £355 £329
25th Percentile £388 £425 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -8.75% +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £541 £588 £570
90th Percentile £641 £625 £835
UK median daily rate £445 £480 £481
% change year-on-year -7.29% -0.10% -8.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - £63.89
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £65.98
75th Percentile - - £76.25
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £65.98
% change year-on-year - - +18.67%

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 3,715 3,296 5,276
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.00% 13.49% 13.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,393 2,029 3,191
10th Percentile £213 £213 £205
25th Percentile £375 £370 £336
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £490 £490 £475
% change year-on-year -0.10% +3.16% -9.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 178 115 374
10th Percentile £15.54 £14.99 £13.90
25th Percentile £19.00 £21.46 £18.00
Median hourly rate £36.00 £36.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.37% +12.31% +71.05%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £81.01 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +2.86% +7.69% +71.05%

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 20 March 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 20 March 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 -46 25 £400 -13.98% 1
Midlands -56 11 £340 -35.24% 5
West Midlands -54 10 £340 -24.44% 4
South East -57 10 £523 -7.52% 7
North of England -117 10 £440 -20.00% 6
South West -26 9 £525 +5.00% 1
North West -77 8 £472 -14.27% 4
East of England -24 3 £285 -29.19% 2
Yorkshire -59 2 £440 -28.16% 2
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 7 (10.14%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 20 (28.99%) AWS
2 19 (27.54%) Azure
3 10 (14.49%) GCP
4 5 (7.25%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 4 (5.80%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (2.90%) AWS Direct Connect
6 2 (2.90%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.45%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 55 (79.71%) Firewall
2 46 (66.67%) BGP
3 45 (65.22%) WAN
4 38 (55.07%) LAN
4 38 (55.07%) Network Security
5 37 (53.62%) OSPF
6 35 (50.72%) VPN
7 28 (40.58%) MPLS
8 21 (30.43%) Wireless
9 20 (28.99%) EIGRP
10 18 (26.09%) SD-WAN
11 17 (24.64%) IPsec
12 15 (21.74%) DNS
12 15 (21.74%) VLAN
13 14 (20.29%) Cisco IOS
13 14 (20.29%) Cisco Nexus
13 14 (20.29%) Multicast
14 12 (17.39%) BIG-IP
14 12 (17.39%) VXLAN
15 11 (15.94%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (1.45%) Git
1 1 (1.45%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 20 (28.99%) Finance
2 16 (23.19%) Social Skills
3 15 (21.74%) Financial Institution
4 11 (15.94%) Public Sector
5 6 (8.70%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (7.25%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (5.80%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.90%) Aviation
8 2 (2.90%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.90%) Retail
8 2 (2.90%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.45%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.45%) Banking
9 1 (1.45%) Law
9 1 (1.45%) Legal
9 1 (1.45%) Military
9 1 (1.45%) Police
Job Titles
1 34 (49.28%) Network Engineer
2 17 (24.64%) Senior
3 10 (14.49%) Architect
3 10 (14.49%) Security Engineer
4 6 (8.70%) Cisco Engineer
4 6 (8.70%) Network Architect
5 5 (7.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (7.25%) Network Security Engineer
6 4 (5.80%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 4 (5.80%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
6 4 (5.80%) Senior Network Engineer
6 4 (5.80%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (2.90%) Data Centre Engineer
7 2 (2.90%) Data Network Engineer
7 2 (2.90%) Firewall Architect
7 2 (2.90%) Juniper Engineer
7 2 (2.90%) Network Support
7 2 (2.90%) NOC Engineer
7 2 (2.90%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 2 (2.90%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (18.84%) LDAP
2 7 (10.14%) SAML
3 4 (5.80%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 13 (18.84%) Data Centre
2 7 (10.14%) PKI
3 4 (5.80%) Onboarding
4 3 (4.35%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.90%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.90%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.45%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.45%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.45%) RSA SecurID
Operating Systems
1 8 (11.59%) Linux
2 6 (8.70%) Ubuntu
3 4 (5.80%) CatOS
4 2 (2.90%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (26.09%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (21.74%) Load Balancing
3 14 (20.29%) Change Management
4 11 (15.94%) Stakeholder Management
5 10 (14.49%) Disaster Recovery
5 10 (14.49%) ITIL
5 10 (14.49%) Technical Leadership
6 9 (13.04%) Migration
7 8 (11.59%) High Availability
8 7 (10.14%) Incident Response
8 7 (10.14%) Network Virtualisation
8 7 (10.14%) Root Cause Analysis
9 6 (8.70%) Break/Fix
9 6 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 6 (8.70%) Network Design
9 6 (8.70%) Network Monitoring
9 6 (8.70%) Performance Management
9 6 (8.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 6 (8.70%) Zero Trust
10 5 (7.25%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 13 (18.84%) Python
2 4 (5.80%) PHP
3 2 (2.90%) Bash
Qualifications
1 20 (28.99%) Security Cleared
2 19 (27.54%) SC Cleared
3 15 (21.74%) Cisco Certification
4 14 (20.29%) CCNP
5 9 (13.04%) DV Cleared
6 7 (10.14%) CCIE
7 6 (8.70%) Degree
8 5 (7.25%) AWS Certification
8 5 (7.25%) CISSP
8 5 (7.25%) CompTIA Security+
8 5 (7.25%) GIAC
9 4 (5.80%) APMG
9 4 (5.80%) Azure Certification
9 4 (5.80%) CCIE Security
9 4 (5.80%) SSCP
10 3 (4.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (4.35%) CCNA
10 3 (4.35%) CCSP
10 3 (4.35%) GSEC
11 2 (2.90%) CCSM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (18.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 13 (18.84%) NIST
2 12 (17.39%) SLA
3 5 (7.25%) GDPR
3 5 (7.25%) PCI DSS
4 4 (5.80%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (5.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (2.90%) NCSC
6 1 (1.45%) GRC
6 1 (1.45%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (1.45%) QA
System Software
1 24 (34.78%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (17.39%) VMware NSX
3 8 (11.59%) VMware ESXi
4 7 (10.14%) Active Directory
5 1 (1.45%) Firmware
5 1 (1.45%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (15.94%) Ansible
2 9 (13.04%) FortiGate
3 8 (11.59%) Terraform
4 7 (10.14%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (8.70%) vCenter Server
6 3 (4.35%) Grafana
6 3 (4.35%) SCOM
7 2 (2.90%) Cisco Prime
7 2 (2.90%) Iperf
7 2 (2.90%) Nmap
7 2 (2.90%) Prometheus
8 1 (1.45%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 69 (100.00%) Cisco
2 46 (66.67%) Palo Alto
3 35 (50.72%) F5
4 27 (39.13%) CheckPoint
5 24 (34.78%) VMware
6 20 (28.99%) Fortinet
7 11 (15.94%) Juniper
8 10 (14.49%) Microsoft
9 9 (13.04%) SolarWinds
10 7 (10.14%) Meraki
11 5 (7.25%) Zscaler
12 4 (5.80%) Forcepoint
12 4 (5.80%) ServiceNow
13 3 (4.35%) Arista
13 3 (4.35%) McAfee
14 2 (2.90%) Dell
14 2 (2.90%) NetScout
14 2 (2.90%) Tufin
15 1 (1.45%) EMC
15 1 (1.45%) Red Hat