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The table below looks at the demand for Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) skills within the Reading region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Cisco ASA over the 3 months to 20 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA)
Location
3 months to
20 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank57-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads60
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.000 %
As % of the category below2.985 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted60
Average minimum daily rate£458-
Average daily rate£467-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£475-
UK excluding London average daily rate£400£300
% change on same period last year+33.29 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.92£25.72
% change on same period last year+31.89 %
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Reading
Matching contract IT job ads201193
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.315 %0.210 %
Daily rates quoted3474
Average minimum daily rate£420£329
Average daily rate£435£348
% change on same period last year+24.86 %
Average maximum daily rate£450£368
UK excluding London average daily rate£347£332
% change on same period last year+4.60 %
Hourly rates quoted848
Average minimum hourly rate£31.22£28.06
Average hourly rate£34.46£29.71
% change on same period last year+16.01 %
Average maximum hourly rate£37.70£31.35
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.98£29.13
% change on same period last year-3.95 %
Cisco ASA BerkshireCisco ASA
Berkshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Cisco ASA
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Cisco ASA across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Reading Cisco ASA Demand Trend

Cisco ASA
Daily Rate Trend

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

Reading Cisco ASA Daily Rate Trend

Cisco ASA
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cisco ASA across the Reading region over the 3 months to 20 November 2008.

Reading Cisco ASA Daily Rate Histogram

Cisco ASA
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

118 (100.00 %)Cisco
118 (100.00 %)CheckPoint
118 (100.00 %)Firewall
118 (100.00 %)Cisco PIX
217 (94.44 %)BIG-IP
217 (94.44 %)Nortel
217 (94.44 %)MPLS
316 (88.89 %)OSPF
316 (88.89 %)BGP
316 (88.89 %)RIP
316 (88.89 %)Nortel Alteon
414 (77.78 %)VPN
513 (72.22 %)DNS
66 (33.33 %)Government
75 (27.78 %)Cisco Certification
75 (27.78 %)CCNP
75 (27.78 %)SC Cleared
75 (27.78 %)Security Cleared
84 (22.22 %)VLAN
84 (22.22 %)LAN
93 (16.67 %)Ethernet
102 (11.11 %)Juniper
102 (11.11 %)EIGRP
111 (5.556 %)CCIP
111 (5.556 %)CCDP
111 (5.556 %)SSL
111 (5.556 %)Frame Relay
111 (5.556 %)Load Balancing
111 (5.556 %)ATM

Cisco ASA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
118 (100.00 %)Firewall
118 (100.00 %)Cisco PIX
217 (94.44 %)BIG-IP
217 (94.44 %)MPLS
316 (88.89 %)OSPF
316 (88.89 %)BGP
316 (88.89 %)RIP
316 (88.89 %)Nortel Alteon
414 (77.78 %)VPN
513 (72.22 %)DNS
64 (22.22 %)VLAN
64 (22.22 %)LAN
73 (16.67 %)Ethernet
82 (11.11 %)EIGRP
91 (5.556 %)SSL
91 (5.556 %)Frame Relay
91 (5.556 %)ATM
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (33.33 %)Government
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
116 (88.89 %)Network Engineer
213 (72.22 %)Senior Network Engineer
312 (66.67 %)Cisco Engineer
312 (66.67 %)Senior Cisco Engineer
48 (44.44 %)Cisco Network Engineer
48 (44.44 %)Senior Cisco Network Engineer
52 (11.11 %)Network Architect
52 (11.11 %)Network Support
52 (11.11 %)Support Engineer
52 (11.11 %)Network Support Engineer
52 (11.11 %)Architect
52 (11.11 %)Network Consultant
52 (11.11 %)Consultant
61 (5.556 %)Senior Support Engineer
61 (5.556 %)Senior Network Support
61 (5.556 %)Senior Network Support Engineer
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (27.78 %)SC Cleared
15 (27.78 %)Security Cleared
21 (5.556 %)Load Balancing
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (27.78 %)CCNP
15 (27.78 %)Cisco Certification
21 (5.556 %)CCIP
21 (5.556 %)CCDP
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
118 (100.00 %)Cisco
118 (100.00 %)CheckPoint
217 (94.44 %)Nortel
32 (11.11 %)Juniper