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

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 568 472 445
Rank change year-on-year -96 -27 -78
Contract jobs citing Cisco ASA 92 79 120
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.24% 0.31%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.83% 2.02% 2.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 44 78
10th Percentile £375 £325 £350
25th Percentile £431 £417 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £530 £511
Median % change year-on-year -11.32% +3.67% +13.61%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £550
90th Percentile £648 £634 £603
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £530 £515
% change year-on-year -5.66% +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 5,031 3,913 4,729
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.40% 11.82% 12.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,979 2,378 2,892
10th Percentile £250 £242 £222
25th Percentile £400 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £486 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.83% -2.75% -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £608
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £489 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +2.89% -5.00% +9.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 363 203 315
10th Percentile £15.18 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.33 £25.15 £20.00
Median hourly rate £26.14 £46.25 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -43.48% -5.61% -10.91%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £81.95 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.14 £45.00 £54.88
% change year-on-year -41.91% -18.00% -2.86%

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 17 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 13 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 17 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 -100 82 £500 -9.09% 23
UK excluding London -88 61 £500 -5.66% 20
North of England -64 29 £500 -13.04% 9
South East -42 25 £525 +59.09% 4
Work from Home -65 23 £463 +4.23% 7
London -79 20 £400 -25.58% 7
North West -38 19 £450 -23.24% 7
Yorkshire -31 9 £500 -9.09% 2
Midlands -51 5 £425 -19.05% 4
West Midlands -54 4 £375 -16.67% 2
Scotland -10 1 £425 -15.00% 1
East of England -22 1 £450 +36.36%
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 6 (6.52%) SAS
2 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (2.17%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 27 (29.35%) Azure
2 24 (26.09%) AWS
3 7 (7.61%) GCP
4 5 (5.43%) Azure Sentinel
4 5 (5.43%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (4.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (1.09%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 82 (89.13%) Firewall
2 58 (63.04%) Cisco Firepower
3 54 (58.70%) BGP
4 51 (55.43%) OSPF
5 45 (48.91%) VPN
6 42 (45.65%) WAN
7 40 (43.48%) LAN
8 37 (40.22%) Network Security
9 35 (38.04%) IPsec
10 30 (32.61%) Cisco Nexus
11 26 (28.26%) EIGRP
12 24 (26.09%) DNS
13 22 (23.91%) Wireless
14 16 (17.39%) TCP/IP
14 16 (17.39%) Wi-Fi
15 14 (15.22%) DHCP
15 14 (15.22%) MPLS
15 14 (15.22%) VLAN
16 13 (14.13%) BIG-IP
17 12 (13.04%) SD-WAN
Development Applications
1 2 (2.17%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 19 (20.65%) Finance
2 12 (13.04%) Social Skills
3 11 (11.96%) Public Sector
4 9 (9.78%) Financial Institution
5 7 (7.61%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (6.52%) Banking
6 6 (6.52%) Police
7 5 (5.43%) Manufacturing
7 5 (5.43%) Retail
8 4 (4.35%) Telecoms
9 2 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (2.17%) Law
9 2 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 70 (76.09%) Network Engineer
2 26 (28.26%) Senior
3 21 (22.83%) Senior Network Engineer
4 9 (9.78%) Architect
4 9 (9.78%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 6 (6.52%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 5 (5.43%) Cisco Engineer
6 5 (5.43%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 5 (5.43%) Network Architect
6 5 (5.43%) NOC Engineer
6 5 (5.43%) Security Engineer
7 4 (4.35%) Network Security Engineer
7 4 (4.35%) Technical Architect
8 3 (3.26%) Core Network Engineer
8 3 (3.26%) Data Centre Engineer
8 3 (3.26%) Data Network Engineer
8 3 (3.26%) Design Engineer
8 3 (3.26%) IP Network Engineer
8 3 (3.26%) Lead Architect
8 3 (3.26%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.35%) LDAP
1 4 (4.35%) SAML
2 3 (3.26%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 25 (27.17%) Data Centre
2 13 (14.13%) PKI
3 6 (6.52%) Cloud Native
3 6 (6.52%) Hybrid Cloud
3 6 (6.52%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (5.43%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 4 (4.35%) Fibre Optics
5 4 (4.35%) Private Cloud
6 1 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.09%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.09%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.09%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.09%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.09%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 12 (13.04%) Windows
2 10 (10.87%) Linux
3 1 (1.09%) CatOS
3 1 (1.09%) Mac OS
3 1 (1.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (36.96%) ITIL
2 23 (25.00%) Change Management
3 21 (22.83%) Network Monitoring
4 14 (15.22%) Load Balancing
5 13 (14.13%) High Availability
6 12 (13.04%) Security Operations
7 11 (11.96%) Network Virtualisation
7 11 (11.96%) Technical Leadership
8 10 (10.87%) Stakeholder Management
9 9 (9.78%) Cybersecurity
9 9 (9.78%) Virtual Environments
10 8 (8.70%) Disaster Recovery
10 8 (8.70%) Migration
10 8 (8.70%) Network Design
10 8 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (8.70%) Project Delivery
10 8 (8.70%) Zero Trust
11 7 (7.61%) Cloud Security
11 7 (7.61%) Computer Science
12 6 (6.52%) Infrastructure Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 8 (8.70%) Python
2 3 (3.26%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.17%) Bash
Qualifications
1 48 (52.17%) Security Cleared
2 33 (35.87%) SC Cleared
3 24 (26.09%) Cisco Certification
4 23 (25.00%) CCNP
5 16 (17.39%) DV Cleared
6 8 (8.70%) Degree
7 7 (7.61%) CCIE
7 7 (7.61%) CCSE
8 5 (5.43%) CCNA
8 5 (5.43%) CCSM
9 4 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (3.26%) AWS Certification
10 3 (3.26%) CISSP
10 3 (3.26%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (2.17%) Azure Certification
11 2 (2.17%) CCIE Security
11 2 (2.17%) GIAC
12 1 (1.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (1.09%) CCNA CyberOps
12 1 (1.09%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.70%) SLA
2 7 (7.61%) NIST
3 4 (4.35%) NCSC
4 2 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.09%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 19 (20.65%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (16.30%) VMware NSX
3 12 (13.04%) Active Directory
4 5 (5.43%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.09%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.09%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 8 (8.70%) Ansible
1 8 (8.70%) Terraform
2 6 (6.52%) FortiGate
3 4 (4.35%) Cisco CUCM
3 4 (4.35%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (3.26%) Grafana
4 3 (3.26%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.09%) Nagios
5 1 (1.09%) Progress Chef
5 1 (1.09%) SCCM
Vendors
1 92 (100.00%) Cisco
2 64 (69.57%) Palo Alto
3 53 (57.61%) CheckPoint
4 35 (38.04%) F5
5 25 (27.17%) VMware
6 24 (26.09%) Fortinet
7 16 (17.39%) SolarWinds
8 11 (11.96%) Juniper
9 10 (10.87%) Meraki
9 10 (10.87%) Microsoft
10 6 (6.52%) Citrix
10 6 (6.52%) ServiceNow
11 4 (4.35%) Becrypt
11 4 (4.35%) Tufin
12 3 (3.26%) Arista
12 3 (3.26%) Aruba
12 3 (3.26%) Dell
12 3 (3.26%) NetScout
13 2 (2.17%) Google
13 2 (2.17%) Infoblox