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

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 579 417 434
Rank change year-on-year -162 +17 -31
Contract jobs citing Cisco ASA 66 106 153
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.37% 0.36%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.38% 2.92% 2.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 56 112
10th Percentile £300 £363 £335
25th Percentile £400 £423 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% -2.44% +13.89%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £579
90th Percentile £575 £625 £820
UK excluding London median daily rate £520 £500 £490
% change year-on-year +4.00% +2.15% +8.78%

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 4,771 3,635 5,392
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.72% 12.56% 12.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,920 2,249 3,208
10th Percentile £263 £214 £206
25th Percentile £400 £360 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £480 £495
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -3.03% -3.41%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £465 £475
% change year-on-year +2.15% -2.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 282 163 415
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.25 £17.96 £16.30
Median hourly rate £28.96 £41.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.22% +3.75% +119.30%
75th Percentile £65.00 £59.44 £63.75
90th Percentile £74.93 £80.81 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.86 £31.79 £45.88
% change year-on-year +6.51% -30.71% +154.89%

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 5 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 12 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 5 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 -138 60 £463 -15.91% 20
UK excluding London -137 39 £520 +4.00% 17
London -78 20 £400 -25.58% 5
Work from Home -56 18 £463 -7.50% 12
South East -52 17 £520 +57.58% 4
South West -28 7 £538 +7.50% 1
Midlands -54 7 £340 -35.24% 8
West Midlands -55 6 £320 -28.89% 5
North West -58 6 £472 -18.00% 1
North of England -104 6 £472 -18.00% 4
Scotland -8 1 £425 -6.85%
East of England -34 1 £450 +11.80%

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 5 (7.58%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 19 (28.79%) AWS
2 18 (27.27%) Azure
3 5 (7.58%) Azure Sentinel
3 5 (7.58%) GCP
4 1 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 53 (80.30%) Firewall
2 40 (60.61%) BGP
3 38 (57.58%) WAN
4 33 (50.00%) Network Security
5 32 (48.48%) VPN
6 30 (45.45%) OSPF
7 28 (42.42%) LAN
8 24 (36.36%) IPsec
8 24 (36.36%) MPLS
9 19 (28.79%) Cisco Firepower
10 18 (27.27%) Cisco Nexus
11 16 (24.24%) Wireless
12 15 (22.73%) EIGRP
12 15 (22.73%) Multicast
13 12 (18.18%) Cisco IOS
13 12 (18.18%) DNS
13 12 (18.18%) VXLAN
13 12 (18.18%) Wireshark
14 11 (16.67%) BIG-IP
14 11 (16.67%) SD-WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (1.52%) Git
1 1 (1.52%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 21 (31.82%) Finance
2 12 (18.18%) Financial Institution
3 7 (10.61%) Public Sector
3 7 (10.61%) Social Skills
4 5 (7.58%) Manufacturing
4 5 (7.58%) Retail
5 3 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (3.03%) Aviation
6 2 (3.03%) Law
6 2 (3.03%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.52%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.52%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.52%) Banking
7 1 (1.52%) Police
Job Titles
1 39 (59.09%) Network Engineer
2 20 (30.30%) Senior
3 9 (13.64%) Senior Network Engineer
4 7 (10.61%) Cisco Engineer
4 7 (10.61%) Security Engineer
5 6 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (7.58%) Architect
6 5 (7.58%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 5 (7.58%) NOC Engineer
7 4 (6.06%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 4 (6.06%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
8 3 (4.55%) Core Network Engineer
8 3 (4.55%) Data Centre Engineer
8 3 (4.55%) Data Network Engineer
8 3 (4.55%) Design Engineer
8 3 (4.55%) IP Design Engineer
8 3 (4.55%) IP Engineer
8 3 (4.55%) IP Network Engineer
8 3 (4.55%) Juniper Engineer
8 3 (4.55%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (19.70%) LDAP
2 7 (10.61%) 802.1X
2 7 (10.61%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (21.21%) Data Centre
2 10 (15.15%) PKI
3 4 (6.06%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.03%) Cloud Native
4 2 (3.03%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.52%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (1.52%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.52%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.52%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.52%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 15 (22.73%) Linux
2 8 (12.12%) Windows
3 6 (9.09%) Ubuntu
4 3 (4.55%) CatOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (22.73%) Network Monitoring
2 13 (19.70%) ITIL
2 13 (19.70%) Load Balancing
3 12 (18.18%) Technical Leadership
4 11 (16.67%) Change Management
4 11 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
5 10 (15.15%) Disaster Recovery
6 8 (12.12%) High Availability
7 7 (10.61%) Network Design
7 7 (10.61%) Network Virtualisation
8 6 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 6 (9.09%) Migration
8 6 (9.09%) Root Cause Analysis
8 6 (9.09%) Security Operations
8 6 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (9.09%) Virtual Environments
9 5 (7.58%) Presales
9 5 (7.58%) Project Delivery
9 5 (7.58%) SIEM
10 4 (6.06%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 12 (18.18%) Python
2 4 (6.06%) PHP
3 3 (4.55%) Bash
4 1 (1.52%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 22 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 18 (27.27%) SC Cleared
3 12 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
4 11 (16.67%) CCNP
4 11 (16.67%) DV Cleared
5 5 (7.58%) CCSE
5 5 (7.58%) CCSM
6 4 (6.06%) APMG
6 4 (6.06%) CompTIA Security+
6 4 (6.06%) Degree
6 4 (6.06%) GIAC
6 4 (6.06%) SSCP
7 3 (4.55%) CCIE
7 3 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (4.55%) GSEC
8 2 (3.03%) AWS Certification
8 2 (3.03%) BC Cleared
8 2 (3.03%) CCNA
8 2 (3.03%) ISTQB
9 1 (1.52%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (18.18%) SLA
2 11 (16.67%) NIST
3 6 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (6.06%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (6.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (3.03%) NCSC
6 1 (1.52%) GRC
6 1 (1.52%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (1.52%) PCI DSS
6 1 (1.52%) QA
System Software
1 24 (36.36%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 11 (16.67%) VMware ESXi
2 11 (16.67%) VMware NSX
3 1 (1.52%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (10.61%) Ansible
1 7 (10.61%) Single Sign-On
2 6 (9.09%) FortiGate
2 6 (9.09%) vCenter Server
3 5 (7.58%) Terraform
4 4 (6.06%) Grafana
5 3 (4.55%) Prometheus
5 3 (4.55%) SCOM
6 2 (3.03%) Cisco Prime
6 2 (3.03%) Iperf
6 2 (3.03%) Nmap
7 1 (1.52%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 66 (100.00%) Cisco
2 46 (69.70%) Palo Alto
3 31 (46.97%) CheckPoint
3 31 (46.97%) F5
4 26 (39.39%) VMware
5 19 (28.79%) Fortinet
6 10 (15.15%) SolarWinds
7 8 (12.12%) Juniper
8 6 (9.09%) Microsoft
8 6 (9.09%) ServiceNow
9 4 (6.06%) Arista
9 4 (6.06%) Tufin
10 3 (4.55%) Becrypt
10 3 (4.55%) NetScout
11 2 (3.03%) Aruba
11 2 (3.03%) Dell
11 2 (3.03%) Meraki
11 2 (3.03%) Zscaler
12 1 (1.52%) EMC
12 1 (1.52%) McAfee