Cisco ASA Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Cisco ASA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 532 476 654
Rank change year-on-year -56 +178 -50
Permanent jobs citing Cisco ASA 51 52 88
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.078% 0.18% 0.13%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.76% 1.06% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 25 50 59
10th Percentile £51,250 £43,799 £41,250
25th Percentile £58,750 £47,578 £48,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +3.77% +6.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £59,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £74,500 £66,250 £75,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +27.27% - -4.35%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 6,680 4,927 9,243
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 10.16% 17.15% 13.47%
Number of salaries quoted 2,890 2,638 7,052
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £29,750 £31,194 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £68,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.00%

Cisco ASA
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Cisco ASA job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Cisco ASA
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Cisco ASA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Cisco ASA

Cisco ASA
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco ASA in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Cisco ASA in the UK excluding London

Cisco ASA
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco ASA within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 May 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
North of England -27 15 £52,500 -4.55% 2
Midlands -24 12 £62,500 +30.21% 7
South East -41 12 £62,500 +13.64% 5
South West -46 12 £61,250 +25.64% 1
West Midlands -21 11 £62,500 +30.21% 5
North East - 8 - -
North West -2 5 £52,500 -6.67% 1
Yorkshire -54 2 £70,000 +56.60% 1
East Midlands - 1 £48,500 - 2
Cisco ASA
UK

Cisco ASA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (15.69%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 26 (50.98%) AWS
2 18 (35.29%) Azure
3 9 (17.65%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (9.80%) Apigee
4 5 (9.80%) Kong
4 5 (9.80%) OpenShift
5 2 (3.92%) OCI
6 1 (1.96%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (1.96%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 44 (86.27%) Firewall
2 28 (54.90%) BGP
3 27 (52.94%) WAN
4 26 (50.98%) LAN
5 25 (49.02%) VPN
6 23 (45.10%) OSPF
7 21 (41.18%) Cisco Firepower
8 19 (37.25%) EIGRP
8 19 (37.25%) VLAN
8 19 (37.25%) Wireless
9 17 (33.33%) Network Security
10 13 (25.49%) Cisco Nexus
11 9 (17.65%) Unified Communications
11 9 (17.65%) WebEx
12 8 (15.69%) Cisco Wireless
12 8 (15.69%) SNMP
12 8 (15.69%) WAAS
12 8 (15.69%) Wi-Fi
12 8 (15.69%) Wireless Security
13 7 (13.73%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 5 (9.80%) GitLab
General
1 22 (43.14%) Analytical Skills
2 18 (35.29%) Telecoms
3 15 (29.41%) Social Skills
4 14 (27.45%) Public Sector
4 14 (27.45%) Retail
5 13 (25.49%) Banking
5 13 (25.49%) Marketing
6 6 (11.76%) Law
7 2 (3.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.96%) Electronics
8 1 (1.96%) Finance
8 1 (1.96%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 42 (82.35%) Network Engineer
2 23 (45.10%) Senior
2 23 (45.10%) Senior Network Engineer
3 12 (23.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 6 (11.76%) Collaboration Engineer
4 6 (11.76%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (9.80%) Automation Engineer
5 5 (9.80%) Automation Specialist
5 5 (9.80%) Network Specialist
5 5 (9.80%) Telecoms Engineer
5 5 (9.80%) Telecoms Specialist
6 3 (5.88%) Voice Engineer
6 3 (5.88%) Voice Network Engineer
7 2 (3.92%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
7 2 (3.92%) Network Manager
7 2 (3.92%) Network Security Engineer
7 2 (3.92%) Security Engineer
7 2 (3.92%) Telephony Engineer
8 1 (1.96%) Engineering Manager
8 1 (1.96%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (17.65%) XMPP
2 5 (9.80%) Jinja
2 5 (9.80%) JSON
2 5 (9.80%) REST
2 5 (9.80%) XML
2 5 (9.80%) YAML
2 5 (9.80%) YANG
3 1 (1.96%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 17 (33.33%) Data Centre
2 10 (19.61%) Video Conferencing
3 9 (17.65%) FlexPod
3 9 (17.65%) Hybrid Cloud
3 9 (17.65%) Onboarding
4 6 (11.76%) Replication
5 5 (9.80%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (7.84%) Security Posture
7 3 (5.88%) Driving Licence
8 1 (1.96%) CCTV
8 1 (1.96%) e-Learning
8 1 (1.96%) FMCG
8 1 (1.96%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 12 (23.53%) Linux
2 7 (13.73%) Windows
3 6 (11.76%) Windows Server
4 5 (9.80%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (29.41%) Infrastructure as Code
2 14 (27.45%) Cybersecurity
3 13 (25.49%) Business Intelligence
3 13 (25.49%) Data Management
4 12 (23.53%) Load Balancing
5 11 (21.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 10 (19.61%) Root Cause Analysis
7 9 (17.65%) Computer Science
7 9 (17.65%) Performance Management
7 9 (17.65%) Project Delivery
8 8 (15.69%) Analytical Thinking
8 8 (15.69%) Collaborative Working
8 8 (15.69%) Kalman Filter
8 8 (15.69%) Network Monitoring
8 8 (15.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 8 (15.69%) WAN Optimisation
9 6 (11.76%) Change Management
9 6 (11.76%) Infrastructure Automation
10 5 (9.80%) Secrets Management
10 5 (9.80%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 30 (58.82%) Python
2 5 (9.80%) JavaScript
3 2 (3.92%) Bash
Qualifications
1 26 (50.98%) Cisco Certification
2 24 (47.06%) CCNP
3 11 (21.57%) Degree
3 11 (21.57%) SC Cleared
3 11 (21.57%) Security Cleared
4 9 (17.65%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (15.69%) CCIE
6 3 (5.88%) CCNA
7 1 (1.96%) CCSE
7 1 (1.96%) CCSM
7 1 (1.96%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.96%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (15.69%) PMO
2 3 (5.88%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (23.53%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (15.69%) ProxySG
3 6 (11.76%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 6 (11.76%) Virtual Servers
3 6 (11.76%) vSphere
4 4 (7.84%) VMware NSX
5 1 (1.96%) Firmware
5 1 (1.96%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 11 (21.57%) Ansible
2 9 (17.65%) Cisco CUCM
2 9 (17.65%) Grafana
3 7 (13.73%) Terraform
Vendors
1 51 (100.00%) Cisco
2 20 (39.22%) Palo Alto
3 16 (31.37%) Fortinet
4 14 (27.45%) CheckPoint
4 14 (27.45%) F5
5 12 (23.53%) VMware
6 10 (19.61%) Microsoft
6 10 (19.61%) Splunk
7 9 (17.65%) SolarWinds
8 8 (15.69%) Blue Coat
8 8 (15.69%) Infoblox
8 8 (15.69%) Meraki
8 8 (15.69%) Motorola
8 8 (15.69%) ServiceNow
9 7 (13.73%) Juniper
9 7 (13.73%) NetApp
10 5 (9.80%) Aruba
10 5 (9.80%) Red Hat
11 3 (5.88%) HP
12 1 (1.96%) Zscaler