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 9 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 519 426 347
Rank change year-on-year -93 -79 +185
Contract jobs citing Cisco ASA 55 124 300
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.16% 0.34% 0.64%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.41% 2.84% 4.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 62 171
10th Percentile £346 £400 £273
25th Percentile £413 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £570
90th Percentile £626 £581 £630
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -2.50% +11.11% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 18
10th Percentile - - £48.30
25th Percentile £100.50 - -
Median hourly rate £103.00 - £65.98
75th Percentile £105.50 - £76.25
90th Percentile - - £76.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £103.00 - £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 3,908 4,364 6,608
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.30% 12.04% 14.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,531 2,517 4,111
10th Percentile £206 £224 £213
25th Percentile £359 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £681 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £453 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -4.63% - +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 196 160 346
10th Percentile £15.50 £17.99 £17.72
25th Percentile £20.00 £26.13 £22.56
Median hourly rate £34.00 £47.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.42% -13.64% +30.72%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.51 £66.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £75.89
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £50.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -15.00% -11.49% +25.53%

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 9 November 2025.

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 9 November 2025. 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 -90 44 £500 - 72
UK excluding London -77 38 £488 -2.50% 60
Work from Home -9 18 £500 -4.76% 27
London -6 14 £350 -31.37% 33
North of England -60 11 £550 +4.76% 7
Scotland +4 10 £425 +13.33% 4
Midlands -16 10 £500 -4.76% 9
West Midlands -21 9 £488 -7.14% 5
Yorkshire - 7 £550 - 3
South East -9 4 £575 +21.05% 32
North West -47 4 £598 +13.81% 4
East of England -19 2 £95 -82.88%
South West -2 1 £475 +2.70% 5
East Midlands - 1 £500 - 2

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:

Cloud Services
1 14 (25.45%) Azure
2 12 (21.82%) AWS
3 8 (14.55%) GCP
4 6 (10.91%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 4 (7.27%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (3.64%) AWS Direct Connect
7 1 (1.82%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.82%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 50 (90.91%) Firewall
2 24 (43.64%) WAN
3 23 (41.82%) BGP
4 22 (40.00%) OSPF
5 18 (32.73%) Cisco Firepower
5 18 (32.73%) LAN
5 18 (32.73%) SD-WAN
6 17 (30.91%) Network Security
7 16 (29.09%) VPN
8 15 (27.27%) EIGRP
9 14 (25.45%) Cisco ISE
9 14 (25.45%) Cisco Nexus
9 14 (25.45%) DHCP
9 14 (25.45%) DNS
9 14 (25.45%) Wireless
10 12 (21.82%) VLAN
11 11 (20.00%) MPLS
11 11 (20.00%) TCP/IP
12 8 (14.55%) BIG-IP
13 7 (12.73%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 5 (9.09%) JIRA
2 2 (3.64%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 12 (21.82%) Social Skills
2 8 (14.55%) Public Sector
3 7 (12.73%) Finance
4 5 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (7.27%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (5.45%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (5.45%) Military
6 3 (5.45%) Telecoms
7 2 (3.64%) Financial Institution
7 2 (3.64%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.82%) Law
8 1 (1.82%) Legal
8 1 (1.82%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 25 (45.45%) Network Engineer
2 10 (18.18%) Architect
3 9 (16.36%) Network Architect
4 7 (12.73%) Senior
5 6 (10.91%) Security Engineer
6 5 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (9.09%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (7.27%) Firewall Engineer
7 4 (7.27%) Network Security Engineer
8 3 (5.45%) Cisco Engineer
8 3 (5.45%) Consultant
8 3 (5.45%) Network Consultant
8 3 (5.45%) Network Specialist
8 3 (5.45%) Solutions Architect
8 3 (5.45%) Tester
9 2 (3.64%) Security Architect
9 2 (3.64%) Senior Network Engineer
9 2 (3.64%) Senior Network Specialist
9 2 (3.64%) Senior Tester
9 2 (3.64%) Validation Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.82%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 14 (25.45%) Data Centre
2 2 (3.64%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (3.64%) PKI
3 1 (1.82%) Client/Server
3 1 (1.82%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.82%) RSA SecurID
3 1 (1.82%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.64%) Windows
2 1 (1.82%) Linux
2 1 (1.82%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (25.45%) Migration
2 11 (20.00%) Load Balancing
2 11 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 10 (18.18%) ITIL
4 9 (16.36%) Strategic Thinking
4 9 (16.36%) Zero Trust
5 8 (14.55%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (12.73%) Agile
6 7 (12.73%) Network Management
6 7 (12.73%) Security Architecture
7 6 (10.91%) Incident Response
7 6 (10.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 6 (10.91%) Network Design
7 6 (10.91%) Roadmaps
8 5 (9.09%) Asset Management
8 5 (9.09%) Change Management
8 5 (9.09%) Network Architecture
8 5 (9.09%) Performance Monitoring
8 5 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (7.27%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 7 (12.73%) Python
2 5 (9.09%) PowerShell
3 3 (5.45%) Bash
Qualifications
1 29 (52.73%) Cisco Certification
2 26 (47.27%) CCNP
3 14 (25.45%) Security Cleared
4 9 (16.36%) CCIE
4 9 (16.36%) SC Cleared
5 8 (14.55%) CCNA
6 7 (12.73%) CISSP
7 5 (9.09%) CCIE Security
7 5 (9.09%) Degree
8 4 (7.27%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 4 (7.27%) CCSP
9 3 (5.45%) AWS Certification
9 3 (5.45%) Azure Certification
9 3 (5.45%) JNCIE
10 2 (3.64%) GIAC
10 2 (3.64%) JNCIP
11 1 (1.82%) CCDE
11 1 (1.82%) CCIE Routing and Switching
11 1 (1.82%) DV Cleared
11 1 (1.82%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (16.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (14.55%) NIST
3 6 (10.91%) PCI DSS
4 5 (9.09%) GDPR
5 2 (3.64%) SLA
6 1 (1.82%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 6 (10.91%) VMware NSX
2 5 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.64%) Active Directory
3 2 (3.64%) vSphere
4 1 (1.82%) Firmware
4 1 (1.82%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.82%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 15 (27.27%) Ansible
2 9 (16.36%) FortiGate
3 6 (10.91%) Terraform
4 3 (5.45%) Iperf
4 3 (5.45%) Nmap
5 1 (1.82%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 55 (100.00%) Cisco
2 29 (52.73%) Palo Alto
3 27 (49.09%) CheckPoint
4 22 (40.00%) Fortinet
5 17 (30.91%) F5
5 17 (30.91%) SolarWinds
6 9 (16.36%) Meraki
7 8 (14.55%) Juniper
8 7 (12.73%) VMware
9 5 (9.09%) ServiceNow
10 3 (5.45%) Extreme Networks
10 3 (5.45%) Zscaler
11 2 (3.64%) Forcepoint
11 2 (3.64%) Infoblox
11 2 (3.64%) LogicMonitor
12 1 (1.82%) AlgoSec
12 1 (1.82%) Arista
12 1 (1.82%) McAfee
12 1 (1.82%) NetScout
12 1 (1.82%) SevOne