The first table below looks at the demand for Cisco ASA skills in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh 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 54 60 66
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +6
Contract jobs citing Cisco ASA 2 5 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.247% 0.452% 0.224%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.198% 3.704% 2.727%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 2
Average daily rate £325 £388 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.12% +6.89%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £305 £340 £353
10% offered a daily rate of more than £345 £418 £373
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
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
91 135 110
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 11.23% 12.21% 8.215%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 54 31
Average daily rate £356 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.78% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £277 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 11
Average hourly rate £9.20 £27.50 £15.58
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-66.54% +76.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
Cisco ASA
Scotland

Cisco ASA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Cisco ASA Daily Rate Trend

Cisco ASA
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Blue Coat
2 2 (66.67%) ProxySG
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) IronPort
3 1 (33.33%) Network Security
3 1 (33.33%) NetScaler
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) EMC
3 1 (33.33%) Citrix
3 1 (33.33%) Juniper
3 1 (33.33%) CheckPoint
3 1 (33.33%) NetScreen

Cisco ASA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) Network Security
2 1 (33.33%) NetScaler
2 1 (33.33%) NetScreen
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Network Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Security Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Citrix Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Security Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Security Specialist
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) ProxySG
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Blue Coat
2 2 (66.67%) IronPort
3 1 (33.33%) EMC
3 1 (33.33%) Citrix
3 1 (33.33%) Juniper
3 1 (33.33%) CheckPoint