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

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 542 399 434
Rank change year-on-year -143 +35 +51
Contract jobs citing Cisco ASA 83 122 168
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.19% 0.42% 0.38%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.86% 3.24% 2.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 67 112
10th Percentile £300 £373 £326
25th Percentile £400 £422 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £500 £493
Median % change year-on-year -11.00% +1.42% -6.10%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £636
90th Percentile £581 £625 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £460
% change year-on-year -5.00% +8.70% -3.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £62.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £62.50
% change year-on-year - - +0.81%

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 4,466 3,766 5,915
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.00% 12.97% 13.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,866 2,332 3,562
10th Percentile £224 £213 £205
25th Percentile £380 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% +3.16% -9.09%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £473 £475
% change year-on-year +0.53% -0.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 191 148 408
10th Percentile £15.56 £14.99 £13.96
25th Percentile £19.34 £21.46 £17.72
Median hourly rate £41.94 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.83% +7.69% +71.05%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.38 £62.50
90th Percentile £76.50 £75.00 £67.84
UK excluding London median hourly rate £48.72 £31.79 £44.00
% change year-on-year +53.26% -27.75% +137.84%

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 1 April 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 14 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 1 April 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 -138 72 £450 -18.18% 27
UK excluding London -130 50 £475 -5.00% 24
London -67 27 £400 -20.40% 4
Work from Home -56 22 £463 -2.63% 7
Midlands -65 11 £340 -38.18% 5
West Midlands -49 10 £340 -24.44% 4
South East -51 10 £523 -10.30% 6
North of England -103 10 £440 -23.48% 9
South West -24 9 £525 +5.00% 2
North West -75 8 £472 -14.27% 7
Scotland +8 5 £425 -6.85% 1
East of England -31 4 £450 +11.80% 2
Yorkshire -54 2 £440 -28.16% 2
Wales -17 1 £550 +29.41%

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 7 (8.43%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 22 (26.51%) AWS
1 22 (26.51%) Azure
2 11 (13.25%) GCP
3 5 (6.02%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 4 (4.82%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 2 (2.41%) AWS Direct Connect
5 2 (2.41%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.20%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 69 (83.13%) Firewall
2 54 (65.06%) BGP
3 51 (61.45%) WAN
4 44 (53.01%) OSPF
5 40 (48.19%) Network Security
6 39 (46.99%) VPN
7 38 (45.78%) LAN
8 31 (37.35%) MPLS
9 25 (30.12%) Wireless
10 24 (28.92%) EIGRP
11 22 (26.51%) Cisco Nexus
11 22 (26.51%) SD-WAN
12 21 (25.30%) IPsec
13 19 (22.89%) Cisco Firepower
14 17 (20.48%) Cisco IOS
14 17 (20.48%) VXLAN
15 16 (19.28%) DNS
15 16 (19.28%) Multicast
16 15 (18.07%) VLAN
17 14 (16.87%) Cisco ISE
Development Applications
1 1 (1.20%) Git
1 1 (1.20%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 21 (25.30%) Finance
2 17 (20.48%) Social Skills
3 15 (18.07%) Financial Institution
4 13 (15.66%) Public Sector
5 6 (7.23%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (6.02%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (4.82%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.41%) Aerospace
8 2 (2.41%) Aviation
8 2 (2.41%) Law
8 2 (2.41%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.41%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.41%) Retail
8 2 (2.41%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.20%) Banking
9 1 (1.20%) Legal
9 1 (1.20%) Military
9 1 (1.20%) Police
Job Titles
1 41 (49.40%) Network Engineer
2 18 (21.69%) Senior
3 11 (13.25%) Architect
4 10 (12.05%) Security Engineer
5 9 (10.84%) Cisco Engineer
6 7 (8.43%) Network Architect
7 6 (7.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (6.02%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 5 (6.02%) Network Security Engineer
8 5 (6.02%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 5 (6.02%) Senior Network Engineer
9 4 (4.82%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
9 4 (4.82%) Solutions Architect
10 3 (3.61%) Core Network Engineer
10 3 (3.61%) Data Centre Engineer
10 3 (3.61%) Data Network Engineer
10 3 (3.61%) Design Engineer
10 3 (3.61%) IP Network Engineer
10 3 (3.61%) Network Consultant
10 3 (3.61%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (15.66%) LDAP
2 7 (8.43%) SAML
3 5 (6.02%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 19 (22.89%) Data Centre
2 7 (8.43%) PKI
3 4 (4.82%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.61%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.41%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.41%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.20%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.20%) RSA SecurID
Operating Systems
1 8 (9.64%) Linux
2 6 (7.23%) Ubuntu
3 4 (4.82%) CatOS
4 2 (2.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (21.69%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (19.28%) Change Management
2 16 (19.28%) Load Balancing
3 11 (13.25%) Migration
3 11 (13.25%) Stakeholder Management
4 10 (12.05%) Disaster Recovery
4 10 (12.05%) ITIL
4 10 (12.05%) Technical Leadership
5 8 (9.64%) High Availability
6 7 (8.43%) Incident Response
6 7 (8.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 7 (8.43%) Network Design
6 7 (8.43%) Network Virtualisation
6 7 (8.43%) Project Delivery
6 7 (8.43%) Root Cause Analysis
6 7 (8.43%) Strategic Thinking
6 7 (8.43%) Zero Trust
7 6 (7.23%) Break/Fix
7 6 (7.23%) Computer Science
7 6 (7.23%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 15 (18.07%) Python
2 4 (4.82%) PHP
3 3 (3.61%) Bash
4 1 (1.20%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 26 (31.33%) Security Cleared
2 25 (30.12%) SC Cleared
3 21 (25.30%) Cisco Certification
4 19 (22.89%) CCNP
5 9 (10.84%) DV Cleared
6 8 (9.64%) CCIE
7 7 (8.43%) Degree
8 6 (7.23%) CISSP
9 5 (6.02%) AWS Certification
9 5 (6.02%) CompTIA Security+
9 5 (6.02%) GIAC
10 4 (4.82%) APMG
10 4 (4.82%) Azure Certification
10 4 (4.82%) CCIE Security
10 4 (4.82%) CCNA
10 4 (4.82%) SSCP
11 3 (3.61%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (3.61%) CCSP
11 3 (3.61%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (3.61%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (15.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 13 (15.66%) NIST
2 12 (14.46%) SLA
3 5 (6.02%) GDPR
3 5 (6.02%) PCI DSS
4 4 (4.82%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (4.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (2.41%) NCSC
6 1 (1.20%) GRC
6 1 (1.20%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (1.20%) QA
System Software
1 24 (28.92%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (14.46%) VMware NSX
3 8 (9.64%) VMware ESXi
4 7 (8.43%) Active Directory
5 1 (1.20%) Firmware
5 1 (1.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (14.46%) Ansible
2 11 (13.25%) FortiGate
3 10 (12.05%) Terraform
4 7 (8.43%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (7.23%) vCenter Server
6 4 (4.82%) Grafana
7 3 (3.61%) Cisco Prime
7 3 (3.61%) Prometheus
7 3 (3.61%) SCOM
8 2 (2.41%) Iperf
8 2 (2.41%) Nmap
9 1 (1.20%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 83 (100.00%) Cisco
2 51 (61.45%) Palo Alto
3 39 (46.99%) F5
4 30 (36.14%) CheckPoint
5 24 (28.92%) Fortinet
5 24 (28.92%) VMware
6 14 (16.87%) Juniper
7 10 (12.05%) Microsoft
7 10 (12.05%) SolarWinds
8 9 (10.84%) Meraki
9 5 (6.02%) Zscaler
10 4 (4.82%) Arista
10 4 (4.82%) Forcepoint
10 4 (4.82%) NetScout
10 4 (4.82%) ServiceNow
10 4 (4.82%) Tufin
11 3 (3.61%) McAfee
12 2 (2.41%) Aruba
12 2 (2.41%) Dell
13 1 (1.20%) Infoblox