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

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 510 385 372
Rank change year-on-year -125 -13 +125
Contract jobs citing Cisco ASA 50 100 190
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.15% 0.38% 0.51%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.47% 2.92% 3.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 48 109
10th Percentile £300 £400 £305
25th Percentile £335 £429 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £488 £490
Median % change year-on-year -8.72% -0.51% -6.67%
75th Percentile £528 £575 £600
90th Percentile £631 £616 £825
UK median daily rate £425 £478 £500
% change year-on-year -10.99% -4.50% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 14
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £65.98
75th Percentile - - £76.25
90th Percentile - - £77.13
UK median hourly rate - - £65.98
% change year-on-year - - +42.17%

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 3,410 3,425 5,304
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.39% 12.95% 14.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,212 1,964 3,233
10th Percentile £204 £220 £205
25th Percentile £356 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +2.04% -6.67%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £680 £686 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £495
% change year-on-year -5.00% +1.01% -3.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 154 106 366
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.11 £16.13
25th Percentile £19.00 £21.46 £22.13
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £51.65
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -32.24% +140.24%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £70.63 £75.89
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £51.65
% change year-on-year -14.29% -32.24% +149.47%

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 January 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 January 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 -32 14 £350 -20.00% 6
Midlands -39 10 £340 -24.44% 4
North of England -98 10 £335 -36.19% 1
West Midlands -28 9 £340 -24.44% 4
North West -72 7 £300 -40.00% 1
South West -24 6 £513 +10.81% 5
South East -27 5 £650 +11.59% 3
East of England -12 3 £285 -40.00%
Yorkshire -47 3 £495 -20.80%
East Midlands - 1 £500 -
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 6 (12.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 9 (18.00%) Azure
2 8 (16.00%) AWS
3 6 (12.00%) GCP
4 5 (10.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 4 (8.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (4.00%) AWS Direct Connect
7 1 (2.00%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 43 (86.00%) Firewall
2 32 (64.00%) VPN
2 32 (64.00%) WAN
3 27 (54.00%) BGP
3 27 (54.00%) LAN
4 24 (48.00%) OSPF
5 21 (42.00%) MPLS
5 21 (42.00%) Network Security
6 17 (34.00%) SD-WAN
6 17 (34.00%) Wireless
7 16 (32.00%) VLAN
8 15 (30.00%) DNS
9 13 (26.00%) EIGRP
9 13 (26.00%) IPsec
10 12 (24.00%) Cisco Nexus
11 11 (22.00%) Wireshark
12 8 (16.00%) Cisco IOS
12 8 (16.00%) TCP/IP
12 8 (16.00%) VXLAN
13 7 (14.00%) SSL
Development Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 15 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 6 (12.00%) Finance
4 5 (10.00%) Financial Institution
5 4 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (8.00%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (8.00%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (6.00%) Military
6 3 (6.00%) Telecoms
7 2 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (2.00%) Aerospace
8 1 (2.00%) Aviation
8 1 (2.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 23 (46.00%) Network Engineer
2 10 (20.00%) Architect
3 9 (18.00%) Network Architect
4 8 (16.00%) Security Engineer
5 7 (14.00%) Senior
6 5 (10.00%) Network Security Engineer
7 3 (6.00%) Cisco Engineer
7 3 (6.00%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (6.00%) Tester
8 2 (4.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (4.00%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
8 2 (4.00%) Network Specialist
8 2 (4.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 2 (4.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 2 (4.00%) Senior Network Specialist
8 2 (4.00%) Senior Tester
8 2 (4.00%) Validation Tester
9 1 (2.00%) Lead
9 1 (2.00%) Network Infrastructure Manager
9 1 (2.00%) Network Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (18.00%) LDAP
2 6 (12.00%) SAML
3 4 (8.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 8 (16.00%) Data Centre
2 5 (10.00%) PKI
3 4 (8.00%) Onboarding
4 2 (4.00%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (4.00%) Management Information System
4 2 (4.00%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.00%) RSA SecurID
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.00%) CatOS
1 4 (8.00%) Linux
2 3 (6.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (20.00%) Change Management
3 9 (18.00%) Migration
4 7 (14.00%) Load Balancing
4 7 (14.00%) Network Design
4 7 (14.00%) Zero Trust
5 6 (12.00%) Incident Response
5 6 (12.00%) Roadmaps
5 6 (12.00%) Root Cause Analysis
5 6 (12.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (12.00%) Technical Leadership
6 5 (10.00%) Performance Monitoring
6 5 (10.00%) Security Architecture
6 5 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 5 (10.00%) Validation
7 4 (8.00%) Enterprise Architecture
7 4 (8.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 4 (8.00%) ITIL
7 4 (8.00%) Network Architecture
7 4 (8.00%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (18.00%) Python
2 4 (8.00%) Bash
3 1 (2.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 18 (36.00%) Security Cleared
2 15 (30.00%) Cisco Certification
3 14 (28.00%) CCNP
3 14 (28.00%) SC Cleared
4 9 (18.00%) CCIE
5 5 (10.00%) CISSP
6 4 (8.00%) CCIE Security
6 4 (8.00%) CCNA
7 3 (6.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (6.00%) AWS Certification
7 3 (6.00%) Azure Certification
7 3 (6.00%) CCSP
7 3 (6.00%) Degree
7 3 (6.00%) DV Cleared
7 3 (6.00%) JNCIE
8 2 (4.00%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (4.00%) GIAC
8 2 (4.00%) JNCIP
9 1 (2.00%) APMG
9 1 (2.00%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (20.00%) NIST
2 7 (14.00%) PCI DSS
2 7 (14.00%) SLA
3 5 (10.00%) GDPR
4 1 (2.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (2.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (2.00%) GRC
4 1 (2.00%) NCSC
4 1 (2.00%) QA
System Software
1 14 (28.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (24.00%) VMware NSX
3 6 (12.00%) Active Directory
4 3 (6.00%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (4.00%) Firmware
6 1 (2.00%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (2.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (20.00%) Ansible
2 8 (16.00%) FortiGate
3 6 (12.00%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (10.00%) Terraform
5 4 (8.00%) Iperf
5 4 (8.00%) Nmap
6 3 (6.00%) vCenter Server
7 1 (2.00%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (2.00%) Kubernetes
7 1 (2.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 50 (100.00%) Cisco
2 32 (64.00%) Palo Alto
3 21 (42.00%) CheckPoint
4 17 (34.00%) F5
4 17 (34.00%) Fortinet
5 15 (30.00%) VMware
6 12 (24.00%) SolarWinds
7 8 (16.00%) Juniper
7 8 (16.00%) Meraki
7 8 (16.00%) Microsoft
8 4 (8.00%) Forcepoint
9 3 (6.00%) Zscaler
10 2 (4.00%) Extreme Networks
10 2 (4.00%) LogicMonitor
10 2 (4.00%) McAfee
10 2 (4.00%) ServiceNow
11 1 (2.00%) Infoblox
11 1 (2.00%) NetScout
11 1 (2.00%) Red Hat
11 1 (2.00%) Tufin