Cisco ASA Job Trends

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Cisco ASA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 571 586 525
Rank change year-on-year +15 -61 +114
Permanent jobs citing Cisco ASA 72 120 183
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.22% 0.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.75% 1.66% 2.38%
Number of salaries quoted 37 97 162
10th Percentile £25,750 £46,095 £38,575
25th Percentile £45,000 £51,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £88,750 £66,750 £76,925
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -3.64% +1.85% +2.86%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,611 7,225 7,679
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.23% 13.20% 14.74%
Number of salaries quoted 3,923 3,755 6,227
10th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £38,750 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.70% +8.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £62,000 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £34,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -32.00% +11.11% -

Cisco ASA
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Cisco ASA job vacancy trend in the UK

Cisco ASA
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Cisco ASA

Cisco ASA
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco ASA over the 6 months to 3 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Cisco ASA in the UK

Cisco ASA
Top 13 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 3 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
England +23 70 £54,500 -0.91% 23
UK excluding London -4 37 £53,000 -3.64% 20
London +85 29 £87,500 +22.81% 2
Work from Home +90 21 £75,000 +25.00% 6
Midlands +24 11 £26,500 -47.00% 13
South East -48 10 £49,500 -10.00% 3
South West +13 7 £53,000 +21.14%
East Midlands -5 6 £26,500 -51.82% 1
West Midlands +31 5 £70,000 +40.00% 11
North of England +24 5 £48,500 -20.82% 3
East of England - 4 - - 2
North West +35 3 £48,500 -25.38% 3
North East - 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (5.56%) IIS
1 4 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (15.28%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (4.17%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 38 (52.78%) Azure
2 32 (44.44%) AWS
3 4 (5.56%) AWS Direct Connect
3 4 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (5.56%) SaaS
3 4 (5.56%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 3 (4.17%) Google Workspace
5 2 (2.78%) OCI
6 1 (1.39%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 69 (95.83%) Firewall
2 40 (55.56%) LAN
3 37 (51.39%) WAN
4 35 (48.61%) BGP
5 34 (47.22%) VPN
6 30 (41.67%) OSPF
7 28 (38.89%) Cisco Firepower
8 27 (37.50%) Wi-Fi
9 24 (33.33%) Cisco Nexus
10 23 (31.94%) EIGRP
11 20 (27.78%) Wireless
12 14 (19.44%) HSRP
12 14 (19.44%) Network Security
13 13 (18.06%) IPsec
14 12 (16.67%) WLAN
15 11 (15.28%) MPLS
15 11 (15.28%) WAAS
16 9 (12.50%) Cisco Wireless
16 9 (12.50%) SNMP
16 9 (12.50%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (2.78%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 23 (31.94%) Social Skills
2 17 (23.61%) Finance
3 14 (19.44%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (12.50%) Banking
4 9 (12.50%) Marketing
5 6 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
5 6 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (6.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (5.56%) Public Sector
7 4 (5.56%) Telecoms
8 2 (2.78%) Law
8 2 (2.78%) Retail
9 1 (1.39%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 53 (73.61%) Network Engineer
2 18 (25.00%) Senior
3 17 (23.61%) Senior Network Engineer
4 14 (19.44%) AWS Engineer
4 14 (19.44%) Cisco Engineer
4 14 (19.44%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 10 (13.89%) Azure Engineer
5 10 (13.89%) LAN Engineer
5 10 (13.89%) LAN/WAN Engineer
5 10 (13.89%) WAN Engineer
6 9 (12.50%) Analyst
6 9 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 8 (11.11%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (9.72%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
8 7 (9.72%) Network Operations Engineer
8 7 (9.72%) Operations Engineer
9 6 (8.33%) Help Desk Analyst
10 4 (5.56%) Cisco Consultant
10 4 (5.56%) Consultant
10 4 (5.56%) Network Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.33%) 802.1X
2 3 (4.17%) .NET
2 3 (4.17%) FIX Protocol
2 3 (4.17%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 44 (61.11%) Data Centre
2 10 (13.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 4 (5.56%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (5.56%) Management Information System
4 3 (4.17%) Eurex
5 2 (2.78%) e-Learning
5 2 (2.78%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.39%) CCTV
6 1 (1.39%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (1.39%) FMCG
6 1 (1.39%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.39%) PKI
6 1 (1.39%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.56%) Linux
1 4 (5.56%) Ubuntu
1 4 (5.56%) Unix
1 4 (5.56%) Windows
1 4 (5.56%) Windows Server
2 3 (4.17%) Solaris
2 3 (4.17%) Windows Server 2016
2 3 (4.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (31.94%) Computer Science
2 19 (26.39%) Kalman Filter
3 14 (19.44%) High Availability
4 12 (16.67%) Load Balancing
4 12 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (15.28%) Customer Service
5 11 (15.28%) Network Monitoring
6 10 (13.89%) Process Improvement
7 9 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 9 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
8 8 (11.11%) Network Architecture
8 8 (11.11%) Network Virtualisation
8 8 (11.11%) Project Delivery
8 8 (11.11%) Runbook
9 7 (9.72%) Systems Analysis
10 6 (8.33%) Break/Fix
10 6 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
10 6 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 6 (8.33%) Time Management
10 6 (8.33%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 18 (25.00%) Python
2 5 (6.94%) PowerShell
3 3 (4.17%) Bash
3 3 (4.17%) C#
3 3 (4.17%) SQL
3 3 (4.17%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 44 (61.11%) Cisco Certification
2 38 (52.78%) CCNP
3 23 (31.94%) Computer Science Degree
3 23 (31.94%) Degree
4 21 (29.17%) CCIE
4 21 (29.17%) CCNA
5 16 (22.22%) SC Cleared
5 16 (22.22%) Security Cleared
6 10 (13.89%) CCSA
6 10 (13.89%) CCSE
7 4 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (4.17%) MCDST
8 3 (4.17%) MCITP
8 3 (4.17%) MCP
8 3 (4.17%) MCSA
8 3 (4.17%) MCSE
9 2 (2.78%) Master's Degree
10 1 (1.39%) DV Cleared
10 1 (1.39%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (1.39%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (15.28%) PMO
System Software
1 11 (15.28%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (12.50%) ProxySG
3 5 (6.94%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (5.56%) Active Directory
4 4 (5.56%) Firmware
5 3 (4.17%) VMware NSX
6 1 (1.39%) Hyper-V
6 1 (1.39%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (23.61%) FortiGate
2 4 (5.56%) Ansible
3 2 (2.78%) Terraform
4 1 (1.39%) AirWatch
4 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.39%) SCCM
4 1 (1.39%) SCOM
4 1 (1.39%) VxRail
Vendors
1 72 (100.00%) Cisco
2 39 (54.17%) CheckPoint
3 32 (44.44%) Fortinet
4 19 (26.39%) SolarWinds
5 17 (23.61%) Palo Alto
6 15 (20.83%) Meraki
7 12 (16.67%) F5
7 12 (16.67%) Infoblox
7 12 (16.67%) VMware
8 11 (15.28%) Motorola
9 9 (12.50%) Blue Coat
10 8 (11.11%) ServiceNow
11 7 (9.72%) Microsoft
12 5 (6.94%) Juniper
13 4 (5.56%) CrowdStrike
13 4 (5.56%) Dynatrace
13 4 (5.56%) Red Hat
14 3 (4.17%) Aruba
14 3 (4.17%) Riverbed
14 3 (4.17%) Trayport