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 15 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 525 418 406
Rank change year-on-year -107 -12 +94
Contract jobs citing Cisco ASA 68 116 196
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.38% 0.44%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.64% 2.86% 3.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 59 111
10th Percentile £300 £400 £313
25th Percentile £350 £428 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £480 £490
Median % change year-on-year -11.46% -2.04% -6.67%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £622
90th Percentile £588 £616 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 14
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £65.98
75th Percentile - - £76.25
90th Percentile - - £77.13
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 4,135 4,062 6,014
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.35% 13.14% 13.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,717 2,404 3,588
10th Percentile £204 £210 £205
25th Percentile £355 £360 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +2.56% -5.89%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £680 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £470 £475
% change year-on-year -4.26% -1.05% +1.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 168 128 405
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.01 £14.41
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.46 £20.82
Median hourly rate £28.38 £32.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.68% -31.58% +143.59%
75th Percentile £65.00 £60.47 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.38 £74.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.54 £26.75 £51.89
% change year-on-year +51.55% -48.45% +160.23%

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 15 February 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 15 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 15 February 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 57 £445 -11.00% 19
UK excluding London -120 46 £475 -5.00% 15
Work from Home -19 22 £525 +5.00% 10
London -16 19 £400 -11.11% 4
Midlands -44 10 £340 -24.44% 4
North of England -106 10 £335 -39.09% 3
Scotland +8 9 £425 -6.85%
South West -28 9 £525 +5.00% 3
West Midlands -36 9 £340 -24.44% 3
North West -76 7 £300 -45.45% 3
South East -37 4 £663 +10.42% 4
East of England -23 3 £285 -46.98%
Yorkshire -62 3 £495 -20.80%
Wales -3 1 £550 +39.68% 1
East Midlands - 1 £500 - 1

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 (8.82%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (17.65%) AWS
1 12 (17.65%) Azure
2 7 (10.29%) GCP
2 7 (10.29%) Virtual Private Cloud
3 4 (5.88%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 2 (2.94%) AWS Direct Connect
5 1 (1.47%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 57 (83.82%) Firewall
2 42 (61.76%) BGP
3 40 (58.82%) WAN
4 36 (52.94%) VPN
5 34 (50.00%) OSPF
6 29 (42.65%) LAN
6 29 (42.65%) Network Security
7 28 (41.18%) MPLS
8 24 (35.29%) Wireless
9 23 (33.82%) EIGRP
10 21 (30.88%) SD-WAN
11 20 (29.41%) Cisco Nexus
12 16 (23.53%) VLAN
13 15 (22.06%) DNS
14 14 (20.59%) IPsec
15 12 (17.65%) Cisco Firepower
16 11 (16.18%) Cisco IOS
16 11 (16.18%) Multicast
16 11 (16.18%) Wireshark
17 10 (14.71%) Cisco ISE
Development Applications
1 1 (1.47%) Git
1 1 (1.47%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 18 (26.47%) Social Skills
2 13 (19.12%) Public Sector
3 10 (14.71%) Finance
4 8 (11.76%) Financial Institution
5 6 (8.82%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (7.35%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (5.88%) Telecoms
8 2 (2.94%) Aerospace
8 2 (2.94%) Aviation
8 2 (2.94%) Military
8 2 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.47%) Legal
9 1 (1.47%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 26 (38.24%) Network Engineer
2 13 (19.12%) Senior
3 11 (16.18%) Architect
3 11 (16.18%) Security Engineer
4 9 (13.24%) Network Architect
5 6 (8.82%) Network Security Engineer
6 5 (7.35%) Cisco Engineer
7 4 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (5.88%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
7 4 (5.88%) Solutions Architect
8 3 (4.41%) Consultant
8 3 (4.41%) Network Consultant
8 3 (4.41%) Network Specialist
8 3 (4.41%) Senior Tester
8 3 (4.41%) Tester
8 3 (4.41%) Validation Tester
9 2 (2.94%) Security Architect
9 2 (2.94%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
9 2 (2.94%) Senior Network Engineer
9 2 (2.94%) Senior Network Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (17.65%) LDAP
2 6 (8.82%) SAML
3 5 (7.35%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 16 (23.53%) Data Centre
2 8 (11.76%) PKI
3 4 (5.88%) Onboarding
4 3 (4.41%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.94%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (2.94%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.47%) RSA SecurID
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.82%) Linux
1 6 (8.82%) Ubuntu
2 4 (5.88%) CatOS
3 1 (1.47%) Windows
3 1 (1.47%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (26.47%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (16.18%) Project Delivery
3 10 (14.71%) Change Management
3 10 (14.71%) Migration
4 9 (13.24%) Strategic Thinking
5 8 (11.76%) Load Balancing
5 8 (11.76%) Zero Trust
6 7 (10.29%) Network Design
6 7 (10.29%) Root Cause Analysis
7 6 (8.82%) Disaster Recovery
7 6 (8.82%) Incident Response
7 6 (8.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 6 (8.82%) Roadmaps
7 6 (8.82%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (8.82%) Technical Leadership
7 6 (8.82%) Validation
8 5 (7.35%) Agile
8 5 (7.35%) ITIL
8 5 (7.35%) Penetration Testing
8 5 (7.35%) Performance Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 13 (19.12%) Python
2 4 (5.88%) Bash
2 4 (5.88%) PHP
Qualifications
1 25 (36.76%) Cisco Certification
2 23 (33.82%) CCNP
2 23 (33.82%) Security Cleared
3 19 (27.94%) SC Cleared
4 10 (14.71%) CCIE
5 6 (8.82%) DV Cleared
6 5 (7.35%) CCNA
6 5 (7.35%) CISSP
6 5 (7.35%) CompTIA Security+
6 5 (7.35%) GIAC
7 4 (5.88%) APMG
7 4 (5.88%) AWS Certification
7 4 (5.88%) CCIE Security
7 4 (5.88%) Degree
7 4 (5.88%) SSCP
8 3 (4.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (4.41%) Azure Certification
8 3 (4.41%) CCSP
8 3 (4.41%) GSEC
8 3 (4.41%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (19.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 13 (19.12%) NIST
2 7 (10.29%) PCI DSS
2 7 (10.29%) SLA
3 5 (7.35%) GDPR
4 4 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (2.94%) NCSC
6 1 (1.47%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (1.47%) GRC
6 1 (1.47%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (1.47%) QA
System Software
1 17 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (16.18%) VMware NSX
3 7 (10.29%) Active Directory
4 6 (8.82%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.47%) Firmware
5 1 (1.47%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (1.47%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (16.18%) Ansible
2 9 (13.24%) FortiGate
3 6 (8.82%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (8.82%) Terraform
3 6 (8.82%) vCenter Server
4 4 (5.88%) Iperf
4 4 (5.88%) Nmap
5 3 (4.41%) Cisco Prime
5 3 (4.41%) SCOM
6 1 (1.47%) Grafana
6 1 (1.47%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 68 (100.00%) Cisco
2 39 (57.35%) Palo Alto
3 26 (38.24%) CheckPoint
4 23 (33.82%) F5
5 18 (26.47%) Fortinet
6 17 (25.00%) VMware
7 14 (20.59%) SolarWinds
8 12 (17.65%) Meraki
9 9 (13.24%) Juniper
10 8 (11.76%) Microsoft
11 4 (5.88%) Forcepoint
12 3 (4.41%) Extreme Networks
12 3 (4.41%) Zscaler
13 2 (2.94%) LogicMonitor
13 2 (2.94%) McAfee
13 2 (2.94%) ServiceNow
13 2 (2.94%) Tufin
14 1 (1.47%) Avaya
14 1 (1.47%) Dell
14 1 (1.47%) Red Hat