Cisco ASA Contracts

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Cisco ASA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cisco ASA over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 403 446 444
Rank change year-on-year +43 -2 +211
Contract jobs citing Cisco ASA 116 155 277
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.40% 0.36% 0.46%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.10% 2.75% 3.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 114 201
10th Percentile £340 £335 £313
25th Percentile £423 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.41% +2.50% +17.65%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £600
90th Percentile £625 £825 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +7.89% +5.56% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 9
10th Percentile - - £30.65
25th Percentile - - £43.75
Median hourly rate - - £62.00
75th Percentile - - £63.23
90th Percentile - - £65.78
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £62.00
% change year-on-year - - +169.57%

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 3,739 5,643 7,361
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.79% 12.94% 12.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,297 3,382 4,789
10th Percentile £213 £205 £235
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £495 £519
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £638
90th Percentile £675 £700 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.63% - +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 181 423 478
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.57 £9.80
25th Percentile £17.30 £17.35 £10.63
Median hourly rate £32.50 £38.50 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.58% +102.63% -31.84%
75th Percentile £58.75 £62.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £67.40 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.59 £45.88 £18.50
% change year-on-year -46.41% +148.00% -13.95%

Cisco ASA
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Cisco ASA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco ASA in the UK

Cisco ASA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cisco ASA.

Daily rate trend for Cisco ASA in the UK

Cisco ASA
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco ASA over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco ASA in the UK

Cisco ASA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cisco ASA.

Hourly rate trend for Cisco ASA in the UK

Cisco ASA
Top 16 Contract 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 30 April 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 +16 97 £550 +9.56% 36
UK excluding London +43 81 £513 +7.89% 27
Work from Home +34 40 £500 -2.91% 16
North of England +47 38 £575 +21.05% 7
North West +32 35 £575 +11.92% 2
London +10 28 £550 +10.00% 12
South West +50 9 £500 -6.54%
South East 0 9 £583 +26.63% 8
East of England +28 7 £403 -5.29%
Wales - 7 £425 - 2
Midlands +24 6 £538 -28.33% 9
Scotland +12 5 £456 +25.00%
East Midlands - 4 £575 - 1
Yorkshire - 3 £625 - 5
West Midlands +12 2 £488 -35.00% 8
Channel Islands - 1 £450 -

Cisco ASA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.86%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 12 (10.34%) AWS
2 11 (9.48%) Azure
3 2 (1.72%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (1.72%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 1 (0.86%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 101 (87.07%) Firewall
2 59 (50.86%) Cisco Firepower
3 48 (41.38%) BGP
4 44 (37.93%) OSPF
5 39 (33.62%) VPN
6 37 (31.90%) Network Security
7 36 (31.03%) IPsec
8 33 (28.45%) WAN
9 32 (27.59%) EIGRP
10 31 (26.72%) Cisco Nexus
11 28 (24.14%) LAN
11 28 (24.14%) Wireless
12 24 (20.69%) HSRP
13 14 (12.07%) Cisco ISE
13 14 (12.07%) MPLS
14 12 (10.34%) SD-WAN
14 12 (10.34%) Wi-Fi
15 11 (9.48%) Cisco Wireless
15 11 (9.48%) DNS
15 11 (9.48%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 3 (2.59%) Sonatype Nexus
2 2 (1.72%) GitLab
3 1 (0.86%) JIRA
General
1 16 (13.79%) Social Skills
2 10 (8.62%) Public Sector
3 6 (5.17%) Finance
3 6 (5.17%) Telecoms
4 3 (2.59%) Advertising
4 3 (2.59%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (2.59%) Banking
5 2 (1.72%) Financial Institution
5 2 (1.72%) German Language
6 1 (0.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (0.86%) Legal
6 1 (0.86%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.86%) Military
6 1 (0.86%) Police
Job Titles
1 90 (77.59%) Network Engineer
2 22 (18.97%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 18 (15.52%) Network Security Engineer
3 18 (15.52%) Security Engineer
4 12 (10.34%) Cisco Engineer
5 11 (9.48%) Senior
6 10 (8.62%) Architect
6 10 (8.62%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 9 (7.76%) Senior Network Engineer
8 6 (5.17%) Network Architect
9 5 (4.31%) Field Engineer
9 5 (4.31%) Network Field Engineer
10 4 (3.45%) Principal Engineer
10 4 (3.45%) Principal Network Engineer
10 4 (3.45%) Principal Security Engineer
10 4 (3.45%) Senior Cisco Engineer
10 4 (3.45%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
11 3 (2.59%) Cisco Architect
11 3 (2.59%) Cisco Network Architect
11 3 (2.59%) Firewall Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.59%) JSON
2 2 (1.72%) 802.1X
2 2 (1.72%) LDAP
2 2 (1.72%) SAML
3 1 (0.86%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (16.38%) Data Centre
2 7 (6.03%) Security Posture
3 5 (4.31%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (2.59%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 3 (2.59%) Public Cloud
5 2 (1.72%) Client/Server
5 2 (1.72%) Operational Technology
5 2 (1.72%) PKI
6 1 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.86%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.72%) Linux
1 2 (1.72%) Unix
2 1 (0.86%) Windows
2 1 (0.86%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (19.83%) Migration
2 16 (13.79%) Network Monitoring
3 13 (11.21%) Network Management
4 12 (10.34%) Network Design
5 9 (7.76%) ITIL
6 7 (6.03%) Adaptive Security
7 6 (5.17%) Change Management
7 6 (5.17%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (5.17%) Load Balancing
7 6 (5.17%) Network Segmentation
8 5 (4.31%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (3.45%) Business Strategy
9 4 (3.45%) Incident Management
9 4 (3.45%) Project Delivery
9 4 (3.45%) Roadmaps
10 3 (2.59%) Agile
10 3 (2.59%) Network Load Balancing
10 3 (2.59%) Requirements Management
10 3 (2.59%) Stakeholder Management
10 3 (2.59%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.72%) Python
Qualifications
1 59 (50.86%) Security Cleared
2 54 (46.55%) SC Cleared
3 41 (35.34%) Cisco Certification
4 31 (26.72%) CCNP
5 17 (14.66%) CCNA
6 15 (12.93%) CCIE
7 9 (7.76%) DV Cleared
8 4 (3.45%) CCIE Security
9 2 (1.72%) Degree
9 2 (1.72%) MCSE
9 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (1.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.86%) CCIE Service Provider
10 1 (0.86%) CCIE Wireless
10 1 (0.86%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.45%) NIST
2 2 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (1.72%) HIPAA
2 2 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.72%) NCSC
2 2 (1.72%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.86%) QA
System Software
1 8 (6.90%) VMware NSX
2 4 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.59%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.86%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 11 (9.48%) FortiGate
2 4 (3.45%) ZABBIX
3 3 (2.59%) Cisco Prime
4 2 (1.72%) SolarWinds Orion
5 1 (0.86%) Cisco LMS
5 1 (0.86%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.86%) SCCM
5 1 (0.86%) Terraform
5 1 (0.86%) WSUS
Vendors
1 116 (100.00%) Cisco
2 63 (54.31%) Palo Alto
3 43 (37.07%) CheckPoint
4 20 (17.24%) F5
5 17 (14.66%) SolarWinds
6 15 (12.93%) Fortinet
7 13 (11.21%) Juniper
8 8 (6.90%) VMware
9 5 (4.31%) Meraki
9 5 (4.31%) Zscaler
10 4 (3.45%) Aruba
10 4 (3.45%) Microsoft
11 2 (1.72%) AlgoSec
11 2 (1.72%) Arista
11 2 (1.72%) Barracuda Networks
11 2 (1.72%) Blue Coat
11 2 (1.72%) Forcepoint
11 2 (1.72%) McAfee
11 2 (1.72%) Splunk
11 2 (1.72%) Tufin