The first table below looks at the demand for Cisco ASA skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cisco ASA over the 3 months to 22 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 North West 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA)
Rank 119 117 123
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +6
Contract jobs citing Cisco ASA 4 13 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.170% 0.409% 0.100%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.333% 2.269% 0.640%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 1
Average daily rate £240 £306 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.63% +2.08%
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £310 £315
% change year-on-year
+1.61% -1.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £25.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -16.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.63 £25.00 £23.36
% change year-on-year
-21.50% +7.02%
All Communications & Networking
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
300 573 469
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 12.74% 18.04% 15.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 226 239
Average daily rate £313 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.69% -0.15%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £173 £175 £232
10% offered a daily rate of more than £464 £460 £398
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 36 45
Average hourly rate £22.00 £20.93 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.11% -41.86%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.50 £14.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £30.00 £40.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
Cisco ASA
England

Cisco ASA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 22 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
Manchester +15 4 £240 +1.05%
Cisco ASA
England

Cisco ASA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 8 (100.00%) Cisco
1 8 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 8 (100.00%) Firewall
2 7 (87.50%) CCNA
3 6 (75.00%) CCNP
4 5 (62.50%) ITIL
5 4 (50.00%) Windows
6 3 (37.50%) PRINCE2
6 3 (37.50%) Windows XP
6 3 (37.50%) MS Exchange
6 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
6 3 (37.50%) NetApp
6 3 (37.50%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (37.50%) VMware
6 3 (37.50%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (37.50%) vSphere
6 3 (37.50%) SCCM
6 3 (37.50%) SCOM
6 3 (37.50%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (25.00%) Network Management
7 2 (25.00%) Change Management
7 2 (25.00%) Cisco PIX
7 2 (25.00%) Project Management
7 2 (25.00%) VPN
8 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
8 1 (12.50%) CCIE
8 1 (12.50%) HP
8 1 (12.50%) EMC
8 1 (12.50%) CiscoWorks
8 1 (12.50%) LAN

Cisco ASA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 Platforms
1 3 (37.50%) MS Exchange
1 3 (37.50%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (12.50%) Lync
Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) Firewall
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco PIX
2 2 (25.00%) VPN
3 1 (12.50%) LAN
3 1 (12.50%) VoIP
3 1 (12.50%) WAN
3 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
3 1 (12.50%) MPLS
3 1 (12.50%) OSPF
3 1 (12.50%) EIGRP
3 1 (12.50%) SAN
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco IPT
3 1 (12.50%) Network Security
3 1 (12.50%) Wireless
3 1 (12.50%) FWSM
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Network Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Network Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Network Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Network Technician
2 1 (12.50%) Project Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Project Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Security Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Network Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Network Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Network Technician
2 1 (12.50%) Network Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) CLARiiON
1 1 (12.50%) NHS
1 1 (12.50%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Windows
2 3 (37.50%) Windows XP
2 3 (37.50%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (37.50%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) ITIL
2 3 (37.50%) PRINCE2
3 2 (25.00%) Network Management
3 2 (25.00%) Change Management
3 2 (25.00%) Project Management
4 1 (12.50%) Service Management
4 1 (12.50%) Business Continuity
4 1 (12.50%) Capacity Management
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (87.50%) CCNA
3 6 (75.00%) CCNP
4 1 (12.50%) CCIE
4 1 (12.50%) CCSA
4 1 (12.50%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
1 3 (37.50%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) SCCM
1 3 (37.50%) SCOM
2 1 (12.50%) CiscoWorks
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco UCCX
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Cisco
2 3 (37.50%) NetApp
2 3 (37.50%) VMware
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) HP
3 1 (12.50%) EMC
3 1 (12.50%) CheckPoint
3 1 (12.50%) Brocade