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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 492 456 337
Rank change year-on-year -36 -119 +222
Contract jobs citing Cisco ASA 65 106 326
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.20% 0.28% 0.66%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.71% 2.31% 4.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 60 224
10th Percentile £400 £396 £273
25th Percentile £419 £461 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £520 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.88% +15.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £554
90th Percentile £638 £764 £630
UK excluding London median daily rate £543 £525 £450
% change year-on-year +3.33% +16.67% -12.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 14
10th Percentile - - £40.70
25th Percentile £100.50 - -
Median hourly rate £103.00 - £65.98
75th Percentile £105.50 - £76.19
90th Percentile - - £77.13
UK excluding London median hourly rate £103.00 - £65.98
% change year-on-year - - +229.90%

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 3,805 4,583 6,569
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.55% 11.89% 13.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,363 2,666 4,180
10th Percentile £225 £225 £228
25th Percentile £363 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £588 £608 £613
90th Percentile £680 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £500 £453
% change year-on-year -10.00% +10.50% +0.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 199 252 305
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.16 £16.95
25th Percentile £25.15 £21.37 £23.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £51.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -9.72% +36.12%
75th Percentile £64.38 £65.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £75.67
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £57.35 £57.50
% change year-on-year -25.89% -0.26% +27.78%

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
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 19 September 2025.

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 19 September 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 -32 56 £550 +5.77% 24
UK excluding London -23 36 £543 +3.33% 25
London 0 23 £481 -7.45% 2
Work from Home -2 21 £525 - 5
North of England -25 18 £550 +9.13% 7
North West -13 12 £586 +16.32% 4
Midlands -14 8 £500 -33.33% 5
West Midlands -9 6 £450 -40.00% 3
Yorkshire - 6 £550 - 2
Scotland -4 5 £425 +13.33% 2
South East +6 4 £575 +21.05% 9
East Midlands - 2 £525 - 2
South West +9 1 £535 +15.68%
East of England -11 1 - - 3

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:

Cloud Services
1 9 (13.85%) Azure
2 7 (10.77%) AWS
3 2 (3.08%) GCP
4 1 (1.54%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.54%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 60 (92.31%) Firewall
2 23 (35.38%) Cisco Firepower
3 21 (32.31%) Network Security
4 19 (29.23%) BGP
4 19 (29.23%) OSPF
5 15 (23.08%) Cisco Nexus
5 15 (23.08%) EIGRP
5 15 (23.08%) WAN
6 12 (18.46%) DNS
6 12 (18.46%) LAN
6 12 (18.46%) TCP/IP
7 11 (16.92%) Cisco ISE
7 11 (16.92%) DHCP
8 10 (15.38%) Wireless
9 9 (13.85%) BIG-IP
9 9 (13.85%) IPsec
9 9 (13.85%) MPLS
9 9 (13.85%) VPN
9 9 (13.85%) Wi-Fi
10 8 (12.31%) Software-Defined Networking
Development Applications
1 5 (7.69%) JIRA
1 5 (7.69%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (1.54%) GitLab
General
1 10 (15.38%) Finance
1 10 (15.38%) Social Skills
2 8 (12.31%) Public Sector
3 4 (6.15%) Telecoms
4 3 (4.62%) Banking
5 2 (3.08%) Financial Institution
5 2 (3.08%) Military
6 1 (1.54%) Advertising
6 1 (1.54%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.54%) Law
6 1 (1.54%) Local Government
6 1 (1.54%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 41 (63.08%) Network Engineer
2 9 (13.85%) Security Engineer
3 8 (12.31%) Senior
4 7 (10.77%) Architect
4 7 (10.77%) Network Architect
4 7 (10.77%) Network Security Engineer
5 6 (9.23%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 5 (7.69%) Cisco Engineer
6 5 (7.69%) Firewall Engineer
6 5 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (7.69%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (6.15%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 3 (4.62%) Firewall Specialist
8 3 (4.62%) Lead
8 3 (4.62%) Senior Network Engineer
8 3 (4.62%) Tester
9 2 (3.08%) Cisco Architect
9 2 (3.08%) Network Specialist
9 2 (3.08%) Senior Tester
9 2 (3.08%) Validation Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.08%) JSON
2 1 (1.54%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (18.46%) Data Centre
2 5 (7.69%) Security Posture
3 2 (3.08%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.54%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.54%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.54%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.08%) Windows
2 1 (1.54%) Linux
2 1 (1.54%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (26.15%) Migration
2 12 (18.46%) ITIL
3 9 (13.85%) Network Monitoring
4 8 (12.31%) Project Delivery
5 7 (10.77%) Load Balancing
6 6 (9.23%) Agile
6 6 (9.23%) Network Management
7 5 (7.69%) Asset Management
7 5 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 5 (7.69%) Network Design
8 4 (6.15%) Zero Trust
9 3 (4.62%) Change Management
9 3 (4.62%) Cloud Security
9 3 (4.62%) Cybersecurity
9 3 (4.62%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (4.62%) Process Improvement
9 3 (4.62%) Strategic Thinking
9 3 (4.62%) Task Automation
9 3 (4.62%) Test Automation
9 3 (4.62%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.69%) PowerShell
1 5 (7.69%) Python
2 3 (4.62%) Bash
Qualifications
1 28 (43.08%) Security Cleared
2 27 (41.54%) Cisco Certification
3 24 (36.92%) CCNP
4 23 (35.38%) SC Cleared
5 8 (12.31%) CCNA
6 7 (10.77%) CCIE
7 2 (3.08%) CISSP
7 2 (3.08%) Degree
8 1 (1.54%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (1.54%) CCDE
8 1 (1.54%) CCIE Routing and Switching
8 1 (1.54%) CCIE Security
8 1 (1.54%) CCSP
8 1 (1.54%) DBS Check
8 1 (1.54%) GIAC
8 1 (1.54%) GSEC
8 1 (1.54%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (3.08%) NIST
1 2 (3.08%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.54%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 2 (3.08%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.54%) Firmware
2 1 (1.54%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (1.54%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (1.54%) VMware NSX
2 1 (1.54%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (18.46%) Ansible
2 7 (10.77%) FortiGate
3 3 (4.62%) Iperf
3 3 (4.62%) Nmap
4 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.54%) Terraform
Vendors
1 65 (100.00%) Cisco
2 42 (64.62%) CheckPoint
3 33 (50.77%) Palo Alto
4 17 (26.15%) F5
4 17 (26.15%) Fortinet
5 16 (24.62%) SolarWinds
6 5 (7.69%) AlgoSec
6 5 (7.69%) Juniper
6 5 (7.69%) Meraki
6 5 (7.69%) ServiceNow
7 3 (4.62%) Infoblox
7 3 (4.62%) Zscaler
8 2 (3.08%) Extreme Networks
8 2 (3.08%) LogicMonitor
8 2 (3.08%) Tufin
8 2 (3.08%) VMware
9 1 (1.54%) Arista
9 1 (1.54%) Avaya
9 1 (1.54%) Bloomberg
9 1 (1.54%) Microsoft