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 27 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 551 412 422
Rank change year-on-year -139 +10 +21
Contract jobs citing Cisco ASA 73 115 159
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.16% 0.39% 0.37%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.62% 3.07% 2.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 63 114
10th Percentile £300 £335 £335
25th Percentile £400 £422 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £535 £513
Median % change year-on-year -15.89% +4.39% +2.50%
75th Percentile £547 £588 £638
90th Percentile £575 £625 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +5.56%

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 4,504 3,740 5,652
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.62% 12.74% 12.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,814 2,310 3,383
10th Percentile £250 £213 £205
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £489 £490
Median % change year-on-year +2.30% -0.26% -5.72%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £464 £475
% change year-on-year +2.43% -2.37% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 211 172 423
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £13.57
25th Percentile £20.79 £20.22 £17.35
Median hourly rate £42.25 £37.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.67% -6.25% +110.53%
75th Percentile £70.00 £61.31 £62.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £67.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £52.50 £27.72 £45.88
% change year-on-year +89.39% -39.58% +148.00%

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 27 April 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 27 April 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 -139 65 £456 -17.05% 21
UK excluding London -123 43 £488 -2.50% 18
London -72 24 £400 -27.27% 5
Work from Home -48 18 £463 -7.50% 15
South East -60 11 £525 -9.87% 3
South West -28 9 £525 +5.00% 1
North of England -92 9 £472 -18.00% 5
Midlands -56 8 £300 -45.45% 8
North West -64 8 £472 -18.00% 3
West Midlands -52 7 £288 -36.11% 7
East of England -37 3 £463 +14.91% 1
Scotland +3 2 £425 -6.85%
Wales -14 1 £550 +29.41%
Yorkshire -65 1 - - 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 8 (10.96%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 16 (21.92%) AWS
1 16 (21.92%) Azure
2 6 (8.22%) GCP
3 2 (2.74%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (1.37%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.37%) OpenShift
4 1 (1.37%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 60 (82.19%) Firewall
2 45 (61.64%) BGP
3 42 (57.53%) WAN
4 37 (50.68%) Network Security
5 35 (47.95%) OSPF
6 33 (45.21%) VPN
7 32 (43.84%) LAN
8 26 (35.62%) MPLS
9 22 (30.14%) IPsec
10 20 (27.40%) Cisco Nexus
11 19 (26.03%) Wireless
12 17 (23.29%) Cisco IOS
12 17 (23.29%) EIGRP
13 16 (21.92%) Cisco Firepower
14 15 (20.55%) Multicast
15 14 (19.18%) SD-WAN
15 14 (19.18%) Wireshark
16 13 (17.81%) BIG-IP
16 13 (17.81%) DNS
17 12 (16.44%) VXLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (1.37%) Git
1 1 (1.37%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 21 (28.77%) Finance
2 15 (20.55%) Financial Institution
3 11 (15.07%) Social Skills
4 10 (13.70%) Public Sector
5 4 (5.48%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.74%) Aerospace
6 2 (2.74%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.74%) Aviation
6 2 (2.74%) Law
6 2 (2.74%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.74%) Retail
6 2 (2.74%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.37%) Banking
7 1 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.37%) Police
7 1 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 41 (56.16%) Network Engineer
2 18 (24.66%) Senior
3 9 (12.33%) Security Engineer
4 8 (10.96%) Cisco Engineer
5 6 (8.22%) Architect
5 6 (8.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 6 (8.22%) Senior Network Engineer
6 5 (6.85%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 5 (6.85%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 4 (5.48%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
7 4 (5.48%) Network Security Engineer
8 3 (4.11%) Core Network Engineer
8 3 (4.11%) Data Centre Engineer
8 3 (4.11%) Data Network Engineer
8 3 (4.11%) Design Engineer
8 3 (4.11%) IP Design Engineer
8 3 (4.11%) IP Engineer
8 3 (4.11%) IP Network Engineer
8 3 (4.11%) Juniper Engineer
9 2 (2.74%) Voice Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (19.18%) LDAP
2 8 (10.96%) SAML
3 5 (6.85%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 13 (17.81%) Data Centre
2 7 (9.59%) PKI
3 4 (5.48%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.74%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.74%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.37%) RSA SecurID
5 1 (1.37%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (12.33%) Linux
2 6 (8.22%) Ubuntu
3 4 (5.48%) CatOS
4 3 (4.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (20.55%) Change Management
2 14 (19.18%) Cybersecurity
3 12 (16.44%) Load Balancing
4 11 (15.07%) Technical Leadership
5 10 (13.70%) Disaster Recovery
6 9 (12.33%) Migration
6 9 (12.33%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (10.96%) High Availability
7 8 (10.96%) ITIL
8 7 (9.59%) Network Monitoring
9 6 (8.22%) Break/Fix
9 6 (8.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 6 (8.22%) Performance Management
9 6 (8.22%) Root Cause Analysis
10 5 (6.85%) Network Design
10 5 (6.85%) Network Virtualisation
10 5 (6.85%) Security Operations
10 5 (6.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 4 (5.48%) Continuous Improvement
11 4 (5.48%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 12 (16.44%) Python
2 4 (5.48%) PHP
3 3 (4.11%) Bash
4 1 (1.37%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 24 (32.88%) Security Cleared
2 23 (31.51%) SC Cleared
3 13 (17.81%) Cisco Certification
4 11 (15.07%) CCNP
5 10 (13.70%) DV Cleared
6 5 (6.85%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (5.48%) APMG
7 4 (5.48%) CCIE
7 4 (5.48%) Degree
7 4 (5.48%) GIAC
7 4 (5.48%) SSCP
8 3 (4.11%) CCNA
8 3 (4.11%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (4.11%) GSEC
9 2 (2.74%) AWS Certification
9 2 (2.74%) BC Cleared
9 2 (2.74%) CCSE
9 2 (2.74%) CCSM
9 2 (2.74%) ISTQB
10 1 (1.37%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (16.44%) SLA
2 8 (10.96%) NIST
3 6 (8.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (5.48%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (5.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (2.74%) NCSC
6 1 (1.37%) GRC
6 1 (1.37%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (1.37%) PCI DSS
6 1 (1.37%) QA
System Software
1 22 (30.14%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (13.70%) VMware NSX
3 9 (12.33%) Active Directory
4 8 (10.96%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.37%) Firmware
5 1 (1.37%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (13.70%) FortiGate
2 8 (10.96%) Ansible
2 8 (10.96%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (8.22%) Terraform
3 6 (8.22%) vCenter Server
4 4 (5.48%) Grafana
5 3 (4.11%) Cisco Prime
5 3 (4.11%) Prometheus
5 3 (4.11%) SCOM
6 2 (2.74%) Iperf
6 2 (2.74%) Nmap
7 1 (1.37%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 73 (100.00%) Cisco
2 45 (61.64%) Palo Alto
3 35 (47.95%) F5
4 29 (39.73%) CheckPoint
5 22 (30.14%) VMware
6 17 (23.29%) Fortinet
7 11 (15.07%) Microsoft
8 10 (13.70%) Juniper
9 7 (9.59%) SolarWinds
10 5 (6.85%) ServiceNow
11 4 (5.48%) Arista
11 4 (5.48%) Meraki
11 4 (5.48%) NetScout
11 4 (5.48%) Tufin
11 4 (5.48%) Zscaler
12 3 (4.11%) McAfee
13 2 (2.74%) Aruba
13 2 (2.74%) Dell
13 2 (2.74%) Forcepoint
14 1 (1.37%) Becrypt