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

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 541 399 419
Rank change year-on-year -142 +20 +77
Contract jobs citing Cisco ASA 71 124 185
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.42% 0.41%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.66% 3.12% 3.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 65 104
10th Percentile £300 £371 £313
25th Percentile £400 £425 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £480 £486
Median % change year-on-year -11.46% -1.23% -7.43%
75th Percentile £525 £575 £628
90th Percentile £575 £613 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £455
% change year-on-year -5.00% +9.89% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £64.24
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £65.98
75th Percentile - - £73.68
90th Percentile - - £76.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £65.98
% change year-on-year - - +12.21%

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 4,266 3,971 6,036
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.10% 13.34% 13.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,771 2,426 3,617
10th Percentile £206 £208 £205
25th Percentile £363 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +5.26% -9.09%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £468 £473 £475
% change year-on-year -0.95% -0.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 142 401
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.34 £14.27
25th Percentile £20.25 £21.46 £19.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -12.50% +110.53%
75th Percentile £65.50 £63.06 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £72.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.10 £32.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +29.52% -31.58% +151.19%

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 9 March 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 9 March 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 -124 58 £413 -17.50% 29
UK excluding London -142 40 £475 -5.00% 28
London -27 25 £400 -11.11% 2
Work from Home -45 19 £475 +5.56% 5
South West -29 9 £525 +5.00% 2
West Midlands -45 9 £340 -24.44% 5
Midlands -53 9 £340 -24.44% 7
North of England -106 8 £300 -45.45% 7
Scotland +10 7 £425 -6.85% 1
North West -76 6 £300 -45.45% 4
East of England -36 3 £285 -29.19% 3
South East -51 3 £675 +19.47% 8
Yorkshire -56 2 £440 -29.60% 3
Wales -12 1 £550 +33.33% 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 6 (8.45%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 13 (18.31%) AWS
2 12 (16.90%) Azure
3 8 (11.27%) GCP
4 6 (8.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 4 (5.63%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (2.82%) AWS Direct Connect
7 1 (1.41%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 60 (84.51%) Firewall
2 48 (67.61%) BGP
3 44 (61.97%) WAN
4 39 (54.93%) OSPF
5 35 (49.30%) Network Security
6 34 (47.89%) VPN
7 33 (46.48%) LAN
8 30 (42.25%) MPLS
9 24 (33.80%) EIGRP
10 23 (32.39%) Wireless
11 22 (30.99%) SD-WAN
12 20 (28.17%) Cisco Nexus
13 17 (23.94%) Cisco IOS
14 16 (22.54%) IPsec
15 14 (19.72%) DNS
15 14 (19.72%) VLAN
15 14 (19.72%) VXLAN
16 13 (18.31%) Multicast
17 12 (16.90%) Wireshark
18 11 (15.49%) Cisco Firepower
Development Applications
1 1 (1.41%) Git
1 1 (1.41%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 17 (23.94%) Finance
1 17 (23.94%) Social Skills
2 14 (19.72%) Financial Institution
3 12 (16.90%) Public Sector
4 6 (8.45%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (8.45%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (5.63%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (2.82%) Aerospace
6 2 (2.82%) Aviation
6 2 (2.82%) Military
6 2 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (2.82%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.41%) Legal
7 1 (1.41%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 30 (42.25%) Network Engineer
2 15 (21.13%) Senior
3 11 (15.49%) Security Engineer
4 9 (12.68%) Architect
5 7 (9.86%) Network Architect
6 6 (8.45%) Cisco Engineer
6 6 (8.45%) Network Security Engineer
7 5 (7.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (5.63%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
8 4 (5.63%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 4 (5.63%) Solutions Architect
9 3 (4.23%) Consultant
9 3 (4.23%) Core Network Engineer
9 3 (4.23%) Design Engineer
9 3 (4.23%) IP Design Engineer
9 3 (4.23%) IP Engineer
9 3 (4.23%) IP Network Engineer
9 3 (4.23%) Network Consultant
9 3 (4.23%) Network Specialist
9 3 (4.23%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (16.90%) LDAP
2 6 (8.45%) SAML
3 5 (7.04%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 15 (21.13%) Data Centre
2 8 (11.27%) PKI
3 4 (5.63%) Onboarding
4 3 (4.23%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.82%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.41%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.41%) RSA SecurID
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.45%) Linux
1 6 (8.45%) Ubuntu
2 4 (5.63%) CatOS
3 1 (1.41%) Windows
3 1 (1.41%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (25.35%) Cybersecurity
2 14 (19.72%) Change Management
3 12 (16.90%) Load Balancing
4 9 (12.68%) Disaster Recovery
4 9 (12.68%) Migration
5 8 (11.27%) Project Delivery
5 8 (11.27%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (11.27%) Strategic Thinking
6 7 (9.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 7 (9.86%) Network Design
6 7 (9.86%) Root Cause Analysis
7 6 (8.45%) Break/Fix
7 6 (8.45%) Incident Response
7 6 (8.45%) Performance Management
7 6 (8.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 6 (8.45%) Technical Leadership
7 6 (8.45%) Zero Trust
8 5 (7.04%) Performance Monitoring
8 5 (7.04%) Roadmaps
8 5 (7.04%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 12 (16.90%) Python
2 4 (5.63%) PHP
3 2 (2.82%) Bash
Qualifications
1 22 (30.99%) Security Cleared
2 21 (29.58%) SC Cleared
3 19 (26.76%) Cisco Certification
4 18 (25.35%) CCNP
5 8 (11.27%) CCIE
6 6 (8.45%) CISSP
6 6 (8.45%) DV Cleared
7 5 (7.04%) CompTIA Security+
7 5 (7.04%) Degree
7 5 (7.04%) GIAC
8 4 (5.63%) APMG
8 4 (5.63%) AWS Certification
8 4 (5.63%) CCIE Security
8 4 (5.63%) SSCP
9 3 (4.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (4.23%) Azure Certification
9 3 (4.23%) CCSP
9 3 (4.23%) GSEC
10 2 (2.82%) CCNA
10 2 (2.82%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (18.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 13 (18.31%) NIST
2 10 (14.08%) SLA
3 5 (7.04%) GDPR
3 5 (7.04%) PCI DSS
4 4 (5.63%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (5.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (2.82%) NCSC
6 1 (1.41%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (1.41%) GRC
6 1 (1.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (1.41%) QA
System Software
1 17 (23.94%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (15.49%) VMware NSX
3 7 (9.86%) Active Directory
4 6 (8.45%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.41%) Firmware
5 1 (1.41%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (15.49%) FortiGate
2 10 (14.08%) Ansible
3 7 (9.86%) Terraform
4 6 (8.45%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (8.45%) vCenter Server
5 3 (4.23%) Cisco Prime
5 3 (4.23%) SCOM
6 2 (2.82%) Grafana
6 2 (2.82%) Iperf
6 2 (2.82%) Nmap
7 1 (1.41%) Kubernetes
7 1 (1.41%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 71 (100.00%) Cisco
2 40 (56.34%) Palo Alto
3 33 (46.48%) F5
4 26 (36.62%) CheckPoint
5 20 (28.17%) Fortinet
6 17 (23.94%) VMware
7 12 (16.90%) Juniper
8 10 (14.08%) Meraki
8 10 (14.08%) SolarWinds
9 8 (11.27%) Microsoft
10 5 (7.04%) Zscaler
11 4 (5.63%) Forcepoint
11 4 (5.63%) NetScout
11 4 (5.63%) Tufin
12 3 (4.23%) Extreme Networks
13 2 (2.82%) Arista
13 2 (2.82%) Dell
13 2 (2.82%) McAfee
13 2 (2.82%) ServiceNow
14 1 (1.41%) Red Hat