The first table below looks at the demand for Cisco ASA skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire 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 43 61 -
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -
Contract jobs citing Cisco ASA 7 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 1.275% 0.145% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.882% 0.917% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Average daily rate £224 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £310 £313
% change year-on-year
+1.61% -0.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £47.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.63 £25.00 £23.36
% change year-on-year
-21.50% +7.02%
All Communications & Networking
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
119 109 86
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 21.68% 15.77% 16.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 48 30
Average daily rate £275 £320 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.06% +6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £425 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 21 24
Average hourly rate £20.00 £42.50 £18.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-52.94% +126.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £10.70 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £56.50 £40.00
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 Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Cisco ASA Hourly Rate Trend

Cisco ASA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco ASA within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Peterborough - 4 £223 -
Cambridge +10 3 £225 -
Cisco ASA
East of England

Cisco ASA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 16 (100.00%) Cisco
2 14 (87.50%) Firewall
3 12 (75.00%) Wireless
4 10 (62.50%) Active Directory
5 9 (56.25%) HP
5 9 (56.25%) Windows Server 2003
5 9 (56.25%) ITIL
5 9 (56.25%) Windows
5 9 (56.25%) SQL Server
5 9 (56.25%) MS Exchange
5 9 (56.25%) Exchange Server 2003
5 9 (56.25%) Windows Server 2008
5 9 (56.25%) SQL Server 2008
5 9 (56.25%) Hyper-V
5 9 (56.25%) Windows 7
5 9 (56.25%) Exchange Server 2010
6 8 (50.00%) Migration
7 6 (37.50%) Altiris
7 6 (37.50%) Internet
8 5 (31.25%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
8 5 (31.25%) CCNP
8 5 (31.25%) Cisco PIX
8 5 (31.25%) Cisco Nexus
8 5 (31.25%) Riverbed
9 4 (25.00%) Lync
9 4 (25.00%) Unified Communications
9 4 (25.00%) Exinda
9 4 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
9 4 (25.00%) Intranet

Cisco ASA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

Application Development
1 2 (12.50%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 9 (56.25%) MS Exchange
1 9 (56.25%) Exchange Server 2003
1 9 (56.25%) Exchange Server 2010
2 4 (25.00%) Lync
Communications & Networking
1 14 (87.50%) Firewall
2 12 (75.00%) Wireless
3 6 (37.50%) Internet
4 5 (31.25%) Cisco PIX
4 5 (31.25%) Cisco Nexus
5 4 (25.00%) Unified Communications
5 4 (25.00%) Intranet
6 3 (18.75%) VPN
6 3 (18.75%) WAN
6 3 (18.75%) NetScreen
6 3 (18.75%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (12.50%) Network Security
7 2 (12.50%) FWSM
7 2 (12.50%) HSRP
7 2 (12.50%) LAN
7 2 (12.50%) RIP
7 2 (12.50%) SNMP
7 2 (12.50%) OSPF
7 2 (12.50%) BGP
7 2 (12.50%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (56.25%) SQL Server
1 9 (56.25%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 2 (12.50%) Telecoms
1 2 (12.50%) Banking
1 2 (12.50%) Investment Banking
2 1 (6.250%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) Analyst
2 5 (31.25%) Technical Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
4 2 (12.50%) Network Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Support Specialist
5 1 (6.250%) Administrator
5 1 (6.250%) Network Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Technical Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Cisco Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Senior Technical Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Systems Administrator
5 1 (6.250%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Cisco Network Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Cisco Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Device Driver
2 1 (6.250%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 9 (56.25%) Windows
1 9 (56.25%) Windows Server 2003
1 9 (56.25%) Windows Server 2008
1 9 (56.25%) Windows 7
2 1 (6.250%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) ITIL
2 8 (50.00%) Migration
3 4 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (12.50%) Load Balancing
4 2 (12.50%) Network Management
4 2 (12.50%) E-Commerce
5 1 (6.250%) Network Design
5 1 (6.250%) Incident Management
5 1 (6.250%) WAN Optimisation
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) CCNP
1 5 (31.25%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (18.75%) CCNA
3 1 (6.250%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.250%) GAMP
1 1 (6.250%) GxP
System Software
1 10 (62.50%) Active Directory
2 9 (56.25%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (6.250%) Cisco CUCM
1 1 (6.250%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 16 (100.00%) Cisco
2 9 (56.25%) HP
3 6 (37.50%) Altiris
4 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
4 5 (31.25%) Riverbed
5 4 (25.00%) Exinda
5 4 (25.00%) CheckPoint
6 2 (12.50%) Nokia
6 2 (12.50%) F5
7 1 (6.250%) Polycom
7 1 (6.250%) Juniper