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

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 514 381 382
Rank change year-on-year -133 +1 +83
Contract jobs citing Cisco ASA 60 107 168
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.16% 0.42% 0.44%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.64% 3.15% 3.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 53 92
10th Percentile £300 £400 £314
25th Percentile £350 £430 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £500 £481
Median % change year-on-year -11.00% +4.06% -8.48%
75th Percentile £552 £580 £604
90th Percentile £641 £617 £848
UK median daily rate £425 £480 £493
% change year-on-year -11.46% -2.64% -6.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 7
10th Percentile - - £64.59
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £65.98
75th Percentile - - £71.12
90th Percentile - - £76.25
UK median hourly rate - - £65.98
% change year-on-year - - +12.21%

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 3,665 3,398 5,299
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.07% 13.30% 14.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,357 2,044 3,190
10th Percentile £204 £210 £205
25th Percentile £366 £366 £350
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 £676 £700
UK median daily rate £480 £500 £480
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 103 367
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.22 £14.27
25th Percentile £19.00 £21.11 £19.99
Median hourly rate £34.50 £35.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% -12.50% +108.88%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £75.00 £74.40
UK median hourly rate £34.50 £35.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -1.43% -12.50% +108.88%

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 6 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 6 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 -31 24 £400 -11.11% 3
Midlands -49 10 £340 -24.44% 5
South West -29 9 £525 +5.00% 1
West Midlands -42 9 £340 -24.44% 4
North of England -111 9 £370 -32.73% 5
North West -73 6 £300 -45.45% 3
South East -50 4 £663 +13.73% 11
East of England -28 3 £285 -40.00% 1
Yorkshire -57 3 £495 -20.80% 2
East Midlands -24 1 £500 - 1
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 (10.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (18.33%) AWS
2 10 (16.67%) Azure
3 8 (13.33%) GCP
4 5 (8.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 4 (6.67%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (3.33%) AWS Direct Connect
7 1 (1.67%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 49 (81.67%) Firewall
2 39 (65.00%) BGP
2 39 (65.00%) WAN
3 34 (56.67%) VPN
4 32 (53.33%) LAN
4 32 (53.33%) Network Security
5 31 (51.67%) OSPF
6 27 (45.00%) MPLS
7 17 (28.33%) EIGRP
7 17 (28.33%) SD-WAN
7 17 (28.33%) Wireless
8 15 (25.00%) DNS
8 15 (25.00%) VLAN
9 14 (23.33%) Cisco IOS
10 13 (21.67%) IPsec
11 12 (20.00%) Multicast
12 11 (18.33%) Cisco Nexus
12 11 (18.33%) VXLAN
12 11 (18.33%) Wireshark
13 7 (11.67%) BIG-IP
Development Applications
1 1 (1.67%) Git
1 1 (1.67%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 17 (28.33%) Social Skills
2 16 (26.67%) Finance
3 13 (21.67%) Financial Institution
4 10 (16.67%) Public Sector
5 6 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (5.00%) Telecoms
9 2 (3.33%) Aviation
9 2 (3.33%) Military
9 2 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.67%) Aerospace
10 1 (1.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 26 (43.33%) Network Engineer
2 14 (23.33%) Senior
3 11 (18.33%) Security Engineer
4 9 (15.00%) Architect
5 7 (11.67%) Network Architect
6 6 (10.00%) Network Security Engineer
7 5 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (6.67%) Cisco Engineer
8 4 (6.67%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
8 4 (6.67%) Solutions Architect
9 2 (3.33%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 2 (3.33%) Network Specialist
9 2 (3.33%) Network Support
9 2 (3.33%) Security Architect
9 2 (3.33%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
9 2 (3.33%) Senior Network Specialist
9 2 (3.33%) Senior Tester
9 2 (3.33%) Tester
9 2 (3.33%) Validation Tester
10 1 (1.67%) Firewall Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (20.00%) LDAP
2 6 (10.00%) SAML
3 4 (6.67%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 9 (15.00%) Data Centre
2 8 (13.33%) PKI
3 4 (6.67%) Onboarding
4 3 (5.00%) Management Information System
5 2 (3.33%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (3.33%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.67%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.67%) RSA SecurID
Operating Systems
1 6 (10.00%) Linux
1 6 (10.00%) Ubuntu
2 4 (6.67%) CatOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (20.00%) Change Management
2 12 (20.00%) Load Balancing
3 9 (15.00%) Migration
4 8 (13.33%) Disaster Recovery
4 8 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (11.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 6 (10.00%) Break/Fix
6 6 (10.00%) Incident Response
6 6 (10.00%) Network Design
6 6 (10.00%) Performance Management
6 6 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
6 6 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
7 5 (8.33%) Agile
7 5 (8.33%) Penetration Testing
7 5 (8.33%) Roadmaps
7 5 (8.33%) Security Architecture
7 5 (8.33%) Validation
7 5 (8.33%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 13 (21.67%) Python
2 4 (6.67%) PHP
3 3 (5.00%) Bash
Qualifications
1 19 (31.67%) Security Cleared
2 17 (28.33%) SC Cleared
3 13 (21.67%) CCNP
3 13 (21.67%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (13.33%) CCIE
5 6 (10.00%) DV Cleared
6 5 (8.33%) CISSP
6 5 (8.33%) CompTIA Security+
6 5 (8.33%) Degree
6 5 (8.33%) GIAC
7 4 (6.67%) APMG
7 4 (6.67%) AWS Certification
7 4 (6.67%) CCIE Security
7 4 (6.67%) SSCP
8 3 (5.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (5.00%) Azure Certification
8 3 (5.00%) CCSP
8 3 (5.00%) GSEC
9 2 (3.33%) JNCIE
9 2 (3.33%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (21.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 13 (21.67%) NIST
2 10 (16.67%) SLA
3 5 (8.33%) GDPR
3 5 (8.33%) PCI DSS
4 4 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (3.33%) NCSC
6 1 (1.67%) GRC
6 1 (1.67%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (1.67%) QA
System Software
1 17 (28.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (18.33%) VMware NSX
3 6 (10.00%) Active Directory
3 6 (10.00%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.67%) Firmware
4 1 (1.67%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (18.33%) Ansible
2 9 (15.00%) FortiGate
3 7 (11.67%) Terraform
4 6 (10.00%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (10.00%) vCenter Server
5 3 (5.00%) Iperf
5 3 (5.00%) Nmap
5 3 (5.00%) SCOM
6 2 (3.33%) Cisco Prime
6 2 (3.33%) Grafana
7 1 (1.67%) Kubernetes
7 1 (1.67%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 60 (100.00%) Cisco
2 36 (60.00%) Palo Alto
3 28 (46.67%) F5
4 24 (40.00%) CheckPoint
5 17 (28.33%) Fortinet
5 17 (28.33%) VMware
6 10 (16.67%) Juniper
7 9 (15.00%) SolarWinds
8 8 (13.33%) Meraki
8 8 (13.33%) Microsoft
9 5 (8.33%) Zscaler
10 4 (6.67%) Forcepoint
11 2 (3.33%) Arista
11 2 (3.33%) Dell
11 2 (3.33%) Extreme Networks
11 2 (3.33%) McAfee
11 2 (3.33%) NetScout
11 2 (3.33%) ServiceNow
11 2 (3.33%) Tufin
12 1 (1.67%) Aruba