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

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 583 472 440
Rank change year-on-year -111 -32 -68
Contract jobs citing Cisco ASA 85 88 122
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.16% 0.27% 0.31%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.71% 2.21% 2.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 49 81
10th Percentile £378 £325 £350
25th Percentile £425 £419 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% -1.96% +13.33%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £550
90th Percentile £648 £628 £594
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 4,970 3,978 4,735
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.35% 12.01% 12.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,954 2,428 2,892
10th Percentile £250 £235 £220
25th Percentile £400 £373 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £588 £591 £608
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +3.16% -5.00% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 345 195 327
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.34 £25.15 £18.27
Median hourly rate £26.44 £50.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.12% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £83.60 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.66 £45.00 £53.69
% change year-on-year -40.76% -16.18% -6.63%

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 3 August 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 3 August 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 76 £488 -10.14% 28
UK excluding London -97 54 £500 - 21
South East -48 25 £525 +59.09% 4
Work from Home -60 21 £463 -2.63% 13
London -70 21 £400 -23.81% 9
North of England -75 21 £500 -13.04% 10
North West -57 14 £450 -23.24% 4
Yorkshire -46 6 £500 -9.09% 6
Midlands -51 5 £425 -19.05% 5
West Midlands -61 4 £375 -16.67% 3
Scotland -8 1 £425 -10.53%
East of England -17 1 £450 +36.36%
South West -43 1 £550 +10.00% 3
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 (3.53%) SAS
2 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (2.35%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 27 (31.76%) Azure
2 25 (29.41%) AWS
3 8 (9.41%) GCP
4 5 (5.88%) Azure Sentinel
4 5 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (4.71%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 75 (88.24%) Firewall
2 52 (61.18%) BGP
3 50 (58.82%) Cisco Firepower
4 47 (55.29%) OSPF
5 41 (48.24%) VPN
6 40 (47.06%) WAN
7 38 (44.71%) Network Security
8 37 (43.53%) LAN
9 33 (38.82%) IPsec
10 25 (29.41%) Cisco Nexus
11 23 (27.06%) DNS
11 23 (27.06%) EIGRP
12 21 (24.71%) Wireless
13 16 (18.82%) MPLS
14 15 (17.65%) TCP/IP
15 13 (15.29%) BIG-IP
15 13 (15.29%) DHCP
15 13 (15.29%) VLAN
16 12 (14.12%) SD-WAN
17 11 (12.94%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 2 (2.35%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (1.18%) Git
General
1 20 (23.53%) Finance
2 11 (12.94%) Public Sector
3 10 (11.76%) Financial Institution
3 10 (11.76%) Social Skills
4 6 (7.06%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (5.88%) Banking
5 5 (5.88%) Manufacturing
5 5 (5.88%) Police
5 5 (5.88%) Retail
6 4 (4.71%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.35%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.35%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.35%) Law
7 2 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 62 (72.94%) Network Engineer
2 25 (29.41%) Senior
3 18 (21.18%) Senior Network Engineer
4 10 (11.76%) Architect
5 6 (7.06%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
5 6 (7.06%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 5 (5.88%) Cisco Engineer
6 5 (5.88%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 5 (5.88%) Network Architect
6 5 (5.88%) NOC Engineer
7 4 (4.71%) Security Engineer
7 4 (4.71%) Technical Architect
8 3 (3.53%) Data Centre Engineer
8 3 (3.53%) Design Engineer
8 3 (3.53%) IP Engineer
8 3 (3.53%) IP Network Engineer
8 3 (3.53%) Lead Architect
8 3 (3.53%) Network Security Engineer
8 3 (3.53%) Security Architect
8 3 (3.53%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.88%) LDAP
2 4 (4.71%) SAML
3 3 (3.53%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 25 (29.41%) Data Centre
2 13 (15.29%) PKI
3 6 (7.06%) Cloud Native
3 6 (7.06%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (4.71%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 4 (4.71%) Fibre Optics
5 4 (4.71%) Private Cloud
6 1 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.18%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.18%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.18%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.18%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 12 (14.12%) Windows
2 11 (12.94%) Linux
3 1 (1.18%) CatOS
3 1 (1.18%) Mac OS
3 1 (1.18%) Ubuntu
3 1 (1.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (35.29%) ITIL
2 23 (27.06%) Change Management
3 21 (24.71%) Network Monitoring
4 14 (16.47%) Load Balancing
5 13 (15.29%) High Availability
6 11 (12.94%) Network Virtualisation
6 11 (12.94%) Security Operations
6 11 (12.94%) Technical Leadership
7 9 (10.59%) Disaster Recovery
7 9 (10.59%) Stakeholder Management
7 9 (10.59%) Virtual Environments
8 8 (9.41%) Project Delivery
9 7 (8.24%) Computer Science
9 7 (8.24%) Cybersecurity
9 7 (8.24%) Migration
9 7 (8.24%) Network Design
9 7 (8.24%) Zero Trust
10 6 (7.06%) Cloud Security
10 6 (7.06%) Infrastructure Maintenance
10 6 (7.06%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 9 (10.59%) Python
2 2 (2.35%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.18%) Bash
3 1 (1.18%) PHP
Qualifications
1 43 (50.59%) Security Cleared
2 30 (35.29%) SC Cleared
3 22 (25.88%) Cisco Certification
4 21 (24.71%) CCNP
5 17 (20.00%) DV Cleared
6 8 (9.41%) Degree
7 6 (7.06%) CCIE
7 6 (7.06%) CCSE
8 5 (5.88%) CCNA
8 5 (5.88%) CCSM
9 4 (4.71%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (3.53%) AWS Certification
10 3 (3.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (2.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (2.35%) Azure Certification
11 2 (2.35%) CISSP
11 2 (2.35%) GIAC
12 1 (1.18%) CCIE Security
12 1 (1.18%) CompTIA Security+
12 1 (1.18%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.41%) SLA
2 7 (8.24%) NIST
3 4 (4.71%) NCSC
4 2 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.18%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 20 (23.53%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (17.65%) VMware NSX
3 12 (14.12%) Active Directory
4 6 (7.06%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.18%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.18%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 8 (9.41%) Ansible
1 8 (9.41%) Terraform
2 6 (7.06%) FortiGate
3 4 (4.71%) Cisco CUCM
3 4 (4.71%) Grafana
3 4 (4.71%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (3.53%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.18%) Nagios
5 1 (1.18%) SCCM
5 1 (1.18%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 85 (100.00%) Cisco
2 60 (70.59%) Palo Alto
3 46 (54.12%) CheckPoint
4 37 (43.53%) F5
5 26 (30.59%) VMware
6 23 (27.06%) Fortinet
7 15 (17.65%) SolarWinds
8 12 (14.12%) Juniper
9 10 (11.76%) Microsoft
10 8 (9.41%) Meraki
11 6 (7.06%) Citrix
11 6 (7.06%) ServiceNow
12 4 (4.71%) Arista
12 4 (4.71%) Aruba
12 4 (4.71%) Becrypt
12 4 (4.71%) Tufin
13 3 (3.53%) NetScout
14 2 (2.35%) Dell
14 2 (2.35%) Google
14 2 (2.35%) Zscaler