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

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 551 401 428
Rank change year-on-year -150 +27 +33
Contract jobs citing Cisco ASA 79 122 167
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.42% 0.38%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.75% 3.24% 2.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 67 115
10th Percentile £300 £373 £328
25th Percentile £400 £425 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £541 £588 £638
90th Percentile £606 £625 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +4.40%

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 4,519 3,771 5,852
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.87% 12.90% 13.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,852 2,341 3,526
10th Percentile £231 £213 £205
25th Percentile £398 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £485
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% +1.14% -6.74%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £468 £475
% change year-on-year +1.60% -1.58% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 203 164 421
10th Percentile £15.62 £14.99 £13.85
25th Percentile £20.41 £21.35 £17.72
Median hourly rate £42.71 £37.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.88% -6.25% +110.53%
75th Percentile £70.00 £62.50 £61.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £67.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £54.00 £28.00 £45.88
% change year-on-year +92.86% -38.97% +148.00%

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 April 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 April 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 -131 69 £463 -15.91% 27
UK excluding London -139 47 £488 -2.50% 24
London -73 26 £400 -23.81% 4
Work from Home -48 21 £463 -2.63% 7
Midlands -58 11 £340 -38.18% 5
South East -53 10 £523 -10.30% 6
West Midlands -53 10 £340 -24.44% 4
South West -29 9 £525 +5.00% 2
North of England -102 9 £472 -18.00% 9
North West -63 8 £472 -16.18% 7
Scotland +5 4 £425 -6.85% 1
East of England -34 3 £463 +14.91% 2
Wales -15 1 £550 +29.41%
Yorkshire -52 1 - - 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 (8.86%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 20 (25.32%) AWS
1 20 (25.32%) Azure
2 10 (12.66%) GCP
3 5 (6.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 4 (5.06%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 2 (2.53%) AWS Direct Connect
5 2 (2.53%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.27%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.27%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 66 (83.54%) Firewall
2 52 (65.82%) BGP
3 48 (60.76%) WAN
4 42 (53.16%) OSPF
5 37 (46.84%) Network Security
5 37 (46.84%) VPN
6 36 (45.57%) LAN
7 30 (37.97%) MPLS
8 23 (29.11%) EIGRP
8 23 (29.11%) Wireless
9 21 (26.58%) Cisco Nexus
9 21 (26.58%) IPsec
10 20 (25.32%) SD-WAN
11 17 (21.52%) Cisco Firepower
11 17 (21.52%) Cisco IOS
12 16 (20.25%) VXLAN
13 15 (18.99%) DNS
13 15 (18.99%) Multicast
14 13 (16.46%) Cisco ISE
14 13 (16.46%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (1.27%) Git
1 1 (1.27%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 21 (26.58%) Finance
2 15 (18.99%) Financial Institution
3 14 (17.72%) Social Skills
4 12 (15.19%) Public Sector
5 5 (6.33%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (6.33%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (5.06%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.53%) Aerospace
7 2 (2.53%) Aviation
7 2 (2.53%) Law
7 2 (2.53%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.53%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.53%) Retail
7 2 (2.53%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.27%) Banking
8 1 (1.27%) Military
8 1 (1.27%) Police
Job Titles
1 40 (50.63%) Network Engineer
2 18 (22.78%) Senior
3 10 (12.66%) Architect
3 10 (12.66%) Security Engineer
4 8 (10.13%) Cisco Engineer
5 6 (7.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 6 (7.59%) Network Architect
6 5 (6.33%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 5 (6.33%) Network Security Engineer
6 5 (6.33%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 5 (6.33%) Senior Network Engineer
7 4 (5.06%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
7 4 (5.06%) Solutions Architect
8 3 (3.80%) Consultant
8 3 (3.80%) Core Network Engineer
8 3 (3.80%) Data Centre Engineer
8 3 (3.80%) Data Network Engineer
8 3 (3.80%) Design Engineer
8 3 (3.80%) IP Network Engineer
8 3 (3.80%) Network Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (16.46%) LDAP
2 7 (8.86%) SAML
3 4 (5.06%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 19 (24.05%) Data Centre
2 7 (8.86%) PKI
3 4 (5.06%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.80%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.53%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.53%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.27%) RSA SecurID
Operating Systems
1 8 (10.13%) Linux
2 6 (7.59%) Ubuntu
3 4 (5.06%) CatOS
4 2 (2.53%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (21.52%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (20.25%) Change Management
2 16 (20.25%) Load Balancing
3 11 (13.92%) Stakeholder Management
4 10 (12.66%) Disaster Recovery
4 10 (12.66%) ITIL
4 10 (12.66%) Migration
4 10 (12.66%) Technical Leadership
5 8 (10.13%) High Availability
6 7 (8.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 7 (8.86%) Network Design
6 7 (8.86%) Network Virtualisation
6 7 (8.86%) Project Delivery
6 7 (8.86%) Strategic Thinking
7 6 (7.59%) Break/Fix
7 6 (7.59%) Computer Science
7 6 (7.59%) Incident Response
7 6 (7.59%) Network Monitoring
7 6 (7.59%) Root Cause Analysis
7 6 (7.59%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 15 (18.99%) Python
2 4 (5.06%) PHP
3 3 (3.80%) Bash
4 1 (1.27%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 25 (31.65%) Security Cleared
2 24 (30.38%) SC Cleared
3 19 (24.05%) Cisco Certification
4 17 (21.52%) CCNP
5 9 (11.39%) DV Cleared
6 7 (8.86%) CCIE
6 7 (8.86%) Degree
7 5 (6.33%) AWS Certification
7 5 (6.33%) CISSP
7 5 (6.33%) CompTIA Security+
8 4 (5.06%) APMG
8 4 (5.06%) Azure Certification
8 4 (5.06%) GIAC
8 4 (5.06%) SSCP
9 3 (3.80%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (3.80%) CCIE Security
9 3 (3.80%) CCNA
9 3 (3.80%) CCSP
9 3 (3.80%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (3.80%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (15.19%) NIST
1 12 (15.19%) SLA
2 11 (13.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (6.33%) GDPR
3 5 (6.33%) PCI DSS
4 4 (5.06%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (5.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (2.53%) NCSC
6 1 (1.27%) GRC
6 1 (1.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (1.27%) QA
System Software
1 24 (30.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (15.19%) VMware NSX
3 8 (10.13%) VMware ESXi
4 7 (8.86%) Active Directory
5 1 (1.27%) Firmware
5 1 (1.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (15.19%) Ansible
2 11 (13.92%) FortiGate
3 10 (12.66%) Terraform
4 7 (8.86%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (7.59%) vCenter Server
6 4 (5.06%) Grafana
7 3 (3.80%) Cisco Prime
7 3 (3.80%) Prometheus
7 3 (3.80%) SCOM
8 2 (2.53%) Iperf
8 2 (2.53%) Nmap
9 1 (1.27%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 79 (100.00%) Cisco
2 49 (62.03%) Palo Alto
3 38 (48.10%) F5
4 29 (36.71%) CheckPoint
5 24 (30.38%) VMware
6 23 (29.11%) Fortinet
7 13 (16.46%) Juniper
8 10 (12.66%) Microsoft
9 9 (11.39%) SolarWinds
10 8 (10.13%) Meraki
11 4 (5.06%) Arista
11 4 (5.06%) Forcepoint
11 4 (5.06%) NetScout
11 4 (5.06%) ServiceNow
11 4 (5.06%) Tufin
11 4 (5.06%) Zscaler
12 3 (3.80%) McAfee
13 2 (2.53%) Aruba
13 2 (2.53%) Dell
14 1 (1.27%) Infoblox