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 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 498 401 347
Rank change year-on-year -97 -54 +170
Contract jobs citing Cisco ASA 43 99 203
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.14% 0.35% 0.56%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.27% 2.73% 4.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 53 110
10th Percentile £300 £400 £306
25th Percentile £335 £430 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +1.01% -5.71%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £638 £617 £825
UK median daily rate £450 £498 £500
% change year-on-year -9.55% -0.50% -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 - - +77.27%

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 3,391 3,621 5,074
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.71% 12.80% 13.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,196 2,126 3,143
10th Percentile £205 £220 £206
25th Percentile £356 £375 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - -1.96%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £683 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 168 105 311
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.99 £18.57
25th Percentile £20.13 £20.30 £23.36
Median hourly rate £34.50 £35.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% -38.04% +50.64%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.50 £65.98
90th Percentile £75.75 £72.75 £76.10
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -2.86% -38.04% +61.40%

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 31 December 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 31 December 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
North of England -81 13 £550 - 16
London -15 11 £350 -22.22% 9
North West -54 9 £466 -11.19% 8
Midlands -28 8 £500 -18.37% 19
West Midlands -25 7 £433 -29.39% 16
South East -30 4 £575 +7.98% 18
Yorkshire -43 4 £550 -12.00% 7
South West -10 3 £475 +2.70% 8
East of England -20 3 £285 -47.22% 11
East Midlands - 1 £500 - 3
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 3 (6.98%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 9 (20.93%) Azure
2 8 (18.60%) AWS
3 6 (13.95%) GCP
4 5 (11.63%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 4 (9.30%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (4.65%) AWS Direct Connect
7 1 (2.33%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 39 (90.70%) Firewall
2 26 (60.47%) WAN
3 23 (53.49%) VPN
4 22 (51.16%) LAN
5 20 (46.51%) BGP
5 20 (46.51%) OSPF
6 16 (37.21%) SD-WAN
7 15 (34.88%) Network Security
8 14 (32.56%) MPLS
8 14 (32.56%) VLAN
9 13 (30.23%) DNS
9 13 (30.23%) Wireless
10 10 (23.26%) EIGRP
11 9 (20.93%) Cisco Nexus
11 9 (20.93%) IPsec
12 8 (18.60%) DHCP
12 8 (18.60%) TCP/IP
13 7 (16.28%) VXLAN
13 7 (16.28%) Wireshark
13 7 (16.28%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 12 (27.91%) Social Skills
2 9 (20.93%) Public Sector
3 6 (13.95%) Finance
4 4 (9.30%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (9.30%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (6.98%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (6.98%) Financial Institution
5 3 (6.98%) Military
6 2 (4.65%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (4.65%) Telecoms
7 1 (2.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 20 (46.51%) Network Engineer
2 10 (23.26%) Architect
3 9 (20.93%) Network Architect
4 5 (11.63%) Security Engineer
4 5 (11.63%) Senior
5 4 (9.30%) Cisco Engineer
5 4 (9.30%) Firewall Engineer
5 4 (9.30%) Network Security Engineer
6 3 (6.98%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (6.98%) Tester
7 2 (4.65%) Network Specialist
7 2 (4.65%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 2 (4.65%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 2 (4.65%) Senior Network Specialist
7 2 (4.65%) Senior Tester
7 2 (4.65%) Validation Tester
8 1 (2.33%) Enterprise Architect
8 1 (2.33%) Lead
8 1 (2.33%) Network Support
8 1 (2.33%) Senior Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.98%) 802.1X
1 3 (6.98%) LDAP
1 3 (6.98%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (18.60%) Data Centre
2 3 (6.98%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.65%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (4.65%) PKI
4 1 (2.33%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.33%) RSA SecurID
4 1 (2.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.65%) CatOS
2 1 (2.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (25.58%) Migration
2 10 (23.26%) Change Management
3 9 (20.93%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (16.28%) Load Balancing
4 7 (16.28%) Network Design
4 7 (16.28%) Network Management
4 7 (16.28%) Zero Trust
5 6 (13.95%) Roadmaps
5 6 (13.95%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (11.63%) Incident Response
6 5 (11.63%) Performance Monitoring
6 5 (11.63%) Security Architecture
6 5 (11.63%) Technical Leadership
7 4 (9.30%) Business Strategy
7 4 (9.30%) Enterprise Architecture
7 4 (9.30%) Network Architecture
7 4 (9.30%) Project Delivery
7 4 (9.30%) Root Cause Analysis
7 4 (9.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (9.30%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 7 (16.28%) Python
2 3 (6.98%) Bash
Qualifications
1 16 (37.21%) Cisco Certification
2 15 (34.88%) CCNP
3 14 (32.56%) Security Cleared
4 10 (23.26%) SC Cleared
5 8 (18.60%) CCIE
6 5 (11.63%) CCNA
6 5 (11.63%) CISSP
7 4 (9.30%) CCIE Security
8 3 (6.98%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (6.98%) AWS Certification
8 3 (6.98%) Azure Certification
8 3 (6.98%) CCSP
8 3 (6.98%) Degree
8 3 (6.98%) JNCIE
9 2 (4.65%) DV Cleared
9 2 (4.65%) JNCIP
10 1 (2.33%) CCDE
10 1 (2.33%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (2.33%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (16.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (16.28%) NIST
1 7 (16.28%) PCI DSS
2 6 (13.95%) SLA
3 5 (11.63%) GDPR
System Software
1 9 (20.93%) VMware NSX
2 8 (18.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (6.98%) Active Directory
4 1 (2.33%) Firmware
4 1 (2.33%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (2.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (20.93%) Ansible
2 8 (18.60%) FortiGate
3 5 (11.63%) Terraform
4 3 (6.98%) Iperf
4 3 (6.98%) Nmap
4 3 (6.98%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (2.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 43 (100.00%) Cisco
2 25 (58.14%) Palo Alto
3 19 (44.19%) Fortinet
4 18 (41.86%) CheckPoint
5 12 (27.91%) F5
6 10 (23.26%) SolarWinds
7 9 (20.93%) VMware
8 8 (18.60%) Juniper
8 8 (18.60%) Meraki
9 5 (11.63%) Microsoft
10 3 (6.98%) Forcepoint
10 3 (6.98%) Zscaler
11 2 (4.65%) Extreme Networks
11 2 (4.65%) LogicMonitor
11 2 (4.65%) McAfee
11 2 (4.65%) ServiceNow
12 1 (2.33%) Infoblox
12 1 (2.33%) NetScout
12 1 (2.33%) Red Hat
12 1 (2.33%) SevOne