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 1 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 531 397 406
Rank change year-on-year -134 +9 -20
Contract jobs citing Cisco ASA 63 95 137
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.15% 0.39% 0.37%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.57% 3.00% 2.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 51 100
10th Percentile £300 £400 £335
25th Percentile £400 £438 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £550 £508
Median % change year-on-year -15.91% +8.21% +7.00%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £573
90th Percentile £575 £630 £825
UK median daily rate £463 £513 £513
% change year-on-year -9.76% - +13.89%

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 4,009 3,169 4,825
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.59% 13.07% 13.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,481 1,985 2,895
10th Percentile £263 £220 £213
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.85%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £601
90th Percentile £675 £675 £698
UK median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 262 120 389
10th Percentile £16.50 £14.20 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.33 £16.09 £16.30
Median hourly rate £32.50 £38.41 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.39% -3.98% +135.29%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.06 £63.75
90th Percentile £74.26 £81.43 £70.66
UK median hourly rate £28.88 £40.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -28.69% +1.25% +119.30%

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 1 June 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 1 June 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 -78 20 £400 -25.58% 4
South East -51 17 £520 +16.20% 3
Midlands -53 10 £340 -35.24% 7
West Midlands -52 9 £320 -28.89% 5
South West -26 7 £538 +7.50% 1
North West -67 6 £472 -18.00% 1
North of England -100 6 £472 -18.00% 3
East of England -38 1 £450 +11.80%
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 8 (12.70%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 18 (28.57%) AWS
2 17 (26.98%) Azure
3 5 (7.94%) Azure Sentinel
3 5 (7.94%) GCP
4 1 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.59%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 50 (79.37%) Firewall
2 40 (63.49%) WAN
3 37 (58.73%) BGP
4 33 (52.38%) VPN
5 31 (49.21%) LAN
5 31 (49.21%) Network Security
6 27 (42.86%) OSPF
7 24 (38.10%) IPsec
8 22 (34.92%) MPLS
9 18 (28.57%) Wireless
10 17 (26.98%) Cisco Firepower
10 17 (26.98%) Cisco Nexus
11 15 (23.81%) DNS
11 15 (23.81%) Multicast
12 14 (22.22%) BIG-IP
12 14 (22.22%) EIGRP
13 13 (20.63%) SSL
13 13 (20.63%) Wireshark
14 10 (15.87%) HTTP
14 10 (15.87%) HTTPS
Development Applications
1 1 (1.59%) Git
1 1 (1.59%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 21 (33.33%) Finance
2 12 (19.05%) Financial Institution
3 7 (11.11%) Social Skills
4 6 (9.52%) Public Sector
5 5 (7.94%) Manufacturing
5 5 (7.94%) Retail
6 4 (6.35%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (3.17%) Aviation
7 2 (3.17%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.59%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.59%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.59%) Banking
8 1 (1.59%) Law
8 1 (1.59%) Police
Job Titles
1 38 (60.32%) Network Engineer
2 19 (30.16%) Senior
3 8 (12.70%) Senior Network Engineer
4 7 (11.11%) Security Engineer
5 6 (9.52%) Cisco Engineer
6 5 (7.94%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 5 (7.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (7.94%) NOC Engineer
7 4 (6.35%) Architect
7 4 (6.35%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 4 (6.35%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
8 3 (4.76%) Data Centre Engineer
8 3 (4.76%) Data Network Engineer
8 3 (4.76%) Juniper Engineer
9 2 (3.17%) Firewall Architect
9 2 (3.17%) Network Security Engineer
9 2 (3.17%) Solutions Architect
10 1 (1.59%) Junior
10 1 (1.59%) Technical Architect
10 1 (1.59%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (25.40%) LDAP
2 10 (15.87%) SAML
3 7 (11.11%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 12 (19.05%) Data Centre
2 10 (15.87%) PKI
3 4 (6.35%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.17%) Cloud Native
4 2 (3.17%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.59%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.59%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.59%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 15 (23.81%) Linux
2 8 (12.70%) Windows
3 6 (9.52%) Ubuntu
4 5 (7.94%) CatOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (23.81%) Network Monitoring
2 14 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
3 13 (20.63%) ITIL
3 13 (20.63%) Load Balancing
4 12 (19.05%) Technical Leadership
5 10 (15.87%) Disaster Recovery
6 9 (14.29%) Change Management
6 9 (14.29%) High Availability
7 7 (11.11%) Network Virtualisation
8 6 (9.52%) Network Design
8 6 (9.52%) Root Cause Analysis
8 6 (9.52%) Security Operations
8 6 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (9.52%) Virtual Environments
9 5 (7.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 5 (7.94%) Migration
9 5 (7.94%) Presales
9 5 (7.94%) SIEM
10 4 (6.35%) Low Latency
10 4 (6.35%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 12 (19.05%) Python
2 4 (6.35%) PHP
3 3 (4.76%) Bash
4 1 (1.59%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 19 (30.16%) Security Cleared
2 15 (23.81%) SC Cleared
3 11 (17.46%) DV Cleared
4 10 (15.87%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (14.29%) CCNP
6 5 (7.94%) CCSE
6 5 (7.94%) CCSM
7 4 (6.35%) APMG
7 4 (6.35%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (6.35%) Degree
7 4 (6.35%) GIAC
7 4 (6.35%) SSCP
8 3 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (4.76%) GSEC
9 2 (3.17%) AWS Certification
9 2 (3.17%) BC Cleared
9 2 (3.17%) CCIE
9 2 (3.17%) CCNA
9 2 (3.17%) ISTQB
10 1 (1.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (19.05%) SLA
2 11 (17.46%) NIST
3 6 (9.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (6.35%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (6.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (3.17%) NCSC
6 1 (1.59%) GRC
6 1 (1.59%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (1.59%) PCI DSS
6 1 (1.59%) QA
System Software
1 27 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (22.22%) Active Directory
2 14 (22.22%) VMware NSX
3 11 (17.46%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.59%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (15.87%) Single Sign-On
2 7 (11.11%) Ansible
3 6 (9.52%) vCenter Server
4 5 (7.94%) FortiGate
4 5 (7.94%) Terraform
5 4 (6.35%) Grafana
6 3 (4.76%) Prometheus
6 3 (4.76%) SCOM
7 2 (3.17%) Cisco Prime
7 2 (3.17%) Iperf
7 2 (3.17%) Nmap
8 1 (1.59%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 63 (100.00%) Cisco
2 45 (71.43%) Palo Alto
3 32 (50.79%) CheckPoint
3 32 (50.79%) F5
4 29 (46.03%) VMware
5 16 (25.40%) Fortinet
6 11 (17.46%) SolarWinds
7 9 (14.29%) Microsoft
8 6 (9.52%) Juniper
8 6 (9.52%) ServiceNow
9 4 (6.35%) Arista
10 3 (4.76%) Becrypt
11 2 (3.17%) Aruba
11 2 (3.17%) Dell
11 2 (3.17%) Tufin
11 2 (3.17%) Zscaler
12 1 (1.59%) EMC
12 1 (1.59%) Forcepoint
12 1 (1.59%) McAfee
12 1 (1.59%) NetScout