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

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 559 406 430
Rank change year-on-year -153 +24 +24
Contract jobs citing Cisco ASA 72 114 163
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.39% 0.37%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.61% 3.04% 2.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 62 114
10th Percentile £300 £330 £335
25th Percentile £400 £420 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £530 £508
Median % change year-on-year -15.09% +4.28% +1.65%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £638
90th Percentile £575 £625 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +5.56%

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 4,480 3,752 5,718
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.64% 12.70% 13.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,793 2,321 3,438
10th Percentile £250 £213 £205
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £488
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% +0.36% -6.11%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £465 £475
% change year-on-year +2.15% -2.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 211 172 429
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £13.78
25th Percentile £20.79 £20.64 £17.69
Median hourly rate £42.25 £37.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.67% -6.25% +110.53%
75th Percentile £70.00 £61.31 £62.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £67.12
UK excluding London median hourly rate £52.50 £27.72 £46.39
% change year-on-year +89.39% -40.25% +150.76%

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 24 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 24 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 -130 64 £450 -18.18% 18
UK excluding London -123 42 £475 -5.00% 17
London -70 24 £400 -27.27% 3
Work from Home -50 18 £463 -2.63% 6
South East -54 10 £523 -10.30% 3
South West -32 9 £525 +5.00% 1
North of England -96 9 £472 -18.00% 4
Midlands -54 8 £300 -45.45% 8
North West -64 8 £472 -18.00% 3
West Midlands -51 7 £288 -36.11% 7
East of England -37 3 £463 +14.91% 1
Scotland +6 2 £425 -6.85%
Wales -18 1 £550 +29.41%
Yorkshire -53 1 - - 1

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 8 (11.11%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 16 (22.22%) AWS
1 16 (22.22%) Azure
2 6 (8.33%) GCP
3 2 (2.78%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (1.39%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.39%) OpenShift
4 1 (1.39%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 59 (81.94%) Firewall
2 45 (62.50%) BGP
3 41 (56.94%) WAN
4 36 (50.00%) Network Security
5 35 (48.61%) OSPF
6 32 (44.44%) VPN
7 31 (43.06%) LAN
8 26 (36.11%) MPLS
9 21 (29.17%) IPsec
10 20 (27.78%) Cisco Nexus
11 19 (26.39%) Wireless
12 17 (23.61%) Cisco IOS
12 17 (23.61%) EIGRP
13 15 (20.83%) Cisco Firepower
13 15 (20.83%) Multicast
14 14 (19.44%) SD-WAN
14 14 (19.44%) Wireshark
15 13 (18.06%) BIG-IP
16 12 (16.67%) DNS
16 12 (16.67%) VXLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (1.39%) Git
1 1 (1.39%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 21 (29.17%) Finance
2 15 (20.83%) Financial Institution
3 11 (15.28%) Social Skills
4 10 (13.89%) Public Sector
5 4 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.78%) Aerospace
6 2 (2.78%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.78%) Aviation
6 2 (2.78%) Law
6 2 (2.78%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.78%) Retail
6 2 (2.78%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.39%) Banking
7 1 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.39%) Police
7 1 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 40 (55.56%) Network Engineer
2 17 (23.61%) Senior
3 9 (12.50%) Security Engineer
4 8 (11.11%) Cisco Engineer
5 6 (8.33%) Architect
5 6 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (6.94%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 5 (6.94%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 5 (6.94%) Senior Network Engineer
7 4 (5.56%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
7 4 (5.56%) Network Security Engineer
8 3 (4.17%) Core Network Engineer
8 3 (4.17%) Data Centre Engineer
8 3 (4.17%) Data Network Engineer
8 3 (4.17%) Design Engineer
8 3 (4.17%) IP Design Engineer
8 3 (4.17%) IP Engineer
8 3 (4.17%) IP Network Engineer
8 3 (4.17%) Juniper Engineer
9 2 (2.78%) Voice Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (19.44%) LDAP
2 8 (11.11%) SAML
3 4 (5.56%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 13 (18.06%) Data Centre
2 6 (8.33%) PKI
3 4 (5.56%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.78%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.78%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.39%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.39%) RSA SecurID
5 1 (1.39%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 8 (11.11%) Linux
2 6 (8.33%) Ubuntu
3 4 (5.56%) CatOS
4 2 (2.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (20.83%) Change Management
2 14 (19.44%) Cybersecurity
3 12 (16.67%) Load Balancing
4 10 (13.89%) Disaster Recovery
4 10 (13.89%) Technical Leadership
5 9 (12.50%) Migration
5 9 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (11.11%) High Availability
7 7 (9.72%) ITIL
8 6 (8.33%) Break/Fix
8 6 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 6 (8.33%) Network Monitoring
8 6 (8.33%) Performance Management
8 6 (8.33%) Root Cause Analysis
9 5 (6.94%) Security Operations
9 5 (6.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 4 (5.56%) Continuous Improvement
10 4 (5.56%) Low Latency
10 4 (5.56%) Network Design
10 4 (5.56%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 12 (16.67%) Python
2 4 (5.56%) PHP
3 3 (4.17%) Bash
4 1 (1.39%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 23 (31.94%) SC Cleared
1 23 (31.94%) Security Cleared
2 13 (18.06%) Cisco Certification
3 11 (15.28%) CCNP
4 9 (12.50%) DV Cleared
5 5 (6.94%) CompTIA Security+
6 4 (5.56%) APMG
6 4 (5.56%) CCIE
6 4 (5.56%) Degree
6 4 (5.56%) GIAC
6 4 (5.56%) SSCP
7 3 (4.17%) CCNA
7 3 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (4.17%) GSEC
8 2 (2.78%) AWS Certification
8 2 (2.78%) BC Cleared
8 2 (2.78%) CCSE
8 2 (2.78%) CCSM
8 2 (2.78%) ISTQB
9 1 (1.39%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (16.67%) SLA
2 7 (9.72%) NIST
3 6 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (2.78%) NCSC
6 1 (1.39%) GRC
6 1 (1.39%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (1.39%) PCI DSS
6 1 (1.39%) QA
System Software
1 21 (29.17%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (12.50%) VMware NSX
3 8 (11.11%) Active Directory
3 8 (11.11%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.39%) Firmware
4 1 (1.39%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (13.89%) FortiGate
2 8 (11.11%) Ansible
2 8 (11.11%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (8.33%) Terraform
3 6 (8.33%) vCenter Server
4 4 (5.56%) Grafana
5 3 (4.17%) Cisco Prime
5 3 (4.17%) Prometheus
5 3 (4.17%) SCOM
6 2 (2.78%) Iperf
6 2 (2.78%) Nmap
7 1 (1.39%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 72 (100.00%) Cisco
2 44 (61.11%) Palo Alto
3 35 (48.61%) F5
4 29 (40.28%) CheckPoint
5 21 (29.17%) VMware
6 17 (23.61%) Fortinet
7 11 (15.28%) Microsoft
8 10 (13.89%) Juniper
9 6 (8.33%) SolarWinds
10 4 (5.56%) Arista
10 4 (5.56%) Meraki
10 4 (5.56%) NetScout
10 4 (5.56%) ServiceNow
10 4 (5.56%) Tufin
10 4 (5.56%) Zscaler
11 3 (4.17%) McAfee
12 2 (2.78%) Aruba
12 2 (2.78%) Dell
12 2 (2.78%) Forcepoint
13 1 (1.39%) EMC