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

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 554 451 434
Rank change year-on-year -103 -17 -113
Contract jobs citing Cisco ASA 79 58 93
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.17% 0.21% 0.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.83% 1.79% 2.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 34 57
10th Percentile £374 £400 £408
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 £560 £588 £575
90th Percentile £650 £646 £768
UK median daily rate £496 £550 £520
% change year-on-year -9.82% +5.77% +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 4,312 3,242 3,927
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.33% 11.85% 12.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,565 2,020 2,310
10th Percentile £253 £235 £248
25th Percentile £400 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £511
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -4.03% +2.12%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £614
90th Percentile £675 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £478 £505
% change year-on-year +4.69% -5.43% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 368 163 223
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.02 £14.33
25th Percentile £20.00 £25.08 £22.58
Median hourly rate £32.50 £41.50 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year -21.69% -27.64% +1.52%
75th Percentile £67.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £79.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.11 £43.00 £51.00
% change year-on-year -36.95% -15.69% -9.72%

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 15 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 15 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 38 £496 -9.82% 9
North West -32 26 £450 -23.24% 4
South East -49 19 £550 -4.35% 7
London -96 14 £450 -6.49% 26
Yorkshire -27 11 £500 -9.09% 5
Midlands -48 4 £438 -12.50% 3
West Midlands -54 3 £450 - 3
East of England -29 1 £450 - 2
South West -49 1 £700 +30.84% 2
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 (10.13%) SAS
2 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.27%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 22 (27.85%) Azure
2 16 (20.25%) AWS
3 8 (10.13%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (6.33%) GCP
5 4 (5.06%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (5.06%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (1.27%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 71 (89.87%) Firewall
2 57 (72.15%) Cisco Firepower
3 47 (59.49%) VPN
4 38 (48.10%) BGP
5 36 (45.57%) OSPF
6 33 (41.77%) Network Security
7 31 (39.24%) LAN
7 31 (39.24%) WAN
8 27 (34.18%) IPsec
9 26 (32.91%) Cisco Nexus
9 26 (32.91%) DNS
10 21 (26.58%) EIGRP
10 21 (26.58%) Wireless
11 19 (24.05%) Wi-Fi
12 17 (21.52%) DHCP
13 16 (20.25%) VLAN
14 12 (15.19%) TCP/IP
15 11 (13.92%) SSL
16 9 (11.39%) BIG-IP
16 9 (11.39%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 2 (2.53%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 13 (16.46%) Social Skills
2 10 (12.66%) Finance
3 9 (11.39%) Public Sector
4 7 (8.86%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (8.86%) Banking
5 6 (7.59%) Police
6 4 (5.06%) Manufacturing
6 4 (5.06%) Retail
7 3 (3.80%) Financial Institution
7 3 (3.80%) Telecoms
8 2 (2.53%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.53%) Legal
8 2 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.27%) Law
Job Titles
1 62 (78.48%) Network Engineer
2 21 (26.58%) Senior
3 20 (25.32%) Senior Network Engineer
4 9 (11.39%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 8 (10.13%) Architect
6 7 (8.86%) Security Engineer
7 6 (7.59%) Network Security Engineer
8 5 (6.33%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
9 4 (5.06%) Network Architect
9 4 (5.06%) NOC Engineer
9 4 (5.06%) Technical Architect
10 3 (3.80%) Lead
10 3 (3.80%) Lead Architect
10 3 (3.80%) Security Hacker
10 3 (3.80%) Technical Leader
11 2 (2.53%) Cisco Engineer
11 2 (2.53%) Firewall Architect
11 2 (2.53%) Implementation Engineer
11 2 (2.53%) Network Implementation Engineer
11 2 (2.53%) Network Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (8.86%) Terraform
2 3 (3.80%) 802.1X
2 3 (3.80%) LDAP
2 3 (3.80%) SAML
3 2 (2.53%) REST
4 1 (1.27%) gRPC
4 1 (1.27%) NETCONF
4 1 (1.27%) RESTCONF
Miscellaneous
1 20 (25.32%) Data Centre
2 13 (16.46%) PKI
3 6 (7.59%) Cloud Native
3 6 (7.59%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (6.33%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 5 (6.33%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (5.06%) Fibre Optics
5 4 (5.06%) Private Cloud
6 3 (3.80%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.27%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.27%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.27%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 12 (15.19%) Windows
2 9 (11.39%) Linux
3 2 (2.53%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.27%) CatOS
4 1 (1.27%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (39.24%) ITIL
2 19 (24.05%) Network Monitoring
3 17 (21.52%) Change Management
4 11 (13.92%) Load Balancing
5 10 (12.66%) Project Delivery
6 9 (11.39%) Cybersecurity
6 9 (11.39%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (11.39%) Security Operations
6 9 (11.39%) Technical Leadership
7 8 (10.13%) High Availability
7 8 (10.13%) Patch Management
7 8 (10.13%) Zero Trust
8 7 (8.86%) Cloud Security
8 7 (8.86%) Incident Management
8 7 (8.86%) Migration
8 7 (8.86%) Network Virtualisation
8 7 (8.86%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (7.59%) Infrastructure Maintenance
10 5 (6.33%) Computer Science
10 5 (6.33%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 9 (11.39%) Python
2 5 (6.33%) PowerShell
3 4 (5.06%) Bash
Qualifications
1 41 (51.90%) Security Cleared
2 28 (35.44%) SC Cleared
3 24 (30.38%) Cisco Certification
4 23 (29.11%) CCNP
5 12 (15.19%) DV Cleared
6 6 (7.59%) CCIE
6 6 (7.59%) Degree
7 5 (6.33%) CCSE
8 4 (5.06%) CCNA
8 4 (5.06%) CCSM
9 3 (3.80%) AWS Certification
9 3 (3.80%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (2.53%) Azure Certification
10 2 (2.53%) CISSP
10 2 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (1.27%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 1 (1.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (1.27%) CCIE Security
11 1 (1.27%) CCNA CyberOps
11 1 (1.27%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.86%) NIST
2 4 (5.06%) NCSC
2 4 (5.06%) SLA
3 2 (2.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.53%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 14 (17.72%) VMware NSX
2 13 (16.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (15.19%) Active Directory
4 4 (5.06%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.27%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.27%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 8 (10.13%) Ansible
2 4 (5.06%) Cisco CUCM
3 3 (3.80%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (2.53%) FortiGate
5 1 (1.27%) Grafana
5 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.27%) Nagios
5 1 (1.27%) Progress Chef
5 1 (1.27%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.27%) SCCM
Vendors
1 79 (100.00%) Cisco
2 51 (64.56%) Palo Alto
3 47 (59.49%) CheckPoint
4 20 (25.32%) F5
5 19 (24.05%) Fortinet
5 19 (24.05%) VMware
6 16 (20.25%) SolarWinds
7 11 (13.92%) Meraki
7 11 (13.92%) Microsoft
8 6 (7.59%) Citrix
9 5 (6.33%) Juniper
10 4 (5.06%) AlgoSec
10 4 (5.06%) Becrypt
10 4 (5.06%) ServiceNow
11 3 (3.80%) Infoblox
12 2 (2.53%) Aruba
12 2 (2.53%) Avaya
12 2 (2.53%) Dell
12 2 (2.53%) Ekahau
12 2 (2.53%) Tufin