Cisco ASA Contracts in the North West

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Cisco ASA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cisco ASA over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 123 146
Rank change year-on-year +38 +23 +19
Contract jobs citing Cisco ASA 35 14 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.78% 0.51% 0.34%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.70% 3.85% 2.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 12 8
10th Percentile £400 £424 -
25th Percentile £478 £463 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £514 £425
Median % change year-on-year +11.92% +20.88% +4.94%
75th Percentile £588 £515 £559
90th Percentile £628 £518 £644
England median daily rate £550 £502 £519
% change year-on-year +9.56% -3.32% +15.39%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 327 364 421
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 16.62% 13.21% 13.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 191 253 298
10th Percentile £185 £199 £288
25th Percentile £300 £319 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.16% -2.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £530 £653 £575
90th Percentile £600 £825 £650
England median daily rate £500 £490 £525
% change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 14 10
10th Percentile £20.00 £17.72 £17.92
25th Percentile £21.12 £18.48 £19.17
Median hourly rate £24.59 £26.75 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -14.40% +68.92%
75th Percentile £25.47 £45.88 £51.45
90th Percentile £25.90 £83.76 £52.13
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
% change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%

Cisco ASA
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Cisco ASA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco ASA in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cisco ASA in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Cisco ASA in the North West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco ASA in the North West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco ASA in the North West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cisco ASA in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Cisco ASA in the North West

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Cumbria +18 33 £575 +11.65% 1
Cheshire - 1 £425 - 1
Merseyside - 1 £535 -
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England

Cisco ASA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 34 (97.14%) Cisco Firepower
2 29 (82.86%) Firewall
3 24 (68.57%) BGP
3 24 (68.57%) HSRP
3 24 (68.57%) IPsec
3 24 (68.57%) OSPF
4 20 (57.14%) EIGRP
5 12 (34.29%) VPN
6 10 (28.57%) Cisco Nexus
6 10 (28.57%) Wireless
7 9 (25.71%) Cisco Wireless
8 7 (20.00%) Network Security
9 6 (17.14%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (14.29%) LAN
10 5 (14.29%) NetScaler
11 4 (11.43%) Broadband
11 4 (11.43%) Converged Networks
11 4 (11.43%) WAN
12 1 (2.86%) HTTP
12 1 (2.86%) IGMP
General
1 4 (11.43%) Public Sector
2 1 (2.86%) Advertising
2 1 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 34 (97.14%) Network Engineer
2 17 (48.57%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 2 (5.71%) Network Security Engineer
3 2 (5.71%) Security Engineer
4 1 (2.86%) LAN Engineer
4 1 (2.86%) Senior
4 1 (2.86%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.86%) Client/Server
1 1 (2.86%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (20.00%) Network Management
2 6 (17.14%) ITIL
3 4 (11.43%) Load Balancing
4 1 (2.86%) Incident Management
4 1 (2.86%) ITSM
4 1 (2.86%) Project Delivery
4 1 (2.86%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 31 (88.57%) SC Cleared
1 31 (88.57%) Security Cleared
2 5 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (11.43%) CCNA
4 1 (2.86%) CCNP
4 1 (2.86%) DBS Check
Systems Management
1 1 (2.86%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 35 (100.00%) Cisco
2 34 (97.14%) Palo Alto
3 20 (57.14%) CheckPoint
4 7 (20.00%) SolarWinds
5 2 (5.71%) F5
6 1 (2.86%) Arista
6 1 (2.86%) Blue Coat
6 1 (2.86%) Citrix
6 1 (2.86%) Fortinet
6 1 (2.86%) Juniper
6 1 (2.86%) Symantec
6 1 (2.86%) Zscaler