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

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 573 447 453
Rank change year-on-year -126 +6 -71
Contract jobs citing Cisco ASA 88 103 137
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.31% 0.33%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.76% 2.59% 2.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 57 92
10th Percentile £361 £331 £350
25th Percentile £413 £419 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% -1.96% +13.33%
75th Percentile £560 £588 £553
90th Percentile £663 £630 £593
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £515
% change year-on-year - -2.91% +14.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £103.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £103.00 -

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 4,999 3,981 5,202
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.47% 12.14% 12.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,017 2,427 3,100
10th Percentile £238 £235 £213
25th Percentile £400 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £588 £594 £600
90th Percentile £669 £675 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £489 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +2.84% -5.00% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 327 193 395
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.99 £13.50
25th Percentile £19.34 £25.00 £16.58
Median hourly rate £26.00 £47.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.26% +18.75% -11.11%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £74.26 £83.80 £72.95
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.44 £42.50 £45.88
% change year-on-year -37.79% -7.37% -19.74%

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 20 July 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 20 July 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 -116 78 £473 -12.90% 23
UK excluding London -127 53 £500 - 15
South East -46 27 £525 +59.09%
Work from Home -58 24 £463 -2.63% 9
London -75 24 £400 -23.81% 9
North of England -92 16 £463 -17.78% 9
North West -65 10 £449 -22.00% 3
Midlands -49 5 £425 -12.82% 5
Yorkshire -53 5 £500 -9.09% 6
West Midlands -64 4 £375 -16.67% 3
South West -39 3 £540 +8.00%
East of England -18 1 £450 +36.36%
Scotland -19 1 £425 -6.85%
North East - 1 £200 -

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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (3.41%) SAS
2 1 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (2.27%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 27 (30.68%) Azure
2 25 (28.41%) AWS
3 8 (9.09%) GCP
4 5 (5.68%) Azure Sentinel
4 5 (5.68%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (4.55%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (1.14%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 77 (87.50%) Firewall
2 54 (61.36%) BGP
3 47 (53.41%) OSPF
4 46 (52.27%) VPN
5 45 (51.14%) Cisco Firepower
6 44 (50.00%) Network Security
7 41 (46.59%) WAN
8 38 (43.18%) LAN
9 30 (34.09%) IPsec
10 24 (27.27%) Cisco Nexus
11 23 (26.14%) DNS
12 22 (25.00%) MPLS
13 21 (23.86%) EIGRP
13 21 (23.86%) Wireless
14 17 (19.32%) TCP/IP
15 15 (17.05%) Multicast
15 15 (17.05%) VLAN
16 13 (14.77%) BIG-IP
16 13 (14.77%) DHCP
17 12 (13.64%) SD-WAN
Development Applications
1 2 (2.27%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (1.14%) Git
General
1 22 (25.00%) Finance
2 12 (13.64%) Financial Institution
2 12 (13.64%) Social Skills
3 10 (11.36%) Public Sector
4 6 (6.82%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (6.82%) Telecoms
5 5 (5.68%) Banking
5 5 (5.68%) Manufacturing
5 5 (5.68%) Police
5 5 (5.68%) Retail
6 3 (3.41%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.27%) Aviation
7 2 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.27%) Law
7 2 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.14%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 57 (64.77%) Network Engineer
2 28 (31.82%) Senior
3 17 (19.32%) Senior Network Engineer
4 10 (11.36%) Architect
5 7 (7.95%) Security Engineer
6 6 (6.82%) Cisco Engineer
6 6 (6.82%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
7 5 (5.68%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 5 (5.68%) Network Architect
7 5 (5.68%) NOC Engineer
7 5 (5.68%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 4 (4.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (4.55%) Network Security Engineer
8 4 (4.55%) Technical Architect
9 3 (3.41%) Design Engineer
9 3 (3.41%) IP Network Engineer
9 3 (3.41%) Juniper Engineer
9 3 (3.41%) Lead
9 3 (3.41%) Security Architect
9 3 (3.41%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (7.95%) LDAP
2 4 (4.55%) SAML
3 3 (3.41%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 24 (27.27%) Data Centre
2 15 (17.05%) PKI
3 6 (6.82%) Cloud Native
3 6 (6.82%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (5.68%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (4.55%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 4 (4.55%) Fibre Optics
5 4 (4.55%) Private Cloud
6 2 (2.27%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.27%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.14%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.14%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.14%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.14%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 13 (14.77%) Linux
2 12 (13.64%) Windows
3 3 (3.41%) Ubuntu
4 1 (1.14%) CatOS
4 1 (1.14%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (34.09%) ITIL
2 23 (26.14%) Change Management
3 21 (23.86%) Network Monitoring
4 14 (15.91%) Load Balancing
5 13 (14.77%) High Availability
6 12 (13.64%) Disaster Recovery
7 11 (12.50%) Network Virtualisation
7 11 (12.50%) Security Operations
7 11 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
8 9 (10.23%) Cybersecurity
8 9 (10.23%) Stakeholder Management
8 9 (10.23%) Virtual Environments
9 8 (9.09%) Migration
9 8 (9.09%) Network Design
9 8 (9.09%) Project Delivery
10 7 (7.95%) Cloud Security
10 7 (7.95%) Computer Science
10 7 (7.95%) Zero Trust
11 6 (6.82%) Infrastructure Maintenance
11 6 (6.82%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 13 (14.77%) Python
2 3 (3.41%) Bash
2 3 (3.41%) PHP
3 2 (2.27%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 43 (48.86%) Security Cleared
2 30 (34.09%) SC Cleared
3 24 (27.27%) Cisco Certification
4 23 (26.14%) CCNP
5 19 (21.59%) DV Cleared
6 8 (9.09%) CCIE
6 8 (9.09%) Degree
7 6 (6.82%) CCSE
8 5 (5.68%) CCNA
8 5 (5.68%) CCSM
9 4 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (4.55%) GIAC
10 3 (3.41%) APMG
10 3 (3.41%) AWS Certification
10 3 (3.41%) CompTIA Security+
10 3 (3.41%) SSCP
10 3 (3.41%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (2.27%) BC Cleared
11 2 (2.27%) GSEC
11 2 (2.27%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (10.23%) NIST
2 8 (9.09%) SLA
3 6 (6.82%) NCSC
4 4 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (3.41%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (3.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (1.14%) GRC
6 1 (1.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (1.14%) QA
System Software
1 22 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (17.05%) VMware NSX
3 12 (13.64%) Active Directory
4 8 (9.09%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.14%) Firmware
5 1 (1.14%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.14%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 10 (11.36%) Ansible
2 8 (9.09%) Terraform
3 6 (6.82%) FortiGate
4 4 (4.55%) Cisco CUCM
4 4 (4.55%) Grafana
4 4 (4.55%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (3.41%) Prometheus
5 3 (3.41%) vCenter Server
6 2 (2.27%) Cisco Prime
6 2 (2.27%) Iperf
6 2 (2.27%) Nmap
6 2 (2.27%) SCOM
7 1 (1.14%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (1.14%) Nagios
7 1 (1.14%) SCCM
Vendors
1 88 (100.00%) Cisco
2 62 (70.45%) Palo Alto
3 47 (53.41%) CheckPoint
4 39 (44.32%) F5
5 28 (31.82%) VMware
6 25 (28.41%) Fortinet
7 17 (19.32%) SolarWinds
8 12 (13.64%) Juniper
9 10 (11.36%) Microsoft
10 8 (9.09%) Meraki
11 6 (6.82%) Citrix
11 6 (6.82%) ServiceNow
11 6 (6.82%) Tufin
12 4 (4.55%) Arista
12 4 (4.55%) Aruba
12 4 (4.55%) Becrypt
13 3 (3.41%) Dell
13 3 (3.41%) NetScout
14 2 (2.27%) Google
14 2 (2.27%) Zscaler