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 5 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 495 397 356
Rank change year-on-year -98 -41 +162
Contract jobs citing Cisco ASA 43 108 231
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.14% 0.35% 0.61%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.26% 2.84% 4.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 57 119
10th Percentile £335 £400 £311
25th Percentile £350 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -4.31%
75th Percentile £575 £573 £600
90th Percentile £638 £603 £670
UK median daily rate £463 £498 £500
% change year-on-year -7.04% -0.50% -2.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 18
10th Percentile - - £48.30
25th Percentile £100.50 - -
Median hourly rate £103.00 - £65.98
75th Percentile £105.50 - £76.25
90th Percentile - - £76.63
UK median hourly rate £103.00 - £65.98
% change year-on-year - - +11.05%

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 3,415 3,809 5,397
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.96% 12.41% 14.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,204 2,209 3,361
10th Percentile £206 £225 £210
25th Percentile £357 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.50% - -
75th Percentile £588 £608 £611
90th Percentile £679 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 130 329
10th Percentile £15.50 £17.49 £18.46
25th Percentile £20.13 £23.03 £23.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £48.56 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -38.22% -14.04% +25.53%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.50 £66.25
90th Percentile £74.63 £75.00 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £41.00 £55.70
% change year-on-year -17.07% -26.39% +26.02%

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 5 December 2025.

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 5 December 2025. 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 -8 12 £343 -26.93% 5
North of England -77 11 £550 +10.00%
Midlands -21 9 £475 -22.45% 5
West Midlands -20 8 £450 -26.53% 5
North West -59 6 £598 +20.10%
Yorkshire -26 5 £550 -12.00%
East of England -19 4 £285 -48.65% 1
South East -21 4 £575 +15.00% 6
South West -18 2 £488 +5.41% 1
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 3 (6.98%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 9 (20.93%) Azure
2 8 (18.60%) AWS
3 7 (16.28%) GCP
4 4 (9.30%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 4 (9.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 2 (4.65%) AWS Direct Connect
6 1 (2.33%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 38 (88.37%) Firewall
2 25 (58.14%) WAN
3 24 (55.81%) LAN
4 21 (48.84%) VPN
5 17 (39.53%) Network Security
6 16 (37.21%) BGP
6 16 (37.21%) OSPF
7 15 (34.88%) DNS
8 14 (32.56%) SD-WAN
9 11 (25.58%) MPLS
10 10 (23.26%) DHCP
10 10 (23.26%) VLAN
10 10 (23.26%) Wireless
11 9 (20.93%) Cisco Nexus
11 9 (20.93%) TCP/IP
12 7 (16.28%) EIGRP
12 7 (16.28%) WLAN
13 6 (13.95%) Cisco Firepower
13 6 (13.95%) IPsec
13 6 (13.95%) Wireshark
General
1 13 (30.23%) Social Skills
2 9 (20.93%) Public Sector
3 6 (13.95%) Finance
4 4 (9.30%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (9.30%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (9.30%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (6.98%) Financial Institution
5 3 (6.98%) Military
5 3 (6.98%) Telecoms
6 2 (4.65%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 21 (48.84%) Network Engineer
2 11 (25.58%) Architect
3 10 (23.26%) Network Architect
4 6 (13.95%) Security Engineer
5 5 (11.63%) Network Security Engineer
5 5 (11.63%) Senior
6 4 (9.30%) Firewall Engineer
7 3 (6.98%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (6.98%) Tester
8 2 (4.65%) Cisco Engineer
8 2 (4.65%) Network Security Architect
8 2 (4.65%) Network Specialist
8 2 (4.65%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 2 (4.65%) Security Architect
8 2 (4.65%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 2 (4.65%) Senior Network Specialist
8 2 (4.65%) Senior Tester
8 2 (4.65%) Validation Tester
9 1 (2.33%) Cisco Security Engineer
9 1 (2.33%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.98%) LDAP
1 3 (6.98%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (18.60%) Data Centre
2 2 (4.65%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (4.65%) PKI
3 1 (2.33%) Client/Server
3 1 (2.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.33%) RSA SecurID
3 1 (2.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.65%) CatOS
2 1 (2.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (27.91%) Migration
2 10 (23.26%) Change Management
2 10 (23.26%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (18.60%) Load Balancing
3 8 (18.60%) Zero Trust
4 7 (16.28%) Network Design
4 7 (16.28%) Network Management
5 6 (13.95%) Incident Response
5 6 (13.95%) Roadmaps
5 6 (13.95%) Security Architecture
5 6 (13.95%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (11.63%) Network Architecture
6 5 (11.63%) Performance Monitoring
7 4 (9.30%) Business Strategy
7 4 (9.30%) Enterprise Architecture
7 4 (9.30%) ITIL
7 4 (9.30%) Project Delivery
7 4 (9.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (9.30%) Validation
8 3 (6.98%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 6 (13.95%) Python
2 3 (6.98%) Bash
Qualifications
1 19 (44.19%) Cisco Certification
2 18 (41.86%) CCNP
3 14 (32.56%) Security Cleared
4 10 (23.26%) SC Cleared
5 9 (20.93%) CCIE
6 6 (13.95%) CCNA
6 6 (13.95%) CISSP
7 5 (11.63%) CCIE Security
8 3 (6.98%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (6.98%) AWS Certification
8 3 (6.98%) Azure Certification
8 3 (6.98%) CCSP
8 3 (6.98%) Degree
8 3 (6.98%) JNCIE
9 2 (4.65%) DV Cleared
9 2 (4.65%) GIAC
9 2 (4.65%) JNCIP
10 1 (2.33%) CCDE
10 1 (2.33%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (18.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (16.28%) NIST
3 6 (13.95%) PCI DSS
4 5 (11.63%) GDPR
5 3 (6.98%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (20.93%) VMware NSX
2 8 (18.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (6.98%) Active Directory
4 1 (2.33%) Firmware
4 1 (2.33%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (2.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (20.93%) FortiGate
2 8 (18.60%) Ansible
3 5 (11.63%) Terraform
4 3 (6.98%) Iperf
4 3 (6.98%) Nmap
4 3 (6.98%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (2.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 43 (100.00%) Cisco
2 26 (60.47%) Palo Alto
3 21 (48.84%) Fortinet
4 19 (44.19%) CheckPoint
5 13 (30.23%) F5
6 10 (23.26%) SolarWinds
7 9 (20.93%) VMware
8 8 (18.60%) Juniper
8 8 (18.60%) Meraki
9 5 (11.63%) Microsoft
10 4 (9.30%) Zscaler
11 3 (6.98%) Forcepoint
12 2 (4.65%) Extreme Networks
12 2 (4.65%) LogicMonitor
12 2 (4.65%) McAfee
12 2 (4.65%) ServiceNow
13 1 (2.33%) Arista
13 1 (2.33%) Infoblox
13 1 (2.33%) NetScout
13 1 (2.33%) SevOne