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 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 486 472 415
Rank change year-on-year -14 -57 +135
Permanent jobs citing Cisco ASA 37 108 133
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.088% 0.29% 0.43%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.48% 2.14% 2.64%
Number of salaries quoted 25 88 121
10th Percentile £25,750 £46,521 £37,199
25th Percentile £45,000 £51,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +1.85% +2.86%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £68,500 £65,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -10.20%

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 7,662 5,045 5,047
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 18.22% 13.53% 16.38%
Number of salaries quoted 2,917 2,540 4,149
10th Percentile £25,087 £29,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £27,694 £35,438 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £52,500 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £72,433
UK median annual salary £38,500 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -28.70% +8.00% -4.76%

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 30 December 2025.

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 30 December 2025. 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
Midlands +29 11 £26,500 -47.00% 19
South East -41 10 £49,500 -10.00% 19
South West +18 7 £53,000 +21.14% 8
East Midlands -7 6 £26,500 -51.82% 3
West Midlands +22 5 £70,000 +41.70% 16
North of England +18 5 £48,500 -25.38% 15
East of England - 4 - - 10
North West +25 3 £48,500 -25.38% 7
North East - 2 - - 1
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.70%) IIS
1 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (5.41%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 11 (29.73%) Azure
2 6 (16.22%) AWS
3 2 (5.41%) OCI
4 1 (2.70%) IaaS
4 1 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 34 (91.89%) Firewall
2 21 (56.76%) BGP
3 17 (45.95%) VPN
4 16 (43.24%) OSPF
5 13 (35.14%) EIGRP
6 12 (32.43%) Cisco Nexus
7 11 (29.73%) Cisco Firepower
7 11 (29.73%) LAN
8 10 (27.03%) WAN
9 9 (24.32%) HSRP
9 9 (24.32%) IPsec
9 9 (24.32%) Wireless
10 7 (18.92%) MPLS
10 7 (18.92%) Network Security
11 6 (16.22%) VLAN
11 6 (16.22%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (16.22%) Wireshark
12 4 (10.81%) TCP/IP
12 4 (10.81%) WLAN
13 3 (8.11%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.70%) SQL Server
General
1 11 (29.73%) Social Skills
2 6 (16.22%) Documentation Skills
2 6 (16.22%) Organisational Skills
3 5 (13.51%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (10.81%) Public Sector
5 3 (8.11%) Telecoms
6 2 (5.41%) Banking
6 2 (5.41%) Law
6 2 (5.41%) Marketing
6 2 (5.41%) Retail
7 1 (2.70%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 26 (70.27%) Network Engineer
2 7 (18.92%) Senior
2 7 (18.92%) Senior Network Engineer
3 6 (16.22%) Analyst
3 6 (16.22%) Help Desk Analyst
4 2 (5.41%) Architect
4 2 (5.41%) Engineering Manager
4 2 (5.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (5.41%) Network Architect
4 2 (5.41%) Network Engineering Manager
4 2 (5.41%) Network Manager
5 1 (2.70%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
5 1 (2.70%) Lead
5 1 (2.70%) Lead Network Engineer
5 1 (2.70%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (2.70%) Network Security Engineer
5 1 (2.70%) Network Team Leader
5 1 (2.70%) Security Engineer
5 1 (2.70%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.11%) REST
2 1 (2.70%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 14 (37.84%) Data Centre
2 4 (10.81%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (5.41%) e-Learning
3 2 (5.41%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.70%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.70%) CCTV
4 1 (2.70%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (2.70%) FMCG
4 1 (2.70%) PKI
4 1 (2.70%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.70%) Linux
1 1 (2.70%) Ubuntu
1 1 (2.70%) Unix
1 1 (2.70%) Windows
1 1 (2.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (27.03%) Network Monitoring
2 8 (21.62%) Network Virtualisation
3 7 (18.92%) Root Cause Analysis
4 6 (16.22%) Break/Fix
4 6 (16.22%) Customer Service
4 6 (16.22%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (13.51%) Project Delivery
6 4 (10.81%) Computer Science
6 4 (10.81%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (10.81%) High Availability
6 4 (10.81%) Network Architecture
6 4 (10.81%) Network Management
7 3 (8.11%) Containerisation
7 3 (8.11%) Migration
7 3 (8.11%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (8.11%) Project Management
7 3 (8.11%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (8.11%) Technical Leadership
7 3 (8.11%) Workflow
7 3 (8.11%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (16.22%) Python
2 3 (8.11%) Bash
3 2 (5.41%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 21 (56.76%) Cisco Certification
2 15 (40.54%) CCNP
3 14 (37.84%) SC Cleared
3 14 (37.84%) Security Cleared
4 11 (29.73%) CCNA
5 4 (10.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (10.81%) Degree
6 2 (5.41%) CCIE
6 2 (5.41%) Master's Degree
7 1 (2.70%) Azure Certification
7 1 (2.70%) DV Cleared
7 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (2.70%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (2.70%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (2.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.41%) PMO
System Software
1 8 (21.62%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (8.11%) VMware NSX
3 2 (5.41%) ProxySG
4 1 (2.70%) Active Directory
4 1 (2.70%) Hyper-V
4 1 (2.70%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (18.92%) FortiGate
2 2 (5.41%) Ansible
2 2 (5.41%) Terraform
3 1 (2.70%) AirWatch
3 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.70%) SCCM
3 1 (2.70%) SCOM
3 1 (2.70%) VxRail
Vendors
1 37 (100.00%) Cisco
2 16 (43.24%) Palo Alto
3 13 (35.14%) Fortinet
4 12 (32.43%) CheckPoint
5 10 (27.03%) Meraki
6 9 (24.32%) VMware
7 7 (18.92%) Microsoft
8 6 (16.22%) SolarWinds
9 4 (10.81%) CrowdStrike
9 4 (10.81%) F5
9 4 (10.81%) Juniper
10 3 (8.11%) Aruba
10 3 (8.11%) Riverbed
11 2 (5.41%) Blue Coat
11 2 (5.41%) Citrix
11 2 (5.41%) Infoblox
11 2 (5.41%) Motorola
11 2 (5.41%) ServiceNow
12 1 (2.70%) NetApp
12 1 (2.70%) Veritas