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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 559 444 441
Rank change year-on-year -115 -3 -124
Contract jobs citing Cisco ASA 78 55 91
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.17% 0.20% 0.28%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.80% 1.70% 2.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 33 51
10th Percentile £373 £400 £413
25th Percentile £447 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £520
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% +15.56%
75th Percentile £563 £588 £574
90th Percentile £658 £648 £625
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £520
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% +15.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £103.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £103.00 -

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 4,335 3,241 3,913
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.36% 11.82% 12.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,562 2,029 2,285
10th Percentile £258 £225 £243
25th Percentile £400 £363 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £508
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -3.45% +1.50%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £610
90th Percentile £688 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 379 165 202
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.28 £15.33
25th Percentile £21.33 £24.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £43.50 £41.00 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +6.10% -28.51% +1.52%
75th Percentile £69.13 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £90.42 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £33.64 £42.50 £51.50
% change year-on-year -20.85% -17.48% -8.83%

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 22 September 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 22 September 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
North of England -51 36 £484 -12.09% 13
North West -39 24 £449 -23.50% 9
South East -49 18 £555 -3.48% 8
London -86 15 £500 +3.90% 12
Yorkshire -39 11 £500 -9.09% 4
South West -35 3 £700 +30.84% 2
West Midlands -51 3 £450 - 4
Midlands -54 3 £450 -5.26% 4
East of England -32 1 £450 - 4
North East - 1 £200 -
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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (10.26%) SAS
2 3 (3.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.28%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 20 (25.64%) Azure
2 14 (17.95%) AWS
3 9 (11.54%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (5.13%) GCP
4 4 (5.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 3 (3.85%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.28%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 71 (91.03%) Firewall
2 56 (71.79%) Cisco Firepower
3 46 (58.97%) VPN
4 37 (47.44%) BGP
5 35 (44.87%) OSPF
6 34 (43.59%) Network Security
7 31 (39.74%) LAN
7 31 (39.74%) WAN
8 27 (34.62%) DNS
8 27 (34.62%) IPsec
9 25 (32.05%) Cisco Nexus
10 22 (28.21%) Wireless
11 21 (26.92%) EIGRP
12 19 (24.36%) Wi-Fi
13 18 (23.08%) DHCP
14 15 (19.23%) VLAN
15 12 (15.38%) TCP/IP
16 11 (14.10%) SSL
17 9 (11.54%) BIG-IP
17 9 (11.54%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 2 (2.56%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 14 (17.95%) Social Skills
2 10 (12.82%) Finance
3 8 (10.26%) Public Sector
4 7 (8.97%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (8.97%) Banking
5 5 (6.41%) Police
6 4 (5.13%) Financial Institution
7 3 (3.85%) Manufacturing
7 3 (3.85%) Retail
7 3 (3.85%) Telecoms
8 2 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.56%) Legal
8 2 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 62 (79.49%) Network Engineer
2 21 (26.92%) Senior
3 20 (25.64%) Senior Network Engineer
4 9 (11.54%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 8 (10.26%) Security Engineer
6 7 (8.97%) Architect
6 7 (8.97%) Network Security Engineer
7 5 (6.41%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
7 5 (6.41%) Network Architect
8 4 (5.13%) Technical Architect
9 3 (3.85%) Lead
9 3 (3.85%) Lead Architect
9 3 (3.85%) NOC Engineer
9 3 (3.85%) Security Hacker
9 3 (3.85%) Solutions Architect
9 3 (3.85%) Technical Leader
10 2 (2.56%) Cisco Engineer
10 2 (2.56%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 2 (2.56%) Network Implementation Engineer
10 2 (2.56%) Network Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (10.26%) Terraform
2 3 (3.85%) 802.1X
2 3 (3.85%) LDAP
2 3 (3.85%) SAML
3 2 (2.56%) REST
4 1 (1.28%) gRPC
4 1 (1.28%) NETCONF
4 1 (1.28%) RESTCONF
Miscellaneous
1 18 (23.08%) Data Centre
2 13 (16.67%) PKI
3 6 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (6.41%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 5 (6.41%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (5.13%) Cloud Native
5 4 (5.13%) Fibre Optics
5 4 (5.13%) Private Cloud
6 3 (3.85%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.28%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.28%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.28%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 12 (15.38%) Windows
2 9 (11.54%) Linux
3 3 (3.85%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.28%) CatOS
4 1 (1.28%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (37.18%) ITIL
2 17 (21.79%) Network Monitoring
3 15 (19.23%) Change Management
4 10 (12.82%) Load Balancing
4 10 (12.82%) Project Delivery
4 10 (12.82%) Security Operations
4 10 (12.82%) Technical Leadership
5 9 (11.54%) Cybersecurity
5 9 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (11.54%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (10.26%) Incident Management
6 8 (10.26%) Migration
6 8 (10.26%) Patch Management
6 8 (10.26%) Zero Trust
7 7 (8.97%) High Availability
7 7 (8.97%) Network Virtualisation
8 6 (7.69%) Cloud Security
8 6 (7.69%) Infrastructure Maintenance
8 6 (7.69%) TOGAF
9 5 (6.41%) DDoS Mitigation
Programming Languages
1 10 (12.82%) Python
2 6 (7.69%) PowerShell
3 5 (6.41%) Bash
Qualifications
1 43 (55.13%) Security Cleared
2 28 (35.90%) SC Cleared
3 22 (28.21%) Cisco Certification
4 21 (26.92%) CCNP
5 14 (17.95%) DV Cleared
6 6 (7.69%) CCIE
6 6 (7.69%) Degree
7 4 (5.13%) CCSE
8 3 (3.85%) CCNA
8 3 (3.85%) CCSM
8 3 (3.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (2.56%) AWS Certification
9 2 (2.56%) CISSP
9 2 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (1.28%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (1.28%) CCSA
10 1 (1.28%) DBS Check
10 1 (1.28%) GIAC
10 1 (1.28%) JNCIE
10 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.26%) NIST
2 4 (5.13%) NCSC
3 3 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (3.85%) PCI DSS
3 3 (3.85%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (19.23%) VMware NSX
2 13 (16.67%) Active Directory
3 12 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (3.85%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.28%) Firmware
5 1 (1.28%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.28%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 9 (11.54%) Ansible
2 4 (5.13%) Cisco CUCM
3 3 (3.85%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (2.56%) FortiGate
5 1 (1.28%) Grafana
5 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.28%) Nagios
5 1 (1.28%) Progress Chef
5 1 (1.28%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.28%) SCCM
Vendors
1 78 (100.00%) Cisco
2 48 (61.54%) Palo Alto
3 45 (57.69%) CheckPoint
4 20 (25.64%) F5
5 19 (24.36%) VMware
6 16 (20.51%) Fortinet
6 16 (20.51%) SolarWinds
7 11 (14.10%) Meraki
7 11 (14.10%) Microsoft
8 6 (7.69%) Citrix
9 5 (6.41%) AlgoSec
9 5 (6.41%) Juniper
10 4 (5.13%) Becrypt
10 4 (5.13%) ServiceNow
11 3 (3.85%) Infoblox
12 2 (2.56%) Aruba
12 2 (2.56%) Avaya
12 2 (2.56%) Dell
12 2 (2.56%) Google
12 2 (2.56%) Tufin