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

6 months to
6 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 573 445 448
Rank change year-on-year -128 +3 -67
Contract jobs citing Cisco ASA 82 106 138
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.16% 0.33% 0.32%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.66% 2.72% 2.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 57 92
10th Percentile £314 £331 £350
25th Percentile £400 £419 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £511
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% -2.20% +13.61%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £553
90th Percentile £651 £625 £636
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £515
% change year-on-year - -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 4,936 3,892 5,420
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.53% 12.24% 12.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,001 2,378 3,193
10th Percentile £250 £231 £213
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £470 £490
% change year-on-year +3.83% -4.08% +3.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 309 182 427
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £13.86
25th Percentile £19.34 £23.17 £17.69
Median hourly rate £26.00 £44.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.57% -1.11% +100.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £74.00 £79.50 £73.45
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.00 £36.57 £47.50
% change year-on-year -28.91% -23.01% +79.25%

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 6 July 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 6 July 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 -136 75 £463 -11.90% 29
UK excluding London -127 51 £500 - 21
London -82 23 £400 -23.81% 14
South East -33 22 £525 +59.09% 8
Work from Home -66 22 £463 -2.63% 16
North of England -91 14 £449 -18.45% 5
North West -56 11 £447 -20.53% 2
Midlands -64 7 £340 -30.26% 6
South West -27 6 £538 +7.50% 1
West Midlands -58 6 £320 -28.89% 4
Yorkshire -55 2 £500 -9.09% 3
Scotland -17 1 £425 -6.85%
East of England -34 1 £450 +11.80%
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 3 (3.66%) SAS
2 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (6.10%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 24 (29.27%) AWS
1 24 (29.27%) Azure
2 8 (9.76%) GCP
3 5 (6.10%) Azure Sentinel
4 4 (4.88%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 2 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.22%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 68 (82.93%) Firewall
2 51 (62.20%) BGP
3 44 (53.66%) VPN
4 42 (51.22%) WAN
5 41 (50.00%) OSPF
6 38 (46.34%) Network Security
7 36 (43.90%) Cisco Firepower
7 36 (43.90%) LAN
8 27 (32.93%) IPsec
9 25 (30.49%) MPLS
10 24 (29.27%) Cisco Nexus
11 21 (25.61%) EIGRP
11 21 (25.61%) Wireless
12 19 (23.17%) DNS
13 15 (18.29%) BIG-IP
13 15 (18.29%) Multicast
14 13 (15.85%) TCP/IP
15 12 (14.63%) Cisco IOS
15 12 (14.63%) SD-WAN
15 12 (14.63%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 2 (2.44%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (1.22%) Git
General
1 21 (25.61%) Finance
2 12 (14.63%) Financial Institution
2 12 (14.63%) Social Skills
3 9 (10.98%) Public Sector
4 5 (6.10%) Manufacturing
4 5 (6.10%) Retail
4 5 (6.10%) Telecoms
5 4 (4.88%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (4.88%) Banking
6 3 (3.66%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (3.66%) Police
7 2 (2.44%) Aviation
7 2 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.44%) Law
7 2 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.22%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 52 (63.41%) Network Engineer
2 22 (26.83%) Senior
3 11 (13.41%) Senior Network Engineer
4 9 (10.98%) Architect
5 8 (9.76%) Security Engineer
6 6 (7.32%) Cisco Engineer
6 6 (7.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (6.10%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 5 (6.10%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
7 5 (6.10%) NOC Engineer
7 5 (6.10%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 4 (4.88%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
8 4 (4.88%) Network Architect
8 4 (4.88%) Technical Architect
9 3 (3.66%) Data Centre Engineer
9 3 (3.66%) Design Engineer
9 3 (3.66%) IP Network Engineer
9 3 (3.66%) Lead Architect
9 3 (3.66%) Network Security Engineer
9 3 (3.66%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (15.85%) LDAP
2 7 (8.54%) SAML
3 4 (4.88%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 18 (21.95%) Data Centre
2 12 (14.63%) PKI
3 6 (7.32%) Cloud Native
4 5 (6.10%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (4.88%) Private Cloud
6 3 (3.66%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (2.44%) Management Information System
7 2 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.22%) Fibre Optics
8 1 (1.22%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (1.22%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.22%) Operational Technology
8 1 (1.22%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 15 (18.29%) Linux
2 9 (10.98%) Windows
3 6 (7.32%) Ubuntu
4 3 (3.66%) CatOS
5 1 (1.22%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (32.93%) ITIL
2 20 (24.39%) Change Management
3 17 (20.73%) Network Monitoring
4 13 (15.85%) Cybersecurity
4 13 (15.85%) Load Balancing
5 12 (14.63%) Disaster Recovery
6 9 (10.98%) High Availability
6 9 (10.98%) Technical Leadership
7 8 (9.76%) Network Virtualisation
7 8 (9.76%) Project Delivery
7 8 (9.76%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (8.54%) Cloud Security
8 7 (8.54%) Computer Science
8 7 (8.54%) Network Design
8 7 (8.54%) Security Operations
9 6 (7.32%) Agile
9 6 (7.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 6 (7.32%) Migration
9 6 (7.32%) Virtual Environments
10 5 (6.10%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 14 (17.07%) Python
2 4 (4.88%) PHP
3 3 (3.66%) Bash
4 2 (2.44%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 36 (43.90%) Security Cleared
2 28 (34.15%) SC Cleared
3 19 (23.17%) Cisco Certification
4 18 (21.95%) CCNP
5 15 (18.29%) DV Cleared
6 8 (9.76%) Degree
7 6 (7.32%) CCIE
8 5 (6.10%) CCSE
8 5 (6.10%) CCSM
9 4 (4.88%) APMG
9 4 (4.88%) CCNA
9 4 (4.88%) CompTIA Security+
9 4 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (4.88%) GIAC
9 4 (4.88%) SSCP
10 3 (3.66%) AWS Certification
10 3 (3.66%) GSEC
10 3 (3.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (2.44%) BC Cleared
11 2 (2.44%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (12.20%) NIST
2 9 (10.98%) SLA
3 6 (7.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (7.32%) NCSC
4 4 (4.88%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (4.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.22%) GRC
5 1 (1.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (1.22%) QA
System Software
1 25 (30.49%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (18.29%) VMware NSX
3 12 (14.63%) Active Directory
4 11 (13.41%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.22%) Firmware
5 1 (1.22%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (10.98%) Ansible
2 7 (8.54%) Single Sign-On
2 7 (8.54%) Terraform
3 6 (7.32%) FortiGate
3 6 (7.32%) vCenter Server
4 4 (4.88%) Grafana
5 3 (3.66%) Prometheus
5 3 (3.66%) SCOM
6 2 (2.44%) Cisco Prime
6 2 (2.44%) Iperf
6 2 (2.44%) Nmap
7 1 (1.22%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (1.22%) Nagios
7 1 (1.22%) SCCM
Vendors
1 82 (100.00%) Cisco
2 59 (71.95%) Palo Alto
3 41 (50.00%) CheckPoint
4 39 (47.56%) F5
5 31 (37.80%) VMware
6 21 (25.61%) Fortinet
7 15 (18.29%) SolarWinds
8 11 (13.41%) Microsoft
9 10 (12.20%) Juniper
10 7 (8.54%) Meraki
11 6 (7.32%) ServiceNow
12 5 (6.10%) Citrix
12 5 (6.10%) Tufin
13 4 (4.88%) Arista
14 3 (3.66%) Aruba
14 3 (3.66%) Becrypt
14 3 (3.66%) Dell
14 3 (3.66%) NetScout
15 2 (2.44%) Google
15 2 (2.44%) Zscaler