Cisco ASA Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Cisco ASA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cisco ASA over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 264 289 344
Rank change year-on-year +25 +55 +191
Contract jobs citing Cisco ASA 40 56 134
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.40% 0.36% 0.52%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.84% 3.48% 4.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 40 97
10th Percentile - £332 £358
25th Percentile £325 £350 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £519
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -0.68% +22.00%
75th Percentile £588 £591 £600
90th Percentile £600 £641 £650
UK median daily rate £535 £513 £500
% change year-on-year +4.39% +2.50% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £34.61
25th Percentile - - £37.40
Median hourly rate - - £44.41
75th Percentile - - £53.02
90th Percentile - - £56.77
UK median hourly rate - - £62.00
% change year-on-year - - +169.57%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,043 1,610 2,954
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.53% 10.49% 11.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 667 1,029 1,967
10th Percentile £325 £300 £350
25th Percentile £400 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £615 £650
90th Percentile £700 £703 £725
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 77 101
10th Percentile £13.78 £12.75 £24.50
25th Percentile £14.20 £14.27 £42.50
Median hourly rate £41.00 £24.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.35% -59.17% +23.51%
75th Percentile £64.38 £65.00 £71.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £87.46 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

Cisco ASA
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Cisco ASA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Cisco ASA trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Cisco ASA
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Cisco ASA.

Cisco ASA daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Cisco ASA
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Cisco ASA over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Cisco ASA daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Cisco ASA
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Cisco ASA.

Cisco ASA hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Cisco ASA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.50%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.00%) AWS
2 1 (2.50%) Azure
2 1 (2.50%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 39 (97.50%) Firewall
2 18 (45.00%) Cisco Firepower
3 15 (37.50%) VPN
4 14 (35.00%) BGP
4 14 (35.00%) Cisco Nexus
5 13 (32.50%) Network Security
6 11 (27.50%) LAN
7 10 (25.00%) OSPF
7 10 (25.00%) Wireless
8 9 (22.50%) WAN
9 8 (20.00%) IPsec
10 7 (17.50%) Cisco ISE
10 7 (17.50%) EIGRP
11 6 (15.00%) Cisco Wireless
12 5 (12.50%) TACACS
13 4 (10.00%) Cisco IOS
13 4 (10.00%) HSRP
13 4 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
14 3 (7.50%) DNS
14 3 (7.50%) Spanning Tree
Development Applications
1 1 (2.50%) JIRA
1 1 (2.50%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 7 (17.50%) Social Skills
2 5 (12.50%) Telecoms
3 4 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 3 (7.50%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.00%) Banking
5 2 (5.00%) Finance
5 2 (5.00%) Financial Institution
5 2 (5.00%) German Language
6 1 (2.50%) Advertising
6 1 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.50%) Military
6 1 (2.50%) Police
Job Titles
1 27 (67.50%) Network Engineer
2 10 (25.00%) Network Security Engineer
2 10 (25.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
2 10 (25.00%) Security Engineer
3 5 (12.50%) Architect
3 5 (12.50%) Cisco Engineer
3 5 (12.50%) Field Engineer
3 5 (12.50%) Network Field Engineer
4 3 (7.50%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 3 (7.50%) Network Architect
4 3 (7.50%) Principal Engineer
4 3 (7.50%) Principal Network Engineer
4 3 (7.50%) Principal Security Engineer
5 2 (5.00%) Consultant
5 2 (5.00%) Firewall Specialist
5 2 (5.00%) Lead
5 2 (5.00%) Lead Architect
5 2 (5.00%) Senior
5 2 (5.00%) Senior Network Engineer
6 1 (2.50%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.00%) 802.1X
1 2 (5.00%) LDAP
1 2 (5.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.50%) Data Centre
1 5 (12.50%) Security Posture
2 1 (2.50%) Client/Server
2 1 (2.50%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (2.50%) Operational Technology
2 1 (2.50%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (27.50%) Migration
2 5 (12.50%) Change Management
2 5 (12.50%) Network Segmentation
3 4 (10.00%) ITIL
3 4 (10.00%) Network Design
3 4 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (7.50%) Incident Management
4 3 (7.50%) Network Management
4 3 (7.50%) Network Monitoring
5 2 (5.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (5.00%) Critical Thinking
5 2 (5.00%) Mentoring
5 2 (5.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 2 (5.00%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (5.00%) Security Operations
6 1 (2.50%) Cloud Security
6 1 (2.50%) Customer Service
6 1 (2.50%) DevSecOps
6 1 (2.50%) Roadmaps
6 1 (2.50%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 22 (55.00%) Security Cleared
2 21 (52.50%) SC Cleared
3 10 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (22.50%) CCNP
5 5 (12.50%) CCIE
5 5 (12.50%) DV Cleared
6 3 (7.50%) CCNA
7 2 (5.00%) CCIE Security
8 1 (2.50%) CCIE Wireless
8 1 (2.50%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.50%) NIST
2 2 (5.00%) HIPAA
2 2 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (5.00%) PCI DSS
3 1 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.50%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (5.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (5.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (5.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (7.50%) FortiGate
1 3 (7.50%) ZABBIX
2 1 (2.50%) Cisco LMS
2 1 (2.50%) Cisco Prime
2 1 (2.50%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 40 (100.00%) Cisco
2 18 (45.00%) Palo Alto
3 13 (32.50%) CheckPoint
4 8 (20.00%) Fortinet
5 6 (15.00%) SolarWinds
6 5 (12.50%) F5
7 2 (5.00%) Juniper
7 2 (5.00%) Microsoft
7 2 (5.00%) VMware
8 1 (2.50%) AlgoSec
8 1 (2.50%) Arista
8 1 (2.50%) Aruba
8 1 (2.50%) Infoblox
8 1 (2.50%) Splunk
8 1 (2.50%) Tufin