Cisco ASA Job Trends in the South East

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Cisco ASA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 258 229 282
Rank change year-on-year -29 +53 +107
Permanent jobs citing Cisco ASA 12 77 13
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.12% 0.86% 0.15%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.80% 5.52% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 6 61 10
10th Percentile - £48,500 £28,050
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £37,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £55,000 £44,125
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +24.65% -19.77%
75th Percentile £55,750 £62,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £56,500 - £60,128
England median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +1.82% +4.76% -8.70%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

Cisco ASA falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,507 1,395 1,233
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 14.52% 15.54% 14.01%
Number of salaries quoted 675 722 1,038
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,500 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £59,500 £63,750 £61,738
90th Percentile £73,650 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%

Cisco ASA
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cisco ASA relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Cisco ASA job vacancy trend in the South East

Cisco ASA
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Cisco ASA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Cisco ASA

Cisco ASA
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco ASA within the South East region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hampshire -24 10 £45,000 -18.18% 2
Buckinghamshire +8 1 £57,000 -8.80% 1
Thames Valley +4 1 £57,000 -8.80% 1
Kent - 1 - - 1
Cisco ASA
England

Cisco ASA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (8.33%) IIS
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) Azure
2 1 (8.33%) AWS
2 1 (8.33%) IaaS
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 12 (100.00%) Firewall
2 10 (83.33%) BGP
3 5 (41.67%) VPN
3 5 (41.67%) Wireless
4 4 (33.33%) Cisco Firepower
4 4 (33.33%) MPLS
4 4 (33.33%) Wireshark
5 3 (25.00%) HSRP
5 3 (25.00%) IPsec
5 3 (25.00%) OSPF
6 2 (16.67%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (16.67%) DHCP
6 2 (16.67%) DNS
6 2 (16.67%) EIGRP
6 2 (16.67%) Network Security
6 2 (16.67%) TCP/IP
6 2 (16.67%) VLAN
6 2 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (8.33%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 1 (8.33%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (41.67%) Public Sector
1 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
1 5 (41.67%) Telecoms
2 4 (33.33%) Banking
2 4 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Marketing
2 4 (33.33%) Retail
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 11 (91.67%) Network Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Senior
2 3 (25.00%) Senior Network Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Network Security Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 8 (66.67%) Data Centre
2 4 (33.33%) Security Posture
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (8.33%) CCTV
3 1 (8.33%) Enterprise Storage
3 1 (8.33%) FMCG
3 1 (8.33%) PKI
3 1 (8.33%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Linux
1 1 (8.33%) Ubuntu
1 1 (8.33%) Unix
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
1 1 (8.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (33.33%) Data Management
2 4 (33.33%) High Availability
2 4 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
2 4 (33.33%) Network Architecture
2 4 (33.33%) Network Monitoring
2 4 (33.33%) Network Virtualisation
2 4 (33.33%) Zero Trust
3 3 (25.00%) Customer Requirements
3 3 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 3 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 3 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
3 3 (25.00%) Virtual Environments
3 3 (25.00%) Workflow
3 3 (25.00%) Workflow Management
4 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) Bash
1 1 (8.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) Azure Certification
2 1 (8.33%) CCNP
2 1 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (8.33%) DV Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (8.33%) TOGAF Certification
2 1 (8.33%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (8.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 6 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (33.33%) VMware NSX
3 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (8.33%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (25.00%) FortiGate
2 1 (8.33%) AirWatch
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (8.33%) SCCM
2 1 (8.33%) SCOM
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) Cisco
2 6 (50.00%) CheckPoint
2 6 (50.00%) VMware
3 4 (33.33%) Fortinet
3 4 (33.33%) Juniper
3 4 (33.33%) Palo Alto
4 3 (25.00%) Aruba
5 2 (16.67%) SolarWinds
6 1 (8.33%) Citrix
6 1 (8.33%) Commvault
6 1 (8.33%) F5
6 1 (8.33%) Meraki
6 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
6 1 (8.33%) Mitel
6 1 (8.33%) NetApp
6 1 (8.33%) Red Hat
6 1 (8.33%) Splunk
6 1 (8.33%) Veeam
6 1 (8.33%) Veritas