The first table below looks at the demand for Cisco ASA skills in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland 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 Scotland 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 109 94 103
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +9
Contract jobs citing Cisco ASA 11 11 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.451% 0.415% 0.392%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.135% 3.492% 4.231%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 6
Average daily rate £350 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £310 £300 £273
10% offered a daily rate of more than £370 £410 £413
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
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
266 315 260
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 10.91% 11.89% 9.269%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 127 76
Average daily rate £361 £345 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.56% -4.82%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £212 £243 £208
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £420 £495
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 33 29
Average hourly rate £32.00 £27.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.36% +52.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.88 £22.50 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £35.00 £35.08
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
Cisco ASA
UK

Cisco ASA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland 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
Aberdeen +5 6 £375 +25.00%
Edinburgh +6 2 £325 -16.12%
West Lothian - 2 - -
Cisco ASA
UK

Cisco ASA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 20 (100.00%) Cisco
2 14 (70.00%) LAN
2 14 (70.00%) Wireless
3 12 (60.00%) WAN
3 12 (60.00%) VPN
3 12 (60.00%) BGP
3 12 (60.00%) EIGRP
4 11 (55.00%) Firewall
5 9 (45.00%) Cisco Nexus
5 9 (45.00%) Time Management
5 9 (45.00%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (45.00%) Telecoms
6 8 (40.00%) H.323
6 8 (40.00%) IP Telephony
6 8 (40.00%) MGCP
6 8 (40.00%) CCIE
6 8 (40.00%) VoIP
7 7 (35.00%) CCNP
7 7 (35.00%) Citrix
7 7 (35.00%) Riverbed
8 6 (30.00%) SAP GTS
8 6 (30.00%) SAP CCM
8 6 (30.00%) Degree
8 6 (30.00%) SAP
8 6 (30.00%) Data Management
8 6 (30.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 6 (30.00%) Remedy
9 5 (25.00%) ITIL
9 5 (25.00%) CheckPoint
10 4 (20.00%) Nortel

Cisco ASA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Business Applications
1 6 (30.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 6 (30.00%) SAP CCM
1 6 (30.00%) SAP GTS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (70.00%) LAN
1 14 (70.00%) Wireless
2 12 (60.00%) BGP
2 12 (60.00%) EIGRP
2 12 (60.00%) WAN
2 12 (60.00%) VPN
3 11 (55.00%) Firewall
4 9 (45.00%) Cisco Nexus
5 8 (40.00%) H.323
5 8 (40.00%) VoIP
5 8 (40.00%) MGCP
5 8 (40.00%) IP Telephony
6 4 (20.00%) WLAN
6 4 (20.00%) ADSL
6 4 (20.00%) MPLS
6 4 (20.00%) HSRP
7 1 (5.000%) SAN
7 1 (5.000%) Internet
7 1 (5.000%) BIG-IP
7 1 (5.000%) Cisco PIX
General
1 9 (45.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (10.00%) Finance
2 2 (10.00%) Back Office
2 2 (10.00%) Marketing
3 1 (5.000%) Banking
3 1 (5.000%) Retail
3 1 (5.000%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (45.00%) Network Engineer
2 8 (40.00%) Senior Network Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) Project Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Technical Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Senior Technical Specialist
4 2 (10.00%) Voice Specialist
4 2 (10.00%) Technical Specialist
4 2 (10.00%) Technical Project Manager
5 1 (5.000%) Network Analyst
5 1 (5.000%) Security Analyst
5 1 (5.000%) Project Engineer
5 1 (5.000%) Citrix Consultant
5 1 (5.000%) Network Security Analyst
5 1 (5.000%) Cisco Security Specialist
5 1 (5.000%) Security Specialist
5 1 (5.000%) Cisco Specialist
5 1 (5.000%) Analyst
5 1 (5.000%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.000%) EPoS
1 1 (5.000%) EMV
1 1 (5.000%) Smartcard
1 1 (5.000%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.000%) Windows
1 1 (5.000%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (5.000%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) Time Management
2 6 (30.00%) Data Management
3 5 (25.00%) ITIL
4 3 (15.00%) Network Management
5 2 (10.00%) ITIL V3
5 2 (10.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (10.00%) Customer Insight
5 2 (10.00%) PRINCE2
5 2 (10.00%) E-Commerce
5 2 (10.00%) Project Management
5 2 (10.00%) Change Management
5 2 (10.00%) Migration
5 2 (10.00%) Digital Marketing
6 1 (5.000%) Network Design
6 1 (5.000%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (5.000%) Change Control
Qualifications
1 9 (45.00%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (40.00%) CCIE
3 7 (35.00%) CCNP
4 6 (30.00%) Degree
5 1 (5.000%) CCNA
5 1 (5.000%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) SLA
2 1 (5.000%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (10.00%) ProxySG
2 1 (5.000%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (5.000%) Hyper-V
2 1 (5.000%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (5.000%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.000%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 4 (20.00%) FortiGate
2 1 (5.000%) CiscoWorks
2 1 (5.000%) Cacti
2 1 (5.000%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 20 (100.00%) Cisco
2 7 (35.00%) Citrix
2 7 (35.00%) Riverbed
3 6 (30.00%) Remedy
3 6 (30.00%) SAP
4 5 (25.00%) CheckPoint
5 4 (20.00%) SonicWALL
5 4 (20.00%) Nortel
5 4 (20.00%) Avaya
6 3 (15.00%) Blue Coat
7 2 (10.00%) IronPort
8 1 (5.000%) F5
8 1 (5.000%) VMware
8 1 (5.000%) Juniper
8 1 (5.000%) IBM
8 1 (5.000%) Microsoft
8 1 (5.000%) EMC