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 21 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 540 394 409
Rank change year-on-year -146 +15 +80
Contract jobs citing Cisco ASA 79 125 176
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.18% 0.43% 0.40%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.78% 3.23% 2.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 66 109
10th Percentile £300 £372 £323
25th Percentile £400 £420 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £478 £486
Median % change year-on-year -6.81% -1.75% -7.43%
75th Percentile £538 £586 £590
90th Percentile £594 £625 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £460
% change year-on-year -5.00% +8.70% -4.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £63.54
25th Percentile - - £65.11
Median hourly rate - - £65.98
75th Percentile - - £68.55
90th Percentile - - £73.17
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 4,427 3,871 5,902
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.10% 13.20% 13.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,857 2,372 3,559
10th Percentile £213 £213 £205
25th Percentile £375 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £490 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +3.16% -9.52%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £475
Number of hourly rates quoted 192 143 394
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.22 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.38 £21.46 £18.00
Median hourly rate £32.52 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.09% - +84.21%
75th Percentile £66.31 £63.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £77.25 £75.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.94 £32.50 £45.88
% change year-on-year +29.05% -29.16% +148.00%

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 21 March 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 21 March 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 -144 69 £456 -8.75% 22
UK excluding London -134 48 £475 -5.00% 20
London -50 25 £400 -13.98% 2
Work from Home -43 20 £463 +2.78% 4
Midlands -56 11 £340 -38.18% 5
South East -50 10 £523 -7.52% 7
West Midlands -53 10 £340 -24.44% 4
North of England -111 10 £440 -20.00% 6
South West -25 9 £525 +5.00% 1
North West -71 8 £472 -14.27% 4
Scotland +7 4 £425 -6.85%
East of England -25 3 £285 -29.19% 2
Yorkshire -55 2 £440 -28.16% 2
Wales -13 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 (8.86%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 21 (26.58%) AWS
2 20 (25.32%) Azure
3 10 (12.66%) GCP
4 5 (6.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 4 (5.06%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (2.53%) AWS Direct Connect
6 2 (2.53%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.27%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 65 (82.28%) Firewall
2 53 (67.09%) BGP
3 50 (63.29%) WAN
4 44 (55.70%) OSPF
5 40 (50.63%) Network Security
6 38 (48.10%) LAN
7 37 (46.84%) VPN
8 31 (39.24%) MPLS
9 24 (30.38%) EIGRP
9 24 (30.38%) Wireless
10 22 (27.85%) SD-WAN
11 21 (26.58%) Cisco Nexus
12 20 (25.32%) IPsec
13 17 (21.52%) Cisco Firepower
13 17 (21.52%) Cisco IOS
14 15 (18.99%) DNS
14 15 (18.99%) Multicast
14 15 (18.99%) VLAN
14 15 (18.99%) VXLAN
15 14 (17.72%) Cisco ISE
Development Applications
1 1 (1.27%) Git
1 1 (1.27%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 20 (25.32%) Finance
2 17 (21.52%) Social Skills
3 15 (18.99%) Financial Institution
4 13 (16.46%) Public Sector
5 6 (7.59%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (6.33%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (5.06%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.53%) Aerospace
8 2 (2.53%) Aviation
8 2 (2.53%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.53%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.53%) Retail
8 2 (2.53%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.27%) Banking
9 1 (1.27%) Law
9 1 (1.27%) Legal
9 1 (1.27%) Military
9 1 (1.27%) Police
Job Titles
1 38 (48.10%) Network Engineer
2 17 (21.52%) Senior
3 11 (13.92%) Architect
4 10 (12.66%) Security Engineer
5 8 (10.13%) Cisco Engineer
6 7 (8.86%) Network Architect
7 5 (6.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (6.33%) Network Security Engineer
7 5 (6.33%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 4 (5.06%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 4 (5.06%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
8 4 (5.06%) Senior Network Engineer
8 4 (5.06%) Solutions Architect
9 3 (3.80%) Consultant
9 3 (3.80%) Core Network Engineer
9 3 (3.80%) Design Engineer
9 3 (3.80%) IP Engineer
9 3 (3.80%) IP Network Engineer
9 3 (3.80%) Network Consultant
9 3 (3.80%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (16.46%) LDAP
2 7 (8.86%) SAML
3 5 (6.33%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 17 (21.52%) Data Centre
2 7 (8.86%) PKI
3 4 (5.06%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.80%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.53%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.53%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.27%) RSA SecurID
Operating Systems
1 8 (10.13%) Linux
2 6 (7.59%) Ubuntu
3 4 (5.06%) CatOS
4 2 (2.53%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (22.78%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (20.25%) Change Management
3 15 (18.99%) Load Balancing
4 11 (13.92%) Stakeholder Management
5 10 (12.66%) Disaster Recovery
5 10 (12.66%) ITIL
5 10 (12.66%) Migration
5 10 (12.66%) Technical Leadership
6 8 (10.13%) High Availability
7 7 (8.86%) Incident Response
7 7 (8.86%) Network Design
7 7 (8.86%) Network Virtualisation
7 7 (8.86%) Project Delivery
7 7 (8.86%) Root Cause Analysis
7 7 (8.86%) Strategic Thinking
7 7 (8.86%) Zero Trust
8 6 (7.59%) Break/Fix
8 6 (7.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 6 (7.59%) Network Monitoring
8 6 (7.59%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (16.46%) Python
2 4 (5.06%) PHP
3 2 (2.53%) Bash
Qualifications
1 25 (31.65%) Security Cleared
2 24 (30.38%) SC Cleared
3 21 (26.58%) Cisco Certification
4 19 (24.05%) CCNP
5 9 (11.39%) DV Cleared
6 8 (10.13%) CCIE
7 6 (7.59%) CISSP
7 6 (7.59%) Degree
8 5 (6.33%) AWS Certification
8 5 (6.33%) CompTIA Security+
8 5 (6.33%) GIAC
9 4 (5.06%) APMG
9 4 (5.06%) Azure Certification
9 4 (5.06%) CCIE Security
9 4 (5.06%) CCNA
9 4 (5.06%) SSCP
10 3 (3.80%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (3.80%) CCSP
10 3 (3.80%) GSEC
11 2 (2.53%) CCSM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (16.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 13 (16.46%) NIST
2 12 (15.19%) SLA
3 5 (6.33%) GDPR
3 5 (6.33%) PCI DSS
4 4 (5.06%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (5.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (2.53%) NCSC
6 1 (1.27%) GRC
6 1 (1.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (1.27%) QA
System Software
1 24 (30.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (15.19%) VMware NSX
3 8 (10.13%) VMware ESXi
4 7 (8.86%) Active Directory
5 1 (1.27%) Firmware
5 1 (1.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (13.92%) Ansible
2 10 (12.66%) FortiGate
3 8 (10.13%) Terraform
4 7 (8.86%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (7.59%) vCenter Server
6 3 (3.80%) Cisco Prime
6 3 (3.80%) Grafana
6 3 (3.80%) SCOM
7 2 (2.53%) Iperf
7 2 (2.53%) Nmap
7 2 (2.53%) Prometheus
8 1 (1.27%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 79 (100.00%) Cisco
2 50 (63.29%) Palo Alto
3 38 (48.10%) F5
4 30 (37.97%) CheckPoint
5 24 (30.38%) VMware
6 23 (29.11%) Fortinet
7 13 (16.46%) Juniper
8 10 (12.66%) Microsoft
8 10 (12.66%) SolarWinds
9 9 (11.39%) Meraki
10 5 (6.33%) Zscaler
11 4 (5.06%) Forcepoint
11 4 (5.06%) NetScout
11 4 (5.06%) ServiceNow
11 4 (5.06%) Tufin
12 3 (3.80%) Arista
12 3 (3.80%) McAfee
13 2 (2.53%) Dell
14 1 (1.27%) EMC
14 1 (1.27%) Red Hat