The first table below looks at the demand for Cisco ASA skills in IT contracts advertised for the Kent 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 Kent 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 35 31 -
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -
Contract jobs citing Cisco ASA 3 5 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 0.980% 1.887% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.692% 17.86% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 0
Average daily rate £350 £308 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.82% -
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
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
39 28 100
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 12.75% 10.57% 31.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 17 65
Average daily rate £240 £308 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.95% +2.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 8
Average hourly rate £16.00 £67.50 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-76.29% +68.75%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
Cisco ASA
South East

Cisco ASA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent Cisco ASA Daily 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 Kent 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
Dover - 2 £400 -
Cisco ASA
South East

Cisco ASA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 7 (100.00%) Cisco
2 4 (57.14%) Juniper
2 4 (57.14%) Firewall
3 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
3 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
4 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (28.57%) XenApp
4 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
4 2 (28.57%) Network Security
4 2 (28.57%) vSphere
4 2 (28.57%) Network Management
4 2 (28.57%) F5
4 2 (28.57%) Advertising
4 2 (28.57%) VMware
4 2 (28.57%) CheckPoint
4 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
4 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
4 2 (28.57%) Citrix
4 2 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (28.57%) ITIL
4 2 (28.57%) Windows
4 2 (28.57%) MS Excel
4 2 (28.57%) LAN
4 2 (28.57%) WAN
4 2 (28.57%) TCP/IP
4 2 (28.57%) CCSP
4 2 (28.57%) CCNP
5 1 (14.29%) CCIP
5 1 (14.29%) CCDP

Cisco ASA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 1 (14.29%) CSS
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) Firewall
2 2 (28.57%) LAN
2 2 (28.57%) WAN
2 2 (28.57%) TCP/IP
2 2 (28.57%) Network Security
3 1 (14.29%) FWSM
3 1 (14.29%) VPN
3 1 (14.29%) OSPF
3 1 (14.29%) BGP
3 1 (14.29%) EIGRP
3 1 (14.29%) IPsec
3 1 (14.29%) VLAN
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco PIX
General
1 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
1 2 (28.57%) Advertising
2 1 (14.29%) Banking
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Network Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Firewall Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Support Team Leader
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Support Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Support Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Team Leader
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Support Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Support Team Leader
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Deployment Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Team Leader
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
1 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) ITIL
1 2 (28.57%) Network Management
2 1 (14.29%) Load Balancing
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (28.57%) CCSP
2 2 (28.57%) CCNP
3 1 (14.29%) CCIP
3 1 (14.29%) CCDP
3 1 (14.29%) CCIE
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
1 2 (28.57%) XenApp
1 2 (28.57%) vSphere
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco
2 4 (57.14%) Juniper
3 2 (28.57%) CheckPoint
3 2 (28.57%) VMware
3 2 (28.57%) F5
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 2 (28.57%) Citrix