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

6 months to
23 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 527 418 369
Rank change year-on-year -109 -49 +162
Contract jobs citing Cisco ASA 57 121 265
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.16% 0.33% 0.57%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.42% 2.70% 4.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 62 143
10th Percentile £346 £400 £313
25th Percentile £413 £442 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% +2.04% -2.00%
75th Percentile £575 £565 £594
90th Percentile £626 £593 £658
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £513 £450
% change year-on-year -2.44% +13.89% -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 4,001 4,479 6,516
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.20% 12.12% 14.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,583 2,584 4,055
10th Percentile £205 £225 £213
25th Percentile £354 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £601
90th Percentile £675 £685 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 202 172 350
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.40 £17.72
25th Percentile £20.82 £23.59 £22.75
Median hourly rate £35.50 £42.50 £55.70
Median % change year-on-year -16.47% -23.70% +28.05%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £66.81
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £76.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £48.56 £56.49
% change year-on-year -12.48% -14.04% +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 23 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 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 23 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 -88 45 £500 - 24
UK excluding London -83 40 £500 -2.44% 19
Work from Home +2 19 £500 -4.76% 11
London +5 14 £350 -28.21% 9
North of England -71 11 £550 +4.76% 4
Scotland +1 10 £425 - 3
Midlands -23 10 £500 -4.76% 3
West Midlands -13 9 £488 -7.14% 3
Yorkshire -25 6 £550 -12.00% 1
North West -62 5 £598 +16.59% 3
South East -11 4 £575 +21.05% 4
South West -14 2 £488 +5.41% 3
East of England -19 2 £95 -82.88% 1
Wales -2 1 £550 +39.68% 1
East Midlands - 1 £500 -

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 13 (22.81%) Azure
2 12 (21.05%) AWS
3 8 (14.04%) GCP
4 6 (10.53%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 4 (7.02%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (3.51%) AWS Direct Connect
7 1 (1.75%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.75%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 52 (91.23%) Firewall
2 27 (47.37%) WAN
3 25 (43.86%) BGP
4 24 (42.11%) OSPF
5 21 (36.84%) LAN
6 20 (35.09%) SD-WAN
7 19 (33.33%) Network Security
8 18 (31.58%) Cisco Firepower
9 16 (28.07%) Cisco Nexus
9 16 (28.07%) VPN
10 15 (26.32%) EIGRP
10 15 (26.32%) Wireless
11 14 (24.56%) Cisco ISE
12 12 (21.05%) DHCP
12 12 (21.05%) DNS
12 12 (21.05%) MPLS
13 11 (19.30%) VLAN
14 9 (15.79%) TCP/IP
15 8 (14.04%) BIG-IP
16 7 (12.28%) Cisco Wireless
Development Applications
1 5 (8.77%) JIRA
2 2 (3.51%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 13 (22.81%) Social Skills
2 9 (15.79%) Public Sector
3 8 (14.04%) Finance
4 5 (8.77%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (7.02%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (5.26%) Financial Institution
6 3 (5.26%) Military
6 3 (5.26%) Telecoms
7 2 (3.51%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.75%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.75%) Law
8 1 (1.75%) Legal
8 1 (1.75%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 26 (45.61%) Network Engineer
2 11 (19.30%) Architect
3 10 (17.54%) Network Architect
4 8 (14.04%) Senior
5 6 (10.53%) Security Engineer
6 5 (8.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (8.77%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (7.02%) Cisco Engineer
7 4 (7.02%) Firewall Engineer
7 4 (7.02%) Network Security Engineer
8 3 (5.26%) Consultant
8 3 (5.26%) Network Consultant
8 3 (5.26%) Network Specialist
8 3 (5.26%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 3 (5.26%) Solutions Architect
8 3 (5.26%) Tester
9 2 (3.51%) Lead
9 2 (3.51%) Network Security Architect
9 2 (3.51%) Senior Network Engineer
9 2 (3.51%) Senior Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.75%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 14 (24.56%) Data Centre
2 2 (3.51%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (3.51%) PKI
3 1 (1.75%) Client/Server
3 1 (1.75%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.75%) RSA SecurID
3 1 (1.75%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.51%) Windows
2 1 (1.75%) Linux
2 1 (1.75%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (26.32%) Migration
2 12 (21.05%) Load Balancing
3 11 (19.30%) Project Delivery
4 10 (17.54%) ITIL
4 10 (17.54%) Zero Trust
5 9 (15.79%) Strategic Thinking
6 8 (14.04%) Cybersecurity
7 7 (12.28%) Agile
7 7 (12.28%) Change Management
7 7 (12.28%) Network Design
7 7 (12.28%) Network Management
7 7 (12.28%) Security Architecture
8 6 (10.53%) Incident Response
8 6 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 6 (10.53%) Roadmaps
8 6 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (8.77%) Asset Management
9 5 (8.77%) Network Architecture
9 5 (8.77%) Performance Monitoring
10 4 (7.02%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 7 (12.28%) Python
2 5 (8.77%) PowerShell
3 3 (5.26%) Bash
Qualifications
1 30 (52.63%) Cisco Certification
2 26 (45.61%) CCNP
3 17 (29.82%) Security Cleared
4 12 (21.05%) SC Cleared
5 10 (17.54%) CCIE
6 8 (14.04%) CCNA
7 7 (12.28%) CISSP
8 5 (8.77%) CCIE Security
8 5 (8.77%) Degree
9 4 (7.02%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 4 (7.02%) CCSP
10 3 (5.26%) AWS Certification
10 3 (5.26%) Azure Certification
10 3 (5.26%) JNCIE
11 2 (3.51%) DV Cleared
11 2 (3.51%) GIAC
11 2 (3.51%) JNCIP
12 1 (1.75%) CCDE
12 1 (1.75%) CCIE Routing and Switching
12 1 (1.75%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (15.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (14.04%) NIST
3 6 (10.53%) PCI DSS
4 5 (8.77%) GDPR
5 3 (5.26%) SLA
6 1 (1.75%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 6 (10.53%) VMware NSX
2 5 (8.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.51%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.75%) Firmware
4 1 (1.75%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.75%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (26.32%) Ansible
2 10 (17.54%) FortiGate
3 6 (10.53%) Terraform
4 3 (5.26%) Iperf
4 3 (5.26%) Nmap
5 1 (1.75%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (1.75%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 57 (100.00%) Cisco
2 29 (50.88%) Palo Alto
3 25 (43.86%) CheckPoint
4 22 (38.60%) Fortinet
5 18 (31.58%) F5
6 17 (29.82%) SolarWinds
7 10 (17.54%) Meraki
8 8 (14.04%) Juniper
9 6 (10.53%) VMware
10 5 (8.77%) ServiceNow
11 4 (7.02%) Zscaler
12 3 (5.26%) Extreme Networks
13 2 (3.51%) Forcepoint
13 2 (3.51%) Infoblox
13 2 (3.51%) LogicMonitor
13 2 (3.51%) McAfee
14 1 (1.75%) Avaya
14 1 (1.75%) Microsoft
14 1 (1.75%) NetScout
14 1 (1.75%) Red Hat