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

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 529 386 407
Rank change year-on-year -143 +21 +9
Contract jobs citing Cisco ASA 62 92 135
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.15% 0.38% 0.37%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.63% 2.91% 2.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 49 99
10th Percentile £300 £373 £335
25th Percentile £400 £450 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -15.91% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £588 £575
90th Percentile £604 £632 £825
UK median daily rate £450 £513 £513
% change year-on-year -12.20% - +7.89%

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 3,802 3,162 4,824
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.43% 13.11% 13.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,372 1,963 2,903
10th Percentile £250 £220 £208
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year - +1.01% -5.49%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £495 £488 £490
% change year-on-year +1.54% -0.51% -4.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 222 117 391
10th Percentile £16.52 £14.20 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.33 £15.44 £16.58
Median hourly rate £41.94 £30.32 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +38.32% -24.20% +116.22%
75th Percentile £65.88 £63.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £81.15 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £40.54 £34.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +17.51% -13.75% +116.22%

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 13 May 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 13 May 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 -73 20 £400 -27.27% 2
South East -47 13 £520 +16.20% 5
Midlands -50 10 £340 -36.74% 7
West Midlands -50 9 £320 -34.36% 5
North West -61 8 £472 -18.00% 1
North of England -103 8 £472 -18.00% 2
South West -30 7 £538 +7.50% 1
East of England -33 3 £463 +14.91%
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 8 (12.90%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 16 (25.81%) AWS
1 16 (25.81%) Azure
2 5 (8.06%) GCP
3 4 (6.45%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.61%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 50 (80.65%) Firewall
2 38 (61.29%) WAN
3 36 (58.06%) BGP
4 32 (51.61%) VPN
5 30 (48.39%) LAN
5 30 (48.39%) Network Security
6 26 (41.94%) OSPF
7 24 (38.71%) MPLS
8 21 (33.87%) IPsec
9 18 (29.03%) Cisco Nexus
9 18 (29.03%) Wireless
10 15 (24.19%) Multicast
11 14 (22.58%) BIG-IP
11 14 (22.58%) EIGRP
12 13 (20.97%) Cisco Firepower
12 13 (20.97%) DNS
12 13 (20.97%) Wireshark
13 10 (16.13%) HTTPS
13 10 (16.13%) SD-WAN
13 10 (16.13%) SSL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.61%) Git
1 1 (1.61%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 20 (32.26%) Finance
2 12 (19.35%) Financial Institution
3 8 (12.90%) Public Sector
4 7 (11.29%) Social Skills
5 4 (6.45%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (6.45%) Manufacturing
5 4 (6.45%) Retail
6 2 (3.23%) Aviation
6 2 (3.23%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.61%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.61%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.61%) Banking
7 1 (1.61%) Law
7 1 (1.61%) Police
Job Titles
1 35 (56.45%) Network Engineer
2 17 (27.42%) Senior
3 8 (12.90%) Security Engineer
4 6 (9.68%) Cisco Engineer
5 5 (8.06%) Architect
5 5 (8.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (8.06%) Senior Network Engineer
6 4 (6.45%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 4 (6.45%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
6 4 (6.45%) NOC Engineer
7 3 (4.84%) Data Centre Engineer
7 3 (4.84%) Data Network Engineer
7 3 (4.84%) Juniper Engineer
7 3 (4.84%) Network Security Engineer
8 2 (3.23%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
8 2 (3.23%) Firewall Architect
8 2 (3.23%) Solutions Architect
9 1 (1.61%) Azure Engineer
9 1 (1.61%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
9 1 (1.61%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (25.81%) LDAP
2 10 (16.13%) SAML
3 5 (8.06%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 12 (19.35%) Data Centre
2 7 (11.29%) PKI
3 4 (6.45%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.23%) Cloud Native
4 2 (3.23%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.61%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.61%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.61%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 11 (17.74%) Linux
2 6 (9.68%) Ubuntu
3 5 (8.06%) CatOS
3 5 (8.06%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (22.58%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (19.35%) Change Management
3 11 (17.74%) Load Balancing
3 11 (17.74%) Technical Leadership
4 10 (16.13%) Disaster Recovery
4 10 (16.13%) ITIL
4 10 (16.13%) Network Monitoring
5 8 (12.90%) High Availability
6 6 (9.68%) Migration
6 6 (9.68%) Root Cause Analysis
6 6 (9.68%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (8.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 5 (8.06%) Network Virtualisation
7 5 (8.06%) Security Operations
8 4 (6.45%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (6.45%) Low Latency
8 4 (6.45%) Presales
8 4 (6.45%) SIEM
8 4 (6.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 4 (6.45%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 12 (19.35%) Python
2 4 (6.45%) PHP
3 3 (4.84%) Bash
4 1 (1.61%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 18 (29.03%) Security Cleared
2 17 (27.42%) SC Cleared
3 11 (17.74%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (16.13%) CCNP
5 8 (12.90%) DV Cleared
6 5 (8.06%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (6.45%) APMG
7 4 (6.45%) CCSE
7 4 (6.45%) CCSM
7 4 (6.45%) Degree
7 4 (6.45%) GIAC
7 4 (6.45%) SSCP
8 3 (4.84%) CCIE
8 3 (4.84%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (4.84%) GSEC
9 2 (3.23%) AWS Certification
9 2 (3.23%) BC Cleared
9 2 (3.23%) CCNA
9 2 (3.23%) ISTQB
10 1 (1.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (17.74%) SLA
2 8 (12.90%) NIST
3 6 (9.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (6.45%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (6.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (3.23%) NCSC
6 1 (1.61%) GRC
6 1 (1.61%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (1.61%) PCI DSS
6 1 (1.61%) QA
System Software
1 23 (37.10%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (17.74%) Active Directory
2 11 (17.74%) VMware NSX
3 10 (16.13%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.61%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (16.13%) Single Sign-On
2 7 (11.29%) Ansible
3 6 (9.68%) vCenter Server
4 5 (8.06%) FortiGate
4 5 (8.06%) Terraform
5 4 (6.45%) Grafana
6 3 (4.84%) Prometheus
6 3 (4.84%) SCOM
7 2 (3.23%) Cisco Prime
7 2 (3.23%) Iperf
7 2 (3.23%) Nmap
Vendors
1 62 (100.00%) Cisco
2 44 (70.97%) Palo Alto
3 32 (51.61%) F5
4 31 (50.00%) CheckPoint
5 25 (40.32%) VMware
6 14 (22.58%) Fortinet
7 11 (17.74%) Microsoft
8 8 (12.90%) SolarWinds
9 6 (9.68%) Juniper
10 5 (8.06%) ServiceNow
11 4 (6.45%) Arista
12 3 (4.84%) Meraki
13 2 (3.23%) Aruba
13 2 (3.23%) Dell
13 2 (3.23%) Forcepoint
13 2 (3.23%) McAfee
13 2 (3.23%) Tufin
13 2 (3.23%) Zscaler
14 1 (1.61%) EMC
14 1 (1.61%) NetScout