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

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 545 404 424
Rank change year-on-year -141 +20 +65
Contract jobs citing Cisco ASA 74 123 185
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.42% 0.41%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.72% 3.13% 3.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 65 104
10th Percentile £300 £371 £313
25th Percentile £400 £419 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £486
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -2.26% -7.43%
75th Percentile £525 £575 £628
90th Percentile £575 £613 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £470 £488 £455
% change year-on-year -3.59% +7.14% -7.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £64.24
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £65.98
75th Percentile - - £73.68
90th Percentile - - £76.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £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 4,291 3,930 6,037
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.08% 13.33% 13.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,780 2,405 3,620
10th Percentile £206 £208 £205
25th Percentile £363 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.75% +5.26% -9.09%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £469 £473 £475
% change year-on-year -0.74% -0.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 140 399
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.32 £14.27
25th Percentile £20.28 £21.46 £18.97
Median hourly rate £40.02 £35.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.34% -12.50% +110.53%
75th Percentile £67.31 £63.38 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.75 £75.00 £72.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.25 £33.75 £47.50
% change year-on-year +25.19% -28.95% +151.19%

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 11 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 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 11 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 -137 61 £433 -13.50% 28
UK excluding London -139 44 £470 -3.59% 28
London -33 24 £400 -11.11% 1
Work from Home -43 19 £494 +9.72% 5
West Midlands -48 10 £340 -24.44% 5
Midlands -59 10 £340 -24.44% 6
South West -18 9 £525 +5.00% 1
North of England -114 8 £300 -45.45% 7
Scotland +18 7 £425 -6.85%
South East -47 6 £530 -6.19% 9
North West -84 6 £300 -45.45% 5
East of England -28 3 £285 -29.19% 4
Yorkshire -66 2 £440 -29.60% 2
Wales -12 1 £550 +29.41% 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 7 (9.46%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 16 (21.62%) AWS
2 15 (20.27%) Azure
3 9 (12.16%) GCP
4 6 (8.11%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 4 (5.41%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (2.70%) AWS Direct Connect
7 1 (1.35%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.35%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 61 (82.43%) Firewall
2 50 (67.57%) BGP
3 46 (62.16%) WAN
4 40 (54.05%) OSPF
5 35 (47.30%) Network Security
5 35 (47.30%) VPN
6 34 (45.95%) LAN
7 30 (40.54%) MPLS
8 25 (33.78%) EIGRP
9 24 (32.43%) Wireless
10 22 (29.73%) Cisco Nexus
10 22 (29.73%) SD-WAN
11 17 (22.97%) Cisco IOS
11 17 (22.97%) IPsec
12 15 (20.27%) DNS
12 15 (20.27%) VXLAN
13 14 (18.92%) Multicast
13 14 (18.92%) VLAN
14 13 (17.57%) Cisco Firepower
14 13 (17.57%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (1.35%) Git
1 1 (1.35%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 18 (24.32%) Finance
2 17 (22.97%) Social Skills
3 14 (18.92%) Financial Institution
4 12 (16.22%) Public Sector
5 6 (8.11%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (8.11%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (5.41%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.70%) Aerospace
7 2 (2.70%) Aviation
7 2 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.70%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.35%) Legal
8 1 (1.35%) Local Government
8 1 (1.35%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.35%) Military
8 1 (1.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 34 (45.95%) Network Engineer
2 15 (20.27%) Senior
3 10 (13.51%) Security Engineer
4 9 (12.16%) Architect
5 8 (10.81%) Cisco Engineer
6 7 (9.46%) Network Architect
7 5 (6.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (6.76%) Network Security Engineer
7 5 (6.76%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 4 (5.41%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 4 (5.41%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
8 4 (5.41%) Solutions Architect
9 3 (4.05%) Consultant
9 3 (4.05%) Core Network Engineer
9 3 (4.05%) Design Engineer
9 3 (4.05%) IP Design Engineer
9 3 (4.05%) IP Network Engineer
9 3 (4.05%) Network Consultant
9 3 (4.05%) Security Architect
9 3 (4.05%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (17.57%) LDAP
2 7 (9.46%) SAML
3 5 (6.76%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 17 (22.97%) Data Centre
2 7 (9.46%) PKI
3 4 (5.41%) Onboarding
4 3 (4.05%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.70%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.35%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.35%) RSA SecurID
Operating Systems
1 7 (9.46%) Linux
2 6 (8.11%) Ubuntu
3 4 (5.41%) CatOS
4 2 (2.70%) Windows
5 1 (1.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (24.32%) Cybersecurity
2 14 (18.92%) Change Management
2 14 (18.92%) Load Balancing
3 9 (12.16%) Disaster Recovery
3 9 (12.16%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (10.81%) Migration
4 8 (10.81%) Project Delivery
4 8 (10.81%) Strategic Thinking
5 7 (9.46%) ITIL
5 7 (9.46%) Network Design
5 7 (9.46%) Root Cause Analysis
5 7 (9.46%) Technical Leadership
6 6 (8.11%) Break/Fix
6 6 (8.11%) Incident Response
6 6 (8.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 6 (8.11%) Performance Management
6 6 (8.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (8.11%) Zero Trust
7 5 (6.76%) Performance Monitoring
7 5 (6.76%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 13 (17.57%) Python
2 4 (5.41%) PHP
3 2 (2.70%) Bash
Qualifications
1 23 (31.08%) Security Cleared
2 22 (29.73%) SC Cleared
3 21 (28.38%) Cisco Certification
4 19 (25.68%) CCNP
5 8 (10.81%) CCIE
5 8 (10.81%) DV Cleared
6 6 (8.11%) CISSP
6 6 (8.11%) Degree
7 5 (6.76%) CompTIA Security+
7 5 (6.76%) GIAC
8 4 (5.41%) APMG
8 4 (5.41%) AWS Certification
8 4 (5.41%) CCIE Security
8 4 (5.41%) SSCP
9 3 (4.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (4.05%) Azure Certification
9 3 (4.05%) CCNA
9 3 (4.05%) CCSP
9 3 (4.05%) GSEC
10 2 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (17.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 13 (17.57%) NIST
2 11 (14.86%) SLA
3 5 (6.76%) GDPR
3 5 (6.76%) PCI DSS
4 4 (5.41%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (5.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (2.70%) NCSC
6 1 (1.35%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (1.35%) GRC
6 1 (1.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (1.35%) QA
System Software
1 20 (27.03%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (16.22%) VMware NSX
3 8 (10.81%) Active Directory
4 7 (9.46%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.35%) Firmware
5 1 (1.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (14.86%) Ansible
1 11 (14.86%) FortiGate
2 8 (10.81%) Terraform
3 7 (9.46%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (8.11%) vCenter Server
5 3 (4.05%) Cisco Prime
5 3 (4.05%) Grafana
5 3 (4.05%) SCOM
6 2 (2.70%) Iperf
6 2 (2.70%) Nmap
6 2 (2.70%) Prometheus
7 1 (1.35%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 74 (100.00%) Cisco
2 43 (58.11%) Palo Alto
3 35 (47.30%) F5
4 27 (36.49%) CheckPoint
5 20 (27.03%) Fortinet
5 20 (27.03%) VMware
6 13 (17.57%) Juniper
7 11 (14.86%) SolarWinds
8 10 (13.51%) Meraki
9 9 (12.16%) Microsoft
10 5 (6.76%) Zscaler
11 4 (5.41%) Forcepoint
11 4 (5.41%) NetScout
11 4 (5.41%) Tufin
12 3 (4.05%) Arista
12 3 (4.05%) McAfee
13 2 (2.70%) Dell
13 2 (2.70%) Extreme Networks
13 2 (2.70%) ServiceNow
14 1 (1.35%) SevOne