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

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 579 487 457
Rank change year-on-year -92 -30 -97
Contract jobs citing Cisco ASA 87 66 106
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.16% 0.20% 0.28%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.72% 1.75% 2.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 40 62
10th Percentile £359 £394 £366
25th Percentile £434 £423 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £550 £518
Median % change year-on-year -9.82% +6.28% +15.00%
75th Percentile £553 £588 £574
90th Percentile £649 £650 £749
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +16.67%
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 5,044 3,781 4,544
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.32% 11.57% 11.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,936 2,333 2,657
10th Percentile £231 £230 £231
25th Percentile £385 £363 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £480 £505
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.95% +1.00%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £610
90th Percentile £675 £680 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £455 £500
% change year-on-year +4.40% -9.00% +9.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 402 198 261
10th Percentile £14.35 £15.45 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.33 £25.15 £21.37
Median hourly rate £26.72 £42.50 £51.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -17.48% -8.83%
75th Percentile £65.88 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.88 £73.60 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.14 £42.50 £57.35
% change year-on-year -38.49% -25.89% -0.11%

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 14 September 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 14 September 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 -99 79 £500 -9.09% 45
UK excluding London -71 64 £500 -9.09% 25
North of England -56 38 £496 -9.82% 7
North West -39 26 £450 -23.24% 2
Work from Home -62 20 £456 -11.02% 16
South East -39 19 £550 -4.35% 7
London -95 14 £450 -14.29% 25
Yorkshire -29 11 £500 -9.09% 5
Midlands -51 4 £438 -12.50% 3
West Midlands -49 3 £450 - 3
Scotland -23 1 £425 - 1
East of England -30 1 £450 - 2
South West -46 1 £700 +30.84% 2
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 8 (9.20%) SAS
2 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.15%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.15%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 22 (25.29%) Azure
2 17 (19.54%) AWS
3 8 (9.20%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (5.75%) GCP
5 4 (4.60%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (4.60%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 79 (90.80%) Firewall
2 59 (67.82%) Cisco Firepower
3 52 (59.77%) VPN
4 42 (48.28%) BGP
5 40 (45.98%) OSPF
6 37 (42.53%) Network Security
7 35 (40.23%) LAN
7 35 (40.23%) WAN
8 28 (32.18%) IPsec
9 27 (31.03%) Cisco Nexus
10 26 (29.89%) DNS
11 25 (28.74%) Wireless
12 23 (26.44%) EIGRP
13 20 (22.99%) Wi-Fi
14 17 (19.54%) DHCP
14 17 (19.54%) VLAN
15 12 (13.79%) TCP/IP
16 11 (12.64%) SSL
17 10 (11.49%) NetScaler
18 9 (10.34%) Cisco ISE
Development Applications
1 2 (2.30%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 14 (16.09%) Social Skills
2 10 (11.49%) Finance
3 9 (10.34%) Public Sector
4 7 (8.05%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (8.05%) Banking
5 6 (6.90%) Police
6 4 (4.60%) Manufacturing
6 4 (4.60%) Retail
6 4 (4.60%) Telecoms
7 3 (3.45%) Financial Institution
7 3 (3.45%) Legal
8 2 (2.30%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.30%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.30%) Law
8 2 (2.30%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 68 (78.16%) Network Engineer
2 23 (26.44%) Senior
3 22 (25.29%) Senior Network Engineer
4 12 (13.79%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 9 (10.34%) Architect
6 8 (9.20%) Security Engineer
7 7 (8.05%) Network Security Engineer
8 5 (5.75%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
8 5 (5.75%) Network Architect
9 4 (4.60%) NOC Engineer
9 4 (4.60%) Technical Architect
10 3 (3.45%) Lead
10 3 (3.45%) Lead Architect
10 3 (3.45%) Security Hacker
10 3 (3.45%) Technical Leader
11 2 (2.30%) Firewall Architect
11 2 (2.30%) Implementation Engineer
11 2 (2.30%) Network Implementation Engineer
11 2 (2.30%) Network Security Consultant
11 2 (2.30%) Network Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (9.20%) Terraform
2 3 (3.45%) 802.1X
2 3 (3.45%) LDAP
2 3 (3.45%) SAML
3 2 (2.30%) REST
4 1 (1.15%) gRPC
4 1 (1.15%) NETCONF
4 1 (1.15%) RESTCONF
Miscellaneous
1 23 (26.44%) Data Centre
2 13 (14.94%) PKI
3 6 (6.90%) Cloud Native
3 6 (6.90%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 6 (6.90%) Hybrid Cloud
3 6 (6.90%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (4.60%) Fibre Optics
4 4 (4.60%) Private Cloud
5 3 (3.45%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.15%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.15%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.15%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.15%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 12 (13.79%) Windows
2 9 (10.34%) Linux
3 2 (2.30%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.15%) CatOS
4 1 (1.15%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (37.93%) ITIL
2 20 (22.99%) Network Monitoring
3 19 (21.84%) Change Management
4 14 (16.09%) Load Balancing
5 10 (11.49%) High Availability
5 10 (11.49%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (11.49%) Project Delivery
6 9 (10.34%) Cybersecurity
6 9 (10.34%) Security Operations
6 9 (10.34%) Technical Leadership
6 9 (10.34%) Zero Trust
7 8 (9.20%) Infrastructure Maintenance
7 8 (9.20%) Patch Management
7 8 (9.20%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (8.05%) Cloud Security
8 7 (8.05%) Incident Management
8 7 (8.05%) Migration
8 7 (8.05%) Network Virtualisation
8 7 (8.05%) Performance Analysis
9 6 (6.90%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 9 (10.34%) Python
2 5 (5.75%) PowerShell
3 4 (4.60%) Bash
Qualifications
1 48 (55.17%) Security Cleared
2 33 (37.93%) SC Cleared
3 25 (28.74%) Cisco Certification
4 24 (27.59%) CCNP
5 14 (16.09%) DV Cleared
6 7 (8.05%) CCIE
7 6 (6.90%) CCSE
7 6 (6.90%) Degree
8 4 (4.60%) CCNA
8 4 (4.60%) CCSM
9 3 (3.45%) AWS Certification
9 3 (3.45%) CISSP
9 3 (3.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (2.30%) Azure Certification
10 2 (2.30%) CCIE Security
10 2 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (2.30%) GIAC
11 1 (1.15%) CCSA
11 1 (1.15%) GCIA
11 1 (1.15%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.20%) NIST
2 4 (4.60%) NCSC
2 4 (4.60%) SLA
3 3 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (2.30%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 14 (16.09%) VMware NSX
2 13 (14.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (13.79%) Active Directory
4 4 (4.60%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.15%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.15%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 9 (10.34%) Ansible
2 4 (4.60%) Cisco CUCM
3 3 (3.45%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (2.30%) FortiGate
5 1 (1.15%) Grafana
5 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.15%) Nagios
5 1 (1.15%) Progress Chef
5 1 (1.15%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.15%) SCCM
Vendors
1 87 (100.00%) Cisco
2 58 (66.67%) Palo Alto
3 51 (58.62%) CheckPoint
4 23 (26.44%) F5
5 21 (24.14%) Fortinet
6 19 (21.84%) VMware
7 18 (20.69%) SolarWinds
8 16 (18.39%) Meraki
9 12 (13.79%) Microsoft
10 8 (9.20%) Citrix
11 6 (6.90%) Juniper
12 4 (4.60%) AlgoSec
12 4 (4.60%) Becrypt
12 4 (4.60%) ServiceNow
13 3 (3.45%) Aruba
13 3 (3.45%) Infoblox
14 2 (2.30%) Avaya
14 2 (2.30%) Dell
14 2 (2.30%) Google
14 2 (2.30%) Tufin