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 29 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 579 426 450
Rank change year-on-year -153 +24 -70
Contract jobs citing Cisco ASA 68 106 138
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.35% 0.32%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.40% 2.81% 2.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 56 93
10th Percentile £300 £330 £350
25th Percentile £400 £419 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% -2.44% +13.89%
75th Percentile £556 £588 £553
90th Percentile £667 £625 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £515
% change year-on-year +5.00% -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 4,844 3,768 5,421
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.48% 12.33% 12.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,966 2,296 3,192
10th Percentile £250 £225 £213
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -1.43%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £472 £490
% change year-on-year +2.28% -3.62% +3.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 300 179 433
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £13.87
25th Percentile £19.34 £21.99 £17.69
Median hourly rate £27.11 £45.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.76% - +114.29%
75th Percentile £65.00 £61.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £74.03 £80.20 £73.18
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.55 £36.57 £47.50
% change year-on-year -27.40% -23.01% +115.91%

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 29 June 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 29 June 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 -141 62 £470 -10.48% 25
UK excluding London -132 41 £525 +5.00% 19
South East -44 21 £525 +59.09% 6
London -75 20 £400 -23.81% 11
Work from Home -73 19 £463 -2.63% 14
Midlands -60 7 £340 -30.26% 5
South West -35 6 £538 +7.50% 1
West Midlands -59 6 £320 -28.89% 3
North of England -94 5 £472 -16.18% 7
North West -63 4 £643 +11.83% 4
Scotland -11 1 £425 -6.85%
East of England -32 1 £450 +11.80%
North East - 1 £200 - 1

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 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (7.35%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 23 (33.82%) AWS
2 22 (32.35%) Azure
3 7 (10.29%) GCP
4 5 (7.35%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (5.88%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.47%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 54 (79.41%) Firewall
2 41 (60.29%) BGP
3 40 (58.82%) WAN
4 34 (50.00%) VPN
5 33 (48.53%) Network Security
6 32 (47.06%) LAN
7 31 (45.59%) OSPF
8 26 (38.24%) IPsec
8 26 (38.24%) MPLS
9 23 (33.82%) Cisco Firepower
10 21 (30.88%) Cisco Nexus
11 16 (23.53%) DNS
12 15 (22.06%) BIG-IP
12 15 (22.06%) Multicast
13 14 (20.59%) Wireless
14 13 (19.12%) EIGRP
14 13 (19.12%) SD-WAN
15 12 (17.65%) Cisco IOS
16 11 (16.18%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 11 (16.18%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 2 (2.94%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (1.47%) Git
General
1 21 (30.88%) Finance
2 12 (17.65%) Financial Institution
3 9 (13.24%) Social Skills
4 7 (10.29%) Public Sector
5 5 (7.35%) Manufacturing
5 5 (7.35%) Retail
5 5 (7.35%) Telecoms
6 3 (4.41%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.94%) Aviation
7 2 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.94%) Law
7 2 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.47%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.47%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.47%) Banking
8 1 (1.47%) Police
Job Titles
1 37 (54.41%) Network Engineer
2 20 (29.41%) Senior
3 9 (13.24%) Architect
3 9 (13.24%) Senior Network Engineer
4 7 (10.29%) Security Engineer
5 6 (8.82%) Cisco Engineer
5 6 (8.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (7.35%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 5 (7.35%) NOC Engineer
7 4 (5.88%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 4 (5.88%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
7 4 (5.88%) Network Architect
7 4 (5.88%) Technical Architect
8 3 (4.41%) Core Network Engineer
8 3 (4.41%) Data Centre Engineer
8 3 (4.41%) Data Network Engineer
8 3 (4.41%) Design Engineer
8 3 (4.41%) IP Engineer
8 3 (4.41%) IP Network Engineer
8 3 (4.41%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (19.12%) LDAP
2 7 (10.29%) SAML
3 5 (7.35%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 16 (23.53%) Data Centre
2 10 (14.71%) PKI
3 6 (8.82%) Cloud Native
4 5 (7.35%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (5.88%) Private Cloud
6 3 (4.41%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (2.94%) Management Information System
7 2 (2.94%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.47%) Fibre Optics
8 1 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (1.47%) Operational Technology
8 1 (1.47%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 15 (22.06%) Linux
2 9 (13.24%) Windows
3 6 (8.82%) Ubuntu
4 3 (4.41%) CatOS
5 1 (1.47%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.47%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (26.47%) ITIL
2 15 (22.06%) Network Monitoring
3 13 (19.12%) Load Balancing
4 12 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
4 12 (17.65%) Disaster Recovery
5 11 (16.18%) Change Management
6 10 (14.71%) Technical Leadership
7 8 (11.76%) High Availability
7 8 (11.76%) Network Virtualisation
7 8 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (10.29%) Cloud Security
8 7 (10.29%) Network Design
8 7 (10.29%) Project Delivery
9 6 (8.82%) Agile
9 6 (8.82%) Computer Science
9 6 (8.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 6 (8.82%) Migration
9 6 (8.82%) Security Operations
9 6 (8.82%) Virtual Environments
10 5 (7.35%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 13 (19.12%) Python
2 4 (5.88%) PHP
3 3 (4.41%) Bash
4 2 (2.94%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 26 (38.24%) Security Cleared
2 18 (26.47%) SC Cleared
3 15 (22.06%) Cisco Certification
3 15 (22.06%) DV Cleared
4 14 (20.59%) CCNP
5 7 (10.29%) Degree
6 5 (7.35%) CCIE
6 5 (7.35%) CCSE
6 5 (7.35%) CCSM
7 4 (5.88%) APMG
7 4 (5.88%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (5.88%) GIAC
7 4 (5.88%) SSCP
8 3 (4.41%) AWS Certification
8 3 (4.41%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (4.41%) GSEC
8 3 (4.41%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (2.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (2.94%) CCNA
9 2 (2.94%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (14.71%) NIST
1 10 (14.71%) SLA
2 6 (8.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (8.82%) NCSC
3 4 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.47%) GRC
4 1 (1.47%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 1 (1.47%) QA
System Software
1 25 (36.76%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (22.06%) VMware NSX
3 12 (17.65%) Active Directory
4 11 (16.18%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.47%) Firmware
5 1 (1.47%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 8 (11.76%) Ansible
2 7 (10.29%) Single Sign-On
2 7 (10.29%) Terraform
3 6 (8.82%) FortiGate
3 6 (8.82%) vCenter Server
4 4 (5.88%) Grafana
5 3 (4.41%) Prometheus
5 3 (4.41%) SCOM
6 2 (2.94%) Cisco Prime
6 2 (2.94%) Iperf
6 2 (2.94%) Nmap
7 1 (1.47%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (1.47%) SCCM
Vendors
1 68 (100.00%) Cisco
2 50 (73.53%) Palo Alto
3 34 (50.00%) F5
4 31 (45.59%) VMware
5 30 (44.12%) CheckPoint
6 19 (27.94%) Fortinet
7 14 (20.59%) SolarWinds
8 11 (16.18%) Microsoft
9 8 (11.76%) Juniper
10 6 (8.82%) ServiceNow
11 4 (5.88%) Arista
11 4 (5.88%) Tufin
12 3 (4.41%) Becrypt
12 3 (4.41%) Dell
12 3 (4.41%) NetScout
13 2 (2.94%) Aruba
13 2 (2.94%) Google
13 2 (2.94%) Meraki
13 2 (2.94%) Zscaler
14 1 (1.47%) Veeam