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

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 546 408 434
Rank change year-on-year -138 +26 -79
Contract jobs citing Cisco ASA 68 91 119
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.16% 0.36% 0.32%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.64% 2.80% 2.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 47 83
10th Percentile £311 £331 £350
25th Percentile £400 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -11.19% +2.44% +7.89%
75th Percentile £556 £588 £551
90th Percentile £677 £630 £618
UK median daily rate £463 £500 £511
% change year-on-year -7.50% -2.20% +13.61%
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 4,144 3,252 4,798
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.47% 12.75% 12.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,563 2,010 2,855
10th Percentile £250 £235 £213
25th Percentile £400 £363 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.42% -1.40% -2.44%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £608
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -1.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 283 139 396
10th Percentile £16.02 £14.69 £13.87
25th Percentile £21.25 £20.16 £17.69
Median hourly rate £27.88 £41.00 £46.69
Median % change year-on-year -32.00% -12.19% +125.50%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.00 £81.50 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £26.69 £45.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -40.69% - +113.17%

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 30 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 30 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 -96 22 £400 -23.81% 10
South East -49 21 £525 +59.09% 7
North of England -97 9 £447 -20.53% 5
North West -64 7 £447 -22.26% 2
Midlands -64 7 £340 -30.26% 5
South West -29 6 £538 +7.50% 1
West Midlands -56 6 £320 -28.89% 3
East of England -32 1 £450 +11.80%
Yorkshire -56 1 £500 -9.09% 2
North East - 1 £200 - 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.94%) SAS
2 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (7.35%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 22 (32.35%) AWS
2 21 (30.88%) Azure
3 7 (10.29%) GCP
4 5 (7.35%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (5.88%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.47%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 54 (79.41%) Firewall
2 42 (61.76%) BGP
3 41 (60.29%) WAN
4 36 (52.94%) VPN
5 34 (50.00%) LAN
6 33 (48.53%) Network Security
7 32 (47.06%) OSPF
8 27 (39.71%) Cisco Firepower
9 24 (35.29%) IPsec
9 24 (35.29%) MPLS
10 19 (27.94%) Cisco Nexus
11 18 (26.47%) DNS
12 16 (23.53%) Wireless
13 15 (22.06%) BIG-IP
13 15 (22.06%) EIGRP
13 15 (22.06%) Multicast
14 12 (17.65%) SD-WAN
14 12 (17.65%) TCP/IP
15 11 (16.18%) VLAN
16 10 (14.71%) SSL
Development Applications
1 2 (2.94%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (1.47%) Git
General
1 21 (30.88%) Finance
2 12 (17.65%) Financial Institution
3 10 (14.71%) Social Skills
4 7 (10.29%) Public Sector
5 5 (7.35%) Manufacturing
5 5 (7.35%) Retail
5 5 (7.35%) Telecoms
6 3 (4.41%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (4.41%) Banking
6 3 (4.41%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.94%) Aviation
7 2 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.94%) Police
8 1 (1.47%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.47%) Law
Job Titles
1 39 (57.35%) Network Engineer
2 20 (29.41%) Senior
3 9 (13.24%) Senior Network Engineer
4 8 (11.76%) Architect
5 7 (10.29%) Security Engineer
6 6 (8.82%) Cisco Engineer
7 5 (7.35%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 5 (7.35%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
7 5 (7.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (7.35%) NOC Engineer
8 4 (5.88%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
8 4 (5.88%) Technical Architect
9 3 (4.41%) Data Centre Engineer
9 3 (4.41%) Data Network Engineer
9 3 (4.41%) Juniper Engineer
9 3 (4.41%) Lead
9 3 (4.41%) Lead Architect
9 3 (4.41%) Network Architect
9 3 (4.41%) Technical Leader
10 2 (2.94%) Firewall Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (19.12%) LDAP
2 7 (10.29%) SAML
3 5 (7.35%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 15 (22.06%) Data Centre
2 11 (16.18%) PKI
3 6 (8.82%) Cloud Native
4 5 (7.35%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (5.88%) Private Cloud
6 3 (4.41%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (2.94%) Management Information System
7 2 (2.94%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.47%) Fibre Optics
8 1 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (1.47%) Operational Technology
8 1 (1.47%) Security Posture
8 1 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 15 (22.06%) Linux
2 9 (13.24%) Windows
3 6 (8.82%) Ubuntu
4 3 (4.41%) CatOS
5 1 (1.47%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.47%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (32.35%) ITIL
2 16 (23.53%) Network Monitoring
3 13 (19.12%) Cybersecurity
3 13 (19.12%) Load Balancing
4 12 (17.65%) Change Management
4 12 (17.65%) Disaster Recovery
5 10 (14.71%) Technical Leadership
6 8 (11.76%) High Availability
6 8 (11.76%) Network Virtualisation
6 8 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (10.29%) Cloud Security
7 7 (10.29%) Computer Science
8 6 (8.82%) Agile
8 6 (8.82%) Network Design
8 6 (8.82%) Project Delivery
8 6 (8.82%) Security Operations
8 6 (8.82%) Virtual Environments
9 5 (7.35%) Migration
9 5 (7.35%) Presales
9 5 (7.35%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 13 (19.12%) Python
2 4 (5.88%) PHP
3 3 (4.41%) Bash
4 2 (2.94%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 26 (38.24%) Security Cleared
2 18 (26.47%) SC Cleared
3 15 (22.06%) Cisco Certification
3 15 (22.06%) DV Cleared
4 14 (20.59%) CCNP
5 8 (11.76%) Degree
6 5 (7.35%) CCIE
6 5 (7.35%) CCSE
6 5 (7.35%) CCSM
7 4 (5.88%) APMG
7 4 (5.88%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (5.88%) GIAC
7 4 (5.88%) SSCP
8 3 (4.41%) AWS Certification
8 3 (4.41%) CCNA
8 3 (4.41%) GSEC
8 3 (4.41%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (2.94%) BC Cleared
9 2 (2.94%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (14.71%) NIST
1 10 (14.71%) SLA
2 6 (8.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (8.82%) NCSC
3 4 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.47%) GRC
4 1 (1.47%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 1 (1.47%) QA
System Software
1 25 (36.76%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (22.06%) VMware NSX
3 12 (17.65%) Active Directory
4 11 (16.18%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.47%) Firmware
5 1 (1.47%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 8 (11.76%) Ansible
2 7 (10.29%) Single Sign-On
2 7 (10.29%) Terraform
3 6 (8.82%) vCenter Server
4 5 (7.35%) FortiGate
5 4 (5.88%) Grafana
6 3 (4.41%) Prometheus
6 3 (4.41%) SCOM
7 2 (2.94%) Cisco Prime
7 2 (2.94%) Iperf
7 2 (2.94%) Nmap
8 1 (1.47%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (1.47%) SCCM
Vendors
1 68 (100.00%) Cisco
2 49 (72.06%) Palo Alto
3 33 (48.53%) F5
4 32 (47.06%) CheckPoint
5 31 (45.59%) VMware
6 16 (23.53%) Fortinet
7 14 (20.59%) SolarWinds
8 11 (16.18%) Microsoft
9 6 (8.82%) Juniper
9 6 (8.82%) ServiceNow
10 4 (5.88%) Arista
11 3 (4.41%) Becrypt
11 3 (4.41%) Dell
12 2 (2.94%) Aruba
12 2 (2.94%) Google
12 2 (2.94%) Meraki
12 2 (2.94%) Tufin
12 2 (2.94%) Zscaler
13 1 (1.47%) NetScout
13 1 (1.47%) Veeam