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 25 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 526 429 395
Rank change year-on-year -97 -34 +124
Contract jobs citing Cisco ASA 59 105 208
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.16% 0.33% 0.47%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.49% 2.58% 3.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 52 124
10th Percentile £300 £400 £313
25th Percentile £335 £425 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £519 £575 £616
90th Percentile £575 £612 £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 3,947 4,069 6,045
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.42% 12.90% 13.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,588 2,365 3,676
10th Percentile £204 £213 £206
25th Percentile £355 £363 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +1.01% -3.88%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £685 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £468 £475
% change year-on-year -3.74% -1.58% +2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 164 140 383
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.16 £16.55
25th Percentile £18.97 £21.46 £22.75
Median hourly rate £30.00 £33.75 £52.21
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -35.35% +152.14%
75th Percentile £65.00 £58.09 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £74.80
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.54 £31.79 £56.49
% change year-on-year +27.52% -43.72% +197.32%

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 25 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 25 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 -112 47 £445 -8.25% 40
UK excluding London -105 44 £450 -9.09% 39
Work from Home -13 20 £500 +11.11% 35
London -23 12 £350 -17.65% 6
Scotland +21 10 £425 - 1
Midlands -34 10 £340 -24.44% 7
North of England -97 10 £335 -36.19% 5
West Midlands -36 9 £340 -24.44% 6
North West -70 7 £300 -40.00% 3
South West -19 6 £513 +10.81% 8
South East -29 4 £575 +1.77% 10
East of England -17 3 £285 -40.00% 6
Yorkshire -45 3 £495 -20.80% 1
Wales -4 1 £550 +39.68% 2
East Midlands - 1 £500 - 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 6 (10.17%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 11 (18.64%) Azure
2 10 (16.95%) AWS
3 7 (11.86%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 6 (10.17%) GCP
5 4 (6.78%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (3.39%) AWS Direct Connect
7 1 (1.69%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 52 (88.14%) Firewall
2 36 (61.02%) WAN
3 33 (55.93%) BGP
4 31 (52.54%) VPN
5 29 (49.15%) OSPF
6 26 (44.07%) LAN
7 24 (40.68%) Wireless
8 22 (37.29%) SD-WAN
9 20 (33.90%) Cisco Nexus
9 20 (33.90%) MPLS
9 20 (33.90%) Network Security
10 19 (32.20%) EIGRP
11 15 (25.42%) DNS
11 15 (25.42%) VLAN
12 14 (23.73%) Cisco Firepower
12 14 (23.73%) IPsec
13 10 (16.95%) Cisco ISE
13 10 (16.95%) Wireshark
14 9 (15.25%) Cisco IOS
14 9 (15.25%) VXLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (1.69%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 16 (27.12%) Social Skills
2 11 (18.64%) Public Sector
3 5 (8.47%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (8.47%) Finance
4 4 (6.78%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (6.78%) Financial Institution
4 4 (6.78%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (5.08%) Military
6 2 (3.39%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.39%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.69%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.69%) Legal
7 1 (1.69%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 25 (42.37%) Network Engineer
2 10 (16.95%) Architect
3 9 (15.25%) Network Architect
4 8 (13.56%) Senior
5 7 (11.86%) Security Engineer
6 5 (8.47%) Cisco Engineer
7 4 (6.78%) Network Security Engineer
8 3 (5.08%) Consultant
8 3 (5.08%) Network Consultant
8 3 (5.08%) Network Specialist
8 3 (5.08%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 3 (5.08%) Solutions Architect
8 3 (5.08%) Tester
9 2 (3.39%) Firewall Engineer
9 2 (3.39%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
9 2 (3.39%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
9 2 (3.39%) Senior Network Engineer
9 2 (3.39%) Senior Network Specialist
9 2 (3.39%) Senior Tester
9 2 (3.39%) Validation Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (15.25%) LDAP
2 6 (10.17%) SAML
3 5 (8.47%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 15 (25.42%) Data Centre
2 5 (8.47%) PKI
3 4 (6.78%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.39%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.69%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.69%) RSA SecurID
5 1 (1.69%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.78%) CatOS
1 4 (6.78%) Linux
2 3 (5.08%) Ubuntu
3 1 (1.69%) Windows
3 1 (1.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (25.42%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (18.64%) Project Delivery
3 10 (16.95%) Change Management
3 10 (16.95%) Migration
4 9 (15.25%) Strategic Thinking
5 8 (13.56%) Zero Trust
6 7 (11.86%) Load Balancing
6 7 (11.86%) Network Design
7 6 (10.17%) Roadmaps
7 6 (10.17%) Root Cause Analysis
7 6 (10.17%) Security Architecture
7 6 (10.17%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (10.17%) Technical Leadership
8 5 (8.47%) Incident Response
8 5 (8.47%) ITIL
8 5 (8.47%) Performance Monitoring
9 4 (6.78%) High Availability
9 4 (6.78%) Network Architecture
9 4 (6.78%) Network Management
9 4 (6.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 8 (13.56%) Python
2 3 (5.08%) Bash
3 1 (1.69%) PHP
Qualifications
1 22 (37.29%) Cisco Certification
2 20 (33.90%) CCNP
2 20 (33.90%) Security Cleared
3 15 (25.42%) SC Cleared
4 8 (13.56%) CCIE
5 5 (8.47%) CCNA
5 5 (8.47%) CISSP
6 4 (6.78%) CCIE Security
7 3 (5.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (5.08%) AWS Certification
7 3 (5.08%) Azure Certification
7 3 (5.08%) CCSP
7 3 (5.08%) Degree
7 3 (5.08%) DV Cleared
7 3 (5.08%) JNCIE
8 2 (3.39%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (3.39%) GIAC
8 2 (3.39%) JNCIP
9 1 (1.69%) APMG
9 1 (1.69%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (16.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (16.95%) NIST
2 7 (11.86%) PCI DSS
2 7 (11.86%) SLA
3 5 (8.47%) GDPR
4 1 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.69%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 14 (23.73%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (20.34%) VMware NSX
3 7 (11.86%) Active Directory
4 3 (5.08%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.69%) Firmware
5 1 (1.69%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (1.69%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (15.25%) Ansible
1 9 (15.25%) FortiGate
2 6 (10.17%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (8.47%) Terraform
4 3 (5.08%) Iperf
4 3 (5.08%) Nmap
4 3 (5.08%) vCenter Server
5 1 (1.69%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (1.69%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.69%) SCOM
Vendors
1 59 (100.00%) Cisco
2 33 (55.93%) Palo Alto
3 20 (33.90%) CheckPoint
4 18 (30.51%) F5
5 17 (28.81%) Fortinet
6 15 (25.42%) VMware
7 13 (22.03%) SolarWinds
8 11 (18.64%) Meraki
9 8 (13.56%) Juniper
9 8 (13.56%) Microsoft
10 3 (5.08%) Extreme Networks
10 3 (5.08%) Forcepoint
10 3 (5.08%) Zscaler
11 2 (3.39%) LogicMonitor
11 2 (3.39%) McAfee
11 2 (3.39%) ServiceNow
12 1 (1.69%) Infoblox
12 1 (1.69%) NetScout
12 1 (1.69%) Red Hat
12 1 (1.69%) SevOne