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 16 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 639 603 764
Rank change year-on-year -36 +161 -61
Permanent jobs citing Cisco ASA 97 65 130
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.10% 0.15% 0.12%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.41% 0.97% 0.98%
Number of salaries quoted 49 49 78
10th Percentile £51,250 £46,150 £44,250
25th Percentile £58,750 £48,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £57,500 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year +21.74% +6.98% -2.27%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £90,000 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +13.64% +4.76% +2.44%

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 6,861 6,725 13,283
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.35% 15.09% 12.27%
Number of salaries quoted 4,385 3,792 9,407
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.50%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £84,925 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £44,175
% change year-on-year +6.25% -9.45% -1.83%

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 16 June 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 16 June 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 -53 95 £70,000 +21.74% 22
UK excluding London -31 56 £62,500 +13.64% 14
Work from Home +13 42 £95,000 +16.92% 12
London -24 31 £100,000 +14.29% 10
Midlands +6 20 £70,000 - 4
West Midlands -6 17 £72,500 - 2
North of England -24 14 £52,500 -8.70% 4
South West -50 12 £61,250 +22.50% 1
South East -26 10 £62,500 +13.64% 5
North West +5 6 £52,500 -8.70% 1
North East - 6 - - 1
East Midlands - 3 £55,000 - 2
Yorkshire -38 2 £70,000 +56.60% 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 2 (2.06%) IIS
1 2 (2.06%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (12.37%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.06%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 53 (54.64%) AWS
2 45 (46.39%) Azure
3 13 (13.40%) AWS Direct Connect
3 13 (13.40%) SaaS
4 11 (11.34%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (11.34%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 6 (6.19%) Apigee
5 6 (6.19%) Kong
5 6 (6.19%) OpenShift
6 2 (2.06%) Google Workspace
6 2 (2.06%) OCI
7 1 (1.03%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (1.03%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 88 (90.72%) Firewall
2 56 (57.73%) WAN
3 54 (55.67%) LAN
4 52 (53.61%) BGP
5 51 (52.58%) VPN
6 46 (47.42%) OSPF
7 43 (44.33%) Cisco Firepower
8 33 (34.02%) EIGRP
9 31 (31.96%) Wi-Fi
10 30 (30.93%) Network Security
11 28 (28.87%) VLAN
12 26 (26.80%) Wireless
13 20 (20.62%) Cisco Nexus
13 20 (20.62%) MPLS
14 18 (18.56%) NX-OS
14 18 (18.56%) SD-WAN
15 17 (17.53%) Cisco ISE
16 14 (14.43%) IPsec
16 14 (14.43%) VXLAN
16 14 (14.43%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.06%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (6.19%) GitLab
2 1 (1.03%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 28 (28.87%) Analytical Skills
2 27 (27.84%) Social Skills
3 23 (23.71%) Finance
4 20 (20.62%) Telecoms
5 16 (16.49%) Banking
6 15 (15.46%) Public Sector
6 15 (15.46%) Retail
7 14 (14.43%) Marketing
8 6 (6.19%) Law
9 3 (3.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (2.06%) Financial Institution
11 1 (1.03%) Legal
11 1 (1.03%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 77 (79.38%) Network Engineer
2 36 (37.11%) Senior
3 35 (36.08%) Senior Network Engineer
4 21 (21.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 15 (15.46%) Cisco Engineer
5 15 (15.46%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 14 (14.43%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
7 10 (10.31%) AWS Engineer
8 7 (7.22%) Azure Engineer
8 7 (7.22%) Firewall Engineer
8 7 (7.22%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
8 7 (7.22%) LAN Engineer
8 7 (7.22%) LAN/WAN Engineer
8 7 (7.22%) Network Operations Engineer
8 7 (7.22%) Operations Engineer
8 7 (7.22%) WAN Engineer
9 6 (6.19%) Collaboration Engineer
9 6 (6.19%) Network Specialist
9 6 (6.19%) Telecoms Engineer
9 6 (6.19%) Telecoms Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (9.28%) XMPP
2 6 (6.19%) Jinja
2 6 (6.19%) JSON
2 6 (6.19%) REST
2 6 (6.19%) XML
2 6 (6.19%) YAML
2 6 (6.19%) YANG
3 2 (2.06%) .NET
3 2 (2.06%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 46 (47.42%) Data Centre
2 9 (9.28%) FlexPod
2 9 (9.28%) Hybrid Cloud
2 9 (9.28%) Onboarding
2 9 (9.28%) Video Conferencing
3 8 (8.25%) Management Information System
4 7 (7.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 6 (6.19%) Replication
5 6 (6.19%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (5.15%) Security Posture
7 4 (4.12%) Driving Licence
8 2 (2.06%) Cloud Native
8 2 (2.06%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (2.06%) Eurex
9 1 (1.03%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 15 (15.46%) Linux
2 12 (12.37%) Windows
3 10 (10.31%) Windows Server
4 8 (8.25%) Unix
5 2 (2.06%) Solaris
5 2 (2.06%) Ubuntu
5 2 (2.06%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (2.06%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (23.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 21 (21.65%) Computer Science
3 20 (20.62%) Kalman Filter
4 17 (17.53%) Infrastructure as Code
4 17 (17.53%) Load Balancing
5 16 (16.49%) Cybersecurity
5 16 (16.49%) Project Delivery
5 16 (16.49%) Zero Trust
6 15 (15.46%) Root Cause Analysis
6 15 (15.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 14 (14.43%) Business Intelligence
7 14 (14.43%) Data Management
7 14 (14.43%) Network Segmentation
8 13 (13.40%) High Availability
9 12 (12.37%) Analytical Thinking
9 12 (12.37%) Collaborative Working
9 12 (12.37%) WAN Optimisation
10 10 (10.31%) Network Architecture
10 10 (10.31%) Problem-Solving
11 9 (9.28%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 38 (39.18%) Python
2 6 (6.19%) JavaScript
3 3 (3.09%) PowerShell
4 2 (2.06%) Bash
4 2 (2.06%) C#
4 2 (2.06%) SQL
4 2 (2.06%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 48 (49.48%) Cisco Certification
2 46 (47.42%) CCNP
3 23 (23.71%) Degree
4 22 (22.68%) CCIE
5 21 (21.65%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (15.46%) CCNA
7 13 (13.40%) SC Cleared
7 13 (13.40%) Security Cleared
8 10 (10.31%) CCSE
9 9 (9.28%) CCSA
10 2 (2.06%) MCDST
10 2 (2.06%) MCITP
10 2 (2.06%) MCSA
10 2 (2.06%) MCSE
10 2 (2.06%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (2.06%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 1 (1.03%) CCSM
11 1 (1.03%) CISM
11 1 (1.03%) CISSP
11 1 (1.03%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (12.37%) PMO
2 6 (6.19%) SLA
3 1 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.03%) GDPR
3 1 (1.03%) GRC
3 1 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (1.03%) NIST
3 1 (1.03%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 17 (17.53%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (12.37%) ProxySG
3 7 (7.22%) vSphere
4 6 (6.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 6 (6.19%) Virtual Servers
5 5 (5.15%) VMware NSX
6 2 (2.06%) Active Directory
6 2 (2.06%) Firmware
6 2 (2.06%) Hyper-V
6 2 (2.06%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 13 (13.40%) Ansible
2 9 (9.28%) Cisco CUCM
2 9 (9.28%) Grafana
3 7 (7.22%) FortiGate
3 7 (7.22%) Terraform
4 1 (1.03%) CASB
4 1 (1.03%) Nessus
4 1 (1.03%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 97 (100.00%) Cisco
2 47 (48.45%) CheckPoint
3 38 (39.18%) Fortinet
4 28 (28.87%) Palo Alto
5 27 (27.84%) Meraki
5 27 (27.84%) SolarWinds
6 22 (22.68%) F5
7 19 (19.59%) ServiceNow
8 17 (17.53%) VMware
9 13 (13.40%) Dynatrace
9 13 (13.40%) Microsoft
10 12 (12.37%) Blue Coat
10 12 (12.37%) Infoblox
10 12 (12.37%) Motorola
11 9 (9.28%) Juniper
11 9 (9.28%) Splunk
12 8 (8.25%) Red Hat
13 6 (6.19%) Aruba
13 6 (6.19%) NetApp
14 4 (4.12%) HP