Cisco ASA Jobs

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Cisco ASA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cisco ASA over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 634 777 742
Rank change year-on-year +143 -35 +48
Permanent jobs citing Cisco ASA 68 130 227
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.13% 0.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.67% 0.96% 1.47%
Number of salaries quoted 50 78 175
10th Percentile £46,005 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,500 £47,500 £47,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.49% -7.83% +4.55%
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £88,875 £77,250 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £51,250
% change year-on-year +4.76% +2.44% +2.50%

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 10,094 13,581 15,458
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.08% 13.10% 16.14%
Number of salaries quoted 4,436 9,413 7,713
10th Percentile £23,504 £26,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £26,625 £32,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -5.94% -3.81%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £44,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -20.45% -2.22% -5.26%

Cisco ASA
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Cisco ASA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco ASA in the UK

Cisco ASA
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cisco ASA.

Salary trend for Cisco ASA in the UK

Cisco ASA
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco ASA over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cisco ASA in the UK

Cisco ASA
Top 11 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 31 May 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
England +127 65 £57,500 +7.48% 44
UK excluding London +124 40 £55,000 +4.76% 31
Work from Home +123 28 £85,000 +51.11% 20
London +106 25 £87,500 +25.00% 16
South East +71 22 £56,250 +6.13% 7
North of England +43 9 £55,000 +13.99% 9
South West +85 6 £48,750 -2.50% 1
North West +6 6 £56,250 +15.38% 2
Yorkshire +57 3 £44,700 +3.35% 5
Midlands +54 3 £48,000 -8.57% 8
West Midlands +45 3 £48,000 -8.57% 5

Cisco ASA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (4.41%) IIS
1 3 (4.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.47%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 23 (33.82%) AWS
2 20 (29.41%) Azure
3 13 (19.12%) AWS Direct Connect
4 5 (7.35%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (4.41%) OpenShift
5 3 (4.41%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 2 (2.94%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 55 (80.88%) Firewall
2 43 (63.24%) BGP
2 43 (63.24%) OSPF
3 42 (61.76%) Cisco Firepower
4 38 (55.88%) VPN
5 30 (44.12%) IPsec
6 21 (30.88%) EIGRP
6 21 (30.88%) MPLS
7 19 (27.94%) WAN
8 18 (26.47%) Wi-Fi
9 16 (23.53%) SD-WAN
9 16 (23.53%) WLAN
10 15 (22.06%) Network Security
11 14 (20.59%) NX-OS
12 13 (19.12%) Cisco ISE
12 13 (19.12%) LAN
12 13 (19.12%) VXLAN
13 12 (17.65%) DHCP
13 12 (17.65%) DNS
14 10 (14.71%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.41%) SQL Server
General
1 11 (16.18%) Finance
2 8 (11.76%) Social Skills
3 3 (4.41%) Aerospace
3 3 (4.41%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (4.41%) Back Office
4 2 (2.94%) Local Government
4 2 (2.94%) Police
5 1 (1.47%) Advertising
5 1 (1.47%) Banking
5 1 (1.47%) German Language
5 1 (1.47%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 48 (70.59%) Network Engineer
2 13 (19.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 10 (14.71%) Lead
3 10 (14.71%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 10 (14.71%) Network Operations Engineer
3 10 (14.71%) Operations Engineer
3 10 (14.71%) Senior
4 9 (13.24%) Cisco Engineer
4 9 (13.24%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 9 (13.24%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
5 8 (11.76%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 7 (10.29%) Senior Network Engineer
7 6 (8.82%) Network Security Engineer
7 6 (8.82%) Security Engineer
8 5 (7.35%) Infoblox Engineer
8 5 (7.35%) Network Specialist
9 4 (5.88%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 4 (5.88%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
9 4 (5.88%) Support Engineer
10 3 (4.41%) Data Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.88%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 33 (48.53%) Data Centre
2 13 (19.12%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.41%) Public Cloud
4 2 (2.94%) PKI
4 2 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.47%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.47%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.41%) Linux
1 3 (4.41%) Windows
1 3 (4.41%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (26.47%) Change Management
2 15 (22.06%) Runbook
3 14 (20.59%) Cloud Security
4 13 (19.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 12 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (14.71%) Process Improvement
7 9 (13.24%) Data Centre Operations
8 8 (11.76%) Agile
8 8 (11.76%) Incident Response
8 8 (11.76%) Network Monitoring
8 8 (11.76%) Network Segmentation
9 7 (10.29%) Problem-Solving
10 6 (8.82%) Impact Assessments
10 6 (8.82%) Incident Management
10 6 (8.82%) Kalman Filter
10 6 (8.82%) Mentoring
10 6 (8.82%) Network Architecture
10 6 (8.82%) Network Management
11 4 (5.88%) Boundary Protection
11 4 (5.88%) Infrastructure Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.88%) PowerShell
2 3 (4.41%) SQL
Qualifications
1 36 (52.94%) Security Cleared
2 28 (41.18%) Cisco Certification
3 27 (39.71%) SC Cleared
4 20 (29.41%) CCNA
5 19 (27.94%) CCNP
6 17 (25.00%) DV Cleared
7 8 (11.76%) Degree
8 4 (5.88%) AWS Certification
8 4 (5.88%) CCIE
8 4 (5.88%) CCSA
8 4 (5.88%) CCSE
9 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.47%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (14.71%) Firmware
2 9 (13.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (5.88%) Hyper-V
4 3 (4.41%) Active Directory
4 3 (4.41%) VMware NSX
5 1 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 13 (19.12%) FortiGate
2 3 (4.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 3 (4.41%) Ansible
2 3 (4.41%) Kubernetes
2 3 (4.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (4.41%) SCCM
2 3 (4.41%) Terraform
Vendors
1 68 (100.00%) Cisco
2 36 (52.94%) CheckPoint
3 32 (47.06%) Fortinet
4 26 (38.24%) SolarWinds
5 19 (27.94%) Meraki
6 17 (25.00%) Juniper
7 14 (20.59%) Infoblox
8 13 (19.12%) Dynatrace
9 11 (16.18%) Microsoft
10 10 (14.71%) Palo Alto
11 9 (13.24%) VMware
12 6 (8.82%) HP
12 6 (8.82%) McAfee
13 5 (7.35%) Citrix
14 4 (5.88%) Aruba
14 4 (5.88%) F5
15 3 (4.41%) Dell
15 3 (4.41%) Red Hat
15 3 (4.41%) ServiceNow
16 2 (2.94%) Zscaler