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

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 533 405 408
Rank change year-on-year -128 +3 +71
Contract jobs citing Cisco ASA 71 122 187
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.40% 0.42%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.68% 3.04% 3.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 61 106
10th Percentile £300 £385 £313
25th Percentile £350 £425 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £480 £486
Median % change year-on-year -11.46% -1.23% -7.43%
75th Percentile £531 £575 £623
90th Percentile £575 £615 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -8.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 8
10th Percentile - - £64.94
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £65.98
75th Percentile - - £68.55
90th Percentile - - £76.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £65.98
% change year-on-year - - +12.21%

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 4,221 4,008 6,009
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.17% 13.17% 13.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,753 2,414 3,601
10th Percentile £204 £208 £205
25th Percentile £363 £360 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year -3.75% +4.17% -7.43%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £680 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £469 £470 £475
% change year-on-year -0.21% -1.05% +1.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 174 132 390
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.52 £14.27
25th Percentile £19.25 £21.46 £19.99
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% -12.50% +105.13%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.88 £74.10
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.94 £31.79 £50.00
% change year-on-year +31.93% -36.42% +163.16%

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 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 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 1 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 -121 59 £425 -15.00% 36
UK excluding London -135 45 £475 -5.00% 33
London -33 22 £400 -11.11% 5
Work from Home -32 20 £525 +16.67% 7
Midlands -43 10 £340 -24.44% 6
North of England -104 10 £335 -39.09% 8
South West -29 9 £525 +5.00% 3
West Midlands -40 9 £340 -24.44% 4
Scotland +16 8 £425 -6.85% 1
North West -84 7 £300 -45.45% 6
South East -41 4 £663 +13.73% 8
East of England -31 3 £285 -40.00% 6
Yorkshire -63 3 £495 -20.80% 2
Wales -11 1 £550 +37.50% 1
East Midlands -25 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:

Applications
1 6 (8.45%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (16.90%) AWS
2 11 (15.49%) Azure
3 7 (9.86%) GCP
4 6 (8.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 4 (5.63%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (2.82%) AWS Direct Connect
7 1 (1.41%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 60 (84.51%) Firewall
2 45 (63.38%) BGP
3 42 (59.15%) WAN
4 37 (52.11%) OSPF
5 35 (49.30%) VPN
6 33 (46.48%) Network Security
7 32 (45.07%) LAN
8 31 (43.66%) MPLS
9 23 (32.39%) EIGRP
9 23 (32.39%) Wireless
10 22 (30.99%) SD-WAN
11 21 (29.58%) Cisco Nexus
12 15 (21.13%) Cisco IOS
12 15 (21.13%) DNS
12 15 (21.13%) IPsec
12 15 (21.13%) VLAN
13 12 (16.90%) Multicast
13 12 (16.90%) VXLAN
13 12 (16.90%) Wireshark
14 11 (15.49%) Cisco Firepower
Development Applications
1 1 (1.41%) Git
1 1 (1.41%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 17 (23.94%) Social Skills
2 14 (19.72%) Finance
3 12 (16.90%) Financial Institution
3 12 (16.90%) Public Sector
4 6 (8.45%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (8.45%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (5.63%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (4.23%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.82%) Aerospace
7 2 (2.82%) Aviation
7 2 (2.82%) Military
7 2 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.41%) Legal
8 1 (1.41%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 29 (40.85%) Network Engineer
2 14 (19.72%) Senior
3 11 (15.49%) Security Engineer
4 10 (14.08%) Architect
5 8 (11.27%) Network Architect
6 6 (8.45%) Network Security Engineer
7 5 (7.04%) Cisco Engineer
8 4 (5.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (5.63%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
8 4 (5.63%) Solutions Architect
9 3 (4.23%) Consultant
9 3 (4.23%) Network Consultant
9 3 (4.23%) Network Specialist
9 3 (4.23%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
9 3 (4.23%) Security Architect
10 2 (2.82%) Core Network Engineer
10 2 (2.82%) Firewall Engineer
10 2 (2.82%) IP Engineer
10 2 (2.82%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
10 2 (2.82%) Senior Network Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (16.90%) LDAP
2 6 (8.45%) SAML
3 5 (7.04%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 14 (19.72%) Data Centre
2 8 (11.27%) PKI
3 4 (5.63%) Onboarding
4 3 (4.23%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.82%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (2.82%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.41%) RSA SecurID
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.45%) Linux
1 6 (8.45%) Ubuntu
2 4 (5.63%) CatOS
3 1 (1.41%) Windows
3 1 (1.41%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (25.35%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (16.90%) Change Management
3 10 (14.08%) Load Balancing
3 10 (14.08%) Migration
3 10 (14.08%) Project Delivery
4 9 (12.68%) Network Design
5 8 (11.27%) Disaster Recovery
5 8 (11.27%) Strategic Thinking
5 8 (11.27%) Zero Trust
6 7 (9.86%) Root Cause Analysis
6 7 (9.86%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (8.45%) Incident Response
7 6 (8.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 6 (8.45%) Technical Leadership
8 5 (7.04%) Break/Fix
8 5 (7.04%) Performance Management
8 5 (7.04%) Performance Monitoring
8 5 (7.04%) Roadmaps
8 5 (7.04%) Security Architecture
8 5 (7.04%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 12 (16.90%) Python
2 4 (5.63%) PHP
3 3 (4.23%) Bash
Qualifications
1 23 (32.39%) Cisco Certification
2 22 (30.99%) CCNP
2 22 (30.99%) Security Cleared
3 20 (28.17%) SC Cleared
4 9 (12.68%) CCIE
5 6 (8.45%) CISSP
5 6 (8.45%) DV Cleared
6 5 (7.04%) CCNA
6 5 (7.04%) CompTIA Security+
6 5 (7.04%) GIAC
7 4 (5.63%) APMG
7 4 (5.63%) AWS Certification
7 4 (5.63%) CCIE Security
7 4 (5.63%) Degree
7 4 (5.63%) SSCP
8 3 (4.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (4.23%) Azure Certification
8 3 (4.23%) CCSP
8 3 (4.23%) GSEC
9 2 (2.82%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (18.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 13 (18.31%) NIST
2 9 (12.68%) SLA
3 7 (9.86%) PCI DSS
4 5 (7.04%) GDPR
5 4 (5.63%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (5.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (2.82%) NCSC
7 1 (1.41%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (1.41%) GRC
7 1 (1.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (1.41%) QA
System Software
1 17 (23.94%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (15.49%) VMware NSX
3 7 (9.86%) Active Directory
4 6 (8.45%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.41%) Firmware
5 1 (1.41%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (16.90%) FortiGate
2 10 (14.08%) Ansible
3 6 (8.45%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (8.45%) Terraform
3 6 (8.45%) vCenter Server
4 3 (4.23%) Cisco Prime
4 3 (4.23%) Iperf
4 3 (4.23%) Nmap
4 3 (4.23%) SCOM
5 1 (1.41%) Grafana
5 1 (1.41%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 71 (100.00%) Cisco
2 39 (54.93%) Palo Alto
3 29 (40.85%) F5
4 28 (39.44%) CheckPoint
5 19 (26.76%) Fortinet
6 17 (23.94%) VMware
7 13 (18.31%) SolarWinds
8 10 (14.08%) Juniper
8 10 (14.08%) Meraki
9 8 (11.27%) Microsoft
10 4 (5.63%) Forcepoint
10 4 (5.63%) Zscaler
11 3 (4.23%) Extreme Networks
11 3 (4.23%) NetScout
11 3 (4.23%) Tufin
12 2 (2.82%) LogicMonitor
12 2 (2.82%) McAfee
12 2 (2.82%) ServiceNow
13 1 (1.41%) Arista
13 1 (1.41%) SevOne