The first table below looks at the demand for Cisco ASA skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cisco ASA over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the Bedfordshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA)
Rank - - 39
Contract jobs citing Cisco ASA 0 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire - - 0.340%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - 2.941%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £310
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £310 £313
% change year-on-year
+1.61% -0.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.63 £25.00 £23.36
% change year-on-year
-21.50% +7.02%
All Communications & Networking
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
40 50 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 21.62% 17.73% 11.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 17 13
Average daily rate £325 £375 £299
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% +25.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £293 £325 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 5
Average hourly rate £30.00 £40.00 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% +263.63%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.00 £32.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.50 £38.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
Cisco ASA
East of England

Cisco ASA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Cisco ASA across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Bedfordshire Cisco ASA Jobs Demand Trend

Cisco ASA
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Cisco ASA across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Cisco ASA Daily Rate Trend

Cisco ASA
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Cisco ASA across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Cisco ASA Hourly Rate Trend

Cisco ASA
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Cisco ASA also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Cisco ASA.

1 9 (100.00%) Cisco
2 7 (77.78%) CCNP
2 7 (77.78%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (66.67%) Firewall
3 6 (66.67%) CCNA
4 4 (44.44%) VPN
5 3 (33.33%) MCSE
5 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
5 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (33.33%) Juniper
5 3 (33.33%) Cisco PIX
5 3 (33.33%) Cisco UCCE
5 3 (33.33%) Forefront TMG
5 3 (33.33%) Manufacturing
6 2 (22.22%) Windows
6 2 (22.22%) Network Security
6 2 (22.22%) Wireless
6 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
6 2 (22.22%) DMZ
6 2 (22.22%) LAN
6 2 (22.22%) VoIP
6 2 (22.22%) WAN
6 2 (22.22%) DHCP
6 2 (22.22%) TCP/IP
6 2 (22.22%) DNS
7 1 (11.11%) ITIL
7 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2
7 1 (11.11%) PRINCE
7 1 (11.11%) Twitter

Cisco ASA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Cisco ASA also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Cisco ASA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 6 (66.67%) Firewall
2 4 (44.44%) VPN
3 3 (33.33%) Cisco PIX
4 2 (22.22%) Network Security
4 2 (22.22%) DNS
4 2 (22.22%) DMZ
4 2 (22.22%) Wireless
4 2 (22.22%) LAN
4 2 (22.22%) VoIP
4 2 (22.22%) WAN
4 2 (22.22%) DHCP
4 2 (22.22%) TCP/IP
General
1 3 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Network Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Network Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Network Support Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Cisco Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Network Support
3 2 (22.22%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (11.11%) ITIL
1 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2
1 1 (11.11%) PRINCE
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) CCNP
1 7 (77.78%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (66.67%) CCNA
3 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (33.33%) MCSE
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Cisco
2 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (33.33%) Juniper
3 1 (11.11%) Twitter