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

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 516 374 389
Rank change year-on-year -142 +15 +62
Contract jobs citing Cisco ASA 71 99 159
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.19% 0.41% 0.42%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.89% 3.08% 3.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 55 101
10th Percentile £300 £349 £331
25th Percentile £400 £440 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £550 £486
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +13.17% -7.43%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £575
90th Percentile £640 £625 £825
UK median daily rate £450 £500 £493
% change year-on-year -10.00% +1.42% -6.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £63.13
25th Percentile - - £64.06
Median hourly rate - - £67.50
75th Percentile - - £72.81
90th Percentile - - £74.88
UK median hourly rate - - £67.50
% change year-on-year - - +14.80%

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 3,762 3,218 5,254
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.91% 13.27% 13.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,409 2,010 3,174
10th Percentile £213 £213 £205
25th Percentile £385 £363 £346
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 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £495 £488 £475
% change year-on-year +1.54% +2.63% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 182 120 378
10th Percentile £15.62 £14.91 £13.50
25th Percentile £19.09 £21.31 £17.72
Median hourly rate £40.02 £35.75 £39.25
Median % change year-on-year +11.94% -8.92% +106.58%
75th Percentile £66.94 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £81.05 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £38.50 £35.00 £38.00
% change year-on-year +10.00% -7.89% +96.89%

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 28 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 28 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 -49 26 £400 -16.67% 4
Midlands -69 11 £340 -38.18% 5
West Midlands -48 10 £340 -24.44% 4
South East -52 10 £523 -10.30% 6
North of England -100 10 £440 -21.78% 9
South West -23 9 £525 +5.00% 2
North West -71 8 £472 -14.27% 7
East of England -33 4 £450 +11.80% 2
Yorkshire -54 2 £440 -28.16% 2
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 7 (9.86%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 21 (29.58%) AWS
2 20 (28.17%) Azure
3 11 (15.49%) GCP
4 5 (7.04%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 4 (5.63%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (2.82%) AWS Direct Connect
6 2 (2.82%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.41%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 57 (80.28%) Firewall
2 47 (66.20%) BGP
3 46 (64.79%) WAN
4 38 (53.52%) LAN
4 38 (53.52%) Network Security
5 37 (52.11%) OSPF
6 36 (50.70%) VPN
7 28 (39.44%) MPLS
8 22 (30.99%) Wireless
9 20 (28.17%) EIGRP
10 18 (25.35%) SD-WAN
11 17 (23.94%) IPsec
12 15 (21.13%) DNS
12 15 (21.13%) Multicast
12 15 (21.13%) VLAN
13 14 (19.72%) Cisco IOS
13 14 (19.72%) Cisco Nexus
14 13 (18.31%) VXLAN
15 12 (16.90%) BIG-IP
15 12 (16.90%) Cisco Firepower
Development Applications
1 1 (1.41%) Git
1 1 (1.41%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 21 (29.58%) Finance
2 16 (22.54%) Social Skills
3 15 (21.13%) Financial Institution
4 11 (15.49%) Public Sector
5 6 (8.45%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (7.04%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (5.63%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.82%) Aviation
8 2 (2.82%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.82%) Retail
8 2 (2.82%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.41%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.41%) Banking
9 1 (1.41%) Law
9 1 (1.41%) Legal
9 1 (1.41%) Military
9 1 (1.41%) Police
Job Titles
1 36 (50.70%) Network Engineer
2 17 (23.94%) Senior
3 10 (14.08%) Architect
3 10 (14.08%) Security Engineer
4 7 (9.86%) Cisco Engineer
5 6 (8.45%) Network Architect
6 5 (7.04%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 5 (7.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (7.04%) Network Security Engineer
7 4 (5.63%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
7 4 (5.63%) Senior Network Engineer
7 4 (5.63%) Solutions Architect
8 3 (4.23%) Data Centre Engineer
8 3 (4.23%) Data Network Engineer
8 3 (4.23%) Juniper Engineer
9 2 (2.82%) Firewall Architect
9 2 (2.82%) Network Support
9 2 (2.82%) NOC Engineer
9 2 (2.82%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
9 2 (2.82%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (18.31%) LDAP
2 7 (9.86%) SAML
3 4 (5.63%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 14 (19.72%) Data Centre
2 7 (9.86%) PKI
3 4 (5.63%) Onboarding
4 3 (4.23%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.82%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.82%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.41%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.41%) RSA SecurID
Operating Systems
1 8 (11.27%) Linux
2 6 (8.45%) Ubuntu
3 4 (5.63%) CatOS
4 2 (2.82%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (25.35%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (22.54%) Load Balancing
3 14 (19.72%) Change Management
4 11 (15.49%) Stakeholder Management
5 10 (14.08%) Disaster Recovery
5 10 (14.08%) ITIL
5 10 (14.08%) Migration
5 10 (14.08%) Technical Leadership
6 8 (11.27%) High Availability
7 7 (9.86%) Incident Response
7 7 (9.86%) Network Virtualisation
7 7 (9.86%) Root Cause Analysis
8 6 (8.45%) Break/Fix
8 6 (8.45%) Computer Science
8 6 (8.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 6 (8.45%) Network Design
8 6 (8.45%) Network Monitoring
8 6 (8.45%) Performance Management
8 6 (8.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 6 (8.45%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 14 (19.72%) Python
2 4 (5.63%) PHP
3 2 (2.82%) Bash
Qualifications
1 20 (28.17%) Security Cleared
2 19 (26.76%) SC Cleared
3 15 (21.13%) Cisco Certification
4 14 (19.72%) CCNP
5 9 (12.68%) DV Cleared
6 7 (9.86%) CCIE
6 7 (9.86%) Degree
7 5 (7.04%) AWS Certification
7 5 (7.04%) CISSP
7 5 (7.04%) CompTIA Security+
7 5 (7.04%) GIAC
8 4 (5.63%) APMG
8 4 (5.63%) Azure Certification
8 4 (5.63%) CCIE Security
8 4 (5.63%) SSCP
9 3 (4.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (4.23%) CCNA
9 3 (4.23%) CCSP
9 3 (4.23%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (4.23%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (18.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 13 (18.31%) NIST
2 12 (16.90%) SLA
3 5 (7.04%) GDPR
3 5 (7.04%) PCI DSS
4 4 (5.63%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (5.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (2.82%) NCSC
6 1 (1.41%) GRC
6 1 (1.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (1.41%) QA
System Software
1 24 (33.80%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (16.90%) VMware NSX
3 8 (11.27%) VMware ESXi
4 7 (9.86%) Active Directory
5 1 (1.41%) Firmware
5 1 (1.41%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (16.90%) Ansible
2 9 (12.68%) FortiGate
2 9 (12.68%) Terraform
3 7 (9.86%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (8.45%) vCenter Server
5 4 (5.63%) Grafana
6 3 (4.23%) Prometheus
6 3 (4.23%) SCOM
7 2 (2.82%) Cisco Prime
7 2 (2.82%) Iperf
7 2 (2.82%) Nmap
8 1 (1.41%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 71 (100.00%) Cisco
2 47 (66.20%) Palo Alto
3 36 (50.70%) F5
4 27 (38.03%) CheckPoint
5 24 (33.80%) VMware
6 20 (28.17%) Fortinet
7 12 (16.90%) Juniper
8 10 (14.08%) Microsoft
9 9 (12.68%) SolarWinds
10 7 (9.86%) Meraki
11 5 (7.04%) Zscaler
12 4 (5.63%) Arista
12 4 (5.63%) Forcepoint
12 4 (5.63%) ServiceNow
13 3 (4.23%) McAfee
14 2 (2.82%) Aruba
14 2 (2.82%) Dell
14 2 (2.82%) NetScout
14 2 (2.82%) Tufin
15 1 (1.41%) Infoblox