Cisco ASA Contract Job Trends

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Cisco ASA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 529 435 386
Rank change year-on-year -94 -49 +128
Contract jobs citing Cisco ASA 58 102 207
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.32% 0.48%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.46% 2.50% 3.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 49 122
10th Percentile £300 £397 £313
25th Percentile £335 £425 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -5.00% -4.53%
75th Percentile £525 £575 £618
90th Percentile £575 £616 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £495 £450
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 15
10th Percentile - - £63.89
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £65.98
75th Percentile - - £76.25
90th Percentile - - £77.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £65.98
% change year-on-year - - +18.67%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,961 4,080 5,888
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.48% 12.87% 13.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,604 2,373 3,603
10th Percentile £204 £213 £209
25th Percentile £355 £363 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -2.91%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £467 £475
% change year-on-year -3.54% -1.79% +2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 140 362
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.16 £17.30
25th Percentile £19.00 £21.46 £23.00
Median hourly rate £32.00 £35.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% -36.36% +158.82%
75th Percentile £65.00 £58.09 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.94 £32.50 £57.75
% change year-on-year +29.05% -43.72% +206.83%

Cisco ASA
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cisco ASA relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Cisco ASA job vacancy trend in the UK

Cisco ASA
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Cisco ASA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Cisco ASA

Cisco ASA
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco ASA over the 6 months to 22 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco ASA in the UK

Cisco ASA
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Cisco ASA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Cisco ASA

Cisco ASA
Top 15 Contract Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 22 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
England -94 46 £450 -5.26% 40
UK excluding London -107 44 £450 -9.09% 38
Work from Home -4 20 £500 +11.11% 32
London -24 11 £350 -15.15% 7
Scotland +11 10 £425 - 1
Midlands -39 10 £340 -24.44% 7
North of England -99 10 £335 -39.09% 5
West Midlands -35 9 £340 -24.44% 7
North West -69 7 £300 -45.45% 3
South West -16 6 £513 +10.81% 7
South East -41 4 £575 +1.77% 10
East of England -18 3 £285 -40.00% 6
Yorkshire -49 3 £495 -20.80% 1
Wales -5 1 £550 +39.68% 2
East Midlands - 1 £500 -

Cisco ASA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 (10.34%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 11 (18.97%) Azure
2 10 (17.24%) AWS
3 7 (12.07%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 6 (10.34%) GCP
5 4 (6.90%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (3.45%) AWS Direct Connect
7 1 (1.72%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 51 (87.93%) Firewall
2 35 (60.34%) WAN
3 32 (55.17%) BGP
4 31 (53.45%) VPN
5 28 (48.28%) OSPF
6 25 (43.10%) LAN
7 24 (41.38%) Wireless
8 22 (37.93%) SD-WAN
9 20 (34.48%) Cisco Nexus
10 19 (32.76%) MPLS
10 19 (32.76%) Network Security
11 18 (31.03%) EIGRP
12 15 (25.86%) DNS
12 15 (25.86%) VLAN
13 14 (24.14%) Cisco Firepower
13 14 (24.14%) IPsec
14 10 (17.24%) Cisco ISE
14 10 (17.24%) Wireshark
15 9 (15.52%) Cisco IOS
15 9 (15.52%) VXLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (1.72%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 16 (27.59%) Social Skills
2 11 (18.97%) Public Sector
3 5 (8.62%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (6.90%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (6.90%) Finance
4 4 (6.90%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (5.17%) Financial Institution
5 3 (5.17%) Military
6 2 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.45%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.72%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.72%) Legal
7 1 (1.72%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 25 (43.10%) Network Engineer
2 10 (17.24%) Architect
3 9 (15.52%) Network Architect
4 7 (12.07%) Security Engineer
4 7 (12.07%) Senior
5 5 (8.62%) Cisco Engineer
6 4 (6.90%) Network Security Engineer
7 3 (5.17%) Consultant
7 3 (5.17%) Network Consultant
7 3 (5.17%) Network Specialist
7 3 (5.17%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 3 (5.17%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (5.17%) Tester
8 2 (3.45%) Firewall Engineer
8 2 (3.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (3.45%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
8 2 (3.45%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 2 (3.45%) Senior Network Engineer
8 2 (3.45%) Senior Network Specialist
8 2 (3.45%) Validation Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (15.52%) LDAP
2 6 (10.34%) SAML
3 5 (8.62%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 15 (25.86%) Data Centre
2 5 (8.62%) PKI
3 4 (6.90%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.45%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.72%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.72%) RSA SecurID
5 1 (1.72%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.90%) CatOS
1 4 (6.90%) Linux
2 3 (5.17%) Ubuntu
3 1 (1.72%) Windows
3 1 (1.72%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (25.86%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (18.97%) Project Delivery
3 10 (17.24%) Change Management
3 10 (17.24%) Migration
4 9 (15.52%) Strategic Thinking
5 8 (13.79%) Zero Trust
6 7 (12.07%) Load Balancing
6 7 (12.07%) Network Design
7 6 (10.34%) Roadmaps
7 6 (10.34%) Root Cause Analysis
7 6 (10.34%) Security Architecture
7 6 (10.34%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (10.34%) Technical Leadership
8 5 (8.62%) Incident Response
8 5 (8.62%) ITIL
8 5 (8.62%) Performance Monitoring
9 4 (6.90%) High Availability
9 4 (6.90%) Network Architecture
9 4 (6.90%) Network Management
9 4 (6.90%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 8 (13.79%) Python
2 3 (5.17%) Bash
3 1 (1.72%) PHP
Qualifications
1 22 (37.93%) Cisco Certification
2 20 (34.48%) CCNP
2 20 (34.48%) Security Cleared
3 15 (25.86%) SC Cleared
4 8 (13.79%) CCIE
5 5 (8.62%) CCNA
5 5 (8.62%) CISSP
6 4 (6.90%) CCIE Security
7 3 (5.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (5.17%) AWS Certification
7 3 (5.17%) Azure Certification
7 3 (5.17%) CCSP
7 3 (5.17%) Degree
7 3 (5.17%) DV Cleared
7 3 (5.17%) JNCIE
8 2 (3.45%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (3.45%) GIAC
8 2 (3.45%) JNCIP
9 1 (1.72%) CCDE
9 1 (1.72%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (17.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (17.24%) NIST
2 7 (12.07%) PCI DSS
2 7 (12.07%) SLA
3 5 (8.62%) GDPR
4 1 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.72%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 14 (24.14%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (20.69%) VMware NSX
3 7 (12.07%) Active Directory
4 3 (5.17%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.72%) Firmware
5 1 (1.72%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (1.72%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (15.52%) Ansible
1 9 (15.52%) FortiGate
2 6 (10.34%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (8.62%) Terraform
4 3 (5.17%) Iperf
4 3 (5.17%) Nmap
4 3 (5.17%) vCenter Server
5 1 (1.72%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (1.72%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.72%) SCOM
Vendors
1 58 (100.00%) Cisco
2 32 (55.17%) Palo Alto
3 19 (32.76%) CheckPoint
4 17 (29.31%) F5
4 17 (29.31%) Fortinet
5 15 (25.86%) VMware
6 13 (22.41%) SolarWinds
7 11 (18.97%) Meraki
8 8 (13.79%) Juniper
8 8 (13.79%) Microsoft
9 3 (5.17%) Extreme Networks
9 3 (5.17%) Forcepoint
9 3 (5.17%) Zscaler
10 2 (3.45%) LogicMonitor
10 2 (3.45%) McAfee
10 2 (3.45%) ServiceNow
11 1 (1.72%) Infoblox
11 1 (1.72%) NetScout
11 1 (1.72%) Red Hat
11 1 (1.72%) SevOne